Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-07-08

wnen once they scnrch their fingers, that
they cannot stop un il every penny md a II
the vaiuables they have with them have
been transferred 20 the gamblers pocket.
Here's table upon which is inscribed /
in scarlet the figures 2345 6. Seated
at It, behind pile of bills and nntes, is u
genius who wields dice box with sur.
prising skill. This is "Sweal Board "
The pers IN betting places his money upon
certain figure or figures; the genius
SEXES his dice.box gives ii few shakes,
and turns it over. All fair of course, but
the figure upon does not turn up in the
throw so you lose. Had you been success.
full, your stake would have been doubled.
But The throw was not far une in ia.
king the dice from the board, one of them
is held between the palm and the two last
fingers, and when the box is turned down
it adr"i'ly covers the "tibbed" dice, which
OF course has a number uppermost in ia.
vor of the b INK. THIS game Is manouverr-
ed by ''cappeIs" in the same way as the
others.
The Roulette table is managed after the
same fashion. and is hardly less of swim.
die. But now the racing is about to COM
lnence, and be,ung upon The "green" and
the "red" begins to be brisk. They
start. :green" anead bets Of large odds
are made, upon ''r' d' at The outset, bu
afterward u;''n 'gr en- "Red" finding
himself w"rsted, manages in the first heat
| IN break his StIrrun and tun,ilo IT (r,n,
his horse. Then ensues IA wrnng!e of con-
trary opinions, in which the Judges de-
clare 'grren' the winner. This exci,es
storm Of Indignation, a'd pending the
debate, which is cnndue Ied n longe for
eign TO these columns. bu familiar to the
fancy, let US look around.
| Man, OF the gamblers and brnisers are
coquet t'lng With the ''Iadies" IN the centre
OF the course; and from the drIic rte tone
OF their conversation and the fact that
brandy punrhts, iuleps and champagne,
with other beverages Of Ike m ldnr>s,
are disappearing among them with sJl CT.
'ouS guSto: we are somewhat at q loss
w"ere Ia locate The circle in whic1 n Y
'n"va--if il he Of Church or Mercer SIS
A 'u,n is m ide for The dorrs, and we
hnd two buIlI,s, one a noted Battery
bru ser aud the other an attache of ona
the Stage lines puumelng each other owl.
side the course most un erclfllv, Sur
rounding them are their respective friends
who rrge them t" ego n," and then fol.
low it up by rrowJing them into enc,
others arms when they lock and 'umb {
over now one 6pperm"sl and then the
} other, striking. kicking, gougng and b.
! ting 'ch o'h-r like mad dogs. Don The
) race course is nearly deserted for the ex
citemenl Of The fight, which lasts unit
both Of the bellgerents are TOO tired to #
ford any further sport when hev are sepa
raed BY their friends wno perhaps ge,
few knocks while dragging them asunder
After few skirmisheS, the crowd reru n
to the race course to witness the nexl eat
Before long anoher and still more in
tense excite nrnt Is ncca>lnned by Mr.
! Morrissry, who walks opt, Mr.. Th ma
e flyer aud challenges him tn strip off hi
, his coat and fight. NJ. ilye- emphatic i
r Iy declines, giving as a reason that he il
. un we'll. u .1nn which Mr.. !otrlsry give
him his "opinion" of him in no yer,
complimentary terms. And the fight does
not tnke place, much t" the regret of =;
| large and deeply interested crowd, wh'
5 though. Morissey talked 6ghtaIl through.
he onlviheat to come off ,,urlng tn,
= remainder of the afternoon, is sci one
? the other having fzzied out, so at abou
81 o'clock the crowd. almost blind witt
. rum md fatigue returned to New Yo,k by
8 railroad and stage in no very good humor
, discussing by the way the deeply inter
! eslng probability of "mill between Hye
f and Morissey
f And such is the "institution' w ich il
, licensed by Safe Inv, under the prerex
, Of improving The breed of h rses. Th
he'll upon earlh-,hs scraping toge he
of all the mos, internal VILLAINS that eve
, cheated the State p.son and the gbbe,-
3 this utter aht lnlnstion without one re
Ieeming feaure--,hls ieprous pIague.spo
and moral ulcer is the creature Of legiSla
3 ton in the N lie ,eenth Century The pre-
tex. Of "improv'ng' horses is of course ,
shameless lie, and the men who voted fl
. the establishment Of race-course knew
= OF should have known, how stupId'y falls,
. such preext was. These horrible place
are got up expressly for the benefit o
: backltgs, thieves, house bre kers, fight
, ing men and rumsellers. There are al
S ways green ones enough 10 support tn
"ihstl,ution," and it flourishes so vel
I that new hell oi the same sort is soo
{ 10 open its pes,ilensial jaws in the neigh
borhood Of Newton.
Is i, not utterly disgraceful and deeply
humiia.ng that people boAs'lng of civi
lzafion and snme!imes even accused Q
? Christianity should thus set apart NY la,
certain portions Of territory lor the excll
{ sive occupation Of the devil. @
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Ladies, who have disposition to punish the
: husbands, should bear in mint that little war
sunshine will melt an icicle much quicker tn N
regular north caster. 400
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