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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
WHOLE NO. 1924.
An Honest Man.

One day in the years agone a
stranger arrived at Dearborn, and in
quired for citizen commonly known
as Uncle Ike. The old man was found
in a grocery, and after the usual "how-
de-do" the stranger said:
"'Do | address Uncle Ike Barlow?"
'You dew," was the reply.
"Well, my name is Thornburn, ,.of
Ann Arbour'
"Jess so.'
''They tell me that you are good
horse trader
"Well, 1 dew make trade now
and then. What ye got?'
"I've got horse | brought along
on purpose to trade with you. Let us
first understand each other. You are
member of the church?"
yes; / expect | be"
''Then Of course, shall expect you
to be honest with me. I've been look
ing at your old nag over there by the
post. How old is hep"
"That ere hoss," slowly replied
Uncle Ike, as he puckered his lips and
squinted his left eye-"Let's see-let's
see! Wall, now, l quite forget
whether he's 9 or 10 years old, but
we'll say TO-"
''Uncle Ike, isn't that horse all of
Is years old? Come, now, as men,
Der of the church give an honest an
swer."
"Look a-here, MASTER" said the old
man after strong gaze at the stran-
ger, 81 never trade hosses but one
way"
"How's that?"
when / am buying a hoss I'm a
purity good member Of the church.
When I'm a-selling of hoss / reckon
on skipping about two prayer meet
ings. When I'm a trading hosses
then I calkerlate on backsliding alto
gether for hull month, or until l
know the victim won't begin no law
suit. Now, stranger, that's me and
if you have come here to trade hosses
don't reckon that Mathew, Mark,
Luke John ever writ line advising a
church member to come right down
and give away the ring bones on his
own animile!''
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Grand Discoveries.

The discovery of a great remedy is
frequently matter Of accident. This,
however, is not the case with TAR
AXINE, now widely known and ap-
proved as an almost infallible remedy
for Liver Complaint, and diseases Of
the Kidneys and Bowels. The best
physicians have for many years used
various preparations of dandelion root
in these diseases, but with only indif-
ferent success. After long series of
experiments, combination, with the
active principle of the Dandelion as a
basis, and other approved remedies to
highten its potency has been effected,
and the desired specific for these dis
eases has been found in the produc-
tion-TARAXINE. For sale by E..
d. Lewis. Call for Taraxine Memo
randum Book free. 3
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
jealousy.

Some poet has said that "All tor
ments Of the damned we find in only
thee, Oh Jealousy, thou tyrant Of the
mind" This is grandly sweeping and
magnifcently inaccurate. Any suf-
ferer from Indigestion knows to the
contrary. Indigestion the villain Of
the tragedy played among the gastric
juices Of the stomach can, and does
double discount the horrors of jeal-
ousy. Jealousy is often an attendant
upon the latter, and when Indigestion
is removed this jaundiced companion
of a deranged liver flies. Taraxine is
the best known remedy extant for i'm
diseases of the bowels and kidneys.
For sale by E. D. Lewis, Jackson,
Ohio. Call for Taraxine Books, Free.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Scientific Advancement.

Scientific advancement, it has been
remarked, has been slower and less
noticeable in the care of the sick and
the treatment of disease than in any
other department of human knowl-
edge. The life or death of a patient
is too frequently a mere matter Of ac-
cident or chance. Some great discOv-
cries, however, have been made and
certain remedies are known and used
with almost infallible curative results.
Such remedy is Taraxine where de-
ranged liver is involved, or where dis
eases Of the Bowels, Kidneys or Spleen
prevail. For sale by E. ID. Lewis
Call for Taraxine Memorandum Book
free. 2
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

