The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-12-30

. ken to the country for burial this morl
ing. -. John w. Craig, of this place. r,
. ceived voucher to-day for his pensio
d and back pay, amounting to S2,116 Th
pension will be SIS per month. He b'
}. longed, we believe, to the Fourth Virgini
: Cavalry, and the Twelfth Va. Infantry.
: SATURDAY.!"Christm Gift" wa
the boisterous salution which greete'
large numbers of our citizens this morn
ing. Quite number of presents wer
exchanged yesterday, at the Schools ant
among citizens generally. The notion
and candy houses there was perfec
crush of purchasers, and Santa Claus'
seemed to be flush of money. go. The Sill
yer Cornet Band came out to-day ant
played some new pieces, making splendid
music. The Band has increased in mum
bers, having taken in new member OF
two who will appear with them here-af.
ter. Will Geiger came up from Ports.
mouth last evening. The pigs adver-
tised in last weeks paper were found and
returned. =. The Rink was open this
afternoon and evening. A very large at
tendance this evening -. Our dealers
ran out of fire-crackers to-day, and one
had to telegraph to Chillicothe for a sup
ply. The racket was immense w.
T. Price has purchased the Boggess resi-
dence, ON Main Street, and will move
there some time in the Spring. DR.. Bog
CESS, we believe thinks of going west
ward.
| SUNDAY.-A magnificent audience as
sembled at Jones Hall tonight, for the
Temperance Meeting. The entire even
ing was taken up with useless discus
sions, until the crowd was thoroughly
wearied, yet good spirit was manifest
ed. During the discussions, the remark
able idea was advanced that a Temper
ance organization should be careful not
to do anything that could in any way Of
fend the doggery-keepers, that they must
not be antagonized, lest they antagonize
the Temperance people That is precise
ly the talk they have in doggeries, and
we are heartily glad that the Union
promptly sat down upon the idea. Ac-
cording to this theory, if rattlesnake
should come to your door, and threaten
the lives of your children, you must not
take club and drive it away-that
would be offensive to his gentle and dove
like snakeship. You must just pull your
house away from him, softly, as it were,
that he divine not your purpose. II a
bulldog should attack you. be careful not
to hit him with club-that would be Of
fensive, and show that you were opposed
to his pursuits. Just runl Then, if the
rear section of pantaloons should show
the ravages of the brute, you have the
consolation of the thought that you have
gospel on your side-if there is nothing
else there. Set Bible down in front of
a bard drinker, and glass of liquor near /
it, and, while his better judgment might |
incline him toward the Bible, his unnat-
ural appetite would in most cases draw
him to the liquor. But let the fellow
who puts the whisky there and pursuades
him to drink be seized by the law and
sent to the work-house, and the gospel is
very materially assisted. 1t is time that
men of respectability quit bowing to a
beer-keg, and the temper of the meeting
tonight showed that such was the pre-
vailing opinion. You can't love an enc
my to-death. The doggery- keepers of
this place are now trying to persuade
men with blue ribbons on to break their
pledges. Should such fellows be clothed
with respectability The way to have
Temperance work is to drive
the work with mighty, resistless force,
such as shall teach the violators of law
that the good citizens mean business.
The report of the M. E. Sunday School
for the year shows-as read this morning
an average attendance of about three
hundred, the attendance early in the year
being about four hundred, and to-day
little over half that number. Supt. Long
has been an active, successful worker
and the School has done well-better in
point of collections than any year except
1885, when hundreds of dollars were col
ected and the magnificent library pur-
chased. The School is out of debt, and
some thirty dollars in the Treasury,
though the papers taken last year, and
omitted this, and the expensive picnic
omitted this year-greatly exceeded that
amount. The School has been very sue
,essful, and the attendance ranges per-
naps from $50 to 275.
MoNDAY-Mayor Jones returned this
from visit to Jefferson Town
ship. "A certian den was pulled in
this place on Saturday night, or rather
Sunday morning (for it was past mid
night.) and some men found therein, play
ing cards, who would not for worlds have
The public know of their conduct, and we
will not tell it for fear it might offend the
1t is a mystery why
men claiming to be decent men will sit
lens. 1t is currently reported on the
streets here that a high official of the vii
age of Wellston took such fancy to Dan
Harry's bird-dog that the animal follow
ed him home-so did Dan, and brought
the animal back. -. There was a young
buck attempting to take the town on Sat-
urday night, who will doubtless be given
a trip to the Cincinnati work-house if the
like occurs again. He was very meek
when Marshal Martin put in an appear
ance. Men do not have to be cuffed and
beaten about the streets, simply because
some simpleton wants to get drunk. We
learn that one young man came near set
Ting the fellows troubles for him. -. A
couple of Salvation Soldiers-Hill and
Nelson, We believe-had a fist and skull
yesterday. The Institute
opened with fair attendance, and starts
off auspiciously. An old-fashioned spell
ing was the feature of the evening, with
Speelman and Prof. Patterson as Cap
tains. Harbarger was there-the only
Harbarger-and there was lots of fun.
A number of extemporaneous speeches
were made, and there was a good time
generally.