Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-08-18
Crime Always prines ita Reward.

Crlm9 Always Brings lCB Reward.
Sooner or later evil deeds committed will find
their rewards and punishment But a short
time since Gus. and LEW. AVERY committed
a robbery near Bowling Green. The former Is
now serving bis term Of three years In the Ohio
Penitentiary. The latter, we belive, Is await
ing in the Wood county Jail for hearing be-
fore the next term Of Common Pleas.
When too late to escape the odium Of Con
Wet besides three years of the best part of
his life spentin unrecompensed labor, Gus
AVERY writes from his prison cell the following
good advice TO others, for publication in the
iSeniiudi
"1o all my young companions, from me take
warning. Be careful what company you
keep, and YOU will ind II better for you. You
can see what bad company will bring man to.
II would have been better for me i'll had
thought Of this before, but 1t is too late for
| have got to serve three years in the States
prison for keeping bad company. tits not the
prison that you should look to so much as the
disgrace; the name that II brings, not only on
Yourself but ON your father and mother, broth
ers and sisters, and all your friends that are to
you most dear. Young friends, there are men
in this town who are watching out for you.
Those YOU think yonr friends in the light are
are not in the dark so will leave 1t with you to
consider. Farewell one and ALL" A. s. A.
The misfortunes OF another who has been
tempted aud FELL is fully illustrated in the fol-
lowing verses, written BY prisoner in Jail at
Napoleon and published in the N1rtlpcd of last
week. We can not commend II as poetry, but Il e
sentiment is good, indicating as it does heart
not whoey hardened to crime:
WITHIN OUR CELL.
One week ago to day sat in Liberty's white
hall,
My children playing by my side. my wife the
pride of all
| My conscience pure from present guile, yet fear
tul for the past;
! Ny happiness, though quite serene, with feai
was overcast
By portending Justice.
Guilt like an incubus doth weigh, however
small It be,
Quite heavy on an upright heart; o could
from il Nee
To worlds Of innocence and love. with miuc
serene and chlml
Virtue alone can give US peace for ever
wound balm,
Whose nlme and essence is Truth
To-day within the prison cell, sit to mourr
| the past,
TOT knHlN uhlS-nbN NtI1 Itl " uON
long twill last
Though thirty days. and thirty more, wer
multiplied u score,
Time neer can blot tie shameful stain or lea
the moral sore
Of social disgrace.
And older criminal might not shrink from pen
| allies like mne
But lesser ones, with minds acute, must fee
aud repue:
Deprived oI liberty is hard; the shame whit
can endure
Despised by all at home, and stunned by ricI
and poor
Nay, Oft by worse tlan We!
Suppose you h a wife you loved made part
ner IN your shame
You meet her at the prison door with greeting
but to blame
Processing love, she seeks the law TO seve
from the Lived
The change in friends woald be no more, thoug
heaven and earth were moved.
All, all is changed?
Your children, too. must feel the smart, and
shame to come aud see
The idol Of their chillish hearts, when dang
ling on his knee
Thus wife and children friends and foes, com
bne to set the seal
or everlasting iniamy on him who's said T.
steal
Some trifing thing.
| thank the Lord, my chidren's hands as ye
are clean from crime,
| And pray they'll ever s, remain, 10 u no,
and through all time.
| May they lesson learn from me, and shu
the wavs Of vice,
Retain conscience ever pure, the boon q
nameless price
Pure virtue.
beg attention of the world, both guilty. oil
and young.
To shun the paths of guilt and crime, lest ais
you be brought
Within this solitary cage Of contempt and des
pair,
And be compelled Of shame and woe to tax
common share,
Though others may be worse.
0 could tie world but know my thoughts
while liring in this cage,
feel that those whn placed us here woul
rend the penal page;
Believing that their object is but Justice an
Reform,
And knowing these complete, they'd soon re
move us from all harm
And try to mitigate the shame.
For all mnst know as well as we Il at none ar
fre from wrong,
And many, il the truth were known, would b
Then whv tell others "stop the thief" Will
you're as bad as he?
Beware the time NAV quickly cDme whc
you'll be CAD 10 h,e
The wrath of Justice.
Oar iaiiers are our truest friends, yet kee
within the law,
Do all they dare to make us Llcst; we woul
not pick h'w;
We wish them all that earth affords Of harp
ness and friends
To ever treat them with respect will be ou
aim and ends.
While life and truth remain.
Let him that stealc,h, steal no more, aud Civ
that he hath robbed,
Repent. reform, confess the wrongj keep fat
with man and G1d,
This ia the law that God hath wrought, thi
his complete conditions
Please ask M mrre AMI well concede, who
sanction this petition,
We appeal to Christian justice.
A NOVICE.