Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-09-25
TIE TURN AND "cALL."


The "turnu is when the dealer draws
the card from the box, one, tW0, leaving
the third, which is the winning caro-, re-
naming the card previous TO that Is
tbe loosinp card. The "call' is ut the
close of the "dcal,n where the player is
allowed to name the order in which he
thinks the cards will come out, loser ana
winner. If he gugsscs correctly, ne
cots i'm "chcclls,n chips" or "ilsh, as
the counters are termed, usually Tour
for one.
BETTING.
In the betting at faro, sometimes the
money itselfis put upon card, but usu-
ollv II Is EXCHANGED for checks"
When a bet is made upon any one card.
tho checks are placed anywhere on 1t
cxcept on the corners, which would in
ciude another card provided there was
room if not, they are put atop some
other bet. TO bet on any two CARDS ~
inr next one another, the ace and duce,
snv. the checks are placed between
them if on the lower right hand corner
of the ace, your bet takes in the Tray
Immediately behind any one card, tim
cludes those on either side. But inc
technicalitics are so mum, rous that we
can scarcely find room for them, ana
they arc of little interest to our readers
An cxuerienced PLAYER will always I'M
rrovc his chances, and reduce the per
reutare AGAINST him. He may do lhiS
bv avoiding, rs much rs possible, inc
Chic xu cards and betting on the" INN
cards. The thin card is where but one
ola kind remains in the boX,-the other
rice yersd: in this way the split Is CIR
cumvented.
THE "sQUARE" GAME.
square game of Faro is where the
cards are dealt fairly. There are a num-
her of such in New York, and are pat
ronizcd ior the most part by sportllig"
men. that is, plofe' sional gamblers.
There are 20 of these games, we are IN
formed. in the Fifteenth Ward alone.
Here every facility is afforded you to
keep the run of the cards; the cue Don Is
before YOU, honestly and fairly marked
mn: and books are ut your service 30
that YOU may be your own account
ant.
TIE "sKINn GAME.
Here YOU may inquire for a book, but
ore told he books are all out. There il
the cue box, however, as at the square
game. You can 90 on and play, that Is,
if Won like-if you like being cheated,
we mean. These cards that are being
dealt are delicatcly and nicely trimmed,
all save one, which, to the fine touch o.
the professional, acts as an indicator III
shuflling. Each one is marked and
sanded. If you examine the margin
closely. YOU will find small dots on The
top card, as they stand now In the box,
we will say, as there are pips or spots on
the one below it, as well as ON the ono
below that, for the dealer, you must un-
Tn whnt TlS he Is
to draw out, so that he may deal, to Il
dead certainty, and these spots tell him,
for. by aid OF the long card in shuitllng
they are n never failing index IN the
hands of an expert. The sand on them
causes them to take hold OF each othei
when necessary on being drawn from
the box. This is effected by the aid OF a
slight spring in the interior OF the box,
which is open aJ one SIDE. Inc actloh
ofthis spring Is to elevate the deck or dl-
vision in the box, and 30 press the pack
together that two cards, with the neil
of the sand, may be drawn out rs readl-
ly, and even nicely, rs II they were one one
Place YOUR money on the ten. me
dealer turns once, twice, maybe three
fines or more. Now he has come TO Il
card whcreon the ten, either BY dots or
some private mark OF his own, Is indi-
Gated rs the third or winning card
counting the top one. lie presses his
sprinp. draws eff, instead of the top caro-
alone. the second with it, and drop
them both, held together by the sand
like one card, upon the table. In thls
WAY. the ten is made the losing cana
and YOU the loser by it. Between The
dealer and the cue-keepcr there arc
Slight private signals passing about CON
stantiy, so THAI the cue box Is lhaue 70
tally with the deal.
We have space enough only for a
brief outline, II faint >liadowing, as Ii
werc. of this terrific mueistIOm, int
which so many are drawn ana Wiercln
SO many perish. Last night, our report
er went the rounds OF the gambling sa-
looms. visiting many OF the principa,
ones in the city, and to-day we are re
minded iorcibiy of young friend OF
ours who became irightfuliy ABDUCTED 10
gaming, and whose losses at play nau
been heavy and continuous Tor months.
We met him one Sunday, llttle over II
wear ago, at breakfast. lie alluded to his
in luck. but seemed in good spirits, ana
left us to 90 to Brooklyn. Three day
afterwards, he entered the gaming hell
in the lower part of Broadway, where
most of his losses had occurred, and, at
fer playing about an hour against per
sistent bad fortune, arose. drew from MS
pocket a revolver, and in another IN
slant his brains bespattered the table on
which he had staked and lost his wealth
So much for faro and gaming generally
But this is only one case in thousands
To-day the fate of our friend is brought
wildly to mind, and we remembered
the words that were spoken to us thai
morning,
"Do YOU know MI -? He is lying
dead round the corner
CONFIDENCE GAME.-A Chicago pa
per says