The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-09-20

"a DIsGRAoEFUL AFFAIR.-Last
Saturday evening Lafe Wilson, AL
bert Jerrold and John Berkes, living
in the First and Second Wards
bought two kegs of beer, carried them
to the Rolling coal-bank and pro-
ceeded to get pretty full, besides
making themselves general nuisances
to the neighborhood. Not satisfied
with filling their own carcasses with
beer, they persuaded four year old
boy, named Roy Isaminger, to accom-
pany them to the coal bank, and then
coaxed him to drink a number of
glasses or beer, ma king the little fell
low dead drunk. After these bum
mers had succeeded in their damnable
work, they chuckled and made sport
of the way the little fellow acted.
The friends of the boy found him in
drunken stupor, unable to walk and
he had to be carried home. We are
told that he remained in that precari-
Gus condition during the following
day. This is one Of the most dis
graceful acts that was ever committed
III this city, and the whipping-post
would be a mild punishment for the
perpetrators. We understand that
the gang has skipped out, fearing
that they would be arrested. If they
ever return they deserve the extreme
penalty Of the law"
The above is from the Pomeroy
Telegraph. We do not agree with
the Telegraph when it says that "This
is one Of the most disgraceful acts
ever committed in this city" The
most disgraceful acts ever committed
in that city have been the puny ef-
forts of the Telegraph in opposition
to putting down the Internal beer
curse
The good people of Pomeroy have
taken the matter in hand, and con
vention has been held, and the tenn
perance people of Meigs county will
do some good work in the cause.
The Telegraph, in reporting the
proceedings Of the convention, shows
that, as usual, when brave, earnest
men are needed, a Jackson county
boy is on hand.
1t says:
'Rev. T. L. Hughes called the con-
vention to order, and in forcible
speech stated the need of thorough
Organization for earnest work to carry
the present flood tide Of temperance
forward to victory next October"
The idea Of free trade, tariff for
revenue only party becoming excited
over the reduction Of the tariff on
wool is one Of the amusing things of
this campaign. But that is what tie
Democratic leaders are engaged in.
They have worked the scheme in every
conceivable shape, and that, too, in
the face of the fact that Democratic
votes in the preliminary stages of the
Tariff bill accomplished the very thing
that is being condemned. But what
is to be accomplished by wool
grower voting Democratic ticket ?
The State Legislature is powerless in
UQ6 pToIi-lSeS, duu tuC OOFCiHOI Cdll uO
nothing; neither can any State officer.
The remedy lies in Congress, and there
is no Congressional election until next
year. If the Democratic managers
think that they can pull the wool
over the eyes of the people with the
fapdoodle now being issued in the
shape of supplements for Democratic
county papers, they will discover ert
long that they have made another
great mistake This supplement
alluded to is designated by the Demo
cratic committee as ID screamer
They issued "a scorcher'' a couple Of
weeks ago. What that committee
does not know in the Barnum line i;
past finding out. 1t is as prolific il
working schemes as street fakir
without being as responsible.-Colum
bus Sunday Herald.
The difference between q cat and