Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
Personal.
CALIFORNIA has an editor named
Bushyhead.

CALIFORNIA has an editor named
Bushyhead.
OLIVE LOGAN (SYKEs) is tos.retire per-
manently from the lecture field this
season, and will hereafter reside in
Paris.
Mrs. FREMONT is described as havin,
grown stout and gray, and never, in the
days of her girlish beauty, was so fascin-
ing as at the present time.
Iii is a special order with the newspa-
pers in printing the advertisement of
Booths Theater to print the name of
the proprietor in small type, and not in
capital letters.
The "Aunty Lampson," whose name
has become familiar to the American
people in connection with Mr.. Greeley's
last days, is Miss Susan II. Lampson, of
East Poultney, vt.
THESE are in the refreshing Western
style of personals: "Mr. Waggoner
found fault with the beef at a Memphis
hotel, the other morning, and the Coro-
ner made So on him." "Peter Ink, an
old citizen of Knox county, Ohio, was
blotted out the other day, age 75."
IT is so nice of William Finn to be 10Y
years old, live in Bowling Green, and
make wooden bowls for a living, for it
gives his biographer an opportunity to
say that he has doubtless resisted the
tempting and Glowing bowl" and hay
ing worked at the trade for over seventy
five years, ought to furnish the bust
ness.
THEY tell a good story of Col. Da-
wilson, Adiutant-G General of Texas. He
received a bogus dispatch from Bell
county, indicating his election to the
State Senate, ~whereupon he promptly
resigned his Adjutant's office, and his
resignation was promptly accepted. IF
he had to do it again he would probably
wait for the official returns.
STATEMENTS are current respecting
two wel-known humorists. One ac-
counts for the photography of Josh Bill
lings, saying that he ''did not write a
line for publication until he was more
than 45 years of age, when it was too
late for him to learn to spell" The other
mentions that s'many. who heard the
Rev. Petroleum V. Nasty tell the story
of Hannah Jane now have an additional
horror of Locke-jaw."
THERE is said to have been a man at
Port Jervis, lately, who was regarded as
a curiosity even in that place of human
monstrosities. He had the power to
o his heart to any part of his body
at will, and to stop it's pulsations for a
time altogether. He also rejoiced in an
extra set of ribs, which he could shut
down over the lower part of his body.
He has a cousin who can change the
relative position of his two hips. This
story comes direct from Port Jervis, and
may be regarded as among the best that
it can produce.
Hon. HENRY WILSON is the eleventh
Senator who has been elected Vice
President. The others were Burr, Cal
houn, r. M. Johnson, Van Buren,, Ty-
Ter, Dallas, King, Breckenridge, Ham
lin, and Andrew johnson. Of these,
Van Buren,, Tyler and A. johnson be-
came Presidents, as did Senators Mon
roe, j. Q. Adams, Harrison and Pierce.
The Vice-Presidents who became Presi-
dents were John Adams, Jefferson, Van
Buren,, Tyler, Fillmore and A. johnson,
the last three succeeding to the office by
the death of the Presidents with whom
they were elected Vice-Presidents. Only
one Vice-President has been elected as
own successor. This was Daniel d.
who served during the two
terms of President Monroe.