The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-11
What a Pack Of Cards served for.

y private soldier by the name of
hrch rd Lee was taken before the
Magistrate of Glasgow for playing
ca'd, nurlng "ivlnc service. The ac
"nnnt IT II is thus given in the Eu-
.u>h journals
ScrGe,uts Commanded tho soldiers
10 1'e church, and when the pastor
nad read the prayers lie took IL text.
fnrsc who b j Il Bible took it out.
-" soldier having u,l,her I}irlo
""r common p aver book, took out a
Jack OF t"rd> hr lai them ct be
tore n,m ; he t!ts; lc,Lcd at Que card
"'d teen III another. Tne Sergeant
I the comp ny saw him, and said to
t',h"'n, ''rut up the cards-thls is
a. plac" iOr thcm."
Never .nind SAID r chard.
" h,u the service was over the
Conaiahlu took Richard prisoner,
ant tongh' him before the Mayor.
"Acll," sAld the Mayor, "what
have you brought the soidicr here
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'For playing cards in church.'
"""il. soldier, what have you got
% sly fur yourself :"
"AIu.h, sir hope
"Fefy good :; if not, 1 will pun sh
you more than ever man was pun,
l>hud."
~ have been," said the soldier,
."about six weeks on the march. |
have ncitner il Biole nor Il common
pray + Look--I hope to satisfy your
vY"an,p Of the panty OF my inten-
ton"
Theu :proading the cards before
the Mayer, he began with the
acc.
"Whcn see the ace, it reminds
me that there Is but one Gud.
"Whcn | see the deuce. it reminds
me Of the Father aud Son:
"Wheu | >ce the tray it reminds
ne OF OF the Father Son and Holy
Ghost.
Whcn ! SEQ the four, it reminds
me of the four cyan9c!!sts that preach
ed--Mat,hcw, Mark, Luxe and
John'
"When I see the five, it reminds
me Of the five, wise virgins that
trimucd their lamps.
There were ten, but five were shut
out. They we're foolish.
"Whc. see the Blk, it reminds
me that in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth.
"N hen | see iI,c seven it reminds
ne ui the seven days OF the week.
Nicn | $, the ci ht it reminds
nc IT The cig.t righteous persons
'h,' w"re Savui When God leStro, I'd
,hc world, VIZ. Noah and h,s wife
lis .hrcc SOUS aud their wives.
" n"n see the uinc, it reminds
"y our SAVIOUR. ThrIc wc,r nin.
90! Of ten who Ietuuird no; thank.
.. "o the ten. II Itm,nn.
M" ! il. Ten Comm =, ...unts winch
II q! n"''i". .o"" t. AIu>c % L.,
t"'.' : / t,nc.
"Nhc. | &c tn: Alag, i. f.mi..d,
".o Of t"" Greaa Kiny pI iie.veu,
w;.icn IL God Aim,sh
''N hnn 10 TX at ihe Quecu, it re
mnd> III" Of the Queen Of onoba,
wno vi>i ci S,lom,n, Tor she WAS IL
WIS. nrmuu as he was Il man. She
o.""s.t A,th her tii,, boy, and fifty
,y,rn, for k.ng S,lor.cu t., tell wh,ul,
.t'o gils, K.rs %oion.on zen, f,r
water for 'hem 20 wash. Tny girls
washed I" the eln"as AID ,hc bows
to thclr wrists. So King Solomon
told hy that y
"# eli SAID the MaSor "sou have
given il description O: all thc cards
but one"
,'What is ,ha. ("
"::The knavc," said the Mayor"
al will Z i've you II description Of
that. too, it You will not be angry"
".l will not" sal the Mayor, if
you d"n't term me to be the knavc.
"rhc greatest knave that | know
Of is 'he Constable that brought me
here"
"t don't know" said tbs Mayor,
if ho is. the greatest knavc, but he Is
the greatest fool" .
When I count how many spots arc
on pack of cards, I find three hun
drcd and sixty five as many as there
are days in the year."
When count the number of cards
in pack, | liud fifty.two the number
of weeks in year and l find four
suits the number of weeks in q
month.
81 find there arc twelve picture
in a pack, representing the
number of months in a year; and in
counting the tricks l find thirteen.
the number of weeks in a quarter.
$50, you see, sir, a pack of cards
serve for Bible, almanac and oom
mon prayer book"