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

N.Y.
"THE ALURIN CoLoRs OF VICE AND DEGRA-
DATIoN."
Jonas Teachout, whose barn faces the
highway u 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 1 do not know, and it
has nuthin to do with the question.
What Pm sayln 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, leavin the blight
of destruction in its path, and II sun
thin amt done Jonas Teachout's barn
will ag'in be enwrapped in the allurin
colors Of vice and degradation. move
that it is the sense of this meetin, and
of the community in gineral that Jo.
mas be struggled WITH
"It 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. "IIe got 70 deadhead tickets fur
the use of his barn, and l 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 them|
That's pint, and says it's u
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
fuence? It's fur Moses to specify
whar vice got it's toehold."
81 amt sayin that any famlIes was
busted up" continues Moses, "but I'm
tallSin bout the glneral influence on
glneral 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 1t is fair to look up
on, and 1t seems to be rooted in lnno-
cence and thrivin In morality. You
handle It, and you begin to itch and
scratch and find yourself plzened. Like
a 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 win be decided
to wrassle with Jonas Teachout."
'Moses 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
plzen Ivy ben rooted in innocence.
kin almost see whar circus pictures
might influence me to go home and
pound my old COW with a sled stake If
she didn't keep her tail still while
was milkin, but Pm wlllin to hear more
arguments. Enos Williams, you driv'
by that barn twice a day MI summer.
How did them pictures affect your
mot much different from a huskln
bee" says Enos. II didn't feel no
feelin's Of wickedness stealth DER me,
but / did sort of make a fool Of myself.
] found a soft spot in the barnyard and
tried to turn a handspring, and fur
nbout two hours they thought my neck
was busted. I'm thinkin 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 Oh high; ''it's n
pint nobody kin git over! It's hard
cider that's backln vice all over this
county and h'lstln innocence over the
fence whenever they meet. However,
1t may be that circus pictures also
have their influence. Moses, have you
got any more argymentsr
"Of what useT says Moses as he
heaves a sigh and turns away. Wasn't
Sedan warned? Did Sedan heed iii
When vice stalks rampant through ev.
cry household In Jericho and innocence
Is drly' to the fields to sit under d
blackberry bush and weep, then re
member what l 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 40
you dol"
Eyes, Sedan was warned, and Sod
am fell" says the deacon as he shakes
his head. 'ba4 I'd like to hear from