The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-22

B. 8. NxsszAM, Clark,
- Wa shah - - ~ ynusgz,
c4ssdess I i ! qs~tioa ~ 90 sisissas
nay anxionsly ssk. We netissd yester~
day that shrss Of the boys oQmnitssd by4s
NJ. Lsscb, J. p. upos Saturday, sSeated
from the calaboose. We ven present 1t
shs trial Of the boys. They wsrs upon !
charge Of vagnncy and part Of thsm for
larssy. Both charges appeared from the
testimony to be true = 70 Ill Of them. ii
seems that day after day, and night sftef
night, in connection with Other embryo
criminals, they have prowlsd through our
streets and larhed il alleys and loangsd
sfosnd groceries, filthy and ragged. and
lill.fed, and profane and vieious, ever on |
the alert to commit some petty thsft-tte
vary children Of vice and candidates forI
the penitentiary. And the older and
more hardened offenders enties small boys
into their company and incite them to
steal 40 less liable to detection, aud then
divide the spoils, thus becoming type Of
moral malaria, injecting others with their
odious example and perverting the minds
and coFrupsisg the hearts Of the children
aud youths Of the city.
/ Now, to whom shall We look to remedy
this evil? It shoald be primarily TO pa
! rents. They should keep oversight Of
their children at oil times, as they would
avoid the bitterness Of seeing the after
life Of those children become one Of sin
and shame and crime. Every parent
should know who are the associates and
companions Of his child, and especially
should they be kept from of the streets
. At night, for this, in the city, il the dew
lis season. "Does no one tell you how
wrong you are acting and that you should
: be good p asked the magistrate of one
t of the boys whose face Was vet With tears
tears, it seemed to US, not Of repent
| ance, but Of vexasion at being caught
no, said the boy; "nobody never says
|, muffin about it to u.s." and We thought
: the words we're too true. Even parents
. see their children acquiring evil habits
and there is no word Of warning or Of
rebuke. "Send 'em to jail.' said the
( father Of the two little boys-probably
: eight and ten years old-who had been
: convicted of the larceny. when the JUS
tice deprecated the necessity for his pun.
{ ishing them. "Send 'em to jail, can't
do anything with 'em. they're out on the
streets all hours of the night, and they
steal from me and steal from every body
send 'em along" al don't want to 20 to
JAIL" sobbed the little fellows, struggling
to get free and crying aloud. "Come
{ with me-" said the officer, and led them
: off and the father followed, tantalizing
them and reminding them that ahc' d told
: 'em they'd come to that" And then We
: thought, reader, that it was the father
that should have been imprisoned instead
: Of the boys, and the term should have
!. been for life. Only think Of it, boys eigh.
Z aud ten years old, and the father could
u ado nothing with them r And so they
: 60 to Jail, and thus early in their young
lives cloud Of disgrace rests upon them.
= and by the evil associations there found,
d they come out Tretrievably lost to an
> honorable life. If parents won't take
q care Of their children, let Us have house
J. OF correction.
iii LECTURE To- NIoHr AT FARxINoroN.-
d We are requested to announce that Mrs
u G. Ben Darwin will lecture this evening
" (22l at Pennington. in the NJ. E. Church
i 10 behalf of the Orphan Asylum, located
It here.
10 ~ Mr.. Welsbnan retires from the
is Local Editorship of the Constitution, and
Mr.. Dormer takes the tripod and drivss
= the quill editorial. He is lively writer
i and will serve up .sitems' racily and
n we'll.
III FEELING BADLY.-Yes We are. What,
If the mattery Matter enough. Didn't w
rs deliver onrself of q longer article than
You cared about reading upon '.6,hiDe
, and 6shers," and the manifold charm.
:. a1d attractions Of this "ancient aud hon
onble" pursuit? Didn't We exhaust on,
st vocabulary of nicely descriptive adjectivee
e ~ order to present fully the beiutie.
!. thereoff Didn't We advise the public Il
get up 6shing excursions And YOU
e know it would nave never been thought
1t OF If We had not made the suggestion
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