Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-22
A FORTUNE TURN.
The Remarkable Luck or q
French Cornet Player, VINO
Makes a Small Fortune In q
SINGLE Day.


Single Day.
Y. o. Picsyune, Feb. IL.
MI. G. Clayette, first cornet oil the
French Opera Company's orchesirs, IL
certainly a gentleman whose good Tor
tune msny persons will envy. The MS
tory of the circumstances attending the
stroke Of luck by which he became the
possessor, suddenly, OF fifteen Thousand
dollars, illustrates the fact that one Is
guided 10 the road 10 fortune sometimes
by events apparently very insignificant.
Last Friday. Mr.. Ciayette was stroll,
ing along Royal street, in the vicinity Oh
Cont, when he CHANGED 70 observe q
gentleman enter the office OF Juan Jose
Libano, No. IS ROYAL street, and inspect
some Of the tickets FOR the monthly
drawing OF the louisiana Lottery Com
pany. Mr.. Clayette stopped and watch.
ed the proceedings, debating in his mind
whether he, too should try bis luck. de
saw the gentleman lay down a dollar
and purchase half Of ticket The num-
her, OF course, he could not see, but ne
had remarked the place in the WINDOW
from which the ticket had been taken,
ne walked in ard purchased the remain
Ing half of the ticket upon which his at
iention had been fixed. II was the
number $3.50. But "Wednesday came,
and MI. Clayette, glanciAg over the list
OF prizes published, was sston!shed 70
find that ticket No. SO, $50 had won So
900.
He held half that ticket, and conse-
ouently was entitled 10 fifteen thousand
GoIlars-seventy.fv thousand francs !.
This intelligence he conveyed TO ms
friends. but they could scarcely realize
that their eonfrere OF the orchestra had
been so successful. They thought there
must be some mistake. Seventy. five
tbou;and francs for one dollar, IL Was
too much. They could not believe It.
Nevertheless, it was true, delightfully."-
true, so lar as Mr.. Clayette was concern
ed. The writer met him on Thursday
morning as he came out OF the Louisi.
ana Lottery COmpany's office, on ~.
Charles street, with a check on the
Louisiana National Bank for $4,000.
Suffice il 10 say, IL was Mr.. Isaac
Kern who had preceded Mr.. Clayette
into Libano's office, or ROYAL street, and
purchased half OF ticket No. IS, $50. he,
too, is now richer by $1,000.
"You are from France, / believe, re-
marked the reporter.
Yes" he replied in French, this is
nv first visit 10 America. came from
Paris with Mr.. de Besupian's Opera
Company
rs this your first speculation in lot
terry tickets
NO. indeed" said Mr.. Clsyette, =
have before bought tickets in the Paris
Lottery, but never won anything, and
was beginning TO think that | never
would be so fortunate as to obtain
prize in lottery"
You will not forget New Orleans
when you 90 awayf
Certainly not" he responded with
smile, Il have beautiful souvenir oil
this city
; In the course OF conversation, MI.
Clsyette observed that he would sun
continue 10 play the cornet, but he
thought the notes would sound sweeter
than they had ever done in the past.
Before leaving Paris he had had pre-
sentiment that some good fortune was
in store for him, and it had come; he
was happy.
Mr.. C!syette is a handsome man, IN
the Prime OF life. Ii was learned that
he has travelled much, and at one time
was a soldier.