The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-25
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The New Engiander who ooeys hie code of moral laws siih kind of cold calculation. and who looks upon the world with stern eye that is rarely bedewed by the moisture of emotion. will no doubt. be surprised to know tha; In Little Rock. the capital of state hitherto regarded IS not being entitled to a square inch of terrl- tory in the broad bosom of Abraham. a Sunday law. rivaling in stiffness the old blue enactments. will soon be passed. Yet fl is fact. Atih next meeting ofthe ,oitx council of Little Rock. an ordinance. to prevent inc very shadow ef businesses Sunday wlll be presented and unques,ion- ably passed. Drug stores will be closed. s,reet cars will be stopped. and fl II did not incur too much labor something which Little Rock shuns Niih vigorous spirit. the ArkanSaM rIxcr would no, be allowed ;o pass the sacred precincts of the city on this day This viii. indeed. make Sunday day of rest. The street car
 
 b:ay n thankfulness and the li,ery stable horse alll roil on hiS-s;taa-in delight. The young drug clerk. pcr;umeI ~.;h scents extracted from the roses of the East nill gladly wander ,o the eemc.cik and eontentediy >e: on tomb The phssl- can. i he be called ,o visi, patient. will ,-be allowed to rlde m his buggy. at- tended b. the inevitable cala-cd -en,ic- man. and the undertaker.if | hIs serlccS be engaged for this day. will bc compelled io e.,Tr7 the deceased on his shoulder. hls rigorous la~ s not the result of ac- tdal reverence for SundaY bai i> aH out growth ef retaliation The society for the prevention of crime. composed ai :adns -esilmahle gentlemen. and supplemented bl sn industrious jasiloe If the peace win, .tet- as judge. sar. praScra;.a.. a:;a.- ney and witness. having demanded sernl-stuot observance oi sunday. ;a ,he end ;ha, merchant shall be arrested and med fof entering h, place .: business on Nanday ard turning n the gas. ,he b,.<i- ness men propose to nearer approach the acme Q; morality and compel ery phase #,tf business ;e be suspended Thus. IT, stead If beng day of real rcs;. sunday is te Dc made das ai spite he sexton who sweeps oat the church sunday and  =fiis> the bell. ~ho makes h,> liVins by inc sweat e; his hron and other part. 8f his bs-as. ~lli et course. bc deprl. ed ai his means ot livelihood. He will be com pclied 10 sweep and ring his bell Saturday evening. The minister. who makes his iitins by vigorous manual and mental cxerri>c>. ~,ll be forced to deliver hl, sermon Saturday night. Ina, is. i the law be >;1e;ly enforced. Bu; the Hebrew gentleman has dec bulge on ,h., matter. The laws oi he land says ,ha, ii he observe Saturday. ar ID fact any day which hl> religion teaches shall be kept aS ! day of rest. he shall. if he chooses. en- sage n business sunday l. lsa shame. ot course. that lny man k allowed to cx- eTcsse his ewn }udgmen, in matters rhich concern his essH saul. but ,he law k short shted and bgoued. you kno:.. Ma tonai and state laN makers are all in league with the devil.
 The sunday law question ], now agi- iaiins quite number of eH.eS. hu, in nn place has II reached such an extreme point aS | IS likely ,o reach in l.lilc Rock. II .s= strange. hu; many ! man A ha M al.!a curse your body will atemp, ,o save vaur soul. But you must le, h3m save II m his way. \ gres many good men will pass he door of ! distressed fanlh to con Ninec rcproha,r who ll,es iu,r be,ond.
 such a thing as hclns too s;r.c.: on sunday. even with children. Ne ai.. e sne" s boy whose parents were ,oo s,ric, ~fih him. Sundays when he wanted ,o play with his dog m the back ward. al, parents would plaster him on a chair and compel him to stud, cateehisin that didn't have any particular plot The slad>one shout of merry children made him nervous and uneasy. The dog. as- 'oni>hed al such abrup; dissolution of CO partnership. would stand in the doorway and whine. Well. when ,ha, boy grew up and left home, his recollec,ious oi Sun day were no, pleasant. He disrega arcit,d the teachings of pious parents and started q newspaper. Beware of such maeilcss restuo;.on. parents Nou may drivc vour boys into journalism