are yet to be had of the Managers, and _Samuel Hardcastle_ and
the Printers hereof.

_Boston Gazette,_ May, 1760.

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Some remarks in reference to supplying Bibles in the eastern part of
Massachusetts by means of a lottery.

MR. RUSSELL,

A FRIEND to religion, and one who wishes the memorial of a
certain respectable society may have a happy effect, but a
zealous enemy to lotteries, asked a member of an important
body, the other day, whether he thought the General Court
would grant a Lottery for the purpose of supplying every
person in the eastern part of the Commonwealth with a bible,
who is unable to purchase one, and for the pay of a
missionary.--Let not the serious reader frown, as that member
did; for if there is nothing contained in that sacred book
which can be thought opposed to this method of gambling,
neither the one nor the other can give a substantial reason
why, in the present rage for lotteries, the people should not
be indulged in raising money in the way most agreeable to
their humour.

PERSOLUS.

_Columbian Centinel,_ Feb. 26, 1791.