The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-06-27

Jonas Teachout. whose barn faces the
highway mile outside Of this town
allowed the circus wagon To paste NJ
pictures on three sides of the buildin
How many tickets for the circus III
has nuthin 10 do with the question
What I'm sayln 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 I'm
the town The circus wagon Is ag in
approaehin. II Is ercepin along In Its
sly, insiduous way, leayin the blight
Of destruction in Its path, and II sun.
thin amt done Jonas Teachouts barn
Will ag'tn be enwrapped in the allurin
colors of vice and degradation. l move
that II Is the sense Of this meetin, and
OF the community in gineral. that 10.
mas be struggled with"
ut appears TO me-" says Deacon
Spooner as Moses sat down, that a
pint has bin made. When Moses talks
of allulin colors OF vice and degrade
ton, | seem to see before me them pie
lures of wlmen jumpln through paper
iOOp5s 4 u lAhS w ituA iiphi
Silas Lapham. | reckon he's interest
cd In the moral welfare of this com
munity."
81 amt blamin Jonas tall" says 81
las. "He got IL deadhead tickets fur
the use of his barn, and don't believe
anybody was the wickeder fur II. If n
man can't gaze at circus pictures with
out goin away and stealth BARI 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 themf"
That's pint and | says It's a
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
fluence2 It's fur Moses to specify
whar vice got its toehold."
81 ain't sayin that any families was
busted up" continues Moses, but Pm
talkln bout the gineral influence on
glneral morality. A circus picture IS
nutbin but n picture, but It suggests
lemonade and peanuts and whisky and
poker and beln out late nights. They
are like plzen Ivy. You come across 1t
In the woods, and II Is fair to look up
on, and II seems to be rooted in limo
cence and thriyiD In morality. You
handle 1t. and you begin to itch and
scratch and find yourself plZened. Like
hydra headed sarpint, 1t lays In walt
to work destruction to the unwary. /
hope this meetln and this community
air with me and that 1t will be decided
to wrassle with Jonas Teachout."
"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
pizen Ivy beln rooted In Innocence. !
kin almost see whar circus pictures
might lnlGCEce Me to go home and
pound my CID COW with a sled stake IL
she didn't keep her tail stlll while
was mllkin. but I'm willin to hear more
arguments Enos Williams, You dry
by that barn twice a day all summer.
How did them pictures affect you?"
'Not much different from huskln
bee" says Enos II didn't feel no
feelin's OF wickednpss stealth Ger me.
but | did sor' of make fool OF myself.
! found a soft spot In the barnyard aud
tried to turn a handspring and fur
about two hours they thought my neck
was busted. I'm thlnkin that hard cider
has more gineral Influence on gineral
morality In this community than cir
Gus pictures"
ITS a pint" shouts the deacon as
he waves his cane on high; "lt's a
pint nobody kin git overt It's hard
cider that's backln vice all over this
county and h'istin innocence over the
fence whenever they meet However,
It may be that circus pictures also