The Press., 1893-07-20

MR. EDITOR: Thanks to you for thef M privilege through your columns to set forth in clear light the subject which so much
 The first extract given below was an adyer- t,semens I i1 pa part, ana ia part defense, against closing on merchants day.
 Advertisement in The Press, July 13, 1S93.)
 To WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN AND To WHOM IT DOES Nor CONCERN
 July IS is advertised as Merchants Excursion Day, and all who wish are invited to go, and, as far as yet known, all who wish can stay at home and attend to business. The public are hereby notified that on that day DtmOck's Market will commodate all who wish to avail theihselvesrcf the privilege Of purchasing Meat Of all kinds, Ice to the Merchants Protective Association, % ion and II we did would suggest to many who will go and spend one to i've dOllars that if they would stay would be better prepared to cope with dull times which threatens all business in the near future, being advertised on the black list by members Of the SO-called Merchants Protective Association. 146 availed themselves last year Of the opportu- ntty to purchase supplies at our place on that day, and many more would have done so if they had been assured that we were open. Thanking the public for their liberal patronage we sliail endeavor to accommodate you so far as possible in future, providence permitting.
 The sd extract appeared in Sundays Spring field Republican. i Springfield Republican correspondence, July 16)
 The excursion has brought into local prominence once more a man who has been there before, and in a manner at once amusing and aggravating. One of our meat vendors who introduces into his business some of the finer arts, as freezing ice-cream, practical invention and writing of miserable poetry, has through the col umns of The Press informed the public that on the merchants excursion day his oR will ha fn accommodate all corners, even to the number of 146, which number, he states, with an imagination worthy of a better cause, traded with him on the occasion of last years excursion. His kicking over the traces has had good effect, however, as two or three others who intended to remain open for business on that day, will { now close rather than be considered dis ciples of the butcher so poetically inclineds What follows all who wish can read for them- selves and make the application:
 On Bethlehem plains chosen twelve,, In golden days Of old, Were disciples of their Master, AS the story to us Is told. = A Judas was among them The other names are known quite WelI--~~-1r- | For thirty pieces Of silver dust s. z | His master he did sell. The other eleven noble men>, and the world. at
 Their frowns on him did shed,
 And if the truth were fully known | They toissed that he was dead.
 Soon, how soon, their wish matured, For him not one tear was shed When on an old sour apple tree ! They found him dead, yes dead. His heart so black with hate and spite,
 Which brought about his masters death,
 His life so full of greedy gain | Caused the second deaCn- Stafford's chosen twelve, yes many more, | Has among them more Judases than one; l hQtt0r Knowing
 Than to count them with your thumbs. They say DinaocEs Market must be closed
 On merchants excursion day | Because he will not the modern JudaseS obey. This caused to appear the first article above In the weekly Press, =:
 And heart as black as hell itself Is what has caused the rest. 1 The other eleven look on with shame, | AS did the eleven of old,
 To think that they have such miserable men l Within their sacred fold.
 The three disciples who so late Your birthright you did sell
 For mess of Judas pottage ,- With streaming tears l say JaTe,oeH. 1 For if you follow in Judas steps,
 You'll be where the ancient Judy is 1 Before another gala day. 1 The other eleven may the angels guard I And keep you from disgrace,
 That the good of Stafford and adjoining towns | May smile on your shining face.
 Your bands, though strong, they do no not hold | It's members as 1t should; Two of your number have closed their doors
 And left the town for good.
 And if the Judases who feed the Springfield news | As did the one whose name will not relate,
 They, too, will be where he is I Out of the town and state. -..
 For they, with him, by their miserable acts, Such prominence obtain,
 The whole community, both high and low,
 Cries out .for shanae, Jor s'sa'1ae.
 The remaining eleven may not wish But if they have such company to keep ;
 Theyu wish that they never had been born.
 The yeast man came on merchants day To try and do them good, But he went in silence on his way --s5@ )l And took with him his goods The conclusion to which he came "It is of no use to try; z,
 sTWlll take something more than baking yeastD
 To lift their souls on high"
 Souls, did we say7 That's not the word,
 No such word will we use; :; The deUI has no respect for such
 AS have no souls to lose.
 Yeast cakes we have, both hard and good,
 For all who wish to buy, It is at DimockS market 6'f' , Where they keep them powder dry.
 The doors of their own free will Did on their hinges open wide To let in on merchants gala excursion day
 One hundred ninety and one with pride. They found everything so cool and nice The price to us did pay, And promised to call again on us } On next years gala day. For they have found one place in town .@a Where they can get supply, And not be stripped Of all they have
 And then have their bones hung up to dry.