Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-29
What Cards Taught.
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Lee was taken before a magistrate
for playing cards during service. L
appears sergeant commanded the
soldiers at church, and when the
parson had read the prayers he tool
the text. Those who had Bible
took it out, but this soldier haC
neither Bible nor common prayer
book, but pulling out pack of cards
he spread them before him. He just
looked at one card and then another
The sergeant of the company saw
him, and said:
"Richard, put up the cards, this is
no place for them"
"Never mind that" said Richard
When the service was over the
constable took Richard before the
mayor.
"Well," says the mayor, "what
have you brought the soldier here
for?"
"For playing cards in church."
"Well, soldier, what have you to
say for yourself?"
"Much, sir, hope"
"Very good. If not will punisl,
you more than man was ever pun
ished." ~ have been," said the SOL
dier, "about six weeks on the march,
1 have neither Bible nor common
prayer book. have nothing but a
pack of cards, and III satisfy your
worship of the purity of my inten-
tions."
And spreading the cards before the
mayor, he began with the ace:
when / see the ace it reminds me
there is but one God. When see the
duce it reminds me of Father and
Son. When 1 see the tray it reminds
me of Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
When 1 see the four spot it reminds
me of the four evangelists that
preached, Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John. When / meet the five, 1t re-
minds me that in six days God made
heaven and earth. When 1 see the
seven, it reminds me on the seventh
day He rested from the great work
He had created and hallowed it. The
eight reminds me of the eight righte-
Gus persons that were saved when
God destroyed the world, viz: Noah
and his wife, with three sons and
three wives. When see the nine, 1t
reminds me of the nine lepers that
were cleansed by our Saviour, there
were nine out of ten who never re-
turned thanks. When see the ten,
it reminds me of the ten command
ments which were handed down to
Moses on tables of stone. When 1
see the king / am reminded of the
King of Heaven, which is God AL
mighty. When see the queen 1 am
reminded Of the Queen of Sheba, for
she was as wise woman as Solomon
was a man. She brought with her
fifty boys and fifty girls, all dressed
in boys apparel, for King Solomon
to tell which were boys and which
were girls. King Solomon sent for
water for them to wash; the girls
washed to their elbows and the boys
to their wrists, SO King Solomon
told by that"
"Well," said the mayor, "you have
given a good description of all the
cards except one."
"What is that?"
"The knave," said the mayor.
81 will give your honor a descrip-
tion of that, too, if he will not be
angry"
81 will not" said the mayor, "if
you do not term me to be the knave."
"Well," said the soldier, 'the
greatest knave that I know is the
constable that brought me here"
II do not know" said the mayor,
'that he is the greatest knave, but j
know he is the greatest fool"
"When count how many spots
there are in pack Of cards, I find
three hundred and sixty-five, as
many days as there are within a
year."
"On counting the number Of cards
In a pack, 1 find fifty-two, the num-
ber of weeks in a year, and l find
four suits, the number Of weeks in a
month. 1 find there are twelve pic
ture cards, representing the number
of months in a year, and on counting
the number of tricks find thirteen,
the number of weeks in a quarter"
$50 you see, sir, pack Of cards
serves for Bible, an almanac and 4
common prayer book"