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three miles from home in the summer,
rented land and raised corn, and realized
for it l9 cents per bushel. In the winter
went fourteen miles from home, taught
school for $12 per month, and boarded
around The railroad was not finished
before corn doubled IN price. employ ment
of all kinds was abundant. and wages
more than doubled Did not the con-
struction of the road vastly benefit me,
and every other poor man?
Ny neighbors who at that time owned
property and had basis upon which to
operate, have very generally become
wealthy Recently mentioned the case
of William Jones, who at that time was
also poor school teacher, but having
saved fifteen hundred dollars, invested it
in Jefferson Furnace, and when he died
his property was worth thirty thousand
dollars. / know plenty of men-in fact
a majority of my old neighbors, who
were then only able to make plain liv-
ing, whose property now would bring
from forty thousand to one hundred thou
sand dollars. Then there was not a fur
mace IN Jefferson township; now there
are three. Then the place where now is
the thriving village of Portland, with its
school houses. churches, telegraph office,
vast commerce and intelligent and enter
prising people, was an old worn out corn
field, producing only rag weed of a very
stunted growth.
It is marvellous that with this lesson
before their eyes, some people will hold
back, and refuse to take hold of an en-
terprise far more promising than the one
just mentioned. cannot believe that
one-third' of the intelligent people of my
county will vote down this great enter
prise. IL they do, shall be ashamed
next week to send my paper all over
the country announcing the humiliating
result.
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GET OUT OF THE WAY!
FHN5EIKEEEE45I FE5EI1KEEElfEHE45 H4liI
" SE1R III

/ am determined to double the circu-
iation of the STANDARD within the ensuing
. six months. and to do this must rely
mostly upon the friends OF the paper.
am willing to pay literally. those who
work for my interest. The city papers
keep up their circulation by offering pre-
miums to agents. The country press has
the same right.
Any person who will procure 200 new
subscribers for the STANDARD, and pay me
the money, $780, will be furnished with
new Singer Sewing Machine, costing SIS
in New York City sl =.
For loo neIv subscribers, the cash, $3.50,
to be paid IN advance. will give set of
Chambers Encyclopedias. consisting of
ten volumes, we'll bound. and profusely
illustrated, and costing $50 in Philadel-
phia.
For fifty new subscribers, and $75 cash,
will furnish, Zell's Encyclopedias, two
very large volumes, costing $50 in Phila-
delphia s'.
For 90 new Subscribers. and $50 cash,
will furnish Greeley's American Conflict,
two large volumes, and copy of The
Great Industries OF the United States.
For 10 new subscribers will furnish n
copy of the Great Industries. This book
is very valuable. 1t is now advertised in
the STANDARD. under the heading Want
cd" Read the advertisement.
For new subscribers, and $3.50 cash,
] will pay-one dollar cash.
Now any active, industrious woman,
can earn one or the best sewing machines
in two months. or over $40 per month.
Let ell strike for the highest premiums.
and If you fail in that, you win be sure
OF some of the lower ones. Any person
can get FIVE subscribers in half day.
Take.one of the papers with you, and it
will speak for ITSELF 49,
win make this further proposition.
The STANDARD is now a most valuable
paperi in which to advertise, and its value
will increase with its increased Oircula-
ton. Every dollar and half collected
by agents for advertisements or job work,
shall be credited as for one subscriber, in
the above offer For instance you get
100 subscribers, and $50 in addition fol
advertisements, and you get the sewing
machine The money is what want.
Credit at any of the furnaces III this OIL
the adjoining counties. taken as cash
Also, furnace scrip,
am making arrangements with Mis-
C;ornie McGhee Constance Carleton) tC
write another story for the SrASpARp. t.
.comnlencc in tho spring.
Call at my Office and see the books
prolloSe'to give as premiums, and also {
number of fine chFomos, framed. which
viii give as premiums, under specid
agreement. v D. MAcKLEY,
- Editor and Proprietor
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Poor Ebenezer. Z"

