The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
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 The sAcw business in tAis counsxy is becoming oseEacae. Nen in the basi- ness ssem so sst - nigAss ss assiss nsv scAemss b insssepk the cussona peopae ef sAis cernfzy. ElepAsnes ef aI1 sAa olGar~ ent sAAdss thak eaepAans ase supposod se assnme hase hosn calsomined ky special arsisss ea the spoe meA snd woenm have been taitooed 6y oekR astisas in . man ner warranted to va1h. ano hnve lad her perssns placed e enAih1xien. larfs mon cd sman women hnve bnen sAoan, ard ftsaks ef naause ef n kin1s hsvs ap- psaEsd rsgulaziy in msssuuas. uasil tke people have wuadessd u1nA tAe nsxs sAow would b. A psssoa namea O'poa- nsl1 tinAiiy his sfoa the itea sf hstaging some CAissss lspers so tAis eounssy. as | sAow. The lsper h tAe snose lideess huaan ehjecs tn exieeonca, an1 roGaed people. sven b China. woald eo uniles out of tAs way so hep fom sseine . lePes, and VI . zaa psopoees to esing lepsu tc this counery e sAew. And tAsxe vould bs thoasands q psepas who would 70 ss - each . disgusaiag sxhi- bitioa. h shsy knew tAat eoe- -SAird of tAs visitors woald acquire lepsosy by tho visit. Thers Ase . class of peeple thaa viii pay mcnsy to see any tkIag that is exhi6itsd. Mose poople ars akaid of smAll-pox, and yes n mussum should advextise cass ot smAl..poa on exhibs- tioa. givjng each visisoS to the museum the prvilegs of shaking Aaads with the dying patient there wosId be . crowd in astendaace. Not many yeafs ago man in rennsylvania town advertised that he vas tired cl life, end had decided to commit suicide, but to Saise moaey b de- fray funeral sspenses he had deciaed to kill himssif by shooting through tho brain, with revolver, on the stags ofths opera houss, and charge . nominal ad- mittAnce ol kfy cents. The haii was uswded at the appoinsed time, and the doomed man sold tickets aa tho door. and he kicked himself becauss he didn | hire . skating rink or . fair ground. People looked at the man cheerfully through the box office window, and com. mepted pleasansly ou the fun that ~as in ssore fcs them. The man sosd the last ticket, and filled the sanding room, and when he felt the clink of tho money in his pockets life seemed to have charms for him still, and he postpooed the shooting by taking freight train and dipping out of town. The crowd sas in the opera house and stamped their feet, whistlsd and acted up the same as they would ii aig- ger show vas late, and finally when the news davned upon them. via the chiet oi police, that the principal sstor had failed to show up, tk<y were Q mad that it was all tha rof5~n rsuId dn to keeu shasu srorn tearing down the bsilding. and If they could have found the discouraged citizen who wanted to die, they would have hnng him to . lamp post. Thsss things are curious 10 think of. % if the man pro- duces his lepers he will mako money, hideous though they may bs. The sd- versising has already begun, ths papsss claiming that the board of hsaith viii not allow lspess to come to this country, for far shsy will allow our people to catch lepsosy, but they wili cssne. 1.-the showman with iepsn has rot money eaough, hs can bring anythisx hess, aad if indignant citissns do not take tho iaw in thsir own hands and hili tho showman and his ispess, hs and thsy vill have . rich 6eld to cultivate, e the law nsvss stands tn the vay of . determined man with money. And if the lspsss are sue cess as . show, we shall have showmen furnishing cholera patients tor exhibition and India will b. drawn upoa fos fs~ cases of black plague to 6ll the cofsrs ot AmsEicaa showmsn. Well, as long as ws have Uncle Toms Cabin and Pina5ose why not lepsss?
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