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The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
The Smoker.

The smoker who is welded to the
habit cannot readily understand why
everyone else does not like the odor.
But the fact is patent that the scent
Of tobacco is not only disagreeable to
some persons but absolutely poison
Gus. It does not mend the matter to
say this is mere prejudice or weakness.
You have no right to make others ur-
comfortable for your own satisfaction.
No gentleman will thrust himself in
close proximity to ladies with his coat
saturated with stale smoke. No gen.
tleman will pass through a car car
rying a lighted cigar in his hand, and
leaving trail Of offensive smoke be-
hind him. No gentleman will get in
a stage carrying smouldering stump
in his hand, and keep it there until it
shoulders out and emits more hid
eous stencil than before. No gentle
man will puff out his costly smoke ON
the platform Of the horse car, when
the spassengers inside cannot escape
some portions Of the fumes. But you
find "men" doing these things every
day in the week.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23

Hill, including the territory Of both
Oak Hill and Portland. 1t is difficult
to drop the name of Portland, and it
will take some years yet to have the
place known as Oak Hill.
At an early day the Methodists built
frame church at the east edge Of
Oak Hill, and soon afterwards the
Baptists built a frame church at the
south edge of the village, up on the
hill. Both were torn down years ago.
The Welsh built two churches many
years ago, one a little below and north
Of the old Baptist church, and one
near where Bingham originally set
tied, being on the north east corner Of
the Bingham land, at the Section
corner. Four churches have been
built in Portland, all, perhaps, yet
used. There are three Welsh church.
es, and one American Methodist.
Oak Hill has always been good
point for business, being surrounded
by an industrious, thrifty people. It's
mineral wealth is the richest in jack
son county, and the new railroad pas
sing q mile on the east, will open up
and develope much of this wealth.
The surrounding furnaces, the two fire
brick manufactures, and other indus
tries, will make this rich and pros
porous village in the future.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23
No Talk About Religion and Eternity in
the Presidents Room.

Gen. Garfield has been regarded as
an eminently religious man. Yet dur
ing his protracted illness, not one
word on death and the future has been
reported from the suffering Presidents
lips.
This contrasts strangely with the
deathbeds Of Webster and Clay and
other American statesmen, whose
thoughts seemed almost wholly bent
on another state Of existence.
Is it all owing to systematic de-
ception about his chances Of life hav-
ing been practiced on Gen. Garfield
Certainly he is not less religious than
the others.-N. Y. Sun.
The death-bed is poor place to
make preparation. "To do justly, love
mercy, and walk humbly before God
is what He requireth, and a life of
that character, as exhibited by Presi-
dent Garfield from boyhood to the day
he was shot down in the depot, ena-
bled him to say, as the life-blood was
ebbing away, 81 am not afraid to die,"
and on last Friday to again say to his
pastor, that he was ready to die. The
lives Of Webster and Clay were unlike
those Of President Garfield, and at
their death-bed there was more need
Of preparation. A virtuous Christian
life is much more satisfactory than a
death-bed repentance, or much talk
about religion and eternity" among
weeping friends as they stand around
the dying couch. A soul that has
had frequent communion with his
God in hours Of health can 60 into the
dark valley, fearing no evil. Those
who would calmly look upon death, as
has our Christian President, would do
we'll to initiate his example in a Chris
tian life.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23
Point Pleasant Register.l
Concealed Weapons.

A well directed public opinion, we
are glad to observe, is now getting
abroad touching the dangerous habit
of carrying concealed deadly weapons.
This practice is frightfully common,
and is the parent of many Of the
murders which are chronicled in the
daily press. Rash young men with
pistols and knives hidden upon their
persons start upon a clark" as it is
called, and before they know it land
in lookup. A few drinks of the
wretched poison sold at the miserable
groggeries that abound in all places,
madden the revelers and make them
ripe for any outrage Then follow,
in quick succession, a disturbance, a
shot from pistol, a prod from a
knife, and human being passes to
his final account. If murderous
weapons had not been at hand no fatal
result would have happened. A few
angry blows exchanged, and then the
end would have been reached. It is
the facility of handling death dealing
instruments which causes so many
murders, and those intrusted with the
administration of the law should make
men sensible that to carry pistol or
dirk knife concealed upon the person
is very grave and serious offense.
The full extent Of punishment author
lied by the statutes of the State should
be meted out to all offenders of this
character If this is done in few
instances young men will be careful
how they indulge in this ruffianly
practice.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23
Pistols.

