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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts — John Shaqi

The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

Name: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Author: Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Lotteries; New England -- Social life and customs

_Columbian Centinel,_ April 10, 1790.

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    [Illustration]

                       _FORTUNE'S ANGLERS_:

                        A NEW LOTTERY SONG.

    _TUNE_--"_There are sweepers in high life as well as in
                              low._"

    In the fish pond of fortune men angle always,
    Some angle for titles, some angle for praise,
    Some angle for favor, some angle for wives,
    And some angle for nought all the days of their lives:
      _Ye who'd angle for_ Wealth, _and would_ Fortunes _obtain,_
      _Get your hooks baited by_ Kidder, Gilbert & Dean.
    Some angle for pleasure, some angle for pain,
    Some angle for trifles, some angle for gain,
    Some angle for glory, some angle for strife,
    Some angle to make themselves happy for life:
      _Ye who'd angle, &c._
    Some angle for wit, and some angle for fame,
    Some angle for nonsense, and some e'en for shame,
    Some angle for horses, some angle for hounds,
    For angling's infinite, it never new bounds:
      _Ye who'd angle, &c._

    G. & D. and W. & T.K. for the accommodation of those who
    purchase Tickets of them, keep _Daily Lists of Prizes and
    Blanks,_ and a complete statement of the wheels, which can be
    examined at the close of each day's drawing, free of expense.
    And for the convenience of their country-customers publish in
    every paper, while any lottery is drawing, the numbers of all
    prizes over _seven dollars,_ state of the lottery, &c. &c.

    --> Persons at a distance may be assured, that the most
    punctual and strict attention will be given their orders for
    tickets, (_post paid_) enclosing cash or prize tickets,
    addressed to GILBERT & DEAN, 79, _State street,_ or W. & T.
    KIDDER, 9, _Market-square,_ and the earliest information sent
    them respecting the fate of their numbers.

    *** _Prize Tickets in all the Lotteries taken in pay for
    other tickets._                                      March 24

                              _Boston Repertory,_ March 24, 1809.

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                    --> Washington's Birth Day.

    IT is a little remarkable, that the great

                      _UNION CANAL LOTTERY,_

    commences drawing on the 22d inst. being the birthday of
    WASHINGTON--and the first drawn blank will be entitled to

                     _FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!_

                                    _Boston Palladium, 1819._

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                   _PATRIOTISM OF THE LADIES._

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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

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