The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-12-21

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CUP, becomes . drunkard at laet, end
dies in horrible dslirium, OF. lives q
be . curse 70 wifs, children and
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inforcsd. a young girl, loving -not
wisely, but too we'll. Yields herself
to : seducer who ruins and then Tor
salkes her to . life of shsns and
desth Of despair. Not one girl, but
thousands Of girls yearly, 20 that
though > great company Of thoss
whose robes ars soiled beyond cleans
ling hide themselves in the grave d..
ring every twelve month, smother
great company Of ths purs drop "a
their places, and keep diled 70 re-
pletion the ranks OF prostitution.
Again and again, In instances boy ond
counting, are these tragedies repeated
| in tho full presence OF the rising gen.
GRAFTON, and get it seems to grow no
wiser. Nothing has been moro fnlly
demonstrate than that the 6rst steps
Of folly and sin are trAught with
peril. Nothing has been bother
proved than that temperate drinking
q always dengsrous, and that sxosas.
| i've drinking Iuinous. Nothing ID bot.
| ter known than that o man cannot
consort with lewd women for a
hour without receiving . taiat thas
whOls life ef repentAnce caAnot
wholly eradicate. 6inoe tins began
have women bssn led astray by The
came psomisss Ne ssms pledge6. tAe
same empty FUWARdA islf y0ang
men aud young .WonsA ooold poaoihly
learn wisdom, il woald ssen - 4
they might win il N . siagls day, b
aimply 1siag their syss aad tAiskine
upon WHIST they -. Yss IN thil
great city q Nsve York, and II I'll
tAs great eitiss q The country.
young mon md young woman ars
lsll the time repeating The mistakes
lof thoee oeound them Who ers
wrecked in cAasactee aad Sbrtane.
The yoasg nAa kssps his wine bot
~. and sseks. resort whore deceived
and Fuinsd women hs in wait for
prey, knowing perfectly veil Il he
mOve anythinl. or has ever uood
ihirlN the reoeon With which Heaven
lhns endowed him. that - Il in The
broal rod to perdition,-tha3 there
| Il before Him 3 lifs of dissust and 1
deasA q hosroe;
when The rseuIts of certain courses
Of conduct and certain induleences
are IS veil known = theee 70 which
We sllude. Il seems strange that any
| can enter mon them. Every Young
riess 81 siooholic drink he never viii
becoms, or stand In danger Of be-
coming Z drunkard. Every young
man KnoWs soss II ne P.ssevcs ,
cnaste yoasn ana snuns sne eoaosy
q tne ieWo, ne can csrry Q sne WO-
man wnom ne iovSe = se'ireepeSs
wnich N invAusoio, = past irceiy
open % ner qosenenang 9ess' ana
sne pare Pny0cet vi'ahsy wnicn snaii
o ene wealth O anotnef generation.
ne Knows sness sle iowafds ot onas-
tity are ten tnoneAna timee &reAter
than those OF cr,mlnai indnigence.
he known that 0060lnR u I00S ana