The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-29
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SEE THE NIORHEY.

Messrs. Euitors: The cost of ali
monkey shows falls Oh tho shoulders
of the humblcst laborins class. Bar.
mum and john Robinson have collected
millions from the hard earnings of the
poor man, and yet ho has made his
money by tho sweat Of his brow. The
humblest Of laborcrs pays his rs ccnta
one and Il half to two days toil-anti
secs the show, and who du'cs gain-say
| him? Has he not Il right TO the fruits
Of his labor and to spend his hard
earned penny as he plcascs? 1t has
boon clnimcd that some Of these cir
cuscs were moral and instructive. Per-
lmps so-but very doubtful. No mat
ter what kind of monkey show
comes along-a circus, q hanging or q
big mccting-wc have one part of our
population that arc sure to take stock
extensively. Now, suppose one hum
drcd men for one day attend either one
of tho three. Let's count ono part of
the cost:
First Feed day for 100 men
Mt 10 cents each. ......... $40 90
Second 100 tlavs work lost ut
Do cents per day. ........ so 90
$50 90
Sixty dollars for bit Of a monkey
show for one hundred men one day.
But This is not all entrance fees to the
circus. drinks at the same, or at the
hanging, or paying tho preacher, and
extra CUB and drinks at tho big meet
ing. will amount to about as much
morc-so every monkey show costs on
an average Of over ono dollar for a
days attendance Of Il single person.
But to revert to Il case ut hand, the
Almighty who is all powerful,
claimed tho onc-Scvcn!h Of our tine as
Sabbath for worship, rest, &c. We
generally see lis dcvout followers con-
tent to render homage to him on his
own holy day, The Sabbath. Yet We
see some that arc more pious or more
Sinful who, not satisfied with IL Good
thing, carry on extensively Sunday,
and then preach and rant, Sing and
howl the other six night; of Ihc week,
from dark till nearly morn. Not to be
oGoc't, w Ifltl ~ IL cclIaIn
"NoiSv Hell" rot a dozen miles from
your city where the colorcd "mnn and
Dro;hcr' has Seen nigh ly asssm! Ing
for the past three weeks, and by his
howlinEs "madc night hidcous." Tho
consequence is poor crop,
poorly picked, and waiting in the
fields, ouc-!hird Of The active labor
being withdrawn from the fields in
harvest time. These people arc TO be
pi'ird rather than abused, and these
raniing hclls are but the o,ltgrowth of
the lCOl preachers and cxhortcrs this
race affords, very many Of whom de-
serve the halter or tho whipping post
and are arr"'h scaInps in Sleeps cloth
ing. " hat Il pity these poor creatures
ever learned amy religion, save Roman
ism. Thcy would then have been sup
Piled with educated priests WHO would
have given them religious instruction
in one.sevcnlh Of tic time it now
takes, Some Of the ovt. .'ioua may
Would SAY say tic Protestant !, religion il
addressed TO the 'hc%rt and Under
sInnding"; the Catholic to the "ryc
and ear, and Cuf.Gc could more rcntl-
~ embrace and understand the latter.
HrsldS, if these over good people lived
as We do, near one of these Noi.v
iiclls, they would agree with us. it
docs seem that some of these noisy
places might be brought TO thc attcm-
tion OF the grand jury rs nuisanccs.
unbclicvcrs and outsiders ought to
have some rights.-ccrtainlv q right TO
umlisturbcd rrpose inside their own.
houses at moderate distance of two
miles from the scene of action. AS to
to The unity of races, we arc an
UNBEI.IEyER.