Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-06-05

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r.g.- EleE eHa1rH.I ssrb'er wHo Was
rr..Hr.sa- LLH uHa given o. ttis VIE
-..l fI.lr time l1t a1llge.v engaged pa toe
-a..a IL iI.eu-s- or i1taNIeli.Hn. Hr -ieep.
u-fu -H-.lTiiu- LFH victims. Tots -in las
H1..aH Eaa Eslteg'- saw aa4 elt tLa land
.Ftgr .a story wheel. sunk ths cargo. broken
Tr. sa.-a u. tEr farmers harrow aul sent q
-trIa-- lightning t1 -lait-T lls battery ui
fr. Hra.naHHIT. The very first idea ia
gaming D. 90 war with ali the iutusir.e-
rI -..ary. Auy trade or occupation thai
Is ul g-s I- eulohilur. The street sweeper
alvu.ss1 t#H interests % society bF the
r.etrIfa=s eHsstHi The ear PAYS Tor the
furnalts 10 vIf- by cleaning the house "i
yaruir. Ias ly taat takes the swcsiue--
from tia irrss Of ths cup com .nsAie- ny
uur.HvIu. th- air and keeping hAcs the
rs5ti1use But the gambler gives not any
ihus i5r tHa. which be take. recall thlt
sentence. h1 does make return, nut u j.
disgrace 70 the mau he leeees, despair d us
heart. ruin % has business. anguish @ ms
. wife. shame 10 his children and eternal vast
ing away 90 his soul. He pays Ca tear, aai
blood. aul agony, and darSuess, aui woe.
What DIAL work Is plOWins 90 the ihT.hss
when IN the village saloon IN one night
hp makes and loses tue value oi sum
mer harvest Who wall want 10 sea
tuDp, uul measure nIukeen, and cut gar
mauis. and waigl sugars, when IN ulslls 5
game he makes aud los IS, and makes AGAIN
and loses again. profits oi "a season: J'hh
B5raek was mt Us mercantile agent from
Bremen 10 England and this country. AFTER
two velrs his employers mistruste1 that All
WAS not right. lie was a deiaultcr for ST.
OlO. Ii was found that hs had lost In Llm-
bard street. London. S21,OJ0; IN Fulton
street. New York, $4,000. AMI in New Or
leans $50 D. He was imprisoned, but aNtr-
ward escaped and went into the gambling
H..N FHa % WaN
This crime is getting its lever under many
mercantile house in our cities and before
long down will come the great cstanllSh-
mcnt, crushing reputation, home comfort
and immortal souls.
The whole world Is robbed What is most
sad, there are no c0nsUiatiOns fer the loss
aud suffering entailet by gaming. IL men
fail in lawful business, God pitieS and
society eommiserates, but where in the Bible
or society is there any consolation for the
gambler From what tree oithe forest OO2es
there balm that can sOothe the game.ters
heart? In that bottle where God keeps the
tears Of His children are there any tears of
the gambler2 Do the winds that come 10 kiss
the faded cheek OF sickness and to cool the
heated brow Of the laborer whisper hope and
cheer to the emaciated victim OF tho game
of hazard2 When an honest man is ia
trouble. he has sympathy Poor fellow!
they say. But do gamblers come to weep at
the agones Of the gambler? In Northum-
harand was one of the finest estates in Eng
land Mr.. Porter owned 1t and gam3iel 1t
all away. Having lost the last acre OF the
estate, he came down from the saloon ana
got into mis- carriage, went back, put up his
, horses and carriage and town house AMI
PLAYED. He threw and lost. He started for
home and on a side alley met friend, from
whom he borrowed ten guiueas. He went
back to the saloon, and before great while
: had won 81, 900. He diedat last besgar
in st. Giles. How many gamblers felt sorry
/ for Mr.. Porter? Who cOns)le1 him on the
loss Of his estate? What gambler subscribed
to put a stone over the poor mans Sraye'
No one. Furthermore, this sin is the
source Of uncouutel dishonesty. The
$ zane Of hazard itself is often cheat. How
many tricks and deceptions IN the dealing Of
the cards. The opponents hani is otttimes
! found out by fraud. Cards are marked SO
that they may be designated from the back.
D Expert gamesters have their ace )mplces
and ono wink may decide the game. The
dice have been found loaded with platjna,
= so that doublets come mp every time. These
u dice are introduced by the gamblers unob-
served by the honest men who have come
d into the play, and this accounts for the fact
: that ninetv-nine out Of hundred who gam
1 bic, however wealthy when they began, at
y the end are found to be poor miserable, hag-
gard wretches. that would not now be al
lowed to sit on ths doorstep OF the house
> that they once owned.
n ina gaming house In San francisco
young man having just come from the mine
3 deposited large sum upon the ace ana WJi
I; s22 900 But the tide turns, Intense
u anxiety comes upon the cOlntenanGes Of all
?. Slowly the cards went forth. Every eye 1
: fixed Nota sound is beard until the ace j
% revealed, favorable 70 the bank. There ar
u shouts OF Foul Foul" but the keepers O
i the fable nrniuGe their pistols, ana the UP
. roar is sieneed, and the bank has won S95,
900. Do you call this a game Of chance
There is no chance about II. But thea
u dishonestes in the carrying on Of tn
= game are nothing when compare
a with the frauds that are committee
in order to get money to 90 on with the ne
- fariOus work. Gambling. with its need
!. hand has suatched away the widows nit
II and the portion of the orphans; has sold tn
"a daughters virtue to get the means to con
- tinue the game, has written the counterfeit
signature. emptigl the banker money vaul
20 and welded the assassin 5 dagger. There
/ no depth Of meanness to which il will no
j." stoop. There is no cruelty at which it is ap
70 paled. There is no warning OF God that
y will not dare. Merciless, unappeasabte
II 1ercer and wilder it blinds, it hardens.
rends, 1t blasts, 1t brushes, it damns Hav
70 nothing to do with gamblers, whether the
Il. gamble on large scale or small scale.
- cast out these men from your company
81 Do not be intimate with them. Always b
o. polite. There is no demand that you eve
40 sacrifice poHteness. young man accoste
oi a Christian Quaker with, "Old chap, how Iii
N you make all your money! Tho Quake
Ii replied, "By dealing in an article that tho
.h mayst deal in if thou wit-ciylity." A
~ ways be courteous, but at the same tim
~ ~ firm. Say no as it you meant it. Have
~ understood in store and shop and street thu
~ ~ you will not stand in the cOmpanionship
y. the skeptic, the ider, the pleasure seeEe
~ the gambler
Sa Rather than enter the companiOnship
Is such accept the invitation to a better feas
40 The promises of God are the fruits. Th
= harps of heaven are the music. Cluste
~ ~ from the vineyards Of God have been presse
'' into tankards. The sons and daughters
nj the lord Almighty are the guests. Viii
n standing at the banquet to I'll the cups, al
u' divide the clusters, and command the harp
~ and welcome the guests, is a daughter
= God on whose brow are the blossoms Of par
Lo disc and in whose check is The flush OF cele
Ia tial summer. Her name is Religion.
Ye NEWST GLEANINCS.
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