The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-02-23
THE MERRY SIDE!

fired on Sumter.
A "boom" is like cancer-must be cu
off early to be cured.
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1t will sound kind of old-fashioned
with sherman at the Front"
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Ii we could read each others thought
there would be more friends in the world
A winter scene is delightful. A winte
felt, on the icy pavement, is also elevat
ing.
1t would be cruelty to put some people
In Paradise, as angels. They'd be too lazy
to fly.
Halstead complains that Cincinn att is
too big. [He refers to its mouth, OF
course.]
The Legislature told the Mariettians
when to have jubilee-now it should
tell them how.
If Hill swings around the circle, CIeye-
lands gone. Hill doesn't use the Ency.
clopedia.
A display of temper may give you a
character for frmness-but it also makes
somebody hate you.
"John Sherman, the ice-bergr Ughl
The Democratic marrow is beginning to
CONCEAL already!
1t may be fun to act so that the preach
er will scold you-but the good Lord may
blister you for it.
1t man opposes the raising of the
Dow Law rate-that mans opposed to
temperance, is he notp
%.+
The fiends of Libby and Andersonville
were Free Traders. The Democratic
party is for Free Trade.
Sherman can talk more sense in one
hour, than Cleveland can copy from the
encyclopedia in three weeks.
The three cardinal principles of Democ-
racy-"Free Trade" Free Whisky" and
"Damn-a-lNigger."
With Blaine stumping for John Sher-
man, wouldn't the fur fyp Even Conk-
ling would get warmed up.
Let them get up war in Europe, if
they want to- America will just get up
a wheat deal, and break it up.
Holding your head high is not always
a sign of elevated thought. A mule, tied
with a check-reign, will do that.
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Coasting is an exciting sport. 1t some
lines turns the boys heads, Sometimes
twists them clean OFF, in fact.
The Republicans will sail into the en-
my with an iron-clad Protection" ship,
With Bloody Shirt at the masthead.
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Johu Sherman and Cleveland will make
| fine picture of "before" and "after."
Cleveland will be "after"-heM get left.
James Emmitt sent the President
'ottle of coal-o1 and whisky The Pres
dent thought it smelt quite Democratic
The alabama" was for Free Trade.
he was peculiarly and awfully Demo-
ratio. The "Kearsarge" was for Protec-
ion.
John Sherman may not "march through
Ieorgia" like his brother Bill-but he'll .
yaltz all over New York and Virginia.
The question of amusements depends
upon the amused. Playing
heckers would not be fast enough for a ,
Iorse or an Edison.
A st. Louis Dutchman raised and ,
aimed vicious dog-and he and
le dog killed each other A triumph r
education! +
Some Louisville "niggers" were caught
aying cards in the steeple of a church. i
Tho says the gospel is not "elevating" I
I'd "in-spire-ing"?
y
Edison has the improved phonograph e
ady. Every newspaper correspondent n
ould have one. 1t is easier to quit
rning the crank than to burn up roll
manuscript. a
''The War Tax Must Gow-Joseph Me-
u.
And it would have been better for his =
putation if Joseph Medin had "gone," n
n years ago. b,
At Cincinnati Sunday dog-fght, two y, St
fians rubbed their tongues over the n,
gs, to see that they were not busted fl
th poison. One of the dogs died.
Dude-"How strange that some men
yer clean their feet: on the outside of re
, houseT
Practical Old Gent-"An' some never K
an 'em on the inside, neither" af
\ cross-eyed preacher over in Indiana ri
ne down pretty heavy on frailties in
Messed saints-and the "amen corner"
s depOpulated. Each one thought to
nself singled out as the awful example.
ays the sinner: "There is no harm in
s thing, or that thingp' VI
10? There was man once who said IL IL
ere is no harm in eating an apple" an
ret
ZEN. Sherman styles Wade Hampton tir
braggart and blower" Sherman Pr
axis from personal observations of the
n,
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he Meigs County journalists who are his
arreling about the righteousness of tn
d-playing, can easily settle the ques- I'M
/. Keep away from the cards, then it cr'
Mt make any difference