St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
About Sunday Hunting.

Madisonvili ", septsss, lls..
/ Editor st. TAM IAN fAsaE,4| Ri hi
lxYsI saw 10 tha lasE Satard1I' d. ~
1fGEk that the Police jury 9 tlsis
Parish Is ,ry.s propose new
Sunday law, with the object of pre-
venting hunting on Sunday, and /
would be very thankful 10 YOU II
you would give room to few re.
tmarks on tl,ezeubject in tie columns
OF sour esteemed paper
The first thing that would like
to know is the object Of the law, as
the game law recently passed seems
tn me 10 protect very justly and
fully every species OF game that
needs to be protected. 1t cannot
be that the Police Jury has suddenly
become religious, and reflected thst
Sunday being the day Of the Lord
it would be gricvous SID and q
crime 10 kill any Of his creatures On
that day. 1t those reverend gent e
men have really taken that turn of
mind. IT seems TO my poor uRso.
phistlcated and untutcred mind,
that they are trying 10 run too many
hares At one time, as there is already
one Sunday law ON tue Statutes OF
this Parish which, as they know
personally, is being violated every
Sunday, from Slideil TO the line of
Washington Parish. l refer to the
Sunday law about drinking and
gambling in public places, which Is
ont shadow Of law all through this
Parish, simply because 1t is not
popular with the people. Does the
Police Jury want to have another
viols ted law ON the statute books !?
Let them first see that the present
law be enforced as 1t ought to be.
They remind me IT the little boy
who, having hen to SCI, set her on
thirty eggs, and when his mother
asked him the reason why he had
doae that, said that lie wanted TO
see how much she could spread her
self. Tie Police Jury might find
itself in the same fix as the Lep,
who Was unable IL cover all her
eggs.
On the other hand, if they are in |
earnest about it, the immediate re-
suit would be that the poor man
who has to work for living would |
have - give up hunting, or that he
would have to lay of to enjoy his
pleasure. Whom would it profit:
Nobody sut the rich, who can a.
ford 10 90 hunting during tae week.
And yet tue poor man has al equal
right 10 the game with the rich
man, or else the Constitution Of the
United States, which declares all
men equal before the law, Is funda.i
wrong. 1t caunot be that
hose gentlemen of tue Police Jury
intend 10 favor one class to the det-
'iment OF the other; if they do, it is
high time for the people OF this
PARISH, to signify their will ON the
'ubject. Besides, that particular
AZ would have far more serious Z,
fleet on the younger generation.
The boys. from l6 years up, who
will 90 hunting on Sunday, will GER
ainly fad another outlet for their I
pirits, and that outlet IN too many
ases will be the saloon or tile gam q
ling hell. 1t certainly will not be =
he church, except In very few in- {
ivldual cases. where the attraction
':ll more likely be pair Of bright :
yes in the church than the church /
self.
l really think tina, such a law
'ould he made for thu express pur
ose Of being violated, and as such
annot fail of being injurious to the
ubllc mind. And il the people of
his Parish have sayso about it. it I
NIL never become law
Hoping that some more eloquent
dversary Of this project OF law will o
rise, beg to remain, dear SIT,
Yours thankfully, !
l. i D[1RTTTSS0N