Daily Republican., 1889-10-25

and his dupes are all in his own hands,
and, us to most Of them, that 10 where
ail their money goes.
Cnriously enough, the class OF people
who played at the games included the
cl.si that buy peanuts. A peanut vender
who paid for his privilege got no trade,
anu he goes 10 the fair "no more" The
same OF the candy man. Ten dollars a
day he paid, aud the maturity of those
who would have been his hes. patrons
got fascinated with the games OF chance
aud lost all thoir money before they got
candy hungry.
lie says ''it doos not pay" and "you
viii not catch him at the Dover fair any
more" Walter complained they got
mo tips" this year. The gamblers got
all tho free and easy floating loose"
money. Nearly all the small trades
people, who gave something valuable for
cash ieceiyed every time, complained
bitterly. Tho vast array of losers were
all mad. The Dover people we're mad
espec ally with the "cappsrs' ava the
Generally popular disposition OF the usual
fair attendants was fearlully dampened
and shocked, while the christian people
generally absent themselves from gamb-
ling fairs.
The gamblers "must go' or the fair
run down. 1t is said that the nuthoii-
ties Of tue State Fair are the wurst "sold"
by the gambling horde, because they
leased to one man-the highest bidder
the unlimited privilege OF subletting the
gambling aud "fakit" business so that.
wh'n they tegan TO hear the reverberat-
ing thunder OF the dupcd ind rayishcd
crowd, It was too late 10 abolish, this
year, the great enemy Of their good
naine and prosperity.
| Many hundreds Of the robbed players
looked like wcll.dr, seed, viriuous, In.
du'trious, bright minded. respectable
but uns aphislicatsd, honest aud conhd-
ing couitrymen mostly young men -
the very bono and sinew aud pride of our
State In the production OF it's iundamen-
tai prosperity own friends, neigh
bors, constituents and sovereign people.
The several newspapers together have
given long lieis OF tie good and great
men Of Our beloved Diamond State, who
looked upon the aforesaid gambling
operations, particularly the Governor
ard chief Justice Of our commonwealth H.
Ia sucA q bold and deliberate manner a.
means business.
We may be sure a iiife OF newspaper
cri ilism, and tho aroused good character
ard patriotism OF our people, will tcaci
our lair directors that 1t will not pay iol
them hereafter 10 aid, harbor aud abe
such rascally roboers Of our agricultura
people.
Our agricultural fairs are most remark
able ior the conspicuous absence Oi til,
rank and file aud great majority o
church members. The gambling outrag,
Is the cause. Let fair directors clean GU
every tciniila OF gambling and ever!
vestige or remote semblancs OF H. lie
them so advertise be.orehsul aud guar
aniee there sta'l be no pool selling. Thel
let all the Christians 90 20 this fairs ant
encourage the Improving OF stock, cattle
horses, lnach'hery, vegetation, cereal
and seed products, machinery, art, ilor
ieture Horticulture, iruit, Industrial IN
yontions and all the other good and Ia
structiye thugs they can 1nd at the ialrs
''Dlseases, desperate grown, by deeper
ate appliances ave relieved, or not at all.
The point OF wisdom is TO check then
beforl they reich go far by buying bot