THE Deputy Sheriff was out in Ma
son township the other day, and in
quired for Bob Massie, whereupon he
was asked, (which Bob Massie-Old
Moses's Bob, Deaf Jonathan's Bob,
College Bob, Aunt Lucy's Bob, Brad
shaw's Bob, Long Bob. Long Creek
Bob, Alexis Bob, Jim's Bob, Greasy
Ridge Bob, Bob Massie's Bob or Bob
L. Massie?" The Deputy whipped up
his horse and as he disappeared, was
whistling "Massie's in the cold, cold
ground-not much. ."-Ironton Regis
ter
About one hundred years ago man
named Jephtha Massey lived on Co:9l
river, now in West Virginia. He had
twelve sons, four Of whom, Moses,
Thomas, Robert and Jephtha, settled
in the south part Of Jackson county,
about sixty years ago. They were
large. healthy men, and had numerous
sons and daughters. They were quiet,
peaceable, good citizens. Thirty odd
years ago they nearly all removed to
the Greasy Ridge, in Mason township,
Lawrence county.
Jephtha was very common name
among them, and they pronounced it
Jepter, and for short, Jep. There was
Old Jep, Old Jep's Jep, Big Jep, Lit
tie Jep, Long Mountain Jep, &c.
Robert, Thomas, Moses and Alexan-
der, were common names among them.
They spelled their name Massey when
in this county, and not Massie.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Speer's Port Grape Wine for Invalids.

Physicians employ Speer's Port
Grape Wine in their practice in all
cases where a pure wine is called for.
and do all in their power to foster and
encourage its production, for the rea-
son that pure Port Wine is a difficult
thing to get, and they are 10th to
prescribe doubtful or inferior article.
Hundreds Of New York doctors have
visited Speer's Vineyards, but twelve
miles from New York, and examined
and the tested the wines. For sale by
E. d. Lewis, Jackson, and G. NJ Will
Jams, Wellston. 1junef2t
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

AN aspiring youth in one Of our
public schools, who has recently COM
menced the study of Caesar, thinks
that when "Gaul was divided into
three parts" there must have been
men in this vicinity who got more
than their share.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

A ALIvERY-sTABLE keeper offers cheap
"a mail phaeton, the property of
gentleman with a movable head as
good as new" and "a splendid gray
horse, calculated for a charger, or
would carry lady with switch tail
and warranted kind"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

"AH! my friend said clergyman
to parishioner, who was the husband
of termagant and who had made ap-
plication for divorce, I'VE should be
yielding and forgiving. There are no
divorces in Heaven" That's the
reason" said the sufferer, why | am
SO anxious to get divorce here"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

In an editors room in Fleet Street,
London, skull is nailed up against
one of the desks. Underneath is
written in large letters: "This is
Smith, who did not like an article
about himself and was rash enough
to say So"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

THERE is a woman in town whose
husband is SO given to flirting that,
when they go to concerts, theaters, or
parties, she puts binders on him.
Then she can see him every time he
turns his head to look at girl.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Faded COlOrs Restored.

Faded or gray hair gradually recov-
ers its youthful color and lustre by
the use of Parker's Hair Balsam, an
elegant dressing, admired for its puri-
ty and rich perfume.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

A MAN, in passing a country
churchyard, saw the sexton digging
grave, and inquired: "Who's dead?"
SEXTON: "Old Squire Bumblebee."
MAN: "What complaint?" SEXTON
without looking up): mo COM
plant. Everybody's satisfied"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

"WHERE do people go who deceive
their fellow-men? inquired Sunday
School teacher. ''Sometimes to Cana
da, but mostly they go to Europe"
was the reply of a youngster whose
uncle had recently been a trusted
officer in a local bank.-Ihe Hour.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

WHAT are the desirable qualities in
a whisker dye? 1t must be conve-
nient to use, easy to apply, impossible
to rub off, elegant in appearance, and
cheap in price. Buckingham's Dye
for the Whiskers unites in itself all
these merits. Try it.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

AN Albany paper tells Of a woman
in that city who woke her husband
during storm, the other night, and
said: Il do wish you would stop
snoring, for | want to hear it thun-
| DER
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
HBuchupaiEa.o

New, quick, complete cure 4 days,
urinary affections, smarting, frequent
or difficult urination, kidney diseases.
81. at druggists. Ohio Depot, JNO.
D. PARK & SONS, Cincinnati, O.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Permit No Substitution.

Insist upon obtaining Floreston Co.
logne. 1t is pre-eminently superior
in permanence and rich delicacy Of
fragrance.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
ROugh On Rats.

