Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-08-15
Editorial Brevities.

mer every day.
Peter "Swope7 was in Eaton on
Monday last.
The Court room is being repaired
Very sensible.
Water melons have ONE. Who
wants the first puff?
G ow eaters are Increasing with
marvellous rapidity.
How much money did the Commits
sioners squander away for that draft
of a new Jail?
All Democrats will vote and work
for the Baltimore nominees, not that
they like Greedy MORE but Grant less.
Toledo has a colored Greeley and
Brown club, which numbers four-fifths
of all the colorcd voters i'll the city.
The young men-especially those
who cast their first vote this fall-are
all going for Greeley.
To read the Radical papers a per-
son would imagine that the rebellion
nad just commenced.
The Democratic watchword-Re-
Cancellation and the onc-term princi-
pie. Republican watchword-Re-
venge and reelection.
Melon trade has been brisk for the
past few days-and the swine are hav-
ing a good time generally in our
streets.
The Dayton "SUN" shone in upon
our Sanctum on last Tuesday, and is
a bright and beautiful specimen of
the art. Success to its Liberal cause.
Our neighbor up street thinks that
Greeley's nomination is such a good
joke, and yet he does not laugh. He
don't seem to enjoy the joke at all.
The able intellect of the Hon. STAN
ley Mathews has been convinced that
Grant is the ma for President, by a
fee of 5000 i'll a case that the Govern
mcnt is prosecuting against a distiller.
The state elections that take placci in
September are Maine, Vermont and
California. We arc now clear of the
August elections, North Carolina,
kentucky and Delaware.
What is the affidavit worth of a
person who is worse than a forgcr, a
horse thief or a murderer? Isaac
Morris or the candidate for County
Clerk may hand i'll answers.
If there was any doubt heretofore
about the bargain between the "Ring"
and the Brooke delegates, the vote in
Somers township on last Saturday
proves it. Mr.. Albert got ONE vote
for Sheriff, the "Ring" candidate
NINETY-THREEi
The mercury still dances malicious
ly among the nineties, and our devil
grins a.ghastly grin, that seems to in
dictate that it is all the better for our
future comfort in that borne from
which no traveller ever returns.
If a saloon is lower than a house of
ill-fame, and its keeper worse than a
horse thief and murderer, what did
the candidate for County Clerk want
with an affidavit from such a.source?
The pap-suckers are very severe on
the old farmer Horace Greeley i'll their
speeches, because they fear that he
will withdraw the public teat from
their lips. That's what hurts them.
The secrets of The rebel archives are
being exposed to public view The
developments are decidedly racy.-
The Eaton "Register" has furnished
its readers with the sweet morsel.
1t suits them.
The slaughtered and dying "'patri-
OTIS" in this county OH last Saturday
would make as horrible q spectacle
to gaze upon as the seven miles of
dead hat Murat Halstead passed over
after one of the battles in the late
German conflict!
A few North Carolina counters jul
diciously distributed around, might
possibly re-elcct Grant. They are very
handy fellows, and seem to be capable
of producing just the exact number of
ballots wanted.
The GRANTEES staked everything on
the result in North Carolina. Well,
they have lost their stake, which con-
sisted of the public money SEM down
there to carry the election. This in
cludes also the $4,000 paid out of the
Treasury for the Rebels archives.
Judge WinaRs will get every vote in
October that Greeley will get in No
member-and a few more! Even
some of the Grant Republicans have
signified an intention to vote for him.
They don't like the way Guncklc
"rung in his cold deck" on them.
A Montgomery Radical was in Ea-
ton II day last week and boosted
that Gunckel was worth.$1O0,o0 and
would use it freely to carry this
county. He purchased his nomina-
ton and of course will have to do the
same to secure his election.