One way to lessen the reckless use
Of firearms would be to compel every
person who carries pistol in city,
town or village, to pay license Of
about $25 per year, and be under good
bonds of at least 81 900 per year not
to use firearms except in clear cases Of
self-defense. Dealers in revolvers and
pistols generally should not be permit
ted to sell to persons not Of lawful
age, and then to sell only to persons
who give bonds to the county in the
sum Of $1,000, collectable to apply
on damages caused by unjustifable use
of said weapon. As there is no law to
prevent, any youth or drunken loafer
can arm himself and be the means of
killing indiscriminately to crafty his
infamed passions.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23
Oak Hill.
CY1IRO.

With the exception of the village Of
Jackson, Oak Hill is perhaps the old
est village in the county, having been
surveyed and plated in the year 1882.
Prior to that time it was a kind Of
cross roads, or rather three forks Of
roads. Some sixty years ago State
road was laid out from Jackson to
Guyandotte, Virginia. This road ran
mile east Of Oak Hill, passing
through the 10. Cackley farm, and
crossed the Gallipolis road near the
place where the new railroad now
crosses. This State road continued
nearly south course through the
Flat Woods, crossing the present Gal
lipolis mail route between where La
ban Booton and Thomas Spencer re-
sided, some three miles east Of Oak
Hill. This State road was never
travelled much, and was fenced up in
places more than forty years ago.
Another road came due south
through what is now Oak Hill, and
from this road due east ran the old
Gallipolis road. This really crossed
the other road at Oak Hill, as it ex-
tended west one mile, to the old road
leading from Jackson to the foot Of
the hill at Hales Creek, at the Law
renee county line. This road was ex-
tended west towards Jackson Furnace
in the year 1887.
James Walton lived on the old
Reed farm, and Thomas Massie some
three hundred yards east, at the Henry
Thomas place. John Fullerton, faith
er Of Rev. Isaac Fullerton, now Of
Scioto county, lived on the Capt.
Evans farm. There were never-fail-
ing springs at each Of these places.
There is thick vein of limestone all
through this region Of country, and
the water coming up to the under side
Of the limestone finds its way out
where the limestone strikes the sur
face. The water is cold, clear, and
tastes of the lime. 1t is healthy, and
those accustomed to it's use are almost
made sick when compelled to drink
soft water.
The place where Oak Hill is now
located was kind Of public resort
sixty years ago, and was called the
"Buzzard Roost." Nearly every Sat-
urday there was a horse race or shoot
ing match there. Some few would
get drunk, and fighting was common.
There was race track in the Flat
Woods, couple Of miles east Of the
"Buzzard Roost," ON the State road
before referred to. There it was that
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23

James Craig keeps a toll bridge in
Virginia. During the recent hot
weather, every one who stopped at the
bridge to pay toll thougtlessly ,,ob-
served, "Ain't it hot?'' Craig soon
discovered that his voice was growing
feeble, for, the exclamation being in
the form of a question, courtesy re-
quired that an answer should be re-
turned. He accordingly painted and
hung up in plain view assign which
reads, "Yes, it is very hot" Now
when a traveller pulls up at the bridge,
Mr.. Craig simply points at the sign
with one hand while he takes the toll
with the other.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23

A MAN in the suburbs has found a
bed Of remarkably fine clay on his
property; but is undecided whether to
start a brickyard or French candy
factory.
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23

You can't fool Jenkins. He says it
is we'll enough to say that whisky is
more dangerous than water; but he
don't believe it. Thousands of people
are drowned in water, but he never
heard Of one being drowned in whisky
The Jackson daily standard. (Jackson [Ohio]) 1873-188?, 1881-09-23

