DowN1NevILLE, Aug. IS, 1884.
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 DowNINevILE, Aug. IS, 1884.

 DEAR JACK see your Portland folks have got to betting a considerable about the elections and the notion seems to take like wlld fire up here in Downing vile. They had a meeting called 'tother day and went right fo work and chose me chairman, and formed betting society. They think it Is the easiest chance to make money that's come along this good while, except the land business. They was all as fierce as tigers 10 bet about the election. But when they come 10 look about for mo- ney they was ali up tree again. Money IS dreadful scarce up here since the Cine raPs experiment has been going on. There IS but s33 in the town. and that's been go- ing the rounds all summer, borrowed from one to another to pay taxes with, and 1t won't do 10 bet that, for them that hav'nt paid their taxes yet, if this should get nailed down ID bet so they couldn't nborrow 1t, they wouldn't get through paying their taxes this summer. But you know the Downingville folks never get stuck when they set out to do aay thing. So they appointed committee, consisting of your cousin Ephraim, Bill Johnson, and Sergeant Joel, to report what should be done. And they reported that We should go on and bet, and as we hadn't got any money, that we should bet such things as we had got. They reported that fhe .DowningsilIe Betting Society should offer the following bets through the columns of the Downing Gazette. The report was unanimously accepted, and we hope the Portland chaps will meet us OH fair ground and take the bets up.

 lst. We will bet a likely yoke of four year old steers, that in six months from this time, the Wings will have majority of both Houses of Congress, on their side.

 2d. We wil bet a heaping cart load Of good yellow punkins that Mir. Dunlap will not be elected Governor OH ille Sin of Sep tember.

 3d. We will bet barrel of first rate Dow ningyille cider that MT. sprague will be elected Governor by three thousand ma jority.

 4tn. we VIII oet peck ol ohlouS tidt F. 0. J. Smith will be elected to Congress from Cumberland District on the 8th of September.

 5th. We will bet a likely young horse, five year old, a handsome trotter, and has run number of races, and never got beat, that James c. Churchill will be elected to Congress by five hundred majority.

 9th. We will bet 100 bushels of Corn, 50 bushels of wheat, 400 bushels of pota- toes, and other sass in proportion, together with pork and beef enough to cook with lem, that we shall send from Downingville a genuine MMhig Representative to tic next Legislature.

 In behalf of the Downingyille Betting Society.

 JOSHUA DOWNING, Chairman.