The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-11-25
STANDARD: JACKSON,

GUS thief was captured for some crime,
and in talking over his past life, confess
ed the stealing of the horse for which
this man was serving term in the State
Prison. He had stolen the horse and
started to ride him off, when the neigh
| bors pursued him, and were about to over
take him, near this mans stable, when he
hastily turned the horse into the stable
and ran. OF course the innocent man
was promptly turned out of prison, but
there was no power on earth could repair
the wrong done him.
Marshal Jared Martin tells good one
on the average dead-shot Jackson whisky:
Some time ago a man was placed in the
calaboose for drunkenness, and apint bot
tie, partly filled with whisky, taken from
him. This bottle was placed in an old
coal-boX in the back part of the prison,
and forgotten. Some of the folks about
the city buildings, in cleaning up, one
day, discovered the bottle. In the bottom
was some kind of small gathering, re-
sembling the mother" in vinegar. The
bottle was set away, and this curiosity
watched. 1t began to grow, and enlarge,
until it was finally thrown away, in dis
gust. 1t was not finally decided whether
it was a snake, a toad. or Il devil. AT
least that seems the indication, from the
effects noticeable. 1t begins in stomach
of the drinking man, at first as a little,
nasty, inanimate thing, then grows steadi-
ly. until it develops into a great, fierce
restless, dangerous devil, blighting the
life of the drinker, and endangering those
about him. But this is the first case we
know of where a man saw the animal in
the whisky, until after it was manifested
in the man.
1t has become a subject of remark how
many habitual drunkards have died in this
County within the last two years. 1t is
surprising, just to sit down and count the
number, or try to count them. We do not
remember time when the whisky SEEM
ed to get in its work 50 thoroughly and
| effectively In addition to the number
that have committed suicide frozen, and
were killed by the cars, there have been
a number crippled and disfigured. We
trust that the Improvement in whisky
will go right on. The more death you get
into it, the better for the world. 1t is also
hoped that if the doggery-keeper will not
quit his sinful way, he will be moved to
drink oftener and deeper of his own stuff
There have been some cases in this COM
munity-one, notably, in which the liquor,
which was the settings" out of the bot
tom of the barrel, killed, outright, within
a very few hours after taking. That's the
kind of whisky this County wants. And
as the saloon-keeper is in the business he
ought to build up and encourage trade by
drinking more of it himself. Certain it is
that the Devils Agents are getting in
their work on their victims at a lively
rate. The treatment of drunkard by a
doggery-keeper reminds us of the treat
ment of mouse, by a cat, which tortures
| it, and plays with it for a season, just leav-
ing enough life in it for its purpose-then
destroys it at last. So the imp of the dog
gerry will keep better men drunk for years,
only to cast them into eternal torment at
last Keep away from the Devils Agent.