The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-02-26

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: barreled writing is not profitable at all
times-one is liable to get his subjects
! mixed-that one might start with the
! right hand and "get left"
: SATURDAY.-If the oldest inhabitant
!, ever saw it any colder than this. there is
: no use of his telling it, if he values his
reputation for veracity. -. Mr.. William
r Gordon of Liberty Township is in town,
getting notices Of sale printed. He is go
7 ing to sell off his farming tools and horses,
, on the 9th of March. -. Eli Aten has
| found out who sent his valentine. He
claims it was a man named Matt. Evens.
Grose has not found his man yet. .... The
Skating Rink under the new management
: was opened tonight. The Little Ten
Band gave the affair a fine musical send
off. -. AT the Broadway business house
!, where the Gamaliel Club hold their meet
ings and discussions, the boards were oc-
cupied tonight by a discussion between
DR.. johnson and a Cincinnati commercial
traveller. The DR.. maintained that the
world was growing worse, the drumme:
claiming otherwise, and demanding t.:
know if this very community was not
worse, in proportion to population, thirty
or forty years ago than it is now. The
drummer struck point there which it
would be difficult to successfully dispute
Some years before the war, there was
such reign of ruffianism, and so many
drunken fights here that it was next to
impossible to get anybody to act as Marsh
al-or, at least, to make an arrest of any
of the bullies who occasionally took the
town. There was always good deal Of
wickedness in the world. THE Ga
maliel Society tonight are discussing the
| question as to whether any of George |
| Washington's blood flows in the veins of |
those present. Two of the members de-
clare that they cannot tell a lie, but at |
the same time are stealing, from Theodore
Crosses pockets, the bottles of medicine
he had procured for L., Jersey horse. -.
Ira Rice is in town tonight. -. Some
of the ladies are getting up circulating
library, each stockholder to contribute
book, thus giving each the privilege of
reading as many books as there are stock
holders ..Asa Meacham. returned
home. He has been travelling with ID the
atrical troupe. A Jackson man came
near getting a dangerous fail at the Rink
tonight. The only way he saved himself
was by staying away from the Rink.
SUNDAY.-Miss Maggie Newport,
daughter of James Newport, died to-day.
She was about seventeen, and died of con-
sumption, passing away peacefully, after
bidding her friends and relatives fare
we'll -. "A number of baptisms by i'm
mersion were announced to take place ,
near Bloomfield town-house. -. Rev. ;
Earl Cranston preached to large congre- :
cation at M E. Church tonight. Subject +
-Christ's power to lay down his life, and \
to take it again. The argument was that :
the real victory of the Savior of mankind .
was in his death, rather than in his resur- :
rection. We are all laying down our lives, 9
said the speaker, and according as we lay :
them down so shall the resurrection be. .
He dwelt upon the exceedingly foolish -
manner in which many are laying down i
their lives, and argued that only that one :
who practices self-abnegation, and lays r
down his or her life for others, displays :
Christ-like example. .
MONDAY.-Warmerw weather. Mrs. I
Harrison, mother of the boys who recent E
ly broke Jail, has been arraigned in the il
same case with her son Thomas, and is Z
out on bail. No Indictment was found VI
against Alexander, and he was not re- a
:. -. John Douglass of Gray's f,
Foundry, says the Foundry will have to c.
start up right away on account of work I
Two immersionS at T
the Baptist Church tonight. "A great G.
deal of whooping-cough in town. IA h
house in Jamestown belonging to Evan G.
G. Jones, took fire yesterday, but the flames tt
Were extinguished before it became neces- o
Sary to turn in an alarm. AT the Ga
maliel Club new problem has been pro-
pounded: eff man lies, and says he lies.
does he tell the truth, or does he lie?" We >,
think he does. -. A bloated saloon-keep-
er was waddling along Broadway to-day, NJ
when boy remarked: There's another
one that will go with heart disease, one v
of these days.. We believe Mr.. Frey m
has quit the meat business, corner of ie s
and Pearl. -. The snow prov d
ed very treacherous to-day. Many came to
some distance to town on sleds, and had !. L
to return on mud rather than snow. .-..- p
A Jackson man was asked to-day if he
was doing much business now. "Oh yes"
said he, "Pm laying up treasures above IL
if I'm not doing that, I'm not doing any W
thing II
TUEsDAY-Snowing again. .... The =
remains of Miss Newport were buried m
this morning. Funeral at the Catholic CO
Cburcb thiS pJaoa Three yOIInp men ~
were shooting for cigars, yesterday, at e,
Booth & Poors. The one who shot the la
farthest away from the mark was to pay
one cigar, each time he did so, and at the ce
end of the contest, they were to settle up. IL
They shot twenty-one matches, A losing tt
three times, B seven times, and G eleven IL
times Qwhen they came to settle, they a. a.
could not figure out the result. This prob h,
lem affords considerable amusement, but Y
most of those who have heard it have a,
come to understand it. A lost three times, NJ
and was winner in eighteen matches, oil
getting one-half cigar in each, or nine ci- o. o,
gars in all, but losing three, left him six. OF
B lost seven times and won fourteen nj
times. This gave him seven cigars, but W W
be had lost seven, SO he couldn't smoke in
c lost eleven and won ten. Thus he won b.
five cigars and lost eleven, and was just
out six cigars. tt
The wagon-wheel problem has been dis in
cussed somewhat vigorously in the busi- W
ness houses of this place during several !, -
Of these long winter evenings. There is 70
a ludicrous sound to the proposition di
which at once springs discussion among r. r.
those who have never given the matter tn
any special attention. docs the top of a hi
wheel travel faster than the bottom?" T. e.
you ask, and you run the risk of being W