Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23
DRAWING A WIFE IN A Lot
Terry


name is Nathaniel Bugbee. Per
haps YOU have seen me at some tllhe,
standing behind the counter OF my
employers, Messrs. Haberdasher q
Co, who Jor five years past have
been selling their goods at an alarm
inc sacrifice as the columns OF the
daily papers and large placard IN
front of the store have constantly
made known to an interested puDlc.
AS the uninitiated might find 1t
difficult matter to understand how
such a way of doing business could
he profitable to the firm, l Will just
whisperin confidence that the alarm
inc sacrifice alluded to is always on
the part of their customers.
This. however, has no direct bear
! inc uDon my story. Let me only
| saw. in addition, while upon this
Doint, that my salary, although large
| enough for my own maintenance,
has precluded all thoughts OF matri-
msny in the present expensive style
of living. Therefore il may be easl-
Iv inferred that must resign myself
not TO marry at all, or find some one
who to a heart superadds fortune
The reader now understands my
nosition sufficiently to understand
The feelings with which l read al
advertisement of the following pur'
port in the papers some time since
The advertisement in question SCI
forth the advantages Of a certain
Gift enterprise in a neighboring city
enumerating brilliant list ofprlzes
closing with-What do You think
No less than the hand of young la
DIV. together with twenty Thousand
dollars! The conditions were, tina
If uDon acquaintance either th'
Young lady or the wiAnlHg part!
shouid see fit to decline the matrl
monial alliance intended, the reject
inc partv should forfeit all claim I.
the twenty thousand dollars, Whlcl
should 90 to the rejected.
This was on the whole a talr pro
nositiop, since neither would WIS
10 he in honor bound to marry on
who might be hideOus with deform
itv, physical or moral.
The price of tickets IN this tempt
inc lottery was only two dollars
BOSTON agents, Messrs. Shave & 20
- state street.. Having fully made u
nv mind to invest, L called there o
. my way from dinner:
! iIIaYe you any tickets lelt
inquired with some anxiety.
"A few" was the prompt rePI
"Will YOU have one ~
Eyes, believe So"
I accordingly passed q two dolli
Il bill to the clerk, and received TIC
ct marked II 1863.
.cRather a high figure" remar
4 ed carelessly.
going like hot cakes. They are
GREAT demand among you men"
}, Said suiling-"somet take as many
fifteen or twenty to make the
chance surer."
l was about, upon this hint,
. follow their example and purchase
few more, when l luckily reflect
- that a board-bill due the next d
would take up all my remalnl
available funds, and prudently {
st MED myself.
,iI Dear reader, did you ever have
ct ticket in any lottery or gltt emu
IN Drise? If so, YOU can understa
nd nv state ofmind for the month II
lin must intervene before the decla
ton of the prizes. l was contlnu
iIv speculating upon my chances
- success and what | should do, II,
heing declared the lucky winner
the first prize, should find the is
whom | had won, ,intolerably u!
y and mprepossessing. In such G.
x would the sum Of twenty thouss
dollars be sufficient to sugar the pi
could not tell, but wisely cone
alH efx-sa
really presented. In the meanti
| was particularly observant of
pretty faces whom the placard-
Alarming Sacrifice-drew TO
store. | amused myself by pick
ont particular young ladies, and
presenting to myself the pOssibi
that some one of them might be
) lady who was to bring her inten
twenty thousand dOllarsS
without dwelling upon this
only say that l saw several who
IN, should have been perfectly vii
to marry at - high figure.
aware that some of my roma
ana Young lady readers viii shake I
III heads at this admission, and br
me a mercenary fellow, with h
n not large enough to be worth
AA9 ING. But, my dear young lac
YOU must remember that, as at
time had no particular interes
~ any young lady, was more Iii
- to be influenced by the fascinat
IN of the sex generally, and 1 ven
to say that If had happened to !
any OF YOU before became acqu:
ed with the present Mrs. Bug
Tbe it known l am married at
: tbereis no knowing what might
happened. l can imagine Mrs.
bee shaking her shoes at the ]
supposition.