Year: 1874




of jackson Hall. They're rare times there
now, tell you. Things have been quito
flat for some time, but great revival has
broken out at the Hall and everything is
abuzz again.


The usual monotony of the debate was
broken on last Thursday night, by a lecture
from one of the club, which drew good
audience, who listened attentively and ap-
plauded heartily. Barney Moore was the
lecturer. You know Barney, do yez?-
Thin you jast know as honest, whole -souled
brath of boy as icsr erased the beg sag.
Barney is one of the most valued members
of the club and his broad, good humored
honest face is always welcomed with evil
dent satisfaction by all: He always speaks
on every question and seldom fails to hit
the mark, and always brings down the
house with his genuine Irish wit. Barney's
lecture was on the art and mystery of
manufacturing whisky and other distilled
liquors: and the way he handled his sub
| .ject proved that he was just at home IN
| that business. The lecturer exposed many
of the frauds of the liquor makers and
dealers, in druging the various drinks they
sell. The best part of the lecture was his
advise to his hearers not to drink, for all
liquors contained poisonous drugs The use
of which would injure their health and
shorten life. Mr. Moore is booked for
another lecture on the manufacture OF all
| kinds of spirtuous drinks, from rain water
and drugs. A good deal has been said
about reformed drunkards lecturing on
temperance, but Barney is reformed dis
| tiller and his expesitions of the tricks OF
| the craft are, therefore, the more valuable.
During the war Barney thought to turn an
honest penny by making a little whisky in
quiet way, but it is one of the things
that will not be quiet, and after moving
his portable apparatus from place to place,
he finally abandoned the business. Wheth-
er it was the pangs Of conscience, or the
meddlesome interference of the detectives
or some other cause, or all combined,
known not, l only know that he disposed
of his distillery and retired to the quieter
pursuits of peaceful industry. 1t is well
that Barney quit the whisky business, for
| if his whisky was as good as his lecture
and as pleasant to take, and as deadly III
| its effects as he represents it to be, he
would have buried all his customers long
ago. The worthy President OF the club
fairly feasted on the lecture. Whether his
mouth watered for some of the beverage |
cannot say, but his eyes sparled with de-
light and his whole countenance was aglow
with most pleasurable excitement


In addition to the debates and lectures
the singing class taught by Mr.. II. II. KIM
BILE, hold two sessions weekly; viz, on
Tuesday and Friday evenings. They make
good music, and the best of all Mr.. kimble
makes $25 in seven weeks, for a few hours
of spare time. The young people have
good time in addition.


Then brother Oft holds forth on Sunday
morning, every Two weeks, and again at
night; all free gratis, for nothing. This
you see takes up all the time but three
nights in week, but if l am rightly in
formed this short rest will soon be disturb
ed, for hear there are to be two protract-
ed Methodist meetings, held at the Hall.
How the time is to be divided between all
the claimants am glad it is not my busi-
ness to settle, but things look as if the
time would .all be employed.


If any of your readers has q knotty
question to settle let him send it to the
Jackson Debating Club and they will un-
ravel it at once. Should any one desire to
be instructed in the art Of making whisky,
&C., out of water let him come and hear
Barney's lecture, and make his fortune
before the new license law goes into effect.
If you have an ear for music, give Mr..
Kimble and his class a call, or if you have
relish for being plunged under water
through the ice come and hear Elder OFT,
but if you think 4 drop and ahalf Of water
thrown in your face will do as well, you
sitting meanwhile on comfortable seat by
a warm stove, come out to one of the two
protracted meetings in prospect.


In view of all this who will say that
times are dull about jackson Hall. In ad-
dition to all the above it has been proposed
to start library, but at present, for want
of time and place, it will have to go over
with unfinished business to the next ses-
sion. JACKSON.