He Was riding race horse, when the
horse flew the track suddenly, thus
leaning Powers to one side, when he
struck with his breast and face against
large oak tree, near which the horse
passed He never spoke nor breathed
afterwards.
There was race track running
from where the railroad now passes,
near the residence Of Francis Forsythe,
up to near the Reed spring. 1t was a
quarter Of mile long, through thick
oak woods. When a small boy we re-
member being there at a race. There
was large crowd Of people. The
race was between a little sorrel mare
owned by Jesse Mackley, our cousin,
and a little gray mare owned by Levi
Massie. The sorrel was the winner.
Prior to the year 1882 there were
no stores where dry goods, groceries,
&c., could be had, nearer than Jackson,
13 miles north, Gallipolis, 25 miles
east, or Portsmouth, 30 miles south.
In that year 1892 Julius Augustus
Bingham, who had been publishing
paper in Portsmouth, came and
bought 80 acres Of Government land,
known as Congress land, all in the
woods. 1t lay directly south of Wal
toms land, since known as the Reed
farm. Part of this land lay east Of
the public road, and there Mr.. Bing-
ham had Oak Hill laid out. 1t was
all up on the high hill, and dense
forest Of large oak trees.
Thomas Massie, whose land corner
ed with Bingham's, TN its north east
corner, laid out Massie's Addition, and
James Reed, who owned north Of
Bingham's land, laid out Reeds Addi-
tion. These lots were at the crossing
Of the roads, and soon became the
heart Of the new village. Bingham's
lots, being up in the woods, did not
sell, but he opened little store, the
first ever opened in Jackson county
south Of the town of Jackson.
Some time about the year 1888 Silas
Shelton commenced selling goods at
the crossing, and continued three or
four years. Among the persons who
sold goods at Oak Hill before the lay
ing out Of Portland, were Levi Nc
Daniel and Wilson Lewis, Teter Null,
Stephen White, VIM. Grimes, James
M. Cole, j. Johnston, T. L. Hughes,
Hughes & Jones, and several others.
The Scioto and Hooking Valley
railroad was finished in the year 1853,
and at the place where it crossed the
county road, half mile west IF Oak
Hill, the village Of Portland was laid
out. This effectually killed Oak Hill,
and no store has been kept there since
that time. At Portland P. Powell
s. Go. opened a full store, and bought
ore for Scioto Furnace. The firm
continued in business three years, sold
on an average $4,000 worth Of goods
per year, and cleared $1,000 in the
three years. John J. Jones opened
little store, mostly clothing, and made
money. The store of Parry, Warren
& Co., is the continuance Of the same
store, Mr.. Jones still retaining an in
terest. J. Edward Jones has been
selling goods there for many years,
and others have been engaged in bus
mess there. .Frf f3g.
A few wears ago the village was in
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-03-30
PRoHZBITI0N IN NAME.

