West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-06-13
MORE THAN PLEASURE.
BE CAREFUL OF YOUR COM
This Life Is Intended for Something
Better Than Micro Sport.

criminal, when asked il he had ANYTHING 10
say before sentence of death was passed upon
him, may il please the court bad com
Pany has been my ruin. / received
the blessings of good parents, and, in re-
turn, promised TO avoid all evil associa-
lions. Had kept my promise 1 should have
Deem saved this shame, and been FREQ
from the load Of guilt that hangs round mo
IKE yulturo, threatening TO drag me TO JUS
tice Tor crimes yet unrevealed. l. who once
noved IN the first circles of society, and havo
peen the guest OF distinguished public men
am lost and all through bad company"
:. This Is but one Of the thousand proofs that
the companion OF fools shall be DESTROYED.
&c Is the invariable rule. There is we'll inan
an the wards of hospital where there arc
hundred people sick with ship fever. and
ne VIII not be so apt to take tho disease as a
good man would be apt to be smtton with
companions
In oiden times prisoners were herded Co
gether In the same cell, but each one learned
the vices of oil the culprits, so that instead of
Deing reformed by incarceration the day of
nDoraton turned them out upon society
beasts, not men,
We may, in our places OF business, be com
PEELED TO talk 10 and mingle with bad men:
but he who deliberately chooses TO associate
himself with vicious people is engaged in
CARVING on courtship with a Delilah, whose
shears viii clip of tho locks of his
strength, and he will be trlpped into
perdition. Sin is catching, is infec-
tious, is epidemic. / will lot you look over
tho millions OF people now inhabiting tho
earth, and challenge you to show me good
man who, after ono year, has made choice and
consorted with the wicked A thousand dol
lars reward for one such instance. care not
now strong your character may be. Associate
with gamblers, you will become n gambler
Sian with burglars, and you will become n
burglar 90 among the unclcan, and Won
will become unclean. Not approaching tho
truth OF my text many a Young man hns
been destroyed He wakes up some moruino,
IN the great city, and knows no ono oxcept
INC persons INTO whose employ he has entered.
AS he goes into tho store all the clerks
mark him, measure him and discuss him.
Inc upright young men of the store wish him
well but perhaps wait for a formal introduce
ton, and even then have some deli
cacy about inviting him into their associa-
tions. But the bad young mon of the
store at the first opportunity approach
anu oner their services. They patron
ne MN. They profess to know all about tho
town. They will take him anywhere that no
wishes to go-if he will pay the expenses.
For III good young mnn and n bad Young
man go to some place where they ought not,
me good young man has invariably TO pay
the charges. AT the moment tho ticket is
20 be paid for, or the champagne settled for
the bad young man feels around in his
pockets and says: ~ have FORGOTTEN
my pocket book In forty-eight hours
stter the young man has entered the store the
bad fellows OF the establishment Sian him ON
tho shoulder ianiliarly, and, at his stupidity
IA taking certain illusions, say: my young
x,ieno, you VIII have ID be broken In" and
they Immediately proceed to break him in,
Young man, In the name of Goo, L warn YOU to
beware how you let n bad man Talk fam
.parly with YOU If such an one slap YOU on
the shoulder Familiarity, turn round and give
nm witnering look, until tho wretch
T..
strosity of wickedness that can stand una
Dasned under the glance of purity and honor
FIRST, warn you to shun the skeptic-the
young man who puts his fingers in his vest
ana laughs at your old fashioned religion,
ana Turns over TO some mystery of tho Bible
and says: Explain that, my pious friend.
explain that" And who says: Nobody
snail scare me; 1 am not afraid of the
future; l used TO believe in such
tnlngs, and so do my father and
has got over it.; and If you sit in his com
Rany little longer. you win get over it too.
WibnouC presenting one argument against
the christian religion, such men viii, by their
Jeers, and scoifs, and caricatures. de- ROY
your respect for that religion which wa
the strength of your father i'm hi
declining years, and tho pillow of
your old mother when she Law
a.dying. Alasl n time will come when that
clustering young infidel will have to die and
IN the eyes of Death, as ne stands over the
couch, waiting for his soul
again, urge you TO shun the Communion.
snip OF idiers. There are men hanging around
every store and Office, md shop, who have
nothing TO do, or act as il thew had NOT They
are apt to come in when the firm are away
eIo wish 70 engage you in conversation
while you are engaged in vour
regular employment Politely suggest
s ~ sucn persons that you have no time to give
tnenn during business hours. Nothing would
pteaSe them so well as 10 have Won re-
nounce your occupation and associate with
tnem Much OF the time they lounge around
tno club rooms or the doors of engine
houses, or after the dining hour stand upon
tne steps OF fashionable hotel or an
eiesant restaurant wishing 10 give yon tho
idea that that IS the place where they dino
i1ut they DO not dine there. They are sink
5Ilg down lower and lower, day by day
Neither by day nor by night have n1vtbi1o
10 do with the idlers. Before Won admfi
man into your acquaintance ask him
politely: what do YOU do for n H.,
mgr IL he says: Nothing: 1 am n Gentle
man. look outfor him. He may have a verv
Soit hand and very faultless npDoreI ond
have high sounding family naine bnt IL
touch - death. Before you know n Won will
IN ms presence be ashamed Of vour ,vori.
dress. Business will become to Won flr,dger,,
and after awhile you viii lose your place
and afterward your respectabilitv and
hs s5 or an Your soul Idlenoss is next door h.
,n.stluAiny. Thieves gamblers. burglars ebor
tt,ee,s ana assassins are made from tho cIass
nho nave nothing 10 do. When tho police GO To
n nun, up and arrest a culprit thov seldom "a
- igok IN among busy clerks or i'm the busy
c1tIia8e factory, but they 20 among fhs
hlOups OF idleFs. The play Is going on M the
ssttleaHe, when suddenly there Is q ecItalo in
tne Top gallery What Is ftg A r,oliccr,a,,
mas come IN, aud, leaning over. has Famed ~,
80 enVuinet or n young man, saving. 81
want you sir" he has not worked dnri,e
tne Gay, but somehow has rakei fooetbcr =
sniling or tw0tO get into the TOP oaIerv 10
81 an ldlsr. The man on his right hand Il az
s1lef anu The man On his left hand Ii an dior
cnrink back from ideness in yoursalf ond
~ othersu y0u would maintain n rtyht 49,
hOl, GOOD old Ashbai Green. at moro fhop
ti6hty year, of age. was found busy writing
III some young mau F0id to him. nyVhv III
you Keep busyf it Is time FOR You fo r6stH
ne answered: u keep busy % Keep out OF
, 9,,,scaiof7 30 man is strong enough 10 b,
q young man came h. man ~ p,,.t.,
year5 ot age and said ~ him. "Hoyg bgg,
fysu h9oe out ~ live 20 long and b. 10 ,geifgi
Tho old man took the v9u1g..a- b., u, L
i ~ ana pointing o. some large froos foll
19i hppi9a SAID; y planted thas, trass sg.,@r
= w. boy, and 10 you wonder that n,,g
~ p9lmitbed - gather tho frnit 81
NOM we gather iu old nge what We r,iaof
in our youth. Sow ~ Che wind ond ~ 80.
re whirlwiud. Plant iu oarlv Ia fbo ri,,tP
KIND u Christian character md va, csili
- iust.lOus Iruit 20 old age 0ud gather tho,