Show george lottery it Is 13 not generally known that the great father of ills ilia country was on at least one occasion the originator of a lottery the like of which at the present day would be forbidden to send its tickets through the malls that george geoe ft washington was interested in such a scheme Is proved by a number of tickets still in existence which bear his big august name it was the mountain road lottery of which george was the promoter and it Is of course unnecessary to state that washington himself did not financially profit from it all the funds raised by the lottery were spent in building the road through cumberland gap near fredericksburg va originally the lottery tickets which washington signed were worth 1 each now because they bear his signature they are easily sold for 50 apiece though it Is certain that not ot one of hein them will ever draw a prize |