The thing desired found at last.
Ask Druggists for Rough on Rats.
It clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies,
bed-bugs. 15c. boxes.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Notice.

John Spears, whose residence is unknown, is
hereby notified that Caroline Spears did on the
9Th day of May, 1882, file her petition in the Of
flee of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
within and for the county of jackson, and
State of Ohio, charging the said John Spears
with extreme cruelty toward the said Caroline
Spears and for habitual drunkenness for more
than three years last past and asking that she
may be divorced from the said John Spears
which petition will stand for hearing at the
next term of said Court.
CAROLINE SPEARS.
By Ambrose Leach, jr., her Atty.
llmay6t
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Skinny Men.

Wells Health Renewer. Absolute
cure for nervous debility and weak
ness of the generative functions. 81
at druggists. Ohio Depot, JNO. D..
PARK X SONS, Cincinnati, O.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

A SAN Francisco man has been
arrested for decieving widow. While
his crime is to be abhorred, it must
be admitted that his genius commands
admiration.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

LADIES and sickly girls requiring a
non-alcoholic, gentle stimulant, will
find Browns Iron Bitters beneficial.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

WHAT is philosophy" 1t is some
thing that enables rich man to say
there is no disgrace in being poor.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

IT does not take much to turn the
head of crank.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Notice to Teachers.

Notice is hereby given, that until otherwise
ordered, the Board of School Examiners OF
Jackson County, Ohio, will hold regular meet
ings for the examination of teachers, at the
City Hall, in the town of Jackson, on the FRS
Friday in eUery month.
BY order of Board of Examiners.
2iaug79tf J.W. LONGBON, Clerk.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
Liver Complaint.
Sick Headache.
A Valuable Medicin

COOLVILLE, o., Apr. s, 1881.
DR.. CLARK Johnson:-
My sister and myself have used the INDIAN BLOOD
SYRUP for a complication of Diseases and have OBJ
tanned great relief therefrom. 1t is an invaluable
FANNIE PILSKER, P. NJ.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08

NOTHING is as good as Rinehart's
Pills. Sold by G. W. Miller.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-06-08
lFrom The Sunday Magazine.1
AT HIS WITS END.
A Story of Invention.

BY MRS. CHARLES GARNETT.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-17
Keep the Manure uean uo,.,.

The usual recommendation is to keep the
manure under cover, and the plan is a
good one but to keep the manure dry is lust
what should not be done. Dry manure re-
quires long time in which to rot as chemi.
cal changes are rapid, according to the quail
ty OF the material composing the heap. A
shed is best as a covering for manure and the
roof should not be water-tight 1t is not the
moisture that damages manure whom it is ex.
posed to rains, but the iedching or drenching
OF it from excess of water passing through.
which carries off all the soluble substances as
fast as they become soluble A rain NAV
descend to-day and wash away the richest
portions of the manure, but certain amount
OF moisture remains in the heap. This mois-
ture hastens the decomposition of the remain
ing insoluble portions Of the manure, which
become more or less soluble, and another rain
carries off another quantity This is repeat.
ed with every rain, until the farmer hauls TO
his fields his manure with the confident ex-
pectation that his crop will be benefited by
1t, when the fact is he is expanding his labor
IN cartlng away the useless portion, the rich
extracts having passed away in the shape of
black liquid, which is sometimes carefully
led into draining ditch. But the moisture
is needed in the heap if the manure is to de-
compose, for water is an active agent, and
while guarding against the rain some provi-
sion should be made for retaining proper
ton of it. In dry seasons the urine should
be made to assist in adding moisture, and. as
this liquid is as valuable as the solid reiec-
tions of the food the manure heap becomes
valuable thereby. The soapsuds from the
house are perhaps the best of all for moisten-
ing the manure heap, as the fat acids liberat-
ed after decomposition begins are serviceable
in fixing" and holding many of the other &C.
tive ingredients as well as creating many
compounds that would not otherwise exist.
This gives greater degree of solubility, for
the number of fat acids is large, and these, in
turn. quicken the work of mineral acids. AL |
though the decomposition in the heap may be
rapid when so treated there need be no fear
Of fre-fanging when sufficient moisture is
present, which demonstrate, the advantage of |
keeping the heap well supplied with liquids |
Of some kind. Urine and soapsuds should be
used in preference, but clear water is better
han nothing. Pure water is the best remedy |
% stop fre-fanging, and a busting of plaster
IS always excellent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-17
Dew and Frnat.
From Pamphlet issued by the Signal Service De.
partment1

