Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09

1.-THE ALLURIN COL0RS OF VICE AND DE9RA-
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 II
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 If ten saloons had been opened in
the town. The circus wagon is ag'in
approachin. 1t is creepin along in its
sly, insiduous way, leayin 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. l move
that 1t is the sense Of this meetin, and
of the community in gineral, that 10.
mas be struggled with"
1T 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 degrade
ton, l 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 81
las. "He got II deadhead tickets fur
the use of his barn, and don't believe
anybody was the wickeder fur 1t. If a
man can't gaze at circus pictures with
out goin away and stealth a barl 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 them"
That's pint, and l says it's n
pint" 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
fuence? It's fur Moses to specify
whar vice got its toehold."
81 amt sayin that any families was
busted up" continues Moses, but Pm
talkin bout the gineral influence on
gineral morality. A circus picture is
nuthin but picture, but it suggests
lemonade and peanuts and whisky and
poker and bein out late nights. They
are like pizen ivy. You come across 1t
in the woods, and it is fair to look up
on, and it seems to be rooted in inno-
cence and thrivin In morality. You
handle II, and you begin to itch and
scratch and find yourself pizened. 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 it will be decided
to wrassle with Jonas Teacbout."
"Moses didn't seem to make a pint
on the peanuts and lemonade" says
the deacon as he scratches his ear,
"but he was powerful strong on that
plZen 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 IL
she didn't keep her tail still while /
was milkin, but I'm willin to hear more
arguments. Enos Williams, you driy'
by that barn twice n day all summer
How did them pictures affect your"
mot much different from a huskln
bee" says Enos. 81 didn't feel no
feelin's of wickedness stealth Ger me,
but did sort Of make fool of myself
] found soft spot In the barnyard and
tried to turn handspring, and fun
about two hours they thought my neck
was busted. I'm thinkin that hard cider
has more glneral influence on gineral
morality in this community than cir
Gus pictures"
tits pint" shouts the deacon as
he waves his cane on high; ''it's a
pint nobody kin git over! It's hard
cider that's backin vice all over this
county and h'istln innocence over the
fence whenever they meet. However,
1t may be that circus pictures also
have their influence. Moses, have you
got any more argymentsY
"Of what user says Moses as he
heayes sigh and turns away. Wasn't
Sedan warned? Did Sedan heed it?
When vice stalks rampant through ev-
cry household In Jericho and innocence
Is drlv' to the fields to sit under a
blackberry bush and weep, then re-
member what have said here tonight.
! amt denyin that hard cider 10 blunt
In our morality, but when you add cir.
Gus pictures to hard cider what do
you do?"
Eyes, Sedan was warned, and Sod
am fell says the deacon as he shakes