The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-05-28
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Ar. E2i.or-Will you ctlics numerous

Mr. Eii'c--Wi!l you cbiigs numerous
friends BY publishing the following:
/. The game of bezique is pl.ved By two
persons* with two pack. Of IDS, diseard-
ing al be!e~ sevens, AID consists either
Of enc Thousand points; or, to shorten the
game, can be decided 1T the end Of each
distribution >; / doubis Pack by the use
OF counters, A." n ion St tens
and hundreds. After cutting for deal, .
which either the highest or Lowest card
wins, AS may be agreed upon, eight cards
aie TO be gwen to each player, i" parcels OF
three, three and Two. The seventeenth
cards IS turned, and is the trump card
Ihe non dealer leads After each trick is
taken, an additional card must be drawn
from the pack by each player; the party
taking the trick to draw first, anJ so con-
tIuue until all the pack Is distributed. Il
Is not obligatory to follow suit until the
whole OF the cards have seoa drawn but
with the last eigih cards the players must
follow suit, if possible; if no. may trump.
,. If the card turned as trump should
De one ofths five best wiz scs TO knaySs)
1t Is desirable 10 secure it and the party
who first holds or draws the seven Of
trumps has the privilege OF, and should
lose no time in, exchanging the seven ter
sad trump; but to DO SO must fIst take,
trick, ard can on making the exchanges
score ten
g. The card. ranks as follows, viz: Ace,
ten, king, queen, kpave, nine, eight and
seven.
4 After takening trick, the slnye:
ha: the option OF showing the different
points OF the game held oy him. but must
do so sefore drawing a card, and imne-
diately make his score; bat cannot make
more than ore count after each trick, rs
the different psints are shown. The cards
ty which said points aye, Il aoe must oe plec.
ed ug0n the table, aud ca n be used at discre.
tion, or kep. 10 form a rev combination
different from the one already declared +
). After having drawn all the pack, each
party should have eight cards. Ii is then
desirable 10 secure as many aces and ten
spots as possible, for each Of which, a.
well as the last trick, ten points arc
scored.
Msruop OF Scorixo. Points
EEz.ers One queen Of spades and one knave
MA a','iionu' -: =; s,.:i:
two snayes Of diamond. Lt..................Co
These four card. can BE- used 10 from o,her
combinations of the game, but cannot be used
in both b.ziques. viz single and donble)t
SgQCt>cs.-fIye highest tr1E,Ds .rotn ace to
The roysl marriage must be declared before
EXHIBITING the sequence, otherwise it is foriei.
ted
AcIs.-touT. T............... ....'...............lo
kISGs. -Four. ................ 50
Q.EESs -Four. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. co
kSIvEs i our. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80
ROYAL MARRIAGES King and queen of irum2sl. ~
OsnISaEr NAERIAGE Aius and queen of ssme
Seven II trnrnp5 when played If played and
not c'ainlei the score Is forfeited ....... 20
Each ace and .eE-ep0t held II the hand at end
Of ga sa"'s...............'..........'....' 10 10
fcr,et for 1o; drawing card before playing... 10
HllIes .>pirt.
The game may be played by any num-
Der Of players, by having IS many packs
of cards as players.
r Where e combination i: declared in
which cards already declared land placed
/ upon the tab.o) are used, one or more ef
( the cards making the combination must
come from the hand, and those on the
table cannot be used again for the same
kind Of court. Thus, king having been
cd to declare four kings. cas not be ad
ded 10 ether kings gain, but may Le mar
g t~Gtnps
! 1t i vsry generally practieed by good
/ players TO declare b.zque, sad leaving
/ the cards en the table until another be-
. znu. "a drawn, and then declare double
bsz.Gvs; and iai, ms more cousonant
( with the general law, that any count may
b.. made with cards or the table by adj
DIN. one or more tEonI the hand, provided
the cards CT the tAi- have not tee,1 .1ssd
! with other similar card, during that deal
to make the .oRis count. BsZIque and
Gsub,s seziqus are different connts
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