| Show HE WON A COOL great good goad luck of samuel W barrett Barr etl it melbourne avenue north toronto lias 1119 for tho the past few diva days been a scene of intense excitement it was whispered that one of the residents held field a lucky ticket in tile the Ioui louisiana siana state lottery Iott erv drawing on the uth alt the abw found till the fortunate man mail to be samuel wart ward I 1 barrett barret melbourne avenue formal bookbinder at gge co s wellington street M mr r barrett barren was as found at his place of business anti and in answer to the reporters reporter pa inquiries s gaid aid while a broad sinjin lighted tin no ilia his whole countenance 61 1 I had no faith in the lottery business but four months ago one of tile the men ili induced me to invest a dollar in it I 1 ifft sent to tile the new orleans national bank in new orleans to find out how I 1 could get tickets tile the bank sent me blanks ind and I 1 enclosed a dollar for a tenth ticket irr in tile the may imay drawing I 1 got nothing then still in june I 1 again sent a dollar for a tenth ticket also in july and also in august I 1 got the report of the august dialing lisl last thursday week eek on my way horne home ani and carelessly jammed it into my pocket pock t with ith the remark well thebes another dollar c gone in my b bedroom hovi however ever I 1 thought I 1 would look at the I 1 aport and the first that met my eyes wes the number 2914 ft entitling me to onet one tenth etith of the fifty thousand dollar prize I 1 immediately broke the news to in my wife ife and joy reigned in the family I 1 tell you gaid mr barrett with a wink one ione does not fall into a small I 1 fortune or t une so EO slick every day how flow did you collect your money asked the news when sufficiently re coveted loveie d 1 I received notice from the i new orleans national bank that a draft I 1 for in gold coin had been fori 1 warded to the central bank in this city I 1 I 1 payable to my order i did you call at the central B bank an k and draw the money no I 1 allowed owed it to remain there on deposit to my irly credit had you van other tickets in the same drw drawing drwinga ingi no I 1 only had one the whole business since I 1 commenced cost me for tickets posts postage 0 e etc and I 1 now stand in five uve thousand dollars alsead ahead 11 1 I suppose you will go in more ore extensively ten into inlo lottery business hereafter no I 1 will continue to send my dollar every month but I 1 tell you they are going to do a pile of business here now no less than one hundred tickets have been sent for since I 1 got the prize ue ile turned around and pointing to the numerous employees said why all these lave have sent for tickets and they intend to continue as monthly subscribers toronto ont news sept 12 |
