Sharp County record., 1891-04-16


shot Vawning, sJupid nalseaued; anu
they ara wrong kinds OF lmusemen5s,
They are enter 1aInmenuS lna5 give .
man disgust with the ilHIdgerg li life,
with 19Ois because they are nu6 svur,is,
with WORKING aprons because they ara
l0t robes, with caUtle because 1heV ara
nOO InturiaJed bulls Of the ARENA Lt
any amusement sends you home long.
ing Tor life IT romance anu thrilling
adventure, love that takes poison anu
shoots Itself, moonlight adventures anu
nair- breadth escapes, YOU may depend
upon it 1naO YOU are the sacrificed VIC
I'm Ok lnsancUiied pleasure. Our recre-
atoms are Intended 10 build rs up, anu
Il lhey pull rs down Is 10 our moral Or
as % our physical strength, YOU may
COME 10 the conclusion that they are 0b.
nuEiOus,
There s nothing mure iepraWng than
Attendance upon amussments that are
tuiI Of innuendo anu low suggestions,
The young man enters. AT irst he sits
far back, with his had On anu his. cOad-
collar up, fearful that somebody there
may know him. Several nights pass
on. he takes or MS hat earlier, anu
puts. MS cOat-GOllar down. The blush
5lat irst came into his cheek when any
thing indecent was enacted COMES no
more TO his cheek. FAREWELL Young
man. You lave probably started IN
the long r0Gu which snus IN cOnsum-
mate destruction. The stars OF hupe
will go 1ut one by one, until YOU viii
De Lett IN utter darkness, Hear
you not the rush Of the maeistr0m,
IN whose outer circle your boat
now dances, making merry with the
whirllng waters? But YOU are being
drawn N, anu the gentle motion will
become terrific agitation. You cry for
help. IN vain. You pull at the oar to
put back, but the struggle viii not
avail! You Will De tossed, and dashed,
and saipwrecked, AMI swallowed IN the
whirlpool that has already crushed IN
It's wrath ten thousand huiks. Young
men VINO have lust come IN from country
residence to city residence will do we'll
to ns On guard, anu let no one Induce'
you to places OF improper amusement.
It 5 migntlly alluring when a young
man, -Ong citizen, offers TO show a
newcomer all around.
cSill further; those amusements. are
wrong which cad you into expenditure
beyond your means. Money spent N
recreation IS not thrown away. Ii IS
all folly for rs to. come from place Of
amusement feeling that we have wasted.
our money and time. You may by it
have made an investment worth more
than the transaction that yielded YOU
hundreds Of thousands Jt dollars. But
how many properties have been riddled
by costly amuSements.
The first time I ever saw the city--it
was the city Of Philadelphia vas q
mere lad. / stopped at hotel, and [
remember IN the even-Jide one Of these
men piled NE with his Internal art. He
saw was green. he wanted TO
show NE the sights Of the town.
He painted the path Of SIN until
it looked ike emerald; but I VIZ,
AFRAID of him, Sssyye,t- yacts tror1l
the basilisil-I made up my mind ne
was q basilisk. remember how he
wheeled his chair round in front Of me,
and with % cOncentered and diabolicai
effort, attempted to destroy my soul;
but there were good angels in the air
that night, It was no good resolution
On my part but it was the ail-encom-
passing grace of o good God that deliy-
cred me. Beware. beware. OH, young
man. There is way that seemeth
right into q man, but the end thereof is
death The table mas been robbed to
pay the club. The champagne has
cheated the children wardrobe. The
carous,ng party has burned up the
boys primer The tablecioth Of the
corner saloon is in debt to the
wife faded dress. Excursions that n
q day make o tour around q whole
month s wages ladies' whose lifetime
business is to 20 shOpping; large bets
on horses, have their eounterparts in
uneducated children, bankruptcies that
shock the money market aud lppall the
church; and that sends drunkenness
staggering across the richiY-dgured
carpet Of the mansion, and dashing
into the mirror and drowning out the
carol OF music with the whOOplng OF
bioated sons come up to break their Old
mothers heart.
saw q beautiful home, where the
bell rang violently late nc night. The
son had been OF Ia sinful iuduigences
His comrades we're bringing hm home.
They carried him TO the door They
rang the bell at one o'clock in the
Father and mother came
down They were waiting for the
son, and then the comrades,
Us soon ~ the door was opened, threw
the prodigal headlong into the door
way, crying There he Isl, drunk rs %
fool LA. ha.' When men 20 into
amusements that they can not afford.
they first borrow what they can not
earn, and then they steal what they
can not borrow, First they go into em-
barrassment, and then into ying aud
then into theft; lnd when 70 man gets
ms for on rs that, he does not stop short
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