The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-21
Luck In Lotteries.

Curiously illustrative of tho tricks played
from time to time by Dame Fortune to her
votaries are two well ell-authenticatcd lottery
stories, recently narrated by tho gifted
feuillctonist, Hieronymus Lorm. Some
years ago III Berlin, a poor girl dreamed
thrce times running of certain mum.
Der, which appeared to her in lumin-
GUS fgurcs. while an unearthly voice. re-
peating over and over again, "This num-
ber will win the first prize in the class lot
terry" rcsounded in her minds ear. She
impaired the vision to her guardian, and
he repaired to the Royal lottery office and
enquircd what had become of tho ticket
bearing the number in question, receiving
answer that it had been disposed of to a
well known lottery agent in Koenigsbcrg
lie forthwith wrote to this person cnclos.
ing the price of the ticket and requesting
that it should be forwarded to HIM by re.
turn of post. In reply to this application
he was informed that that particular ticket
had been sold over tho counter day or
two before, to whom tho agent could not
say. He, however, enclosed in his letter
another lottery ticket, which he naivcly
! recommended as ''au excellent and highly
promising number" But the youthful
dreamer's guardian, failing to recognize
any special merit in the ticket thus urged
upon his acceptance, sent it back with pc
remptory instructions that his money
should be returned to him without delay.
Ills vexation may be imagined when at the
drawing OF the State lottery the number
winning the first prize of .9lb,O0O proved
to be, not that of which his ward had
thrlcc successfully drcamt, but the one he
had refused to purchase at tho recommend
0tlOn
stranger is the second lottery incident re-
corded by NJ. Lorm. 1t took place in a
small town of Neither, Austria and led to
long, wearisome lawsuit, with what re-
suit, however, the chroncer does not in.
form us. In the chiof square stool a gro
GERS shop, the proprietor of which, the
leading trademan Of the place, sold lottery
tickets, rs well ''as sugar and spice, also
all that's NICE" TO him appeared one
morning young student, who was con-
stant customer, in state of great excite
ment about dream Of the previous night,
IN which 1t had been clearly manifested 10
him that he had won the great prize in the
local land-lottery with ticket which had
been chosen for him by tho grOcers wife.
lie entreated the grocer to intrust HIM with
packet of lottery tickets for few seconds
In order that he might solicit the lady in
question to select one from among them,
which ticket he would then purchase and
pay for on the spot. "You cannot sec nv
wife, )" replied the grocer, "for she is ill in
bed,' but If you like | will take few of the
tickets up to her room and she shall choose
one for you.' TO this arrangement the
student agreed, and 1t was carried out ac
cordingly. When the lottery was drawn,
the ticket purchased by him upon tho gro.
GERS assurance that it had been picked out
Ivy Tho l"ttn~'" r'''f,. t"-nnd ont @ h,onL
But the willy grocer drew the first prize
with the ticket really selected by his bet
ter half, which ne had kept for himself,
selling another of his own choice to the
too confiding student. SO, at least the
story goes.