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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-12-08
Children'S Delight in Moving.
BY W. D. HowELLs.

The first men were homeless wander
ersi the patriarchs dwelt in tents, and
shifted their place to suit the pasturage,
without a sigh; and for children-the
prehistoric, the antique people of our day
moving is rapture. The last dinner
in the old house, the first tea in the new,
so doleful to their elders, are partaken of
by them with joyous riot. Their ghrill
trebles echo gleefully from the naked
walls and floors; they race up and down
the carpetles5 stairs they menace the
dislOcated mirrors and crockery; through
all the chambers Of desolation they frolic
with gayety indomitable save by bodily
exhaustion. If the reader is of moving
family,-and 50 he is as ne is an Ameri-
can,-he can recall the zest he found du-
ring childhood in the moving which had
for his elders-poOr victims of factitious
and conventional sentiment-only the
salt and bitterness of tears. His spirits
never fell till the carpets were down no
sorrow touched him till order returned :
if heaven so blessed him that his bed was
made upon the floor for one night, the
angels visited his dreams. Why then, is
the mature soul, however sincere and
humble, not only grieved but mortified
by fitting2 Why cannot one move with
out feeling the great public eye fixed in
pitying contempt upon him? This sense
Of abasement seems to be something quite
inseparable from the act, which is often
laudable and in every way desirable; and
he whom it has afflicted is the first to
turn, after his own establishment, and
look with scornful compassion upon the
overhowing furniture-wagon as it passes.
But imagine that Abraham'5 neighbors,
when he struck his tent, and packed his
parlor and kitchen furniture upon his
camels, and started off with Mrs. Sarah to
seek a new camping-ground, did not
smile at the procession, or find it worthy
of ridicule or lament Nor did Abraham,
once settled, and reposing in the cool of
the evening at the door of his tent, gaze
sarcastically upon the moving of any of
his brother patriarchs.-AAandc Moathiy
for December
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The Prohibition Era.

We have received the prospectus of the
Prohibition Era, a politico-temperance jour
nal to be issued at Cleveland during the
present month. Being in possession Of a
full knowledge of the origin and objects
of this paper, we frankly state that its
course can not but result injuriously to
the temperance cause in Ohio.
At the recent annual session of the Good
Templar Grand Lodge, held at Cleveland,
the organ of that body, which has been
published since 1862, was discontinued.
On the last day of the session, and after a
very large majority of the delegates had
departed for their homes, the organized
faction who remained for that purpose,
secured the adoption of a resolution au-
thorizing such discontinuance and direct
ing the transfer of the subscription list to
the publisher of any temperance paper,
This action was not only unnecessary, but
absolutely unwise and in defiance of the
wishes of the Good Templar organization
of this State. If it had been really nee
essary to discontinue the old organ, its
subscription list and good will should have
reverted to the newspaper published by
the Temperance Alliance-an clement, i'll
influence and numbers, next to the Good
Templar order But it was not the de-
sign of the leaders of the Temperance po-
litical party who originated this suicidal
policy, to adopt such measures as would
best subserve the general interests Of the
cause of temperance. While they are at
perfect liberty to form as many temper
ance political parties as they choose, we
deny their right to speak for those who
are not in favor of such formation. The
Prohibition Era, in advocating the peculiar
views of the $500 persons who supported
the ticket headed by Jay Odell, at the Oc-
tober election, will not truly represent the
sentiments of the great body of temper
ance men of all classes and denominations
in this State,
What is this Temperance political par
ty2 An answer sufficient to satisfy every
consistent temperance man will be found
in the fact that last year, it seriously en-
tertained the idea of nominating Drunken
Dom Piatt for Governor!
Prior to 1867, the leading temperance
organization in Ohio had been steadily
increasing in membership, and if no un-
toward circumstances had subsequently
arrested its progress, it would have num-
bered, at this time, more than one hun
dred thousand members, During the
past three years, the question of 'polit-
ical action" has been introduced and agi-
tated, which has resulted most disastri-
ously to the cause. A loss of one-half of
the membership and disscntions among
the disorganized portion remaining, are
the legitimate fruits of this effort to Gre
ate Temperance political party.-C;rcic-
uHe HeraH
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Popular Amusements
Report ofhe Committee Of tie Ohio C5afer-
ence.

