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IN THE SUPREME COURT THE DISTRICT
L OF COLUMBIA

f1UIJIFt SpslI1. ItfNl, OefgIEJFT ~, lV5
Ia the case OF Justns J. McCarty, administrator
OF THCMAS McCAB1f \, deceased, the E1miuis
traitor Aforesaid has, with the appreciation of the
Supreme Court Of the District of Columbia
appointed TUESDAY, January 10Th, A D.
!N+, Tor the FINAL settlement and distribution ol
the personal estate Of said deceased aud Of the
IN hand, as far as the have been collected and
turned INTO money when and where all the cre,li-
tors and heTs OF said deceased uOfhad 10 attend
With thelr Claims properly vouched, or they may
Otherwise BY law rt excluded from all benefit In "a n
deceaseds estate: Provided, COPY Of this order h.
published once n week for three weeks in The Even
ing Star d evious g the said day. Test:
de- law. st A WEBST Err. Register Of Will.
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INTHE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
Oh COLUMBIA,

HoiH5HF SrtclnI TtTrl, UecsDlbsT 81, 1873
In the Case OF Justu- J. McCarty, admui-tra-
aforesaid has, with the Appreciation If the supreme
court OF the District Of Columbia aforesaid, AZ.
pointed TUESDAY, January 2Uth, A, IL. 1874, Tor
the hnai settlement and distribution Of the per
sOnal estate OF said deceased and OF the assets IN
hand, as far as the same have been collected ana
turned into money, when and where all the credi.
tors and heirs Of said deceased non stten.
with their claims Properly vOuChed, or they may
otherwise by Law be excluded from all bepef, IL,
said decease5's estate: Prorifef, a copy of ms
aideT be published once n week for three weeks M
The Evening Star previous to III" said day,
Test. WERSTER
ter1
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Tomorrow being Christmas Day, TO paper
vii he issued rom this once.
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ThBRIAGES CAEBiAGESM CARkIAGESTf
y Af 6-sIfiy kstuc-d PrtcsS - The ztzAs.
,uge ASSORTMENT consist. Of Lsndaus, reSH&&
Olareuces, coupvs, and al other sty les Sk@1&.
y nrSt class Family Carriages; alsl a large STOCK
= Top and No-:oP BGgeies. BoCkAVays, and se,-
ftai 10 Is 81 PONY PbTtcns, with or Withou. tor:
Al ~ ~fich are offered for sale AZ reduced prices
A., o., ROBERT II. GRAHAM,
Htv repository and Fsctory SI0-.Is S.h At n "
EcpAirins p-oiHp attended to. deo23 81
A BTlrlCIAL STONE WORKS, 63O q stree,
- north Get, between 9Th ard 7th streets We are
prepared now o. furnish AZ neatly half the price OF
natrrhl stone. al kinds of DOOR aud TERRACE
STEPs, COPING. PLATFORM. DOOR aud " IN
DOW TRIMMINGS AID FROSTIS0 or
HOUSES, manufactured nader PeIls:ier's patent 81
Artineiai stone, eqnsl, II not superior, 10 natural
stone IN power az resistance against fr0s,
and moisture. We Tter 70 MessIs Wa ptickney ,
Go. ". Cissell, and y. ", ssllhanssa.
deee2 Sm' 7. W. MURPHY 90.
A LAkGE AND WELL sELEOFsD sIO1K
"a Of OPERA GLASSES at Bargains, Of
PhlhCEr, 1905 Peuusy vsHia avenue. dec 1871
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AND
STABLE GROCERIES
TIE " TING RATES.

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propose &c sell 81
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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23

