The daily gazette., 1874-09-19
For the Gazette.
From MnrNGi.
WHAT DOES IT'S MAN.

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Mr.. EDITOR some tire ago | no
ticed in several of tie pcpers IN the
State that there was quite VIZ m con-
test going on in reference to "n-b ic
balls, which have been ard ere he'ng
held in the vici~ity Of Ma~vAci, WI
lowgrove and Petersbv-g 1t he's been
my PRIV ege to spend IA few weeks
i'll that section it being my or : nal
homo
While going about from place to
place my attention has been e. led to
the places whe~e the "hars" have been
held, ard 10 the large and c'cra9t
stages e-ected Tor item, e7d as 7 AMI
and look upon al III ; and t''rk sc~'-
ously upon it the que on a~;-e-.
What does tn S mean: Mhu mcana
this spending Of money and mr l.
there anything connected with them
that f?s te1Ce"cy Ia make men
veal hier, " ser or better Most en-
pha;'callynot. Then VIVA. core u>ion
can we arrive at Bni he next que--
tion is, who attend end p;r.icipatc in
these bn'ls Sure'y no; persons who
have had Chr stan IRA W. Surely
not children who have tal Crr ,ti,n
parents Sr-cly no: 'au' saHi cen'l
men who have Gny PFC, ior b.. ~.
| anity or the good oi cnTn2un ~ Lat
some one says Mr \ co's and he i. a
member of Chr ch y. goes and
she has christ an ,-cnts. Nj suc-
and She is Of solcud d fami'v, her faith
er was once toveTlo- of the STATE.
and there 5 no man VINO Z ks a l.tpc.
interest H. the coTmun',v thtn he
| To that can only V the Lprd have
| mercy and :. vc the e 1rrh rom III, h
members, and give double pl Ion of
grace to these christian parcrt, To eng-
bile them To bear the rcp!oach which
their children are b. NJ NJ upon them
and upon the cause they advocate.
| And to that father " ho hps ,he good
of the community SO near to heart,
give courage to raise his voice n the
denunciation of this gtcat evil. and
show To the world that he is opposed
10 these things and ii his chs. pdri1Ci.
/ patcs in them she does it contrary 10
his own principles and wishes But Ia
return To this question. " hat are balls
gotten mp for, il there is no good at
tached To them in any shape or form
Can men afford tn give their time, Al
tcntiou and means to cause from
which they derive no gnod, but on the
other hand are degraded, demuralized
and deha>,d by it, do not believe
that thee can be one thinking man
or woman found in this community
but what will say that public balls
are sinful.
They cannot help seeing it. Ii j.
evil in its most open and glaring form.
| do not pretend To say that this evil Is
so much greater than many OF the evils
which men indulge in hut We tnd We
men induging in this. Ladies refined
and accomplished who would scorn
the idea of being found in the har-room
or rum-Shop where men meet To drink
rum, may be found nj the dead hour oi
night in the woods in company with
men whose checks are flushed, and
whose brains are dizzy from the effects
of the wine cup, And young ladies
are not ignorant of this fact, they know
that young men 30 there to drink, and
a lady may visit the rum-Shop and as
s6ciate with those who frequent it with
the sane prnpricty that She can attend
and oa-ticipate in public balls, because
the :,Y ioritv of men who attcn them
attend the Erum-shop also. The
two a-c indissolutely joined, having
one common father Every young
lady who attends these places OF dcg.a-
dation says by that very act that
drunkenness ard dissipation are re-
spectacle, and they must know that
there is nothing better fitted To lead
youths and young men into the path
of drunkenness and ruin than these
things. Many young men go to these
balls who would not think of going To
the rum-shop Why because sister
goes there or Miss \ or b, and of course
il is respectable And there that yonng
maa is persuaded by those missionaries
of sin to drink, which is often tho firsi
step to ruin. Ii may be, young lady
the vouag men who by your inituer &c
lhave oeen led to these places ttor, most
las,urcdly, the men would not 20 If the
|, ladies did mott may mt some futuie
time lead QUITO the hymeniel ala B.,
and there. when it is too late, you " Ill
find yourself mate to misery, wretched-
ness and poverty, and the eternal re-
morse of your soul will he that you
ever gave countenance to public balls,
or anything else that leads to drunken
ness aud sin. But how long, o how
long before these things come tie an
end. When will the people cease TO
do evil and learn to do good. y.
II MARYDEL, Sept. Is, 1874.