The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-02-05
An Idiot at Large.

There is a man named Pursell who
is editing a paper over at Logan. He
is also one of the Trustees of the
Athens Asylum, having been appoint
ed by the late Gov. Bishop. Pursell
is man of very weak mind when he
is sober, but as he is usually drunk, he
is but little above an idiot. He is as
malicious as his imbecile mind will
permit him to be: He has been in the
habit of slandering decent people, and
lying about them He blackguarded
Mrs. Keith, an estimable lady Of Logan,
until her son took club and ''busted"
the idiots head, but he had so little
brain that he was as lively afterwards
as the headless rooster.
In order to show the mental capaci-
ty Of this man, read the following,
from his paper of last week:
Old Mackley, of THE JACKSON STANDARD. got his
sGnf9e himself to writing up such articles as Mrs
foot to Raccoon furnace last Friday afternoon As
you bee1e Mrs. Mackey that oH Te
left heel t says b l. is d LITTLE t inst tre more
ity, etc; That is more in his line than making
e Gn q, of the Tmes ' Tsk
Gd o sot 2a i o 6s
the kind was ever published in any newspaper and il
one under oath euer made such stateme1t il IS lie
m to eHd od e Fs Of to @
spspieioned against a. trustee Of Athens " ems Asylum is
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criminately, perpetually and danDaby is getting
Now let us see about this. On the
first day of May, 1879, the following
article WIS published in THE STAN
DARD:
continues, The drunken SUPPLEMENTARY DR.. Clarke
Legislature refuses 10 investigate the matter. Drs
aaRPIey and Lash who were DISCHARGED by the Board
laure in which they fasten drunkenness and want of
avits Of men and women who have been employed at
things thf at he uneT
men. Only Only think thin Of IT, Superintendent so hope
write prescription and fail every time. The dru9-
hight crawng aroand t the OF the
women, calling them by name. He was discharged
9on %
thus at the mercy of drunken idiots who control The
The worst fsqtnre Of the whole matter is that the
no better than the men whom they employ. A woman
atiidavit which Drs Haniey and Lash have sent 10
the Legislature, and in her affidavit she says:
hall and thought him drunk Same night also Trus-
eason MeMIen no General oee TeTy eS
drunk LEFT the office to get away from his presence
MeMillen is editor Of the Marietta Times Demo
zette, Hayes paper. If these Trustees, thus men
9ned by M are gay d they Should have the de-
once demand most thorough and impartial investi-
We think the people Of Ohio have had about enough
ing majority for the Republican party in Ohio On
members of the Legislature, no matter what folly may
nor.
The affidavits were published in all
the leading Republican papers of the
State at the time. Both Pursell and
McMillen took THE STANDARD at the
time, and neither Of them ever said
one word about the matter. They
neither denied it nor demanded an in
vestigation.
There must be something done by
the present Legislature to take the
Athens Asylum out of the hands of
the drunken idiots placed over it by
Bishop and the O'Connor Legislature.
A committee of the House has recent
ly been at Athens, and it is said they
found matters in bad condition.
We call upon Messrs. Pollard, Paine
and Beman, to stir this matter up.
Let them examine the affidavits and
testimony filed by Drs. Hanley and
Lash. Unless the O'Connor tribe de-
stroyed the papers, they will find these
charges fully proven. Let them see
that Pursell and McMillen are vindi-
Gated, or let them be kicked out at
once.