We have received letter from Mother
Stewart, of Springfield, Ohio. She is now
at Chattanooga, Tenn, visiting a sick
friend. She still continues to lecture,
and intimates that she would like to lee
ture at this place. She recently lectured
TO a Masonic Lodge at Ames, Iowa, and
the Ames InteIligcncer thus speaks of her
lecture:
MOTHER STEWARDS" LECTURE ON FREE MA
SoNRY.
Those of our citizens, and especially of
the Masons, who were not in attendance
upon the lecture last Friday evening,
may set it down to their loss. The lady,
Familiarity known as Mother Stewart"
undertook the task-although novel for
a woman-of examining the history, and
commencing the principles of Free Ma
sonry, and she certainly did well that
which she undertook. 1t is known that
women are not admitted to membership
in the Masonic Fraternity, and can par
ticipate only in collateral way in the
workings and benefits of the order, and
on this ground we should naturally ex-
| pect that the sentiment among this class
of the community would be adverse to
the Institution. Mother Stewart is clear
ly not in sympathy with that sentiment
one OpGLI nearly anu ClO-
quent advocacy of the order, throwing
into it that warmth, glow, and feminine
grace, which are more fitting the aVowed
principles of the Craft. than the ordina-
ry polemic defenses of its masculine
champions.
The portion of her lecture which had
the greater attractions for us, was her
examination of the avowed principles of
the Order, and the exceeding happy
manner in which all the strongest objec-
tions were stated and answered. The
secret machinery of the order is only a
scheme OF organization, whereby the
more effectually to attain the virtuous
and charitable ends had in view, which
ends are no secret.
The lecturer held it to be the province
and aim of the Masonic Fraternity to Sc
cure in its members aside from the mere
personal advantages of strongly knit
fellowship, mainly the practice of that
beautiful morality and charity which the
deep symbols. and splendid. ancient rit-
ual of the order were fitted to convey.
She closed with word of admonition
which all Free and Accepted Masons
would do well to heed The lady is OF
venerable appearance, with gray hairs
and having an ease and gentleness on
the platform very reminding one of Mrs.
Stanton Her utterance is clear and dis
tinct. She holds herself in perfect equi
poise throughout, has an admirable com
mand of chaste and elegant English, and
is withal as pleasing and capable a woman
orator as it has been our privilege tc
hear
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23

quitting the coal business, and went back
to the rolling mill as manager. l was
there some years, when Sample, Bissel IL
Co., my employers, quit the business, and
sold out. / then moved to Madison tp.,
Is miles from jackson c. H., where /
had purchased the Hutcherson farm. 1t
is now about % years since | moved
there l bought that farm of l96 acres
for 81 500, and sold it for s., 800. But /
wish right here to acknowledge the fact
that the building of the Hooking Valley
Railroad enabled me to get as much as
So. 900 more for it than could otherwise
have gotten, although the track of the
railroad is not nearer than four miles to
it. On that old farm we kept our large
family, and were enabled to dispense
hospitalities besides, and yet keep up
After selling that farm bought where
now am. think it good piece of prop
erty, but the dry seasons we have had
since came on it were unprOpitious for
abundant crops, yet we have gotten
enough to live on, and something more.
for which we feel abundantly thankful, l
trust We live in hopes of a more abun-
dant future, and look forward to the
building of railroads and turnpikes
through our county, SO that in years to
come Pike will vie in business and i'm
portance with her sister counties"
There is one point in the above to
which we wish sparticuluarly to call the
attention of the people of jackson coun-
ty at this time. A railroad within four
miles of Mr. Nuts land more than
doubled its value
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From Ellsworth.
BTERs' STATION, JACKSON Co., O.,
January l3, 1878.
EJ. n IL

BTERs' STATION, JACKSON Co, O.,
January l3, 1878.
To the Editor of the Standard:
send you the following as a specimen
of the extreme ignorance, which some
time comes to ones notice, even in this
enlightened age, and in this land of free
schools. The facts are exactly as stated
below:
Last Saturday afternoon young man,
probably about twenty or twenty-one
years of age. stepped into Mr.. Kennedy's
store, and after looking around a few
minutes, put the following question to
Mr.. K.-Replied that he had not. but he
supposed that they could be obtained at
the post Office.
The young man accordingly proceeded
to the post office; when the following
conversation took place between him
and Mr.. Scully, our post master.
Young man.-"Have you got any
stamps p
P. M-"Yes, sir, 1 have one or two"
Y. M.-"How much are they p
P M-"Three cents. That is the price
all over the world and Kentucky, too.
Y. Met me have FIVE cents worth. "
P MI can't make five cents worth.
Two would be worth six cents. May be
it is envelopes you want"
Y. M.-"No. / have envelopes, but
want stamps. Why / can get three
stamps for five cents
p M.-"Three Mrce-ccnt stampsP
Y. Ny es sir. can get tfve for five
cents, I've done it many time
=. MO you mean to say you can
buy tfve thrse-cent stamps for FIVE cents p
Y. M.-"Yes, sir, I've done it many q
time and can do it again"
p. M.-"WelLsI wish you would buy
me up lot at that price. / will give you
twenty-five per cent on them"
Upon this the young man stalked out
of the office in rage, muttering some
thing unintelligible TO the bystanders
probably about post office officials impos
ing upon the public. He went from
there back to Mr. ks store. Mr.. k
asked him if he got the stamps.
He replied, mo, ! amt going to pay
any such price as he wants for them.
Nothing more was said to him and he
shortly after left the place, probably to
buy postage stamps cheaper at some 9th
or post Office. The fellow il stranger
in this neighborhood, and we think be
longs inside tho Vinton county lines.
It. w. HUSsIcKER.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23
PRINCIPLE.

