The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-08-03
As To The Gathering On The Harriott
Farm
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train pulled in. Quite number of per-
sons testified to having seen it.
If there was dancing for prizes" or
| any other kind of dancing the president
of the company assures me, it was done
without his knowledge, as he saw moth
| ing of the kind going on.
The most diabolical fabrication was
| that of improper conduct. At our depot
the sheriff and two railroad detectives
expressed their establishment at the or
| derby crowd. That was the expression of
all whom the writer questioned A fair
question might be put, to-wit: If
promscuous crowd of four hundred OF
our community were congregated at our
depot as the four hundred Austrians
were, could one sheriff and two railroad
officers have said of them what they
said of the Austrians? Those Austrians
can teach us many a lesson of morality
and self-restraint.
Tickets on farms were sold amongst
the Austrians, the writer has heard, but
no one heard an auctioneer The tickets
were sold by appointed agents amongst
the Austrians for thu benefit of the or
phanage.
Now, as to the communication from
Chesapeake City, signed Christian"
The writer does not feel himself compli
mented, because Christian believes
Catholic bishops and priests countenance
what is abhorrent to any decent person.
Would the writer be uncharitable in
supposing Christian" benighted enough
to believe the priest has horns and a
goats foot?
The article in last weeks WING
closed with these words:-'This COM
munity is not prepared to tolerate the
infringement of its laws or the disregard
of the Sabbath observance
II that would become true the good
people of Elkton would heave sigh of
relief. Some weeks ago number of
young people took possession of the
Constable law building from Saturday
noon till Sunday morning after eight
o'clock. The neghbors relate that their
conduct was abhorrent beyond express
sion. The language, cursing and bias
phemies was hellish Carousing all
night, they took to the street Sunday
morning continuing their drunken revel
openly Then one of them smashed a
window of Mr.. Mountains store with
beer bottle, wounding thereby his wife,
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and was unable to attend to her duties
for weeks.
The drunken crowd then entered the
home of Mr.. Mountain and offered him
one dollar for the pane smashed, and
dared him to prosecute them. The dol
lar was not accepted upon which one OF
them cried out: ITO hell with him."
That was tolerated" even on the Sab
bath.
The Saturday night and early Sunday
morning revels of drunkards about the
depot and the railroad lawns are shock
ing If anyone discredits this let him
question the express agent who lives
nearest the depot. And that is tolerated
and on the Sabbath morning.
Down in the swamp there is what some
call club house. Perhaps it's chapel,
perhaps reading rooms, perhaps Y. NJ.
C. A. ] certainly detest to think wrong
ly of any one. But some wives say, and
| know of one in particular, that the
husband spends more there in aweek
than would be needed ror her table
within the same time.
Some say six or eight kegs of beer are
drunk there weekly, including Sunday.
Some say they have seen people come
out of the club house drunk on Sunday.
Perhaps, people are slandering. But ask
the express agent who delivers the beer,
says one well informed.
And that is tolerated" even on the
Sabbath.
What about the gambling in our COM
munity? Even on the Sabbath.
Should anyone take umbrage at this
communication, then let me repeat the
old adage:
ITS the dog that's struck which
how!s." And again: It's the tight
fitting shoe that pinches."
P. p. ARND,
Pastor of the Catholic Church.
Elkton, Md, July 81, 1912.