The Fielding Star. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1883. Larrikinism.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 98, 1 May 1883, Page 2

The Fielding Star. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1883. Larrikinism.

.'hox ti.ue to time wo hove poi.ilod i our Mie rxisteneo ni' a stronjr In-rikin I ch-ii-e"! t'rnt v-xi.-us in onr n>iri.-r : nro our contiuual recurrence ro tlie unpleasant t-u!>p<ct is made rn>ces-ary by tlie fact ot' there being fu-qaent ebulJi;ions on tbe part of its members. Continue.! complaints reach us of assemblies of unwieldy hoodlums near places of public resort, or where persons iv any number have to pass on tbeir way to public worship ou the Sabbath day. Tlie young men collected appear to take a filthy pleasure in u-u'ng lhe most disgusting expressions and performing filthy acts when ladies or clergymen are compelled to pass them. 'J he immunity that has followed these offences in the past has made tho perpetrators more bold, and ihe knowledge that no evil consequences are likely to fo low promptly on the commission of offences against decency appears to give aa additional zest to their wickedness. The time has now arrived lor prompt remedial measures to bejtakea. The law abiding part of the public can no longer put up with their wives and daughters being subjected to insult wben walkinir abroad in ihe public streets. If the multifarious duties of the constable in charge of the district prevent him from properly attending to this matter, then each citizen must take it in hand and use every possible means io crubh th« evil, and if this fails, then more police assistance must be applied for. As in previous articles we have expressed strong opinions on the subject of iho neglect ot parents towards their children, it is hardly necessary to go over the same ground again. We can ouly repeat that they are morally responsib'f for tbe blackguardisms ot their children, aud any legal" punishment, wish irs concomitant dis race which i bey may incur, will be reflec;od buck ou ihe parents. As a correspondent observes in aDother colinuw, many oi the worst youngsters are known to have been, at one time in their short lives, excellent Sunday School attendants. It is a pity that the good seed should have been sown on such unfruitful ground. Another phase of the larrikin element was displayed on Saturday night last, when so, we disciples of Bacchus amused themselves al rhe expense of their fellow citizens, by changing sign and notice boards, pulling up posts, and committing the usual foolish vagaries oi drunken men. In justice to the perpetrators we must admit there was no " malicious injury to property," inasmuch a* whatever articles were removed were not broken or damaged in any way, and very little expense was necessary to replace them. But still we a«-e sorry to see this sort of " pleasantry" existing in the Borough, because it is impossible tv say what it may lead to. The experience of large towns has been that in the c d serious damage to property invariably results, and then follows tl.e arrest of the would-be jesters, which is followed by fine, imprisonment and disgrace. The law mu<t ultimately be victorious ; therefore we would in a friendly spirit advise the young men who congregate in the public streets ou Sunday, either to stay at home or to attend some place of worship, (either course will be better for them), and their fellow ciiizons will not have cause to reg«et their presence in the township.