The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-22
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Whcw!
Its been hot!
Dot ish sol
Raspberries have stepped out.
High old time on Saturday night.
Blackberries have advanced TO the
front.
The mclon-colic days are fast ap-
preaching.
Guard against eating unripc fruit
and vegetables.
Here you are-up in the nineties.
Lend us your fan.
Frost maybe expected about the
well, call on Murphy.
The busy season in the country
makes our town dull now.
The dog days are on us1they will
last until the 18th of August.
Tie wind storm of Saturday night
was not as damaging as was feared.
Flies are now busy adjoining mir
rors, dinner plates and shirt fronts
with.
Our verdict in the Beecher case is
"Not guilty but he must not do SO
any more"
Fourmile, Prices, Alderman and
Twin creeks were on a fearful ram
page last week.
Our citizens are Illustrating on
spring chickens. The crop is a little
late and small.
The three-card-monte men failed to
scoop, as our crop of greenhorns is
rapidly becoming ripe.
One young maple in the Court
House park lies PROSTATE, a victim to
the storm of Saturday night.
Our sprinkler has had serious and
almost damaging competition. Ithas
succeeded however between showers.
Nobody aspires to be Iufirmary
Director. The population of that in
%stitution increases too mysteriously.
As the election approaches, the num-
Der of radical crusaders whose failing
health requires the use of LAGER in
creases.
The editors situation just now, fl
nanciallyspeaking, is appalling. De-
l~inquents, advance, and relieve suffer-
ing humanity.
The matrimonial market is not very
brisk, although much stock is offered,
buyers are cautious, and but few
changes are made.
Radical candidates are on the in
crease. The Know-Nothing sanhed-
rim will choke most ofthcm off before
the grand farce of July 3lst.
The ball at Ackcrman's on Thurs
day night last was attended by a large
crowd. Good order prevailed, and
the evening passed joyously.
Farmers arc now up with the sun,
and have a half days work done be-
fore breakfast. That's what makes a
farmer SO happy and round-shoulder-
ed.
Tho songless MUsKEETER is now on
a visit 10 our city-he approaches
without sounding the signal of dan
ger, but almost invariably leaves his
card-likewise FLIES.
Persons desiring copies of the De-
MocRAT of next week, with a view to
preserving the article on "Cats,"
which will appear in that number,
must leave their orders carly.
The balloon failed to ascend on
Saturday night--cause why-ihe cheap
John, patent knife sharpencr, and solid
gold jewelry men stole all of Homer
Larsh's gas.
E. II. ALLISON, of Brookins Sc Sons
Drug House, has made for the use of
the establishment, Barometer, which
has proven itselfa correct %prognosti-
Gator of the weather.
The White Sulphur Well is not a
certain specific for the disease known
as 'hide bound" Philip Sayler has
an unfailing prescription which he
will furnish free of charge.
Brookins' and Michael's soda foun-
tains are gushing forth their sparkling
cool .draughts these sweltering days,
but our public well of Blue Lick has
the largest run
The cheap auction wagons which
travel through the country are a fraud
and q nuisance. They should be fore
ed to contribute literally to the ex-
chequer of the town.
A glass of lager without a pretzel
amt worth a cent. Rossman u Ham,
bidge are now turning out the best
we eyer eat anywhere, and the lager
well, you can get it -, you
know.
There arc now eleven saloons in
our town, and the general verdict of
the people is, that there is far less
drunkenness, and better order than
during the reign of the radical cru
SADIE.
Enterprising small boys, each with
D.. q flag of truce attached TO the rear OF
his trowsers, now industriously ex-
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