To the Editor Of the Standard:
Mr.. Scott, in the last issue of the STAN
DARD, asserted that DR.. l. T. Monahan
had "set up his Ebenezer' in behalf of
the teachers, who, in the Doctors opinion
had suffered outrage at the late Institute;
and furthe er AYERS, while examining the
Foundation" of that colossal "Ebenezer':
"If it is built on falsehood, it will fall !;
if on truth, it will stand" So say we so
say all; who has any care for it, any occa-
sion to notice it, or any concern about it
whatever2 Leave it to its fate, for
"Time at last sets all things even."
But the gentleman argues: There arc
two kinds of articles that should be an
swered; good and bad" There is also a
species of effrontery too contemplate for
public notice. Can it be possible that
Mr.. Scott does not discern the animus OF
the charges when he quotes "the favored
individuals" and because they live in
town." &c2 Would he be surprised at
similar epithets, if he should ever step in
advance Of that same spirit of carping
detraction
He further states.. 1--WE, have hitherto
believed the accused to be men of integ-
rity, &c, and then asks. Can the assail-
ed vindicate their irprocedure Certainly,
If it were necessary Fl is four charges
might aif be answered III one sentence
The committee tried to do their duty,
and consented to nothing they did not
think right and proper But il he pre-
fers an answer to each allegation, it is
easily given:
!. That certain persons received COM
pensation for their labors at the In3ti-
tute." Certainly they did. None but the
meddlesome or uninformed on the sub
ject could question the propriety or the
legality. Let any simpleton start out
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LFor the jackson Standard
IrreYerence in Church.

The worship of God is so sacred, the
frame of mind in which it should be
offered so thoughtful and solemn, the
decorum of the house of God so
generally and fully understood and
the duty of worship so near univer-
sally acknowledged that it might be
thought no one could be found in a civ
ilized land so irreverent to God and so
regardless of the rights and feelings OF
others as to disturb a religious meeting;
but strange to relate disturbing religious
meetings is nearly standing item in
our Probate Court, and when it is re-
membered that Christians are so averse
to law that they suffer almost any indig-
nifty and abuse, and resort to so many
methods OF securing the privilege of wor-
shipping God in peace and quietness be-
fore resorting to the courts for protec-
ton, only the more aggravated cases
being reported at all, it certainly speaks
badly for our civilization refinement and
education. We are informed by mis-
sionaries that even the wild Arabs, de-
graded Hindoos and filthy Hotentots
when they can be induced to attend
church at all, pay respectful attention
until the close of the meeting. Travellers
tell US that in Great Rritain and on the
Continent of Europe the congregations
are not only perfectly orderly, but rev.
erent during divine service. How NOR
tifying is the unwelcome truth that full
half of the congregations in our oaCn
county are disturbed and the beauty and
impressiveness of the service greatly
marred by young men leaving and some
times running in and out. young women
giggling and whispering, and entirely
disregarding the sanctity of the place, at
almost every meeting. These disturbers
form but a small minority in our assem-
blies, and we believe if the large majority
who practice good manners themselves
would mildly and firmly oppose and re-
prove the disorderly, and throw their
entire influence against their conduct,
that they, the disorderly, would yield TO
the force of public sentiment and this
vexatious evil be driven from our assem-
blies without a resort to law, except in
very rare cases. Thomas Z. PEDEN
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CHARACTER AND REPUTATIoN.-Wha is
the difference between character and rep
utation. if their is any difference2
ANs.-Character is what man is !; rep
utation is what people think him to be-
A man sometimes has the reputation of
being honorable, faithful, skillful and
worthy of all respect and confidence,
while his real character is the reverse of
all this, and sooner or later comes to be
understood Then his reputation falls
to the level Of his character. Another
may be slandered before he enters a
place Enemies may give him the worst
kind of a reputation; and for weeks,
months, or years, the public may stand
aloof and the poor man suffer in mind,
body and estate. His character is the
soul of truth and honor. After while
the public begins to, see the true charac-
ter, and gradually his reputation chang
es and becomes the same as his charac-
ter, with all who know him well: yet,
with those who do not know him,
his reputation may still be bad, while
his character, as it has been all the time,
is good.
Character The peculiar qualities
impressed by nature or habit on a per-
son, which distinguish him from others.
These constitute real character. The quail
ties which he is supposed to possess con-
stitute his estimated character or repu-
tation. - We6ster's Dictionary.
We have often recommended the study
of Wei ster's Dictionary Almost any
dictionary, however, would settle such
questions as this.-Phremologiea Journal.
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rudimentary, and occasionally absent.
Not so however, with the savage, whose
rough fare renders 50 teeth a necessity.
1 will here mention the popularity of
the teeth in an underjaw which assist
ed to take out of mound in this vicini-
ty last fall. There was the crown of
Temporary tooth still in its socket behind
two permanent molars, rendering it prob
able that some at least of the children OF
the mound builders had 30 temporary
teeth instead of 20. But more directly
to the point there is an unequal number
of bones in the backs of the wild hogs OF
India and Europe, yet that is not con-
sidered sufficient reason by most natur-
alists for considering them as different
species.
The DIR. refers to the reasoning powers
of the animals as differing from that of
the human only in degree and not in
kind, which think is correct. And had
he taken the broad position that the ana
mails differ from human beings only in degree
and not IN Kind, l would have agreed with
him as readily. as ] did. That in fact is
the most important tenet in Darwin $
creed. Or, in other words, the more we
study the habits of any particular species
of animals, the more we find Them to be
reasoning beings, actuatcd by affections
and desires which we might once have
supposed to be peculiar to humanity. On
the other hand, the more we study hu-
man nature, the more we find of the
original monkey still remaining. So
that the gulf between US is not so wide as
1t at first appeard.
We say that the brutes have.no articu-
late language. ! think it we understood
what they have better, and could COM
pare it with the earliest existence of our
own, or even with that of the savages of
the present day. we would no longer say
that man alone has language of words.
y In this article do not commit myself
to the opinion that man is but pro-
gressed monkey, or strictly that our an
cestors were once beings similar to what
the Asiatic monkey now is and that they
had advanced through numerous grada-
tions of development from the lowest ex-
istence. Neither does Mr.. Darwin seem
to be positive in the belief of his theory.
He has collected, however a mass of sci
entifc facts, the correctness of which
have not been denied, and he candidly
admits the Importance of seeming oppos-
ing facts, and the absence of links in his
chain of evidence. But let Darwinism be
true or false, it deserves careful inves-
tigation from men OF science rather than
the decision of the public. Nature did
not leave for us the choice who should be
our ancestors, but if she decided that
they should be monkeys. we should not
add another evidence of the fact, like re-
cent upstarts, by denying our origin.
l.. w. BAKER.
HAMDEN, Jan. %, 1873.
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WHAT / KNOW ABOUT RAILROADS,
BY THE EDITOR.

