Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-11-27
,ok out for rascals. thieves and

The "beautlful snow" is now In OF
der. Exchanges should notice.
Our town was in darkness on Sun
day night last-the oil "gin out"
Bro. Eshelman's Wayne Co. DEMO
Graf comes regular, Notwithstanding
he was elected to the Legislature.
GEO. MEHAFFEy has retired froH
the "Corner Stone" His farewell
is a novelty!
The Cincinnati COMMERCIAL was
once the great "wsnt" journal of that
city-it is now the ENQUIRER. How
things dc change?
There are now zoos inmates of the
Soldiers Home near Dayton, the
largest number ever registered at that
institution.
John Fleming gave a splendid Quail
and Oyster supper last Saturday cy-
ening.-He knows how to prepare
'em.
Horse, Cattle and Hog raiscrs and
owners, would do we'll to notice
BRooKIxs, Horse and Cattle advcr-
tisement this week.
A physician has discovered that
"night mare" in nine cases out of ter
is produced by owing a bill to the
printer. A good many of our sub
| scribers must have it.
"Young man which is the quickest
way for me to get to the depot?"
asked a stranger of one of our street
gamons the other day. "Run," was
the sage reply.
Some Bible society ought to place
a Bible in the desk of each Congress
man at Washington. Such an act
might do some good in that "den of
thieves"
Editors have to be very careful
nowadays in handling money
there are so many counterfeit five
hundred dollar bills in circulation.
A modern writer on social science
divides the human race into three
classes: Those who think il is so,
those who think it isn't so, and those
who don't carc n damn whether it is
so or not. !
In these hard times it would be
well for Congress at onc to repeal
the back-pry, fore-pay. and double
pay bill. The people generally arc
now on half pay, and don't ike to see
their servants paid at imitation rates.
Ourvoice is still for Cuba. We are
tired of pulling" Quinn & Ringers
Twin valley filters with a Cuban
wrapper-we are thirsting for the
pure Havana. let us have 'em!
We understand that a Company of
Cuba takers have been organized in
place, and are ready at q moments
to march OH the tobacco Is
The Mayor of Keokuk recently dis
such OF the Jail boys as could
say the Lords Prayer. Then a law
yer offered to bet linn s. that he
couldn't say it himself. Tie declined
the ground that he didn't gamble.
SUPERSTITION worked disaster in the
case sefAFrs.! Peru, of Delta, Iowa.
who postponed her daughters we'd
ding four times in order to get a sun
day. When she got such a day
The bridegroom concluded not to
marry.
1t takes b69,574,OO0 worth of French
feathers, gloves, laces, velvet, jewelry
and other dainty articles of luxury
and ornament to adorn the terrestrial
known as American wo-
men.
AT the Elgin Watch Mandatory
Illinois, they are said to be at work
on a patent watch which will have
hands SC adjusted so as to seize the
wearer by the coat collar every even-
ing about ten o'clock and walk him
off home.
This is the season when Quail hun
tiers lay awake o nights and study
most extensive stories in regard to The
number of birds they slaughtered and
the extraordinary distance many of
them were winged" We heard one
the other evening that wasn't bad.
Do the city papers say anything in
regard to your OWL county? Nothing.
Do they contain notices of your
schools, churches, meetings, improve
ments and hundreds Of other local
matters of interest, which your paper
publishes withoutpay? Not an item.
Do they ever say a word calculated
to draw attention to your county and
its numerous thriving towns, and aid
in their progress and enterprise? Not
line. And yet there are men who
take such contracted views of this
matter, that, unless they are getting
many square inches of reading
matter in their own paper as they do
in a city paper, they think they are
not getting the worth of their money.
Things I changing every day,