The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-12
Keno-Tts mysteries and I-isaEie8.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Experience is good teacher, II 1t Goes o- Gus, l-o
much.
like to get experience. Sometime . 5 cheap ana
sometimes it is expensive. Sometim L f P'sasAGs
to reflect upon my experiences, ana tiles -e'la.
My inclination to learn by experience tgs As lAr1
many teugh places Like every other t5aa eye. I-a[
or heard Of the more experience zs@ ."e .'''a
want; and this is how it came about.
was engaged socially the other eve as a'.A t''
ty Of friends In trying to put myself gu .s-ss y s
glasses Of lager beer, aud succeeded adalaas atA
we we're doing the best could to get e 'a n'...I
Of the eleventh glass. il was unanmo4-
we should go somewhere. We stafJea1 s.'+ .....'-9
the crowd fetched up on keno.
First observation! Low room-two HeHg sa'.- .'
either side of which were seated about t".a- ...f
perspiring freely and looking terribly a. ...7 WY
one uueoncerued face 10 the crowd, an. 81.
hind tive yellow looking thing at the end Of tne Ioo'u'
Had 10 look at that face for Z momeht-eyfS Peeui1l'
hair grew low down an the so.ehead, head shapeu ~
cu'iarly Redeeming trat gooI nature klhe uionh'!
@W.oa, gr- jaaaarg Stop ber. 3. T. ta. IS, s''
second Observation. Saw fellaw vi:h snuff cell
orad pants and eoat-black hat with weed on u
yellow hair and black moustache, with SUD .,
cigar in his mouth who sat near the ehd OF I"e 'ao'
rcaca out his hand and take from the soou naVule9
fellow two handsful Of red md white things. LooSoG
at board on which the fellow was putting laI %ueG
mlrblas with figures on sm aid saw . II, ~ "''
Il =.
JS, but didn't see ,..,t
Sat down and went 10 putting buttons on cards VIII
numbers on them Had five cards with nunoetS GU on
them Had Eve cards which cost 81 a3i se5 nEo
rows almost full wanted 8 90 or 80, or a. or 90
when the yellow fellow with the black mouslache
yelled "ke--uo!'
| al, Is, 49, 68, 87-card Is. Middle row."
Third observation Noticed the yellow haa TWO we
cards; looked at the tray in which the fellow put 'e
fiat sided marbles; didn't 46 saw "a; might nave
hren mistaken hut it didn't lock like 64 Wonder Il
it was the lager. .o- -
The yellow fellow won five pots at $50 to $50 each,
and got up and went out. The good natoreu lclio"
who turned the yellow thing began to look anxious
cave his seat to another chap who began to turn the
yellow thing and followed the yellow fellow out was
4 gone about FIVE miautesf came back sniHh8 FVtf
/ pleasantly.
Drinks all round A man with diamond STUDS ana
pin and rings came in He was pleased to see every
body; was better natured than the tello" VINO Vurou
the yellow things who didnt look so good nalNsea as
at first Took rum punch, which dd not seI Wel' o
top Of the lager. Won pot; whether was Ing run
punch that won it. can't say. | didn't 40 IL: hho"
it. Pot was $40 Treated the fellow with dla'nohuS
Took another rum punch. Played ten cards-S2 90
Keno good thing, faint expensive 5omeoouy ye.isI
/ keno" as | was getting some buttons. 1hiiH
/ had not have brushed button of with my S,eeEe
would have won it myself Rum punch uoh @ SCI
right. Getting late 5 one o'clock take alGInc' i,'a
i punch to keep awake; figures get mixed-leAoW 6oe5
loo f,st. last | recoect was confused hubbud !;
could hear
''Twentyeigbti"
"Thirty-eight"
"Take the wax out of your ears.
"Forty-eight, did you say?"
1 "Dry up!"
"Twcnty eight was called"
g IIant got it,
/ Z" "Fort-one"
Tried to find forty; brushed the buttons of; polite,
F. ly asked the yellow fellow who turned the diamond
thing, what number it was he called Forty-one.
Couldn't fad it; wanted him to call back. Confident
l didntget 'em all down-ho called too fast Every
tody swearing-game broke up at two o'clock on sun
cay morning. Yellow fellow with tue diamond nose
wouldn't give me another rum punch.
Sunday, 8 p M.-Headache. Stomach amt right.
Thirty dollars out.
Experience. Twenty men of average inteIectuas
ability congregate together to play the buttons oil
their own skirts put diamond buttons on another
mans, and they succeed. Wonderful march OF intel
lect! The yellow fellow becomes in time worthy
momber of society; the chap with the low forehead
becomes member Of the board of trade, and the man
with diamonds invests largely in real estate, and he
becomes mayor of the city, and when mayor shuts up
all those low gambling shops. Enviable result;
. Keno is big thing"