By THE EDITOR.
Twas told by man. who.is opposed to
the railroad tax, that one of the citizens
Of jackson. who takes lively interest in
favor OF the road, must have some per-
sonal interest in the matter, or he would
not be so jealous. OF course hc has.
There is not'a man in the county who
has not a direct personal interest in the
matter 7-~e.-. ,a49ssE e~-7l
Over. twenty years ago Invent out into
this county and tried TO persuade the
people TO vote for a tax TO raise 100000
for the present railroad !. Conaidering the
apaount of property then in the county,
the scarcity of employment and money.
and the difficulty with which people
raised money to pay their taxes. that was
a big undertaking. People might have
eaid then that the railroad would never
benefit me; bat it did Then went
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MR.. w. Eylar versus DR.. Crumit.

To the Editor Of the Standard
In a lecture published in your paper,
delivered 10y DR.. Crumit, observe the
following:
"The lumbar portion in the chimpan-
zee and orang. is not of the same proper
tional strength, and contains but four
vertebrse in the chimpanzee instead of
five, and this fact alone, in my opinion,
disproves the theory Of Mr. Darwin in
regard to the origin of the human fami-
ly, for the reason that, however, much
you might improve the lower animals in
intellect, such improvement cannot by
any possible chance add to or subtract
from the skeleton bone of such import
ance as vertebrR."
Dr. Crumit certainly knows that the
vertebree has been supplied, not only in
part, but in achole. The earliest fishes
had no vertebres, while later fishes had
vertebreted tails and cartileginous bod
les Now, the more perfect fishes of our
period have completed vertebraes, show
ing positively that the vertebrahas been
supplied by development" in one in
stance, as it may be in others. The same
degree of improvement is noticed in the
turkey, as it is known from the creta-
ceous period to the present time.
J. w EyLAR.
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The New York Tribune closes an edi-

