New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-18
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i u as9s sthe oity of A.ofi dun hid keps
EreAt ~ nicer 0f seryants rafosad Confidence
one Of Them Which excited d jealotlsy IL the
hos at ia eiadice fheir master
4 him, w bailig notorious
saineater ZACH was csllea up ana Slosely III
i tsfrogated, but NJ denied TIE fact, III same
time clarilS he meyer c@rd III liis u FIJI
/ dered him to DO searched when behold q pack
1 of caras sgas found ii bis pocket. Highly I'LL
censet at went of veraeity The HOB 1einan
demanded, III a rage, how he dared persist III an
untrnth A lord replied he, & certainly
suo not know the Meaning Of a card the bundle
IN my pocket is my Alrnanao' = & Your Alma
nae indeed then desire You to prove it a
~ Well Dir Il will begin There are four suits
lsin the pack that intimates the four tiers III
the year, as there are thirteen cards in each
ssMlt 80 there are thirteen weeks in quarter
sihere are also the same number of 1unations
the IL signsof the zodiac, through which the
gym s steers bic diurnal course \ IN one year.
n mere are tiff two cards Id aS pack tlat ii-
rectly answers the number of weeks il i year.
Y then, more infinitely and you will find
tnree hnndred and sixty five spots, as many de-
there are jim the year these multiply by
twenty four and sixty, and you have the exact
number Of hours and minutes in d year. Thus;
sur, nope have convinced you it ID my Alma
mao and by your lordship's permission, i will
prove Y my Prayer Book also / look upon the
iourR snlts as repre sentng the four prevail
ing rehgions christianity. Judianism, Ma
hometanism, and Paganism; the twelve court
cards remind me Of the twelve Patriarohs.
from whom aprang the twelve tribes of III.
rael, the twelve Apostles, the twelve articles
sof the Christian faith. The king reminds
me Of the allegiance due to his m0iesty
The queen, Of the same to her majesty. T6ss
ten brings to my ecollection the ten cities IN
the plains Of Sodom and Gomorrah, destroyed
#by hre and birthstone from Heaven; tie ten
plaques OF Egypt; the ten commandments /; the ,
ten tribes cut off for their vice. The nine REL
minds q me Of the nine muses. the nine noble or-
lders among men. The eight reminds me Of the
eight sbeatitudes the eight attitudes; the eight
persons saved in Noah's ark tho eight persons
mentioned in Scripture to be released from death
TO life. The seven reminds me of the seven adj |
mlnIstering spirits that stand before the throne
a. god the seven seals wherewith The book III
life Is sealed the seven liberal arts and sciences
given BY God for the instruction OF man the
seven wonders Of the world The six reminds
me OF the six petitions contained in the Lords
prayer The five reminds me Of the senses given
by God to man hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting
and smelling. The four puts mo in mind Of the
four Evangelists four seasons Of the year.
The three reminds me Of the Trinity; the three
hours our Saviour was on the cross the three
days he lay inferred. The two reminds me Of T
the two testaments ;sthe two contrary princi-
pies struggling in man virtue and vice. The /
ace reminds me Of the only true God to adore, I
worship and serve ore only faith to believe
one truth to practice, and one good master to |
serve and obey Z 6 So far is very WE'LL said I
the nobleman,n but believe you have omitted
one card-the knave.s n True, my lord, The I
knaye reminds me Of your lordship' informer'
me nobleman became more pleased with jack
than before, freely forgave him, raised Ills
wages and discharged the informers rex
change paper.