Report cfhe Committee Of he Ohio C6ater-
ence.
By popular amusements we understand
those diversions sports, and games that
are commonly used by the young and the
leisure taking portion of the people
Amusement as a means of relaxation,
from work and for the recuperation OF
overtaxed or wasted energy, is eminently
useful, and may be innocently indulged.
Gymnastic exercises are also useful for
the development and trainingofthe phys
ical faculties and powers of the young,
and when conducted under circumstances
and in associations which exclude immor-
al influences and tendencies, are COM
mcnded to our young people as a means
of health and vigor, to be used prudently
and in moderation.
But we are pursuaded that the amuse-
ments and sports which are popular now
are much perverted from their legitimate
use. They are used immoderately, at
improper times, in improper places, and
in improper associations; and, being thus
perverted, are dangerous and damaging.
There is a class of popular amusements
which, for the general tendency to dissi-
patton, gambling, and licentiousness, are
always pernicious and to be utterly con-
demned, and against which we gravely
and prayerfully warn our dearyoung peo-
pie; the theater, the ball room, the card
table, and the baseball club, cannot be
resorted to without damage, and, if habit
ually visited, must end in moral disgrace
and spiritual ruin.
We believe our General Rules to be a
safe guide in seeking and taking amuse-
ments, which forbid "the taking such di.
versions as cannot be used in the name
Of the Lord Jesus" and also "the singing
those songs or reading those books which
does not tend to the knowledge or love
of God. " These Rules are agreeable to
the Word of God, which enjoins What
soever We do, in word or deed, do all in
the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the Father by him "
In this connection we can not refrain
from calling the attention of our people
to a grave and glowing evil arising from
the perversion of our State and county
fairs. These are institutions proper and
useful as originally conducted and as af-
fording opportunity to display the skill,
enterprise, industry, and success of the
people in their various avocations and
pursuits, they may be commended and
encouraged; but we observe with sorrow
and shame that they are now deteriorating
from their former uses, and are being Of
ten and largely used for foolish and wick
ed purposes; and we advise our people not
to assist or visit them so long as gam
bling, or drinking Or folly are allowed or
tolerated in the management of them
All Of which is respectively submitted,
on behalf of the Committee.
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John Bull at Feed.
by W. ]. STILLMAN.

Looking over the list of labels with
which we ticket our conceptions before
putting them into their places, we find,
dealing with the genus homo, the proper
one for the species BritannicuS to be pra,,-
d;als. The Frenchman makes love Glove
never returns the favor by making him),
the Italian conspires, the German smokes,
the Yankee enterprises, but the English
man alone dimes. 1t is MT the only great
thing he does; even acc admit him to the
compliment of comparison with OurSelUes,
which is more than ever occurs to us with
respect to any other nationality (and if
we knew him as well as ourselves, we
should probably be less boastfuD; but
dining is his greatest achievement, and is
the parent of most of the minor ones. TO
work as John works, to build as he builds,
to grow rich as he grows rich, to be at
once great and strong, and humane and
merciless as he is; to grasp heaven with
one hand and hell with the other as he
does to exalt his eldest children to such
thrones and crush his youngest into such
devips mud as his are lifted to and crush
ed into, he must dine as he does. Nothing
plSe Will dIlSNGI lIlc DlupOSC'
Solid substantial, leisurely eaten, well
digested, contemptuously exclusive of all
dubious nutriment, and taken at the end
of the days work, Johns dinner brings
oblivion for to-day and strength for to-
morrow You may palm bad architecture
and wretched pictures on him for the best,
make him believe that an Improvement
on the japanese praying-machine is the
gate of eternal happiness Il. e, for John
rich), put his money in a railroad to the
impossible = do anything (ercept general
iae) but you can't make him take bad
beef for good, cat it too much done, or
keep his temper over a bad dinner.
In that mysterious and creeded religion
which is, despite the nominal and ex-
ternal Church Establishment, the true
faith of the unmitigated John Bull, "a
religion cannot define because it never
defines ITSELF and because, with many
years of acquaintance, have never got
to know John weH, but which | conjecture
to be peculiar and subtle form Of L
worship is the great rite. The
celebration is surrounded with precaution
and ceremony, the initiated are required
to appear in a peculiar costume and to
observe most sedate department; and
before the conclusion of the rite, ladies
are expected to retire, from belief that
their presence interferes with the efficacy
of the observances and it is never cele-
brated in perfect form except in a place
whose sacredness no idle gossip should
dcsecrate or satirical intent invade, where
indeed, may say, no one capable of So
cial sacrilege should ever be permitted to
enter,-an English gentleman's homc,-I
am permitted only to say here that in no
other place is the dinner, in all its per-
fections of form, substance, and surround
ing ever to be known-FrOm tic atlantic
Monthly for December.
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JACKSON c. H., OHIO, THURSDAY DECEMBER g. 1870