The New York Tribune closes an edi-
torial thus:
ave have no compassion or sympathy
for murderers, and we unite in the most
vigorous demand for the punishment of
the dozen or more now in the Tombs! AS
long as the law remains as it is we are
even earnest in our wish that those clear
ly guilty shall be punished, But every
conviction and every execution add to
our belief that our present punishment
for murder is both cruel and ineffective.
Hanging is an inadequate penalty, and
not calculated to deter others from COM
mitting crime.
And it closes another editorial thus:
Murder is common; human life is
cheap; any excuse is held sufficient to
justify violent killing What is the rem
edy for this alarming state of things?"
We think the remedy consists in such
papers as the Tribune stopping their
whining every time murderer is hanged.
Let justice be meted out speedily and
surely, and murders will soon become
less frequent.
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DAYTON, O., Jan. %, 1873.
Noses Morgan, Oak Hill, o.

Noses MoTgdn, Oak E1H, y.
l enclosed your letter of inquiry of 1lth
inst, also my reply to you of the 10th, to
Col. Trimble. l am in receipt to-day of a
letter from him. reminding me that l
had omitted in my reply to you, to an
swer your I'd inquiry, viz: Did not the
proposition of raising the 100000 by
taxation originate in the town of Jackson,
and you in Montgomery county accede to
it?"
1t is our understanding that the peo-
pie of jackson had nothing to do with
the origin of the proposition to raise the
$lO0.000-that.it it came from Col. Trimble
to them, authorized by Mr.. Huntington.
We hope the vote will carry. If defea-
ted, it may postpone indefinitely, if not
defeat, our much cherished hope of a
line of road through jackson, Gallia and
Lawrence counties to mouth of Symmes
Creek OF course the road cannot go
where each would like to have it; but its
passage through the county cannot fail
to benefit every inhabitant in it, and |
trust the vote will be largely in excess of
the requisite two-thirds in favor of the
appropriation. Respectfully,
E. E. BARNEY.
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HILLsBoRo', O., Jan. q, 1873

NAA@S~S@'O
Capt Morgan-Dear Sir:
Mr.. Barney enclosed me your letter of
the 11th inst, and his reply, for my ap-
proval. As 1 saw nothing in his reply
which l did not approve, | forwarded it
to you without comment On re-perusal
of your note, it occurs to me that more
specific answer to your second question
should have been made. Your question
is: did not the proposal of raising the
100000 by taxation originate in the
town of jackson, and you in Montgom-
cry county accede to it p
The simple answer to this is, that
made the proposition in the form in
which it is now before the people of Jack
son county,-that being fully authorized
by Mr. Huntington, was acting for both
the Ch. & o. and Southern Ohio Compa-
nies, and that the people of jackson on
ly took action in the premises, at my
suggestion and after / had submitted to
them the proposition to raise 100000 in
jackson county.
l hope your people will not permit any
local feeling or interest to influence them
against measure SO fraught with prom
ise of future benefit to the county.
Yours Truly,
WIN. H. TRIMBLE.
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Treasury are collected, was so made for
the express purposes that they might be
used for the sole object with but one ex-
ception) for which they have been re-
Gently appropriated
II. Does the gentleman remember who
offered that resolution and spoke in its
favor?
Is. Is he quite sure that he is not rela-
ted, as author. TO a scandalous article,
meriting equal infamy?
IL Will Mr. Harbargar please be can
did enough to report which prompted
him most in his insolent attack, envy or
Ignorance?
I'M. YARHELL.
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In Personal Recollections' in the
Jackson Standard of Jan. %, We find the
following relative to early marriages in
Gallia county:
Solomon Howard and Catharine Til
laye, Oct. 18th, Gould, p. 6, -
l suppose this was DR.. Howard, so
many years President of the Ohio Uni
versity at Athens. Not being certain
about 1t, will not speak of Dr. Howard
here. The Standards suppositions are
wrong. Mr., Hayard (for that is the
name) is still resident of Gallipolis, and
no Doctor. GaAipoEs Ledger.
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Susan B. Anthony has been in prison
for voting. 1t seems strange when VIC
read about the burning of people in New
England for witchcrafti it even now
begins to sound strange to read about
professetl Christians upholding the sale
Of women and children as property; it
may some time sound strange to read
that. q woman was thrown into prison in
the year 1872 FOR voting for President
Grant -.+.-
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..s The people of Gallipolis have been en-
gagged during the past year in quarreling
about railroad matters, and some three
months ago an obscene circular was
printed and circulated We saw one Of
them. Quite recently another circular
was issued, said TO be nastier than the
first ono. This is. indeed very dirty
business. and is q scandal to the place.
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RAILROAD CORRESPONDENCE.
The following correspondence, which
We are permitted to publish, explains it

