Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-02-20
CHRONICLE.
GIFT

press would better serve the cause of
public morals by publishing the names
of holders of blanks in the gift enter
prises, than in publishing thefew names
of fortunate holders of prize tickets.
That might be good for the public
morals, but it would be bad for the
press. One Crosby Opera House draw
ing would be sufficient to employ the
press for sometime, if the rule were
adopted.
And we doubt whether even this
would do much for the cause of pub
lie morality, when all the disappoint-
ment and suspicion of the unlucky
only add fuel to the flames.
We have yet to hear of the first I'M
successful investor in the Crosby
scheme, who is not ready to charge Mr..
Crosby and all concerned, with bare
faced swindling. Each n considers
himself or herself the personal victim
Of a scheme for obtaining money In
der false pretenses. Respectable house
holders who were frantic with impa-
tieHce to get hold of one OF the tick
cts previous to the drawing, who greedi-
ly snapped up everything in the pub
lie prints with reference to it, and
were inclined to be quite severe upon
such as were so far behind the age as
to say nothing about it, are now en-
gagged in denouncing the press as hay
ing aided in the swindle. They are
not only $50 virtuous that there shall
be no more cakes and ale," but they
complain that there ever have been
cakes and ale.
Each one of these hot-headed per-
SOM is morally certain that if there
had been q fair distribution he or she
would have drawn the Opera House.
They are particularly sever upon Mr..
Lee, who did draw it. They wonder
how he came to draw it. Who IS this
Mr.. Lee7 There is no such person.
Mr.. Lee is another name for Crosby
There is no Mr.. Lee. Ifthere is, he is
a swindler, in partnership with Crosby.
1t is clear that he had no right to draw
the Opera House. He did not draw it.
The whole thing is a swindle. The
wheel was stuffed" The Committee
linen Of supposed integrity, until
now)-Eere instruments of Crosby
mere Jeremy Diddlers. What right
had Lee to sell the Opera House TO
Crosby? Why didn't he keep it, if he
drew it? For 100000, tool What a
fool he must be. What made Crosby
buy in? Does anybody but an ass sup
pose he did buy it2 The papers were
all bought up by Crosby. He paid
them for sWindlig the people. Why
didn't they publish a list of the draw
ings in full? Does anybody know of
these persons who are said to have
drawn prizes? Every n of them is
an agent of Crosby. They eve any
of them drew prizes. Did your Con-
fdently-I invested five dollars for a
ticket. The agent assured me it was
one of the tickets that would draw
He had the means of knowing, and 1
supposed that l had a sure thing
of it. Was there ever a more misera-
BILE swindle? Why does the law per-
NIT such swindles as these gift enter
Where is your Congress and
your State Legislature that they per-
NIT tickets to be sold in q gambling
concern of that sort ? Why don't the
press denounce them? Are you going
to take a ticket in the Thingumbob
lottery? l know the agent-a capital
friend of mine. There are to be tickets
sold to prominent citizens which are
sure 10 draw-I've got me-. The draw
ing will come off as soon as the tickets
are all sold. Strange that there is
nothing in the papers about it. The
papers never publish anything nova
days unless they are paid for it. If
would only say something about
The Thingumbob, the tickets would
be sold, and the drawing take
place. Going to the Keno Club to-
Major Stoolpigeon and Gamb-
.er Hawksley won q thousand each
rom Young Blunt and Damphool last
night. Sharp fellows-Hawksley and
Stoolpigeon. / must get in with them.
This is where it ends. Who is to
The Press? 1t is the "brief
chronicle of the times" and it records
he stupidity Of the unluckY buyer of
and the luck of the buyer of
prizes with remorseless impartiality.-
t does not-more's the pity prevent
my man from being as big a fool as
intended him to be. 1t can {
,nly provide the material for intelli-
,ent consideration-it cannot furnish
he reader with brains to comprehend,
II moral sense to guide. As long as
here are Crosby's there will be plenty
f gulls who will expect to draw Opera
and who will be very indig-
amt and Virtuous if somebody else
Iraws them instead. As long as men
nd women are feTerishly anxious to !
,et rich suddenly, without any of the
legitimate means of honest industry O.,
nd toll, there will be Young BluntS ]
nd Damphools, with genteel Major
toolpigeons to lead them on, and
loody Hawksleys to pluck them. The !
fan-eater is the only one who comes
ut of such a contest victorious-and |
is victory is that of the jackal.
1t is useless to moralize. Young
'lunt will always be the came honest,
God, stupid fellow, to be plucked un-
i'll he wakes up some morning with
property and good name wrecked for
yer. Damphool rather likes losing
is money-if he has any-or some {
ody else's if he hasn't. He thinks it !
seeing life" Clearly nothing can be
one for him.
And you, gentle sir. or madam, who
in the Opera House-how
-ould you like to be brought up with I
round turn for offending the law
lotteries and gambling Ohio