Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-01-09

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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 butldin.
How many tickets for the circus hs
got in exchange l do not know, and 1t
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 IL 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 IL sun.
thin ain't done Jonas Teachout's bara
VIII - =. be enwrappeG IN the a2lurin
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"
ut 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 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."
II 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 1t. II q
man can't gaze at circus pictures with
out goln away and stealth 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 a pint, and I says it's .
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
fluence? It's fur Moses to specify
whar vice got Its toehold."
81 amt sayin that any families was
busted up" continues Moses, "but I'm
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 Il
In the woods, and 1t is fair to look up
on, and 1t 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
hydra headed sarpint, It lays In wait
to work destruction to the unwary.
hope this meetin and this community
air with me and that 1t will be decided
to wrassle with Jonas Teachout."
''Moses didn't seem to make q 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. i
kin almost see whar circus pictures
might influence me to so home and
pound my old COW with sled stake If
she didn't keep her tail still while 1
was milkin, but I'm willln to hear more
fragments. Enos Williams, you driv'
by that barn twice a day all summer.
How did them pictures affect your
"Not much different from huskin
bee" says Enos. II didn't feel nc
feelln's Of wickedness stealth DER me
but l did sort Of make fool of myself
found a soft spot in the barnyard and
tried to turn handspring, and fur
about two hours they thought my nech
was busted. I'm thinkin that hard cider
has more gineral influence on gineral
morality In this community than cir
Gus pictures"
TITS p'intr shouts the deacon u
he waves his cane on high; "it's Z
pint nobody kin git over! It's hard
cider that's backin vice all over thii
county and h'istin innocence over the
fence whenever they meet. However
it may be that circus pictures alst
nave their influence. Moses, have yoa
got any more argymentsT'
| "Of what useY says Moses as b.
heaves q sigh and turns away. WASH
Sedan warned? Did Sedan heed Il
When vice stalks rampant through "
cry household in Jericho and innocence
is driv' to the fields to sit under |
blackberry bush and weep, then n
member what have said here tonight
/ amt denyin that hard cider Il blunt
In our morality, but when you add Oh
Gus pictures to hard cider what q
you dor
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