The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-30
YOUTHFUL DEPRA
FRONA RELIGIOUS PAPkR,

YOUTHFUL DEPRAYITY-ART1C \.
FROAA RELIGIOUS PAPER.
- EDITOR ADVANCE: Y urarticls on
Youthful Depravity' ia the AD-
VANCE Of November sd. brought to
mind IN article published in the N. Y.
Evangelist on the same subject. and i
take tho liberty OF sending It to ysu
with 4 request to publish. In recent
conversation with . gentleman from
Illinois, who lives in the neiglborhood
where the horrible rape was comusitted
upon Miss Emma Bond, he informed
me that :he community was terrerizsd
over by the young. and disturbing pub
lie meetings and malicious mischief
were common practices. The article
from the Evangelist is rs follows:
..... HOW Is TIP
BY AUGUSTA MOORE.
We listen to cheering sermons now
and then, showing that this world il
growing better; that IL, these sermons
would hs cheering, very, could we
wholly believe them. But they start
10 many questions in our. mind; and
facts do not give those questions such
answers as We desire. Ii this world is
growing better the Improvement must
lo working ut the foundations of
things. How is it?
Are the children growing more Obe-
dieht and good with every generation?
Do parents teacl, and train them more
and more faithfully in the nurture ard
admonitioM of the Lor.l?' Are the
street manners of the children i'm.
proving?: Ii one of them is impmdent
or annoying to passers, do its parents
instantly correct this abuse on Neing
informed Of it; or do its parents resent
tue information? ].
In cities children are much better lie.
haved than they are in towns and vii.
iages. Children in farming districts
are usually respectful anl-nOt dan.
gerous. But H. too many localities
they are not only itnpmdent and mis-.
chievioas-they are positively danger
Gus. They are allowed to carry iivez
arus, and to make themselves 4 terror
to all about them. 1T don't do to
complain Of them; you only bring on
Yourself the i'll will Of their parents"
said ~, old gentleman, ''ansl were to
strike boy who abuses me, his father
would SUE me. LII England could
give a saucy boy u good beating, and
the law would uphold me in it,
Is it not q matter Of common 0hser.
vati0n that parents obey their children
much better than children obey their
parents? See the long list Of crimes
committed by boys from seven years
old to twenty-one. which the daily pa
peers furnish.
The gallant youth Of fourteen will
now shoot the rival Of twelve who pre-.
suslIes to walk home with the young
lady 1T ten or fifteen with whom he lie.
sireS to walk. read last week ~, &C
count Of the shoot ng Of i boy If five
by one OF seven, because the victim
slightly disobligp.l the. murderer. 1t
does not SEEM to the strange that these
boys, when grown. and before, rnle, il
their own localities. Men will not
abate them because they fear to have
their buildings fired. really Il" not
think any one would arrest Il person
who should kill Ill unimpurtant man
or woma,t.''
Said Il lady of-to me: "Every,
man is 80 afraid to take Il step towards
having justice done that the world will
soon come to an end because If license
The worse i man or i boy is the more
he is let alone l'y those who are called
good people; but ! do not call towards,
or those who are so recreant to public
duty. 'canl'" 20,
We know Of a beautiful village wl"r.
boys are permitted t. side ~! liz it+
If n covered bridge and east lc~;r-
SfsG .,p,1 CT
large boys are permitted t" ,-r,i!y "l,.':
abuse Tire Smn|l-r nnsS; where snn,r
hcvs-not the s",c ~ ignorant Sims
ser'" ladies' almost to I've
meeting house H. nr. "n i rsc+;;t ev =
ing. stpppiu. "n the &c. Is - 4 ]I.:v
over sixty ~.nrs 1t age. a:::l savi:...
over and over. I'D y"u love ,.e?"
1t il =" '~mnos a ching ~ sos.':
places for TIC c'n'i'en ia follow and u :.
suit strangers that .h,' nt+A uf tLor.
she bears is s''ry vli::'il. sr,i'. >'>''..
The lady q: AZ Suuiir III 'aughta
man stealing !r"n ;',+ir Sh+.i.. IT.:
squire did not have the thief arrested:
BECAUSE IF ''prudential reasons" Said
|. lis it right to let snclI things pass
4 laugh was the cole
reply. If any reader, on mature con
and l""ki"g well.
about him in church Or ont. can think
the world il growing better. he may
we'll take comfort III his thought. 10
some 1T us it seems very far otherwise.
Towns and villages are i"c"min. the !
worst places in the States. There
must be Il speedy change for the. better
or there will I've u" safey IN thrm for
ma" nor beast. Somebody m;,<t take
up and execute the duty uf enforcing
law. -.
We are pleased to see lit least one
subscriber and one paper hacking up
the ADVANCE in its position upon
the viciousness and depravi!y IF the
young. Three fourtIs If what the
Evangelist writer says Of villages vii.
fit Worthington exactly. Bit what is
SAID about the cowarlice If men in
rehuking ard correcting the vicious
brats, will ce' tainly MT apply 10 us.
We have been stoned aud insulted aud
for years for doing our duty
rs a public journalist by denonncing
both parents AMI children for this state
of affairs.
REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
Mrs. Geo. G. Clarke, of Port Dal-
housie. Ontario. states that she had
been confined to her room for !. long
tins with that dreadful disease, con-
The doctors said she could
not escape an early grave. hut furtun-
ately she began taking DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consu,npt ion, and III Il
short time was completely cured.
Doubling ones, please write Mrs. Clark
and be convinced Trial bottles free
ut &. ". Smiths drug store. Large
size 81. >.
4 so BIBLE REWARD.
The publishers ut Rutledge's Month
~ offer twelve valuable rewards in
their Monthly for December, among
which art. the following:
We will give so dollars in gold to
the person Telling us TOW many verses
there are il the New Testament scrip
lures (not the New R-vision) by De