The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-19
GAMBLING ON THE GREEN.
Some Anecdotes Of the Green Tabs
and Its Votaries.
Evansville Journal


A Journal reporter fell among a
group of persons who were comparing
experiences ON that fruitful field of the
cloth of green. One of them said:
can Evansville gambler told me
he went to Vicksburg last winter and
dropped into a faro room. Around
the table were seated a number of
bald headed fellows, wearing jeans
suits and looking like solid but mis-
guided farmers. The Evansvillian
watched them play and each had a
big pile of blue and red chips defore
him. AT last our gambler concluded
to 60 in and thinking to make a
"bloody big bluff pulled out his roll
and said to the dealer in a loud and
pompous tone Of voice:
| "Gimme hundred dollars worth o.
chips"
"To his astonishment the players
lpaid no attention and the dealer with
out putting down the box, slipped his
left hand in the drawer and threw out
a little white chip.
81 hever even stopped" said the
Evansville man, "to inquire what the
blue and reds were worth"
DOLLARS AND CENTS.
Another of the group told the stor,
of a friend Of his who was in the rail
road business, and was in the habi
of playing small game of poker a
5 cents ante with the men at head
quarters The chips were in techni
cal parlance called "5 and l5"--wsrtl
5 and Is cents respectively. Nc wen
to indianapolis to meet some big gun
of other roads, and after dinner it was
proposed to play poker. He was
man in moderate circumstances, ant
not gambler by any means, playin,
n only for the smallest stakes, H
n agreed and the chips were called OH
"5 sand 49," and he said he woul
take ten reds and about twenty whites
They were counted out, and as usua
among friends were not to be cashe
until the game was ended. The de;
:. was made and he drew a pair {
;. queens. He thought he would sho'
y them that he played a liberal gam
although he got nothing in the draw
is and when his turn came to bet, /
a showed up his ten reds, and finally p,
+ in twenty whites. The others a
d drew out, one throwing up2 pair an
i another a flash. He threw down h
is two queens and rakod in the pc
The others looked at his hand in a
constituent, and one exclaimed:
lie "What do you bet $3.50 on pa
At of Queens?
dollars h--ll" said the othe
es mo but cents, yes"
n "Centsl" echoed the first, owl
ct these chips are and Is dollars"
ly "Then take your money" cried o
We friend jumping up in holy horrc
st 81 was betting 8 and 10 cents. WI
p $3.50 keeps my family three months
y, And he quit the game in hur
cd and refused to take his winnings, /
p cause he thought they were not no
&C. cstly his own.
NC AN ExcITING GAME.
10 20 81 think it was John Miller" SIS
70 another gentleman, "who ran a 'do'
", W ored deck in little game one eve
h. ing. We had played for some tin
~. and Miller dealt. We could see
". soon as the cards were dealt Il
~ Is every man has good hand. Th
vi -, drew their chairs up fingered tn
IN, IN chips nervously, and the betting
bic gan.
nv ut started cautiously and No. l !
hit up as if he was afraid Of his iudgme
l0O No. 9 doubled it. No. 3 came in a
ast doubled and so it went on until
last every mans watch and cha
studs and pins were up and tickc
cal for value. Not man went out .
icy the excitement was intense when
ot. last bet was up and the call made.
'oo "Then," said the story tel
nd, "ovcry man showed up and CIV
OF id one Of us had four kings and
ind ace, and Miller sat and hollered.
as had run doctored deck in.
= II don't think / ever saw so mt
~ oe excitement in game in my life.
100 course all bets went off,"
$4,000 A,,y5AR. FOB A RElIA