We learn that the black box is even older than Old Man Warner – so, pretty darn old.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams tell Old Man Warner about non-specific other towns that are quitting the lotteries. "'Nothing but trouble in that'" (35), he replies.
Old Man Warner draws (and, as far as we can see, he has no family to accompany him); it's his seventy-seventh lottery.
He comments disapprovingly when one of Nancy Hutchinson's friends comments aloud that she hopes Nancy won't draw the black spot.
Once Tess has been selected for stoning, Old Man Warner encourages everyone to turn on her.