The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-09-28

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DRAWINGS

There was many a young heart that
beat with exciting expectation this morn
ing before the announcement Of the win
ner OF the pony and donkey given by John
The Shoeman TO the children Of those who
patronized his store
The contest for the prizes has been run
ming for some time and there was a whole
morning and from which the drawings
should be made. During the weeks that
the contest has been running this enter
prisng firm has had the two animals on
exhibition and driven through the streets
OF the business section Of the city so that
all might see how valuable IA prizes they
were.
For this reason there was a great rush
for tickets and this morning when the
store opened the youngsters who held
tickets thought 10 be winners crowded at
the entrance OF the newly remodelled old
stand on Mathewson street and waited
with noisy patience for the crucial mo-
ment when their hopes would flutter fast
est and then fade.
While the crowd was outside clamoring
for entrance the management was making
ready for the occasion. and as soon as the
doors were thrown open every nook and
floor OF the establishment was immediate
~ monopolized by the boys and girls.
The tickets had been kept I'm a large
merchandise box and were removed from
there TO the barrel in which they were 10
be shaken up. Just after this was done
II was announced that there were to be
/ lS prizes given. The first. pony and
| cart, a donkey, s5 in gold and 10 conso-
lation prizes OF 81 each The drawings
' ha 40 h,y eytr hp
were chosen from the crowd. This an
/ nouncement was greeted with cheers and
/ then the drawings commenced.
The first ticekt taken out was No. s172.
! held by Miss Bessie Nolan of 80 Laurel
street. Fairhaven. Mass. She is the
! daughter OF the popular restauranteur,
/ p. f. Nolan. OF "a Saoin street, this city.
/ and is a teacher in the public schools OF
/ New Bedford. There was sigh of dis
J appointment heard around the room
when those on hand found that they had
not won.
There was still hope. however. for the
donkey was not 10 be despised. Ticket
| No. q .i67 held by NJ Bourgnignon Of
/ Rear Duke street. claimed this prize
The third prize was won by ticket 1899
held by l.. Mccarthy OF 536 South street
! This ticket called for IS The other 10
| worth 81 each The tickets were num-
bered and held as follows: 1923, Sadie
Gardiner. Lafayette, X IL N,y3S, Adol-
phus Sloutler. Hill street, Phenix II. l.:
iOo29, John gladden., Hillsgrove street
| Warwick: 20g9S Jonn Tracy, 10 Bergen
street: II .25s, Joseph Duchesne. 2S1 Dexter
! street: l9,9O9 Christian Cassidy. Dodge
| Vile Mass 1889 w. Gallar. 4A Branch
avenue II ,5i2. r. H. King. 81 Washington
street: 6371. William Noble, 721 East
Washington street, Syracuse, n. Y: r.
236. H. Fitzgerald 273 oxford street.
| When the awards were all announced
the crowd was asked 10 pass downstairs
I'm line and received the souvenirs that
awaited them. In coming down every
one man woman and child received q
siren whistle a flying machine, and hyt
new pennies I'm an envelope. For time
after the drawings the streets In the I'M
mediate vicinity were made noisy with
the screeching whistles and the genera
glee OF the occasion.
The pony's name Is Bessie and the don
kew will wear the name OF its eminen
prototype seen I'm the comic supplement-,
OF the Sunday papers. It's name Is Maud