Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-05-16
Editorial Brevities.
The Boqnet season IS athand.

run blasG
See Report of First National Bank,
Eaton. 1t is in a sound condition.
The @barefoot' brigade have APP
peared tortne season.
Eaton is fearfully dull. ReasoIt-
Small-poxapd smelling committee
reports.@Both of which + bogus.
a new st. Louis sect holds bald
Eness to be the true religion. Several
members could be had in Eaton.
If You 'want to be an angel and
with the angels stand" light your
fires with coal oil. 1t never fails.
We are sorrythe smelling commit
tee were disappointed about that,
picture. Calland see it, gentlemen,
P~romeuading is all the go these
pleasant evenings. johnson swung
around the scircle," but the people
here, swing around the square"
/. The voice of one claiming to be a
Iineai descendant of John the Baptist
is heard crying in the wilderness at
Cairo, Illinois.
.Kentacky jeans and straw hats,
cheap and se~ryiceable, are indicative
of the economy necessary for a man
of family and ''great expectations.
III SCHENECTADY they call a drunk
en- man, ~the victim of misplaced ben
zine" In Eaton heais.the vic i'm of
the smelling committed"
The great;chalnpion affidavit maker
wilEba an mdepehdent5eandidate for
Sheriff in October. As he don't hold
4much Office" he ought to have it!
The potatoe bugs have made their
appearance. and are setting around on
tines lodspgoftngready fea their de4
vdstating worK!s
sTIeou .rainestin my bosom, was
fhe remarksofa Young below when
his fair one threw a Basirof wafer oy-
er him for 'ratawaulfng under her
window -sa5zi7 sc
"A SMART young fellow Of this town
wants to-engsge himself as fafeller" 10
some dlandsomeG sewing machine
one about lei 2a4teth years old prefer
red.
The Portage (Nis.) Register talks
thusIy of. one good shepherd: swirl
Rev, 6 s, Prizes call ana get his praise
meetiagolbii! qdand keep away from
this Office yssIEFt-ss9 .9ssaJ59 Iii g
sWRo Waantstto buYap ainiihg7 1t
was goh up 6y1nolIe of yorn s~tsplartyl
ydtiiig men o Fatoh, and winsBe sold
cheapI The proceeds will be added
tethe @s1nefling committee fund.-
As siuipIe4minded Alabama lady
subscribed eeormbfoad and whisky to
the supper OF tie local temperance So
ciety, If that had happened in Eaton
the :smeBing Committee" would have
had the lady fined IS and costs.
Last Saturday the wind, blew a per-
feet hurricane all day long; during
which one of the chimneys on the east
sideaof the Court House was swept
from that building!zaA =. -a7
Section54of the Liquor5Law says
chat 'eyeryzperson FOUNDin state.
of intoxicatfonn,@ sc. Of all the ar
rests made by the committee, not more
than one or two were FOUND intoxi-
Gated, and yet they were fined!
WeIlepe ouE Pown Council viii
make some arrangement to put the
Calaboosinorder and when any per-
son arc found intoxicated on the
streets, The Me.rshal can give them
lodging there, and that will stop the
prosecutions Of the " smelling com
mittee."
Suit has been commenced against
thelchampion afidavitmaEersfor $1,000
damages for illegally arresting two
persollss4 for intoxication That Will
sweep aNay.Jall the fund raised for
prosecutions and there Will have to be
another subscription started! CHATS
the way the money goes,2 Sc
We would Ike somebody to make
a neat calculation Of the g cd the
.:smellers'' haye done by arresting
poor unfortunate fihebriates. having
them fined $40 or $15, and their wives
paying the damages from hard-earned
wash-money, rather than have their
husbands Observation-Disclosures ?
SemeTWag perpetrated heavy joke
on the "Goose"one night last week by
printing it the tfi-colors. On one
wing was "ex-Auditor," on the other
aex-Treasurer," and on the breast,
coffee" Unlike some of the other
"rats2 around the Court House, it asks
but n Office at a time, and never de-
serts its post, except when it goes out
to change its dress!
a man who draws 1920 per annum
as assistant Auditor; 500 as Treasu-
rer; $500 as Revenue Collector; 1886
as a Pension; $500 from a farm ; about
$25 for copyingAssessor blanks, and
when "smelIings is brisk about $500
per day, ought to enlistthe sympathie: