The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-08-28

lOVu there - y small Dnri MhePe the glrl6 can
drink with their victims without exposing
their destinations to the unthriflful gaze Of
q ncn-paying and censorlOus outside public.
| Sitting onlthe benches, or grouped upon
the AoOr OF whirling IN The Sanse, are the
girls, yaryingin number ifom four to fwenty,
but averaging about ten.
| These girls are not often comely to the fas,
tidious eye. BNCto q sailor, just from long
crrise, where nothing loyelier than bis wealth
er-bsaten shipmates has for years been seen,
thry are not without attractions. So, too,
do certain lapdsmeh, Of d degraded type, pay
homage to thele strenuous chaFms. But i
decent man, in The hlll possession and eQui-
Poise of his facnlties, can only regard them
with sorrow upspSakable and pity too deep
for tears.
The only girl we ever saw in a daace,
house in whom we could detect the slightest
yeslige Of comeliness or refnement had been
there but few hours. and was reputed 10
be the Gankhlsr Of former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of New England States, @'v
y Thes FIRST time we entered John Alleas
danCe-huuse we found II in tllll blast. The
hour waA II 10 the evening, There were
thirteen girls IN she saioon, three musicians
IN the orchestra, and seven cuslolners sub
hitting to the hlandlshmeass uf in eQ:Ial
humber OF tha ballet dressed sytens who.
Preyeded the reom. Our party euNsisted Of
The pnlicenaN who accompanied as, three
elereymen on tho lockout for she HeiephaHtn
Nj. Albert G. Arnold, of the Reward Mission,
aud the writer. "a y ,,
The Wickedest Man was in glory, Things
were moving brfskly. He gAyc IA all .
hearty welcome, ordered the orchestrA to DO
their best, and told the gi-ls ID "breAk our
hearts, a vigorous dance followed, aiter
which the proprietor called out
\ ~Harfiord, go up stairs and get my baby"
4 Hartford termed cut TO be one Of the girls,
who Immediately disappeared ahd soon rs-
Wrned, bearing Ia her arms an undressed
sleepy child, wrapped ia. shawl, This waa
I the jnyeuils prodigy. His father took him
il bis arms, with 4 glory of pride and atIsc-
ton.
Snow, gentlemen, youare writer's, philoso-
! piers and preachers but IN show you that
/ my baby knows az much as any Of you. He's
hsll % reading, writing, praying and fight
inght
| A1d without more ado he stood the sleepy
tlitlle fellow upon TIE floor and began TO cat
echize him in ancient history both sacred
Il HVu ptutAubf uNQ NiiNil kl. bl0AclN. BiatOllt
geography, the political history of the United
States, ETC., with reshlttha astonnded all
Spdaealy he exclaimed t &o q
HChesler, give us q song.p ss,.h ..
i Ana Chester, for that 10 the, child's name,
gave ui a song. ff
s'Nov, Chesier, give us 4 break. aown.p
The orchestra played a"break -dOwatp and
Chester danced il with precision and vigor,
his mothyr looking on with delight
''NoW, Chester, glvn % prayer
And the child reciled, tirst the Lords
1 prayer, aad then others, 10 succession, mixed
with whieh we're sach rihaldry and profanity
on the fathers part as cut US 10 the heart.
And here ieyas thatwe got glimpse Of the
/ pre-emineni wicke6ness Of the man--wick.
ednsss to him unknown, and oil the worse
because Of his upeonseiousuess Of t.; wick,
edness which is leading him to train up that
idolized boy il a way and 10 an atmosphere
which viii let make him an object OF losth-
ing even to bis own heart. y
For that ianee-house child there seems 10
be no spiritual hope. The sacred and the
! protane are so intermiugIed in his childish
understanding that be win never BE- able 10
| tell which b sacred and which Is proians;
aud bis nasnFe being dogged and conibative,
be win gIow up into the highest possible
type Of wfkedness, If he grows up at nll.
i OF the thousands Of painful cases wherewith
We have net In this city, that Of little Chester
| Allen giyk us about the kerhest pane.
After tie infant phenomenon had been sent
back to thd, his fasher asked our party II we
wouldn't /" mix inp and HAYS dance with
1 the girls.
ait'll db yod good" !" said he, utO trip n lit
tie on thi light hntasiic. Besides, like to.
do The falr thing by distinguished visitors.
I'm food pf Literary people, and especially Of
clerrymeh, / have three brothers, myself,
who adoIn the aacred calling and grit and
/ xrucp rut through our family like the Tigris
And the Jordan through the Holy Land Go
10, gentlbmen the girls shan't hurt you. IN
| watch oter sou like q hen over her chickens,
and you shall leave my premises as viftnous
! ss--youi came IN Ha, ha Come, what
shall il be ~ ~
| On bling assured that we would not "Trip
Il on ths light iantAsiie,p he asked rs if We
(thag Ia our party,) would Dot favor the girls
With bouK; WheFeupon M. Arnold suggest.
ed thai ws should all sing together, aud ask
| ed the girls What they would like best SeT-'
l efAl Of them Immediately responded IN favor
Of There il rest for the weary"
800 you know thatP one Of the clergy.
men asked.
aYssio answered at least shAl: dozen
Of the girls.
eWhere did yon learn itf' asked another
Of the clergymen.
nAt Sabbath.school," was The reply.
We all looked Al one another. Here was
revelation. These girls bad been brought up
10 attend SAbbAth-schooli Perhaps they
were the daughters Of Christina parents
.1n shs Christian. hons IN ylo1,
fhars 4 land Of r1ti
AID NJ savior y gone before NE
To fnihll NJ loul'a inquest.
ucnoars-rhsrs Il rs,t Or ne vesry,
Thers ! rsat FOR you,
on the other slds of toffan,
In the swset nsldl of Eden,
where TIE Irse u Life is bloonings
There Il roIt for you.r
Aud, Oh, with what fervof and pathoi ihey
nane--espocially The chorus, which, At the
end Of each verse, thsy sang ibree tines over,
some Of them, a. iehBt, weeping a. they sang.
Wba. qirlIsh memories those sweet, simple
stralBs evoked hemorlss, perhaps, Of once
happy homet, and adscslonato sabbath
pc6ool isschsrs, and loved companions, 90
swsstly conslfalnlng with theif danee-hou,o