The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-02-14
PlOus Lotteries.

mere appears to be quite re-
vival in the lottery business lust
now, the object in many cases, Be.
ing purely charitable commenda.
Notwithstanding that the whcle
system in this and other States is
illegal. The Supreme Court of the
United States has just decided that
the Federal Government has the
right to collect a tax from lottery
keepers, wherever they find that
business in existence, without any
regard to the fact whether the bus
mess was legal under the State laws
or not. The lottery business, fit
did not originate in the churches,
certainly received its greatest i'm
petus and encouragement from
them in the numerous "fairs, (which
have become part of our church
Institutions. People very natural
ly fell into the belief thatwhat was
moral in the church could not be
immoral out Of it. Thus the lotter.
les have assumed more or less of a
piOus aspect, which accounts, no
doubt, for the fact that Mr.. Tilton,
Of the independent, a strictly re-
ligious newspaper, has established
a lottery, through which he offers
prizes Of Steinway piano, and
q Chickering piano, and various
other valuable things, for the larg-
est number Of subscribers procured
by agents for his paper, Mr.. Tilton
has the reputation of being the ri
val of Henry Ward Beecher in re-
ligion, of Greeley in politics, and
and the rival Of both in devotion
to strong minded women. His
new lottery speculation would go
to prove that he can beat them
both on the main chance, and that
he is quite alive to the spirit of
the age.--[ N. Y. Herald.
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JULIUS Western darkey, land
ing at Chicago, and seeing an ad
vertisement notifying those who
who wished to be clean that they
might get bath for q quarter,
thought it would be a good idea to
ask the use of them of another dar-
key, who said, "Baths were used
by white folks to wash in" Ac-
codingly Julius startedwith a bun.
die under his arm, and being shown
into a bath room, was left to his
ablutions. Considerable time elaps-
ed, and Julius did not come forth
and waiting for about an hour, the
keeper of the baths went to the
door and screamed. "IIallO 4! amt
you ever coming out?' "Yes, as
soon as | get troO my washing"
"How long will that be-" "P'raps
an hour to an hour and half cool
ly answered Julius. With that the
man burst into the room, and there
all around the room, was the dar-
key y'sfreshly-washed clothing hung
up to dry, but not noticing it just
then, the keeper remarked, "come,
you must clear at once, you've
been in here over two hours"
'Look here said Julius. in an ell
ragged manner, pointing to his dry
ing clothes, which rather took the
bathing man by surprise, 'Pd like
to see you wash and hang out two
dozen pieces in less time than Pve
been at it, In another minute
Julius was landed in the street, sur
rounded by his clothes.
TALKING OF ABSENCE OF MIND (said
the Rev. Sidney Smith, the oldest
instance happened to me once in
my own name. KNOCK.
ed at door in London and asked
if Mrs. B. was at home. ..--"Yes sir,
pray what name shall l say?' |
looked in the mans face astonish-
ed-what is my name? l believe
the man thought me mad; but it is
literally true during the space of
two or three minutes | had no more
idea of who | was than if l had me-
yer existed. | did not know whe.
ther | was Dissenter or a layman;
| felt as dull as Sternhold or Hop
kins. AT last to my great relief,
it flashed across me that | was
Sidney Smith, heard also of q
clergyman who went jogging along
the road until he came to turn
pike. "What is to pay!' PAY, sir
for whatp asked the turnpike mwr
why, for my horse to be sure
Your horse. sir! what horse!