Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-26

.. Iottery Odd Bits Of
lilies Of sature How BenIamin
sasssIip and Thems,,,s iie eas.,s sas d
frrss.assd aud Aid III, TN Monanent and
,sss-. gsnnnnreh Beils--A Lottery or a
ltris's ociety sins"i"r i'
tt,.Iaistory. which arc
o. n those coincidences wnich are
n one Oh @,s" in ficti u, although they
suspse occu ring in real life. IL has
~ inc ,n, while Monsieur Lesseps
opsned eis a the idea IL lottery In
zen ~ through his new Panama
.see 70 carr The old Union Canal, the |
4, wo)esp anal in this country, aud
ooese oinally and materially aided
lfh sss.,c1ion by lottery, has out
ID consnI.f,lncss and has Teen aban-
- ssa.rnion Canal of 'ennsylvania WA was
trt pro1. .,,~o, sted by William Penn |
a. " Nas h.sf,re a canal WAS in opera
49, ye. En- land. The route WAS sur
% even ~ I'D Rittenhouse, the astrono-
xyd g ~ William Smith, provost oil
u, hn,uuarsity of Pennsylvania.
Unlse.s,,g of he ottery in aid of the
Ibe oam ,ook place i'll the old Arcade
Jon Cana ,bia on Chestnut sLreef, near
nl'sos I'd we're regarded as occasions
'e llna, interest. The work was inter
pu""h Nv the Revolutionary wa, Du
splsa R,tert Morris, robert fuit:n and
foppna,cis became interested In IL.
bfob fisn,I was eighty-nine miles long.
The can 'e;,ated in It's construction some
dneeen,sst ng neeriDR work OF the
he drst tunnel in the niteu States
W. lnS dor this canal, and q COLOSSAL
nu;na apparatus was used 10 raise Inc
np'ns IL ms cessary height.
1sr " III ~. cost S ,O-U,UOJ equivalent TO
lDe .s that sum at the present liine)-
in un lash 10 the country every dollar IL
~ VA would never have been COM
~ ~ had it not been for he lottery.
T,s to the Union Canai was aIteI'
y.rusi o tn c.J,npete with New York;
1s hn Jo this canal was completed
~ nJ he agency also Of public lot
nW sussn,sd RI aid in it's construction1 IT
kn 70 render Boston equal 10 New
nusu ,bouvh it did much good, never
Ilels'. nub,ic works besides canals re-
va 10 the lottery for aid. When New
vS n,SS natriotisIi fell short OF finishing
qsaunter Hill Monument, large lot
w., w. v.s suggested to cont nue. the GOOD
W.. fair TO which Fanny Eissier, The
dustuse, eon1a ~ WV
W sI lan' The phlegmatic Germans took
..ls,s N the lutteries, and drawings of
.,sr.sting magnitude took place in V ienna
III nsr,. The lottery then found its
~ IN the general principles OF human
,.,nrr into Great Britain, where 1t took
~ and flourished. The first English
S,tery was for the repairing OF haroors
mi Publications along the coast. The
tnt public drawing in England LOOK place
!, III west door of old st. Pauis Cathe
~ in the pre,ence Of a vast crowd.
0ueen Elizabeth, the most sensible and
seressful Of English sovereigns. estab,
|I.hsd the lottery by royal edict, and
.red it under The control of the Prime
. Hiu,sl.r and the Chancellor OF the tx
tbsoer. So successful were its results
|,hst IL WAS coutiuu. d as an accepted Ill
,ttutl, N for raising revenues down TO the
th,se Of the eighteenth Century. IL was
during tis brilllau period that the tank
| linz system, insurance, exchange, ant
| alsr money ". re first introduced, ant
| N, if not born OF, were undoubtedl,
Grad ed in, the lottery system.
The greatest public institution in Lon
don. or perhaps in the world, the BRITISH
Museum, was materially aided in It's IN
rspton by 10 terry. Nea' ly Esq., w wer
| thus contributed to this magnificent OF
| ject one hundred aud thirty fve years ago
| Meanwhile, the lottery had gained
f. irm foothold in France. The mercuria
| parisians took kindly " it. They deari
. loved the excitement OF the drawings
while at The same time the government
louk care To devote the maj portions
| The funds thus raised to public purposes
At present, lotteries in + ance are In flu
| favor for charitable and arr purposes, an
are regulated by government, a publlc o.
fetal icing present at all drawing. owe
| forty lotteries have obtained the ssnctlo
VI the French governme 1T during the las
decade. The lottery known as Ihe Cef
lral Union of Decorative Arts had u cal
al of II Luz, 100 francs (nearly 5 i,Un,U
One lottery dis posed of six hundred lhol
sand tickets in twenty days. The a ge
Ian National Lottery sold ov million
tickets per month for five mouths, and I'll
lottery for the 5 ,cietie DIES Gems de Lott
es sold over half that number at a high,
price.
In this country, as has been previousl
stated, lotteries nave always been pop
ar, and until late years have been san
TONED while regulated by law. Relgle
Las, even III America, awaited Itself large
OF human natures tendency To the lotter
Churches, from Main to Louisiana, ha'
been aided by lotteries. The Philadeiph
Steepe Lottery was managed by no less
nan, statesman and phil lnJhropist, tna
Benjamin Franklin, and through /
ageucy the steeple of old Christ Churc
Philadelphia, IA raised aud is peal
bells secured
these Christ Church Bells are almost
we'll known and his orical in the Qua .
City as are Bow bells" in London Il
whole peal weigh over nine thousaI
pounds, and a very harmonious-lite
ally music by the pound. They We
cast in London and brought over WI
great care and large expense to Philad
phis. The lottery, the funds of viii
procured these bells, was regarded by
god men and women at The time as
public benefit.
In New England lottery was original
lur The purpose of raising funds TO supp
sailors and strangers with Bibles, a
succeeded largely iii accomplishing It's
lect. Thus lottery became a Bible 1
rety. Various Episcopal and Congress
!lonal churches at Newport and elsewh.
nave been built with funds raised by Il
teries.
Iwo Of the most noted preachers of Il
country, Increase and Cotton Math
lived and died in houses built by lotteri
and The Rev. DIR. Eliphalet Mott, of Uni
lollege, has written the best, becat
most truthful, defeuse of the lottery 8
lem. Rev. DIR. Mott was historical CHI
@ter, The grandfather of the press
BISHOP Hen, y Codman Potter of N
,rork, and the inventor of the celesral
Mott stove The Tense of the lott'
system was before the New York Legis
tire.
The first Episcopal church in Brook.
o. Anns on the Heights, was erecl
afsei. by means of u lottery, under
PERSONAL direction of the Rev. ID Page
!, The famous charity hospital of New
eans. one OF the historic institutions
me country, has for many years IN
partly supported by over a quarter @