The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-05-20
a Word TO the Wise.

Wanted, boy as clerk in liquor store"
Such was the advertisement which we saw
while elancng over the columns of n daily Ia.
per, aud the words have ever since been craven
on our memory.
We cannot but feel saddcned when we think
tha, this summons may he answered, and an.
other young heart, fresh and pure ms an nm.
'oding rosebud, Ice exposed To the influence Of
that traffic which has proved the banc Of 80
many human lives
We can but ask ourselves if any parents.
having che slightest sense of duty, W III consent
to place n child in such pcrilous position.
On, no; II would seem HAT poverty in its
worst form would bc preferable TO this. We
appeal to our readers to know II, among them,
there Is one who would respond To this call
That dark.eycd boy, bending so houchtlully
over his book in the humble home. of which
hciS the pride aud JOY, may pcrchancc read
this advertisement. lie is poor and almost
iriendlcss. His widowed mother tolls wcarily
upon her stitching from the earliest flush OF
dawn till the still "noon Of night" when shad.
o~s brood darkly over earth and sky. MANY
times during the long, cold days of winter, she
has sat shivcring over her work, while warm
tears gushed from her eyes and fell like sum.
if'cr rain upon her thin, pale fingers. The Ind
knows that penurys icy hand has swept lhe
q.
the sweet smile from her lips, and this knowl-
edge gives him such thoughts us seldom visit
the brain Of childhood
Many vision Of wealth nits through his
dreams; many hope burns at his heart, that
at some future day hc shall bc rich aud great.
But let him resist the temptation which that
advertisement holds out before him. and clos.
ing his cars against the song Of the syrcn, re
solve to live an porsrty III he can earn his
6redd IN honest means. a crust aud stran
pallet are better than costly viands and the
luxurious couch, purchased by this dctcstabc
traffic.
There is another lad In com nro,tnhc home.
whose father sees the Wanted" 10 which We
alludc. He is a man Of the world ard wishes
ms son to rise TO wealth and influence 10
nm The situation of clerk in liquor store may
seem attractive, but lei him not follow ont the
inclination which il has aroused. Let him not
place his child amid the thousand foundations
oi such place; let him not hold to tho bright
lips Of his boy the fatal draught-for if he
does, he will too late repent of his folly.
Mother, wiT you permit your son, so tender.
ly nur,ured, TO launch his iife.bnrk on such a
scar Sisters, have you a brother whom you
can wlInely see accept the offered si,ua,iont
Would TO Heaven, that from all the homes Of
our nnd We nigh, hear orc emphatic +" No"
that clerk ina qour store might ever he
Wanted. " Oliec Branch,
FALSE LOVER CoNvfcrEp. tho local
columns of the Philadelphia Register, of The
18th inst, we find the following Instance of
retributivc justice: R
fine looking German whose name Is Chris.
tian Baker, was charged with becoming IA.
thcr in an illegal manner From tho testimony.
Ia l. = al. 4 -. .I y
German female for long time, and under
promise of marriage, got possession of her pcr.
son and all the money she had in the world
Her rlcwery WAS also obtained; he had named
the day for marriage, and the minister who
was 10 marry them.
AGer reducing her TO des,itution, he Snug.
glcd n letter into her bed, notifying her that
he Ind raarried another person Smarting I'M.
der the wrongs she had received. and soon,
about to become mother, she armed herself
with revolver, and went 10 the ,lesidence of
the defendant, for the double purpose of asces-,
tanning whether lac intended 10 marry her.
and IN ease of REFUSAL 10 punish him in sum.
mary manner, for the injuries he had done her
she shot him in the head He recovered from
the wound and brought sut against her for
an attempt TO take his life bu, the Grand Jury
believing, 40 doubt, that ss6sb 3utrages upon
female virtue, planned Cor Nl3sskas and pcrpc.
lra,ed In cold blood, with vVvsfs despeill
her of both honor and prospeia5, deserved.
death, ignored the bin againsi 40, and put'
tho costs OH him. Singular as M4hay sce{|s
some months ailcr the birth of her child. sfssz
other person, not tho father Of her child, who
was familiar with the whole history of The mat.
ter slrnek with admiration az the holdness
Will, which she attempted 10 redress her own
wrongs, married her, and they are now living
happily together. They convicted him,
The same defendant was next tried for ob.
taiuing ono hundred dollars under false pre-
ienceS llc told tho woman alluded To above.
from whom be obtained 1t. that he hal tskcn
q house aud wanted the money to furnish il
before they we're married. NCriei, guilty.
"TiL Srr Tuar oSE ANp TO ftvs ng4rsRl"
.-~lr,he following, which We clip iro,n ttc Snir,
1t OF the Times. Is not from the pen III tho an.
thor nf " The Arkansas Gentlemen" VIC lose
or Guess
"p--, hciug in The West. and shoy, Of
cash. could not tell where 10 s-s, the necessary
Wilmot prpsiso for iai<Fg,ai improvements
hut. tnsline \ widow who had shot ono hns.
hand lead, and wounded several others, he
concluded to marry her, IN efdss TO Fet hOar.
ding hNmse.
Shortly aflcr the yellow garionds os iiymen
we'c iafisSs, D. cstnc ia one tstrht slightly
asgak, rs ilse Chec,Aw poets expsess il, aud
t,nnd iis nen ssseafa awaiting his aTti,al..--
She p,teslsti iaie y Ike thousand az
brick, Ss,j si,rcad lcFeelf llks ha tail psse,
con. drawing siaslt.lafrried nisto, af,as N.
who, lastesd Of teaseiibg, palIsa aat = ssrelssg
and rvfnssAesi. a. gently a. the SIGH oIAn 4Bo.
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