The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-26
Boutwell, Explains.
MACARTHUR, OHIO, March 18th, 1874.

MACARTHUR, OHIO, March 18th, 1874.
To the Editor ofthe Standard:
There was article appeared in the columns
been connected with the smuggling of some
wine into the Editorial Convention held at
that certain memers of the Convention becaTiie
drunken You also made allusion to the NJ. E.
just, inasmuch as that Church had washed her
hands from the blood of grapes by expelIing me
from that Church for making and selling grape
wine, about a year prior to the meeting of the
Convention alluded to.
In regard to the wine furnished at that Con-
vention, L wish to say that the Hon. Gen. Chas
H. Grosvenor, then acting chairman of Com
mittee of arrangements for said Convention
contracted with me for twelve dozen bottles OF
grape wine for the occasion. l understood at
the time that they wanted the wine to put on
the table at the banquet. The price of tie wine
then was seven dollars per dozen bottles. The
consideration that 1 was to receive was that he
Grosvenor, was to procure an advertisement of
my wine in the form of generous puff to be
inserted in each and all of the papers under the
control of the several editors composing said
Convention He, GrOsvenor, also agreed to
return all the bottles when emptied. Shipped
the wine in pursuance of said contract the day
before the Convention met, per order. That
ended my connection with the transaction.
had no further control of the wine after it left
Macarthur. will add that the article in your
paper alluded to above is the nearest approach
10 an adyertisement of INV wine thar r have
yet seen in any paper owned or controlled by
any OF the editors alluded to, In regard to re
out of twelve dozen, two thirds of one dozen is
all that have yet been returned. Can it be pos
sible that the other hundred and thirty-six
bottles have not been emptied yet? What be-
came of the wine is more than know. heard
a rumor that the wine was stored away in a
private room along with supply of whisky,
where those of the ring who were favored with
You know ali the rest. All that 1 gained by the
transaction was little wisdom that was dearly
bought Respectfully yours,
P.S. If you choose you may publish the
proper. have good wine, and wish to get it
before the people. 1t has been patronized by
E. F. B.
COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR.
Soon after arrived at Athens learned
that Mr.. Boutwell, had brought (not ship
ped) lot of wine for the Convention
While in the Ohio University building
was introduced to man said to be Mr..
Boutwell,, of Macarthur. The same even
ing 1 was told that the citizens of Athens,
who had prepared the banquet, refused
to have the wine placed upon the table,
and l saw no wine there. On the cars
next day, going out to Straiisville, two
and after we returned to the hotel, and
when at supper, one of them was jolly
drunk Our Convention had closing
session that night and one of these jolly
editors got up and moved a vote of
thanks be rendered Mr.. Boutwell, for the
wine he furnished the Convention.
was surprised and said that had seen
no wine. l was told that l must be re-
markably green. or dull, not to have
known where the wine was kept-that
all who wanted it could get it. The
mover of the resolution said that Mr..
Boutwell, expected to be paid for his
wine by notices in the papers. replied
that had had no wine, and did not
propose to pay in that way-that my
advertising rates were known, and if Mr..
Boutwell, desired to advertise his wine,
he could do so at the usual rates.
The resolution failed to pass That is
all know about the matter.