The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-04-06

10 swear III luis WICKED anu unBOuly
manner?
"Oh", he answers, "that's what Pa
and Ma ses, when they gifts mad, an
wants to be big, and swear like they
does-its so nice to be big and swear"
Yes, but God hears you, and He says
we must not swear, it is wicked"
"Who's bod" he inquiries.
"Why, the Good Man, that made US
all, and everything we see about u.s."
Johnnie puts his finger In one corner
of his eye and says:
''See here old Teller, you lies" and
with that he turns aud trots of.
Having added some years to his age
this promising ~ scholar "gets OUT
among other boys. Being an apt schol-
ar we may expect him to improve rap.
idly. Through the assistance and influ-
ence of his associates, who, by the way,
are experts in their line, Johnnie be-
gins to discover a passion of his nature
altogether new to him and how, in Sc
cret, he revels in this new delight
Darkness and covert places, which, be-
fore his initiation to these obscene and
filthy practices, were terror to him, he
now seeks. But somo friend has aciden-
tally discovered Johnnie's exceedingly
wicked, filthy and destructive habits
and through kindness, has made the
same known to the young peoples pa
rents. The first lessons in which our
prodigy graduated he now finds use for,
he is summoned before the parental
court and called upon to give testimony
in the cause now pending. He looks rs
innocent as the handle of jug, falters,
deceives and lies himself out of of it
The parents naturally come to the res
cue of their promising youth, aud cen
clude that the Information is false and
that, at home, the informant would
have enough in which to engage his
philanthropic mind, and thus, let other
people attend their own children. And
this is even said in the presence of the
young tyro. So we can imagine his joy
at having thus treacherously allayed his
parents fears and ut the same time
stamped lie upon the informant whom
he now regards with hatred and as an
enemy. Bad habits, like weeds in a
garden, if not uprooted, will soon take
complete possession. We shall soon see
this-in the case before us-verfied.-
With renewed assiduity aud keen zest
he progresses IN his filthy, wicked, soul
MISUNDERSTANDING practice, SO that
combined with deceit, blasphemy and
obscene language he is now SO complete.
~ degraded and robbed Of all manly or
virtuous principle, that he is ripe and
ready to indulge in any wickedness
that may offer; open Sabbath breaking
is among the least Of his crimes; his
unfortunate parents can no longer be
blinded by his.deceit, for not only re-
port, but their own eyes have revealed
to them their sons degradation drunk
enness, robbery, SANDER, and even
murder, now fall as the first fruit from
this evil tree Of their own right hand
planting!
Parents, for Gods sake, for your chill
dren's, for society's sake, d,Udke!
AS have before shown, the person
who discovers these wicked and filthy
practices and kindly informs the parents
is soundly hated for his trouble. Had
his hint been taken and report been be
lieved, it would no doubt have saved the
shame and death, natural and spiritual,
to which these bad habits consigned the
scholar we have drawn as a picture for
your inspection. Neither, in our judge
ment, Is the picture overdrawn; of
which you eau satisfy yourself by OBJ
servation. We shall open the school
room door and see what can be seen.-
The teacher advances ahd kindly shakes
us by the hand, and points us to Il
seat We are now in position to observe
for which purpose our visit was made;
we protract our stay until four o'clock
rolls round, and among all strange
things that we notice, we yet fail to
notice one thing, III est, the appearance
eft solitary parent to visit the school of
his children. During our stay in the
school lesson is read bearing title
"Tnou shalt not Stea!,' another called
"The Truant,' another in which it
speaks against "Lying," another
against "D0nkenness, another says,
Never do that of which you would be
ashamed or afraid If known by your
oil Ia,
Il few words to deepen or impress upon
| the minds Of his pupils the Importance
Of giving heed to these lessons, so thai!
We may become useful, honorable and
the end Of those who go in all opposite
direction. But we before remarked
that among the strange things we no.
tice &c. We shall now make known
one Of those strange things; while the
teacher is commenting upon the lessons
reci,ed, a few boys grow uneasy; their
countenances betray confusion, impa-
thence and even anger, and here we
shall stop and allow you to draw your
conclusions. We may, however, ask
the parents, "How is it with you in
these things? Are You aiding your
teacher in his endeuvors to make and
keep your children honorable? Or are
you blinded by their treachery and de.
ceipt are thus assisting them to be.
come deceivers, liarst profane swearers,
Sabbath breakers, filthy, drunkards,
slanderers, murderers, together with all
other characters belonging to this MIA
nous catalogue? Or are you yourselves
measu:ably guilty Of keeping company
with some Of the characters belonging
to the catalogue above inserted, and