Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-30

If money is the &c OF of all evil, thi
section of the country is in a higl
: moral condition.
, The weather-wise awhile ago, wer'
, predicting al open Winter-it open
ed!
Talk about Jordan being a hard
road to travel. just try our side.
walks when icy.
n We saw a friend suddenly sit down
on the side walk the other morning.
Not being aprofane man he suffered
very muchly.
The ice crop of this winter has been
the heaviest, throughout the country
generally, of any for the last fifteen
years.
Thermometers have looked every
morning lately, as if they had been
out all night Oh a bender. Their
Spirits" are so low.
A well-stocked agricultural paper
advertises Woodruff on the RAM
page. She must feel decidedly sheep
ish.
In the town of Marion, town lots
that were valued at $3.50 five years
ago, now sell at from $1,000 to $1400.
So much for railroads.
There is a shoemaker in town who
wants a BOOT TREE planted Oh his
grave when he PEG out, to show them
that ANVIL is over
Steadily, for twenty years, the SEN
ate has deteriorated. The old digni-
ty, the learning, craftsmanship, orato-
ry and integrity are often missing.
Some workmen in a Jersey City
| dock found a mans head the other
day, and are now trying to find the
man that lost it. No one has claimed
it so far.
There are twenty-three thousand
million tons of coal available in Ohio.
1t is estimated that atthe present rate
of consumption there is enough to last
ten thousand four numbered years.
Almanac makers tell us that there
will be two eclipses of the sun and
two of the moons during the year 1873.
All invisible herc,excepta total eclipse
of the noon in May next.
There are between 36,OOO,OOO and
100000 people in the United States.
One can imagine what a prodigious
amount Of work could be performed
annually if each would diligently at
tend to his her own business.
The smallpox epidemic is creating
grave apprehensions in Boston and
vicinity. Three thousand curses are
reported to exist in the city, and the
than by all other cause combined.
There is a Greek adage which it
would be well for some persons to
observe a little more than they do.
1t runs thusly: "Sweep before your
own door," and your neighbor will
respect you more.
Our P. NJ. informs us that the place
of changing rnails is entirely separate
the other part of his Office, and
that he allows no outsiders present
during the overhaaling of the mails.
Korrect.
Our exchanges are considerably ag-
itated yer the Indian trouble. We
are worried to death ourselves about
it although we never say anything
about it. We prefer to let the grief
eat into us-eat into rs silently.
If you have. talents, industry viii
improve them if moderate nbilities,
industry willsupply their deficiencies.
Nothing is denied to well directed
nothing is ever to be attained
without it.
The greatest bore in the world is
the man with a special grievance.
While it may be polite to listen to
him it is at the same time very I'M
pleasant. There ought to be a law TO
prevent a man from presenting his
head to every man he meets.
They had a ghost in Xenia for one
Or two nights, which came very near
all the citizens of that
i'trooly loil" city whiteI The only
one that maintained his doggedness
that respect, was the editor of the
GAZETTE.
Editors, in noticing local events,
give items as reported them, and if
errors are made the editor is not re-
.ponsible unless he. refuses to make
the correction when so requested
Let over-sensitive individuals remem-
Der this fact.
If a young man is a paragon of ho-
nor, truthfulness, sobriety, has never
sworn a profane word, and has TWEEN
ty thousand dollars that he has no use
for, then he should Immediately start
newspaper.
Question for a Debating society:
Which is the best man to society the