The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-07-24
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
BY THE EDITOR.

On last Saturday morning went to a
Sunday School celebration three miles
from town, on the Adelphia road. We
went in Monahan's omnibus The COM
pany consisted of Reverends Sewers and
Atkinson, my wife and me- The day was
pleasantly cool, and we got out there
early. In the mouth of hollow by the
side of the road, and in a thick grove,
was a speakers stand, and seats for q
couple of hundred persons. A few had
already arrived. Mr.. Sewers. Mr. Atkin-
son and | took .wallxGp &c Iii tIlocgas
the woods, and after getting to the top
of the hill came to field On the oppo-
site hillside was a coal mine. The trees
on the hill were none of them much er
a foot in diameter We remarked that
they were of a secondary growth, but we
could not tell what had destroyed the
original forest Mr.. Lively afterwards
told me that all the timber had been cut
to make salt, and the Salt Reserve lands
extended short distance beyond where
we were He said there had once been
Salt furnace short distance below that
point, on the creek. l believe this is
called Horse Creek
The exercises of the day consisted of
singing and short speeches. Rev. VIM.
Wallace said that he supposed he had
been connected with Sabbath Schools
longer than any one present. doubted
this, as I had commenced attending Sab
bath School in the year 1882, now more
than forty-one years ago. But in the
course of his speech he said that it had
been forty-eight years since he first at
tended Sabbath School So that beat me.
By the way, when at dinner, Mr. Wal
lace told me that the Prohibitionists had
placed him on their advisory committee,
for Washington township, without his
knowledge or consent; that while he was
an ardent temperance man, he thought
this political movement might be prema-
ture, and would in all probability do the
cause of temperance more harm than
good. He said he would notify the Pro
hibitionists that he would not act as
committeeman.
| had many invitations to dinner, and
among others one from my good friend
Green Thompson. Mr.. Thompson was
quite sick, and not able to get around.
He had been attacked with violent vom-
iting the night before. I took dinner
with Eliza Titus and Henry Millhuff, who
had table loaded with provisions in a
new house which Isaac McGhee is put
ting up near where the celebration was
held Mrs. Titus and Mrs Millhuff know
how to get up first class dinner. They
had large quantity of provisions left,
and loaded a basket with good things for
me to take home with me. Mrs Titus is
a daughter of William Darling, and she
is a live woman. Her mother, Mrs OAR
ling is one of my best friends, and she
was there also.
The congregation was not as large as
might have been expected, as the farmers
were exceedingly busy with their hay
harvest. And then one of their old
neighbors, Mr. Eisnawgle, had died the
night before. He was quite an old man,
and had lived long in that community
and many of the neighbors were with the
family.
My young friend Winfield Scott pre-
sided at the celebration, and conducted
the exercises. Dr. l. T. came out about
noon, and made short speech in the
afternoon, advocating the practice of his
new theory of universal love. l would
judge that the Doctors theory was pretty
well observed in practice in that neigh
borhood, as | never saw a more sociable, .
friendly people, than composed the con-
gregation. af. Hs
At three o'clock the bus came out for
us, and we reached home in an hour,
having spentanother day very pleasantly,
and ! hops not unproftably.