Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-12-05
Fat hogs are going into winter

was in Eaton last week.
Ice houses are being put in readi'
ness to receive the winters crop.
Will somebody be kind enough tc
Introduce the cpizooty among the
dorgs of this town?
The preacher who boosted that he
could preach without stamps alluded
to stamps of the feet.
Don't forget to drop into our office
and give us all the items OF interest
you may have.
The stormy season is at hand, and
high winds will be of frequent occur
renee. Be careful Of fire.
The cool bracing air these morn.
ings has the effect to give the young
'uns red noses.
If the horse disease could only be
snapped for a dog disorder that would
clear off the s~uperfuous CANNES, what
a good exchange it would be?
Reader, are you sure that you hav'nt
a couple of printers dollars sticking
about your clothes? If you have,
order them home Immediately.
Smoking and tobacco chewing is
decidedly on the increase among the
juveniles of this town. Quit it, boys,
in your youth-when you get old
you can't.
If a horse wants to dodge a hard
days work, he has only to cough once
or twice. Then he gets better food
and more blankets than he ever heard
of before.
The horse disease is prevailing all
over the county. There is not a town
or township in the county that the
horses arc not afflicted. In conse-
quence thereof, business is generally
very dull.
We hear ola hostler who had what
he supposed to be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
and while confiding his Complaint to
a crony, dislocated his jaw in attempt
ing to pronounce the word.
A little girl went into one of our
grocery stores the other day, and said
to the proprietor, in a half Whisper
"If a little girl hasn't any money, how
much chewing gum do you give for
nothing'
We are pleased to place upon our
subscription books this week, the
of two subscribers who refused
to "shake hands across the bloody
chasm p
The season of the year is rolling
around when revivaIs are fashionable,
when we hope the wicked ones will
lake the matter of their improvement
into serious consideration.
j, In court the other day, a witness
being asked how he knew that a man
and woman were husband and wife,
replied, "because he had heard the
lady blow the gentleman up" The
evidence was held to be conclusive.
The latest thing iii the explosive
line is reported from Iowa, where a
grain bin has exploded, killing three
men. We have heard before OF grain
killing people, but it was after it had
"bin" through a still.
In order to please the "dead beat"
editor of the "Tumble-Bug" journal
everybody didn't close up on Thanks
giving as he requested them. People
around here will do as they please
when isaac advises them to crafty
his peculiar notions. How cruel?
A gushing poet asks in the first
line of a recent effusion:
GLOW many weary pilgrims lie ?'
We give it up; but experience has
taught US that there are a good many.
The other night a young man pro-
pounded the usual question to the idol
of his heart. She laid her soft white
hand in his, put her head upon his
manly shoulder, hove a sweet sigh OF
resignation, and in dulcet accents thai
sounded like sweet music o. the wa
ter, whispered. ayes, dear anything
to beat Grant"
NJ. D.-Will answer for "mighty
dry" as well as medical DOCTOR" We
know a fellow who went into New
Paris the other day, and asked for &
glass of beer. Eaton was his destina'
ton, and he was "mighty dry" He
was heard TO exclaim as he went our
of town, "Oh, ye Sons of-Pemper'
ance !"
Local editing must bejolly in Salem
Washington county, New York. Thu
editor of a paper published there re
ceived the following missive: "Youl1
fellers want to keep us fellers name
out of your paper, else youm get you
id snoot busted. This can biz
| Ziness."
Notwithstanding our frequent in
structions to correspondents to accom-
pany their favors with their names, W,
still continue to receive articles of al
anonymous character. We again reit