National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-01-08
The Lottery Sgindles.
LETTER FROM AN INTENDED VIC
TIM,

/ LETTER FROM AN INTENDED VIC
! TIN.
Superintendent Kennedy is in
/ frequent receipt of letters from per.
sons residing ia various parts OF the
| Uni ed 81 ties, vino ASK for lntorina-
tiou regarding the operations ol
sundry lottery sprcliations said to
be located III this city, aud who frc
quently contes, 10 avlng advanced
cer,ain SUNS of money. AS Il mat
/ cr OF course the Police Supclinteu
dent can only Inform his cuIlrspun.
| dents that they have been swlldied
out # their money. as no SUCH lot
terry was even known 20 prove lu.
cratiye TO its patrons. These. letters
are very seldom OF general interest.
though occasionally one proves
worth publication. a special no
lice 10 the ticket holders of Kelly
" Co.'s Gilt Entertainments. in
wk eli the recipient WAS Informed
! that Il Committee had consented to
/ act for the enterprise IN the dlstr.
/ button OF prizes To the ticket hold
rrS. was 10 Il Lieutenant in the reg
ular army, who was "nutiticd' tla.
he had drawn Il gold watch. valued
at two hundred and fifty dollars, on
which he VI as rcqulicd t. weiVc
dplI.rS and IL hall, as the percentage
due the agent. 10 lnis the Llcu.
tenant rrtulnrd the following aus,
VI.
HEADERS POST OF DAuLoyEGA,
DdntoncSa, GA. sept. .. lSUo.
W. Cook,. Esp, hecetcer, No. I5i
Br0atcly. AeW York
SIR: am IA receipt ot YOUR kind
favor ot the 29th ui,imu. bearing
with it the joy fli 'ntclilgrncc that
nave seen 50 lucNv>aS to draw a
god watch worth $50, for which
handsome present / AN only re-
1ured to pay $l2.jO-a generous
... + on your part, aud which,
I>,Uic yon, Is daiy appreciated by
he Undersigned.
haze always been considered Il
mtky man IA fact my friends tell
M that my good looks and my luck
are worth a fortune to me. If |
e.ticd farther proof, this last streak
ui fortune has proved 1t 10 my sat
>tlctinn. Here am away down in
Georgia, rot dreaming that my mil.
.tdrN reputation had eXtcEdra to
New YORK., when along comes II let
: tcr f fom Your kind self, whom
never hcafd of before, telling III,
: taat ''thc committee notify me ,ha
have drawn Il $50 watch. How
> tevi.iSh kind of "tnc committee
what ,iIy Old C .uIis taey must q
and how discreet and disco. ninS,
to. aS to select from the Army
.tegiStcr, my hulnb.e name. Ihat
tltrlr kindness aad good taste is
appreciated, have only to say that
1t Shall inspire and stimulate me to
new deeds OF valor, aud tina whe!
| icach--lS | certainly Sha l-tha'
, happy and ,Ong wished for goal o
poor army llentcnautS, viz: Il MajIl
. Generals comni sion, will com,
V ON to New York, hunt then MP, an,
> rive thrm such Il blow at Dclmuu.co'
Is ncNrr was seen before. KS nee,
:, Il watch badly. and especially y Il : ~
one | ha ten 10 enclose 80 III 600,
=, confederate money. which, | under
stand, pasScS as we'll III New Nor
rs gItcnba"k> amy way, 1t il Il sal
:, investment provltcd Seymour an,
". blair are cle ted, and ui course 20
vote for th, III. certainly all gcHtlt
! nIcu in Notr iinc ui business do -
y l'hr baiaucr, 500, Nou can dunai
to some ward committee for III
rave Democratic SoG.IS who ar
going to clean OIt the RAIDS. llup
, II, yen will spare no delay, an
: hat the time piccc will lose no tim
=, IN reaching me,
" an Nour grateful servant.
= u. S.-Fcaiiug this might nt
y. reach you. | scmd it 10 the carr ,
" superintendent Kennedy.