Now is the tide, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune, as the immortal Shakespeare would say.  The undrawn tickets have all the advantage of this gain, in addition to the common chance at the outset.  A few for sale (wholes 6 dolls. quarters 1.63) at Cushing and Appleton’s superlatively lucky Lottery & Exchange office, and federal book shop, one door west of Central Building, Essex street.

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In 1808 there was a “Real and truly Fortunate Lottery Office” at No. 1 Summer Street, Boston, and Detroit Bank bills were taken in payment for tickets.

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Real and truly Fortunate

LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 1 Summer street, opposite the North west
corner of the New State House—­

D. BEMAN’S list of Capital Prizes, sold by him at his Real
and truly Fortunate Lottery Office—­as follows,

No. 9031, a Prize of 8000 Dolls.
14459 a Prize of 1000 do.
8638 a Prize of 500 do.
8950 a Prize of 500 do.
39 a Prize of 500 do.
3988 a Prize of 500 do.
12722 a Prize of 200 do.

Besides a great number of 100—­50—­20, and 7 Dollar Prizes—­amounting to a handsome Fortune—­over the whole cost of all the Tickets ever sold at his office....  This is to be considered the Real and Truly Fortunate Lottery Office.

—­> Tickets, Quarters & Eighths in the 4th Class of Harvard College, which is now drawing—­10,000 Dollars highest prize.  A complete list of all the Drawing may be seen days and evenings, gratis.

    Prize Tickets and Detroit Bank Bills taken in payment; such
    as are guaranteed are taken at par. and those of another kind
    at a discount.

    June 3. (5W)

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The highest prize in the Providence Episcopal Church Lottery was $8,000, and the drawing was to begin on Sept. 29, 1800.  Tickets were sold in Boston at E. & S. Larkin’s, 47 Cornhill.  Gilbert & Dean, 56 State Street, Boston, make the following exhibit of the Golden Shower in 1803.

    It is impossible to tell on whom the GOLDEN SHOWER will
    fall!

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    YE that have the least relish to obtain 8000 dollars for a
    trifling sum, be “up and doing!” The third class of Hadley
    Lottery, will commence drawing the 15th of June.

Remark.—­The object of this Lottery is of great public utility—­that of improving SOUTH HADLEY CANAL, in order to make it permanent and beneficial to the public—­and the Proprietors, in this arduous undertaking, have to cut through an entire mass of rocks for three miles!  Laudable and praise-worthy perseverance!

    Tickets for sale by GILBERT & DEAN, MAGAZINE and LOTTERY
    OFFICE, No. 56, State-Street, where a correct list of all
    the prizes and blanks will be exhibited, during the drawing.