Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-04-24

prizes and tickets together on thread
with a needle, dropped the string and left
his seat. Another ticket was drawn anc
called. It was $40 ticket. Everybody
was in despair. Lynn got up from the To
BILE and walked hastily to the wheel where
they were drawing. Others got around it
There was one more chance, and the lds
ticket was drawn. AS it was unrolled the
three noughts appeared and finally the
seven. 1t was the $1,000 prize. Every
body breathed freer. The corresponding
ticket was drawn out of the other wheel
but as nobody had purchased it. the man.
ayers lost nothing.
| A TROUBLESOME ONE.
One cold night in Danville Mr.. Joseph
Points, the manager, was walking to and
fro in front of the hotel ON the hill, wait
ing the arrival of the stage from Lynch
burg with MI. Lynn on board, which would
bring the wheels with the tickets in them.
Towards midnight the coach arrived and
in it the clerk, who announced that one of
the glass wheels had broken etween Char
lottesville and Lynchburg, and the pre-
cious tickets were scattered along the road
between the two places. Here was thun-
| der. The drawing was to take place in
| two days, and no chance to get any tickets
printed at Stanton in time. But the pub
| lie were not to be disappointed, and Mr..
! Points went around and engaged all the
clerks in the two banks, land getting others
| to aid them, had the $1,000 tickets written
| in thirty-siX hours, and the draw ing came
! Off as announced.
A HURRIED LOTTERY EXCURSION.
! At one drawing in Danville, the managers
| of the 'sFree Road Lottery'' not knowing
| the North Carolina law, and hearing Of a
, big militia muster at Milton, n c., six
miles from the Virginia line, sent Mr..
Lynn down to give the tar heels a chance.
With his saddle bags full of tickets, he az
rived at the hotel and soon sold out $500
worth. After awhile the landlord came
along and said, "Stranger, they are look
ing into your case down there" MY
case' said the clerk, whats my case %
"Well'' said the landlord, ''the Common
wealth's attorney and some of the lawyers
are down there looking at the law for selling
lottery tickets in this State. It's $500 fine
and one year in the penitentiary. They'll
be along after dinner for YOU" "My
friend" said the clerk II don't think [
want any dinner, you just get my horse
out.'' In a few moments he was speeding
across the Virginia line and safe.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
Like all other business the old time lottery
had some sharp points in selling tickets
In Highland county, lit was then part Of
Pendleton,) magistrate had refused to
give judgment on a due bill given for lot
terry tickets-much of the business was
done on credit, because of no value receiv-
ed and that it was gaming. Not long after
a sheriff who had tickets for sale, met the
magistrate crossing the mountain on
grey horse. sGreat Heavens" said the
sheriff, ''let me see what time it is, pull
ing ont his Watch,) exactly ten minutes
past 12!! And you are riding grey horse |!
Great Heavens, it is wonderful" What's
the matter said the magistrate, care you
crazy ~ ''Why,0 said the sheriff, II
dreamed last night that | should be riding
across this mountain at precisely ten
minutes past II o'clock, should meet you
| on grey horse, and should sell you a pack
age of tickets Of certain numbers. Great
Heavens, let me see if I've got them num-
bers. They amt in this side Of the bags,
what pity. I'll look in the other side
All, there they are. If you don't want 'em
I'll take 'em myself" Oh no, ''said the
magistrate eagerly" ''I'll take 'em." And
he took them. The dream had done the
business.
THE PROFITS OF LOTTERIES.
The profits of lotteries are not en- ormous.
! The Free Road Company" lost at one
drawn at Huntersville. where one ticket
drew &c. 900 and at the next drawing after
that lost $1,000, but the clear profit in a
year would probably average from $4,000
| to $4,000. This lottery ran about four
| years, and after that there were lotteries
| established in Virginia by Bruffey & Jones,
of Harrisonburg, Alexander & Arbucl1le,
of Monroe county and Mr.. Thompson, Of
Culpeper, which fourished awhile and died
out. And this is all we know about old
lottery times in Virginia.
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