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THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

In the city of Mobile there are daily drawings of lotteries, and (he negroes are the principal buyers of tickets/ An honest old uncle called Jeff was opposed to the business, and had forbidden his wife buying tickets, She secretly did buy one, and after the drawing placed it in her market, basket intending to stop at the office on her way to market to learn her luck. The old man discovered the ticket before she left, and pasted it on the back of the door of their cabin. The wife went on her way, arrived at the office, and ascertained that she had drawn a prize of fifty dollars, but was much excited at not finding the ticket. Returning home, she searched in vain for the ticket, until the old man asked what she was looking for. She told him, and that it had drawn a prize. He rushed to the door, and finding he could not remove the ticket without destroying it, seized the door, took it from its hinges, and placed it. on his head, " and made tracks" for the office. Arriving almost out of breath, he thrust the door at the clerk, and exclaimed, " dars de ticket ! dars de ticket! Jes gib us do money ; dats all wo wants ! " "And like many other good men, "white as well as tinted, his moral force melted away before the prospective greenback.

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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1190, 3 July 1874, Page 3

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THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1190, 3 July 1874, Page 3

THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1190, 3 July 1874, Page 3

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