for tickets in
the Massachusetts Semi-annual Lottery "has been so great in the other
States that the Managers expect to draw much sooner than the time which
was at first mentioned;" also that the tickets in the Marblehead Lottery
are meeting with a rapid sale; and concludes that "this does not
indicate a scarcity of Cash."

Here are some curious advertisements:--

From the "Columbian Centinel," Boston, May 22, 1790.

WILLIAMSTOWN _FREE SCHOOL_ LOTTERY.

We are authorised to _assure_ the Publick, and we do _assure_
them--that the 7th Class of this Lottery will not only
commence drawing on Monday next, but will _positively_ be
_completed_ on _Tuesday_ morning--and a list of Prizes will
be published in the CENTINEL the same week.

The metropolis of Massachusetts hath ever been celebrated for
the attention it hath paid to the education of its youth. In
the elder world, a FRANKLIN hath been a living testimony of
it, as well as in the younger. But not confined to the youth
of the town is this benevolent disposition--it extends to the
remotest parts of the Commonwealth; and hath been abundantly
manifested in the liberal encouragement given to the
Williamstown Free-School Lottery. The Class to be drawn on
Monday next, will perhaps, be the last opportunity our
citizens may have to gratify their humane wishes--which they
will not let pass unimproved, especially as great pecuniary
profit _may_ attend the gratification.

* * * * *

"Salem Gazette," Nov. 24, 1812.

GALVANISM.

It has been found by Dr. NAUCHE, at Paris, that a person
perfectly blind may be made to see very lively and numerous
flashes of light, by bringing one extremity of the voltaic
pile into communication with the hand or foot, and the other
with the face, skin of the head, or even the neck. In like
manner, a person in the gloom of poverty may be made to
perceive very lively and numerous flashes (say 20,000) of
good fortune by bringing one extremity of a ragged bank bill
into communication with the Book-Store and the other with
the Lottery-Office, one door west of Central Building.

N.B.--Two grand piles are now offered to the public--Harvard
College, where the process is now in active operation, and
Plymouth Beach which is in a