The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-06

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"THE ALLURIN 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 buildin.
How many tickets for the circus he
got in exchange 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 .mor
ais Of this community fur worse than
as If ten saloons had been opened in
the town. The circus wagon is agin
approachin. 1t is creepin along in its
sly, insiduous way, leavin the blight
Of destruction in its path, and if sun
thin amt done Jonas Teachout's barn
will ag'in be enwrapped in the allurin
colors of vice and degradation. move
that 1t is the sense of this meetin, and
Of the community In gineral. that Jo-
mas be struggled with"
1T appears to me-" says Deacon
Spooner as Moses sat down, that q
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
cd In the moral welfare of this com
munity"
Il amt blamin Jonas tall" says ST.
las. s'He got - deadhead tickets fur
the use Of his barn, and l don't believe
anybody was the wickeder fur 1t. If
man can't gaze at circus pictures with
out goin away and stealth a bar'l of
soft soap then he ain't 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 themT
"That's pint, and l says it's a
pintp' 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
fiuence? It's fur Moses to specify
whar vice got its toehold,"
II amt sayin that any fam-lies was
busted up" continues Moses. "but Pm
tallSln bout the gineral influence ON
gineral morality A circus picture is
nuthin but a picture, but 1t suggests
lemonade and peanuts and whisky and
poker and bein out late nights They
are like pizen ivy. You come across 1t
m the woods, and 1t is fair to lock up
on, and it seems to be rooted in inno-
cence and thrivin in morality. You
handle it, and you begin to itch and
scratch and find yourself pizened. Like
a hydra headed sarpint, it lays in wait
to work destruction to the unwary. |
hope this meetin and this community
air with me and that it will be decided
to wrassle with Jonas Teachout"
'sMoses didn't seem to make pint
on the peanuts and lemonade" says
the deacon as he scratches his ear,
but he was powerful strong on that
pizen ivy bein rooted in innocence.
kin almost see whar circus pictures
might influence me to go home and
pound my old cow with sled stake If
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