The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-11-03
Dontestie AlisfelIallq

"stick no bills" seen on all fences, has
only reference to bank bills.
A friend writing from Sacramento,
says be keeps five ostlers in his livery
stable. Three Of the FIVE wers formerly
Broadway dry goods clerks" and the
other two Baptist clergymen. I
The only sure basis of every govern,
ment is in the affection Of a, people, ren-
dered couteBt and happy, by the Justice
and mildness with which they are ruled.
1t is stated that there are now 1900
men employed in the BrOoklyn Navy
Yard. 4s.egg.a t4.T.g
1t was maxim Of Gen. 'Jackson's -! +
"Take time TO deliberate, but when the
time for action arrives, stop thinking"
An exchange says: "The politician
should not only be great but good
man." Itis great pity the fact was not
sooner disclosed. 39 az
Matches are now split by machinery
at the rate Of $4,000 minute. An ex-
change thinks this whl begratifying news
to persons about TO apply for a divorce!
The constitution may be injured by
over-nursing, and the mind unneryed by
being prevented from relying on its own
resources. ~ ~
Yale College has existed one hundred
and f ty-three years, and educated six
thousand students. ea m
Boston, Trey say, is the richest city IN
the ord IN proportion to its population
If its taxable property were equally diyi-e
ded, every Bostonian would have four
teen hundred and forty dollars.
Rev. Mr.. Ellinger, Of Coyington, KY.
Las been fined $2,694 and costs, for bar
barousIy beating child who had gone
mo his yard il srarch of bird that had
escaped from the little fellow.
The MilIerites have Fixed upon May 10.
+ 55, as the date Of the destruction ofthe
world. They say there will be no mistake
abou, it this time. y .- -a
Harsh words are like hailsiones in sum-
mer, which if melted, would fsrtilize the
tender plants they ba tc.' down. ~ A.
He yho betrays another's secrets be-
cause he has quarrelled with him, was
never worthy ofthe sacTcd name OF friend;.
a breach Of kindness on one side will not
justify breach Of trust on the other.
Pears are selling in Danyille, Illinois, at
10 cents per bushel.
The London Diogenes says the tele-
graph is not yet over the whole world,
Yet the news runs from pole to pole.
"Pa, amt I growing tall?"
"Why. what's your height, sonny?"
"Seven feet--lacking yard" i
Pa tainted. q.
England and Russia have not fought
with each other for 300 years.
The strongest passions allow us some
rest, but vanity keeps us perpetually in
motion. What a dust do l raisel says the
fly upou coach-wheel. And at what
rate do Idrivel says the fly upon a horse's
back.
Why are mosquitoes the most religious
of all insects? Because they first sing
over you, and then prey on you.
The American Methodists have built
churches at the rate of three per week,
and printed books at the rate Of one
minute, during the past sixty years.
"Ah, Mr.. Simpkihs, we have not chairs
enough for our company" said q gay
young wife to her frugal husband. "Plen-
" of chairs, ducky, but little too much
company, responded Simpkins. ~
Miss Pitkin says the reason she never
married is, that she never yet saw the
man for whom "she d be willing to cook
three meals of vituals every day Of her
life. ....--.
An impudent fellow says: "Show me
all the dresses woman has worn in the
course of her fife, and will write her
biography from them" .t
A boy in Jamaica was driving mule;
The animal was sullen, stopped. and turn
ed his arch nexk upon the boy as in de-
rision aud contempt: Wont go. will
you? Feel grand. do you? | geussyou
forgot your father was Jackass."
5sohy are country girls cheeks like well
printed cotton? Because they are "war-
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ran.gd to wash and keep their color.
An advocate of capital punishment ar
gurs that the gallows is calculated to efs-
cue mankind.
A drunken loafer, on recovering from a
smell of sickness, was asked whether he
HAD been afraid of meetingshis God.
"oh, no. he replied, Il was only a.
feared O. 'tother chap"
A grave-digger, who buried man by
the name of Button, sent the following
bill to the widow: ITO making Button
hole. 81" %
A county treasurer in Ohio, who is a
defaulter in the sum of $1,000. very limo.
Gently says che has no idea bow it oc-
Cured" s3yG ets a51w sa
At colored ball. the following note
mas posted upon the door7pest: sTickets
4 fifty cents.v No gentleman admitted IN
LESS he Gums hisself. e
i The Lowell Journal states that a lady
in that ciy recently inflicted a severe
cowhiding on her husband because he did
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