Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-11-05

RUTLAND. THUR
Whenever this even, happens. all monte,
won by that card are subject e. deduction
oi - Per ccui which Is the monirro or
mont, house keepers profit
1h,st pBrrtds occur lttqurnily and o..
when they DO occur, large sums often change
hSndt, be who " acquainted wrh the avs
Of probability, will perceive that the Mon
iero.s vocation - md I'd Probable # uos
al honorable one Siuklngly llluNts,ivc
Of he truth Of tins remark was e,reum
eumshncc which occurf,d 10 Mexico, aj
FEW yran back a Spanish merchant there
uom-d LstquH,, bad ben very successful
IN h, business he therefore decitcd on
ndulging buns, Il and fam \. with n irp
TO Europe But before he lrh Mexico. nc
invested couple Of hundred doubloons IN
a few Of The prnclp pal Monte houses; and
he instructed a friend OF his, TO remit him
from tine to time, whatever profits mig hi
accrue an the investment lis friend did
this and etrangc A II mar .lsesm.. sS.xs
'f~qssa - NOES szhsy . sSiiics5 ~ % d.
tray all his expenses, While living with
his numeroUs family N two OF the dearest
cities IN Europe, London and PARIS
Bot lc, US go to San Augustine, and let
US enter into the first Monte we come to.
Now we are IN one which belongs to some
Of the richest men in Mexico On the list
Of lis Shareholders, you viii find the name
Of three generals, five hdecndddoS. or land
owners, and fourteen eminent merchants
and lawyers THIS ~ the crack house
nothing but gold is displayed here. And
sec what quantity Of Tint. The mos,
precious OF the metals, is laid on this large
covered table which inicrscc's The room -
Hero nj one end Of the table are thousand
doubloons; 10 the center a second thousand,
md al the further extremity a thousand
more. Nor IS this all 10 an adjacent
room there is q strong box, which contains
reserve fund ready to be produced, should
INV playcr. more bold and lucky than the
rest, win whn, /. ail,..11:: on the table
Round the table nre some forty pcrsUns ;
and twice that number, not finding chairs
arc content TO stand But SANDERS as well
n. siicrs are playing some a solitary, 9th
crs their ten, fifty, or a bundled doubIouns
One man however, appears 10 be playing
higher than the rest, for all eyes are direct
ed to where he si's Who is hc7 He is
the lawyer Nsjorn, who from his cool style
of playing every year he takes TO San
Augustine q couple hundred Of doubloons,
fully resolved IN nugmenllng them ten fold.
# he can. The two previous years he did
what he proposed 10 do-let US see if be
can be equally successful this, the third -
Yes, fortune again favors him Ten min.
utes ago he commenced betting single
doubloons-now he has gained thousand,
and if hc win the next sake, he will have
Obtained the required sum Of two thousand
douboons, or thirtytwo thousand dolins
Al this moment you might hear pln fall
in the room, so subducd is the excitement
that prevails The proprl"tors Of the bank
are panic struck They think that the sol
ID looking lawyer was pr'des'Ined to b'
their rum or that he hns signed n com
pact with the Evil one, and baucrcd In
soul for an ln,ermlnable run OF luck n
monte Even the manager Of the bank, al
though an old s,agcr and therefore nccus
toned TO such sccncs--.ls startled nlthe pres
ent one anxious glances be casts, first n
the cards and then nj the lawyer, and last
~ at the diminished heap, Of gold before
HIM Bul Time tilcs-thc game must no
be DELAYED and scizng the cards he o'
,ays to shuttle thcm-bu, 10 vain. III
hand trcmbles ms fingers have lost thel
suplencs. and he is Obliged OF length L
transfer the cards 10 The ctoupicr. Will
the latter is busy in manipulating the card
with hands that ,remble not, because IN
heat Of sixty summers has converted ever
nerve there into a substance analogous
, bone. we will now turn our heads and Sc
what IS going on 10 other parts ofihc roof
! Most OF rs inmates appear as slllng o
j ,horn., instead Of well cushioned chairs -
. Some lag by their cigars others smok
r with on energy that i; almost appalling
c One man, IA foreigner more nervous lha
c the rest, is leaving the room another beci
= on, 10 the door keeper 10 open the "'ndo
d n u,o wider There IS only one perso
d IN the room whose nce wears an mir
e perfect lndihtrcnce-...it is Nalora
d length the cards are played, and the Las
c yer loses, suspense is at an end men brenlf
e more freely Nujorn, however, docs nc
- for the obvious reason, That bis brcalhn
:, was al no time embarrassed