DON'T BET ON IT!

      SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2024

         DON'T BET ON IT!

   I wasn't sure what I was going to

blog about today and then I saw one

of those state sponsored gambling

advertisements. They all end with a

reminder there's a number to call if

you feel you have a gambling problem!

If only Jim and Davis had that resource

"back in the day." The two were friends

and sometimes gambled together. More

often than not Davis ended up lending

Jim money to pay his gambling debts!

Then came the day when Jim lost a

gambling game to Davis! He didn't

have the $25 to pay, so Davis took Jim's

watch as collateral! Jim really didn't want

to give it up and he admonished Davis

not to wear it in public. But Davis

ignored the warning and showed off

the time piece to others. Jim confronted

Davis in the town square of Springfield,

 Missouri on this very date in 1865 and

the result was the first documented

western gunfight in U.S. history! Both

men fired their handguns! Davis, Davis

Tutt, missed. But Jim, James Butler 

"Wild Bill Hickok," didn't! The incident

market the death of Davis Tutt and the

beginning of the legend of "Wild Bill"

If only they had phones and the number

1-800-GAMBLER! Hope you're well

and that all your NEWS is good!