Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-11-23
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TANK WITH YOUNG LADIES.

VITA A WITH YOUNG LADIES.
cone time ago | had a talk with the girls,
49,. T smoke more of their appearance, but
",,1 want to talk of something more cal
~. tod to cause trouble than ugly faces, or
. o,re,essness in dress. When | con-
lawn # 7 condemn what, [ am truly sorry
zto say. the majority of our young adles DO
,,eak Of the common amusement OF card
n]aying, the custom of handing roun VINE
and s,,ch things. Now don't think me tool
IN and over particular, but just stop and
,h;nl awhile of what you are doing.
Women nave a very wonderful influence
over men. and it is a ma very very much
4 dehased who cannot be influenced Dy wo-
NO, That is a conceded fact, and since it
la how very particular we all ought to be,
.n that our influence may result in good. [
4 would not for the world have you wear a
/ solemn face and not be gay, far from it, the
\ verv fact that you are doing your duty,
I ought to make you gay and happy. once
1 heard a minister say that SINNERS have no
1 right to laugh, only Christians ought to be
I lively and happy" and so / sometimes think
Il that the young ladies who try TO 90 their
\ duty to society and exert a good Influence
l are surely the happiest and God will reward
\ them tor it eternally. Let me beg you don't
drink wine or play cards Nth gentlemen. l
\ know there is very little danger of your ev-
4 er drinking too much, but the young men
\ have too many temptations to resist, for
| YOU. to put any more in their way. They
\ have many temptations of which we know
nothing-many of which L fear we would
not have strength to resist.
Ifladies never offered wine to gentlemen,
/ think that many would never indulge in
strong drink to the extent they do. We
sometimes see things done in society, thai
at first shock and horrify us but at length
we grow accustomed to them and join il
with the crowd.
young man may grow up with a hor
row OF drinking and it he is associated will
true women he will avoid many ofthe snare:
and pitfalls laid for his feet but ifthe young
ladies offer him wine, INT | have known
them to insist on his drinking it, and ever
make fun of him it he declined, if | say sucl
be the case then must the young man b.
guided and rely on himself and not on thos'
to whom the instincts of his nature and tn
affections of his heart would naturally Leaf
him, and if he falls, at whose door will tn
guilt be?
Stop girls and think; have you offere'
wine to young men? have you insisted OF
their drinking it? If you have, then at you
feet and on your soul lies the burden
their sins, and should they become drunk
ards, think of how your conscience will or
out against you; think Of the blackness {
such a cloud resting on a fair young CIR
You may not have been the sole cause; bu
then you have added your influence to Wor
their ruin.
The same remarks may be made abot
card-playing. I know it is a fashlonapl
and a fascinating amusement, aye, ana el
arely too fascinating. l know it will N
harm one lady in a thousand so far as ma
lug her too fond of gambling is concerned
but how about the young men, will snch .
influence be lost upon them Will it NJ
break down many barriers in the way
gambling and make the path to- destructit
straight and easy? If they are fond OF pla
Ing cards in yonr parlors, they will also
fond of trequenting the gambling dens
the city.
once heard of q young man who went
college, an upright, moral young ma
While at college he met a young lady WI
taught him to play cards, aud the last b