Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-02
Busts Of Lincoln and Patrick
Henry Not on "Junk Reap.'
Doggiag Deer in Somerset County, .6overnor
Cobb lnvited 10 Aroostook.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
March 23 at 10 A. M.

looking up the history Of the So-called
lottery townships of the State, and
has found in connection Herewith
some very interesting matter.
In speaking Of the townships THIS
day, Mr. EaytOrd said that in 1856
lottery commission was created by the
legislature of Massachusetts, composed
of Samuel Phillips. Leonard Jarvis and
Rufus Putnam, whose duty ii was Ito
establish Il lottery for the purpose OF
bringing into the Publick Treasury the
Sum OF 10000 pounds in Publick Sc
curiticS by sale of a part of the East
ern Lands
These lands comprised 80 townships
in what is now Washington and Han
cock counties. General Rufus Put
nam, one Of the youngest OF the officers
of the line in the Revolution. who dis
tinguished himself as an engineer and
drew the Favorable attention OF Cen
erll Washington. was the surveyor
He IOtted these lands uniformly ana
we iiav" reason to believe in 4 careful
manner, ut least 50 far as the exterior
township lines ar" concerned. 1t Is
proha BILE however, and recent inVeSti-
cations in locating by bounds the own
rrshipS in seVcralty in these townships
would tend to bear out this theory.
that the interior lines of the townships
We're largely paper lines. or wholly
imaginary General Putnam after
: ward became the first settler of Mari
ctta. Ohio, where he died in 1899. being
the last general officer of the Revolu-
| ton to pass away.
Il The lottery tickets were sold at q
II fixed price. Mr.. Williamson. the his
Il tnrian of Maine, says the price was Cd
II pounds per ticket. but another state
!, mtnt seen recently says that 4 much
\ lower price was asked for theSt.
n tickets. The grand prize was one
II township. No. A.. Middle Division.
Washington Co, a township that to
/ this lay. it is stated, is one of the best
timper tracts in Washington county.
| However, this township was not drawn.
the ticket for il not being sold. In
fact, not one quarter part OF the tickets
| We're sold.
The largest prize drawn fell to Will
liam Dali of Boston. and consisted OF
a.440 acres in township No. ~. Eastern
Division. now in Washington county.
The second largest fell to Rev. Elisha
Full,r "f Ludlow. Mass, being 3.S4O
sion. nnw Grand Fails Plantation.
perobscot county. This lottery it
seems. proved popular speculation for
ministers. for it is found that Rev.
Israel Fuller Of Charlestown. Rev.
l,phriam JudsOn of Taunton, Rev.
Daniel Fuller Of Gloucester. Rev.
JosnDh Willard of Wilbraham ana
Rev Jonn Murray, of Eewburyport.
all purchased tickets and drew lana.
Eev. John Murray, the LIST named, II
pa, tnership with William Lithgow OF
Georgetown. Lincoln county, pur-
chased no ,nss than five tickets. but
they nearly all drew only thr MINIMUM
| ,,riza Of Ito acres ''The President and
Fellows of Harvard College" pur-
chased no less than eight of these
Tickets but were not successful II
drawing any large prize. Nearly al
Of the purchasers of tickets We're resi-
dents Of Massachusetts only four II
addition to William I.ithgow above
mentioned who We're resident Of wha'
is now Maine. These were Waterman
Thomas, OF marlborough. Lincolr
. county. who drew 640 acres in Town
shin "A. Middle Division; Nathen Male:
Of Turner. Cumberland county. who
drew GAO acres. Township 5, Soutf
Range North Division; jeremiah Love
| Of Berwick. York county. who drew ""2'
acres in Township q. Eastern Divi'
sion, and Robert and Alexander Barr
carpenters, of Portland. Cumberland
county, who purchased three tickets
Nothing could show more plainly The
lack of money existing in the Province
of Maine at that date than that only
| five persons from this State felt able t.
participate in 50 popular scheme n:
y lottery presented To the public mine
! 1o0 years ago.