Some men say that it is wrong in prin-
ciple to vote q tax on the entire property
of the county to aid in the construction
of a railroad. Some men do not desire
or consent to be taxed for such purposes,
and therefore they should not be taxed
against their consent But it might be said
with equal truth that men should not be
taxed to build school-houses. One man
may have @ dozen children to be edu-
Gated, and he may pay no taxes. Another
may be large taxpayer and have no
children. Yet il is found best for the
public good to educate the entire people
by tax on the entire property of the
county. The construction of railroads
benefits all the people, aud the rights of
none are infringad. Whatever results in
the good of all. should be accomplished
at the expense of all, according to the
ability of each to pay; and when taxes
are levied upon the entire property. ac-
ccrding 20 It's true value. then none are
oppressed. In the case of railroads. the
benefits are more universally distributed
shown that a single individual would be
wronged by the construction of the road,
or that q single person would not be ben
Gifted thereby, we might talk about
minorities being oppressed by the ma
jority. Not the greatest good to the
greatest number. but the greatest good to
all, is our theory.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23

Some time ago we saw an old friend,
James Mutt, formerly of Madison town
ship, now of Pike county. Mr.. Mutt in
formed us that he had been engaged at
rolling mills during thirty years of his
life, and he thought that if we had rail-
road competition at jackson, so that
freights could be brought down to a fair
rate, he never saw better point for
rolling mills than jackson would be.
The Pike County Republican is publish
ing sketches of the citizens of that coun-
ty, and last week it contained sketch
of the life of Mr. Mutt. We give the con-
Guiding portion of it:
"I commenced work in the Sligo mill
for 81 per week, and when l quit there
was receiving 500 per month, all cash. l
left Lyon, Shorb & Co., because / had a
more liberal offer to go to Nashville,
Tenn, to help erect the Nashville mill,
owned by Ewing, Van Lear & Co. re-
mained there nearly four yeors, when l
returned to Pittsburgh and went to work
for my former employers, Lyon, Shorb
& Co. ! continued in their employ sew.
eral years, when, on account of heavy
work in front Of the rolls my strength
gave way, and / was prostrated with sick
ness, and it was fourteen months before
/ was able to do stroke of work. had
made some money, and with it went to
Limetown on the Monongahela river,
and went into the coal business in con-
nection with q brother-in-law and his
brother. Their names were Jones. We
mined the coal and ran it down to Gin
cinnati and Louisville. In fourteen
months found that | had made no
money but had lost what capital put in,
so changed my base of operations by
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
By THE EDITOR.


What school teacher would now do
without a blackboard -? And yet its use
sometimes retards the studies of a certain
kind of dull pupils. At the school which
/ recently visited in Jefferson township.
the teacher wrote an example in multi
plication on the blackboard Four or
five pupils were then requested TO solve
the example. There was blackboard
on the opposite side of the room. A
bright boy was on one side, and girl
near him. Two or three were on the
other side, and one of them was dull
boy. The bright boy readily went through
with the work. Dnil Coy cast his eyes
put upon the blackboard. he copied it on
his blackboard He knew nothing about
the process by which the answer was
obtained If each had been seated with
his slate, in different parts of the room,
the dull boy would have been compelled
to study. and his answer would not have
been nero forgery.
How you would laugh now if should tell
you that there are advantages in the old
style of "open" school where each pupil
read or spelled while studying. in loud.
clear voice; and also you would be in
credulous if I should say that there are
Objectionable features connected with
| the silent plan When all the school are
reading or spelling aloud, the recitation
by class is no annoyance to the balance.
In the silent plan, q class cannot speak
in q decent voice without annoying and
interrupting the studies of all the bal
ance of the pupils; hence the teacher
must get his class into some off corner
and have them humble in an inaudible
voice, thus forming habits of reading and
speaking which utterly unfit them for
future usefulness. These habits formed
in school can never be eradicated. ]
spoke about this matter as seen in our
Courts short time ago. ] might go
into details and instance case where
the Judge, in this miserable mumbling
manner set a case for trial at certain
time, which one of the attorneys sitting
before him never heard or understood
1t caused great annoyance and expense
and resulted in serious loss to poor
woman. But it is utterly useless to at
tempt to break any man, no matter how
intelligent he may be, of this pernicioua
habit, which believe is acquired at these
silent schools.
Then it is SO much more lively when
all read OF spell out. 1t relieves the
school of three-fourths of its terrors, if ]
may be allowed the expression; and terror
is perhaps the proper word to use. as
most children view the solitary confine
ment of schools as now conducted.
The ideas contained in the above will
be considered by the teachers of the pres
ent day 80 ridiculous, that they will
regard them beneath notice; but common
sense may assert herself in the mex
generation.
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''Plain Language from Truthful James.

