The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-04-08

1t is we'll sometimes to see ourselves
as others see US. II. NJ. Adams. editor
of the Ironton Journal was at Columbus
at the Republican caucus, and met sew
eral of us whom he had not seen He
says:
Newman is in the Senate lie is an
urhane, lovely, companionable sort of
fellow, a man of abdominal proportions
and nose Of good length. He eats and
dresses well, but we have no knowledge
upon which we can form any opinion as
to whether he takes corn in his beer
Alderman is very different sort of a
man from Newman. His adipose tissues
never outgrow his intellect He takes
nothing but tea lie is clever felloX--
aiven somewhat to abstraction an4per-
haps snuff, bu we-sre not so sure of that.
His bslhsT OF though tlulness has given
him sad expression of countenance.
which would lead a stranger to the opin-
ion that he is the father of about seven
teen children, though he does not claim
such an enormous paternity.
Jennings is just the sort of a man we
had thought he must be from our ac-
qulintance with the Messenger, which
he has recently enlarged and improved
Jennings - NUuIH anu VIII likely re-
main one for fifty years to come. He
prints a paper TO make money and does
not hesitate to say so. lie is one of the
most genial fellows we met on our trip
aud although we only had few mo
ments conversation with him. he wormed
himself into favor with us very readily
We never make any resistance when we
meet a mar like Jennings. lie has a
good countenance and never looks bet
ter than when he fills it with "fine-cnt.
There were two things about Jennings
that we no. iced in our short acquaintance
which we cannot forget, viz: his linen
and his reputation. They were both
spotless.
D. Mackley was the only man who dis
appointed us. Ii the two men had been
placed before US, among whom we were
required to select Mackley. we should
have picked the other fellow We ex
pected to see man with a head as white
as snow, living the evening of Il virtuous
life on the sunny side OF three score
years and ten. But we actually found
IL man with crimson locks (straw berry
blonde is now the proper name) and as
young and active as the wild gazelle.
IL is about six feet one in his socks. of
a wiry frame and elastic tongue. We
don't mean TO say he is obtrusive (for
we found him quite reserved) but rather
that he can say what he wants to express
without exhausting his vocabulary. One
of the chief elements in Mackleys char
acter is his grit. We are convinced from
his physique that he ould as soon fight
a lion as al ant. lie is strictly temper,
ate. You can neither smell tobacco.
whisky or peppermint about him. We
discovered however that he has a tenn
per which comes out of him through all
mis- pores like perspiration, and this is
how we discovered it. We arrived at
Hamden where we awaited the depart
ure of the Portsmouth train for a few
moments and while engaged in reading
the Cincinnati dailies, the train moved
away from the station, leaving the writer
and Bro. Mackley behind. Whereupon
we both started at the top of our speed
10 overtake the cars. We outstripped
Macl1ley and bounded into the car but,
although he kept pace for few rods,
his wind gave out. not being as long as
his legs, and he gave up the chase. Con-
ductor Jones stopped the train, however
and our Bro. came on. Then it was that
we discovered considerable perspiration
mingled with little temper. Conduc-
tor Jones. who, by the way, is very
clever gentleman, thinks that the "Ran-
dom Thoughts" in the next issue OF the
Standard will be interesting.