LOTTERY WINNINGS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 10

LOTTERY WINNINGS.

ODD. INSTANCES OF-FORTUNB.;;'; .- The first'prize of iiO.OOO'in'thejseconaf, ;, drawing.of, the French; State".lottery' was. won on , ' Christmas .Eve -by '. M. . ; who' is a; barber, M. Hrahchant, sibaker, all of/Poitiers.?. > ..,'.'-{'. ■•;-.■;; .-y. .' /' •. '■'. ". : v ' : - ■i The tickets;bcing'"2o,*:francs.each. 'then'-;. , .- had shared"the; 'the'baker.-.tak»'' ing; half the' ticket/anbV the . others "n .'.;."■ jquarter each. The^-. agreed;that-if:' : thej;'..' Jwon ;,.less .than',-ii?2 .they,; should, spend. ,U,.,-, on a Christmas Eye'jbanquet;.■,■.'.',/,■•;,■;;.■«';' w\ . ,The Kairdressef,'.Tfho'is.2S,.'.pnly;started.' ': business eight month's '■ago,'''- , when'.■',r ;he : i married ; - tlie' daughter , : bf fa;i s pbice' '-'Be'tv , ; .geant. He. states; that'■•'his'-'fiist; care'will, f . bo to: provide. liberally ..for '■ his' aged fatheif;.; for4he; v rest /of jiis7days. : '' :.;^C\ : '■■■ The ba"ker ;has a baby girl;of : threoi. ' who , had-istated- that:'her>Christmas re—':: quirements were,a box of chocolates ; and ■; an umbrella. /Needless to.say. they-werq-.J ;in the stocking'.'!-.. i ■■.':,■,■,,:■■: .:. '■ j* v -..-.-<"•;>":,--.-":-.--".-■ - . An ex-soldier; is. the baker's assistant,.? Ho was. extremely excited.;by':.the good. '.■"' news, and rushed off- tb : his; sweetheartta ; : : proposeithey shauld be ■;mamed at- once.- ;'i. y 'There.will,.bq;six.moro, drawings.at in*'-", tervals next, year,' -this JDecember one' hoi - . ing the,second"bf'the set' '.■ ' ; '- J : :.:'> ;•:;,■ ;The ! reason whyi.the'tirizes at these loti; : .terios. are so largo,is.to ;be:explaijied by the Mghprice pf'the tickets. They j'really-.' mean the'Jwindinfc-npv.of. a "-.number.;-oil;-, smaller" lotteries, .ehiely got '.up./for cluu* '■' itable purposes,. as If.; Clemenceau;', when ; " hi) >as in' office-as President.of -the■ Conn* •;- : cil and-Ministeifortthe/Intßrior,; set 'Ms!: ■•':■ face resolutely/against" what'-he\cinsi4.': eired to; be :'a;> surfeit ■ q£-; lotteries,.":so ;that ••: this "'series ' was""; promoted •as ■■ a'epr'K of liquidation.- , :.-.'•'■-•'->.:■'■"'"'*?:; ■'■■.■:••■'-.■■'.'':-■-•.''■■■■•'-.; 'v- ;'. It ■;• vintoresting $ to'■ i.iibte that,Vas '.iV: lea'.tp,people.belonging'to;' , the..humbleE, , r. classMJ often ;indeed.to -.workmen.'':'Froin'-;i time,/. :thef-Vi-.' heads Of;thesß 'persons-haverrarely• been! -o turned vbyi/ theiri'good fortdne. ~;-Small •■' 'shopkeepers .haye^stuck /tp; their';: trade,;. : -; perhaps ~..iiuproyi^':-'theU.'.'premises:.'.andl! ' '>' :ajdding;.to; their;sstockj/but'.th'ey/HaTe..;; toiled- on all the/sarae.T'and^sb.'-'iti"many - : instances, 1 has it. been ;with'^workmen. oc : ; . petty,."fonctionnaries;'' ; ,Trho". have beent as;.: punctualvat-,their,;.ppsts.. the/-'next'day : jaa ;. they::.■ have been,,'before'; Daine'; F.Prtunia;-;. jsmiled upon them.,-:"Now and'.:theri,. ■. ever,; there have; , been;;"rather " melai' : choly■ exceptions; ■ y'dM-V-V , -?-' r.>rr.'.-K;'i&v-) , :|ThusVa; small'ipfficial .waailivingjquie^j:;^;■'•■ in;, the country with his familyz-wheii. i;-./ came;%'; hiriii. 'l&iteti[p theV-:^rnee-rat!/once,V'iiflje'r'.!-.Kavi^-rood-, , i f-fided-'the:;news!of-his good:fortune't'to an';', acquaintance:.whom.he.regarded;as abigKi": authority on financial; matters,-, and fore the,/yearlost;,fAnother;sad 'case.on'-rec6ra'\is;'tnali. < ;; of a. contractor^ , ' who"'Hvpn. -iE2o,OOrc';."Be--/-r; ing'of : an : enterprisjng'!tjirri: 5 6f'imindi';he-:';'=: set; to.work /.to'; , build'i a /huge ■ hoiisei , .- tt;'.oi. be-leased :out,iri.-rflats.! He-; acjiedlas/hu.i.v----:owri.:architect::;/.../,: ./;- : .i'.: ; .; ■;/.: '..•ff ,: The house: was/nearly, finished/, when/lit",,i' : cbllapsed;/burying a' dozen'iniso'ns;". a'r'i}"'.:; ; this; catastrophe,'.'witli- -the'.'consequent; ; -: law-suits 'afad , . compe'nsation fto" 'thiev'famty ■ ilies,"-. swallowed:. up.: the'i.rest. of; the-;foN.li;. tiine. 0f,;.a;.;,;; maidservant /::who".' : won' V:'iG2ooo, : . , ;: andt.':.' 'promptly.set "iip "a" public-house "with'/a ;'i:' ■ tradesman's assistant,'.'whovha'd-married":' ■her on the strength of:, her- pieco: of-; gobdv'-: , , ■■lii'ekvi -Ho/.took/itoo;-kindly; to: the. liquor.; l ;,■ jWhich /he. /dispensed,. .theJ.'business. d&t■■'.: 'clined,;-and, \ when,-all ;was 105t,.. He/-left'/.' : ;h'er : . : in;'the' lurch/!'' , ; , - : -;'^:'-'.,'..:! Hv^S-*;'"-./

■J ; '-.These',', 'hp'weyeiy ■''areSthVAexcoptipnki''..'! The i-average Frenchmaniis'Vcbntenfcwith' ;!; -a sufficiency,, aiidfhaV- n'p)ideV'pf'. riskmg'v^.'' his ! ;'capit'al.;.in';spe^ prize , mqst ■ of '.the interest fallowed .to: accumii-J V V lateV';,'lt'.'may>bb; added;that ;'these;;,"gro3 *,:;.' lots" ,l of'':I.WIJ.OOO, ,fran6s'Jaie;'- of .'cburse^l;. V ,very'l ri(re,"big" nrizes" haying; seldpm*'ex». i ~ '.'- ceeded--ilO;OOO.: J ■■:.;•'' v:?V- ;^: :, .:;- ;.::^''};: ,'