People And Patriot

A LUCKY WOMAN.

The Wife of a South Boston Man Draws $15,000 in a Lottery.

Last Saturday afternoon a reporter of the STAR learned from a responsible person that a man in South Boston, named Hatch, within a day or two was the holder of a successful ticket that drew $15,000 from the Louisiana Lottery at New Orleans.

The STAR reporter found the party in question to be Horace N. Hatch of No. 105 I street, dealer in stoves, furnaces, etc., at No. 130 West Broadway, South Boston, where he has been for many years favorably known.

On calling on Mr. Hatch, that gentleman said that it was his wife who drew the prize "My wife, and my daughter Gertie and I," he said, "each held a $1 ticket in the Louisiana Lottery."

"How much was the prize?"

"My wife's ticket drew $15,000, and my Gertie drew $50."

"Have you received the money?"

"I have, sir; through T. M. Wescoat, agent of the Southern Express Company, New Orleans."

"Was this your first attempt at trying your lottery luck?"

"No; during three years, off and on, I have been trying. I spent $100 in purchasing tickets, and drew $283. But I resolved the first of last January to stop it."

Mr. Hatch then related the particulars of a dream which his little daughter Gertie had, which, when told him by her on Feb. 9th, worked on him so strongly as to change his mind a few days before the drawing took place.

"Some people," he said, "don't believe in dreams, I have considerable faith in them. The day my little girl told me her strange dream I went over to the city, broke my January resolution, and bought the three tickets. My wife's drew the one-fifth of $75,000 Feb. 12th, when the drawing was made at New Orleans in The Louisiana Lottery.'"

In parting, Mr. Hatch said he hoped it was the turn of luck to him as his business got crippled a few years ago, from which he has been slowly recovering.—Boston (Mass.) Star. Feb. 25th.