The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-11
THE BIG DRAW, No
THAT WHICH TAXI
rw-ox . 60. - PLACE TODAY
SETS AND FRACTIONS.

@AssINcsAVns ~ We n@Ors-Only Fractions
20 ne sosd-Thes Cat cut Of the Bag.
Amt u o'mor row that the big drawing
comes onf. indu 1red gentleman who walked
INTO Dranch e fiery Office, No. III Common
street' yesterc .ay afternoon.
yes slr' was the reply.
uos an Il full tickets to sell2" inquired the
Wouiu'p purchaser.
xes. was the reply and the vendor pulled
OUT whole ticket uncut, but so divided that 1t
eou ID be cut into tenths at 81 each.
What's the price OF this2" inquired the pur-
dhaser.
I Ten dollars. sir. was the reply.
I Give me one-tenth." remarked the pur-
chaser, as he laid down two silver half dollars.
/ I'VE can't do that" answered the vendor, add
] Ing, We have plenty of fractions tenths1 how
ever. that We VIII sell you. =
| Purchaser don't want them. but want a
tenth Of this particular ticket.
| Vendor-We can't give you o tenth of this. as
said before.
Purchaser-Wh not Isn't this the same IA
the other fractions you offer2
Vendor-I presume 80, but can't sell a tenth
of this.
| Purchaser-Why notp
Vendor-It is against orders.
Purchaser-W Whose orders; from the main
office?
Vendor-Yes, SIR.
Purchaser We're they verbal or written?
Vendor-Well. you know, IL you have clerk
tn your employ. you tell him what you want him
to do. don't your
Purchaser Yes, generally. Is that the WAY
you got them?
Vendor-Wel, perhaps so.
Finding he could not purchase tenth OF a
whole ticket, the purchaser found his wav to
the main Office and although it was after of1ce
hours the doors were found oDen-for vendors
Walking In. the purchaser noticed four yend
ors at the counter, evidently waiting for
waited at the counter until one OF the vendors
had been supplied with ten dollars worth Of
fractions, when clerA stepped up 10 the coun-
ter. and the purchas 81 asked him politely IL he
could see ticket.
Tbs, clerk put out his hand as though he
held In his hand The purchaser did not how.
ever, yield up hts greenback to any alarming
extent, but preferred to see the whole ticket
The clerk noticed this and started for desk
upon which were few whole tickets and quite
an amount OF fractions-the same desk from
picking up a whole ticket. brought it to the
counter and placed it In front Of the purchaser
ito. days. drawing isn't It?
Clerk-Yes. sir.
Purchaser will take one-tenth OF that ticket.
CIerk-We have plenty of tenths which we can |
Purchaser--;Yes,, but / want tenth Of this
pointing to the whole ticket
Clerk-I suppose they are all the same and I |
can give yeu the fraction without cutting this. |
Purchaser-That won't do; ! want this or
none.
There seemed to be a whisperino ba.
tween two of the four vendors who were being
waited upon. and q sly wink being exchanged.
took the purchasers dollar greenback. and inst
Rs the purchaser walked out he saw the clerk
place the balance Of the ticket on the desk with
me iractlons that were to be dealt out to the
This occurred about Q. m, and later In the
evening the purchaser called at the branch lot
lery ofhce. on Camp street, near Julia, to pur-
chase tenth of a whole ticket there being two
u the show window. besides number of frac-
The whole tickets were taken down. but the
vendor would not sell tenth of either assigns
pg various reasons for his declination. Finally
rom the main office forbade his selling, at a
me so near the draaoia0. any fractional parts
p tne Whoie ticket. the vendor replying, We'll.
bout IL" ''N :
ne purchaser. visited, with the same result,
eyeral other branches, and subsequently,
ssc oers e as had aad
Inn Il tomorrow to-day was not the day for +
pc big drawing. the ex-lottery man replied in t
Purchaser-I want to ask you how the Lot i,
Dry Company can make a profit: say tonight !
y SeIIIng on y fractions OF tickets and refusing
D permit vendors to cut whole tickets or sell
lem.
Ex-Lotery Man-oh.. I see you; have been
round. have you. Well, that's Just where the t
work" is got in by the lottery folks. You see s
ley can keep the fractional numbers out of the
heel altogether If they want to, hut they must d
ut in the whole numbers. Now, say there are q
5000 tickets issued and IS 900 are sold In goes
100000 to the Lottery Company: but mind YOU :,
lese are In fractions, and the 70 900 whole TICK
IS left go into the Wheel and over that thav II
lake big spread. but there's no danger Of any -,
them being drawn out, as Il
NONE OF THEM ARE SOLD.
Purchaser-Then you mean to say that the =
ottery Company. can keep out of the wheel =
nd prevent from being drawn the IS 600 tickets I
1t up In fractions, and by putting In lhs rs 600
,u2 Wv 81
Elk Lottery Man-Thats it, exactly. You can
i on that, and they will win every time. n
The purchaser was satisfied, and did NOT make