Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-10

| QOiler lt cost, ana WOuiu never nhFs
 been completed had 1t not been for tho
 lottery.
 Arival to the Union Canal was after
 wards started by the Bostonese to enable
 the Hub" to compete with New York
 but slthough this canal was completed | (through the agency sl-o of a. public
 lottery formed 10 aid in its c"nstructionl
 I, failed to render Boston equal to New | York, though It did much good. never ! theless.
 Various public works beside canals re-
 sorted to the lottery for sid. When New | England patriotism fell short of flushing
 toe Bunker Hill Monument, a large lot
 teTy was suggt sted 70 continue the good
 work. and rafiis was gotton up at a
 ladies' fair, to which Fanny Elssler, the
 dsnsuese, contributed. and which sup plIed the funds required. Even the phlegmatIo Germans took
 kindly to the lotteries. and drawings of | interesting magnitude took place at
 Vienna and Berlin. The lottery then
 found its way on the general principles
 of human nature, into Great Britain,
 where 1t took root and hourished. The
 first English lottery was for the repair
 ing of hsrDOrs and Qualifications along
 the coast. The first public drawing ir
 England took place st the west door of
 old St PauPs Cathedral in the prence of a vast crowd.
 Queen Elizabeth, the most sensible and successful of English sovereiRns. established the lottery by royal edict, sn1 placed 1t under the control of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor ot the Exchequer. So successful were its re suits that It was continued as an accept ed institution for raising revenues down to the close of the eighteenth cen tury. It was during this brilliant period that the banking system, in suIsnce, exchange, and paper money were first introduced, and all, if not born of. were undoubtedly cradled in the lottery system
 The great st public institution in Lon don, or perhaps Tn the world, the Bnt- ish Museum, was materially aided ID inception by lottery. Nearly G60OOO were thus contributed to th1s msgnifi- cent object one hundred and tbirty five years ago.
 Meanwhile the lottery had geined firm fOot-hold m France. Thesmercu- ourial Psrislans took kindly to it. They dearly loved the excitement of the draw lngs, while at the same tune the govern ment took care to promote the major portions Of the funds thus raised to pub lie purposes,
 At present. lotteries in France are in full favor for charitable and art pur- poses, and are regulated by government. pubic oticiGl being present at a!l | drswluRs. Over forty lotteries have ob | talDed the sanction Sf the French cOy-  The lottery known as The Central | Union ot Decorative Arts" had a capita! of 100000 francs (nearly B OOu OOO | One lottery disposed of six hundred thousand tickets in twenty days. The Algerian National Lottery sold over a million of tickets per month for five months. aud the lottery for the Socie,Ie des Gems de LottOjes sold over half that number at higher price.
 In this country, as has been preyicus- ly stated, lotterIes have always been popular, and until late years have been sanctioned while regulated by law Re hslon has. even ID Amerlcs, sysiled It. sell largely Of human natures tendency to the lottery.
 Churches, from Maine 70 Louisiana, have been aided by lotteries. The Phil
 
 by no lees R man, statesman and phIlsu- thropis,, than Benjamin Franklin. and through It's agency the steeple of old Christ Church, Philadelphis, WIS raised and it's peal of bells secured.
 These Christ Church bells are almost as well known and hIsiorIcal in the Quarker City as are Bow Bells" in Lon. don; the whole peal weigh over nine hnnaNU1 A1 L | "musIc by the pound" They were cast in London and brought ,ver with great care and large expense O Philadelphia. The lottery the funds # which procured these bells was re- lsTded by the good men and women at be time as public benefit,
 ln New England lottery was origi- Hted for the purpose of raising funds to upply sailors and others with Bibles. and ncceeded largely In accomplishing its oIect. Thus lottery become a Bible ocIety. Various Episcopal and Con regatloual churches at Newport and lsewhere have been built with funds sised by lotteries.
 Two Of the most noted preachers in LIS country, Increase snd Cotton Msth- ', hved and died Tn houses built bv iot- ,rles, and the Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Mott, Union College, has written the best. ecause the most truthful. defense of le lottery system. Rev. Dr. Nott WAS a storlcal character. the grAndfsther of Ie present Bishop Henry Goldman Pot r ot New York, and the inventor of the lebr~ted Nott stove. The defense of e lottery system was before the Legis ture.
 The First Episcopal church in Brook n. St Ann's on the Heights, was erect
 largely by means of 8 lottery under e personal direction of the Rev. Dr. .ge.
 The famous charity hospital of New leans, one of the historic institutions The country, has for many years been rtly supported by over 8 quarter of llion Ot dollars received for 1t during - at period from the Louisiana State ttery. Jhrlst Church, Tn Louisiana, the first Otestant church in that state. WAS | cted on site purchased by lottery id-. sni various similar Instan.es i'd be cited.
 Colleges and schools in America. sl- st without number. have from time to Ie been indebted to lotteries for thsIr 4 chon or completion Dartmouth Col Q, Hsrvsrd College, Leicester Acsde. R . hIode Isl4nd College, WillIamstown 'e School, some dozen of educational iItuuoDs ID New York state ana and scores of instItatlops ugh the south and west might b. Roads have been constuc- by lottery funds, also bridges, canals manufactures. In addition to the Q on Canal, already mentioned. fife Oskea2 Canal and the Wilton Canal be cited, while Hatfield Bridge 1T Park Bridge, Kennebec Bridee.the 'On Taper Mill, the Conne.icut Man .'oTy, sll owe their very existence to N lottery system.
 tnls system Rhode Island owes to- dir It's free schools, Connecticut its or. per and insane asylums. Even that shS proud boast of New York state. in h., avs the greatest water way ID inc 30 d, the Ere Canal, was indebted for fro Arly progress to the lottery. Della wh owes to T. its schools and Masonic " are tue, Maryland nun mberless public ,aP