Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-25
WHOLE NO. 2s7.

the freedom of the city," notwithstand-
ing which, he was shot by somebody who
could not resist the temptation 70 make
fifty cents.
THE Keokuk Gate OFty says: One Of
our well known grocers bought q nice lot
of honey and had It in his store for sale.
he noticed all day Saturday that the bees
were flying in and out rather lively, and
making free with his honey. He shoe
flied them in a mild way with brush.
That was all BE left the honey there
over Sunday. He went down Monday TO
find every drop of that honey gone, and
small swarm there trying to carry of the
wax. There is some beeswax for sale
cheap at that store" ~ cG ~
A coLoKKD man recently applied 70
prominent gentleman residing on Fifth
avenue, New York, for q letter of recon-
dation, by means OF which he hoped to
obtain situation. The man, being well
known to the gentleman in-question, the
testimonial was readily given 1t was
| even more complimentary than Scipio
himself had expected, and that worthy, ON
recovering from his astonishment, ex-
claimed: "Say, Mr.. -, won't you give
ommendstionp
A FIFTH Avenue Hotel waiter was dis
| charged the other day, and vented his
/ spite by advertising in the New York pa
| pers for 500 Irishmen to 20 to France
| application to be made at Room 08, Fifth
Avenue Hotel Result, the halls and cor
ridors of the hotel were filed, by 10
o'clock, with hundreds of applicants-so
| crowding the guests and visitors OF the
house, that there was necessity OF clear
| ing the intruders ont; and it was not un-
/ til they were put out, that the proprietors
knew to what circumstance they were in
4 debted for such vieitation.,
i IL
| who had travelled all over the world and
1 spent fifty years to secure materials for
work on humpbacks, which he left in
/ 2,00e sheets, with numerous drawings and
| curious observations. He discovered that
humpbacks are, most numerous in the
temperate zone in Europe, and that the
i bumps have some connection with the
formation of the country where they are
found, those in the Pyrenees showing the
angular, Jagged shape Of the mountains,
while those on the sea coast have a gentle
descent on one side. N c'
An old man, of very respectable appear
ance, has of late been sWindling the store
| keepers of New York city in q novel
i manner. It is his custom TO ask to be ac-
commodated with 50 bill for that amount
in currency, as he wishes bill to send In
/ q letter to his son, who Is at school in the
i country. He has the letter already direct
| ed and stamp on it. In counting the
currency it Is usually short ten cents. The
old man is very sorry, but as he passes
the store almost every day, he viii hand
/ 1t in, which he never does, and thus makes
| ten, fifteen, or twenty-five cente, as the
| case may be, out of each storekeeper who
may be generous enough to give him the
| $5 bill. .fss-sr. ....~ :
AT tea party in Washington, where
| General Butler was q guest, the. hostess,
glancing over the table, perceived his
ct1T, Y1nfT1rniahed with An ffnnorfauf inn
plement, ofwhich he was supposed 70 ap-
ler," she exclaimed, in little womanish
autter of condemnation, Haven't you a.
| spoon 2" "No, indeed, madame p quickly
responded the General, epringing from his
seat with well acted earnestness,
and slappiDg his pockets, one after
the other, upon my word, mad
anne; if you don't believe me, mad
anne, you may search mel" The ap-
plause which greeted this spontaneous
sally may be more easily imagined than
described" tf
THE Gettysburg, Pa, Star tells the fol-
lowing story: "One day last week little
con of Daniel Musselman, near Fairfield,
aged about eight years, was out picking
blackberries a large black snake, unseen
by him, coiled itself around his legs as he
was picking berries through fence
The little fellow, finding himself pris-
oner, and no help near, showed fight
caught his snakeship by the neck and
choked it until he got two small stones,
when putting his head on one, with the
other he soon had the snake dead Then
freeing himself of il, he went to picking
berries again The snake was Of the racer
species, rom four TO I'VE feet long. The
little fellows legs allowed marks of the
squeeze for several days"
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