The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-13
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 Say you are confirmed smoker and chewes q tobacco, and maybe taks . uip occasionally. or indulge in mild sseAS oncs in awhile uhan nobody is looking. and afes . number q yeass re- v.sit your native villags, vhere the stand. ard of morality is pssssy slsict among the elder people. even fl the rising gsnesaaion there is no better tAan tho avorage. Aifer the pleasure of greseing the "loved ones at home " Is oves, loag and interesting period of convessAkion oasueA You in- quire about the men aad women whom you knew when living there, and fad tha, many changes have occurred The reaper hs: been bcsy some have moved away. and oshen come in. Then you seyiks the young people-boys and girls with whom you were familiar; or thoss still younger, who have grown up into young men and women. and 6sss thing you know you are told cf the model young man who neither ssmokss, che~s, drinks os swearsr That s the order in which the bad habits are mentioned. generally, although tt is sometimes varied by closing with dsinks," which seems best. as of the two evila drinking does the most visihae harm, and is harder to break oil, it is said. pussuing your in- quiries, you may, if the village is large one, hear of some other youag men who neither smokes, ehews, drinks os swear, but two is generally the maximum. By that time+it being some little time aises are dying for smoke" but don't like to break of the conver- sation too abruptly, and hide your time Or fl you chew, you don't like to take out plug and bite of piece or take chew of fine cut just then, although you are aware that your parents know you are in the habit 1; % you appear to be inc and say you arc glad to know Ss and So have turned out % we'll.
 Next day, as in duty bound, you con- mence round of visiting among your relatives, and eventually the conversation drifts in the same dangerous channel as on the previous evening. Your uncle says: "You recollect Tommy Blank. that little ouuly-headed boy whose father lives over the ndge9" You answer yes, and add that you hear he has become fine young man. "Yes,' replies your uncle: "he was pretty wild at one time used to smoke and swear like a pirate and some said he used to 70 to the saloon pretty ohen; but couple of years ago he turned over a new leaf, aEd Is nov steady as clock. He don, smoke, chew. drink or swear" You say: .is that soy Well, that's remarkable now a-days," and as soon as your unele's back is turned slir in fresh chew, mentally wishing tha, model young men were Tn Jericho or congress. of that you were. The following day an old friend ot your fathers, who was very kind to you when you were boy, invites you to come and take tea with him that evening and you go. They are ali delighted to see you. and the table fairly groans under its weight of food. That is the usual way of expressing il, but you are more apt 10 groan after finishing supper than the table is at any time The conversation mill IS started. The young ladies' school children when you used to know them are not at all diffideni, and you are having jolly good time, when all al once Tommy Blanks name is mentioned. A chill eomes over you. for you know what is approaching. regard Tommy as remarkable young man. says your host he was very wild for awhile, and everybody thought he was going so the bad but now he neither smokes, chews, swears or drinks; and think our Mary over there had something to do with the change. Eh, little oneT And then the whole story comes out, how the young people loved each other, and how, in all his evil oourss, Mary never lost faith in her Tommy, although he caused her many sleepless hours and much anguish {: hoy she finally got him so iosn the Good Templars, 70 to church. and Sun day school and work steadily to lay up some.hing against the time they were 10 to be married, nov only lev mouths hence. This is all told hy her proud parents while Mary is "doing up the dishes with her little sister Jennie's aid.
 You leave the village after completing your visit ieeling that although you may have outgTown it, or at leass have been away % long that you could not live there again, yet is will always have . large corner in your heart, and you cannot help but feel respect for that young man who neither smokes, chevs, ddaks or sweass-and los Mary"
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