The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-18

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| when 1t is red, when IL moveth itself arght
IN the cup. At the last it bteth like a
| sernent and stnGeth like an adder"
DO You know what yoV are doinp?"
said mother who had broken into n res
taurant. the door locked against her. her
son inside. She came IN 10 the counter
and saw fhc man of the restaurant min.
Cling the Intoxicating cup for her own son.
She said to the man behind the counter.
DO YOU know what Won are doin0?"
No, said he; 81 don't Says she. "You
are tattening Rraveyar1s'
was told at Das Mones Of train of
cars going through very stormy NIGHT
over one Of the western praries. The
young man who was present told us the
story. In the night there was a little child
IN the sleeping car fretful aud worrying
and CRYING hour after hour. man on the
opposite side OF the car lost his patience
and said. EITHER make that child shut
up or take il to its mothcr!T Then another
man on the opposite side OF the sleeping
car; man with n broken heart. pushed
back the curtain aud looked ont and said
Young man. that childs mother s dead
IN the baggage car. and The little thing is
waillng Tor her" Then the man who had
committed the aifront rose and offered his
, services for the night and took care Of the
child until the morning. aud all the pas.
sengers IN the car were broken down with
emotion
Oh, if the cry Of ono child could arouse
so many sympathies. what ought 20 be the
etect of he ten thousand voiced shrek
OF orphanagc and widowhood from the inc
hrate's grave! God save this country
from the peils Of strong drink
MY subject also impresses me with the
| beauty of youthful character remaining
! incorrupt away from home. II Daniel had
/ plunged into every wickedness of the city
OF Babylon the old folks at home would
ha,NHa IS a
! through all the rounds of iniquity it would
| have cast no shadow on his early home
| There were no telcgaphs there were no
railroads. But Daniel knew that Gods
eye was on him.
That was enough. There are young men
not so good away from home NJ at home
Frederick tending his fathers sheep among
the hills or thrashing rye in the barn is
different perhaps from Frederick on the
stock Exchange Instead of the retiring
disposition there is bold elirontcry. In.
stead of an obliging spirit there is perhaps
oppressive sel6shncss
Instead of open handed charity there is
tight listed stnginoss. Instead OF reason
able hours there is midnight revel | speak
to many Young men ON this mattcr-you
who may have left Your fathers house and
others who, though still under the par.
| entail roof are looking forward to the
time when you viii 90 forth to conflict
alone in this world. with its temptations
and Us sorrows. ard when YOU will build
up your own character. On that the God
OF Daniel might he with YOU in Babylon
! think the most thrilling passage OF a
young mans life is when lac leaves home
to make ms fortune. The novelty and the
| romance of the thing may keep him from
any keen sorrow, but the old people who
have seen the destruction of so many who
have started with high hope cannot help
but be anxious. rs long as he was in his
father house his waywardnCss was kindly
chlded, and although sometimes he thought
the restraint rather bitter and rather Sc
we're in his calmer moments. he acklowl-
edged it was salutary and righteous
Through the influence of metropolitan
friends the father has obtained situation
for his son in the city. The comrades OF
| the young man come the night before his
departure to bid farewell to the adven-
turer. The morning of his going away he
| walks around the place to take a last look
at things, perhaps comes upon some OBJ
Ject that starts tear some old familiar
place. but no one sees the tear. The
| trunk is put upon the wagon, the young
man is off for the city. He is set down
| amid eNcitements and amid associates who
are not overcarctul about Their words and
| thoughts and actions Morning comes
No family altar. Sabbath comes No
I rural quiet, The sanctuary comes, but all
whether br comes fo cbn,cb ~. dooe ,ot
come. On his wnv from tbe storc bc sees
a placarl announcing n rare and n vicions
amusement He has no grectirr ot tLe
door of The boarding bouse lie has no
appetite for the food. No one cares
whether he eats or does NOT cat Rotbe,.
, he would not emf. II Is chrnnor After tbc
lea he goes into the narlor tal;es nm n
hook finds IL dull no sister to inol, nyer
il with him. Goes unsfoirs 70 his roor
in tbc third storv finds il cold and min.
viting. and in dcsnoir Inc rnsbes ont caring
for nothing but 10 Get sometbing to make
him ston tbinking lilo il c,u%bt in flo
first whirl of sin. He bos started ont on
tbe dark son whore tbe gleom of tLe iov
is the flashing of the pit and the laughter
is the creoking Of tbe onto of tho iosf
Oh how many groves tbore ,re in tbc
country churcbynrd which If they could
sneak would teI Of vn,,ny mon v,Io ,vcrt
off with bigb homes aud came hack blasted
and crushed 10 disgrace thn senulcher of
their fathers
And vet this eyodus must go on Aa
from distant hills the rivers nre noured
down through tunnels 10 slai,c the tbirst
of our greof cities So from distant com
trv niaces tbe streams Of ;ncorrnnt nonn.
lnfion must nom down 10 nurifv n,tr rarpot
cities. Tomorrow morning On nI tbe
omorougniiares, ,,, III Every steallooat ana IN
FortS 90 'a ooi' cai AN, wii no younE nlvm goln9