The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-09-09
GOV, ALIENS AGE.

Ohio following the lead Of tile great
Commercial, have immense fun ID re-
ferring to the age of Coy. ALLEN.
The sanctimonioas Rsgistsy folks
have become infected, and after pain
full labor, give birth to juicy jokes,
over which they cackle like a little
chick over her first egg. Now there
is another side to this joke of the
Know-Nothings. It occurs to us
that this same party elected rs Gov
ernor oftlle great State ofNew York,
one Gen. JOHN A. DIX, who was near
ly twenty years older than Gov. Al
LEN. We remember to have read
somewhere of one JoHN @. ADAMS,
who, at eighty years of age was the
leader of the American Congress.
We believe there still lives the great
est of American poets and editors,
WIN. C. BRYANT, who wrote "Thaua-
topsisn before the Register mans
mother was born. 1t strikes us that
Charles O'CoNNER, the greatest of
American lawyers, still lives and la
bors in his profession, with eighteen
more years on his head than have
passed over Gov. ALIENS. We are
of the impression that the army re-
leords will furnish the information
that quite a number of our best Off
GERS were the seniors of Gov. ALLEN
tby many years. We are slightly ae-
quaiated with three gentlemen fiY-
ing incur own county, who have
considerable the advantage of Gov,
ALLEN in matter of years; VIM. Cas-
TOR, Esq, Judge WIN. CURRY and n,
BENJAMIN, Esq. Mr.. Caster sees
Gov. Allen and goes himtwentyjou,
years better, and Notwithstanding
this afog-horn", old age, we hazard
nothing in saying that Mr.. Caster
today has more sense, better judg-
ment, and is better informed in mat.
tiers of governments polity than the
entire Register staff, the "deriT' in
Guided. "Blood wilbtelln The fin,
est and feetest horses do not fully
develop until at an age the aplugss
never reach, and SO it is with men.
The little four by six politicians and
newspaper scribblers that spring ur
in the shadow of some one else like
toad1steols, fume and create bad
smells for a little while and then
crafty community by rotting even
to their memories. They never have
any brains to speak OF, and what
they do have is not located in tht
head. Having but small modicum O
intellectual fibre the mature early,and
being hybrids, never yield any fruit
Thus they live out their few days
and pass aRaylin ,blissful Ignorance
of the capacity of the human~intel
lect, or the lease of life given to tht
good and great and virtuous, ant
which the Psalmist places at "thret
score years and ten, Gov. Aller
has not reached that age. The ole
citizens of Preble county above nam
ed have passed it, and it is our fer
vent prayer that our community may
for long years to come have the ben
eft of their wise eounsels. The Reg
tister fraternity cpuld be buried al
most any dull day without much loss
1t may as well be borne in mind tina
if the small fry newspapers have no
thing to abuse5Gog Allen for, say,
for having a strong mind in a heal
thy body, and thereby prolonging
lifelof usefulness, they may as wei
subside, for every contemplate finl
at the age of the Governor is as vel
as a slur cast at hundreds of venera
BILE men in our State, and at who's
feet these ink singers had better 81
and learn wisdom. e4'.