, 1873-07-11
Drawing Of Prizes at tho Third Gift Concert
Of tlo Public Library Of
Kentucky.
Scenes and ncidents-..Exp|anatory
Speeches by the Superinten-
dent Of the Drawing.
A Full List OF tho Lucky Numbers,


were 1adon with ordorY addressed to tho mnn-
ayers, and tfeir of1ico WINS crowded with pur-
chnsers. During tho past wook tho rush has
bcen immonso antl stoat1ily increasing up to
Into hour in the night preceding tho drawing A
few days before. tho managers Ind disposed Of
tho eutiro number Of tickots In tho schomc
either to agents Wishing to sell again, or to por-
Sons desiring to try ttotr luck in tho whool.
This loft al the Balcs of tickets for dny or two
previous to tho drawing in tho hands Of agents,
aud thoir Offices woro thronged evory day with
purchasers. Late OIL Monday evening, when tho
Offices closed, there ,goro hut fow tickotH loft In
tho city, mud carly on Tnosday morning thoso
wero cagorly acooped up.
On Monday largo numbers of strnngors from
tho country and from various and sometimes dis
taut points came into the city. Tho hotels woro
generally pretty we'll filled with them, oil intor-
ested IN the Erent drawing. About o'clock q.
ul., yoatorday, Public Library Hail WAS opened,
everything having boon arranged for the occa-
sion.
A considerable crowd hnd gathered In front Of
the hull, md ut tho opening Of tho doors ontorod
Col. 4. i. Durrott, President of tho Public
Library, and Gov. Hran,lotte, nanagor Of tho
Gift Concert, appeared upon tho stage, accom-
panied by tho various committees.
Tho buck Of the Btaro was filled with distin-
g1lished citizens from Louisyille unl from diirer
ent parts OF kentucky, nlld from HoIno OF tho
sistor States, who had como there to witness The
drawing.
All things being in order for tho drawing, just
before tho first number waY drawn, President
Durratt stepped to the front and made tho fol-
lowing romarks, which give full and clear idea
Of tho arrangements and mole Of procedure OF
conducting tho drawing:
COL. punnErr's EpEEci1.
LadicsdM Gentlemen: We nro hero today for tho
purpose Of st.ting by iot among the ticSet-aeders
of kentucky 1oooo cash gifts amounting to ssuooo0
We ready to bcgn t,o drawing, hut l,eforc wo
dc no FEY o s pieces
hand, which printed numbers corresponding IL
Sesed @ from to 600. aud ero arc jast loooae no
aud ITO css Of hen in that wheel. w a'la draw
having corresponding nusnsra slial bo entitled 10
gifts the amount Ut wch will 10 determined by the
draw1pss from .lle 9tler wheel. mn ,,n o
ono hold n my hand Iii d tlrm nrc precisely alike,
and IN zach one "a folded al'l Heolsl NJ sn Of paper
another :aomo, another sloG0u md another $4,000.
500 eae, 70 q them sAoo essl Io9 of them 500 eae,
1b0 Of them 5000 each, and oao Of theH Sto0 cacll
Dssss teso o t!s, in taa wheel . tere e., are 900
ft'ees Il Woa s sH rosabo draw 80 30 f ay sf!s in one
dny md henee only 1ou1 are draw, and the o other
bre what technically known approximations, and
will ue determined IN tho following manner:
tie laTgo wheel mud be followed Gyn glft from the
small wheel Which VIII ne Ins H. the eaRta
gt h. Ut %nt time ,st It ~l ~ pS sat r , IN t.
Titled to It, nn ono cnn tell beforehand. But whAeser
number lrnws tho capital gift will setermtne tic oa
tl0 dollar gifts. Tho entire l00,000 numbers Will ba
formed III n',criral circle, which Will Of co,rsc
bring Nos md ,oUo tegcther. Now Whatever nnr-
entitled 10 tho capital gift viii he taken cvntre, on
each sido Of which the o09 neareAt numbers Will bo
f oGn ac em'u nbera .nS m Iii o
as ,nay draw higher gtfts will be excluded from
tho SO gifts. Nothing IL more simple
than to form tH numerical circle and determine this
approximations 80 Hoon Hs tho capital GIT ID known
and the drawing over t!ts M Munerteal circle will ba
formed by US and Tho 900 $40 gifts will 10 properly
determined III accordance with tho published pro-
gran1nc. Iii the meantime Wy o. you VIII Know
whether o ars ,t, eod M 70 Sy @ 10 Sorn az 'G
below that Of tie capital g,t you will know you
within tl!O range Of the Sl0 gllta. -
You will he eyo-wit1esses ot slli6 drawing 3ou vii!
tho gifts dEawn and cn Judge Of tho fairness of
the thing yourselves Tho only thing you viii not aee
was the counting Of the tags III thu largo wheel aud
the scaling up o. Tue gift boxes n the small wheel
ou tho atagc. il vas the work Of than day,
The committee who counted the tags and put them
Into the wheel consisted OF tho lion. s. j.
Churchill, late Secretary Of stao the Hon. ". ".
Erazer' Az Kentucky Senator. H., snd MI Mr. T. B. Hop
and wcre chosen fur thts work because Of thor
dsttngniahe1 eLaraeter You: You saw thls - Committee @
" p dss to n ta hut hsS
tho tugs aecaraey and has there ars sat ioo Of
te.n Numbered from 10 loo ogo in that y1!ee After
them hero to g ito tho wheel They havo beon III
neither myself anyone connecel with tho Library
Guy c9Gers @ as had IN @SnSang @ t. do St 1rt tne
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