The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-08-13
HAvERHILL KAN, July 26th, 8

J. E. WHITMAN.
HAvERHILL KAN, July Goth, 'S5.
D. MAcKLEY,
Dear Sir:-I see by the paper that
my subscription to the Standard has
expired, and I send enclosed $1.00 for
the Standard another year. [ can't
get along without it. 1t has become
about as necessary in my family as
bread and bacon.
I see an article in the paper in re-
gard to the discovery of the Jackson
Shaft Coal. That vein of coal was
discovered by the salt boilers in the
early settlement of the Scioto Salt
Reserve. I often heard my Grand
father G.. L. Crookham, speak of the
vein Of coal, when [ was but a small
boy, and he told me where the Salt
Boilers found it. It was in one Of
the vats for retaining salt water, and
can be found few rods N. w. Of the
old Chillicothe bridge on Salt Creek,
north of Jackson, in the field Of my
late uncle, S. G.. Montgomery. have
heard him speak Of the name Of Silas
Lake, Horace Pena, Mr.. Varney,
Grandfather James, the father of
John D. James Of Jackson, and a Mr..
Ross, and others that do not remem-
ber Of ever having seen. The coal
was discovered by them, hut not de-
veloped until Rice & Linn were pros
pecting for oil at the Crooks mill,
about the beginning Of the war of
1861, & '65. [ have often heard
Grandfather discourse on the natural
resources Of Jackson Co., and he said
the County was rich in timber, coal,
iron and salt.
I see the article from Iowa on Pro-
hibition by D. A Hoffman M. D. also
from ]. J.Hoffman Of Kan. I we'll
remember both Of them, and I can say
as a close observer and candid person,
that in this, Butler Co., Kan, that
Prohibition does prohibit. I have
only six sons to look after, and / tell
you that I am on the alert, and if
prohibition was not success I would
say so. l would go to the towns
around me, before the Prohibition
Amendment was enacted, and I could
see scores of men there drunk, some Of
them my neighbors, and in visiting
the same towns since Prohibition was
enacted, have seen but one drunk
man, and he was shipped in from Mo.
I have no doubt but that large
quantity of liquor is sold and drank
from the fact that bad men will vio-
late laws, but many persons that were
very drunken before are sober now.
They can't get it. have lived in
this TIP. since 1870, and up to this
date there has never been civil or
criminal suit before the J. P, Of this
TIP. by the citizens of the TIP. 1 am
a Prohibition Republican, and the
yoke fits very well. My watch-word
is, '"Touch not, Taste not, Handle
not, the vile stuff
The prospect for a great crop is the
best that | ever saw, except wheat,
which was badly winter killed. I
wish you could see our beautiful prai-
RE farms and their crops at this time.
I don't think you would enjoy a RAM
BILE down Salt Creek as we'll after
ward. [ think at some time in the
near future that | will visit Jackson,
my old home. When l see the names
Of SO many Of the old citizens in the
Standard from time to time, it takes
me back to scenes Of my boyhood. I
often think Of you, when see an ar
ticle on "Fox hunting" [ know that
you have been there, for | asw you
there. You will remember that my
father was connected with the unfor-
tunate Salt Lick Furnace Co., and
that for many years my brothers and
| hauled charcoal and iron-ore
through Main Street in Jackson, and
the town boys would stone us, and
call us ugly names, because we were
at work, and they were idle. I have
not forgotten any of them. I see
some of those boys are now active and
useful men, while others have gone to
ruin and premature graves. | am
quite an Invalid, and never go away
from home unless accompanied by one
Of my sons. [ can walk but short
distance at time, and have to use a
cane to steady myself with. My sons
have Is acres Of corn, and we will cut
about 12O acres Of grass. think our
corn will make about so bushels per
acre, 80 acres Of Prairie grass, 1 ton
per acre, and. 30 acres millet, will
make about 3 tons per acre. Peach
crop light, apples good, potatoes very
good, stock doing finely and the health
of the surrounding country very good.
We feel the death Of our true Com
nander Gen. U. S. Grant.
Truly yours,
JAMES N. HANNA, (Tessa.)