The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-06

as to whether II is better to take the Lake
Shore route or the Michigan Central,
equally expeditions and equally safe, get
ting at the destination at the same time.
But suppose that hear that on one route
the truck is torn up, and the bridges are
torn down, and the switches are unlocked!
1t will not take me great while to decide
which road TO take. Now here are two
roads into the future, the Christian and
the unchristian, the safe and the unsafe.
Any institution or any association that
confuses my idea in regard to that fact Is
a bad institution and bad association.
Ihad prayers before joined the club.
Did have them afterp / attended the
house Of God before l connected myself
with the club. Since that union with the
club do absent myself from religious in
fuencesi Which would you rather have
in your hand when you come r. die, a
pack Of cards or Biblei Which would
you rather have pressed to your lips In
the closing moment, the cup Of Belshaz-
zarean wassail or the chalice Of Christian
communion Who would you rather have
for your pall-bearers, the elders Of
Christian church, or the companions
whose conversation was full Of slang and
inuendos9 Who would you rather have
for your eternal companions, those men
who spend their evenings betting, gam
bling, swearing, carousing and telling vile
stories, or your little child, that bright
girl whom the Lord took? Oh, you would
not have been away so much nights, would
you, II you had known she was going
away so soon2 Dear me, your house has
never been the same since. Your wife
has never frightened up. She has not got
over 1t; she never will get over it,
GOOD MEN WRECKED.
deplore this ruin the more because this
style of dissipation is taking down our
finest men. The admission fee sifts out
the penurious and takes only those who
are called the best fellows. Oh, how
changed you arel Not so kind to your
wife as you used to be, not so patient with
your children, your conscience is not so
much at rest. You laugh more now and
sing louder than once, but you are not half
so happy. II is not the public drinking
saloon that is taking you down, but 1t is
simply and undeniably your Club-room.
You do not make yourself as agreeable In
your family as once. You go home at
twelve o'clock with an unnatural flush
upon your cheek and a strange color in
your eyes that you got at the club. You
merely acknowledge that you feel queer.
You say that champagne never intoxi-
Gates; that it only exhilarates, makes
the conversation fluent, shakes up
the humor, and has no bad ef-
feet except q headache next day. Be
not deceived. Champagne may not, like
whisky, throw q man under the table; but
IL, through any thing you drink you gain
an unnatural auency Of speech and glow
Of feeling, you are simply drunk. II those
imperiled were heartless young men
stingy young men-I would not be so sorry
as am; but there are many of them gen.
erous to fault, frank, honest, cheerful,
talented l begrudge the devil such q
prize. After awhile these persons will lose
all the frankness and honor for which they
are now distinguished. Their counte-
nances will get haggard, and, instead OF
looking one in the eye whom they talk, they
will look down. After awhile, when the
mother kindly asks: "What kept you SO
latey" they will make no answer, or will
say: "That is my businessl" They will
come cross and befogged to the
store and bank, and ever and anon
neglect some duty, and after awhile
will be dismissed; and then, with
nothing TO do, will rise in the morning
at ten o'clock, cursing the servant because
the breakfast is cold, and then go down
town and stand on the steps of fashion.
able hotel and criticize the passers-by.
While the young man who was q clerk In
| q cellar has come up to be the first clerk,
and he who few years ago ran errands
for the bank has got to be cashier, and
thousands Of other young men Of the city
have gone up to higher and more responsi.
BILE positions, he has been going down un-
til there he passes through the street with
bloated lips and bloodshot eye and stag
gering step, and hat mud-spattered and
set sideways on shock Of greasy hair, the
ashes Of his cigar dashed upon his cravat
Here he goesl Look at him, all ye pure
hearted young men, and see the work of the
dissipating Club-room. I.knew one such
who after the contamlnations Of his Club
house leaped out OF the third-story win
dow to put an end to his wretchedness.
o, men wAo are victims OF dissipating
associations, your sins will follow you'll !
describe the history Of thousands OF house,
holds when say that the tea Is rapidly
taken and while yet the family linger, the
father shoves back his chair, has ian en-.
gagement," lights his cigar and starts out,
not returning until after midnight. That
Is the history Of three hundred and sixty
hve days In the year, except when he 1,
sick and can not go out. How about home
duties? Have you fulfilled all your yowsi
Would your wife ever have married you
with such prospect Wait until your
sons get to be sixteen or seventeen years oi
age and they, too, viii shove back from
the tea-table, have ian engagement" light
their cigars, go over TO their Club houses
their night-key rattling In your door after
midnight-the effect Of your example
| BEWARE.
A revolving Drummond light ON tn,
front Of locomotive casts its CLEAN
through the darkness as 10 Is turned
around. So catch up the lamp Of Godi
truth and turn It round until its tremen.
dous glare flashes into all the Club -housei
Of our cities. Flee the presence Of dissi.
| mating Club-houses, "Paid your moneyft