The Last Man.
In reminding his best friends, the public, that the State Lottery will be drawn this day, 3d May, Bish acquaints them that it is the very last but one that will ever take place in this kingdom; and he is
THE LAST CONTRACTOR
whose name will appear singly before the public, as the very last will be a coalition of all the usual contractors. Bish being “the last man” who appears singly, has been particularly anxious to make an excellent scheme, and flatters himself the one he has the honour to submit must meet universal approbation.
At the back of the bill were some verses after the style of the “Cajolery Duet.” This is one of them:—
To-day, or Not at all.
Run Neighbours, Run!
Run, neighbours, run! To-day it is the Lott’ry draws,
You still may be in time if your purse be low;
Rhino, we all know, will stop of poverty the flaws.
Possessed of that, you’ll find no one to serve you slow.
The ministers in Parliament of lotteries have toll’d the knell,
And have declared from Cooper’s Hall dame Fortune soon they will expel;
The Blue-coat boys no more will shout that they have drawn a capital!
Nor run as though their necks they’d break to Lucky Bish the news to tell.
Run, neighbours, run, &c.
Although the last lottery was expected to take place on the 18th of July, it was not until the 18th of October that the closing scene in an eventful history took place. For this Bish, among many other handbills, produced the following:—
THE AMBULATOR’S GUIDE
To the Land of Plenty.