Milford chronicle., 1891-02-27

prominent citizen and asked him to patroI
/ ize the society. He said, ''No, can hav
no interest in such an organization. an
in no wise affected by that evil J." At tina
very time his son, who was his partner 4
business, was one Of the heaviest PLAYERS Il
Hearne's famous gambling establishment
e Another refused hispatronage on the sam
i ground, not knowing that his first book
keeper, though receiving a salary of Onl
a thousand dollars, was losing from fifty T.
r one hundred dollars per night. The presi
D dent of a railroad company refused Il
; patronize the institution. saying, "Tha
4 society is good for the defense of merch
5 ants. but we railroad people are not in
jured by this evil" not knowing that, al
5 that very time two Of his conductors wer,
spending three nights of each week at farC
. tables in New York. Directly or indirectly
this evil strikes at the whole world.
Gambling is the risking Of something
more or less valuable in the hope Of win
ming more than you hazard The instru.
ments Of gaming may differ but the prin-
ciple is the same. The shutting and deal
ing cards, however full of temptation, is
not gambling, unless stakes are put IN:
while, on the other hand, gambling NAV
be carried on without cards or dice, or bill
lizards or a ten-pin alley. The man who
bets on horses, on elections, on battles
the man who deals in "fancy" stocks, or
conducts business which hazards extra
capital, or goes into transactions without
foundation, but dependent upon what men
/ call "luck, is a gambler. Whatever you
| expect to get from your neighbor without
Offering an equivalent in money or time or
skill is either the product Of theft or gam
J ing. Lottery tickets and lottery policies
Z fraNn ha HN,s .
the founding Of hospitals, schools and
churches; conducted on the rafting system.
come under the same denomination. Do
not therefore, associate gambling neees-
sarily with any instrument, or game, or
time or place, or think the principle de-
pends upon whether you play for glass Of
wine or one hundred shares Of railroad
stock. Whether you patronize "auction
pools, !" "French mutuals," or "bOOk-mak- /
ing" whether you employ faro or billiards, /
rOndo and keno, cards or bagatelle. the
very idea of the thing is dishonest, for it
PROCESSES TO bestOw upon you a good for
which you give no equivalent.
TEN "HONEsT" GAMBLING HOUSES.
It is estimated that every day in Chris
tendon eighty million dollars pass from
hand to hand through gambling practices,
and every year in Christendom one hun
dred and twenty-three billion one hundred
million dollars change hands in that way.
There are in this cluster Of cities about
eight hundred confessed gambling estab-
lishments. There are about three thousand
five hundred professional gamblers. Out
of the eight hundred gambling establish
ments, how many Of them do you suppose
profess to be honest? Ten. These ten pro
fess to be honest because they are merely
the ante-chamber to the seven hundred /
and ninety that are acknowledged fraud
ulent. There are first class gambling es- I
You go up the marble [
stairs. You ring the bell The liveried {
servant introduces you. The walls are I
lavender tinted. The mantels are of Yer '
mont marble. The pictures are "Jeph- ]
5hahs Daughter and Dore's "Dante's and '
Virgi's Frozen Region Of Hell''-a most i
selection, this last, for the {
place. There is the roulette table, the a
inest, the costliest, most exquisite piece of e
urniture in the United States. There is 1
he banqueting room, where, free of a
harge to the guests, you may find the C;
late and viands and wines and cigars t,
beyond parallel. n
Then you come to the second class gam ST
ling establishment. To it you are intro la
uced by a card through some "roper-iu." " n,
laving entered, you must either gamble B
r fight. Sanded cards, dice loaded with OF
poor drinks, will soon help IL
ou to get rid Of all your money to tune in
short meter with staccatO passages. You II
anted to see. You saw. The low villains of
that place watch you as you come in. th
oes not the panther, squat in the grass ga
now a calf when he sees it? Wrangle not la
r your rights in that place, or your BODY tic
i'll be thrown bloody into the street, or ga
.ad into the East river. You 90 along a on
tie further and find the policy establish be
ent. In that place you bet on numbers. th,
atting on two numbers is called a Sad th,
e, betting on three numbers is called a fol
ig, betting on four numbers is called a me
orse," and there are thousands of our
ung men leaping into that saddle" and \
)unting that "gig" and behind that 40,
orse" riding to perdition. There is al ~,
Us one kind Of sign on the door-'sEx- iIie
lnge," most appropriate title for the daI
Dr, for there, in that room, a man ex- ore
lnges health, peace and heaven for loss foo
health, loss of home, loss of family. loss M,
immortal soul Exchange sure enough che
infinite enough. tbe
Zen wishing to gamble will find places -
t suited to their capacity, not only in br >
underground oyster cellar, or at the ~ !
nn ~
asy cards, or in the steamboat smoking a.
in, where the bloated wretch with RINGS and an,
his ears instead Of his nose, deals the eve,
k, and winks in the unsuspecting trar- 1To
providing free drinks all around-but bis
ilded parlors and amid gorgeous sur snm
ndings. Ss,,
HAzARDING AN ESTATE. crss
young man, having suddenly heired a ,v,,r,
e property, sits at the hazard table and goes
IS up in a dice box the estate won hy n tbro
er's lifetime sweat. and shakes it, and Won,
es it away lntemperance soon stig- recei
lies its victim, kicking him out, slav- -
g fool, into the ditch, or sending him. ..S-i
! the drunkard's hiccough, staggering ~ ,-- !,
he street where his family lives. But rs. - :,
bling does not in that way expUse its s,,5 !,
ms. The gambler may be eaten up By ~, - =,
gamblers passion, yet you only dis ~,
Of bjs faot5 - .oe ~ ~ Us Eye, ene nard They
~. -, ~ ~. Hel so4s ies',ess gami
d business. Yet he is on the road to ~ sil.ie
and no preach voice or startling Ine 1.S.
ing or wife's entra.ity, can make him III 4 4
for moment his headlong career. 80. =
Internal spell Is on himi g giant is slsy
ied within; and though you bind him ., s.l.se,
cables, they would part like thread: 49, lnu Il
though you fasten him seven times 'ns.s, W.
4 with chains. they would snap ike M!
wire; and though you piled up in of mi, Il
.th heaven high Bibles, tracts and dser- on vi
and on the top should set the cross Of ] of Won
N Of God, over them all the gambler inc of
leap, ike roc over tine rocks, on bearts
~ to perdition. fron,
i'm, this sin works ruin by killing in deem
7. A man used to reaping scores or 7 sbo,
eus or thousahas OF dollars from the shall I
Y Iioie VIII hoe De content with slow I will
He will say, "What is the use Of Cod a
to make these ffty dollars in my nr.cti,
when can get five times that in half sbs1I
ur down at Billy'sf" You never nsr.,t
q confirmed gambler who was indus eaive
The men given to this vice spend yivane
time, not actively engaged in the befors
in idleness or intoxication or sleep, me tts
new victims This sin has me ~.
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