The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-02-19
DAILY OBSERVATIONS.

WEDNEsDAY-In speaking last week of
Eli Aten's property. we said it was on Main
Street. This was mistake. Eli does not
own any property on Main. 1t is on Pearl
Street. I'VE attended an exhibition
of speed in hitching up the engine team.
to-day. The new engine-hOuse is very con-
veniently arranged, everything in ship
shape, and cleanly. The front doors of
the engine-house have weights attached
so that when the doors are once opened
these weights hold them in place. Upon
the ceiling near the side door is a bell,
used in drilling the horses. just back of
where the engine and reel stand, are the
stalls. Mr.. Eli Moore and his son, Johnny,
attend the horses There were several
trials of speed to-dav, all being made with
the harness on. The shortest time in
which the horses were gotten out, hitched
up, and the driver took his seat to start
made in similar trial yesterday. At the
tap of the bell the horses came
from their stalls in full gallop, going to
their places beside the tongue of the en-
gine, ready to be hitched. Mr.. Moore has
them well trained, and in good condition.
The great, lubberly hose-reel horse WAS
then tried, and hitched up ready to start
in taOenty-oaae seconds. At "a trial of speed
yesterday, Mr.. Moore and his boy, took
the naked horses, put the harness on them,
hitched them up, and got ready to start in
one minute and forty-ive seconds The
fire company, under Captain Harding,
with Jos. Andres as engineer, will do
prompt and effective work, and dunk"
Moore will get the engine to the cisterns
as quick as 1t is possible to do it. ..... Dur
ing the past few evenings the subject of
Philosophy has been the theme of discus
sion at certain store on Broadway. To-
night the whole range of Philosophic
problems was invaded in the most reck-
less manner. The tub of water and the
fish, the weight before and after eating.
and many others, were brought in, includ-
ing the question of bullet describing a
curve. Matt Evenskicked vigorously on
this curve theory. Harry Marshman, an
old soldier, contended for the curve theory,
and the discussion became so warm that,
from discussing the question of the rails
ing and depressing of the muzzle of the
gun, they branched off to drawing a dia-
gram of the gun and Harry soon had his
opponent in discussion as to aDhich aCaS
the mazzle of the gun. But Matt still
stuck to it that the top of a wheel does
not travel faster than the bottom, and
that fish will make a tub of water heav-
ier when soused in..... Met the man
who had found an error in newspaper.
he was good deal like the old lady whose
little granddaughter called out: "Oh,
grandma, I've found a typographical
error in this bookT' "Kill It'll Kill the
drafted thingl The house1l be full Nv 'em
eff ye don'tl"
THURsDAY.-John 7. Stewart, of Ber-
lin, is in town. Mrs. F. S. Davis quite
sick. Jack" Davies is at home. 800.
Dividson w. Rice is collecting up dates of
death of different parties buried in the
Jackson Cemetery. He now keeps Rec
ord book at the Cemetery, where persons
may find the graves through this means
quickly, and with little trouble. Mr. Rice
has thorough knowledge of the Gene
terry, and will keep things in good shape. .
-. Found several men tonight who per-
formed the Herculean feat of flattening
the earth. 1t is real cruel, after we have
come toAove our beautiful round earth, to
go and smash it as fiat as boarding house
pancake. Then. i'll place of the North
Pole and Sonth Pole. these friends have
placed four Poles-one on each corner of
the earth, and sent the sun spinning on a
wire, round and round the earth. Somuch
for argument The reason given for this
belief is that Joshua commanded the sun
to stand still, therefore the sun must be
moving. But perhaps Joshua's cammand
implied that the method of this stop would
be- the stoppage of the earth. -. They
are fitting ii judgement Bar" in the new
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