The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-07-30
4 GOOD POKER STORY
The NEW MAN IN THE NEW HAIR
MONY SELECT CIRCLE.
He Was In the Grocery Business and
Hadn't Time to Play However. He Join
ed the Party For Two Evenings and sold
Out His Grocery Store.

Il saw story in a paper recently,
said an old sport at Willard $ the other
day. (which told how two slick strait
gers from the Windy City MIXED a
poker game in an Indiana town and got
away with all the money III 1t. That
reminds me of another story of the same
order
In the town Of New Harmony are
located number Of gentlemen Of great
taste and considerable means. For
years tie majnstay Of tins crowd was
playing euehre and whist, Int tins was
finally changed By Tn arrival of tive
characters who organized ard taught IA
class in poker The first of these was
the son Of Frenemmm, who lived on
an island down TIN river His father
was worth IN the nelghholbeado Of 5000.
600 or $500, 000 and hr kept his boy
well supplied with money
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