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

II the Mediterranean or the longitsde
oi pernsmsucc. rooe dear children
~bo could have - snisesabiy mistaken
the nature II plsy--who could have
forged such feiicrs ~ theis souls Bot.
bless diem. TLey ds.pised the cheat
,Lsy spurucj the starved snake-ihey
t0se the false Abeci into ten ,iotsand iai.
icrs..-,hey shiverrd the tee.,otum la,o
ten thousand fragments. But look II
the chess-plsyers. motion!css as . brace
of mum,nies! And ye, they describc
their game a. every exciting" Id ha!
only observe their faces--Dot o curl Of
the liz, not twinkle of the cyc--they
have no, mustered 20 much ~ . smile
bciwixt 'cm this half hourl Once or
twice. indeed. they have Lecn "excited"
10 most pottentous frown; and some
thing very Ike . half.supprcssed damn
il" has every now and then been heard
on james. side of the Loari. They tel
you IL /. tho game Of kings--war In min.
in,urc. II Kings like il well and good /:
one eldom hears Of them playing At il.
have been constant reader Of the dai.
ly papers this---no matter how many
years ! have read Of his Majesty tax.
ing an airing in the Park, playing qui.
G, rubber at whist, sailing on Virginia
Water. and going to look at the barriers
a. the Devils Dyke but ] never heard
f,hc king playing At chess. A fos its
being an image Of war (no great credit,
by the hye,) 20 is bsckgnmmon-so is
criLbage--so is fox and. goose. Query :
do kings ever play q. fox-and goose ?
] have mentioned backgammon. Yes,
backgammon Is game. What life
what spirit what mcrriment--whatv va.
ricty. Rattle, rattle, rattle, 60 the dice
-bang-sixcs' Bravo! take you up
cover my own blot--,akc you up again,
and complete the los, poin, in my own
table. iIa, Ia! IL that IS not enough to
make any one die with laughing. what is:
Throw asain--six and threc--obliged IA
leave a blot--fours--by Jovc, you take
me---ihcre Hgain--up i 60, two men
mast.i,cadc,l in . moment, and my nd.
versary grinnins from ear to ear. Ha
ha. ha
That's What like in backgammon
The rcyerscs nre 20 suddcn-the ups and
down. are as quick ss in running hand
You have not time to brood over your
e III luck. and your enjoyment is the keen
CT for the shortness Of your triumph. j
. is like q game at 6sticufis, where you
shake hands will, your antagonist before
. you se,-,o. aid pledge his health in 4
= bumper when all is over. The Other
one is far more vicious, downright Frencl
and Euslish--war 10 the knife--thor
ough " good hating" In backgammon
4 you have not time to be angry In chess
I ill.blood must needs grow from 80 lon;
q brooding. ! would not willingly wall
g out in the dark with man whom l ha'
o beaten at chess. You may believe it O
: not. as you like but once knew youn,
r.. fellow who los, his mistress md fort.
" thousand pounds by indiscrcteiy taking
il her queen with one Of his pawns; an
m my uncle, who is rs fond Of backgam,no
~ as I am, assures me that he has hear
a Of a person who, having been stale-ma
N cd when on the point Of winning Ion
n contested game, took il so much to hear
ID that he cut his carotid artery three week
IN after. For my part, could never pror
ID erlv understand rhess-it Is such in-ane
IN out, three corhcrcd work. The rook
.. bishops. and pawns could manage we
9. enough but those horrid horses head
i. they always perplexed mr.. And the
-. that costiing tie king. ! never cnuld r.
he member. from one time TO another. ho
50 il was 10 be done; md never saw II
III use of 1t when Il was done. Most peopl
i. ! believe, play At chess because think
4 fine TO do so young ladies, because the
nj fancy !, argues masculine mind--your
ce men, because il hides their stupidity
n. retired tallow.chandiers, because the
,,e consider it genteel. was once fool
Az nouph TO he dax.led by the glitter OF q
81. red ard white, studied Phillidor, at
mr.. went to see the autpmnton. But the
ak was no, Of long duration nj soon GU,
~ wisdom teeth | soon returned to dc
Of old back gam mon and l wish, read'
in you and / could have n Lit together
Il, this moment. can never tire OF bac
nd CANNON. II 10 like Sweet Home 4
NC song, ! mean.) you cannot have '
md m1ch Of il; the appetite here grows
90, ha. il feeds on (rcally our quo'atio
BIZ. and SMILES are sbockingly antique j
a is like bread and cheese, Of which II
Yu said, the more you eat the haugrier y
he get. Il unwearies the mind. and rec
a. 6ss the spirits. II turns Nero into
for Augustus. and Cymon into Gaze
me The very sigh, Of backgammon hos
i. enough to pu, me into . good hum
re-, Those stripe. Of crimson and grey. b.
rs, plessan, they be, like the glowing c'os
me Of a summer sunset, or the brilliant G
ate rusca,ions Of tue Aurora Boreaiis' IL
e.e different the arena Of the ehsss war
her sl~ays puts me in mind Of the gym
..k ON an sichouse window. II deserves
and better than to be played on shutter.
kr Backgammon is essentially
ble game. II 10 no, 70 be played with
cL. ,mn thoughts and sour faces You onl
sey 10 laugh every time you ,hros' and
the you have nos jest ready for ~