Absence of public and private Amusement--Churches and Chapels--Influence of the Clergy--A Revival I never saw any people who appeared to live so much without amusement as the Cincinnatians.

Billiards are forbidden by law, so are cards.

To sell a pack of cards in Ohio subjects the seller to a penalty of fifty dollars.

They have no public balls, excepting, I think, six, during the Christmas holidays.

They have no concerts.