The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-07-20
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THE STREET
CARNIVAL.


week, it was with proviso that
they should not obstruct Main
Street, and supervision of the
whole affair was placed in the
hands of the Street Committee of
the council, composed of Messrs.
Angle, Thurness and Lanning.
When the fair arrived, the trouble
began, and after arguments had
been exhausted, the proprietors
were permitted to place their tents
on Main Street.
Now this has provoked much.
comment, fayorable and otherwise,
but principally otherwise. Mcssrs.
Angle and Thurness have taken
the responsibility of giving the
desired permission, and it is not
reasonable to presume that they
did 80 without the express or i'm.
piled consent of the parties most
intimately affected, namely, the
business men. If the carnival was
to be permitted to show here at
all, Main Street is plainly the
logical and proper place for it.
Carnival men are not in business
for their health, not to any great
extent, at least; but it is safe to
say that the majority of them will
spend large part of their gross
receipts in the place where they
show, and comfortable percent
age of their expenses is composed
of dimes which come from people
who would not spend it otherwise.
We have the testimony of the
Mayor of Upper Sandusky, where
the carnival was located just be-
fore it came to Logan, that it has
fewer Objectionable features than
most organizations of its kind, al
though it is plain that these feat
ures cannot be entirely eXpunged.
The main proposition is this: it
promotes the circulation of money.
That is good for the business men,
because they get good part of it;
it is good for the people from the
country, for. it has an educational
side. 1t is good for the people of
Logan, for there is n diversion,
amusement and moderate excite
ment in it, and these all help, in
city or country, to make life lit
tie more pleasant. We pity the
man who hasn't the time to be a
little giddy occasionally, and we
love to see the -mouthed
masses educated by little contact
with the spieler, the CRATER and
Utopian giganticum of wonders
from the four corners of the globe.
We are supported in this opin-
ion by Tom Collins and Ham
Meldrim; so con with the dance,
let joy be unconfined."
ATTENDANT SCENES.
His honor has been kept "on the
jump" figuratively, this week, by
the friendly social scraps preva-
lent among the street-fair men.
At the present rate there will soon
be funds enough in the various de-
partments of the administration
to pay off all the bonded and other
Indebtedness, and leave a tidy
sum for emergencies.
Thomas Wilson and Chas. Bailey
were arrested Monday evening by
Officer Davey, on the charge of
disorderly conduct. 1t developed
that Wilson, who is pugilist of
some reputation, "sloughed" Mr.,
Bailey with great emphasis, in the
eye, after some trouble had risen
between Bailey, who is the "spiel-
err for Darkness and Dawn, y
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and his employers. Bailey's fine
and costs amounted to 40, and
Mr.. Wilson dug up $4. 40 for his.
r. Toomey also got his Monday
evening. He and his nephew
operate the merry-go-round. AS
the latter did not seem to go round
merrily enough, Mr.. Toomey ar
gued the matter with his nephew,
finally decorating his eye with
beautiful Swiss sunset in purple
and green. Toomey came down to
; hear the trial of Wilson and
Bailey, and was promptly pinched
by Marshal Armstrong, later, shell
: ling out $40.
William Burns, employed on the
"VendOme" and "Train- Robbers, u
was discharged without wages,