Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-06-05
Leap-Frog and Freight Trains.


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EDIrok CoURrER:
read your articles on SUNDAY base
ball. az well ss a comment on sermon
which had been delivered against such
ainusements on sunday Without seem
ing either sarcastic or faceiious. | sun.
pose protest against PLAYING leap-frog
aud riding freight trains on Suudsy will
be the next thing in order, a. observed
about twenty young men and boys ON
the tie lot last Sunday engaged IN play
ing the dangerous aud boisterous game
OF leap-frog. The preceding Sunday
observed more than dozen young men
and boys dismeunting from freight
train near the Berryville depot. They
were returning, I was told, from a base
ball game In the neighborhood of either
ltippon or Gaylord. Incidentally might
remark thai think l also noticed well
known Rerryville pastor and the editor
OF the COURIER walking down the rail
road last Sunday afternoon, and they
must have observed the leap frog game
in progress. OF course may be mis-
taken sbout these gentlemen. hut II
looked very much like them. low il
seems To me that the opinion prevails lin
certain quarters, az least) that anything
done on Sunday that Is not absolutely
necessary" constitutes violation of the
Bible law regarding the Sabbath day and
Keeping IL holy
Certainly the hrilIiau, editor and ,i,..
good pastor (if /, was lheD,) csnns,t saw
that their Sunday afternoon walk VS.
absolutely necessary" lf il WAS not
necessary, then You are sirness. auh II
strikes me thai you ought 10 let up in
your protests against Sunday basebsH
Will you please publish The abovey
THE CASUAL OBSERVER.
DEARLY beloved, you certainly are
shooiin- mighty straight The editor
was out for = walk Sunday afternoon. in
company with two gerilrmen, and we
dii also observe the leap frog game with
ali-of It's dangers) in full swing We
were just earthly enough to stop aud look
at the game for a momen'. Returning
from viewing the dangerous game, we
also observed well know n Bcrryville
minister, but, as he 'as attending sirickly
TO bis own business. was no, injurins or
interfering with anyone, we really didn't
feel called iO .repsrI him to the police.
We observed that no one had been killed.
no one seriously manned ar iniuiei IN
bfl lea f~,, 4
The neigbbors were the proper persons
10 report the matter Dust as they did the
baseball games). You have got the
wrong pig by the tail. however. when
you imagine tha, we were oppos-
ing the Sunday baseball game, although
you say that you read our articles on
that subject. We took and still take the
view that Sunday baseball will be play, d.
somewhere and somehow, by the Berry
vile boys; and we thought Il better TO
have those things near town. where the
police could prevent disorder, drunken
ness and fighting, rather than drive the
players out in the country, where they
coulc do just about as they pleased
Your remarks concerning the freight.
train riders and the game near Rippon
or Gaylord helps our argument, We think
Not meaning to offend you, understand.
we may remark that the editor is like
yourself in being a sinner or the enjoy
ment of the out.of doors constitutes a
sin). We agree with you that the general
view taken by some ministers Is that
anything done on Sunday that is not alb
soiuiely necessary constitutes sin
against the Bible. We recall a sentence
TO that effect in the sermon which we
recently heard, as well as the comment
that he who offends in one thing ofrends
in all. As remarked once before. we do
not attempt to set up q code of morals
for church members Their own con
science and the criticism of their fellow
member ought 10 tell them where they
stand. But we want to know what the
code of morals is for the man who dosn't
belong TO any church lie is the fellow
who is most interested. We would like
10 discuss the question further with YOU.
Mr.. Casual Observer. Your letter reads
as though you also wanted to find the
code of morals for the great unwashed },
Come again.-THE EDITOR