Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-06-18
How Bad They Feel.


The fact that Remove has been reek-
ing with smallpox for some time and
no disposition manifested to purge
themselves until the State Board of
health got after them and threatened
to fence in the town, was sufficient to
cause Robinson's circus to give that
town the go-by, not deeming it policy
to expose themselves. Accordingly
they came to Emporium and rested on
Monday, thereby adding many humid
reds of dollars to the tills of our mer-
chants-Monday being pay day with
the circus.
Of course portion of the smart ~
Alexis of Remove, more especially the
Remove News, have been in a hysteri-
cal state ever since the great circus de-
clined to stop, and appear to vent their
spite on Emporium and Kane, as fol-
lows:
A few of the historical old folks at
Emporium and Kane, who never saw
| case of smallpox, and who evidently
cherish strong feelings of living for
| ever on this earth, took it into their
heads that Remove was not a good
place for the show to stop at. They
were ably seconded by few Shiny eels
of this place, who got in their work by
direct correspondence and innuendo.
The consequence was the management
| of the Robinson circus concluded to
cancel their engagement here, even
though they lost several thousands of
| lolI IHxyt
done to appease and truckle to the
Stiffness ofa few likely old heifers in
| Remove, at Emporium and at Kane.
By not showing here their nerves will!
be spared severe shock, unless way
ward thunder storm should arise dur
ing the progress ofthe performance to-
morrow and the day after.
In justice to the management of the
Robinson circus it should be stated
that they were ready and willing to
show in Remove. They wanted to full
| fill their engagement here but the OBJ
| iections from Emporium and Kane
were such that if they stopped here
their license in the two latter villages
would be cancelled. Atleast this is the
| substance of excuse given by the Rob-
inson people. They also added that
we had people in our own midst who
were fearful of having the show ap-
pear here at this time"
The fact that several cases of small.
pox were removed from Remove last
Friday night was evidence alone that it
was dangerous to attract from the sur
rounding country hundreds of people
and if we are rightly IL ormed large
portion of Remove citi ems were not in
favor of allowing the circus to stop
there, even if they had shown a dis
position to do so, which they did not.
| AS far as we can learn, no Emporium
official notified the management of the
circus not to stop at Remove, threaten
ing to revoke their license.
Remove should clean up their town,
use little paint and whitewash some
thing the town stands sorely in need
of-and possibly, after time, some
second-class circus or Uncle Tom
troupe might be induced to stop at our
| suburban town.
I Don't take it too hard, neighbor
The fact that you missed holiday may
be a blessing in disguise.
The disgraceful language used by the
News in ventingi its disappointed spleen
on the fair names of Emporium aud
Kane cannot be accounted for, except
that the old green. eyed monster-jeal-
ously-got the better of their Judge
ment.