The sun., 1905-09-24
FORTUNE.BRINGING DREAMS.
Numbers Seen in sleep Considered the
Luckiest OF Omens.


Has there ever been lottery. we wonder.
in which dreams Of lucky numbers have not
played romantic part. as in the case OF NJ.
Cousin. who won the second prize of $4,000
in the recent French lottery?
That, for instance. Is q strange story that
is told of Sgnor Fozzi. merchant of Milan
Not long ago the signor dreamed of his
dau ghter who died several years since and
next morning. with his dream still MOURN
fully haunting his memory. something
brought to his mind that it was one of the
days on which the municipal lottery was
open. To the lottery he went, being man
of sporting instincts, and his dream sug-
gested the venture. His daughter having
died at the age Of "a years i3 days and hours
he selected these three numbers to bet upon.
and two of the three proved highly lucky.
One. on which he had laid SIS. Id. brought him
$50 times his stakes. or over fl0O and the
other 1880 times his stake of Ell l2s. 3d.. or
nearly f7,00o
1t was a dream that brought fortune too
late for an Italian peasant called Luca. The
peasant dreamed one night that he had
been present at the drawing of the great
State lottery. and that the first prize of
fs. 600 had fallen to ticket No. 2iol0. When
he awoke he was so strongly impressed by
his dream that he scraped together all the
money he possessed. and, after long search
ing, was able to buy ticket. not of the num-
ber Of his dream but containing the same
figures in a different order. Then he fell
on evil days his wife died of an illness brought
on by hardship and starvation, and n few
days later he. too. succumbed. Within
week of this double tragedy the ticket he had
purchased was awarded the great prize at
the lottery drawing.
A similar pathetic story is told of poor
blind woman. once familiar figure in Sack
vile street. Dublin. where for many years
she earned scanty livelihood by selling
laces and other snail articles One night
she dreamed of number which was TO win
a great prize in forthcoming lottery. and
when she nwoke she hurried TO the lottery
Office to insure it, The number was not
drawn: but her faith in II was unabated
and time after time she insured It, selling her
clothes and even the basket that contained
her goods. to raise the necessary money
At last her srr all resources were quite ex-
hausted. One day she was unable to insure
the number. and that very day it was drawn
The blow OF fortune was too much for the
poor old creature. and. cropping her blind
way to tho Royal Canal she ended her troubles
in Its waters.
In the early days of lotteries In England
to dream n number was always looked on
az the luckiest of omens. In an old copy
of the Post Bow may still read this ad-
vertisement This is to give notice that 10
will be given for the ticket in the fl 500 600
lottery. No. 1872, by Nath Gin, at the Bible
and Three Crowns in Chcapside." Light
was thrown this mysterious notice by
a letter which the advertiser wrote 10 the
Spectator in which he says: you must know
] have but one ticket. for which reason, and
a certain dream have lately had more than
once ] resolved II should be the number I
most approved. My visions are so frequent
and strong upon this occasion that ! have
not only possessed the lot but disposed of
the money which in all probability it will sell
for"
About the same time n footman. on the
strength of similar dream. sper he whole
of twenty years savings in purchasing two
lottery iokets bearing his lucky dream n,'m-
hers, and when the tickets proved blanks
we learn. after a few melancholy days lie
put an end to his life" In a box was found
the following rlar Of the manner in which
he should sperd the f5,O0O prize. which his
mistress preserved as curiosity:
AS soon as have received the money
will marry Grece Towers: but as she he's
been cross and COY will Use her as servant.
Every morning she shnl get me a mug of
strong beer. with toast. nutmeg and sugar
in it. then will sleep until 10, after which
vii, have n large sack posset. My dinner
sh"ll he'on table bv 4, and never without
q rood pIddirp. | will have n sto"k of wine
and brandy laid in About in the pfterroon
] will hnve tnrts and iellics and 81 Hon howl
of punch: AT 10 n hot supper OF two dishes.
" Nm IN n good hur'or and Grace behaves
herself. she shall sit down with me-.