New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-14

alley y SIS applied, we should not have word to
saw Bpt chose who bowl for the benefit Of their
health encourage the vice Of gaming il Others.
who have no excuSs OF the kind Beside. they
are not always safe shenSslves
We knew gentleman of tbs City who was
supposed to be far gone in consumption. His
family consisting Of wife and one child about Eve
years Of age, were objects Of his devoted attach
ment. He was seldom away from home His
highest happiness was found at his own freside.
| he was q modclof the domestic virtues. He yes
the last msn in the world to be suspected Of
tendency to vice. AS the symptoms Of bis dis-
ease became stTa more alarming. his physician
advised the rolling OF Ten Pins as last resort.
| With no taste FOX the amusement, he complied
with the prescription. 1t proved favorable, eVsa
kevond the most ssnguine hopea OF his friends
He gained new strength. The disease was check
ed and he was in a fair way to recover his health
But meaasime he had acquired love OF tae
esms He could not abandon the haunts iro@
which he had received so much enjoyment. His
family were neglected for the bowling siley He
gradually became so infatuated with the pursuit.
that be could take no interest IN anything else
His business suffered from his negligence, unit! At
length he gave 1t no attention. and became co@
pletely absorbed IN his ruinous propensity Ho
now became addicted to the Fare table. w asst
ing all the means he could command on this per
nicious indulgence, lie ceased to provide tor his
family But he was not wholly abandoned. The
sudden loss of his only child and the influence o.
friend led him to retrace his steps end he Us
now emancipated from his evil habits, and ca
gagged in an honorable pursuit. Were wa at lib
erty to relate at full the history which we have
heard from his own lips it would make the blood
of our readers curdle in their veins. Suffice it to
say. no one who had heard it described could
look upon advice to frequent the bowling alleys
az means Of health without shudder. Evea
he telt safe in the consciousness OF hls ows
strength he would not hazard the ruin oil
weaker brother by so dangerous prescription
We will not dwell on the disastrous effects Oh
these establishments ON the clerks, business men
and others residing in the city word or two
must be gaid on the case OF verdant youths irom
the country In their eagerness 70 see the eIe-
plant. they often fall in with hoch OF these un
clean uiehthaWks that hover around the fash
ioupble saloons More likely than not they arc
syindled out of whatever money they have about
them. large class of this kind of worthless,
composed of fighting men, thimbersgers' Petef
Funks, and other enterprsing genipses' are al,
wavs on hand watching for the chance Of good
operation
We once knew a young man from the country,
that had never even seen game of chance played
Making the acquaintance of some juvenile gam
blers, he was persuaded to look IN at tashlona
bio bowng-saoon Every thing was new to him
He liked it so well that he repeated the visit and
more than once The last time he prevailed on
friend from the country to accompany him They
ware selected as favorable subjects, and it waS
not long before they were made the victims OF
swindling trick. His companion suspected
plot. He caused his friend to be arrested
on suspicion and had him thrown INTO PF''
son. No evidence appearing against him' ne was
| discharged But though innocent his character
wos ruined. He could not recover his lost repn
! tation. In fit OF desperation, no joined tho gam
| blers. whose acquaintance he had thus inoppoe
timely made, and became n reGulnr adherent to
the Infamous profession.
One thing more may be stated in the close Of
this article By sort Of poetica justice, large
proportion of the old and worn out gamblers here
bring up their shattered wrecks on the same spot
where they were first launched the career OF
vice. Poor, diseased decrepid, without money,
without friends, without hope, they revert to the
scenes where in their youthful folly they vera
first initiated into the fearful ways OF transgres
sion Step by step, they assembled the fatal lad
der through the various degrees of the gamblers
life, till they reached the top most round remain
ing there while health aud money lasted they
seemed to be on glorious pinnacle; but soon
they began to descend on the other side until
they reached the lowest point at the TcnPin Alley.
rom which they first started. Here they find
wretched shelter for their dilapidated frames until
death by disease suicide or the violated laws Of
their country, closes their sad career Such is
one aspect Of the gloomy picture OF gamblers
life The description can be illustrated by mul-
tude Of examples But Tor the present--we
must stop. r. H. T.