Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-01
Editorial Brevities.
A flood, in August, is predicted.


and swear that they will have it theil
way in the selection of candidates.
The bread and butter brigade OF
Federal ofice-holders in this place are
all for Grant. OF course.
Hon. w. s. >Groesbeck has written
a letter in which he declares himself
unequiyocaliy for Greeley.
Better eat crow than be fed on
Buzzard four years longer. That is
our advice to all Democrats.
We hope that those readers of the
DEMOCRAT who find the cross OH their
paper will not be the least timid about
responding to it.
The reproachful term ofscRE-HEADs
is no longer applied to the Liberal
Republicans-its applicability to the
ofice-holders having superseded ii.
Persons who desire to purchase
convenient and desirable building lots
will do well to attend the sale of R.
E. Pryor, on the 22d inst.
Votes il railroad trains are now in
order. tits true they indicate nothing,
but then to take the count is pleasant
announcement for fools.
The person who lost a shawl on
Barron street last Tuesday evening,
can have it by calling at tie "Demo-
crat" Office and paying for this notice.
Some fellows think that the louder
they talk when discussing politics the
more convincing they make their argu-
mdnts. Take it easy gentlemen,you've
lots of time.
1t is always considered ~unbecoming
to hear children abuse their parents.
So it is ~unbecoming in Republicans
to abuse Horace Greeley, who is the
daddy of their party.
The same 'cliqle" and "Ring" that
always Controlled the Republican
nominating Conventions in this
ty, will manipulate the primary cleo
items and have their favorites chosen.
There are about one hundred and
twenty-five candidates for the differ
cnt offices in this county, and we say
to the "Ring," give them a clear field,
a fair start, and the devil take the
hindmostl
Try them-Every business man
should use printed Dill-heads, letter
heads, and envelopes. Anything in
that line neatly done at this Office, and
at city prices. Call and see.
The money market still seems soft
and stamp like-for the very good
reason, we opihe, that it has been a
long while since we have had any
hard money.
Who were the persons that waited
on the editor of the Eaton "Register"
and instructed him to stop abusing
the saloons and saloon-ksepefs until
after the election? Were they Tenn
perailce men?
The "Ring" and the Guardians of
the people in this COUNTY have been
active for the past week. Things
don't work quite as in a Convention,
but as one d them remarked the other
day: by & wen fix it anyhow
1t is considered a high-handed out
rage-an objectionable ofeuse, for
some Republicans to vote for a DEM
ocrat. AT least some of the candi-
dates for county patronage find hat
their vote for a Democratic Treasurer
last fall is giving them trouble with
the Ring and the Guardians.
Notwithstanding the reports that
our Rail Road had "gone. up" we
have it from Mr.. GEO. A. PATTIsoN,
who has just returned from Evans
vile, Ind, that the Road WILL. be
built, and that everything toward its
early compIetion.is moving ahead as
speedily as possible:
1t is claimed that there are no Lib
eral Republicans i'll Preble county, but
we happen to Know that there are a
great MANY, and we firmly believe
that at least two hundred Liberal
will be cast in the county. A
Liberal Republican who has been
travelling over portions of the COUNTY
informs us that he finds a good many
Some Liberal from Dayton, through
the Cincinnati Enquirer, asks Mr..
GunekeI the following question "Did
you ever, in St. Louis, in order to
pre-empt one hundred and sixty acres
Of Missouri swamp land, make an af-
fdavit that you were a resident OF
Missouri, while at the same time youI
home was in Ohio ?" Rather a knot
ty question,
The late "absquatulated'' county
Treasurer, who now roosts on pigeon
hill ear the village of Lewisburg, il
this county, we are Informed, is dill.
gently circulating a report around his
dominion that all the Germans in Ea.
ton are opposed to Greeley. We adj
wise Dr.. L~eathersoul to post himsell
better before he engages in the cleo,