The following correspondence which
we are permitted to publish, explains it
self:
OAK HILL, Jan. IL, 1873.
Mr. Barney, Dayton O.-1SEr:
As you are aware, our county (Jackson)
is called upon to cast a vote on the rail
road question on the 30th inst. There
seems to be a great dissatisfaction in
some localities about the clause in the
proposition locating the road from Pike
county to the line OF Gallia county through
Jackson c. H. The citizens of jackson
c. H., are contending that it is the desire
of Montgomery county to have it through
through Jackson county Now what /
wish to obtain the information is simply
this:
l. is it the desire of Montgomery coun-
ty to have the road through the town of
Jackson, or is it your desire to have it
through the county the nearest way?
2. Did not the proposal of raising the
100000 by taxation originate in the
town of Jackson and you in Montgomery
county acceded to it
These are plain, simple questions, and
if you consider proper to answer, with
out infringing upon your rights, advanta-
ges, privileges or pledges, and will an
swer them, / think it will have tendency
to quash great dissatisfaction existing
in certain localities Of the county
Respectfully yours,
MosEs MoRGAN
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Moses MORGAN


DAYTON, O., Jan. ID, 1873.
Noses Morgan, Oak Hill Ohio I'm reply
to your letter of inquiry OF llth inst, |
beg leave to say We desire that route
through jackson county, for the S. o. r.
r., that will strike the best coal and iron
ores in largest quantities, consistent with
due regard to distance. grade and expense.
Our wish had been, if these can be secur-
ed, to pass through the county-seat. 1t
is our impression the two-thirds vote will
be more readily obtained for the 100000
by passing through rather than around
the county-seat. The jackson shaft coal,
so famous, as far as we know is found
only in and near the county-seat 1t is
also our impression that the jackson
hill coal, which our people deem the best
crate coal in the world, is found mainly
in the northwestern townships. Our peo-
pie wish to strike both these Goals.
All5these matters we leave very much
to Col. Trimble, in whose judgment and
desire to do, on the whole, what will best
subserve the interests of all concerned,
we have great confidence
Respectfully,
F r PARNEY
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! There has not been anything done
either in Congress or the State Legis-
lature during the past week worthy of
notice. # these august bodies would
only adjourn before they do something
positively mischievous, the country would
feel relief L4
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~ j. W. Bowen has enlarged the Near
thur ESquircT, and changed the heading
1t makes very neat appearance.
The CHristia,a Fitnrss is also published
by him, the first number OF which we
have received. The editor of this paper
resides in Missouri. Rather too distant
assA 80 te-
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We have received VieEs Floral Guide
for 1873. 1t is a beautiful work. and is
sent for only p cents If you want to
get full catalogue of vegetable seeds,
send to james Wick. Rochester, New
York, and get copy.
See advertisements
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-r Simon Cameron has been reelected
United States Senator from Pennsyl-
yania, and Roscoe lConkling from New
York. Gov. 0glesby has been elected
from Illinois, in place of the renegade
Trumbull II -4s-s
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The bell in Bigelow d. E. Church.
Portsmouth,. fellfrom its place recently.
crashing through floors 70 the basement.
The bell weighs two thousand FIVE hun
dred pounds.