The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-29

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''THE ALLUR1N CoLoRs OF VICE AND DEGRA-
DATIoN. "
Jonas Teachout. whose barn faces the
highway mile outside'of this town,
allowed the circus wagon to paste up
pictures on three sides Of the bulldin.
How many tickets for the circus he
got in exchange l do not know, and It
has nuthin to do with the question.
What I'm sayin is that them pictures,
in my solemn belief shocked the NOR.
ais Of this community fur worse than
as ii ten saloons had been opened in
the town The circus wagon Is ag'in
approachin. 1t is creepin along in its
sly, insiduous way, leavin the blight
OF destruction in It's path, and If sun
thin amt done Jonas Teachout's barn
will ag'in be enwrapped in the allurin
colors Of vice and degradation. l move
that it is the sense Of this meetin, and
Of the community in gineral, that Jo-
mas be struggled with"
at appears to me-" says Deacon
Spooner as Moses sat down, that a
pint has bin made. When Moses talks
of allurin colors of vice and degrada-
ton, seem to see before me them pic
lures Of wimen jumpin through paper
hoops. However, I'd like to hear from
Silas Lapham. / reckon he's interest
ed in the moral welfare of this COM
munity."
81 amt blamin Jonas tall" says ST.
las. "He got - deadhead tickets fur
the use Of his barn, and don't believe
anybody was the wickeder fur it. If a
man can't gaze at circus pictures with
out goln away and stealth a bar'l of
soft soap, then he amt no man. Did
any wife run away from her husband
because Of them pictures? Did any
husband elope with the hired gal be-
cause of themY
That's pint, and l says it's u
p'intw eXclaims the deacon as he hus-
ties about. "Them circus pictures was
ON that barn fur two months, but what
family was busted up through their in
luencei It's fur Moses to specify
whar vice got its toehold."
81 amt sayin that any famTies was
busted up" continues Moses, "but I'm
talkin bout the gineral influence on
glneral morality. A circus picture is
nuthin but n picture, but It suggests
lemonade and peanuts and whisky and
poker and beln out late nights. They
are like pizen ivy. You come across It
in the woods, and it is fair to look up
on, and 1t seems to be rooted in inno-
cence and thriyin In morality. You
handle it, and you begin to itch and
scratch and find yourself plzened. Like
hydra headed sarpint, 1t lays in wait
to work destruction to the unwary.
hope this meetin and this community
air with me and that 1t viii be decided
to wrassle with Jonas Teachout."
"Moses didn't seem to make IA pint
on the peanuts and lemonade" says
the deacon as he scratches his ear
''but he was powerful strong on that
pizen ivy beln rooted in innocence. !
kin almost see whar circus pictures
might influence me to go home and
pound my old COW with a sled stake II
she didn't keep her tail stlll while
was milkin, but Pm willin to hear more
arguments. Enos Williams, you driv
by that barn twice a day all summer
How did them pictures affect your"
mot much different from a husklr
bee" says Enos. II didn't feel nc
feelin's Of wickedness stealth DER me
! bat / did sort of make a fool Of myself
] found u soft spot in the barnyard and
tried to turn a handspring, and fun
about two hours they thought my necl
was busted. I'm thinl1ln that hard cider
has more gineral influence on ginera
morality IN this community than cir
| Gus pictures"
TITS a p'lntr shouts the deacon az
he waves his cane on high, ITS {
pint nobody kin git over! It's hard
cider that's bacSin vice all over this
county and h'istin innocence over the
fence whenever they meet. However
it may be that circus pictures alsC
have their influence. Moses, have yol
got any more argymentsT
"Of what user" says Moses as b,
heaves sigh and turns away. WASH
Sedan warned2 Did Sedan heed it
When vice stalks rampant through ev
cry household in Jericho and innocenc
is drly' to the fields to sit under
blackberry bush and weep, then re
member what have said here tonight
l amt denyin that hard cider is blunt
In our morality, but when you add cir
Gus pictures TO hard cider what IL
you doY
Eyes, Sedan was warned, and Sod
am fell" says the deacon as he shake
his head. "b2 I'd like TO hear fron