Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-18
LOTTERIES.

The result of the drawing Of the lot
.ery in connection with the Montpelier
Humane Association at Alexandria, in
will, perhaps. do something
toward enlightening the public mind
about schemes Of the kind. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY useless to tell people that, in
most cases, they are nothing better than
very commonplace and old-fashiOned
swindles. The men who manage them
are as clever as they are inscriptions.
and they put forward the advantages of
the speculation so adrOitly, and they |
paint in such vivid colors the great !
probability Of everybody winning some
magnificent prize, that their advertise
ments are much more attractive than the !
milder bats Of other adventures. Then
the spirit of speculation runs high now
adays, and there is something alluring
in riskihg ten dollars on the supposed
chance of winning as many thousand,
even though the chance be no greater
than the milliOnth part of one. We
heard the other day Of speculative
priest in a suburban village who, having
one horse more in his stables than the
/ demands Of his cure rendered necessary,
determined to rattle it. Its value was
about a hundred and fifty dollars, but,
to make sure, two hundred tickets at
dollar each were issued. But the de-
mand for these came to be so great that
the reverend gentleman could not fore
20 the opportunity of raising little
money for his church, while at the same
time disposing of his animal to good ad-
vantage so he had more tickets printed
and the demand was not satisfied TIL
something like eight hundred had been
disposed Of If the rage for speculation
can receive such development in a small
country village, it need hardly be /;
source of surprise that adventures fnC
lottery schemes exceedingly profitable il
New York City.
According to the announcements whicl
have been literally scattered about 70
= some time past, the drawing at A lexau
! dria was to be the means of distributin
= million Of dollars for the benefit of tn
Institution we have named The mans
gers doubtless thought that to do Ii
/. thing we'll it must be done literally, an
q that in these days Of abundant none
anything under a million would N
/ draw subscribers. The result showed Il
wisdom with which the calculations wei
r. made, for it is now stated that tlcke
we're taken to the value of at least ha
a million dollars. They cost tvent
\ dollars, though, for the convenience ..
the victims who we're to buy ther
. halves, quarters, and even eighths cOu
!. be purchased. 1t is now alleged. al
% with every appearance of truth, that D
a single dollar was drawn by any boz
10 fde ticket-holder, so that the simpl
- minded people who bought the tickt
= have now the consolation of KNOWN
not that they ever had a chance of wi
ming prize. but that they have be
subscribing rather literally 70 make
handsome present to two or three In
y yiduals whom they have never know
~ and probably never will know.
g 1t Is merely realization of the tru
y Of the old adage about fools and th
~ money, and happily it does not call
Id anybOdy's sympathy. If. in the face
we past experiences. and of all that has T
y. quently been urged against lOtteri
e g. people will insist in encouraging 81
'''- devices. they must learn to bear Ii
.u' losses with equanimity. They have
.s) cause for complaint, nor any reason
H'O expect the smallest particle of conn
'e. GRAFTON from their neighbOrs. They u
va their money at their own discreet
:. they outraged common sense by Il
manner Of using it. and they simply
serve 10 be laughed at-N T. Tin
-. We don't advocate torturing prisOr
= on general principles, but must con
that it would be gratifying to see
thumb screws applied to westervelt
I'll he should disclose the whereabout
Charlie Ross. Mr.. Ross has vainly
'e1' deavored to have the man confess, O
W ing a chance for freedom. Wester
80 only said. Search the Catholic inst
tons" He was understood to mean
- schools and asylums. The sugges
- has been adopted and leading Gait
- journal which eirculates in every 70
-, charitable or religious institution in
United States and Canada is aboui
- Publish-perhaPs BY this time has
=. lished-a description Of the mis-