Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14

ot this awful leprOSy, Mar not the ciat-
ter Of the cutlery of the festal occasion
with the clank Of a madman's CLAIM.
Pass down ,he street ami loo1 into the
pawnbrokcr. window. Elegant watch,
elegant furS. elegant flutc elegant shoes,
elegant scarf, 'leSamt books. elegant me
/ mentoes. Nou sometimes see people with
pleased coUntenanCcs looking into such a
window. When look inio a pawnbrok-
/ ers window. it seems To re aS ii / had
looked into the window Of he'll. Ia whom
did that watch belong: 10 a drunkard.
/ To whom did those furs belong: 70 Il
, drunkards wife. r. whom did those
shoes belong: To a drunEG7,i's child
take the three brazen balls ut the door
{ way OF Il paWnbrokcr'S shop and clanll
! them together. sounding the llnell OF the
+ drunkard's soul. 4 paWnbroker'S shop
F Is only one of the cddicS in The great tor
rent of municipal drunkenness. oh. ="
says some one, Il don't patroniZe such
/ things. | have destroyed no young man
by such influences. only take ale. and it
/ Will take a great amount OF ale TO intoXi-
/ cate. Yes. bat l tell You there is not Il
/ drunkard in America that did not begin
with ale. Three N's-I do not know what
they mean. Three N on the brewers
drdy, three y : on the door of the ginShop
three rs on The side of the bottle. Three
rs / asked Il man. lie could not tell
asked another what is The meaning Of
the three rs. lie could not tell me-
4 Then l made up my mind that the three
y : were an allegOry. and that they meant
thirty hcartbTeai;S. thirty agOnics, thirty
brohen up households. thirty prospects
of drunkard's grave. thirty ways 10 per-
dition. Three Ms. If ! were going to
write story. the first chapter | would
call Three Ms" and the last chapter |
would call THE pawnbroker's Shop"
Oh, beware of your influence
Curse of Modern Society.
The winter season is especially fun of
temptation. because of the long evenings
allowing such full swing for evil indul-
SenceS. You can scarcely expect young
man 10 go into his room and sit there
from To II o'clock in the evening read
ing Motley's Dutch Republic" or John
Fosters essays. 1t would be very beau
tiful thing for him 10 do. but he will not
do it. The most of our young men are
busy In offices. in factories i'm banking
houses. III stores, i'll shops. and when
evening comes they want the fresh air
and they want sightseeing and they must
have il. they will have ii. and they ought
to have it. Most Of the men here assem-
blcd will have three or four evenings of
leisure on the winter nights After tea.
the man puts on his hat and coat, and he
goes cut. One form of allurement saws
Come III here. Satan says: ut is best
for you 10 go in. You ought not to be SO
green. BY this time you ought To have
seen everything" And the temptations
shall be mighty in dull times such as we
have had, but which. | believe. are gone.
for | hear all over the land the prophecy
of great prosperity. and the railroad men
and the merchants. they all tell me of the
days of prosperity they think are coming,
and III many departments they have al
ready come. and they are going To come
in all departments but those dull times
through which we have passed have de-
stroyed Il great many men. The question
of Il livelihood is with Il vast multitude
the great question. There are young men
who expected before this to set up their
household, but they have been dislp-
pointed i'll the gains they have made.
They cannot support themselves-how
can they support others? And To the
curse of modern society the theory is
abroad that Il man must not marry until
he has achieved fortune, when the
twain ought TO start ut the foot of the
hill and together climb to the top.
Unattractive Homes.
Then the winter has especial tcmpta-
tons in the fact that many homes are pc
cuiarly uHattractive IT this season. In
the summer months the young man can
sit out on the steps. he can have Il
bouquet in the vase on the mantel. or the
evenings being short, soon after gas
light he wants 10 retire anyhow. But
there are many parents who do not I'M
dcrStand how to make the long winter
evenings attractive To their children. 1t
Is amazing 10 me that SO many old people
DO not understand young people. To hear |
some of these parents talk You would /
think they had never themselves been |
young and had been born with spectacIcs |
on. Oh. it is dolorous for Young people !
To sit i'll the house from 4 To | | o'clock mt !
night and 10 hear parents groan about |
their ailments and the nothingness of this |
world. The nothingncss of this world |
How dare you talk such blasphemy: 1t |
took Cod six days to make this world. |
and he has allowed 6000 years to hang /
upon his holy heart. and this world has /
shone on You and blessed you and ca
ressed You for these fifty or seventy
years. and yet you dare talk about the
nothingnesS of this world. Why, it is
n magnificent world. | DO not believe in
the whole universe there is Il world equal
10 it except it be heaven. You cannot cX-
pect your children To stay in the house
these long winter evenings to hear you
denounce this star lighted. sun warmed.
shower baptized, flower strewn, angel
watched, God inhabited planet.
Oh. make your home bright. Bring in
the violin or the picture. 1t does not re-
qure a great salary. or n big house. or
chased silver, or gorgeous upholstery 10
make a happy home. All that is wanted
is 4 fathers heart. a mothers heart, in
sympathy with young folks. / have
known Il man with 500 salary. and he
had no other income, but he had home
SD happy and bright that. though the sons
have gone ont and won large fortunes
and the daughters have gone out into
splendid spheres and become princesscs
Of society, they can never think of that
early home without tears of emotion. 1t
was TO them the yestibulc of heaven,
and all their mansions now, and all their