Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-10

n pump oil desIfuctlVenesS-d
railway collision.
A Bank check is one of the pleasant
est checks of life.
Mosquitoes are not troublesome
yet.
Dry goods men are singing their
goods in the breeze.
The reason we are getting SO many
new subscribers is because we give
our readers the worth of their money.
The reign Of crime throughout the
country, of all character and every
grade continues fearfully appalling.
A Chicago dry goods dealer adver-
tises: "The most alarming sacrifice
since the days of Abraham and Isaac!
The Gardeners about here and else
where, are busily engaged in putting
the seeds in their little beds. e.
Spring is. here, and people r be-
ginning to- look about their premises
and fix up the loose ends,
The month of March just passed
will be remembered for its exceeding
roughness.
Never be idle. If your hand cannot
be employed usefally, attend to the
cultivation of your mind.
When one of the boys up town tells
a whoppin big lie, and then deeds
and-doubles to it, the rest of the boys
all hallow chats Colfaxl"
If any man says March did not.
do the al IN and lamb business" in a
satisfactory manner, shoot him on the
spot.
Under the provisions of the tax
law, Township Assessors will be re-
quired to commence their duties this
year onlMonday, the 10Th day of
April.
Grant looks "fotward to the day
when he slaitbe relieved of the care
and responsibilities of Office" So do
we, with pleasure:
A Hartford philanthropist has in
vented a bottle of a peculiar shape to
be used exclusively for poison, and
dedicated to stupid apothecaries'
clerks.
Our juveniles are putting in their
after school hours in top spinning.
After tops comes marbles-or at least
that was tie order of things in our
boy-hood days.
A bill has been passed by the Ohio,
Legislature prohibiting the killing or
trapping of muskrats, minks, &C., be-
tween the 18th of April, and the 18th
of February
Woman are like horses-the gayer
the harness they have on, the better
they feel. We get this from an old
bachelor, who vas early crossed in
love.
We notice that some of III mer-
chants are already stretching their
awnings bat of course that is no in
dication that their calicoes and things
will fade from exposure to the sun.
No party can carry the corruption
that has been proven to exist in che
Republican party aud survive. 1t
will go TO pieces like a rotten hulk
before the storm of popular indigna-
ton.
An exchange says tits wasting time
to hug the girls. We know quite a
number in our town who are exceed
ingly fond of wasting time in that
way.
Let your religion be seen. Lamps
do not talk, but they shine. A light
house beats no drum, it beats no gong
and far oyer its friendly light is seen
by the mariner.
Grant sat in the chair once occupied
by Washington. Had George fore
seen this, he wouldhave put his little
Ratchet to 8 better use than cutting
down lis fathers faYorite cherry tree,
The maddest man we know of is
Smith. He has wound up his clock
regularly for fifteen years, and only a
day or two ago discovered that it is
an eight-dav clock. He feels as if he
must swear Or burst.
We have all heard of asking for
bread and receiving a stone; but q
young man may be considered still.
worse treated when he asks for 8
younglady's hand and gets her fathers
boot.
In Boston a~"total abstinence socie.
ty has been started, which announces
as its object total abstinence from
meddling in other peoples affairs.
1t is to be hoped the society will ex
. tend further west. Large opening.
Persons who are ever ON the on
look for improper actions in member
of their own sex and anxious to tel
others about it, are seldom over sup
!, piled with more virtue than the Law
8 allows.
Whenever you see a young maj