The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-09-21
VISITOR
ALLIANCE CORKEsPONDENCE.


Good peaches are up to two dollars per
bushel.
Geo. Sefert IS erecting q fine brick
dwelling on Liberty street south of Mark
ct.
A new boot and shoe shop has been
opened in Ithe post-office building, in the
room formerly occupied by Geo Schooley,
as sewing and knitting machine room,
Gas pipe is being lad on Freedom and
Columbia streets. Major Cantine, the
present lessee and manager, Is going 10
give our citizens all the light they want.
Nixon & Co. have changed their hours
Of work to suit the short days. They
commence work at a quarter 10 | o'clock
instead of one, and quit at fifteen minutes
to six.
The Local office has had an extensive
sign, reaching the entire length Of the
Masonic building, and George Buckius has
a similar one, both painted by our enter
prising young friends, Allen & Mathews.
Byron Smith, Of the firm of O.. Cole
stock & Co., started last week to Niles
town. to open out branch store at that
place. Byron was one of the good souls
amcng our young men, and his society
will be greatly missed.
A. w. Green, formerly clerk in w. S.
Pettits grocery store, has purchased the
store of c. c. Knight, corner CT Main and
Arch streets. he takes possession on
Thursday of this week. Mr.. Green is one
of our best business men, and will no
doubt increase the amount OF trade done
on that street
Mexican Buchanan gave four entertain
ments in the Opera House, commencing
on Wednesday evening. If his poor old
heart didn't ache when he beheld the beg
arly audience, to which he must play on
each succeeding evening, then we must
say that he had no heart to ache. How
any poor soul. carrying an expense Of not
less than 500 per day, can rest easy after
playing to a SIS house night after night,
is more than we can conjecture. It is the
most remarkable thing. IN the world the
effect single word has on the Alliance
people. The word theatre" or Opera"
appears to fill every soul with horror, one
would be led to suppose that an opera
troupe was the forerunner of some great
calamity about to break upon their devot-
ed heads, and that they only dared 10 look
up when the evil was gone and the troupe
had departed. For the others we VIII take |
the word "circus" or "puppet show" either |
of these words fills our citizens with mex
pressible delight. Men, women and chill |
dren, horses, dogs and cats are wild with |
excitement Saint and sinners are now
on equal footing, one goes as a matter of |
course, and the other goes to take /
care Of the children. The whole town
turns out without any regard TO
weather, creed, faith or belief and SET
for hours on narrow board in a damp.
cold tent, laughing and cheering the vul-l
gar words, obscene and hcentinus hints
and gestures In the face of all this the
drama that was presented at the Opera
House last week was as free from any
thing vulgar or obscene as the most fas-
tidious could desire, yet the Alliance pecs
pie could not see anything to admire IN
The beautiful hfelike rendition of the
sterling old play of Hamlet or Richeleu
or the mere modern East Lynde and I'M
Gle Toms Cabin. Have our people no finer
taste than that whit b can be satisfied with
q monkey show? If so, they have a most
fearful bad taste, and they should school
for something worthy of the
name ofan intelligent and refined commus
lity.