Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-04-18
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Did you cyes attend the theatre g. said a
young man to II blue eyed maiden, Who hung
on bis arm as they pr0menaded the streets Of
New York one mild evening IN October. The
check OF the lazy crimsJned with a blush as she
answered the lntcrIogat0ry in a negative, and
added My mother has taught me from child
hood that It was wrong TO at.eaI sUcd places.
- Bat your mother formed perhaps Improper
preJiiIces, from eXigggratcd accounts given
by others for have often heard her say She
never attended oEe in htt lite, Aud he spoke
eIoqIently Of thc drama, tragedy and comedy /,
and LSell with plthus On the Important 'essou
which we there learn OF human nature. GO
with me once, st!d he. " and Judge Tor your
self Persuasion aud curiosity |tuumphei OF.
er the maternal prtcept AND cAlmI.e, a8 she
Leli.aungly replied, IN 60 Ja. once She
went, and in that theatre . charm caae over
her like %, one wa!ch tie serpent sent forth
from his d0ye.like eye. She went again and
again, and from that house Oh mIrth and laughter
she 6ls led to one trJm lha portals q. which She
never returned.
Around O centre liable, where lu astral lamp
vas s]acdliag It's mild light, sat three young Ia
dies while one held in her hand a pack Of
cards. 81 Tie back Of her chair sja.l a young
gentleman who for years had successfully rssis.
ed every effort made by his complnions to induce
him 70 learn the cAaWcters on cards. Come,
SAID she, NJ reed one 70 make our game
play With Us once, if you never pliy again. Her
ye,eheek and lip c~onsplted to form an eloquent
battery, which sent forth its attacks upon the
fortress Of good resolutions, in which be had
long slood secured, until it fell like the walls OF
IN ancien; cry, when Jared by the fearful bat
fprIur ram He IaaruUrI rho pttls ori rlavrH
4 fcw weeks afterwards | was passing lis room
at "A lIG hour and q candle was shedding its din
ligl, through tho window. Since that sine |
have Looked from my chamber nearly every hour
Of the night, iron close Of day til morn, 'aud
seen that light f.intly struggling through the
curtains that screened the inmates OF that rom
troR yyery eye save His which seeth alike in
darkness aud ~ MONDAY. Gaming brought with
1t disease, and death came jus, as be had uam
bercd the hall Of his thtuescore Yeas aud ten -
During his last hours, | was slltng by his bed.
side, when he fixed On me a look which | shall
never forget, aud b4do me listen to his dying
words. II might have been a different man
from what | am, but II is too late now. am
convinced that there is u state Of existence be-
yond the grave and when | think ofthe retri-
button which awaits inc in another world, feel
u horror which language is inadequate to de-
scribe. There we.o amgng the las: words he cv-
err uttered,
The junior class OF u southern college had as.
sembled in q Students room, to spend the night
in riot and dobauca. Amid that crowd was one
Wlo had never recited a bad lesson since his
malIiculation. In his studies he was head and
shoulders above his class. That day no had
failed. A shade Of the deepest gloom came over
him, aud he was indescribably melancholy
Bat Ihc vine and jest passed ouad, while himself
fol: like Luciier IN Eden, where all was 10y and
s~lsdasss around hin, Said a clIssmato Tome,
Bob, Quaf this bumper, and it will make you
feel as bright Us a hormit's lamp The temp,
CT whispered IN his car, " Drink on,e, anu lnr-
yet the past. \ similar occasion will never
return." A powerful struggle seemed going m
in his mind for a moment but az last he silent
Nv shook his head, and retiring to the grove, gave
yen, to his feelings in a food OF tears. Tina,
boy never dranl-nOt even once. He took the
valelictory. Is now d D., and President Of u
College. Once. 0nce Oh, on this slender
pivot hath turned for veal or woo tho destiny
az many u deathless spirit Caesar paused but
once on tho banks Of the Rubicon but it was a
pause like that which nature makes when she il
gathering her elements for the desolating Tor
nado. Eve ute tho forbidden lruit but once, and
her countless ]posterity have felt thu fearful con
sequences resulting from that rash act. Reader.
remember once Pres. Record.