lFrom Pamphlet issued by the Signal Service De.
partmentl
AT all temperatures, even the lowest, mois-
ture exists in the atmosphere in an invisible
state; the air is never absolutely dry. The
intervals between the particles of air are part
ly filled with the vapor that is constantly ris-
ing from the earth. This capacity for mois-
ture has limit, and when this is reached the
air is said to be saturated. This vapor is not
sustained in the air like water in a SPONGE
nor does 1t float in the air like small particles
OF dust but it penetrates between the par
tcles OF the permanent gases which compose
the atmosphere, and sustains itself precisely
as they do A rise of temperature increases
the capacity of the air for moisture. On the
other hand, n fall of temperature diminishes
the capacity. But the capacity of the air for
moisture increases more rapidly than the tenn
perature. Thus, air can contain at 800 the
1GOth part of its own weight, at 59o the sOth
part, and at SCI the 10th part, tho law being
that for every increase of 27o tho capacity is
doubled
Hoar frost is formed under the same cir
cumstnnces MS dew, with tho exception of a
lower temperature. When the temperature
of the surface of plants falls below 500. the
the moisture of the air is condensed upon
them in the solid state, and forms a LAYER of
snow crystals, like spongy ico Hoar frost,
therefore IS not frozen dew, but the moisture
of the air is deposited in the solid form, with
out having passed through the liquid condi-
ton. Hoar frost, like dew, is deposited chief
ly upon those bodies which radiate best, such
as plants and the leaves of vegetables, and the
deposit is made principally on those parts
that are turned toward the sky Plants some
times become cooled by radiation from l2o to
To- below the temperature OF the surround
ing air, and frost may occur although Their
mometor few feet above the ground, in an
lnstrument-sbelter, may not sink to $50. Dur
ing clear and still night, when a thermome-
ter six feet above the ground sinks to 500 a
heavy frost may be expected; a slight frost
may occur when the same thermometer sinks
only to 47o.
Whatever prevents the radiation of heat
serves also to check the formation of hoar
frost. During the cold nights of spring,
plants sheltered by trees are less liable to be
injured by frost than those which are fully
exposed, and thin covering Of cloth or straw
will generally afford entire protection. A gar
den may frequently be saved from injury by
kindling small smudge fire, which will en-.
velop the plants in cloud of smoke. Fogs
and clouds also protect vegetation from the
effects of frost.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-17

The custom of rejecting the butt and tin
kernels from the selection of seed corn is an
almost universal practice among our more
careful farmers who exercise concern about
their seed. But experiments made during
the past season at the New York experiment
station bring out these surprising results The
tip kernels were the most prolific of good
corn. The butt kernels were more prolific of
good corn than the central kernels. The tin
kernels bore longer ears than the other kern.
els, the butt kernels the next, and the central
kernels the shortest. The merchantable ears
from the butt were distinctly heavier than those
from thetp, and those from the tip distinctly
heavier than those from the central kernels. The
butt kernels furnished more understandable
corn than did the central kernels and the central
kernels more than did the tip kernels An
average of series of experiments, will how
ever, be necessary to convince most farmers
that the tip kernels are better for seed than
those on tho centre of the cob. The point is
an interesting one.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-17
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists
NOTHING BETTER.
What "a Man Among the Guns Thinks
Of "a Life-saving Discovery,

