The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-01-16
RANDOM THOUGHTS No. q.
By THE EDITOR.

There are good many things about con duet
ing paper that are pleasant, and some that are
not so pleasant.
Recently called upon certain delinquents to
pay up. Some ofthem have responded, and some
have not Those who have paid have manifest
ed various degrees of feeling. Some.have simply
sent the money, and asked to have it credited.
would not take the paper any longer, without
assigning any reason. Some have taken offense,
as witness the following:
'Dec. 23, 1867. Mr.. d. Mackley. Sir:--I re-
ceived your dun, and send you the money for
YOUR paper. have taken your paper for a few
years, and you have had some trouble to get yOur
money of me. Send me receipt, and 1t is all
right, and send your paper to them that win pay
you for 1t.
And here Is another, which I received on
Christmas day:
Dec %, 1867. Mr.. D. Mackley. Sir:-I find
by my last paper that am indebted to you two
dollars, which you will find inclosed, and which
YOU will credit me with. You will please stop
inv paper. l have worked hard Tor the party,
and have spent good deal of money. / have
never asked anything from the party. ! have
been deceived by Republican traitors, the way
| they act in Congress. Traitors go unpun ished,
| LOYAL men not protected and got to foot the tax
| bills, now equal to rent for mans own prop
erty, and all by the Ignorance and cowardce OF
| the Republican leaders in Congress lfthey had
confscated rebel property, made rebels pay the
debt, and hung The main eOders, we then could
! have good Government. But II Is TOO late
| now.
don't think have left the party, but the par
ty have left me.
Yours Respectfully, N"
A good deal that my friend says is but too
true; but he seems to think that am parry
man, and will uphold my party right or wrong.
Here is just where he is mistaken. l nm afraid
the Republican party has served its day ana gen
Grafton. There are thousands and tens of thOus.
ands Just such men as my correspondent. Let
the party go into the expedleicy, or policy bus
lness, with a o-principle-no-party candidate,
and nearly all the good and true men of the par.
ty will do Just as my friend will do. But am d.
crossing.
Here is letter ofanother kind. A subscriber
owed me s4.67 l had got an idea some way
that he was poor, and supposed that he did moi
| want Lnc pup6TJ 81 WlOlO HlHl w ulC pt'VV
and II would be oil right. Here is his answers
"-January G. 1868. Friend Mackley
You claim On account for Standard against mt
of S4 .67-agrce to take $4OO / do not pay such
dues in that way. send YOU 5000. / am --
and am al present little short offunds, or would
send you years advance. However, send me
the Standard and you shall have no further cause
to complain of me as a delinquent subscriber.
Very Respectfully j. L. NJ
am receiving encouraging letters like the
above almost every day, containing money, ant
words of encouragement.
cut of few delinquents at the commence
ment of the year. met one Of them on thC
street the other day, and he told me that he die
not find the Standard in his box, and he did no
know how he and his family could get along
without it, as he had taken it ever since it hat
been published. He said he had been sick fo
nearly year, aud was hard pushed to get along
but that he would pay me some trade that need
cd, In q short time. His name is again on ny
subscription book.
D. NJ.