Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-26

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One of our physicians played 1
~ludierous joke upon himself a few
nights ago, and as it was too good
to keep, it has leaked out.
HE was awakened by a n-euralgis
ailiiction OF the face and Il
apply a soothing remedy; after
searching around in the darkness
he succeeded in securing the bottle
desired, and returned to his slum.
bers, free from pain; and as he
foated away peacefully to the
realms of dreams, he congratulated
himself, and the whole world, that
the blessed science of healing had
attained such a state of perfection,
that one application Of o medical
compound would quiet the most
exeruciating agony, and then he
slept sweetly.
1t was daylight, when he was
aroused by the shrieks of his wife
calling upon him in beseeching
tones to tell her what was the
matter of him.
Now this NJ. d. is a very hand
some man, and wife, being a ssnsi
bic woman, is extremely fond OF
her husbands good looks. But
there laid his manly countenance
upon the pillow with jetty stripes
across his heretofore marble brow,
up and down, here and there, upon
cheek and nose, upon ears and
neck, dark, ugly smears, dlsfiguring
his sleeping beauty almost to hid
eousness. Nc wonder the anxious
wife was terrified.
When the doctor returned to
consciousness sufficiently to com,
prehend the cause of the cutlery,
he scanned his war painted face
solemnly in the mirror, then hunt,
ed up the bottle from which he had
bathed bis face during the night
with such magical results, and read
aloud in sepulchral tones: car.
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Last Sunday Eve. Rev. Dickln,
son gave y fine lecture upon the
subject of gambling. All games Of
chance, dealing in options and
futures, buying stock exchange,
shaking dice for candy, cigars, ETC.,
and the tricks fer obtaining money
at church entertainments, he de.
clared to be gambling, aud PERM.
oiqus in their effects. He said that
because church members engaged
in these vices, it did not make the
evil any nearer right, but worse,
for themselves. lie pictured in
plainest and most forciable term.
the facination gaming holds upon
its victims, and the inevitable re.
suit of loss that never fails to over.
take them morally and financially
He appealed in pleasant yet earnest
manner to the reason of all to sub,
stantlate his condemnation of these
vices, asserting that no one would
take any chances at gaming if they
did not hope to win, yet always
realizing that their gain means
anothers loss, and that any gair
without compensation, is wrong,
thus proving the selfishness Of
gamsters.
A large audience approved the
discourse by wrapt attention; such
a lecture cannot fail to scatter the
good seed of earnest thought ant
self inspection, and result in lead
ing some soul bordering upon tn,
brink Of reckless thoughtlessness, tt
consider the danger before him, IL
the course he is pursuing; and very
often are ignorant Of the result, o
a certain line of conduct, is alon'
responsible for the ultimate ruin o
well meaning individuals, and thu
it is that NJ opportunity should b
neglected to drop a word of caution
of warning, Of explanation, by thos
with experience in the broad bus
marts Of the world where so man.
ills lay concealed or disguised b
harmless appearing subterfuges, an
smiling, lying countenances. /