Spirit of the age., 1861-06-05
fntstoe Rsaoing,
TWBdt, Fi0wer and Fruit.

ALLEN, say, Frank Allen, can't you wait
for a fellow ? called Chaile, Matthews, as he
ran down the Academy steps.
What now, anything new? said Frank,
as Charles drew newspaper from his pocA ct.
Yes, Just took at this said he, exhibiting
an advertisement plentiiully besprinkled with
capitals and notes Of exclamation, and read
ing Splendid Chance, Oldest Gilt Book house
in the country! Select ans bo,k from our
catalogue, remit your money, and by return
mail you viii receive the volume accompt-
niod by magnificent present etc. Now
you see, we are going to get upl club of ten
G We can, and we want YOU to join it. They
have had three over at the other village al
ready.
And what were thei- prizes
oh. ali kinds Of jewelry studs, pins, ear
rings, pencils and they say Somebody. some
where near Boston, drew gold watch from
this same establishment
Every one has prize Of some kind you
say?'
price you would elsewhere So you see it is
not like a lottery. Everybody SENDS, peo-
plc who would not think OF encouraging any,
thing Of that kind
oh, no, tets see the catalogue will Join
the club, think. There's Leonards toJ
we'll ask him.
No, guess not, can get enough without
him, and he's so particular about every thing
he does. Why he will not play at chess or
domrnoes, or backgammon even and is all
ways talking about the tendency of slch
things, tf you ask him.
Yes, but | want to ask him He wants
the 'Grecian and Roman Antiquities and of
course il every one has prize it cannot be
lottery
We'll, then, but know It will b, useless
SeonardS,' continued Charles, as he came
up, have you heard Of our gitt-book club p
Yes, Andrew told me at recess
Its line chance to get the books and
present too, isn't itT
I don't understand all about it. but TO me
Il has the appearance of lottery scheme.
and think il best to avoid everything which
has such tendency
There told Frank what Won would
say. If we were to live in Methuselah', ,
age, all your tendencies, as you call them.
would not have time to produce their effects :
Not the full effects. grant, Charles INT
you know the deviating line is crooked. and
1t has time IN common life to get at least for.
ty-tve degrees from the right path
oh, have done with your trigonometetv
1t Is nothing to the purpose.
wen, then. another illustration. Which
one Of you means to be a d-unkard p
"A drunkardi Don't we belong to tbs
sold water armyp Didn't Charles carry q
banner last Independence Day, and am | not
A. Z. Of the Young America Division, No.
S.ofTP
We'll. answered Leonards, what harm
could a little beer or cider doY You will mo-
probably live long enough to form any ba,
habits, IN copgeQuepce Qf their use.'
oh, but that is different, people do form
such habits IN a little while
Yes, and other bad ones NAV he e,rme,
from as small beginnings | think .Topc
not, taste not handle not, as good mott
IN one case rs in the other
We'll Frins,' said Charles. as Leonard
turned away, ARE you convincedy
Why. there's some truth I'm what he soy
but told you would juin, and lust send;n
once can do HARM
What spruce new siop is that Edword
It's sight is shere old Leonards baker, ,,,.
10 stand; but these new establishment
spring up so like toad stools, that can't he.
the run Of them, coming to town only twi
ayear. =.
Why, that's Frank Aliens father Y
remember, the one who came out home x,
me last summer. He has drawn the can;
prize in a lottery lately--it i stated ~
amounts fron tento forty Thousand dollars