The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-08-15

ers for the press accompanied the stock
holders on their excursion to Jackson on
the new Narrow Gauge road. They all
speak favorably Of our town, and the
manner in which they were received by
our people. We have only room for the
following, which is substantially what is
said by all of them. 1t is from the
Springfield Republic:
ut is safe to say that very few of our
citizens at this time of the year are IN
the habit of getting up before the rosy
fingers of the dawn appear; but Friday
morning at four o'clock found several
hundred of them shaking off tired ma
lures sweet restorer, making hurried
preparations and then off for the Narrow
Gauge grounds.
At quarter past five o'clock Engineer
Crawford pulled the throttle, and that
sturdy little machine Springfield NOV
ed easily and gracefully off with eleven
car loads of Spring gfeld's best citizens.
few ladies among the invited guests ac-
companied the excursion. Both the
Seventh Regiment and Continental bands
were in attendance by special invitation,
and discoursed good music at all stopping
points. The train was under the careful
ent Thornburg and Conductor Jones.
deep fog prevailed at the start, and
through this the train cut at the rate OF
twenty-five miles an hour. The sun, how
ever, soon dissipated the vapor, and then
all were occupied viewing the beautiful
and fertile country through which the
route passes. Stately farm houses, oceans.
of waving corn, orchards laden with fruit,
and long stretches of pasture land with
herds of sleek looking cattle met the gaze
on all sides Passengers were taken on
at all points until the train must have
contained at least 500 people, and more
Jolly and yet orderly crowd never assem-
bled together. At every station the
whole population was on hand from the
babe to the old man in brown overalls
and hickory shirt, who hadn't the prlVi-
lege OF seeing the keers in his youth
Goldsmiths deserted village was nowhere
to their homes when the train came in,
and the hearty cheers sent up testified to
| their interest in the enterprise There
was no end to the good solid enjoyment
on the train. Some of the older heads
were earnestly talking on the prospects
of the road with an occasional view OF
the country. Others seemed to enjoy a
solo on the base horn, with chorus by the
base drum Others still reached out and
plucked at the apples and roasting ears
as orchards and corn fields were passed,
while the more romantically inclined
paid special attention to the rosy looking
lasses along the road. One OF our Coun-
cilmen, in an unguarded moment, lost
his hat near Good Hope. He thinks he d
Know't if he ever finds it again
At Bainbridge engine No. coupled
onto the rear aud helped the train up the
balloon route The scenery on this
route between Bainbridge and Waverly
is truly magnificent and Immediately led
many to remark that it is regular
PENNSYLVANIA Central with its Horse shoe
Curve and beautifully wooded mountains
only on a smaller scale. There ls no
need of our citizens going hundreds OF
miles to the East to enjoy fine scenery.
1t can be seen in abundance on our own
Narrow Gauge; and no Spring gtielder
should neglect trip over 1t both Tor It's
scenery and to get an adequate idea ot
the indominabie energy it has required
to push railroad through such coun-
try Even stockholders themselves were
surprised but gratified in degree never
before experienced, with the enterprise
and energy displayed by the management
of the road and with the now thoroughly
apparent success with which it is bound
to meet In one place it was found nee
essary to build two miles and hall
around a ravine in order to surmount q
grade of S5 feet and achieve direct dis
tance of only LOO feet. Eastern Eng
neering and pluck cannot boast OF much
greater things than this. The train ar
rived at Jackson eractly on time, ll:3O a.
m, whence an excursion from Washing
ton had Just preceded it. The Jackson
Cornet Band was at the depot and wei
coined the visitors 'fortissimo.
Both trains combined poured large
volume of hungry excursionists into the
quiet town of Jackson, but Vice Presi
dent Chapman and the rest of her hos
pitable citizens opened their doors and
took them in, far as possible. The WI
ter, with two others, had the good fortune
to fall into the hands of Prosecuting At
torney Charley Atkinson, and were treated
royally by him and his estimable wife
By the way, we understand Chaaley is {
candida for reelection by the Republi
cans, and if his professional abilitle:
equal his gentlemanly qualities, the Jack
sonians should put him in by large ma
jority.' We dropped in on Bro. Mackley
the lively editor of the Standard, anc
found him busy in the cause of the sta!
warts Mackley is evidently not afraIt
to say what he thinks The two hours
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visitors, the chief attraction being th'
) smelling furnace, which was visited BY
hundreds, who carried away pieces of th'
beautiful looking cinder as mantelpiect
ornaments. In jackson county the.
'adorn' the roads with it, as they have NJ
gravel. 1t is remarkable what an inter
est Jacksonians take in the Marrow
Gauge, but it is easily explained when i
; is known that all her interests and futur
| prosperity, in a great measure, depent
upon the successful operation of the road
She looks hopefully forward, and will
good reason, to the time when all SIX o
her smelling furnaces will be CLOWN.
5 with fervent heat, and her mining opera
tions will rise to par. May that tim
come soon is not only our hope and wish
but our belief While there we Learned
l from a reliable source that Presiden
Whiteley has set the ball rolling by tn
purchase of 800 acres of iron and Goa
&, lands near jackson, on which large irol
furnace is to be erected Immediately
Promptly at l;30 p. m. the train starte'
on the return trip, which was made with
Y out any accidents, save the loss OF anoth
er hat. Nothing was heard during tn
e entire day on the part Of all but expires
t sions of delight and perfect satisfaction
S with the trip; and it is the unanimou
opinion that the S., j. u ?. Narrow Gaug
Z has brilliant future before 1t. 1t delln
S quent subscribers would take trip owe
q the route and see for themselves just hoy
f energy and skill and capital have beel
: expended, and the plainly apparent pros
2 poets of the road, they would not with
hold their subscriptions nor retard tn
/ completion of the enterprise day. Th
t people of the other end of the route hav
e their excursion here to day.