The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-07-10

prospects now are that ere long the cars
of this road will be running into Wellston,
uniting the rich coal fields of Jackson
county with the fertile agricultural re-
gion of the Great Miami Valley. Speak
ing of this subject reminds me that Jack
son coal is constantly growing in popular
ity here, not only for manufacturing
purposes, but for household purposes
also. l am free to say, from my own
experience, that it is by all odds the best
bituminous coal have ever bought here.
While it burns rapidly, it makes very
hot fire, and burns out clean, having but
a small amount of ash, and no clinkers.
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
The Fourth of July passed off with the
usual bluster, fzz and bang incident to
that day, and Young America was happy.
There was no formal celebration, but pic
mic parties were numerous, and there was
the usual number of minor accidents At
the Soldiers Home the usual attractive
celebration Of the day was dispensed with
out of sympathy for Gov. Brown, who
recently lost his esteemed wife, and the
| later shocking calamity which befell the
| funeral party near Buffalo when taking
Mrs Browns remains to Medina, n Y,
for burial, by which their car was thrown
from the track and several of the party
seriously injured. The veterans of the
Home evinced their sympathy for Gov
Brown in a practical way in thus giving
up their enjoyment, and this is fair in
dex to the profound esteem in which
both he and his family are held by all
salute Of SO guns was fred by the battery
at the Home, and in the evening James
E. Murdock read the Declaration of In
dependence from the band pagoda on the
| Campus MartiuS.
| ABOUT DAYTON.
Dayton you know, is city of about
40 600 population, situated in the center
of the fertile Miami Valley, and generally
admitted to be one of the handsomest and
wealthiest cities in the country. There
are numerous large manufactures here
turning out every conceivable variety of
agricultural machinery, engines, etc and
the great Barney & Smith Car Works,
the largest in the country, 1t is also
noted for the superior character of its
buildings, public and private, most of the
business blocks and churches of the bet
ter kind being built of the celebrated
Dayton stone" comprising the Niagara,
Clinton and Cincinnati groups of lime
stone And her private residences are
simply elegant in every appointment
Stately stone fronts, with beautiful lawns,
so smoothly shaved as to resemble a
green velvet carpet and profusion of
elegant flowers, greet the eye in every
direction. The people of this city pay
more attention to the adornment of their
homes in the way of neatly kept lawns
and handsome flower gardens and window
plants than any other place 1 have ever
seen, and this taste has been fostered and
cultivated by the Montgomery County
horticultural Society, which meets once
a month at the residence of some one of
the members, and horticulture, foralcul-
ture and landscape gardening are discuss
ed with ples 7ure and profit to all-the
ladies participating, and sometimes read
ing essays on window gardening the care
of flowers and kindred subjects. Their
discussions produce rivalry among the
ladies, each striving to have the finest
flower garden, and the result is the beau
tiful lawns and gardens mentioned above.
But l have already drawn this letter
out too long, and will conclude by saying
that the people of Jackson will more
fully appreciate the beauties of Dayton
and the Soldiers Home if they organize
an excursion and come over and see for
themselves. INCREASE.