To the Editor Of the Standard:
l wish Mr.. Yarnell to answer the fol-
lowing questions, through the STANDARD:
Who hired you to lecture at the 1nsti-
tute2
Who agreed to pay you for the same
Did you not volnntecr your services
How did you get an order on the Trea-
surer2
Was Mr.. Mackley at the meeting of
the Committee &?
Did Mr. Pickrel think your services
were worth $502
Did the Society, at any time, authorize
the Executive Committee to pay our
home teachers for lecturing?
Did you buy books at the customary
discount, and charge the Society the re-
tail price,
Would not Mr. Starkey have furnished
them for less money than was paid to
you?
Did you not, on the evening of the
25th of December, 1872, take. from the
Society three hours of time, worth, ac-
cording to your own charges, the sum of
sixty dollars ?
Was the bankrupting of our treasury a
part of your scheme?
What art or magic, if any, did you
practice, to getyourself appointed School
Examiner, in face of the resolution rec
ommending the old Board?
Are you sure that you are not related
in any way, to Boss Tweed, of Tammany
fame2
Dare you answer the above questions
GEo. w. HARBARGER.
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EDWARD HUNT OHLl H.
T. jar MORGAN, Sec'y.
Falsehood COntradicted.
PORTSMOUTH. O.. Jannarr


To the Editor of the Times and Chronicle:
An article appeared in our daily issue
of the I'd inst, under the sensational
heading of Ecclesiastical and Evangelic-
al Innovation-Past the Middle of the
Nineteenth Century" 1t purports to be
a communication to your columns. l do
not care to repeat it. 1t is tissue of
falsehoods and misrepresentation
throughout.
Being one of the oldest citizens and
residents of this city now living, and
withal being a regular reader and an
earnest admirer of your paper, and your
circulation here being about fifty copies,
l have been requested by that denomi-
nation of Christians to apply to you for
ne name of the author, not, assure
you, with a view to legal proceedings,
but simply to know who we have among
us capable of perpetrating such an out
rage upon truth and business. l am
not connected with the church in any
way. Pardon me for saying. in conclu-
sion, that for the ends of justice-to your
self. you owe it to your numerous readers
to disabuse'y e'yourself of it. Very truly etc,
E. GLOVER
The correspondence referred to came
from Ironton AS to the name of it's
author, we will privately communicate
with our Portsmouth friend.--Ed. L.
and c.
The only way to remedy such evils, is
to adopt our plan--never publish any
article unless the name of the writer be
published with it. We have pursued this
plan during the past two years, and it
works most admirably.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23

There are two or three large furnaces
at Columbus, each making twice as much
iron daily as one of the furnaces at jack
son, and there is neither coal nor iron
ore at that point. Why can the proprie-
tors of these furnaces transport coal and
ore. and then make iron, so that it will
yield o good profit? Samuel Baird. one
of the principal men interested in the
iron business at Columbus, was once at
Olive Furnace, and Gen Samuel Thomas,
another of the owners of the Columbus
furnaces. was for years at Keystone Fur
mace Both know the mineral resources
of our county we'll Then why did they
not build their large furnace here, where
the raw materials are all at nearly the
same point2 Simply because railroad
competition at Columbus enables them
TO get their coal and ore brought to them,
and their iron taken away, at prices
which leave them larger profits than they
could realize here, where one road has
the monopoly, and keeps capital out of
our county. And yet some men are SO
blind to our interests as to refuse to aid
in making our county one of the richest
in the State.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23

