Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-12-30

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mittee Of Investigation Is generally moral
derellct. The man who goes with his nos
trils Inflated trying TO discover something
malodorus Is not a man, but sleuth-
hound! The world Is full % more people,
generous people, people who ara doing
their best-gOod husbands, good wives,
good fathers, good mothers, good on
GERS OF the law; good judges, good gov
ernors, good state aud national legisla.
tors, good rulers. Does some man crlwl
out. THAT has not been my experiencC.
and think just tie opposite" Well. nv
brother, | am sorry for your Affective cir
cumstances, and that you had an unfor.
tuuate ancestry, and that YOU have kent
such bad company and had such discour-
aging environment. | notice that aftera
man has been making a violent TRADE
against his fellow men he IL on his way
down. and IL he live long enough he will be
asking you for a quarter OF dollar to get
n drink or a nights lodging. Behave your.
self well, oh, young man. and YOU will find
life pleasant thing to live and the world
full of friends and Gods benedction every
whore about you.
Again, If Won would be master Of the situ-
alton, expect nothing from good luck, or
haphazard, or gaming adventures In this
time, when 1t is estimated that gambling
exchanges money to the amount OF $50.
OOO,OlO Il day. this remark may be useful.
There come times in many n mans life
when he hopes to get something for which
he does not give an equivalent and there
are fifty kinds of gambling. Stand alOof
from all OF them. Understand that the
gambling spirit is a disease, aud the more
successful you are the more certain YOU
are to go right on to your own ruin Hav-
ing made his thousands, why does not tine
gambler stop and make a safe investment
Of what he has gained and spend the rest
of his life In quiet or less hazardous Style
of occupation? The reason is he cannot
stOn. Nothing but death ever cures con-
firmc1 gambler.
DR.. Keeievs gold cure rescues the
drln&art, and there are antitobaccO
prcnarations that will arres: the victim OF
niro,ine. and religion can save any one eX-
cept gambler. The fact is he is irrespon.
Sible. Having got the habit in him he Is
no more responsible for keeping on than
man falling from the roof of a four-storv
house can stop ut the window Of the sec
ond story. Here and there you may find
an instance where Il gambler has been re-
ported or reports himself as being con-
verted, but in that ease the man was not
fully under the heel of the passion The
real gambler is a through passenger to
death and perditiOn. The only use in re-
Ierring to him is in the way of proven
|i'IE llt bEStl Nv lhhluS CHANCES on u
bookcase or a sewing machine at
church fair and ended by getting a few
pennies for his last valuable in a pawn
brokers shop. The only man who gam
hlns successfully is the man who loses
so iearfullv at the start that he is dis
@usted and quits. Let him win at the
s,urt and win again, and it means fare
we'll to home and heaven. Most merri-
loss of all hahitsi Horace Walpole says
lypnr,pI ut
Of Il clubhouse in London and was car
rird in and the gamblers began to bet
whether he was dead or not, and when
it was proposed to bleed him for his re-
cOyerv the gamblers ohjsctei that 1t
would affect the fairness OF the bet.
What noble mon they must have been,
Int more and more ladies are becoming
gamblers. They bet at the races and have
prizes in social groups which are nothing
hut the stakes Of gambling. A good way
for a lady to get into the gamester's habit
is by beginning with progressive euchre-
That opens the door in q fashionable way.
In one of our great cities invitations werp
sent out for such Il meeting at the card
tables. The guests entered and sat down
and began. After awhile the excitement ran
high, and the lady who was the hostess
tainted and fell under the table. The
guests arose, but some one said: "DOn't
t0Gch the bell! Let US finish the game.
She would h We done so herself and would
wish us il she s. IKE" The game went on
for thirty minutes longer. and then physi-
elan was called. After examination OF the
rnse it was found Tthat the lady had been
dead twenty minutes. As the guests lift
their hands in surprise eycIaim in regard
to them. What delicate and refined and
angelic wOmanhoOdi
Young man, seek only eevatnG and
improving companionshp. Do not let
the last scion OF a noble family, fell
low with a big name, but bad habits,
for he drinks and swearS and is disco
lutte, take your arm to walk down the
street or spend an evening with YOU,
either at your room or his room. Re-
member that sin is the most extensive
thing in Gods universe. | have read
that Sir Brasil the knight, tired out
with the chase, had u falcon on his
wrist, as they did in days OF falconry,
when with hawks or falcons they went
iortn to bring down cartridges or grouse
d or pigeons, and being very thirsty came to
I a stream struggling from u rock. and, re
! leasing the falcon from his wrist, he took
! the bucle which he carried, and, stopping
! the moUthpirce OF bis buglc with tuft of
/ moss, H. put this cEtemporizet cup under
/ the water which caHr down drop by drop
from the rock untii the cup was full and
( then lifted it to drink. when the falcon he
mad released with sudden swoOp dashed
the cup from his hand. BY the same
process he Allied the cup again and was
about to drink when the falcon 10y another
avoop dashed down tine cup. Enraged at
/ this iusolence and violence Of the bird, he
| rried, II will wiring thy neck if thou doess
I that ain" But. having filed the cup Il
| third time and trying todrinEa third time,
the falcon GHshed it Gown. Then Sir Brasil
with mis- list struck the bird, which nut
| tered and looked lovingly and reproacn-
/ fEHy 1T him and dropped dead. Inen SIR
Dca.Li. ioO,lug up to the top of the rock
whence dripped the water, saw great
green serpent c0led fold above fold, the
venom from MS mouth dropping into that
from which Sir Brasil had filed his cup.
Iueu exclaimed the knight, NV nat Il Nlhd
thing it was for the falcon to dash down
that poisoned cup, and what SAD thlhG
that | killed him. and what mario"
escape had" SO now there are no more
certainly waters that refresh than waters
that poison. This moment there are thOu
sands of Young men, unwittingIy and not
knowing what they do, taking into theil
bugle cup of earthly joy that which is
deadly because it driRs from the jaw!
of that Old serpent, the devil, and thu
dove of Gods spirit in kindly warning
dashes down the cup, but again it is fillet
and again dashed down and again tiIlet
and again dashed down. Why not tur
away and slake your thirst at the clear
bright, perennial fountain that break
from the Rock of Ages, a fountain so wild
and so deep that all the inhabitants c
earth and all the armies OF heaven ma
stoop down and fill their chalices?
NEWSY GLEANINCS.