The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-05-06
Deril.

performance, we don't see whythose
who want to exercise the duty, can't
just as well do it ION that day as any
other. Everybody would be at leisure
to. attend, you know.
A notable fact-one Of vital signif-
canoe to every farmer-is, that the
wheat which had been put in last fall
with the drill has endured the severe
freezing of the past winter and spring,
much better than that seeded by the
| old broad cast method.
No man can be a good fellow who
does not pay his debts--no one can be
a good Mason, Odd Fellow, Granger
or christian, or should be permitted to
call himself either, who withholds
from his fellow man that which is his
just duel Think Of this truth, reader!
He came home late aud found his
wife in a high state of nervousness.
She exclaimed: "Hcre I've been wait
ing and rocking in this chair till my
head spins like a top" 'Jess so where
I've been," said lie sit must be Chic)
suthin' (hic) in the atmosphere"
The potato bug has had an interest
ing, and we hope, a freezing time this
spring, but it. is a question whether
the frost has lad any effect on an in
sect that tlrives on concentrated lye,
revels in carbon oil, and will get on
the stalks and make mouths at Mi
chael's Killerine agents.
Here is something that should be
more generally known. 1t is said that
bed bugs will live a year without air
or food if placed in q Theoretically
sealed bottle. Persons desiring TO
keep their bed bugs over the winter
without feeding item win do well to
remember this. Thus science assists
the most humble.
If correspondents would observe a
few simple rules, many efforts might
have a better destiny than the editors
waste basket. Always write briefly,
write plainly, write truthfully, edit
ors love the truth you know,O write
on but one side of the paper, and
when there is nothing of special in
tercst to wife about, don't write at
all.
Gus Peters made a spetch from the
Court House steps on Wednesday
evening. He says he is a candidate
for Congress; John got into the cal
aboos for getting drunk, and the sass
pect" exhibited in public was quite
different from that of his brother, but ii
only shows the difference between the
ambition of two members of the-samo
family. Sich is life.
Summer will be here, ere long with
its outdoor meetings and amuse,
mcnts. The fields will be clothed in
their mantle of green and the flowers
cover The earth with their rich.garni-
turc. The birds will sing in our for
ests, and the ripening fruit hang in
tempting clusters upon the vines and
trees. Who is it that csn dare TO be
miserable in a world like this?
After Concord and Lexington, "Or
TO BunkerI" is the centennial watch
word. Tie hundret1 anniversary o
that battle falls ON the 18th of June
next, and preparations for duly cele'
brating the event are already making
Some unpatriotic wretch has saggest'
ed that as our side got whipped OF
that occasion there is nothing to eel
citrate, but that sort Of talk should bt
frowned down.
The secret of good health is first
keep warm. Second, eaS regularly
and slowly. Third, maintain regular
bodily habits. Fourth, take early ant
very light suppers, or none at ali
Fifth, keep a clean skin. Sixth, ge
plenty of sleep at night. Seventh
keep cheerful and respectable com
pany. Eighth, keep out ofdebt. Ninth
don't set your mind IN things vol
don't need. Tenth, mind your Owl
business.
Perhaps it is not generally under
stood that it is the duty of every per
son taking up an estray to immediate
ly advertise the same by publishing
notice and attending TO the matter il
a lawful manner. A person VIII
keeps an animal without advertiser:
it, is liable to be indicted by the grant
jury and punished accordingly. W
believe that under the new law all es
trays exceeding twenty dollars in val
ne are to be advertised in some pub
lie newspaper.
We are not an. advocate of temper
ance PER Sc; neither do we believ
that h'isting benzine promiscuously
conducive to health, wealth or mora
character. Getting drunk is demon
alizing and degrading. No mai cal
get ON q bender and afterwards fee
richer, happier or wiser for it. tide
pletes the pocket, engenders disease
/ impairs the intellect, destroys self-re
, spect, and lowersa man to a leVe
with the beast. We saw several il
| this condition on Saturday last, an,
we'll bet they will al agree with u
!, in this.
Our "DEvIL" has become disguise,
? with the printing business and quit
t We dispatched one of our short-han
t correspondents to interview him as {
his excuse for doing thusly. He CAV