Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25
A NEW. [. & 0. LEAGUE
Moon Township Citizens Prepare to
Fight Gas Drillers.
PIPE DROWNED A SERMON.
They Fave Also Inaugurated War on Pro-
gressive Euchre.
MAY ASK TO HAVE THE LAWS CHANGED

A new branch of the Law and Order So
ciety is being formed to combat Sunday
work. 1t is at Sharon, in Moon township,
and its parturition has been very severe,
but the people down there have said that
Sunday observance must and shall prevail,
outwardly at least, though it is thought
that money will still be allowed to draw
interest on Sunday.
The trouble began week ago last Sun
day when the Bridgewater Gas Company's
men drilled on gasser on the Fetzer farm.
Whether from contagion or other cause, the
Arctic and other companies are said
to have followed suit on the Burns
and Meanor farms and in short
time the voice of prayer and praise
in the sanctuary was effectually drowned,
so, as an attendant says, the voice of the
minister could scarce be heard half way
down the aisles.
Drills Drown the Sermon.
Instead was heard the kissing of escaping
steam, the belching of the escape pipe and
the groaning and clanking of machinery,
possibly quite musical to those who owned
the ground, but jarring like discord on a
mournful symphony on others, especially
Rev. Mr. Mercer, the minister. who is said
by an attendant to have reproached the con-
gregation for its lack of sand. As sand
is what the companies are seeking: they
have probably monopolized the article. Mr..
Mercer thought if all his hearers were
animated as they should be Sunday work
would soon stop. Meantime Constable
Bakehouse of Sewickley was sent for. He
is said to be valiant in the cause of Sunday
sanctity, but for some reason Mr. Bake
houses plume was not seen in Sharon
Heights last Sunday, so it was decided that
Law and Order Society was the only
thing that would work a remedy and it is
said Rev. Mr.. Mercer will be elected Presi-
dent.
Higher up the river white-hot crusade
is being made against progressive euchre.
Since the preachers have dropped the spirit
ual sword temporarily, J. D. Hamilton has
taken it up and the Coraopolis Suburban
blows weekly blast against the pastime.
The "sinners" begin to think they will be
put into straight jackets ere long.
More to Fear Than Progressive Euchre.
One of them, a member of church, by
the way, says that If some professed Chris
tians in that town did no worse than play
progressive euchre the course of Christian
ity would stand on firmer foundation than
it now does. He charges that Christ
card playing for amusement as by
the financial practices of some professed
Christians, who 60 more by the rules of con-
ventional morality than by those of the
Head of the Church. He refers to a very
numerous class who hold that whatever is
within the law is allowable, and that net is
as comprehensive as the great sheet St.
Peter saw let down from heaven by four
corners in the city of Joppa, said sheet con-
tanning not only four-footed beasts of the
earth, wild beasts and creeping things and
fowls of the air, but almost everything that
lies outside the gates of pearl, dogs,
sorcerers, murderers and idolaters, and
whosoever loveth and maketh lie as we'll
as some other bad people enumerated by
the apocalyptic drawer.
These towns are considerably stirred up,
and by the time the next Legislature meets
they may possibly arrive at some basis of
settlement to recommend to Mr. Fow,
though it is not likely the Legislature will
take cognizance of progressive euchre. so
long as it is not made a gambling game.