The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-02-17
Letters From Old Tim,
SEEKING A FoRrUNE-THE GRAND REAL Es-
TATE LorTERY-BUsINEss, ADJUSTMENTS,
&C., &c.
New ORLEANS. February 4th, 1869.

New ORLEANS, February 4th, 1869.
Friend Democrat: plodded
along the road of life in the usual hum.
drum fashion, until the glossy locks Of
youth that once adorned my Uranium are
silvered DER with care, and the frosts oil
passing winters / could not say SHOWS
as we have only had one snow
storm in the past sixteen years,) having in
using the pen for the amusement of Others
somewhat initiated the Clown in the cir
Gus, who with painted face and striped
clothes, tumbles mock summersaults and
tells side-splitting joke, while his heart is
near splitting with the want and misery OF
little home-I said to myself, the other
day, says l, "Tim, ole boy, its time you
was making fortune" and having heard q
great deal about Fortunes home of plenty,
owned and managed by sundry Lottery
companies, I resolved to 60 and see how
the "Home Institution" was conducted
The Louisiana Lottery company, you
know, is acting under charter granted by
our Legislature at their last session. an
act which kicked up quite dust in our
public journals at the time, and has since,
and will probably for some time to come,
furnish work for our Courts aud fees for
the lawyers, as the. different Lottery COM
panies have got ut logger-heads, are pulling
each Others HAIR and making the fur fly in
all directions. The Office of the Louisiana
company is In the building built and for
merly occupied by the Bank of New Or
leans. corner of St. Charles and Union
streets, and the drawing takes place daily
ut four o'clock p. m, ir the story over the
banking room, When l entered there
were about two hundred persons present,
some who had come out Of mere curiosity,
and Others with the hope of hearing their
numbers called first, and fortune follow
ing. At the end of the room, next to St.
Charles street, there is platform on which
is placed the wheel enclosed in glass
case. A boy blindiolded, and man stood
near the wheel, and the commissioners sat
in front ready to record the numbers as
dawn. The numbers were put in little
subes and deposited in the wheel, which
vas then given three or four brisk turns,
mixing the numbers up as thoroughly as
The most experienced cardplayer could mix
his cards by shutting. The wheel was then
stopped, the blindfolded boy put in his
land, and drew out number which he
landed to the man.near him. The man
held it up, turned to the audience, opened
md exhibited it, the figures being large
md plain enough to be seen all over the
Dom. AS soon as it was recorded The
Vhee! was set in motion again, the bow
lrew another number, which was handed
'ver and exhibited as before, and so the
performance was continued until the
welve numbers were drawn. There are
eventy-eight of these numbers put into
he wheel, and some days twelve, and on
Tiers thirteen are drawn out, those drawn |
eing the ones that determine the prices
After the drawing everybody seemed salts
ed, and "retired in good order" While
was on that track thought l would
ost myself in relation to the
GRAND REAL ESTATE LOTTERY,
nd SO called on o. E. Hall, Esq, at the
t. Charles Hotel, presented my Democrat,
nd was cordially received Mr.. Hall said
Q had many friends on Old Red, and
'ould with pleasure give me all the infor.
lation be could. Mr.. Hall is one of our
lost esteemed citizens, man of large
enerOsity, sociable and courteous, and
as been for many years q prominent man
proprietor of the st. Charles and St
ouls Hotels. He informed me that the
rawing would take place about the First
July, as tho tickets, which are sold at
N dollars each, are going off very rapid
:, every mail brings him orders from the
'untry and from distant cities for tickets
the grand scheme. The first prize is
e st. Louis Hotel, which originally cost
million of dollars, and is now open doing
'siness. The old Citizens Bank build.
g, St. Louis Hotel farm, and other pjeces
valuable property located in this city,
among the prizes, the total valuation
ing million and n quarter of dollars
lis is the most extensive, as from the
en- who IN mage it, it is the most reliable {
5tery scheme ever gotten up in this I
untry. spent half hour very pleas I
tly with Mr.. Hall, who gave me an out .
he OF the history of the property consti. :
ting tho prizes, and invited me to visit ,
st. Louis Hotel farm, which is said to
a perfect model in all its arrangements.
intend to make the trip soon and report a
the Democrat what see down there, t
THE CARNIVAL.
= are now in the Inst week of the season
'cecins Lent. and the evidences that
people are preparing for the fast, by a !"
lie extra amusement, are every where to
seen. Balls and parties are numerous a
well attended. The MYSTERIOUS billet Z
nx to grand entertainment to be given 6
the Mysticke Krews of Comus, arc in n n
tulation again and expectation runs high II
nil sorts Of cnniocturoc n, - ,,L. A. II