The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-08-01
RANDOM THOUGHTS No. 81.
BY THE EDITOR.
,rother Hood. of the Marietta Time, saws

Brother Hood of the Marietta Times says:
The Jackson STANDARD retorts upon us for
what we lately published concerning the compar-
atiye Ignorance of Lawrence and jackson conn
ties As we came % the rescue of Lawrenc e-the
''banUer" radical county in southern Ohio
while her good name was suffering at once from
the admissions of the Ironton Register and the
charges of the Jackson STANDARD, our interven-
ton was politically disinterested at any rate.
The Ironton Register, we observe, has nothing to
say in answer to the STANDARD and we confess
that t Is no easy matter for us to fend the in
tegence of county which rolls up the rouSing
radical maorities that Lawrence does. = The
STANDARD, this time, "gets the bulge" on us.
Read -
Then quoting my story about the Greasy Ridge
preacher, he says:
The editor of the STANDARD has the advantage
of superior information concerning that Greasy
Ridge. He lived there for years-perhaps he was
born, and brought up, on the Rdge-and now,
he is "a burning and shining light" in jackson
Each locality is denscly ignorant, and intensely
loyal!" We give up! Accept our hat.
No sir. Twas not born on the Greasy Ridge.
| was not brought up there. never resided in
Lawrence county. But Bro. Hood did, and pub
lished paper there.
1t is, folly to claim that radical Republican
counties are inhabited by an ignorant population.
jackson and Lawrence counties will compare IA
vorably with any copperhead counties in tile
State. That there are Ignorant men in these
counties will admit but they are the copper
heads. The jackson lawyer and the Greasy Ridge
preacher are both copperheads
Let me give Bro Hood few figures.
The counties of Lawrence, jackson and Pike
lie in row, adjoining each other Lawrence and
Jackson, as admitted by Bro. Hood, are strongly
radical Pike gives somewhere between seven
hundred and seven thousand Democratic majori-
ty every year.
The census of 1860 gives the population as fol-
lows:
Lawrence. e..,,..'.,,.. 90 20
Jackson .............,''''..'' l'1Ia
Pike. Ia, O4o
The number of churches, as shown by the same
census is as follows: Lawrence 60, jackson 80,
Pike "a. The churches will accommodate the
following number Of persons; In Lawrence
Is, 400 jackson TO- $50, Pike s, 700. The value Of
the churches in Lawrence is $73,175 Jackson
S24 825, Pike $21, 500.
Turning to the Report of the Commissioner of
Common Schools for Ohio, for the year 1866, l
6nd the whole number of youth between the ages
of and II, in Lawrence II, ,G52, Jackson 8,042,
| Pike 8 439 The total number of schools was In
Lawrence 113, Jackson 102, Pike, with more
children than Jackson only So schools. The to-
tai number of pupils enrolled in these schools
was in Lawrence 1854, Jackson 6301 Pike only
4,218. The average daily attendance at these
schools was in Lawrence 4073 jackson 5,302,
! Pike oniy 1,644. The whole number Of school
houses wasin Lawrence 107, value $34, 1853; jack
son 08 value S29 $50; Pike SO, value $23S2j.
find that in the various studies in the schools,
| Pike is far behind either Lawrence or jackson,
| even in the lower branches. When we get up AS
| far as English Grammar, ! find it thus Law.
renee 7j2, jackson 693, Pike only 209. Compo-
sition, Lawrence 23i, jackson III, Pike IS In
the study of History, Defamation Drawing
Map Drawing, Geometry, Trigonometry, Sur
! veying, Physiology, Physical Geography, Natu-
raj Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology. Botany, As
| tronomy, Book Keeping, Natural History, Men.
tai Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Rhetoric,
Logic, Latin, Greek, there is not one pupil in
all Pike county. How many gallons Of bad whis-
ky is made by jim Emmilt, Democratic candi-
| date for State Senator, is another question. But
! | am not done with educational statistics yet. In
| addition to the immense advance of the two
radical counties over the copperhead co lnty IN
| the way of churches and public schools, lud IN
the same report that there were in Lawrence
county two private schools with two teachers,
ten weeks of school, and 81 pupils. In jackson
county Is private Schools 10 teachers, II week:
of school. and l97 papik In Pike county, where
so small proportion Of the children attend the
public schools, not one pyiodte school is reported
Verify the prospect of redeeming that county
from the curse Of copperheadism is dark. With
so few of The youth being educated, and Emmit
furnishing SO much whisky is it any use even Il
send missionaries to that dark corner Of the NOR
vlneyardl
Have you anything more to say about ignor
ance and radlcallsm going together Bro. Hood,
or had You not better tender me pair of boots
in addition to the plug hat you rendered me las'
week? D. NJ.