Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-10-10
SABBATH DISSERTATION.

Railroad companies should attacn
stock car to each excursion train, In Or
der to accommodate the two-legged hog,
who is always in evidence to mar the
pleasure of respectable and well-bred
people. Some of these hogs insist upon
smoking vie "three-fers' and cigarettes
in the cars with ladies. even when re-
ouested not to do so by the LADIES';
while the razor-back variety will drink
TO drunkenness and use language that
would disgust sailor. The wild-hog,
raised in the redbrush and pennyroyal,
not being used to indoor life, throws
open the car windows, gives everyone
in the Car cold, and makes tour OF
the train about every fifteen minutes,
falling from side to side and jostling the
passengers On the trip to Wheeling,
apparently innocent girls were seen to
stand up in the car and drink whiskey
with their escorts as if it was an accom-
plishment to be proud of. Men drank
in the presence of ladies with impunlty
and became boisterous. The police did
their duty so far as it was in their pow
er. but they could not make hog act
the gentleman. Therefore, we suggest
a stock car on all trains, for the railroad
hogs.-Harrison County Herald.
The remarks of the Herald are more
or less timely, perhaps, but what else
can be expected from Sunday excur-
sion? A frolic designed without re-
gard to the sacredness Of the Sabbath,
and deliberately desecrating "the
Lords own day" is not the sort of
pleasure that respectable and we'll
bred people" should be looking for.
Those who indulge in such pleasure,
must expect plenty of evil company
with the attendant annoyances.
To get at the root OF the trouble,
the Herald should pitch in to the
railroad managers that encourage the
running of the Sunday excursions.
1t is an evil that is growing, and a
sense of responsibility ought to be
pressed upon the president and man
ayers Of every railroad that permits
this particular form of offense against
the laws of God and man. 1t may be
that the silly wretch who responds to
the alluring advertisements Of the
railroad company and gets drunk on
these excursions should be jailed, but
the responsible official who originates
and affords the opportunity, and who
is really the guilty party in the break
ing of the Sabbath, should have his
name held up as the man who dehes
the sentiment of the good people OF
the community and who disregards a
divine law so clearly designed for the
good of humanity. Of course the
same old argument will be made that
the Sunday excursion is meant to give
opportunity for the enjoyment of
travel and pleasant outing that many
persons cannot take advantage of on
any other day of the week. We do
not believe that this is the truth. An
excursion on any other day-Monday
or Saturday or the days between-at
the same low rates would, in our opin-
ion, carry as large crowds. Of course
the railroad companies, soulless cor
porations, are concerned only about
the money to be made. The officials
who control these corporations, how
ever, have an individual responsibility
that they cannot evade, and the pres
ident of the company himself should
be made to feel the odium of such
wholesale Sabbath breaking. 1t is an
inconsistent policy, too, that attempts
to keep employees out liquor saloons
while at the same time they are liter
ally forced to violate the Sabbath.
The Sunday excursion is an unmiti-
gated evil, an unnecessary evil, a
growing wrong.