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

keep the lightning from striking thel
while they are swearing lies. .Yo
can't make Billy Behem believe that "tt
! top of wheel travels further than th
bottom" The weather is modera
ing. The legislation on the subjee
d of scrip, calls up many anecdotes and il
! cidents of furnace experience among tn
: older citizens. A great many years ag
a man named Canary held a lot of scri
: upon Jackson Furnace. He demande
1 goods at reasonable prices, and the Store
9 keeper could not fill the orders. Canar
, then collected up all the scrip he could &c
hold of, and compelled the company to re
deem it in money. A similar case is re
ported as having occurred at Howard Ful
, mace, some years ago. Sam Stern
berger is in town. =. Speaking of argu
+ ment, we met a man tonight who sug
, gested new proposition-that the fioo
did not cover the entire earth, but onl
sufficient portion thereof TO answer tn
purpose of destroying the inhabitants
What next?
FRIDAY. E. Ferree, of Wellston, il
in town.. John S. McGhee is here to
J day. ..... Thomas Harrison of COalton, il
in Jail, charged with burglary. .. .Tht
"old" band were out, playing in the street
THE boys in Jail played a joke on thu
cook. a few days ago, which was cleverly
generously, and on that day for dinner
they took the corn bread, left from dinner
soaked it and made a "man" out of it, put
ting it in pan and sending it out, with
the statement that there is the prisoner
who died." At supper one pan less was
put in. Here, you're one shorti" yelled
the prisoners. "Oh, nor replied the cook,
''ther's .fue pans" "But there should be
sir." NO." replied tho cook, zone was ta-
Ken out dead at noon" The boys have
concluded now to eat their grub instead of
making dead men out of it. The
yonng folks have beautiful skating pond
in the School House lot, where the exces-
sive rains made "back-water" Our
young friend Park Reed informs us that
he is going to Indiana to-day, to work.
| Park is stout. jolly, ccod-hearted fellow,
and mai.y friends wish him success in his
new home. .... There is cheap business
in cheap valentines to-day. 80. There
was not" said an old citizen tonight, Gin
all the history of political parties. perhaps.
any organization so secretly conducted as
the Know Nothing Party. In any neigh
borhood, the leading spirit would appoint
meetings at midnight, and go to the CEN
ter of wheat-6eld, or corn-feld. or some
secret, out-of-the-way place to hold them.
1t is remarkable how carefully the secrets
of the order were guarded, as well as the
general spread of the membership. Men
of all parties f1ocked into the organization,
many of them without taking time to
study the objects of the organization. As
one said tonight, II joined the Know No
things, attended one meeting, and became
convinced that the object was wrong. 1
never attended another meeting" There
has been a wonderful change in public
sentiment since those days.
SATURDAY-William'C C. Jones, of Oak
Hill, called this morning. Elder j. 2.
Ewing writes to friend that he is COM
ing this week. -. John Garrett, of Lib
erty township, called. Theodore
Grose is the most "valentined" man in
town. Grose received one, however, that
was better joke on the sender. 1t repre-
sents a large, powerful man, a wife-beater,
drawing club on a frail. sickly-looking
woman. The joke is that Grose is a small
man. and his wife is very large lady,
and both are too good-natured to strike
anybody. But Theodore enjoys the val
entines. -. Mr.. Shaffer is fixing the
shelving in the new store-room. Messen-
one of our leading operators. in fact, says
to-day that the Hooking Valley operators
are taking away from this region most of
the markets for coal save the local trade
-. Mr.. Moore, driver of the fire-engine
team, made another trial of speed in hitch
ing up, to-day, and accomplished it in
t1oenty.tice seconds. after the harness was
on the horses. This is quick work.
Complaint made of the unsafe condition
of f1ues in the big Tom Delay building,
Broadway. "A little snow fell to-day,
covering the ground. -. The skaters are
enjoying themselves tonight at Jones
Hall. IA friend suggested an idea
which would be grand thing if properly
carried out, viz: That an organization, or
club, of ex-soldiers be formed for the pur
poses of keeping in memory the expert
ences of the war. Such societies are in
existence in Cincinnati and other places.
Experiences and anecdotes are written
and read before the society, and form a
very pleasant feature of social enjoyment
.... The business houses are well supplied
with visitors to-night-men who after the
weeks work, meet to talk over the con-
dition of the times, financially, socially
and morally.
SUNDAY.-A pleasant day, "barring"
the mud. Sunday is welcome day in
Jackson, large portion of the population
needing the rest it brings. And not such
a lovely day, either. with it's shrieking
Railroad whistles, and merrily-puffing
furnaces. -. Rev. Davis is again able
for duty. There was services to-day
at Petrea, Rev. Magee preaching. .....
Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson, of the Bundy
House, Wellston, are spending Sunday in
this place. 49,. Why may not all parents
attend the Sabbath Schools of this place.
There should be a vastly larger number
of adults in the Sabbath Sch ools than
now attend. Let every adult who has
the time-and most of our people have
lt-give an hour on Sunday morning to
attending some one of the Schools.
MONDAY-A terribly cold Har-