The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-05-16

qucncts, bewsrc how you lend lin your
incasy OF cnirv.t him with the title.
deeds II your lsouse! II man insults
you Ly pedan,ically quoting and resclu.e.
iy maintaining sn,iqua'ed laws, .uch as,
"H you touch a man you mus, move II,
and il YOU relinquish i, you ,snpo, re.
call It," shst the boa'd In his face. ring
tor your slippers. and go TO bed. WAS
once called in " ta,l fellow with whom,
] had loay been Oh terms Of intimacy.
| We played . game or two at bHesgam.
mon in the spunging house. threw
skies, one on one side the toard, one on
the other. lie peo,cs,ed il Was against
the rules Of the game. and Insisted on
my throwing again. io"k up my hat,
lcft the room. and suffered my firnd to
60 TO prison. Did not serve him right.
iys t..
The only Objection I ever heard aeains,
backgammon was its want Of sociality. oh
ly two can play at it. This is the objcc-
ton my very good friends. the whist play
era. But don consider ii an objection ;
far from tit is an advantage, There is
seldom more than one person in a CON-
pany that you care TO concern yourself n
bout friend. perhaps or a sweetheart
II a friend. how delightful an opportunity
It affords you for tete-s.tese! You 60
on playing and joking, rat,ling the dice and
squibbing of runs, as pleasantly as sun
shine in bayfield,. The game no more
interrupts your thoughts than a gale dis
turl,s the serenity Of the deep. 1t is to
your discourse what the accompaniment is
to song it is as animating as a trumpc,
TO war-horse. or n view.hollo 10 fox
hunter. or q pair Of bagpipcs to Scotch
man. In the case Of sweetheart. the
game is positively invaluable. To the
lady herself what opportunities il affords
for the display Of well turned arm how
dan,ily her little fingers curvct about a.
monys. the men; how brilliantly glance
her bright eyes. smiling over some lucky
throw and to you fete-ohdmpetre. or a
ball gives no, half the facilities | never
was in love but once in my life, and then
lalways used to pay my addresses through
the medium Of the backgnmmon board
Oh! Mary Rose W! Mrs Jacob
Jeukinson now, ] Oh Mary Rose :! Rose
mary used to call you in our more pay.
full moments what billings and cooings
have VIC had over that mock " History OF
England" Of your old old aunt's! Wha,
tender things have we said under cover Of
the dicc-box what siglis have we mingled
: with the rat,ling Of the men how very
close have We brought our lips Gall but
kissine) under prctcncc Of disputing a
throw, or asccrtaining the length Of six
! and FIVE! How often. too, when your pool
aunt has looked up from her Whole duty
l Of Man" and seen us leaving blot afte'
blot, and throwing heltcr-skeltcr, and play
, ing into the wrong table, and taking up oul
, own men instead Of our adversary show
, often has she startled us whi,h her old ia
/ voritc exclamation, IIeyaHy. how now :
1 aud how have you blushcd, Mary, at bcin!
r convicted Of sigh or an oglc aud how
9 have | s,anmcred out an excuse for m,
fingers, which were haply caught playinI
= themselves among your Jetty ring!cis,
d for my toe, which was making love to you
n toe under the little rosewood table . oh
d Mary, Mary those were happy days -
!. my heart aud your heart, Mary--hut, as
z said before. you are Mrs Jacob Jcnkinso
IT now. and mustn't say word Of Tenderness
s in your matronly ear, lest that old stocl
,. hrokcrng husband Of yours should TAX
|. it into his head to sue for damage
s. Oh 4. Mary, Mary, how could you think I
II marrying into the 3 per cent, Conscls,
s, he dinncd to death with the the slang I
N Capelcourt, to give birth to nothing b,
t. bulls and bears!
W ] have known a game Of chess TO IN
he two, three, or even four evenings, Th
e, seems had enough but what must or
it think when it comes to be spun out for
y many months, to be played through Il
" medium Of the General Post-ofhce, al
. hundreds Of miles intervene betwixt ca,
y move Madness, maducss l was on
c. challenged to play game through the Tw
be penny. but declined with indignatiu
ID The challenger showed me a letter he h;
fit that morning received from an adverse
~ in Edinburgh, and he expected ano,he
ar he said by the mex, vessel from India. II
,r, The Edinburgh letter ran thus: DE
at Phil, by moving pawn No I one squa
X forward, you will vcgy much oblige,'
he Dear Phil. yours sincerely, John Johr
90 tone" This fac, alone is. in my min
by enough to damn chess. What aHectaiio
ms what folly Did any one ever hear Of
it game Of back CANNON being played af'
is such a foolish fashion! Never, III
Gu bound for il. Then, the airs Of superior
IL the chessiies assume over uspeor backga
an mons,s. and the utter contempt they p
ar. fcss for our game Why the fart is d
.rd our game is as superior to theirs, as SLY
or. 10 sawdusi. In chess. two players M
ow either be equal or unequal. fequai, th
,ds zee through each others msnruvres IN
or minute. anil the game (f not prolcng
ow till 10th parties are heartily sick Of ca
Ia other, and 70 dropped from mere wet
Dol ness) is hos. a, las, y an overnight
no looser no. considering himself beaten,
unequal, a certain nanber of mo-
.ay places the weaker Iary hor'-de-eo'"t