few days ago the ~ y. Tribune publish.
ed a statement 10 the effect that Neal Dow
admits the existence of 1870 places ia Portland
where liquor sold, and that paper left the
ieadet IL infer thaa The Maine law is failure
an Maine. Here is exactly what Mr.. Dow
said ia a communication 10 The Christian
Mirror.
I" In Portland we have some 1870 low. dirty,
vile, secret ru,n.deus, aud the friends of liquor
Call them - Saloons, " that is open rum shops,
and that term gnes abroad in our papers, lead
ing strangers to suppose them to be such -
And they assert that this fact proves that the
law has been a failure. 1t proves nothing of
the sort. Before the law we had Many es-
Establishments if Portland, any one of which
Sold Ear more liquors than are now sold by all
these shops together. The stocks of liquors
in those establishments would consist in vast
array of hpgsheads. puncheors, iierces aud
barrels, often lar more than the storeh0use
floor could accom- immediate. And have seen
long lines of these puncheons By the sidewalk
in the open street, awaiting stowage room to
be, made for thrm.ss
New fha stocks of liquors in these 1870
shops consists Df 1.-TWO fiat halfspnt or pint
bofsleSs ID Tbs Coat pockets of the rum,seers;
or a fiat, enised lin box. holding about a
quart, iitted 10 the body, and worn under the
coat ;yaa'fl,t half pint bottles hidden ia the
ash pit nskler the cooking stUve oven or pint
bottles hidden il u well, each with a string
Fastened to a nail few inches under the
surface OF the water.: or two pint bottles
hung. one Cd each side. TO a w0man's girdle
under the uugside skirt or bottle or two
Hidden 10 4 bed, ornnder the hoor. in u trap
that GAN be ieachedo only by moving the bed ;
or Il pilcllerof whisky, aud a sprinklng pot
Of beer staufjite over a tub Of diify water
into which flaey are = dumped" when the
Offices come ~. or when ciaes are seen in the
.I. = ~
floor ofzi 10 &tip, or in a manure heap. Az
these tsicks 1tild inaay mnfe, are resnrted TO
in o1dcisto conceal the liquors from the POI
lice, aud yet These beer aud whisky soakers
tiecIaiesthefs Is as much liquor sold in Port
land and Najuesas ever there MAS
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-03-30
Why We Combine our
Advertisements.

We combine in order
to compete. By pool
ing our advertisements,
we can afford to give
that prominence to our
advertise e nts that
would be out of the
question were we to adj
vertise individually.
Again, we combine
for the reason that we
are TIL orc ughly ac-
quainted with thosewith
whom we combine, hav-
ing been for years their
n Gig h bors, and can,
with out the slightest
hesitancy, recommend
each and every one to
our patrons.
Finally, we combine
Tor the reason that by
so doing we can afford
to give the purchaser
the benefit of what is
saved in advertising on
sales, which should to
them be one of the best
reasons for giving us a
call, as under any cir
cumStanceS we Can SCH
as cheap as any of our
competitors, and united
we cannot be undersold.
We unite in calling
the attention of our pa
irons and the Public
generally to the advan-
tages to be derived from
accepting the invitation
here extended them.
Condensed, you will
find nearly everything
you want, and we know
at prices as low, if not
lower, than can be OBJ
tanned elsewhere. We
each individually most
cordially unite in re-
commencing the other
to our patrons.
1t is no selfish motive
that prompts US, but a
sincere desire for the
Public veal, in which
our patrons are invited
to participate.
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Little ones 10 htin bvlOug,
We are weak, but HE is strong

And when it was all over. aud only the
memory remained OF SO much beauty and
sweetness, aud our hearts were going back "a
the dust aud ashes OF unbelef, our good
neighbour came like an evangelist, aud giving
as of her own brave Christian strength, gained
at the foot OF The cross, said wisely: :. BE
content God has only borrowed The baby !"
Detroit FREQ Press.
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CRIMES AND
ACCIDENTS.
Any Fool can DesfrOy-Only the
Man with valuable Material can
SaVe-Reader. take warning
Before it is too late.

g
The summer OF 1880 contributed largely to the rc-
cords Of disaster and death Stupidity, ignorance and
careiessness can take lie any fool destroy But
the ability to restore, to crush disease TO make life
worth having is the joint product of nature and educa
ton For this Dr. David Kennedy, of Rondout,
Y has be both proud and Thankful that his
namd is gratefully mentioned By so many
whom he has healed helped. Kennedy's Fayorite
Remedy has become household word. Everybody,
sooner later gets sick and sickness Is both weaT-
some and costly. Favore Remedy steps in at TINS
point II is expensive and IL is efficient For all
diseases of the blood, Bilious Disorders Kidney Com
plant. Constipation and the aches and ills which make
the domestic life of hard to bear,
Ke nedy' Fayoriie Remedy has been successfully
used by tho lsands. II will build up q system which
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the student and literary TO have at hand. and
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try H. you need advice WELL write to Dr. Kennedy.
who is in active practice surgeon and physician at
Rondont N. Y. Dr. Konnedys Fas0rlte Remedy
for sails by all druggists Mar. 4w
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-03-30

CONDEMNATION.
10 First Glass Stores in One Square,
Bet. MARKET & CHESTNUT. on SECOND ST. !
List of Business Houses which, Reliability for
exceled in Philadelphia
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SGG week in your own town Terms and IS onsat
yUu tree Address IL HALLErr s Co., Portland,
hsine. f2siy.
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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-03
Unsh0d Horses.

