The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-07-09

from one station TO another, so the train
was run in places not faster than four
miles an hour, to give him time There
was but one passenger car. Then there
were six or seven open cars-nOb cattle
cars-worse than that. And there were
not enough of these. had q notion to
be a granger, and 60 in for burst ing all
railroads. If this thing was caused by
'cussed monopoly" then am a granger,
and my cry is, down with railroad mo-
nopolies, If the granger war has so
crippled our road that it is too poor to
furnish cars and conductoss. then am
with the road. I always WAS for the
under dog in the fight
Nearly two hundred persons got on
the train at Webster. I was standing up
in the end of the one passenger car. A
boy, some twelve years OF age, got on the
car next behind the passenger car. He
was well dressed, and was a remarkably
fine looking, intelligent boy. He tou&
from his pocket large cigar and a
match, lit his cigar and commenced
smoking. After taking a few puffs he
took his cigar from his mouth, and with
his tongue pushed from his mouth a su-
perannuated quid of tobacco, about the
size of both his thumbs. Then he COM
menced smoking vigorously. When a
person gets theory in his head, how he
regards all he sees as proof of the truth
of his theory / believe in development; ;
always did; hence / read Darwin's De-
scent of Man with very great interest
When l was boy I often sat and
watched horses eating grass. Did you
ever notice the wonderful structure and
motion of the upper lip of horse when
eating short grass? How marvelously
the lip is adapted to the end of gather
ing the grass together, ready to be crop
ped by -the teeth And what a wonder
full motion the muscles give to the lip.
This fine looking boy had rudimentary
horse lip. 1t was the same shape, and it
closed around, and fitted around, and
manipulated around that cigar with the
electrical muscular motions that move
the lip of the horse around the grass.
No doubt he commenced sucking a cigar
soon after he was choked off sucking his
mothers breast. and kind nature is de-
veloping the mouth to perform the func-
tions for which it is chiefly to be used
from his birth to his death Soon he
got up and pompously strobe into the
crowded car. As he passed me I gently
tapped him on the shoulder and politely
requested him not to smoke in the car,
as it was very warm, and the air was
already foul You ought to have seen
the look he gave me. 1t was a look oi
mingled surprise, contempt and pity
not pity for the pain he was about to in
fiict upon me and many others, but pity
for my ignorance and presumption. He
would have sacrificed the comfort, health
and even the lives of ten thousand per
vile and sinking cigar away, and SO
with supreme contempt playing over
that horse lip, he strobe through the
crowded car of decent men and delicate
women, with the only thing that he sup
posed would ever render him gentle
, man.
Half mile this side of the Furnace, {
quarter of mile on the left of the road
. as we went down, is high hill, covered
with oak bushes some fifteen to twenty
feet high, so thick on the ground thai
man could scarcely get through. There
was where cut my first cord wood, forty
four year ago The second growth wa:
) cut eight or ten years ago, and this is the
third growth. In 1880 the Furnace wa.
owned principally by VIM. Kendall
known as General Kendall, and his son
in-law, C. Overturf, was manager of the
Furnace. l intended to speak of many
, incidents brought to mind during my
short visit, but 1 must stop now, anc
, may have something to say next week