Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-12
Kissing for Luck.
Now tho ss0,0oo Fr1.c "a she ne.
sreis Lottery was won.

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new tho $500 FrIsc "a she De-
sreit Lottery ssas Won.
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The telegraph Yesterday afternoon
brought this message:
DETROIT, January 81.
Tho drawing Of the Harmonic gift
concert is taking place af the Opera
house to-day. Tie first prize, S20, COO,
was drawn By Mrs. Hugyer. OF Clcve-
land, Ohio.
AS the noSe:ist might say, "thcrcby
hangs t;lc.r Although Mrs. 1Iugger
appears to bn the soc winner OF that
handsome sum of money, she is really
only entitled to half the prize, tho
lucky ticket itselfbeing in possession
of her partner in this enterprise, q
man, by the way, who is not her hus-
band. And this is how it all came
abput.e
Matthias Curth Ia s. -ddler, and for
some time has beer in the business al
No. $40 Woodland avenue. nc is not
tho shrew drsts in Il trars ctions;
aud his Willingness to give credit has
brought him 10 financial pcrplexity
in fact so much was he embarrassed
that while there is due him the sum
of 81 400 from dilatory- customers
whom he has accommodated, he found
heavy debts pressing him, and moth
ing with which to mcot his obliga-
tions.
In tho same building where Curth
lives Frank Hugger keeps saloon.
Ono morning about two weeks ago,
Curth stepped into the saloon for his
matutiual beverage. lie was feeling
despondent but after having quaGed
his potion, which was ha:;dei him by
Mrs. Huggcr, he Felt more cheerful.
lie had read the tempting announce
mcnt Of the "grnnd gift coucert Of
tho Harrno,'ia society" at the Detroit
Opera house OH the 2lst instant. 1t
occurred to HIM that it would bc a
fine thing if he conld, by small in-
vestmcnt, win rich prize. lie pro-
, posed to Mrs. Hugger that they two
buy a ticket. No, sho thought She
!. would not. While Curth was trying
:, to persuade her that they might
draw large sum, Mrs. Uugger'.
mother entered the saloon, and after
, hearing Crrth's statement sine strong
.. ly urged her daughter to accept tho
, proposition, and agreed to buy q
; ticket herself also. Finally yielding
/ to solicitation, Mrs. Hugser said She
!. would take q felf interest with Curtll
=, in ticket. So hs.and she kissed for
lucl-, rs the German custom is, and
the three went down to-find place
, where thc tickets were OIL sale.
After searching Tor about swo
hours they at length found book
store where gift concert coupons
, were spccula:cd III. Curth bought
:. two for i,,msc!f and the old lady pur-
, chased one. Then Garth and Mrs.
r. Euggcr kissed again, TO make the
luck more binding, and selected their
partnership ticket; after which they
.. vent ffouia.
On tie night bcfors the drawing
II Curth dreamed that his partnership
:. ticket had drawn prize of $500
o. The vision seemed go real that ht
!. firmly believed il would come true
and actually planned how b: woul,
i, dispose Of his half interest (S250) be-
fore leaving his room OH the folsow.
ing morning. He then went to The
!. saloon and informed Mrs. liusser oI
swh hat he had seen in his dream. Ii,
;. was SO enthusiastic and SO positive
! that tho ticket would draw aprizi
!, that somo outside parties W ho hap
, pened to be i'll the room made sport
of him. But no felt so sure of win
ming tLtt he offered to bet tho drinks
= for the company OF his SUCCESS. The
bet was promptly accepted, mucl
TO his qualification.
In the afternoon, in more than full
:. tilIment of the dream, Mrs. ilugsel
received telcgraphic dispatch that
this partnership ticket had drawn
a the grand prize. callin. fer the hand
some sum of $4,000
:. In buying lottery tickets hereafter
we presume it will be fashionable fol
;, purchasers to kiss other mems wives
before che in+cstmcnt, 10 insure
drawing the capital prize. Bu, then
i, you know, lightning never strikes
twice in the same place.