SUNDAY DESECRATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sib,— Aft one who firmly believes in the great advantages of Sabbath observance to any community, I beg to enter my protest against tie illegal -and discreditable habit indulged in by several of our self -esteemed and respectable townsmen, of going si-snoot-ing on that day, and so shamelessly close proximity teethe town, as to l>e> a! constant source of annoyance to its law-abiding citizens. young men occupying fading positions in pubKe t or private institutions, should so far forget themselves* and their antecedents, is incredible. Mow can we wonder at the larrikin element treating with indifference every thing sacred and lawful when men, from | whom we have a right to expect something a long Way better, show such a vicious example ? Hoping, sir. that you wilt- use the powerful influence of the Press in checking* those immoral developments which tend to disintegrate society, and that the delinuqente will take the hint and '• sin no more."— -I am, &c., - : . ■"■^"■■^'■'v PiaEoir. [There is no earthly law agafzist shooting on Suiiday^EblPiSij
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 116, 1 May 1888, Page 2
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177SUNDAY DESECRATION. Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 116, 1 May 1888, Page 2
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