The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-08-11

Turnpike Catechi> IN

Designed for the Improvement Of those who
are il he habit Of resoFtiny variety OF STRAIT
ageGss 10 a-oii paying tae snail anoant OF toll
required by law for the use OF the road, Il IS t
be hoped that sach viii give t-eir sez3ocs ard
Candid attention as il ! intended for their special
benefit, extensive Of the rest OF u auklad.
Question l. WHAT Is rot doing unto gate
aeePers as re would that ga'eksepeEs skoaid co
onto your
Ausser Passing through gates n th= evening
ard SAYING. well pay we come back, Is most
undoubtedly no, doing unto cstekeePers IS re
woE.d that they should do unto you, you there
by freq1eutay cause them to be broke II their
res, Until two three o'clock in the noruinE. IL
order 70 secure the few dimes Justly de fer the
use Of the roads hot tbs reproach 10 any
people when ali this trouble could be avoided ..
fol9wing the example OF your generous neigh
bors VIA always cheer the hearts OF ire poos
crippled eatekeePera b. paying FOR both ways -
10; 10 disturb their peaceful sumber OF Their
return?
! Q1es.- > What IS 10. rendering unto Cesar
j the ihiags which are Cesar's?
/ Ans Using turnpike roards or bridges with
out paving toll or giving something Tor constFue
toG or repair is certainly not rendering unto Cae-
sar the things that are Caesars
Quest 3 How shall ae do unto gatekeeper.
- would tia! they should DO u 70 Is. and a
the same time render unto Cesar the things thai
are CGsars!
Ans By payirg our little bills OF to1l prompt
Is. with Lite Inconvenience to satekeeier g.
possible; fer every sensible person ought to know
that a gatekeePegs life Is hard enough withoa-
the con bined forts Of evil men and evil spirits
to fret Ro-rv. tease fartaiiza, argrayata iour gh
LASH back5ile SANDER thuuscrew, ard various
other erin in-, coward.y methods Of troubling
gateksepeEss t9o tedious % mention
y b. l. o.Ier that lie Unstable aid ua'earn
81 may understand the above catechisn correct y.
the word Cesar should be readerld Turnpike
Companies
We wish to state fsr the satisfaction Of our
numerous friends alI the rest OF mankind. that
o. the night. or rather morning. when a bra2ch
OF the Sons OF Malta was Instituted in Richmond,
soon utter tie sou3ds OF he booming cannon had
died away in the distance some gentlemen in car
riages took occasion to belch forth some pretty
severe e1itdets upon The head Of poor old Pagan
lust because be had closed h. gates and waited
patiently their return ON the ba q8et. for the
express purpose of waiting on their Iogd-hps, TO
receive he small amount OF tribute due our Tu-0
pike Caesars, &, o-e gentleman asserted that ~e
bad right II close liz "a *, saying that there
was AK agai4s: II AID IS II sure Of convincing
u that We had violated the las, went on TO say
that gatekeeper In Ohio locked the gates and a
/ man cut them 6own. ard they couldn't 10 any
!. thing with him. Now. such u limb the afore-
said viii certain = have 10 be eng-afted bo live
/ stump: perhaps be can e hiied with the genuli'
sap Of TIE Ia~. lie will have to igcrease great.
both IN mental and phys cal power before he wll
g be able % dive Us from daty as gatekee pei
:, fo- if are cot mistaken it be found Gmoo
the vulgar proverbs CT tie present generation
e that old daddy Fagan not raised il the wood
y TO be chased By an owl
We think tie above scaudaloHs facts, togethe
with other similar scenes toe ridiculous for pub
: LEGATION, sufficient apology for publishing th
/ Turnpike Ca:ec1ism. w.B ?.
August, 1859