Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-05-02
Editorial Brevities.
The town is sober!

For the last few days working in
the garden has been brisk.
Has anybody ever head of our Rep
r~esentative of this county?
Loafing OH the sha ly side of the
street will be the summer style this
year.
We are promised a large fruit crop
this year., and intend to keep on hop
ing in the fulfilment of the promise.
The town was full on Saturday last.
Some of the business houses had a
heavy trade.
Persons with "tight boots had bet
ter be careful and not appear on our
streets.
The Clown of Robinson's Circus
must have run foul of the smelling,
committee" He jokcd them severely.
The fellow that s'gives away" green
backs and jewelry was in town on
Saturday last. He found plenty of
suckers" for his candyi
Dolly Vardens are rambling about
in considerable costumes; and we are
glad that the fair sex are satisfied that
they have something stunning to wear.
The Dolly Warden is a punched up
over-skirt, of antique cut, and mater
ial which resembles old-fashioned
large-figured chintz. There, child,
don't ask uS cain
Wheat has improved very much in
the last ten days, and pieces that look
ed n few weeks ago as if it would be
fit for nothing, II w looks as if they
meant business or -four.
A newly married Fredrickto wn
"gal" forgot about husband and stirr-
ed up the neighbors to get n buglar
out of bed, or else the Mount Vernon
Banner lies.
Clear away all the old rubbish found
upon your premises. See to it that no
decaying matter of any kind is per-
mitted to remain. 1t will breed ma
laria and produce sickness.
Mad-dogs, Smallpox reports, and
the reports of the smelling commit
tee," "shallow-pate's" article and the
editorials of Morris, are the great affiic-
tons of Eaton, at present. We will
survive them ALI
Somebody wants to know if money
is scarce, where in the world do the
women get the cash to purchase such
fine dresses and SO much back hair?
Somebody is eternally asking foolish
questions which nobody can answeri
Farmers in this county are back
ward this Spring in sowing their oats
crop. Corn planting will also neces-
sarily be late, as the season has been
very unfavorablc for all kinds of far
ming operations.
We don't know of anything that is
more contemptibly mean than for an
editor to so be-little his business as to
stick his nose into his neighbors pri-
vate affairs, and make them public
through his paper. 1t shows the ami
mus of the creature.
From the length and "windiness" of
the communication in the last Regis
ter signed t'shallow-pate," we think
the miller" had about the same quail
ity of grist in his hopper, as when he
bored the Ohio Legislature nine hours
and produced nothing but chaf: We
invite the smelling committees at
~tention to that article.
We didn't say that every person
who favored temperance was "shal-
low-pated," but we do say that every
half-witted, shallow Drained, muddy
headed, narrow-minded. prejudiced,
bigoted. purblind, crotchety, conceited
fool, will be found Kidding that hobby.
That's what's the trouble.
How much more we might make of
our family life, of IL friendships, if
every secret thought of love blossom
ed into a deedt But there are words,
looks and observations that speak of
love, and there is scarcely a family
that might not be richer in heartwcalth
for more of them.
The mere assertion of Morris that
we oppose everybody that tavors the
Punishment of Saloons, and have no
smooth words for those who favor So
briefly, is no evidence of the truth of
the charge. We will do as much as
he will to reform every inebriate in
Eaton, but we expect to use a little
reason and common sense with our
effort, and not abuse and vilify those
who are more TEMPERATE than Ourself.
We can show a cleaner record on
temperance in our votes than the edi-
tor of the "Register," having
voted for a public officer knowing him
to be in the habit of getting intoxica-
ted. That is more than Mr.. Morris
can t%ruthfully say, and shows better
than Icing inuendoes who favors So
briefly in our midst. We are not now
advocating the election of a notorious
| drunkard to the highest office in the