three thousand families, fifty cents for every head of a family would
have raised a larger sum than could possibly have been raised by the
expensive and questionable process resorted to. At first sight it may
seem strange to us that this was not thought of at the time; but when we
reflect that even in our enlightened times people are quite as
thoughtless about the processes of raising money for charitable or
public purposes,--witness the numerous fairs and raffles which are
constantly taking place,--we are not so much amazed at these old
financial operations, nor do we think we can boast much of our superior
morality when we look around and see how some things are managed
nowadays.

_BOSTON, November 1, 1762._

SCHEME

OF A LOTTERY,

FOR Raising a Sum of Money for Re-building FANEUIL _Hall_;
agreeable to an Act of the General Court, wherein Messieurs
_Thomas Cushing, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Benjamin Austin,
Samuel Sewall, Samuel Phillips Savage,_ and _Ezekiel Lewis,_
or any Three of them, are appointed Managers, who are Sworn to
the faithful Discharge of their Trust.

FANEUIL-HALL Lottery, No. One, Consists of 6000 Tickets, at
Two Dollars each, 1486 of which are Benefit Tickets of the
following Value, _viz._

Dollars.