The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-10


or persons OF maturer growth, have habit
ually trespassed upon the premises Of tn,
colored free school. The building, fences
and out.houses, as we'll as the approaches
to the building, have been damaged ant
stolen and the windows have been made tC
stand their share of the rascaly work
II has become q notorious fact that
in consequence Of these deeds of violence
the colored free school has cost the people
more in the way Of repairs than all the
other free schools put together The acts
of violence have now become so aggrevat-
ing that the board of school directors have
concluded to keep dligent lookout tor
the row dies and, if caught, infict
summary punishment upon them by prose
cutting them to the fullest extent of the
law.
The country folks around Ullin enjoy
ed themselves hugely few days ago at a
picnic given there by Mr.. II. Hickman.
The ground selected was beautiful spot
on the banks Of crystal
stream, surrounded by flowers,
shrubbery and trees which teemed with
squirrels, sweet singing birds, etc. The ar
engagements for the enjoyment of the pleas.
ure seekers were ample Music
and smooth dancing floor 50 X so
was provided for those who wished
to dance and numerous other arrangements
for the use of the younger folks were there.
Refreshments were ample and various, and
none who attended could do aught but
praise the manager for his efforts and con-
graduate him on the success which attend
ed them. The affair is to be repeated on the
Fourth of July, when, besides the aforesaid
attractions, fine display of fire works will
be made.
There is here and there a citizen who
is IN favor of the sanitary improvement of
Cairo provided it costs nothing. This pub
lie spirited citizen thinks nothing of clos
ing up his business tour months every year
and paying out an extra $1,000 in the
hegira of himself and family to place Of
safety, but will object very seriously TO the
tub system or anything else that makes
small demand upon his pocket for the bene-
fit OF public health. He is OF the
penny wise and pound foolish order,
saving at the spigot while the cork Is out OF
the bunghole and Is far from being com
posed Of that timber Of which q citizen of
Cairo should be composed. Such man is
the one from whom We received commu
nication yesterday evening touching sani-
tary affairs, and we would give place TO his
paper did il not contain personal reflections
for which We do not desire to hold ourself
responsible
Our health officer has, so tar, met with
but little opposition in the discharge Of his
duties, and this is pleasant enough to con-
template, but is not so pleasant TO know
that, Notwithstanding the summer months
are upon us, there are those in our midst
who are doing nothing, and will do moth.
ing unless they are forced by the law, that
will insure health among our people. The
most proper time to clear up the town is
during the winter, but the people will not
attend to the important matter until the
near approach Of danger arouses their APP
prehensions and eXctes their alarm. We
cannot say whether or not we may expect
another year of epidemic diseases, but
nothing is lost by preparing for the worst,
and doing something at once to ward off
diseases Of every kind. We wish these
lines to have an emphatic and local appli-
cation, and hope they will tend to stir our
people up TO proper sense OF the impor-
lance of the matter. Unless our town is
cleansed we may have an epidemic in the
SUMMERTIME can deny iti--and why
then, should not the subject arrest the at.
tention and quicken the energies of our
citizens!
We are in no fault finding mood while
we write this item, but it is only our dis
position to see all wrongs righted that i'm
pes US to protest against an imposition
which is practiced upon strangers by many
OF our citizens and which, to the observing
mind, is becoming dangerously general. 1t
is we'll known that piety and baldheaded-
ness go together, or Should go together,
so that the head Of the believer might be a
shining light, city on the hill, SO to speak,
by which the ungodly might be lured from
the broad path of destruction.
But we regret to see that
baldheadedness and picty do NOT al.
ways 90 together. That there are men in
our midst who, while they make no pretcn.
sons to goodness, persist in displaying the