The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-08-24
scioto Township Items.
The corn crop is abundant.

The corn crop is abundant.
Hogs scarce.
We had the heaviest rain last week We
have had for years.
/ know some six or seven Democrats
in this community who are all Hayes
men.
Grahamsville IS much for marble play
ing on the Sabbath.
Is there really auy genuine neutrality
in politics or dog fights?
Poor Sammy Tildenl Many of his
Democratic cronies are going to throw
up and scratch the head of their tickets.
Court of Common Pleas is still in ses-
sion, having been in session over three
months. On Tuesday morning the bell
was rung, and the lawyers were waiting
when the Judge came and told the Sher-
iff to adjourn until o'clock on Wednes-
day. The lawyers and officers of the
Court seem to think the thing is becom-
ing a bore.
At the special examination Of teachers
last week, there were Is applicants, IA of
whom received certificates, as follows:
Twenty-four months, William J. Kirken-
dali; eighteen months, ]. W. johnson;
twelve months, A. L. Robbins, league
Ray, ]. C.. Baker. c. r. Kirkendall, J. NJ.
Kirkendall, L. B. c. Kirkendall, Sarah
F. Sylvester, Z. II. Chandler, D. A.
White, s. w. Lake; six months, J. 7.
Fitzpatrick, Randall Russell.
The following are the questions used:
oRTHoGRAPHY.
Disheveled, rubifc, snowy, quoit, appa-
rel, barbecue, filial, clown, currant, Mil
waukee, Caribbean, cheerful traffic, cha
lybeate, bilious, vacillate, wherewithal,
judgment, stupefy, liquefy.
GRAMMAR.
l. What is Orthgpy2
2. What is the penult Of word2
8. What is pleonasm2
4. What parts of speech cannot be
modifed2
5. What adjectives are not compared,
and why2
6, Distinguish between, this and that,
elder and older, farther and further, la
ter and latter.
7. What is government in grammar
8. What is apherosis, prosthesis, syn
cope2
9. What is a verse, a stanza7
10. Parse, Teach me what is true"
GEOGRAPHY.
i. What great problems does physical
Geography investigate?
2 Name the countries OF Europe and
give their capitals.
How do you account for the loca-
ton of the tropics, and polar circles
4 Name the Pacific States of South
America, and give the capital of each.
5 State clearly the cause of the change
of seasons.
g. Give the shape and length of the
e arths orbit
Name three causes that affect the
climate of place.
Locate Palestine, Metz, Calcutta, and
Yosemite.
9 What is the difference between a
natural and political boundary
10 Name six counties through which
the Scoto river flows.
ARITHMETIC
lst. 2 5-S multiplied by As of l9 I-3 di-
vided by 4 sc multiplied by $40 of s
equals what?
2 When it is 7 A. NJ at Washington
Qong. To L 30" W. what time is it at
Mexico (long. 99o 81 W. J?
3 Divide l2I into two such parts, that
one shall be l24 times the other.
4 If it cost IS more to fill bin with
wheat at 60 cents bushel, than to fill it
with oats at 80 cents bushel, how much
would it hold?
5 Sold a watch so that of the gain
equals 6-25 of the cost; what per cent. do
gain2
Sent 81 900 to buy carriage, COM
mission p per cent. What must the car
riage cost?
How large draft, at II per cent.
premium, is worth "a city bonds (SIOO
each, at u per cent. discount?
s AS gain is $500, BIS 225O. Cs S32OO;
AS capital was employed 6 mon, BIS
mon, and Cs year and 4 mon how
much of the capital, $27, ,45O. did each
own7
9 One square is l2I times another; how
many times does the side of the first con-
tain the side of the second?
10 mix lbs of tea, with lbs worth
l times as much per lb., and the mix
ture is worth 4 cents lb more than the
poorest tea. What is the price Of each
kind Of tea?
The Latest Sensation.
Mr.. Jacob w. Beyron, of this place, in
forms US that he has been granted a pat