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Show B .," SEXSEWSS AML'-SEHEXTS. ! J '"$ rrfJ We belikve in tho necessity and "' ;iy lijneCfSdr recreation. We rejoice "t jig when working people taken holi- i j i jffi day. Legal holidays aro not any i ? S " nluea' wo would not limit I J them a day but would rather add ' -; ImS " 'he '' Aniuwnent can not , UjB always bo highly intellectual or lp greatly instructive. Relaxation of . VSc. mindj or body, or loth, is the object Em; in view in taking a holiday. There- s rgc fore anything that necessitates great I (H exertion, mental or physical, does I -Mb . not aceomj!i.-h the end intended. ' 3f A little fun and nonsense is Iu- I mh cficial to the ordinary man as well I 15t as the child. But it is : rft 'wt the l-e-all and end-all of fVBi existence, and when carried to extreme is injurious to the iudi- r$ ; vldual and to society. J The spirit of th a;e is one of folly ' . and nfesssure reeking. It seems as I. though inany soj)e look upon amusement as the chief object of existence. ex-istence. And youug folks are drinklm; In of this spirit in copious J draught?, '-lava of pleasure more y " than Josrs of Gad," was one of the i j r apostolic descriptions of the jieople j ! of the latter days. It was true to ' the letter. . A ehock ought to be put upon yj-. immoderate indulgence. The wise T; will exert themselves in this direc- , . Uon. And whea recreation is I needed, it ought to t of Mich a '- character that after it isovertlierc ,-5 " will not he a feeling that 4he time ; - !8 t lia9 l-eon vasted or worfe tlian J -I wasted. Jk- " This "carnival," that has stt all , y - Jt Northern Utah agog for a week; can lytil I auybwiysee any fcense or benefit jn F '4 'Wiiy,"komeone will tay, -is . " it not a Wgadverti-ementfor Utah S - X and for Ogden in particular?" We itrf tf' ' reply, if that is so, it is a very cx- JS f i jien-iro advertisement and one SA more likely to exhibit the Territory M in the light of folly than anything '; - We have yet to hear from a tingle g. individual an expression of satis- J faction, either in the thing itself or f iu its result. It was foolery from be- ?' ginning to id. T1A; "tournament" fi ... was but a tarry buriejue oil the J name. It was mere child's play and g not even the shadow of the real p thing that ideated tile people of the ,..j . " old world centuries ago. fc 1 S& Tbc "kx titles, too, had not even lii f.- the merit of wit or of humur. They " :J n-cre only sound signifying nothing. '4'S or (oft soap for sjft pates. They "-?aSi3 wero eickeuing to conmon sense, t' 2 tspeaally ala timi when the nation JS was comaiemorating its entire relief ' iSm ttaai tfcs thr4klooi of monarchical '' Ifa and aristocratic domination and all l' 3 tlieevilsanlojpnwsioosol the feu- tr, rS-j ial system. !j9 Ziabta, iiatl, confusion, crowding . ' i"M of masses without order, ur plea-ure, '4- i3 or intelligence, or g-auiue amuse- - 'S meat, drinking, cxrousiug, hurly- vVj 3 barlyand reckkssnes. with a few p '. ';! accldentj, fatal and otherwi-e, and 3? . i$M- asjiicldeor so thrown in, make up "'-"' 3 the aim of tho senrits "carulval." ''- 'S Who aro "eaeu'eJ except the '- 1 jfl jiroprietoB of tlrlnkiag places and J tfW tow and Vila resorLC Will It tend ': ii el9TaJ tIlu n"ee, beautify the ': ig tuwn, impart any useful iufurma- 'i l'M tion, give nsw energy to those who rr. i wasted lime and money in traveling 7 '- t,S to see it and b; jiamel together in 'i''! ' ' tho hot and noisy ttree:? If any .J other then we hive nimed are fcatfs- ;.",jl Sed and can thaw the qood this J' -JHL .. - eo-called' carnival" has eflected we wt' . . would like to know it, as we do not 9r " " wish to be too censorious and will ' SrSt natwilfullyniifrepresiiitanylhing. - 1lil f cout&e lt wIU he said we are 'bS ' "beliinuthetimi,"or that wu are EHl " ''prejudiced," or tlut we wish to j6':'J prevent amusement. Hut at llie t'SNI - ' rii: f bel"s unIP"tar with a cer-MJk3 cer-MJk3 tain class, wo simply tell the truth. -T "v,lJ though some will be angry be- Mi cure of this, in their hearts, the tsjrahj thousandswho have pronounced the ' MiiJL wiiole tKi?uiess a fizile and a fraud, ?MEM willocIiooursrcntiraentsandeudorM; 1 f-sfl every word wo have said. !! JeS' ,ls 'clve am!,ssraeui, by all ''K' "loans in their proper time and " ' waan, and let them be as frequent ' 3? "a is conA-tent with graver matters. ifjC R"1 Ulenl he at Iea''t rational ffiii " aud-arderly. and really recreative, 335 anJ l aoi Iet u -'"co!"3'; the jfc?4 iilest folly and absurdity with no jfc'V possihle coo3 results. Foroursakes ' i ; "3(1 ' 8a'!B of our children. In us "c: rt same restraint uion this in- 3 tj rreaslng rash on the wide road of m J fceaselesB amusements, fal-ely called B ! .pleasure and relaxation. 3 ,?, |
