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Show "Golden" Offering Cnly Copper. Tho "lucky lamppost," supposed to hold tho sacrifices of LoulBvllle gamblers gam-blers to tho goddess luck, has been shattered and thcro wns shattered with It tho substantial part of a protty legend. Old gamblers llko to toll how in tho old dnys, when fnro wub dealt over tho store on Fifth 3treot, near Market, now occupied by a shoo dealer, players play-ers would drop golden coins Into a hole In tho lamppost as an offering to luck. Armed with big sledgo hammers, two employes of tho gas company battered bat-tered Into pieces the old lamppost, and i the "golden" treasure was rovealod. I It consisted of about CO cents In cop-i cop-i pors, nickels nnd dimes. Ono of tho I dimes Is snld to be valuable on nc- count of Its age, having been minted !n 1832. Now -ork Journnl, |