for it is q fact worth noting down, that
persons are led into debt by their tastes,
not by their necessities-by their desires
rather than their wants. Pay as you 90,
and thus you will add virtually one-tenth
to your income Best of all, you will al
ways have some money for the claims of
charity and thus grow in grace by giving
to. the needy.
And then tOo when you pay bill, get
receipt for it. Business transactions,
even among relatives, should be conduct
ed in a strictly legal and business-like
way Money sometimes breeds trouble,
even among those of ones own household
Relatives may be honest, but mistakes
occur: promises fade from the memory
and hard feelings are created A written
document saves vast amount of trouble.
And therefore, give and take receipts for
money which you borrow and loan. And
remember, what many are apt to forget,
that if receipt is worth accepting, it is
worth keeping. Would you avoid loss
and vexation2 Then take good care of
your receipts especially receipts for taxes
already paid. 1t makes even million
aire grumble to pay the same bill a sec
ond time.
Above all, do not try merely to keep
within the letter of the law. Many a
rogue unwhipped of justice does that
Do not be like the man who went into
bankruptcy, and then began to live in a
more extravagant style than ever before,
and who very cody said to friend; "You
wonder that am able to sleep well of
nights because of the heavy debts owe
No trouble about my sleeping well, but
the trouble is to me how my unlucky
better creditors are able to sleep. am
off than they"
Ye who are Christians, ever be sensa-
tive to your financial obligations Be
guided by the spirit of the Gospel. Infuse
into the transactions of daily life lofty
morality, and show that even in the fiery
furnace of business strife you can go and
stay, yet have moral character unscorch-
ed Let your credit for strict morality
remain untouched
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Fitting.
W, b. HOwELs.

