, 1859-03-09
The Pour Bank Clerks "A Tale OF Gam.
bin: in BrooklYn.

ter evenings in playing cuchre. Their re-
unions wele Of tue nlost pleasant character
no batting ieing allowed, and evening after
evening las'ed ra. lily away. They
invariably htke up at ten o'clock and
retired to their respective homes, satisfied
| with themselves and their evenings amuse-
Nent- The party consisted Of Oscar S. Field
late teller Of the Atlantic Link, Brooklyn, a
bookleepcr In smother Brooklyn bank, d
clerk in bank il Wall street, and tue writer.
They we're young men on whom no word OF
rcproot bad evsr fallen from fault fisdfuc
world. The meetings at the house Of Field
were particularly pleasant, tor there home
JOYS and comforts were mingled With tue
PLEASURES Of the game, and each envied Field
in the possession Of fond and loving wife,
In whose Happiness bis whole bclug seemed
enwrought. Outlines was the quotation ap-
Lied to them:
TEo :onle with but single thought
IWo heA Is that beat u one.
The winter passed away and spring came.
I''e parties we're, on account If the shortened
evenings, broken up, to give way to summer
amusemcnts. The next tatl an effort was
made to re-organiz: tlela, hut from some
cause it fniled, and November passed without
ATTY meetings. On Christmas eve of 1855
there Tas turkey rafle advertised to come
Oft at q house in marble block On Court
street. This houso WAS tue residence Of a
man WHO had once tccn tailor, but had late
y r4.en from that estate, and ut the 1iuIc T. f
which ne write he kept aa oyster saloon aod
bar In the portion Of Brooklyn, where be
vas established there were but fen, if auy of
these saloons, and it 1sus therefore the resort
OF most OF the young men Of the city, who
lad no better place in which to pass their
t!nQ. II.
slory-in one tie bar, aud the other was the
one in Which tue rat1l, was to take place, In
thls room, on Christmas eve, the euchre party
OF the tcrrner winter, together with others
from the neIghbo1hood, met, and tie raffliag
lor chances' commenced. The tutktye
we're rallied of by ten O'Clock, ard supper
followed. at The expense If The proprietor.
Alter this, one Or twu of the party co,a-
mpnccd playing die. fu1 quarters, aud soon
atltr Tue whole party j0intl III the xalae,
There were the four bank clerks before allu
|ulcl to there snt dentist, 4 doctor of
medicine, dealer in hardware, lumber
merchant, livery stable keeper, u merchant
from New York, aud others, around large
table, throwing alternately for the pool, and
betting that they would throw over certain
nuinE'er (niue) ut one throw With three dice,
Wine flowed in abundance, arl daylight on
Christmas had long dawned when lie marty.
with hioodshot eyes and aching heads, broke
up, and wound their way homewarde, many
Of them having received their first Lessons in
gambling. Many loat-some won-most ot
them we're indebted to each other in sums
ranging from IS to $25, while the proprietor
Vi the institution found that he bid made a
very landsone eu1u out of the turkey raf1le
he having receiTeI quarter from eFery
fourth pool.
he was not 4 nun {tl,e said proprictor} to
a'lo" fuch golden opportunities to pass With
out improving them so. ere the fumes from
the Christ1naseve dchauch had cleared from
tue brains Of the party, they received inFi-
tatlons to attend another suppcr at The sane
pl zee, where watch, toecfher with ducks.
slickens and turkeys. v0njt1 npa;n In r,f1]ai
of. On New Years ere Of ls5G tbrv ac,,ip
met again thew ratified :: aca;,, thev spnned
anu again the dice vas thrown ao,1in he
night and morning was paseeh in 91runkrn
.ebauclery. The pronrfstor was nlcassd
nud treated his guests with that rcsoeat. or
rather reverence, Hhich gained him manv
friends; after that evening turkey rsff]as
were almost Of nightly occurrenca. 7hc
institution soon changed it, character, and
from the former oyster and ics cream saloon
it BECAME 4 sort Of club room. aud after
NElIAlA4 uNAI Ill luE ET2Ql1R mac but The
members we're a,lowed.to enter The rooms m
the second story. The character Of thc games
changed also, and cards were introduoed-
cushrc, ecgen up, pitcl.teun,p. and poker
we're tie games ordinarily played. Somc few
nf the party we're ernerts at thea. oou,ea
Field being an excellent cnchre nlarer onJ
daring buffer.
But The dentist hcfarc s,rud.a IN wan
"sbarp'i player Of III tIa 1n-,.s. ~ ~
thourh hc co1mcnco5 .;.h rns1 n,; r;
eanitaI. he was soon in nos.ass;oo -; .n;t.a
fupc1 tluity offun1s Hit traJc mia III, ha..
ter than Gis profession. The hardware 1n,n
was yery luciy ot dice. md one ercninr % hc
found himself ip posscesion Of a dianond nil,
and ring! together with cnnsi6erahtr cash.
that which be had not when he eutercd the
room. The bank clerks were rcnera]lv the
loscra, and It vas astonishing 1hat iorce
tlo11ara ar N Lost and xon ot nm sitt;no 1.s
not thourht of hy thrsc cvann,or1 ~ T,nnr "
1nrn ami Il was ypr1 amnsing r. tbo rast -
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ac.o!1nt.3 scs for the nos.ca.;on ~ .noi ,s-:ys
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s nen;n - tne t;scr;; al ~ xh;ch star;e, 1h ,hs
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M, 40 sven;nr onc of the nar,v~a hae,'
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pos!. =, ~ aaontt ba laI se ~ ~; iol
ualog Tue pa5t onaa ~ uo Iaa usser ansa 10
evening; anu uI liz ' ann,s v uuus ..s sulls "
money, tios "ao'e u ~ @ua.s AsS.cS ana
muca mo1e.) every ooe sn9usn' ,nn' ,3 ne "oula
certainly eaqeavot ~ reaesm un nnl; III; ons
hout alte1 nour Pa.seu a, nsag; aaa ~, s'tit ns
came ~. .ntt1 me s.4s tno nS n ~ s.oo
Eeemeo 70 setns ~. o;sn ~ r. hsr tae eo
pany; wne 'ne f GILL; .nb nbat f ooniS me = ha ac,
i've oe"aea cso aumhlas LIZ ala ~ .a.:s. mase
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