Those who remember the late Colonel John Russell, at one time president of the Bank of General Interest in Salem, and a kindly, benevolent "gentleman of the old school," will read with interest his advertisement of "A New Dispensary," from the "Salem Gazette," March 24, 1807.
A New Dispensary!
NUMEROUS are the inſtances that can be cited of a leſs, a much leſs, ſum than Twenty Thouſand Dollars having reſtored to their priſtine vigor precarious circumſtances, and of making the poor become rich! Let ſtubborn prejudices be laid aſide, and an immediate reſort made to that Grand Antipoverty Corrective, CASH, which is now proffered as a ſovereign remedy for all the complaints that poverty is heir to:—in aſſerting the ſuperior efficacy of this preventive of the evils attendant on a ſtate of poverty, it is not intended to treſpaſs on truth—let it be fairly tried, when the 'majeſty of its own worth' will be manifeſt. The door is now open for the reception of ſuch as would like to try the experiment:—There is Hatfield Bridge Lottery, which commences drawing the 15th of next month; this affords a potion of Eight Thousand Dollars; if, after a fair trial here, the deſired effect is not produced, then there is the Harvard College Lottery, which commences in May, which has the highly balſamic cordial of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, which will produce the moſt wonderful effects, by giving a ſolid tone to the regions of the pocket, and by enriching and invigorating the whole ſyſtem, as can be ſatisfactorily teſted:—Twenty Thouſand Dollars would
"Cheer the heart, and make the spirits flow!"
Perſeverance is highly recommended, and if the wiſhes are not gratified by the attainment of the deſired object, the conſoling reflection will recur, that—"there are not quite two blanks to a prize"—which is more than can be ſaid of quackery in general. Tickets and Quarters for ſale by
☞ To-Morrow the price of Tickets rise—purchasers can be accommodated until 9 o'clock, this evening.
☞ A handsome Premium given for Essex County Money.
The Boston "Herald of Freedom," in December, 1789, advocates a lottery for that town for the benefit of the poor, among other things, and to supply the town with lamps to light occasionally for the "safety of the citizens," etc.