The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-08-25
IN THE COUNTRY AGAIN.
BY d. MACKLEY.

l. ndu pTOlulSeu my hiiA"
over at Oakland, in Liberty township,
that | would be at their Sunday School
celebration on LIST Thursday; so L
went down to Tom Delays livery sta
BILE and he put one of his fine white
horses in a single buggy for me, and
told me to be little cautious over III
Liberty, as the people there are most
ly Democrats. (Tom is a KIND OF
brevet Democrat himself.) | told him
that when the Liberty Democrats
wanted to hear the truth, from reli-
able man, they always sent for me.
He then looked under the seat of the
buggy, and remarked that there might
be a bottle of whisky, or rather a
whisky bottle, concealed there, as the
boys who rode out, some times took
some with them, and often they would
forget the bottle and leave it in the
buggy. 1t would be too bad $50 Tom
said) if bottle should be found in my
buggy. l told him that if he should
find full bottle, to leave it, as moth
ing would sooner soothe an average
Liberty township Democrat, or make
warm friend Of him, than to give
him drink of straight whisky.
Having got through joking with
Tom, [ started. Opposite the resi-
dence Of E. W. Mitchell, in going
down the hill, little crippled boy
perhaps ten years Of age, and two
children, one perhaps five and the 9th.
er three, attempted to cross the stree
just before me. The boy had a crutcl
under his arm, and one of his knees
was bent and stiff, and his foot wa.
drawn up from the ground, Wher
they got to the middle Of the street
and Immediately before the horse, the
boy appeared to become panic-strick
en-, and stopped. He looked terribly
frightened. OF course [ stopped the
horse at once, and advised the boy
never to stop in front of danger --to
60 right through, or, what is much
safer, not to take such risks, but to
wait until the danger be passed.
mention this to illustrate a strange
trait in human nature. Why will {
drunken man 60 miles out Of his way
to get to lie down and go to sleep or
a railroad track?
Why will deaf man always walk
on the railroad when the train is ap.
preaching, or why will cripples, agec
persons, and helpless children, rush
into danger, and then stop?
| arrived at Oakland at 10 o'clock
and met many old friends. Soon the
exercises opened with singing by the
choir, and prayer by Rev. B. w
Chidlaw. Then Judge Evans, who
was appointed President Of the day
introduced George Aten, who made
the first speech; then singing, follow.
ed by an address from Mr.. Chidlaw
then singing, after which spoke
This brought the time up to twelve
o'clock. Now we had an hour and {
half for dinner. | took dinner with
the families of Daniel Harry and Sol
Pickrel. Mrs. Pickrel is an cid ac
quaintance, formerly Jennie Cade,
school teacher She is a very pleas
ant lady, and so were the family Of
Mr.. Harry, who are also old acquaint
ances.
1t had been cloudy all the forenoon
and now it began to drizzle rain. Ths
people went into the church, filling
it, and John T. Moore and Mr. Child
law made speeches.
There were a good many people
there, and better order [ never saw
The people in the hills Of Liberty
show much culture and good breeding
The corn along the road looked
much better than the corn 1 recently
saw in Washington township. Th'
fruit is not near an average. Liberty
is the best township in the county fo
fruit, but the dry hot weather ha
shriveled it up.
got home at 4 o'clock, feeling tina
the day had been a pleasant and prof
liable one.