The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-05-29
JACKSON G. H., OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1873.

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der with my blue cotton umbreller and
said:
| .'Mr. Mackley, the pint of my visit is
to know how you got hold of that visit
paid to my darter Marthy and her hus-
! band in the great metropolis OF the
United States, New York City? You
either must been listenin' or in some
way connected with spiritual rappin', to
found that out 1t does beat all how
you editors manage to find out what's
happenin' in the world"
He laughed, and said that editors were
neither omniscient nor omnipresent, and
that he didn't use any underhand way to
learn what he'd printed about me. That
it was sent to him all written out fair and
square, and that if he'd a thought I'd
have objected he wouldn't a published
it for the world He didn't see why I
should object, he said, for it wasn't ev-
erybody that could take sich trip, and
the account of it must be interestin'.
This pacified me somewhat, and told
him didn't care particular, but it was
kinder mysterious to me.
"If you'd told me what you wanted
to clear up mother, could have ex-
planned it afore we left home" says
Joshua, kinder cross, for he was still out
of fix about havin' to come in the wagon.
"Well, how was it, should admire to
know" says I.
at was that young 'school-marm that
Id a. 6o
in the next room, and took down every
word you said to Sairy Ann. She read it
to me afterwards
LA suzl we'll 1 am beat" says I. "Mr.
Mackley, dissolve you from all blame
in the matter I don't know as mind
it much after all, for taint everybody
that can be put in print
II am glad that you take such sensi-
BILE view of the matter, Mrs. Spriggins,
says he "and 1 hope that if you ever 60
on another journey you will write me an
account of it, I should be pleased to
publish it.
"I'm an old woman" says I ''and it
aint likely shall travel much more. If
l should, howsever, and would write to
you about it, taint likely you could read
my writing which is very old-fashioned,
and 1 don't have no practice.
He said he'd been an editor for so long
that he could read anything and so
promised.
When l went to leave, says:
''Mr. Maclzley, go on printin your
newspaper. Newspapers What would
be without EN-. Why, we'd be in dark
poor ignorant women know about poly
tics if it wasn't for newspapers p
candidates for office come to our
houses, they pet our children, are pow
erful anxious concernin' the health of
the family, they brag on our coffee and
sponge-cake, and say they never tasted
any thing to equal it. ct does beat all
how mighty friendly they all get just
about lection times.) They take our
menfolls by the arm and say Look here,
1 didn't want this nomination at all, but
now that my friends have forced me
into it, l hope you'll stand by me. Now
how would we know who to coax our hus-
banps and sons to vote for if it wasn't
for newspapersP
II think you'd be as much puzzled as
ever if you took many newspapers at
once" says Joshua.
81 delude to Republican papers of
couse," says I, wavin' my umbreller
proudly. Did you ever see any other
kind under my ruff?
Mr. Mackley seemed tickled with what
1 said and told me if there was more
women like me, the country would be in
a much better condition than it is. After
1 got home | sent him a basket of our
biggest apples and told him not to men
ton it in the paper, for people might
think l sent 'em purpose to get my
name in print. Now Sairy Ann, if you'll
take pen and some paper and sot down
by the winder, I'll tell you what I saw on
this last jaunt, and you can put it down.
1t tires my hand to write, and I've broke
one of the glasses out of my specs so if
you'll write it for me which 1 can never
repay, as the novel folks say. Here's
some vi'let ink. Joshua uses it to write
love-letteEs, cause it fades out so soon,
he says. Now begin:
My Trip to Cincinnati and Louisville.
q reckon you'd better begin that with
capital, Sairy Ann, l don't often use EN-
when l write, cause they're too much
trouble. What's that? You reckon you
know where to put capitals and where
not? Oh we'll go on them. After my
Journey to New York l made up my
mind never to leave home again, at least
not on the keers. l says to myself:
"Jerusha Spriggins, you've been galivan-
tin around enough for woman of your
age, and my device to you is to stay to
home and tend to your spinnin and
weavin' for the rest of your days.
One night some three weeks ago we
was all around the fire Susan was
darnin' stockin's, 1 was knittin', Reuben
was poppin' corn, and Joshua was readin'
one of Mr.. Josh Billings almanacs. By
the way them almanacs are the best
ever did see He can make such true
guesses about the weather. mind one
year he said that in March there would
be windy winds with signs of Winds and
he hit it to HAIR. Well, we was all en-
gagged in the occupations afore said when
there came q knock at the door. l
screamed out "come in and in walked