The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-09
He TRIED HIS LUCK ONCE MORE,
And Won Fifteen Thousand Dollars
I'm the LOuisIama Lottery.

"Great Scott is that sop The speaker,
who was clerk in a Montgomery street
wine-house, leaned over the counter and
stared at the visitor, his eyes bullying out
so far that they might easily have been
knocked off with a cane
Perhaps it is so and perhaps 1t IS not
so. That is what / have come here to
ascertain" was the reply. "Where IS
Mr. Eckenroth ?''
"He'l be in in a moment, and he'll
tell you if it's true; but / think there
| must be some mistake; here he comes
now," added the clerk as a handsome
| young man with dark side-whiskers,
cheerful face and beaming eye entered
the office.
| "AllOw me to congratulate you, Mr..
Eckenroth, - was the visitors greeting.
Dropped in to see if it was true, as
hear it whispered that you've won the
big prize in the Louisiana State Lottery"
''Sh-h-h, have been trying to keep 1t
quiet said the lucky man with smile.
"Have hardly breathed a word about 1t.
1t isn't the whole of the big prize, you
know, 1 only held one-ffth. That's
/ $4,000"
Fifteen thousand dollars should
say that was enough for one haRl."
eyes, it's good deal for poor man
to come into possession of all of sudden.
1 tell you it paralyzed me when saw the
report of the drawing. But there it was
No. 1899. Then [ thought it must be
misprint or error of some kind. Hadn't
any faith in my luck, you know, but l
telegraphed to New Orleans, without say
ing word to any one in the office or on
the street, and when l received the reply
that the money was at my disposal, /
sent on word to have it collected through
the bank. 1t arrived Saturday, and if
you'll take the trouble to look at this,
you'll see l am not giving you any
game"
A brand new deposit book of the First
National Bank, with the single entry
"$14, 947," was handed to the visitor.
''Fifty dollars charges and So for tele-
grams-a reasonable discount, " was the
remark of the happy owner of the bank
book as he placed it in his pocket.
Mr.. Eckenroth is head-bookeeper for
, Bach, Meese & Co., at 321 Montgomery
street, in the Odd Fellows building. He
takes his good fortune very coolly. When
, asked if he did not intend to resign his
position as hook-keeper, he replied:
: "Nota at all. lisa good situation and the
L, T.,
2 of time / may make some change and &C
5 into different business, but my present
/ plan is to remain here, if / am retained. y
) 'By the way" he added, :'the way
came to buy that ticket was rather pecu
liar had bought several times before,
/ without winning dollar. 1t was merely
for amusement, because | look at lot
8 teries in different light from that il
r which the majority of people view them
1 never lay awake nights thinking about
2 how much / was going to win and how
: was going to collect my money, and what
would do with it after I won it, and al
t that sort of nonsense. thought at first
i that if kept on buying tickets l would
win in time. But at length / became
. rather disguised and began to think there
8 was nothing in it, ] heard great dea
o of talk about persons winning big prizes
and had read newspaper reports of me1
drawing thousands OF dollars on a single
J, ticket, but l began to take such state
e ments cum grdaaO sails. So when i
came to buying a ticket last month
/ thought I wouldn't invest. For severa
: days refused to take chance, and i
Y was just by mere freak that l had a
+ last paid over my dollar and took No
s $780, regretted afterward that l haC
il altered my resolution, but now l thanl
: my lucky stars that 1 didn't let thu
r chance go by"
Mr. Eckenroth is man of family ant
d has the reputation among his acquaint
e ances of being sober, steady and indus
y trious With all the prizes which For
: tune has showered down upon the luck,
lottery players of this city it is doubtful
e if any have fallen into better hands thar
e that won by the fortunate holder of ticke
No. 8, 999-[San Francisco (Cal. "Chron
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