Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-10-19


Cornelius always knew that be was
looking out first and last for himself.
and Cor himself alone. But when Cor
nelius Vanderbilt In the legitimate role
of railroad developer served himself he
was also serving mankind. His rail-
roads gave employment TO thousands
and tens of thousands OF men and sup
ported those mems families. His iron
roads developed whole regions In the
west which would never have been
opened by any other pioneer than the
Cyclopean eye OF the locomotives head
light. When old Cornelius Vanderbilt
made millions of dollars for himself
he also made millions for his employees
and hundreds of millions for his coun-
try. But what increase of capital did
the world receive when, in 1861. a man
Of the name of Garcia at the Homburg
gambling resort won in one night
100000 francs, or when. about the
same time. In Wiesbaden two French
men lost 100000 francs. or when. a
few years ago. Khalil Bey lost at the
gaming table 100000 which he had
inherited from his father. or when the
niece of Cardinal Mazarin won in q
single sitting from the Duchess Of
Portsmouth $4,000 or Lady Castle
maine of Charles Ills court lost in one
night over S125.OOO? Did all these
transactions increase the worlds
wealth by the value Of one five cent
loaf of bread? Did they help in one
instance to feed the hungry or give en-
ployment to the poor?
Wall Street Evils.
When, under the evil manipulations
of the Wall street gamblers. the rail-
road stock of a large corporation is
'watered' and its price made to Jump
up and fall as the thermometers quick
silver drops at the touch of the October
frosts. and thousands upon thousands
of small gamblers who have bought
| their railroad stock upon margins"
and not as q true investment are frozen
! out, does such Wall street gambling
build one freight car or span one river
with a new bridge or erect one new
! depot or upholster one Pullman sleep
er? The Puritans used to call pack
of cards the devils prayer book" Did
you ever hear of the devils prayer
book" teaching the gamester how he
could be a producer and not a de-
stroyer? No. my friends, no, no, no.!
Anything but that. The gambling
habit never created one farthing for
the welfare of any community.
Thus, my brother, l congratulate you
If you have never been gambler or
in league with gamblers. l congratu-
late you If you are one of those men
unwilling to be parasite. vampire
or absorbent of othermen industries. l
congratulate you. even though you may
never have amassed the illegitimate
fortune of a Baron Blanc whose inter-
national gambling crimes have created
q Monte Carlo or of a BenaZet or a
Devaux, who used to run the gambling
casinos of q Spa, an AiX-la- Chapelle or
a Baden-Baden before the German par
lament in 1872 babe them begone, or
the Legitimate fortunes of the evil
owners of a Louisiana lottery. who,
year after year flagrantly bribed a
state legislature until at last the out
ragged Christian people Of that COM
monwealth. with the aid of the United
States postmaster general, rose in their
might and destroyed this accursed and
debauching infamy. Never have any
dealings in any way with defiant gam
bling.
The gambling passion not only robs
men of their fortunes. but demoralizes
their minds. 1t units it's victims fol
the common duties of ordinary life. Il
overstimulates the brain and the i'm
agination until after awhile work
honest. hard, practical work-has fol
the gamblers diseased mind the same
kind of repulsion that a glass of ricf
dairy milk has for the infamed thrOa
of a chronic drunkard or the sight o.
clear, cool stream of water for thu
bloodshot eye of a mad dog whose
tongue and mouth are covered will
the white foam of fatal hydrophobia.
A Voluntary Slave.
The healthful desire for work and tn,
gamblers passion do not nest in thu
same heart. They belong not to th
same brood of children. They are new
er nourished by the same mother
When the young man fresh from
Christian home first hears the rattle o
a dice box and is led into the sanctun
sanctorum of the baccarat seance al
his noblest sensibilities are intensel
shocked. But as his astonished eye
see great piles of coin and greenback
being passed across the table afte
awhile fascination drives away fear
Then the warnings and restraints of
, rebuking conscience are shaken Of
with such questions as these: What
, the use of my working hard every da
of the week except Sunday and only re
, ceiving SO or SO on pay night when
, might earn ten times that sum in
quiet game? What Is the use of carry
ing bundles and being ordered abou
, by the heads of the different bushes
! departments when by getting sure tip
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