Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-23

Hansass Nature = How Benjsmin .
franklin and Thomas Jefferson AID
vocsts@ anu Ai9 s.s, the n.sery nnsas
Christ e:h"rch Reii.-rA i.ntterv a.
bible society "A sing ular Fit Of So-
ctAt History.
BY one Of those condolences which are
called .stTange" in fiction, although they
arc all the time occu ring In real fe. 1t has
happened that (while Monsieur Lesseps
has been agitating the idea Ct lottery in
canal prcjec) the old Union Canal, the
very Oldest canal in this country, and
which was or QinalIy and materially aided I
in its construction Nv q lottery, has out
lived its usefulness and has been aban-
dJued.
The Union Canal OF Tennsylvania was /
the first projected on the American cont. |
nent. II WINS sugxested by William Penn
IN is %. wears before 4 canal was in opera.
ton even in En- land. The route was sur
viewed by David Rittenhouse, the astrono-
nler. and Dr.. William Smith,. provost Of
the University Of Pennsylvania.
The drawings Of he ottery in aid of the
Union Canal took place ia the old Arcade
In PHILADELPHIA on Chestnut street, near
Seventh. aud were regarded as occasions
of public interest. The work was inter-
r,up,ed By the Revolutionary war, ou
Jacob Francis became interested In II.
The canal was eighty .nine miles long,
and necensitatcd in its construc, ion SOME
OF the greatest eng neering work Of the
day. The first tunnel In the nited States
was bored for this canal. and q colossal
q inning apparatus v "A used TO raise the
Wal az III the NECESSARY height
The canal coat S3.O1l UhJ equivalent to
ten times that sum at the present Lilne).
was worth TO the country every dollar IL
cost, and would never have been CON-
nIeted had II not been for The lottery.
rival II the Union Canal was after.
wards startei nv the Bostoncse to enable
s.the HuG 10 cornneta with New York:
hssx .Ithou~h thir canal WAS cnmnleied
lt1Itourh tRa agency also of a public lot.
f1rv formed tn ala in ita constr,,ctionl II
failed 10 render Rost0n enual to New
York fho,Oh II aid much uOod. never.
fhaiess
Vari.u. nuhlic vvorks hesides canals ra.
sorted to tue lottery for aid. When New
England palriotislis fell short Of finishing
the Hmmker Hill Monument. a large lot.
terv was s,,uOa.tcd n CONT 'n,,e the GOOD
vvnrk ana ! ..rs fii.," wss vot.on m n N
.s,adies fair. tn which Fanny Elssler. the
danse,,sa, snntrihntad and " hici, s,,nnIied
the sn"Ss, r r0%'e"' anu "'"''' ''pp'''"
Evan tho nhlsvmatic Germans took
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intars.tin~ ma 0mita,da iooi, Mace i'm Vienna
anI R.ri;s Ts,,n inttsrv ihsn frnnd its
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fnrtv lotteries have obtained the sanction
Of the French voyernnle Il during The las
decade. The lottery known as 1.-The Cen
trail Union OF Decorative Arts" had a cap
itasl Of ,,NO, COO francs tnearly $t,O,N,WO)
0t1n int ~ ,naud n al Trad thou