Smyrna times., 1857-03-11


many instances these young men were feeceC
of every dollar they brought with them, few
weeks after their arrival.
, The gambler is fashionably attired, s O,
sessed of excellent manners, and all he desire.
is to find out your name and what county you
halI from. He Will approach you and inquire
about the member Of Congress from your dis.
trict, the Senator or Judge from your State, and
finally you will conclude he must be some dis.
tlngulshed person, TO have the acquaintance oil
great men.
You step in with him to a re sort Just to look
on, as he tells you there is no harm in doing So
The warning given you by your mother flashes
across your mind at the door, yet you get in and
see young man engaged at play. He wins
once, then again, still wins and his gains are
formidable. You take part in the game and win
at first, but such is the art Of the keeper Of the
place that you go cut pennyless, in despair, and
encounter Ggain the warning given you by your
| mother.
Little did you know that the person winning
Was placed there by the skill Of the gampster,
and person directly interested in the game
The glCed saloon, in which is the most costly
furniture is the gaming house. In it you find
the choicest wine, called " superior brands. -
! The table is loaded with the choicest viands the
market afords. All this is given you gratui-
tously. You are piled with wine until your
brain is on fire. and then it is that you squauder
your moley.
| His advice would be the same regarding gam
bling as t would be with liguor-taste not, touch
not, and handle not.
lie compared gambling to man in boat on
the Niagara. The stream is placid and still,
and all is we'll until same one cries out "you
are in the rapids" Then it is that mighty
man lends his strength to the oars, but it is too
late, he is hurled to the yawning gulf beneath.
SO with the young man who touches a card it
Is innocent amusement al first, but he is drawn
on with cords of vanity, and finds felon's doom.
The young man who entered paror now
and said he could not play at cards was looked
at with astonishment, instead Of being applaud
ed for not being versed in inlquity. There was
not Il young man who sent on business to
the South or West but what was tempted by
yamesters. The boats on the beautiful Ohio,
on the mighty Mississippi, and on the lakes
were never without a gambler in search Of a
victim. There was scarce stopping place but
what they were on the alert, seeking plumber
The most pitiful sight of his life, was young
man he had seen in Bedford, in this State, who
had been induced to visit gambling house on
the Sabbath night, and there he was swindled
oul OF $4,000 i'll few short hours. He appealed
to young men to know what principle there was
in gaming. Did the knowledge of recommend
you to u counting house, to Il workshop, or to
any place ofhonor or trust.
He conjured mothers and sisters TO refrain
from, nay, not TO turn card, nor suffer one TO
be in their houses. lie mplored young men to
turn to the Word of God, and there find that
strength of mind to enable them TO refrain from
the iniquity.
1t was said that the game of billiards afforded
exercise. This might be, but he could not con-
ceve how, being coOped up in room % by 30,
in which were forty persons, and the room filled
with tobacco smoke, could be conducted TO
either health or exercise.
Mr. Chambers related a ffightful case of a
young man in Louisiana, who maddened with
wine and losses over the card table, entered a
bar-room and demabded more liquor. 1t was at
first refused, but the bowie knife cleaned over
the head Otthe bartender, and brandy was given
him. He had been drinking wine, and l. IS brain
being tred by the brandy, he soon plunged the
knife into the heart of the attendant.
| lie was tried and convicted and notwithstand-
ing several intercessons of wealthy mother
aud three sisters, he was sentenced to death, but
terminated his existence Ly suicide ON the fatal
day. Thus the result OF. gambling.
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A New USE OF 1HE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
!
wholesale house in New York has put up wires
and established a direct telegraphic communi-
cation with one of the mercantile agencies"
of that city. Every new customer presenting
himself is duly endorsed by favorable report
through this medium before the sale is compile
ted. 1t has required considerable time hereto
fore TO send clerk in person, but on the i'm
/ proved system, while one partner is showing
Of the goods, the other retres, clicks few
strokes, and learns owns farm worth $1,000
clear, failed once five years ago, good and
returns to assist in bowling and assuring the
stranger that he can have the goods on any
terms he chooses.
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%" There is a story extant of a young wag
who was once invited to dine with an old gem
tleman of rather sudden temper The dining
room was on the second floor, and the principal
dish was fine roast ham. When the old gen.
tleman undertook 10 carve it, he found the knife
rather dull and in a sudden passlon flung it
down stairs after the servant, who had just
brought it. Whereupon the young gentleman
seized the ham, and with admirable dexterity
hurled it after the knife
I what on earth do you mean exclaimed the
old gentleman sopn as he could speak.
81 beg your PARDON was the cool reply, Il
thought you were going to dine down stars
A LIBERAL REwAED.-The sum OF $4,000 in
all, is now offered for the arrest Cf the murder
er of Samuel T.. Norcross, who, it will be re-
membered, was brutality murdered near Altoo-
ma, on the morning OF the 10th of January
The murdered man belonged to East Lexing-
ton, Mass.
i For the arrest of the murderer, the Governor
of Pennsylvania has offered a reward of 81 200,
to which the people of Altoona have added
$500, the friends of the deceased $500, and
the Governor of Massachusetts $500,-making
in the aggregate two thousand dollars.
6r Printer who was recently flung by
! his sweetheart, went to the Office and tried to
commit suicide with the " shooting stick" but
the thing wouldn't 60 off: The devil wished
to pacify him, and told him to peep into the