The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-02-09
THE PACK on CARDS.

A SoslEaxs 10 London, who Kept d
great humber Of servants, feposed consid-
cradle confidence In one OF them. whicllex.
Eelted n jealousy IN the Others, Who, ii or
der 10 prejudice their master against him,
accused him Of being a notorious ganiester
Jack was called upand closely iIlterrogat.
led; but he denied the fact, aud at the
same time declared TINT lie never pInycG
II card III hisiife. TO be more fuiiy con.
WINGED, tho gentleman ordered him to aDe
searched, whcp, behold d pack oF cards
was found in his pocket Highly iucensed
lnt Jack i want u yera6ity, tiie hoblemati
demanded In a rage; how lie dared to
PERSIST in M untTutt. Il.
My lord replied jack, Il certainly
lido not know the meaning Of aeard; tic
bundle in my pocket is my aimanac!!'s vi
Your almanac; indeed, then | desire
that YOU will prove il ? :.=-.. 4.
7. We'll, sir, i viii BeginI There arc four
Esuits ii The pack that itttinlatcs the four
quarters id the year.. as there are thirteen
cards III each Of the four suits, 50 there
are thirteen. weeks in ID quarter there are
also tho same number Of iunattons; the
twelve signs Of The zodiac, through which
the sun stecrs bis diurnat course III one
year; there are iiIty.two cards In d pack,
TINT directly answers for tile number Of
weeks In a year; examine them more
infinitely and you will lind three hundred
and sixty.i spots, ns many as there are
days in the year these multiply BY twenty
-four aud sixty and you hive the exact
number u hours aud minutes IN yeari
Thus, sir, hope / have convinced you Ii
/ Is my .allnatIacf and by yoar iordslipls
4perlnissica, I will prove Il IS my prayer
book also i. ,. i...: I. ::>.... =.
II look upon tiir four suits as represent.
ling the four. prevailing reIigioas--.Christ:
ttiauliy, Judaism, Mnh0nedanisni. ind Ia
Eganism; the twelve court cards remind ms
Eaf the twelve patriarchs, from whom
Esnr5ing tile twelve apostles, the twelve or,
/ ticles OF Christian faith. The King re.
tfninds ne 81, The allegiance due 10 His
/ Majesty, The Gtieeu, Of tlF same Il
! Her Majesty. Tie ten brings To- MY re
collection the ten cities in tue. plains o
f;Sodolr and GemarraIr, destroyed by fir
and birthstone from heuyeH; tke lei
tSplagues5of Egypt tie ten commandments
II the5teB tribes cut on for their vice. III
nine rCIHiHils me OF the nine hEses; tli
4 nfne aohle orders among men tTtle righ
.ircniads me Of the eight beatitudes; til
.Ieight persons Saypd fn Soal's Ark til
fteigitt persons tIeHtioilcd in Scripture TO b,
released from death TO lite. The sever
reminds me Of the, seven administering
spirits that stauii before The st;irope i,
fGoai the seven seals wherywilii the Boob
Eaf Iift is scaled, the seven hberDi arts ant
sciences gwen by God for the instruction
] 81 MINI; the seven wonders Uf the world
! fhessix reminttszme Of the SIX petitions Of
tthe Lords Prayer The FIVE reminds me
}3of the SrUses given by God lo;Hiilii---heHr,
ing, seeing; ftplug, tasting, and stneiiiug,
/ The four puts Iue inilind afthe four evan
! gelists; tile four seasons Of the year. Tie
| three tpBimds me Of The Trinity the hours
/ our SAVIOUR was on the cross; tile three
DAYS he Eay Inferred The two reminds
Inc of the two TcstamGnts; The two con.
iirary prinriIAeS Struggling III man. virtue
and vice. The ace reminds nc Of the on
| ~ true God to adore, worship, and serve;
! one truth topraclice. and one good master
to serve and obey .-...... .,. :. ~.
so fnr is very welII' s'rid the noble
man; but | believe you have omitted one
J Card--the knayel' .-.
T. ''rrve my Eord--the knaye reminds me
/ of yomF Ioriships iuformerl" ..: ..
! The uoblelnan becume more pleased
with Jack than before, freely foryaFe him,
raised his wages, and discharged tho in
former, :. - r. -; 40. -. +.