The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-02-13
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\ private soldier by the name OF
Richard Lee was taken before a mAgis-
tratc Of Glasgow for l,In; ing cards dur
ing divine service. The account Is thus
given in an English journal:
A Sergeant commanded the soldiers
at the church, and when The parson bad
read the prayers he took his text.
Those who had Bibles took them out;
but this soldier had neither Bible nor
common. prayer book, but pulling out n
pack Of cards he spread them out before
him. lie first looked at one aud then
at another. Tho Sergeant Of the com.
pany saw him aud said:
Richard, put up those cards; this is
no place for them"
"Neyer mind that, said Richard.
When the services we've over the
Constable made Richard n prisoner, and
brought him before the Mayor.
"Well," said the Mayor, swiat have
yon brought this prisoner here forl'
FOR playing cards in church.
"Wrll, soldier, what have you to say
for yourselfi'
"Much. sir, 1 hope"
Very good; il not / will punish you
more than man was ever punished"
II have been, said the soldier, @sbout
six weeks on the march. have neith-
er Bible nor comn:on prayer book.
have nothing but pack Of cards, and
hope to satisfy your Worship Of tie
purity OF my intentions"
Then spreading the cards out before
the Mayor, he began with the ace.
when | see the ace II reminds me
that there is bu. one God. When see
the deuce it reminds niu of the Father
and Son. When see the trey it re
minds lne Of tho Father, Son and Holy
Ghost. When | see the -four it reminds
me of the four Evangelisis who preached
Matthew, Mark, Lake aud John. When
see the five Il reminds me OF the five
wise virgins that trimmed their lamps
There we're five wise and five foolish;
the latter were shut out. When / see
the six il reminds me that in six days
God made heaven aud earth When
see the seven it reminds me that God
rested from the great work he had made
and hallowed it. When l sec the
eight it reminds me of the eight right
eous persons that were saved when God
destroyed the world, viz: Noah, his
wife, his three sons and their wives
When see the nine il reminds me oi
the nine lepers that were cleansed by
our Saviour. There were nine out oi
the ten who never returned thanks
When / see the ten it reminds me o.
the ten commandments which God
handed down to Moses on tables oI
stone. When / see the queen it re
minds me of the Queen of Sheba, whC
visited King Solomon, for she was a;
wise woman rs be was man. She
brought with her fifty boys and fifty
girls, all dressed in boys apparel, fol
King Solomon to tell which were tn,
boys and which were the girls. Solo
mon sent for water for them to wash in
The girls washed TO the elbows and tn
boys to the wrists. So King Solomon
told by that. When see the king j
reminds Of the Great King of Heaven
which is God Almighty"
i "WeIl," said the Mayor, "you hav
given me description of all the card
in the pack except one, :"
''What is thatf
"The knave, said the Mayor.
S.I viii give your Honor a description
Of that, too, if you will not be angry.
''I will not be angry" said the May
or, eff you do not term me the knave.
"Well," said the soldier, "the creates
knave know of is the Constable tha
brought me here.
"I don't know ii ne is the creates
knave," said tho Mayor, 'sbut TO knol
he is the greatest fool
"NVhen l count the spots on dec
Of cards ] find three hundred and sixt,
FIVE, as many days as there are in
year. When / count the cards I fin
: iifty-two, the number Of weeks in
year. / find four suits, the number ,
, weeks in month. find twelve pic
. ure cards in pack, the number
, months in y year. On counting Il
number of tricks, / find thirteen, Il
number Of weeks in a quarter. S
you see, sir, cards serve as an almana
! also"
|, The time is near at hand when