"Were | Diogenes," says wrathful
Charles Lamb IN one of his letters, 81
would not move out of kildeYlin into a
hogshead, though the first had had moth
ing but small beer in it, and the second
reeked claret' ] fancy this loathing of
the transitionary state came in great part
from the rude and elemental nature of
the means Of moving in Lambs day. In
our own time, in Charlesbridge at least,
everything is so perfectly contlived, that
1t Is IN some ways a pleasant excitement
to move though | do not commend the
diversion to any but people of entire leis-
ure, for it cannot be denied that it is, at
any rate, an interruption to work, But
little is broken, little is defaced, nothing
IS ayoidably outraged or put to shame.
Ot course there are in every house GER
tain objects of comforts and even orna.
ment which in state of repose derive a
sort OF dignity from being cracked, or
scratched, or organically dcbilitated, and
give an idea Of ancestral possession and
OF long descent to the actual owner; and
you must not hope that this venerable
quality will survive their public exposure
upon the turniture-wagon There it in.
stantly perishes, like the consequence OF
some country notable huddled and hust-
led about in the graceless and ignorant
tumult of great city. To tell the truth,
the number of things that turn shabby
under the ordeal of moving strikes pana
of unaccustomed poverty to the heart
which, loving all manner of makeshifts,
is rich, even in its dilapidations. For the
time you feel degraded by the spectacle
OF that torlornness, and if you are man
OF spirit you try to sneak out of associa-
tion with it in the mind of the passcrs
by; you keep scrupulously indoors, or if
a tancied eXigency obliges you to 60 back
and forth between the old house and the
new, you seek obscure byways remote
from the great street down which the
wagon Aaunts your ruin and decay, and
time your arrivals and departures so as to
have the air of merely dropping in at
either place, This consoles you; but it
deceives no one; for the man who is moy-
ing is unmistakably stamped with trans
action.-From tic ATLANTIC MONTHLY for
December.
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JUMPING OVER SUNBEAMs.--A suggestive
story is told of some cattle which were
being driven from the mountains, where
they were raised, to market, and on the
way they came to bridge over river
The bridge had roof, and was boarded
up at the sides. The sun was shining
through the cracks and knot-holes, and
the cattle could see the sunbeams shining
on the dust inside the bridge, just as you
have often seen them inside room when
the sun shines in and the dust has been
stirred The steers were frightened
They could not go to either side for the
fence prevented. The drivers cracked
their great whips, and shouted at them,
and whipped the hindermost ones, and
made them crowd those in front up to
the very opening of the bridge. Finding
they could not turn back or aside, those
in front started with q snort and q rum
trembling all over from fright, and when
ever they came to the sunbeams, gave a
leap and jumped right over them. So
the whole herd ran through, and did not
get over their scare for long time. How
often are men and women troubled and
frightened by imaginary obstacles, which
are not only not obstacles, but are exact
ly the contrary, and whose removal would
leave their paths too dark for them to
walk in
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A STRIP OF BLUE.
by LUCY LARcoM.

do not own an inch of land,
But all see Is mine,-
The orchard and the moving-flelds,
The lawns and gardens fine.
The winds my tax-collectoIs are,
They bring me tithes divine
Wild scents and subtle essences,
A tribute rare and free;
And, more magnificent than all,
My window keeps for me
A glimpse of blue immensely
little strip of sea-
Richer am than he who owns
Great fleets and argosies;
have share in every ship
Won by the inland breeze
To loiter on yon airy road
Above the apple-trees.
freight them with my untold dreams,
Each bears my own picked crew;
Aud nobler cargOes wait for them
Than ever India knew
My ships that sail into the East
Across that outlet blue.
Sometimes they seem like living shapes
The people of the sky
Guests in white raiment coming down
From Heaven, which is close by:
l call them by familiar names,
AS one by one draws nigh.
So white, so light, so spirit-lil1e,
From violet miStS they bloom!
The aching wastes of the unknown
Are half reclaimed from gloom,
Since on life's hospitable sea,
All souls find sailing-room.
The ocean grows O weariness
With nothing else in sight;
Its east and west, its north and south,
Spread out from morn to night:
We miss the warm, caressing shore,
It's brooding shade and light.
A part is greater than the whole;
BY hints are mysteries told.
The fringeS of eternity
Gods sweeping garmcnt-fold,
In that bright shred of glimmering sea,
lreach out for, and hold.
The sails, like flakes of roseate pearl
Float i'll upon the mist
The waves are broken precious StoneS,--
Sapphire and amethyst
Washed from celestial basement walls,
By suns unSetting kissed.
Out through the utmost gates of space
Past where the gray stars drift,
To the widening Infinite, my soul
Glides on, q vessel swift;
Yet loses not her anchorage
In yonderazure rift.
Here sit /, as little child:
The threshold of Gods door
Is that clear band of chrysoprase;
Now on the vast temple floor,
The binding glory of the dome
bow my head before.
Thy universe, o God, is shome,
In height or depth, to me;
Yet here upon thy footstool green
Content am to be;
Glad when is opened to my need
Some sea-lilSe glimpse of thee.
From the Attdntic Monthly for Dec.
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WHEN John Wesley saw a young man
in danger of falling into the snare of evil
associates he did not watch him sharply at
a distance, and speak of his shortcomings
to Others, predicting that he was ION the
high road to ruin" He invited him to
his table, and, by genial, affable manner,
sought to give him good subjects for
thought, or hints for conduct Advice
that hospitality enforced, was very i'm
pressive. He would draw out a young
man in conversation, and learn what stu
dies he was most proficient in, which
were essential to his success, and then as
sist him to acquire the mastery of them,
Another most valuable way of aiding a
young man whom social danger threaten
ed was to make him acquainted with well
disposed, religious young men, who would
lead him into good paths. Then he watch
ed over their future career with fathers
interest and tenderness.
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Notice to Teachers.

