The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-01
What n Pack Of Cards Served for.

A private soldier by name OF icnar
Lee was taken before the Magistrate of
Glasgow for playing cards during divine
service. The account of it is thus gi-
ven in the English Journals:
Sergeants commanded the soldiers IN
church. and when the pastor had read
the prayers he took q text.
Those who had q Bible took 1t out,
the soldier having neither a Bible nor .
common prayer book took out a pack OF
cards; he laid them out before him; he
fret looked at one card and then anoth'
err, The Sergeant of the company saw
him and said to Richard, put up the
cards; this is no place for them Never
mind said Richard.
When the service was over the Com
stable took Richard prisoner and
brought him before the Mayor:
Well, said the Mayor. what have you
brought the soldier here for!
For playing cards in churdh.~
Well, soldier; what have you got to
say for ycurselH
Much, sir, l hope.
Very good; if not. | will punish you
more than ever man was punished.
hnve been, said the soldier, about
six weeks on the march. lhaue nei~
Their a Bible nor u common prayer book
/ have nothing but q pack OF cards, and /
hope to satisfy your worship OF the pu~
rity Of my intentions.
Then spreading the cards before the
Mayor, he began with the ace.
When | see the ace, it reminds me
that there Is but one God.
AL When | see the deuce. 1t reminds me
Of the Fathel and Son..
When | see the tray, it reminds me OF
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
When | see the four, 1t reminds me
ofthe four eyangelists that p~reaohed-
Mathew, Mark. Luke and John.
When | sec the Ave, it reminds me OF
the FIVE wise virgins that trimed their
lamps. There we're ten, bat FIVE were
foolish: they were shut out.
When | see the sig, it reminds me
that in six days the Lord made heaven
and earth.
When l see the eight, it reminds me
of the eight righteous persons that were
saved when God destroyed the world,
viz. Noah and his wife, his three sons
ahd their wives.
When | see the nine, it reminds me
Of the nine lspers that wore cleansed by
u saviour. There were nine out Of
the ten who returned thanks.
When | see the ten, it reminds me Of
the Ten Commandments which God
handed down to Moses or the tables Of
stone.
When I see the king, it reminds mefof
the Great King Of Heaven, which is God
Almighty.
When / look at the queen, it reminds
me Of the Queen Of Sheba, who visited
Solomon, for she was as wise a woman
as he was a man. She brought with her
City boys and fifty girls, for King Sol
omon 10 tell which were boys and which
we're girls. King Solomon sent for wa
ter for them to wash. The girls washed
to the elbows and the boys 10 the wrists.
SO King Solomon told by that.
Well, said the Mayor, you have given
a description Of oil the cards bat one.
What is thatl
The knave, said the Mayor.
/ will give you a description of that,
too. If you will not be angry.
I will not. said the Mayor, if you do
not term me to be the knave.
The greatest knaye that | know of il
the Constable that brought me here.
/ don't know, said the Mayor, If be is
the greatest knave, but he is the great
est tool.
When [ count how msny spots are in
a sack Of cards. / find three hundred and
sixty FIVE, as many days as there are in
8 year.
When / count the number Of cards in
a pack, / find ffiy-two, the number of
weeks in a year; and | find four suits.
the number Of weeks in a month.
I find there are twelve pictures in a