In Mexico, Peru, Brazil and else
where, unshod horses are daily worked
over roads of all kinds, carrying heavy
packs from the interior down to the coast,
the journey to and fro being often extend
ed to several hundred miles, and they
never wear out their hoofs. The roads
are neither softer nor smoother than
those of England and Ireland. On the
wilds of Exmoor and Dartmoor, as also
In the Orkneys and on the Welsh hills,
and in many parts of Continental Eu-
rope, horses run unshod over rocks,
through ravines, and up and down pre-
cipitous ridges, yet they never suffer
from contracted feet, or from corns or
cracks, until they become civilized and
have been shod. Differences in the
quality of the soil, be it hard or soft,
stony or sandy, smooth and slippery,
are of comparatively little importance
to the horse whose feet are as nature
made them. The unshod horse can deal
successfully with all roads. In the re-
treat of the French army from Moscow,
the horses lost all their shoes before
they reached Vistala; yet they found
their way to France over hard, rough
and frozen ground. The natural sole of
the horses foot is almost impenetrable.
It is so hard and strong as to protect the
sensible sole from all harm. And all
horses feet exposed to hard objects are
made harder by the contact, provided
only that the sole is not pared.-Sir
Geo. w. FOr.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-03
Wooden Boilers.

The almost incredible feat of making
steam boilers of wood was accomplished
seventy six years ago in Philadelphia,
where they were used to furnish steam to
the pumps for pumping up the river
water for the use of the city water-works.
They, however, lasted only two years,
when it became so difficult to keep them
steam-tight that they were abandoned for
iron boilers. How was it possible to heat
water in wooden boilers? TWAS accom-
plished by having an iron fre-box twelve
feet long, six feet wide, and two feet
deep, placed inside rectangular wooden
chest, fourteen feet long and nine feet
square, made Of plank nearly half foot
thick, securely bolted together by iron
rods passing through the planks. The
iron tire-box had eight vertical fues of
one foot in diameter, through which the
water circulated, and around which the
fire acted, and passed upward through an
oval fue, first above the fire-box, carried
from the back of the boiler to near the
front and back again, when it passed out
into the chimney. It was expected that
these boilers would be very economical,
on account Of the non conducting prop
erty of wood and SO they were to q Ger.
tain extent, as the boilers did not need
any protecting covering.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-03
The Commerce Of the World.

Little does the world think what
tremendous capital is required to
carry on it's travel, traffic, and CON-
merce. The railroad net woven all
over the globe, consists of 100000
miles: Asia, Australia, and Africa
can claim only the fourteenth part {;
the other thirteen-f0urteenths being
nearly equally divided between
Europe and America. The rolling
stock in use over this railroad net
consist of $4,000 locomotives, 100, 1000
passenger and palace cars, and l,5OO.-
900 freight cars. The capital invested
in all the railways is estimated at
twenty millards of dollars. The COM
MERGE on the seas is carried on by IL, :
600 steamers and over 100000 sailing
vessels. The tonnage of these vessels
amounts to over twenty million tons.
Telegraphic communication is main
tanned by 100000 miles of wire, of
which about five-eigths to America,
and fully one eighth to the submarine
telegraph system. There are 10000
stations, from which 100000 dis
patches are sent annually, or ON aver
age over 100000 daily. According to
population, Switzerland does the
most telegraphing, there being one
dispatch sent annually for every in
habitant. This is undoubtedly due
to the great annual influx of travel
ers and pleasure-seekers. Next come
the Netherlands, and then Great
Britain. Russia stands last on the