The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-09-25
Random Thoughts.
BY D. MACKLEY.


BY D. MACKLEY.
On Thursday last | went to Scioto
Furnace to hear Gen. Garfield speak.
Mrs. Mackley, and our little grand
daughter, Miss Edith Hawk, went
with me- When the train reached
Jackson, Gen. Garfield was on board,
and Gen. Rice got on, going to his
appointment at Portsmouth. These
two Generals had served in Congress
together, and they appeared to be
warm personal friends, and sat in the
same seat in the car, talking pleasant
ly. The Jackson Band were also with
US.
By the time the train arrived at the
Furnace it was crowded We went
up to the grove on the hill, south Of
the Furnace. But few persons had
arrived. The train soon came up
from Portsmouth, bringing a number
Of persons, and band. Among the
Portsmouth folks were Bannon, Farm
ham, El;ck, &C the Tribune, Judge
Poilitt, Noah J. Dever, candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney, James Shelton,
Commissioner, John g. PEBBLES, John
P Terry, John Andres, formerly of
Jackson, and many other acquaint-
ances.
[ also met VIM. Dever, 0. B. Gould,
formerly county Commissioner, W.
II. McCurdy, now one of the Commig-
sioners, Elder Isaac Fullerton, former
ly county Commissioner, and others,
from the country. Mr.. Fullerton is
now Il years Of age, but he is hale,
vigorous old man.
took dinner with Jefferson Dever
and Jacob Cole, and their families, as
they had their dinners spread together.
Mrs. Mackley and Miss Edith took
dinner with the family of VIM. Hicks,
formerly Of jackson. Mrs. Hicks
would have me drink some of her cof-
fee, after | had eaten dinner.
After dinner the Jackson and Ports
mouth Bands got together and played
two Or three pieces together. Then
Garfield and Bundy came up the hill,
and went upon the speakers stand,
when Bundy introduced Garfield, and
he spoke nearly two hours, making
one of the grandest speeches [ ever
heard.
Nothing worthy of note occurred
on the way home, only some young
men in the car pretended that they
wanted to fight. They were drunk.
Near Gallia Station some Democrat
had placed two cross ties and stone
on the track, but the train was stop
ped and the track cleared. At Gallia
Station William Lon9bon came into
the car and talked to the Jackson
folks. He is teaching at the Station.
Seven cars of pig iron were taken out
of the switch at Gallia Station, and
taken up the road.
On Friday afternoon David Davis
Esq, ('Judge Davis") and |, got on
the train for Portland, to Eli an ap-
pointment at Jefferson Furnace. [
noticed that one Of my boots needed
repairing, and | called at the shop Of
W. w. Harris, in Portland, to have it
repaired Mr. Harris is a very intel
ligent Welshman, and an earnest Re
publican. He said Anthony Howells,
Democratic candidate for State Treas
urer. had been at Portland. He said
he had been told in Gallia county that
the Republicans would not give
Welshmen office. Mr. Harris said he
knew that was not true i'll jackson
county, where Welshmen had held
their full share Of office.
| noticed several teams passing with
charcoal for Jefferson Furnace. These
teams consisted Of six mules, and the
wagons hold 200 bushels of coal. One
teanSter at the Furnace told me that
he hauled coal from Il job which is in
sight of Jackson.
As [ was going to the Furnace [
passed the grocery Of John Williams, |
on the railroad, when a Mr.. Halter
man called me. He said he owed me
a dollar. He had taken the Standard
some years ago, and was about dollar
in arrears. | told him | had no recol-
lection of it. He said no matter; he
owed it. Here was an honest man.
1t was near night when | arrived in
the vicinity of the Furnace, and
went to the place where my father
built his log cabin in the year 1920.
1t Is quarter of mile southeast of j