Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-05-03


that would make nearly four thousand
dollars altogether Are you mad? Do
you expect me to pay all that?"
"Don't II" the stranger asked in sur
prise. Would you not have taken it if
! had lost?" .9@t
"Of course he would-of course
Do you ask whether they would take il?
Every thing they can get, t,sand little
more, too," shouted the voices round
the table. "He must payI" 1
"Gentlemenp the banker protested,
in the poor prospect of turning their
hearts; "gentlemen, this person staked
every evening for the entire week"
"And lost every time" another in
terrupted him. 81 have been present
several times, and have heard so from
others, and he never made the slightest
objection"
"But that was only eight-and-twenty
dollars"
"And if it had been so many thous-
ands, all the same
"But do let me fnish," the banker
shrieked, with aspen lips and furious
glances; he only shook out twenty-eight
dollars on the table and kept the paper
back"
"Prove that ever had a cent more
than twenty-eight dollars in the bag"
the stranger exclaimed contemptuously;
"you won't get off by such excuses"
"Why did you not keep the bag as
well, compaaeros" laughed Spaniard,
who stood near. ave always stick to
everything that is staked."
"If he had lost again, no more than
the COMPOUNDED dollars would have
come out of the bag" the banker
growled.
possible: but it can't be proved"
the surrounding players laughed
"You must pay up" Hanged if l
do" the banker shouted, and struck the
table with his fist. "This is a new sort
Of robbery you are trying upon me; but
you have come to the wrong customer
4 won't payP
I've lost two hundred dollars to you
in the last half hour" tall, gigantic
Kentuckian shouted, as he elbowed his
way to the table, "and was forced to pay
up 10 the cent. If you refuse to pay
up that fellow, you must fork over my
money again"
"And mine, tool" multitude of vol
ces calculated. "I've lost, too-ten
dollars--fifty--fye-and-twenty pound
of gold-out with the money if he won't
pay"
Another banker from an adjoining ta-
bic had in the meanwhile come up, and
whispered few words to his comrade
during the height of the tumult. The
loser for time refused, but at last
yielded to his persuasions, and took up
the money to count it, while both care
fully examined the notes and bills
There could be no objection raised to
either, and with heavy sigh the ban
ker paid the money, which took all on
his table, as well as severel packets of
gold dust, which the stranger carefully
cut open, examined, and then weighed
at the bar. All was in order; and, con-
cealing the money in various pockets, he
thrust what remained in the mysterious
bag, and then quilted the room, after
bowling his thanks to the surrounders,
which were returned by laundering
hurrah, and shouts of applause.
MORAL POWER OF THE PREss.-The
New York Herald, in recent excellent
article upon rowdyism in that city, says:
Our contemporaries of the country
journals are very indignant concerning
the state of society, politics and justice,
law and order existing in New York, as
illustratea,by the developments of this
rufianly Angedy, and well may they be.
But our city newspaper press is unjust
ly accused of pandering to this deplora-
bic state of things. We say unjustly ae-
cused; for the truth is that this vast
metropolitan community owe whatever
of law and order they may still have to
the vigilance and energy of our indie
pendent newspaper press. If our city
journals were suspended for week,
burglars, rogues and assassins, crimes
and anarchy, would run riot amongst
us. Put out the city gas lights for
week, and what schedule of robberies,
fires and murders would be the result!
But suspend the newspaper press for the
same time, and the moral darkness which
would follow would be far more condue-
tive to the reign of ruffians and terror
ism than physical darkness.
THE Ono STATE FA1R.-The State
Agricultural Institution is to fare hard
ly, in consequence of the bulldog sys-
tenn of charges resolved upon by the
astute Railroads Convention held in COLI
umbus last winter. In view of the
State Fair being deferred. for this sea-
son, at least, the Ohio Gultivator says:
''It is now quite probable that no State
Fair will be held in Ohio this year.
Meanwhile the State Board may take
action to encourage the, County Fairs.
Let The county societies go ahead, and
lay themselves out for big shows. We
think upon the whole it will be quite
and if township, or sever
al townships, should organize and get
up industrial exhibitions, so much the
better. Bring this matter right home
tn avery rural district, and wake up the |