The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-04-10


habits
The physicians admonition-"be pa
tient."
John G. Thompson is the Clerk Adams
of the Ohio Democracy.
The question of the hour-has Presl-
dent Hayes any backbone
The British soldiers regard the King of
the Zulus as very bad niger.
The starvation Policy was first inaugur-
ated at Andersonville, and proved quite
a success
An Illinois miller is so stingy that he
insists on tolling the bell on top of the
building,
When tramp demands a feast OF
reason" he is usually treated to flow of
SOLE
Isn't it pity now, really, that we
didn't hit the South another lick while
we had her down?
Some Ohio Democrats are pushing IL.
]. Jewett for the Presidency-but not
vigorously Uncle Sammy laughs.
The great mining town of Leadville is
appropriately named-since SO many peo-
pie leave it with heavy hearts.
There is a Democratic editor in Okolo-
ma, Miss, who ought to be presented
with a bottle of vermifuge.
The Republicans in Congress are still
stirring up the Southern animals. The
howl of the animals is heard throughout
the North
By the aid of the Tribunes key, we
have found out what that word "usu
tract" meant 1t meant "to be continued
in 1890"
Democrats should not be too hard
upon the Supervisors. The Supervis
ors are the old-time slave-hunters, re-
formed, and hunting on the other side.
Unless the Republicans will keep the
officers of the law away from the polls, the
Democrats have no hope Of success in
$780,
We have not yet seen any law, passed
by the Ohio Legislature, fixing the pay
of the members at reasonable figure
say three dollars day.
One of the saddest sights at this time
of the year is the young man who appears
in new Spring suit, and tries to look
unconcerned.
Thurman will come up with the next
Democratic National Convention, putting
and sweating, to find that Mr. Tilden has
quietly taken it in.
Now if the Brooklyn Presbytery would
occupy its pious mind in fighting the
Devil instead of Talmage, the world would
possibly be the better for it.
Men and women are the natural in
structors of the child, but how often are
the tables turned-the child teaching an
enduring lesson
One of the female pedestrians is said
to have become a maniac during the re-
cent walking match. We don t believe
it. We don't see how she could.
party whose members come into
Office with loud protestations, and sud-
denly go out with loud apologies is
very good party to keep out of power.
Was the practice Of DIR. Keifer and
son, at the Soldiers Orphans Home,
what the Democrats are pleased to call
their "Ohio Idee p
Jeff. Davis "If the people of the North
knew me, they would find 1 am very
much like one of themselves" Then.
Jefferson, we are all moderately well
pleased that we don't know you.
Col. Ingersoll says he is probably the
only man in this country who has read
the Bible through during the past year.
Read it again, Colonel, read it again 1t
won't hurt you.
Ohio is to have another 'clatter" at the
Presidency. The Prohibition candidate
for Governor is urged by his friends as
the man to lead the Prohibition party to
glory, in the Nation.
Mr. Tilden may be called the devil-fsh
ofth Democracy. No matter how much
they may writhe and twist, they cannot
free themselves from the grasp of his
"feelers" He keeps most Of his feelers
in barrels.
The Governor of Maine gets fifteen
hundred dollars year. But he is for
tunately not prevented by law from car
rying hod between times" in order to
meet the Executive expenses.
AS Mr. Hendricks will probably be
dropped next year by the Democracy
how would Tilden and Davis (Jeff) do
for square Democratic ticket2
More than dozen women started on a
great walking race, in New York, but
nearly all of them left the track, in dis
gust The best dressed women remained
on the track longest.
Spring has many good points. One Of
them is--Spring always makes the poll
t1cian glad to see his friends. 1t also
makes the printer glad to see the candi-
date.
If the ambition is ever entirely smoth-
cred in a budding orator, it is when he
goes into a great fight of eloquence be-
fore what he considers an appreciative
audience, and at the close hears some
one exclaim: La isn't he funny?'
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