The Board of School Examiners of Jackson
County Ohio, will hold regular meetings for the
examination of teachers, at Jackson, on the first
her, and December Of each year. Examinations
will begin at 10 o'clock A. NJ. on the first day OF
each session, and continue from day TO day II
necessary.
Applicants not known to the board must pro-
natl testimonials of good moral character. Ger
ihcates will only be granted upon actual exam
tation at regular meeting, and will in no case
be either antedated or pOstdated.
By ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ExAMINERs.
A. w. Long, Clerk.
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JAMES H., when Duke of York, made a
visit to Milton, out of curiosity. In the
course of conversation, the Duke said to
the poet that he thought his blindness
was judgmentupon him, because he had
written against Charles L. the Dukes
father. Milton replied: "If your High
ness thinks that misfortunes are indiccs
of the wrath of Heaven, what must you
think of your fathers most tragic end ?
| have lost only my eyes; he lost his
head "
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GO TO
CHESTNUT'S

Define the difference in meaning be-
tween experiental philosophy and natural
philosophy" said schoolmastcr to one of
the most forward Of his pupils. "Why,
sir, replied the boy, experimental phi
losophy is our asking you to give us half
holiday, and natural philosophy is your
saying; Don you wishyou may get il? ?"
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To live long it is necessary to live slow
ly
The hardest thing 10 hold in this world
is an unruly tongue,
TIE children of God have much in
hand and much in hope.
If prayer does not cause us to leave off
SHINING SHINING will soon make us leave
Oft praying.
IT is only by labor that thought can be
made healthy, and only by thought that
labor can be made healthy.
WHATEVER is done by those around you,
be yourself fully determined to walk in
the most excellent way.
Az army may as nationally leave the
battle to be fought by the officers alone
as the Church leave the conversion of the
world to the ministers of the Gospel.
No doubt there are some nettles in the
world. There are unpleasant things, sad,
hard things, that tend to make life mart
keenly But we put far more nettles iE-
to the world than are there originally
The real nettles are ourselves, in our own
uncomfortable, petulant, sour, selfish dis
positions, and they spread their own char.
actcr over nature.
At school in the north of England,
during lesson on the animal kingdom,
the teacher put the following question:
Can any boy name me an animal of tho
order of Gcntata, that'is front-toothless
OnimalY' A boy, whose face beamed
with pleasure at the prospect of good
mark, replied: 81 can. well, what is
the animal?' my grandmother" rc,
piled the boy, in great glec
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SAYS Jean Paul Richter; "ro ensure
modesty, would advise the educating of
the sexes togct h er for two
boys will preserve twelve girls or two
girls twelve boys innocent amid winks,
jokes, and improprieties, merely by that
instructive sense which is the forerunner
of matured modesty. But | will guaran-
tee nothing in q school where girls are
alone together, and still less where boys
are"
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"What is the chief use of bread?' ask
ed an examiner at school exhibition.
"The chief use of breadY answered the
urchin, apparently astonished at the sim
plicity of the inquiry. why, to spread
butter and molasscs on.