For her bright, golden dollars,
For counsel of friends.
The sentence by which you discover what is his profession is the following:
Gentleman, alderman, clergyman, doctor,
Merchant, broker, professor, major,
Mechanic, lawyer, shipmaster, tailor.
This method of telling fortunes is very entertaining in society, when you have not the book to find more particular answers.
A METHOD BY WHICH TO DISCOVER IF YOUR WISH WILL BE FULFILLED.
Take a pack of cards, shuffle it, and let the person inquiring cut three times; then place singly five cards upon the table, and upon each of these cards another, taken from the top, and so on, until the pack is exhausted, and the cards are divided into five nearly equal heaps.