The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-13
THR DAYS OF THE
.s,s -. :. OLD LOTTERY.
The Institution Had Its Place In
ilss, EARLY American Life.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE BUILT

ss>st A10y AHlcrlC0n AiIos
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE BUILT
And PubAls Improvements Made with the
IA Aidas,Sthe Lottery schsme-News-
aunpan Of . nupdrded Yesrs
sssfssnxe Advertised Them. (, ~,
y. II MSfar cry from. the time when
young George Washington. at VIM y
iamsburH sspent Tthe day. i1 drdwiay
the, ,lottslv p" seosns{ the people trsssk
s64sesrsS the day when the ADVERTISE
ftsfesSf u lottery excluded iewspa-
TeY 1 The United States mail: but
,iimsS change and people change with
Them. For a long time, however. the
advertisements of lotteries were a lu-
Crative source of income to many nevis
papers. Indeed, when we look over the
meagert Show Of other advertisements
In some 6fsthe journals 1t seems as IL
they could not have been supported
'rtherwisess
E,sThsurdrawing Of lots" or lotteries,
,Nrte@Ated civilization. In the hoary
days OF prophecy was foretold the dread
+, .Sav uhen "thev parted NV garments
~ AMONG them and for my yesture they
did cast Iots.'
The committee of ways and means In
the continental congress. ON the LIST
ef November, f!s. devised the plan OF
Smsr,can, reyolution. ana the congress
laenaets sd ,..thet n consist OF 100 ooo
Sy.tet. .ach t,ck.t IN he divided into
n{our htj,et. each IN he draw In ella sses
the earital prize Of the f1rst class to be
/ do O0o. of the aecond $40 0oo of the third
$50, 600. and Of the fourth $50, ,oo0." l {,
& The aNew York Mercury and General
Adyertiser." printed Nby William Lewis
az Hanover Souare. September IA. 1852,
eontains the following lottery scheme:
~ "rhe numbers. prizes. and blanks Of
house and cash lottery being now roll
,red M and most of the tickets sold the
managers will positively commence
drawfng the same on Monday. the 30th
instant, 4i .[
"Scheme-A prize Of the house. dis.
fiIlery and utensils, S7,50o: one cash
prize OF $1,000; two cash prizes of $500;
LOO cash prizes of IS: in all. 1889 PRICES,
3,711 blanks, or 5000 tickets at "a each"
The .Royal Gazette. New York, pub
lished by James Rivington, printer to
the Kings most excellent majesty, Sep
tember 28, 1882, contains the following
advertisement:
.>,,,vr ,.o>,ov
49,, ,,a,,en, .H, =, ~. o,rrrpv
f1Oooh' AfD "a SAA'h - ~ EN-
will positively commence drawing at
Kinks Tavern, in the fields"
The first advertisement of q lottery
in, any of the cities of the District Of
Columbia appears in q Virginia paper,
when Georgetown was still q Maryland
town. and Is as follows. 81
"A Georgetown Academy Lottery--A
scheme Of lottery for raising 81, 400 to
be applied for the purchase of house
for the use of Georgetown Academy:
I prize of 81, 900, 2 prizes of $500,
prizes Of 5000, 8 prizes of 500, 10 prizes
of $50. 16 prizes OF $25, 80 prizes of $40.
80 prizes OF IS, 600 prizes of "a, being
721 prizes of total value of $1,000.
To be applied TO the use of the aca-
denny, $1,400. There are 2,279 blanks.
There are to be 5000 tickets sold at 50
each, netting $4,000.
''The right education Of youth Is an
object Of such vast Importance to free
dom and happiness that there needs
no strength of reasoning to recommend
the above scheme, which is meant to
promote it to the patronage and en-
couragement of O liberal public"
There in the old newspaper. adver-
tisements of lottery "to build a
wharf in Baltimore" In 1858, and in
1853 there is an advertisement of a lot
teryato build a market house in Balti-
more 'sTosln," ,,and. a short, time after
ward a lottery for the purpose of @buy-
ing two fire engines and a parcel of
buckets', for Baltimore.
At Alexandria, Va, the trustees of
the town advertised in 1863 "a lottery
to build town house and a school,"
and the building which was at the
northeast corner of the market. was
also used as a meeting house OF the
Alexandria Presbyterians.