The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-09-18

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Moore closed Moore ate at the same ]
table that I did, and he ate so much
that he was lazy, and rather stupid;
but he tried to criticize all our little
speeches, until he awoke, and then he
got off some very fine things. Seri-
ously, Moore is one Of the ablest men
in this part of the State Heis a man
of fine culture, and possesses a thor
oughly logical mind.
There was fine singing, with organ
accompaniment, mixed in with all the !
exercises.
One of the grandest things in the
whole performance, was the singing Of |
Portuguese Hymn" by L. D. Lively,
his wife, and their children. There
were nine of them in all, three to each
part, bass, tenor and treble, as found
in the good old Missouri Harmony
They all have good voices, and the
singing was grand.
The final close was a pathetic song
by Prof. Hank, sung at the request of
Grandfather Enoch Russell, who is a
man so years Of age.
There are dozens Of incidents which
[ would like to mention, and speak of
persons whom I met, but don't you
see what valuable spaceI have already
occupied? | must, however, be per-
mitted to mention that great, beau
tiful bouquet was handed to me, and a
slip of paper pinned to it with these
words, written in pencil, in a beauti-
full, feminine hand: compliments of
Laura Cherington andSusie Johnson"
May the kind Father of all, bless you,
girls.
The exercises were conducted by
Armpstead Scurlock Esq. He per-
formed his duties well. Hehas mild,
soft voice; but when he speaks, all re-
spect him.
As we came home Mrs Burt stopped
few minutes to see her brother, Geo.
w. Barlow, who is quite sick. Then
we drove to the Infrmary, when the
band wagon drove up to the building,
and the boys played several pieces. We
then all went through the building
+ saw John Powers, whom | had
known from his boyhood Part Of his
family were with him. John is a
kind-hearted man, and he will not be
offended when | state what everybody
who has been acquainted with him
knows, that whisky took him there. [
also saw Dick Snedden, who has got
we'll; Ex-Sherif Bannister Brown; old
man Beatty on his crutches, &c. Whis-
ky again, all the way through.
Mrs. Martindale, wife of the Super
intendent, has been dangerously sick,
and the doctors had given her up, but
she is some better. A poor woman
lay in the last stages of consumption,
and she wanted to see the band boys
in their uniforms. They went to her
bedside, and she asked them if they
could not play piece in her room;
but they thought the sound would be
too much in the room. The boys
seemed deeply affected at the appear
ance of the dying woman. The next
morning she was at rest. See notice
of her death in another place.
There was heavy rain on Friday
night, but Saturday was a clear, cool,
pleasant day. Elmer c. Powell and [
went in buggy to S. S. picnic at
Oakland Church, five miles north west
from Jackson, in Liberty township.
We arrived at ten o'clock, but only
few persons had arrived. Mr.. Sum-
mers, the agent for the Estey organs,
and Prof. Hank, got there when we
did. They had an organ with them,
and they took it out of the wagon and
set it upon the stand and Hank and
Powell gave us some good music, and
soon the people arrived.
| Ii WIS ike uOSG C0leDIdGlOuS- -SuOIb
speeches and music alternating. DR..
johnson A. White conducted the ex-
ercises, and made the first speech, then
Powell, then G.. W. C. Perry, then Rev.
Mr. Redfern. During the forenoon [
thought I saw Levi DUNCAN in the
congregation. Then [ thought it must
be a horrid nightmare-but no; it was
really DUNCAN, with countenance SOL
emn as that of deacon.
[ took dinner with B. A. Patterson
and his kind wife, and oh what a good
dinner! Ripley Eubanks had his din
ner spread near where we were eating.
Rip is something of a wag, and he had
Levi DUNCAN and James B. Paine side
by side at his table, and on the other
side, and sitting together, Aaron Aten
and Milton c. Keenan,, rival candi-
dates for the office of county Treasur-
er. | saw that Rip had an abundance
of good provisions, and it did my very
soul good to see my poor old starving
friend, DUNCAN, the victim Of John
Sherman's policy, getting one more
square meal.
After dinner Mr.. DUNCAN told me
that the picnic at Winchester last
week was the first one he ever atten-
ded. and this at Oakland was the Sec
ond, and he really enjoyed them very