The plan proposed by the Postmaster
General 60 have the Government buy the
telegraph lines throughout the country,
meets. and deservedly SO, with universal
opposition from the press of the whole
country, The officials should manage
the Postofice Department something
nearly as well as the express companies
manage their business, before asking to
take charge of SO important o matter as
the telegraph. The present management
OF the Postofice Department. is an utter
failure.
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than in the observance. Public aid TO
railroads and other public improvements,
is not only correct in principle, but prof
liable in practice.
Here / meet man, and say to him:
Are you in favor of the railroad? r "Oh
yes, says he, II am In favor of the road
but | want the railroad company to build
1t. Now this man ought to know lat
it takes too much money TO build rail
roads for private individuals and compa-
nies TO do SO. Public aid in some shape,
is invoked in nearly all cases.
Nearly all who are opposed to voting
for the tax, manifest a petty jealousy, or
envy, towards the town of jackson.
They ought to be ashamed of this. and
think they are. The town of jackson is
yet in its infancy. But suppose the sec
tion of land on which this little village
with its four furnaces, should be sunk.
and its present site become lake of salt
water. Would the farmers who now
supply it with coal. ore. provisions. &c,
be the gamers just think of it. And
our people help to pay the taxes, too.
Give US competing line of railroad.
and it will insure us in ten years dupli-
cate worth more than that of the entire
county at the present time. We will
have rolling mills, foundries, forges and
furnaces, and from ten to twenty thous-
and inhabitants, and would not the entire
county be greatly benefited? You will
admit this, although no other part
of the county should improve at all. But
any one may see that those sections of
the county which so richly abound in
iron ore will reap far more of the adyan-
tages of road than jackson will do, with
only her coal as base of operations.
Here meet a man who says: ''Oh,
we will get the road anyhow, whether
we vote for tax or not" Then / meet
another who shakes his head and says
THE road will never be built, even if the
tax be voted" This may be true. But
let US go through the motions-let US do
bur duty. Let US have faith like the old
colored man. He said he would do what
ever the Lord told him to do. Some one
asked him what he would do if the Lord
should tell him to jump through a stone
wall. He replied that he would jump
against the wall We will not get the
road if we do not vote for the tax; we
may not get it if we do; but let US do our
duty. Then we cannot censure ourselves
in the future.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-23

RY TEE EDITOR.

The last number of the Gallipolis
Journal contained the following mar
riage:
Hon. Samuel Finley Vinton and Ro-
maine ID. Bureau, August Is, 1924, Gould
P. G."
was not much acquainted with Mr..
Vinton. although / frequently saw him.
Ny father was well acquainted with him,
and often heard him speak of his early
history. Mr.. Vinton came to Gallipolis
st an early day, perhaps from one of the
Eastern States. He was poor young
man, seeking his fortune. He possessed
no earthly goods save the clothes he
wore, and few articles tied in a hand
kerchief. He married daughter of Mr..
Bureau, one of the early French mer-
chants Of Gallipolis. He became an emf
nent lawyer. and represented his district
in Congress during great many years,
He was at one time the Wing candidate
fo- Governor of Ohio. He practiced law
at Jackson before he went to Congress,
and before my recollection. The county
of VintOn is named after him, an also the
SCHb Oh AAbO1 An NdAkla county. ana
am acquainted with dozen men named
after him.
In the same year, (ls24.) is this:
william Huntley and Prudence Lew.
is, Sept. 26th Croy officiating"
At what time Mr.. Huntley died / dc
not know. His widow afterwards married
Lewis Davis, of Madison township, and ]
believe she is yet living. I became &C
quainted with her in the year lS45, wher
her sons Harrison and Josiah Huntley
and her daughter Lavina Huntley, at
tended my school at Moriah. Mrs. Davis
was good woman, and her children
were very intelligent. / think JOSIAH
Huntley now resides in Meigs county.
do not know what has become of Harri
son and Lavina.
The same year, I find this:
Solomon Howard and Catharine Til
laye, Oct. 18th, Gould, p. g.
suppose this was DIR. Howard. SO man.
years President of the Ohio University
nc Athens. Not being certain about il,
will not speako OF DR.. Howard here.