The Placer herald., 1874-01-17
WHAT PACK OF CARDS SERVES FOR.

Lee was taken before The magistrates Of
Glasgow for playing cards during divine ger
vice. The account of i: is thus given in the
English journals:
Sergeants commanded the soldiers at the
church, and when The pastor had re the
prayers he took the text Those who had n
Bible took it ont, hut this soldier, having
neither Bible nor Common Prayer Book pull
ling out pack Of cards he spread them te-
tore him; he first looked at one card and ,hel,
at another. The sergeant Of the company
saw him and said:
Richard, put up the cards; this is no
place for them " .-.,
Never mind that, said Richard.
When the service was over, the Consta-
hle took Richard prisoner and brou hit him
before The Mayor.
"Well." says the Mayor, "what have
yon brought The soldier here for ?"
"For playing cards in church.
"Well, soldier, what have you to say for
yourself?"
"Much. sir, hope"
every good; if not, will punish you
more than ever man was punished.
81 have been," said the soldier, "about
six weeks on the march; have neither B.
Tie nor common Prayer Book have moth
ing but pack of cards; and hope to sat
isfy yolr worship Of the purity of my inten-
tious."
Then, spreading the cards before the
Mayor, he began with the ace:
Nv hen see the ace, it ,minds me that
there is but one God.
Whea see the deuce, it reminds me of
The Father and Son.
WI en- see the tray, it reminds me Of
the Father. Son and Holy Ghost.
When see The tOur, it reminds me Of
the four Evnngelists that ched-Ma-
thew, Mark, Luke and John.
When see the five, it reminds me of the
five wise virgins that trimmed their lamps.
There were ten, but five were wise and five
were foolish, and were shut out.
When ! see the six it reminds nee that in
six days the Lord made heaven and earth
v hen see the seven, il reminds me that
on the sevenil, day God rested from the
great work e had made, and hallowed it.
" hen see the eight, il reminds me Of
the eight righteous persons that were saved
when God destroyed the world--namely
Noah and his wife, his three SONS and THEN
wives.
"When see the nine, it reminds me Of
the nine lepers that were cleansed by our
Savior Thele were nine out of the ten
that returned thanks"
"When zee tn, ten, it reminds me Of
the Ten Commandments which God handed
down 10 Moses on the table of stone"
"M hen zee the king, it reminds me Of
the Great King Of Heaven, which is God
Almighty.
When sea the queen, it reminds me of
the Queeli of Sheba, who visited Solomon.
for she was as wise woman rs he WAS II
man. She brought with her fifty boys and
fifty girls, all dressed in boys apparel, for
King Solomon TO tell which were boys ana
which were girls. King Solomon sent for
water for them to wash. The girls washed
10 the elbows, and the boys to the wrists.
So kirg Solon on told hy that"
''WelI," said The Mayor, ''you have CIV
en- a description of all the cards in the pack
except one.
''What is ilat?'
uc cdiu tIC
81 will give you description of that.
too, If you will not be angry"
II will not" said the Mayor, eff you do
not term me to he the knave."
"l he grentest knave that know of is
the constable that brought me here.
81 do not know, said the Mayor, eff he
ia the greatest knave, but lie is the greatest
fool r 1
"When count the number of cards in n
pack, find there are hfiy-lwo, the number
If weeks in year; and | find four suits,
til number Of weeks in month.
When count how many spots are on u
pack OF cards, find three hundred and
sx'y.6ve, as many days as there are in I"
year. ft
l find there are twelve picture cards in
pack, rePrese' ting the number Of mouths j"
y year; and on counting the tricks. find
thirteen, the number OF weeks in quarter
20 you see, sir, pack Of cards 20. YES for
= Bible, Almanac, and Common Prayer
Book.