Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-09-07

without doubt; and they have therein a
decided advantage over Middlelurg.
Circus Exhibitions.
Repeatedly, we have refused money Of
fcrcd for publishing notices for theatrical
companies under various disguiscs, for the
reason that We believed them evil in their
influences, and great waste of time and
money. We do not object TO any particu-
lar company, but to the class Of amusc-
ments which they represent.
Some denounco this position, and others
desire US to 60 further and expose profes-
sing Christians who attend such places of
resort. To the former, We have only to
say that what We believe to be plainly and
only evil, we can not, viii not aid by our
paper; and to the latter, that it is your
province, not ours, TO discipline your church
members
The heathen maxim, "evil communca-
tions corrupt good manners" is endorsed
by the Scriptures, and abundantly proved
by every day observation. That theatrical
md circus companies, as such, are the
nurseries Of vice, Of bad morals and worse
manners, can not successfully be denied.
A few apparent exceptions, confirm the
rule; and the fact is that such exhibitions
are becoming compelled,to obtain support,
to concedc more and more to the force Of
religious influences.
Indeed, the moral evils of these amusc-
meuts are universally admitted. The mo-
mentary qualification at stale and stupid
Jokes, is forced stimulant, and very
poor source Of amusement, and the glare
and tinsel and excitement tend neither to
mental or bodily health.
The crueltics practised to learn boy
how to perform their fcats, shorten their
lives, and expose them to many hardships,
"A short life and merry one" is their
infdel creed; and premature old age and
unhcnorcd graves prove how well they
live up to their motto.
That noble animal, the horsc,i also tor
tured and worried in making him an ac-
cessary to the crime Of wasting time and
money in vain show and useless feats Of
agility.
True modesty (uot to say dcccncy) is
blunted in gazing upon women employed
in displaying themselves, with brazen fac
es, in indicate postures. No woman
who has proper selfrespcct, would so
much countenance the disgrace Of one of
her sex as to even witness her public ex-
posure and what a man would not ap-
prove in his wife, his mother, his sister,
or his daughter, he should not encourage
Or allow in any other of the race, for the
degradation of one tends to corrupt all.
"But," it Will be argued, "peorle want,
and will have, some kind Of amusement"
This has been the plea, in all times but
there hundred kinds Of "amusement,"
so-callcd, Of former ages and countries,
which arc now abolished, and the world is
all the better for their absence. Even
fifty years ago, horsc-racing, fist fighting,
public drinking, and other species of
amusement, were openly practised, which
are now grown into comparative if not alb
solute disusc, being fEowned down by en-
hghtcncd public opinion, or deferred by
the strong arm of law. Those practices,
1t was claimed, were csscatial to the good
humor of society; their "neccssity' was
gravely argued. Yet it is found that any
industrious and temperate community,en
gagged regularly in honorable and neces-
sary calIinSs, requires no public gather
inss to keep up the flow Of good feeling
among companions, families.anl nciahbor-
hoods ThoEc was recently douc away the