Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-15
Current Items.

RUTLAND, VT, has English sparrows,
for which boxes have been placed in the
shade-trees about the streets and private
grounds. ..-.ssr ,.-.-..ef..
THE inhabitants of Westport, Conn.,,
can hear the fog-whistle on Long Island
shore, twenty miles away, in foggy
weather.
THE saloon-keepers of LeavenWorth
have raised 81, 500 to defeat any further
| legislation in the Kansas Legislature
unfriendly to the sale of liquor.
THE Cambridge young ladies refuse to
lucre from the Harvard men They
even insist upon paying for their tickets
to the college assemblies.
fKNoxvILLE, Tenn, is shipping south
ward horses and mules in great num-
bers, for which there is an active de-
mand throughout Georgia, Alabama,
Louisiana, and Mississippi. y,T
The manufacture of moccasins is an
| important branch of industry in Ban
gor, Me. The sales aggregate 100000
per year, and the chief depots are New
York, Chicago, st. Paul and Philadel-
| phia.s r r iFta .tzti
SNEEzING is delightful, but in many
cases it is very much out of place; the
most certain and available method of
forestalling sneeze, without attracting
attention, is to press tie back of the
half-bent forefnger between the upper
lip and front teeth, up against the par
tition of the nostrils. 1t win never fail,
if not put off until the sneeze has got a
start. z: ffEa -st..s5 ages fi
A FOND DU Lac lady prevailed on her
husband to leave his loaded revolver
on the bedroom table as he was going
away to stay all night, as she might be
| frightened by burglars, and need it for
her defence. On his return in the
morning, she informed him that it
| would not have been bit of use to her,
as she "hadn't match in the house to
fire it off with" Tf III
A RAT-oATcHERs is creating sensation
in Toronto. He processes to be able to
mesmerize the loathsome vermiD by a
disagreeable smelling ointment. He is
frequently in maudlin condition, and
often amuses himself by suspending his
disgusting pets by their tails, and oscil-
lating them in close proximity to the
persons of females and children.
Ar a meeting of the Farmers Club,
held in Denver last week, strong pro-
test was made against the passage of the
bill now pending in the Colorado Legis-
lature, providing for the fencing in of
growing crops. The resolutions state
that one per cent of the cost of fencing
will pay the expense of herding cattle
to protect the crops, and enable the
farmers to employ their capital in other
investments for the development of the
country, while the capital expended in
fences is dead property, requiring con-
siderable annual expense for repairs.
A CIVIL WAR in Duluth, Mimi, be-
tween the three rival editors, Originate
ing in the similarity OF color between
the hair of one and the nose of another,
has finally called forth formal written
protest to each of the belligerent quill
drivers, signed by the Mayor and some
sixty prominent citizens, which sets
forth that the filthy, wordy warfare
must stop. The language used in the
controversy had degenerated from
straightforward vituperation to abomi-
nable filth.
WHILE France was irving to fight
Germany, Victor Place, French Consul
General at New York city, was busy in
forwarding arms and ammunition, and
buster in charging commissions and
taking bribes for doing his duty. The
disproportion between the sums he
drew for and the cargoes he sent, joined
with the complaints of merchants whose
bribes had been taken and no return
given therefor, caused M. Victor Place
to be summoned to Paris, which place
he left last Friday for prison, where
he is to spend the next two years, ard
pay the State 1000 francs for his sup
port.