The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-07-13
: GAMBLERS SERMON.
Good Advice 20 Young Mem Who Fool
With Chance.

. With Chance.
HIS clothes were good, Of the latest pat
tern and most fashionable cut. His watch
chain was the heaviest of the heavy, and
as t1ne as the gold Of Ophir. Unsurpassed
III richness the gold chain that the King
hung about the neck of the young prophet
Daniel. His boots were highly polished,
and shone like the exterior Of fine black
walnut collins. His diamond pin twinkled
like the evening star in summer sky. His
shirt bosom was as white al an. infants
soul, but his eye was sad and bis voice
was as sorrowful and sorrowing as the
Waillng Of the winds in the dropping
branches Of the weeping willow. He tai :
ped his boot with his natty ivory-headed
cane, slipped down in his chair, to give the
base OF his spinal column a rest, pulled
bis hatover his eyes, and languidly said
which painfully indicated that the the
gambler had struck loser, had coppered
IN the wrong place-"Faro is a hi of a
fascinating game In all the games for
gambling it has no equal. A mans ad-
q fool TO play it, but it catches the Oldest
OF 'em. The chances on the closest ca1cuIa-
tlons are three to one each play at the out
set against the player; occasionally we
strike winner, but we only win to lose.
lhe most prosperous Of us die in the gut,
forgotten and deserted |
Luck only smiles on US for brief season.
and when 6ekle fortune deserts us she
never roosts Al ab9Ys a qaaFh qaaaFh} azy But vile
We live We live, and after all that's all
here is Of life The hereafteris chance, I,
and the old man has put up the cards SO
we'll that nobody has ever called the turn.
It's q 'cat hop at the best. We are not
utterly heartless. It makes my heartaehe
o see how many young men are drawn
nto the vortex and down to ruin. They
oegin on 4 game Of baseball. They lose
IN horse race, get caught at friendly
,ame Of draw, and in an evil hour try to
ret even on faro. They often win on the
irst venture, but it is terrible success.
They always pay 1000 per cent, on the first
Winning, and often they play life and blood
n the investment. The first winning
'pens the fascinating road to hell; builds c
lp barrier behind them which few ever
limb over to reformation. A little senti- s
mental, amt 7? Have something2 You
ont drink? Good. Bar-keeper, give me q
whisky punch light! I'm blue to-day
rambling and its attending excitements i
urn all the stamina out Of man; but a
hank God it cannot, does not, blot out
is sympathies. wish had never touched Z
card, bpt am born gambler. It's in
1e; it always was and I'm in for it until t
ae deal is out. / hate TO see young men
{ promise at the gaming table. They
ave mothers and sisters who love them !; c
1ey have good situations and employers
tho trust them; but the day they set foot
lside gambling-roon their fate is sealed
he Recording Angel enters up the books
head, ninety-nine times out Of a hundred,
nd loafs around the gate Of St. Peterto
Office the arrivals and say tab tab! to 9
le boys who are assigned rooms lower :
own. have case in mind now. A
ne fellow, who a short time since was
gent for New York varnish house, and Q
ommanded salary Of $4,000 q year, il
aveling got lonely. He gambled for Ii
when bis business was over. 4
e fooled with the tiger, put his hands =
rough the bars, petted the beast, and ii
lddenly found himself torn TO pieces. To e
~ he is an outeast-drunken, broken,
eserted. I would advise every young man a
ho has o business never TO cross the al
reshold Of a gambling.house. / have b
ade big winnings and ] have made big Ii
sings. lost $4,000 IN Chicago trying
make ten. / was broke and down, and b,
aged down for q long while I'm up ss
rain. # had business you would il
yer catch me gambling again. Guess
1 60 and buy couple Of stacks Of reds vi
ID see how lack runs to-day. Good af, 10
rnoon Y Ia