What the poet Longfeow called the "pipes Of wars
great organ"-namely cannon and muskets-are scat
tered everywhere through the United States armory
at Springfield Mass, and Inspector David Clark was
busily at work among them, when he paused for
moment to say to friend, in connection with sub
ject which had arisen during their conversations:
eyes, have suffered good deal from that source.
In my business it seems unavoidable. l am almost
constantly indoors, and indigestion and bilious con-
dtion of the system result from lack of exercise in
the open air.
Then, of course, you fee the doctors, and swallow
all manner of nauseous things"
"No, don't. keep bottle of d. David Kenpc-
dy's Fayorite Remedy where can put my hands ON
1t, and few sips usually sets my bodily machinery
smoothly at work again. like Fayorite Remedy also
because it is as pleasant to the taste as it is effective
as medicine. 1 want nothing Differentiated so far
as know, there is nothing better 1t is used largely
by machinsts here in the armory."
II you are victim of any kidney or bladder diff
Guilty as well, you will find Favorite Remedy precisely
the curative agent you have been seeking DR.. Ken
hedy continues his successful Office treatment Of dis
ease at Rondout, N Y. Ask your druggist for Favo
rite Remedy when you need it. Price, 81 a bottle
ly3g
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-17

MEDICAL WRITER in the London Times
indorses the opinion of other scientists, that
the offensive gas inhaled from a sewer is not
necessarily pernioious to health, though it
may produce nausea and disgust. Indeed,
THE high probability is that those sewer
gases which are the most offensive to the nose
are the least likely to be deleterious, if only
on account of the haste which is made to es
cape from them and of the impossibiity of
their presence unperceived." But the writer
alludes to far more subtle enemy to health.
which should attract the attention of every
housekeeper, and may be termed household
dirt" Tho dirt of an ordinary house, the
dirt which may be wiped from the walls,
swept of the furniture and beaten out of the
carpets, would be sufficient, if it were pow
dered in the form Of dust over the patients in
the surgical wards of great hospital to bring
all their wounds into q condition which would
Jeopardize life. 1t cannot be supposed that
such dirt is innocuous when it is breathed or
swallowed, and it certainly possesses the
property of retaining for long periods the
contagious matter given off by various dis
eases. Instances without number are on rec
ord in which the poison of scarlet fever. long
dormant in dirty house, has been reused in.
to activity by some probably imperfect or
bad attempts at cleansing The preservation
OF health is not a mere mechanical question
OF the perfection Of certain traps TO drains.
but depends upon the intelligent avoidance
OF the causes by which disease is liable to be
produced"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-17

Apple scarcity East and plenty West brings
the fruit all the way from Missouri and Arkan-
sas to New York and New England. One rail
road takes about 20 carloads a day through
St Louis for eastern consumption, and n
New York firm is shipping the dried article
from Arkansas to Europe, and putting a Now
York brand upon the barrels.
Chicago finds that diseased and dying cat
tle-all animals that breathe-aro taken from
the stock-yards, skilfully butchered aud sold
in second class markets. There is no state
inspection, the city inspector neglects his duty
and the people eat tons Of unsouud meat
The celebrated scotsman j. j. II. Gregory
of Marblehead Mass, carefully collected the
castings of worms daily for one season over a
given area, and they measured nearly quart
to the square foot, or enough to raise the sur
face Of tho land half an inch. He also, by
experiment, shows that an acre of land may
contain six tons of worms.
France, it is well known, depends almost
exclusively ON her own sugar, made from the
beet, to supply her population. This manu-
facture has steadily grown from year to year.
Last year the crop OF beets was oxceptionally
fine, and the crop this year is equally great.
1t il estimated that this years crop will pro-
duce from 800 600 to 400, 600 tons of sugar.
The success Of the English farmers in rails
ing and feeding root crops in the production
of their famous beef and mutton is deserved
ly attracting the attention of our stock breed
ers and farmers. Since We are importing all
Of their available stock Of tho more promi
nent breeds We will as readily adopt their
method of feeding, as is economical and prac.
tical with our system of farming. Turnips
mangles and carrots will secure healthy
growth to stock in winter when fed in pro.
portions with corn meal or other farnaceous
food, and will produce invaluable results with
young stock, as well as fattenng or dairy
stock
In fevers, malaria biliousness, heartburn etc there
is nothing so beneficial as Browns Iron Bitlers.