The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-05-17

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weather. Usiiest Person. etc.
: So far a. we can go back IN the
worlds history, VIC find tl,c rage for
making warcrs prevalent. The Romans
had greet tasta for. ,.sr,r- anJ 1..t-.
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''.~ H--'i-' C-"7sl7 INV i"niS
wore anu GIVING IL lnto the Keeping oi
9Dl'-' '"-Iu parry uiAlI'1. bnt hl the
"llut7J b~lS ever MAGE WIS 2f a phE~l-
c'ah oL Inc ancient world named
As'iepi@dSs. lie "a""red against '"rt-
nhe mai nc would never De lit dur
my MS me- under penalty ol la7iu'
th1 reputation lac ...d acquired col be-
ING the most famous physlcla1 cd hIs
time absurd and implaa7 a. wa~ this
presumption h- won rI7 "ag"r. al
Ihou%h Ae could not ENJOY IL, log, 49,
very advanced period OF HE, he died
from the elects oi q ialL
The Romans Were iobidden TO bet
upon the success OF an unlawful game.
or indeed Oi any Eame- Whatever, uu-
less they were trials OF courage,
bodily strength. or skill. ...
The Parliament Of Dole. in Franco.
was called upon to decide ia very
curious wager in the year 1854. II
was between two citizens OF Tasmc,.
one OF whom had agreed, on considcr..-
twcnty-four franc. ~ furnish The
other with a orautff- of arlin- Of
millct I'm proportion 10 Lile number Of
children that should Toe slIu within 81
certain extent of country durin~ one
year. he WIS to hand over one grain
for the first child. two for the second,
four Tor tho third, and 30 ON, always
doubling the number OF grains for each
successive birth. The number or chill
drcn born within the specified time
was siXty-siN; and such an enormous
quantity of grains OF millct had to be
supplied to meet the conditions OF the
agreement, that the contracting party
demanded the canceling OF the bet, on
the ground that il WAS founded upon
an impossible condition. Tho court
agreed 1T once that it was impossible
Tor the contract to be carried out; and
decided that the person who had re-
ceived the twenty-fOur francs should
repay them TO his opponent, and
should give him an additional sum of
twcnty-fOur francs. Surely this was
any thing but just judgment, for
1t was impossible that the gaincr
could have lost He made his calcu-
Iatons, and was betting upon the ig-
norance OF the loser. ltwas therefore
n wager based upon bad faith, and
should have been annulied altogether
y wager was made early in the last
century 10y n banker named Bulliot.
He was firm believer in the supcrsti-
tion that if rain falls on st. Swithin's
day (July l5), it will also fall, more
or less, for forty days after. St
Swlthln's day IN the year l725 was
very wet; and so Bulliot offcret to bet
any one who chose TO put down his
money that the next forty days would
be rainy. SO many persons showed "A
desire to take up this wager, that it.
terms were reduced to writing a. fol-
lows: "lf, dating from ST Swithin's
day, 1t rains more or little during
forty days SucceSS5ccty, BulliOt viii be
considered 10 have gained; but II it
ceases to rain Tor only one day during
tnat time Bulllot has lost On these
terms, Buillot bet against all who pre-
sented themselves lie was 80 conf
deht ol success that ne placed money
against arucles OF value OF
every descripuon- fcup.e brought
Solo-ilei'ueu canes shuI-ooNe7, Je"-
els even cioIhes' ana buihot
""se'e" - much money against mem
Is us NC Couslue.eu ineE were worth
" men MS STOCK oi cash came To an
emu ne ISSUED notes ana Ollls 10 such
al e->t'lio '.i.'' = d '''' i''s 10" ' per
~ y az S'''' VI % ,''''''
l--o,.a'''',' '3 - =, ~ ~ '.' 10y
~. 80, ~
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