The Progress., 1893-04-15
MADAM RUMOR SAYS :

the police, whereby the poor animal.
are not killed but only woun led. is &
barbarou5 measure which shoald be
suppressed.
That She has been requested 20 tell
what prompted certain gentleman
70 buy new vehicle, but She WIZ not
do so.
That "a society for the publicaiOn
Of acts Of immortality. would be a
useful organization in Shreveport
That a buzzard is good sized fowl,
bat he is filthy bird all the same
That like father-hke son" is pro
verb which certain parents Of Shre1e-
port could study and act on to She
benefit Of society.
That when the wDite men set lie
example If morality. there will then
be less crimes to punish the negro
for
That the improvement committee
is requested to explain why it was
that Of al the crossings put down %
Texas street recently, the only wood
en one was the one which did not
point to a saloon al one extremity.
That il the Fair Grounds commit
tee is morally AFRAID to proceed with
its labors, it should resign and let cne
be named which Is not
That the public Is anxious to have
the names Of those who are endee 1or-
ing to defeat the aim of the city tC
get the Fair Grounds, and if that
committee would report it VIII he
gratiied.
Tsat Shreveport has several mon
eyed men who have already occupied
places of greatness too long. and they
need TO be taken down a peg OF two
ia more ways than one
That Monroe is respectfully y invited
to bid foI the possession Of several Of
our big bugs, SO they can show off
their goldfish aristocratic airs over
there for while.
That when the churches allow i'm
moral practices among their member
ship, it is folly to preach against the
evil influences Of diam shops and
gambling saloons.
That our mayor will place himself
in high esteem among the moral peo-
pie of Shreveport, by ridding the
market house block of its unlawful
tenantTy.
That the skunk has the same claim
to greatness that some OF the big men
of Shreveport have.
That vice, immortality and lawless-
ness is so rampant in the city Of
Shreveport, that an explosion or col
llsion between the moral and immoral
elements is liable to take place at any
time.
That when our streets run red with
the blood Of human beings, and some
family name has been dishonored,
then viii the mothers and ministers
OF Shreveport lament in sack cloth
and ashes, because they did not rise
TO the emergency and check the on
rushing doom.
That when the decent people Of
Shreveport begin to practice social
ostracism With all alike, then will
many big men and leading politicians
be shorn Of their power, and be come
better men
That what our police jury does not
practice in political economy would
require many pages to detail.
That it is considerably of slam
on one church to have for some of It's
big members, those whom another
has dismissed for immoral practices.
That if one desires to have infu-
ence with our town council without
exerting himself much, he has but to
begin the drinking saloon business
and then he will be solid.
That the explanation now is, not
by intelligence, not by morality, not
by goodness, not by progressive ideas,
bat by virtue of being a dram shop
man, is the only requisite to make one
popular with our city council.
That If one desires yitrifed brick
crossing LAID, he has but to open
drinking saloon on the corner. and