The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-01-17

dOfmaking many rbooks theresis no
end" One man. cannot find time to
read even tEe yspaper notices of,pew
books. y But he can get "A atolerablegp9-
ton of hatthe .booksmakers are doing.
An editor Of q widely circulating news
paperrnay wellIsay, no that my enemy
would write a book! !"uoH He icould take
critical Eevepges !, He could Z make peor
pie dislike the book before they readit.
The nnmbef9 bfs leaves Of books SisS
with the numhefof leayesof the forest,
Whether they all contribute'to the heal
fhg of, the nation is, a gdsbateable anes-
tiOnsa 1T isbetter Tor the people to read
weak books that are not vicious, than,,to
read none atall.55 o1e y9aroom3d sdTl'
% The bookTmakingf mania has its in
conyeniences. It is said that the atoms
that make up this globe might be com.
pressed into the space Of g few cubic
inches; so, what is said jim sbfpe, volt
umes Of faeight hundred pages might be
as satisfactorily said OH one page ti1h
time, thedtwenty orr more histOries'Iot
the late war %illsbe condensed into 4
single chapter Of, universal history siss
baiHhe Germans are voliminous writer's
One, huge volume serves only. 70 intro
duoe subjeots And they seldom fail
to raiseaa f0g. aob -eoE s3i,ed s2''lioi ioa !l
s,,1trssq5iuliireso 4 long catalogue to name
allthe general departments ofnadthor-
ship. "a To say poetry, felton, sphilosos
ply, biography, historyg travel, anddoz-
| ems more, is Only hint; and new del
partments are, added The end, By no
means, seems tooodraw nighar Why
| shouldit? Already the field ofth6ught
is so wide that each mind may have q
world of Its own. ioIt is not necessary
that each book should be written for the
perusal of generations to come. Indeed
the books that haYs lived longest were
earnestly, written for a Pasfi~MEprfssnt.
The orations.of Demosthenes were'Rrit-
ten to arouse the Atastians., y s, e. & 's,n "a, q,
| !, Fiction has much less to do now with
the "heroic loEer''zsthan formeryg i
takes higher ground. a. It exchanges the
nonsense of loye+r-when it dealswi!hail
at all4-for the philosophy and moral
beauty oflove., Dickens has employed
the power of fiction for the illustratiOu
| ofhdman nature Others teach lessons
| Of christianity.eo Sensible people, forthe
most part, read spafihgiy Of fiction
And we trust that The time scomiHs
when attention may be secured without
this appearance gofa guiiej when nst
thoughts nor facts will heed toibe cloth
ed in fiction etooinduce people % read
when fiction viii, be an excluded De-
partmsnt.of- literature s-and when books
will mean, exaetlyTwhat they say. Tgu .
One Of the most gigantic evils Ih'cd
broad land receives the coolest consid'
Grafton of the press tits MoRMoNIsM
The system of African slavery from small
beginnings Increased, almost unnotlced
until it became a power in, the land tha
spurned controhandA received its death.
stroke only ,Bs the Bloody hand Of ar
awful.H@. SO the SyytsM Sf sIel'Gn N
/, slavery in Utah is entering upon thu
4 same kind Of history. Brigham
{, Yoapg's harem isIthe, foul laberatqrYqp
terrific evils to the country. Mormon
ism is but feebly rebdked. Indeed, 81
!, etfectual ID, their reign Of terEoFith
nOte.taking bAtG tGentilesl isbnt seldom re-
, port the cOrrdptionsof the city Of "sa1s' ,sal1s'
Yet, enough, from tIme4t to time ha
found way toithepress to,establish tn
following points offsct; ,slas,Ia pos lag 9 % ba,s
a !. MormonisnIis built upon the mos
himsy pretenses ,aIo--.e..l ...g
!, 2. Their tenets are disgTacefph t0gth'
country and the age. ivy l's@'
\ 5. Brigham Y 06hg IL dldstfdl tyrant
liar and piufderer. y ] AU vi G
il 4. His followers, for the most part
Z are the ignorant and Vicious Of Europe
Mi Ia z e,iXsI ,sadsin1sF ,sllJ ,gnEs
5. The sOodaA of btah regard pOlyga
my as slasety and degradation, a { .pI
6. From time to time, unbelieyint
4 ssGenthess are pdf 6dt of the way b
| order Of the rspf0phet" BIighaiti w Sht
Il declares that be receives special treYela'
ton from heaven toothat effect ao l'g Z
4 ~, Moftn8nism il not greslly y . system
4 Of frsligion but ofdebauchery. eaa y
i The dangers to the country IRON