The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-23
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

The corn crop now being housed j;
pronounced good.
"Yaller" telegraph envelopes have
ceased to excite u ~populace.
Jack Holderman will buy hogs now
at the latest telegraph prices.
No use of our city being Lit up from
o'clock p. m. until Z o'clock q. m.
wouldn't our citizens be happy
with gas light from 6 p. m until II
John Lander has his business build
ing up. Hurrah for Commercial
blockl
Roddy Reynolds is building a very
handsome dwelling on west Main
street.
Gloves worn BY stylish ladies are
made Of undresssd Kffs~snd reach to
the elbows.
"What is the news?" was asked US
275,A9a,u6,210,OOo times during the
last two weeks.
Eaton dentists smile when they see
a fellow undertaking to crack a hick-
DRY nut with his teeth.
Our Young friend F. c. STOCKTON,
has our thanks for late San Antonio
CTexas) daily papers.
The Darke county gravel s%preaders
"runn as well as they vote. Both
have been demonstrated.
an v bet another d-n cent on
New York." is the expression of a
Republican neighbor of ours.
If old probabilities will hold win
ter back q little, Commercial block
will be blocked out by the holidays.
The sausage machine has settled
down to business, and the dogs and
cats pass by the meat markets on the
keen run
The time for "church fairs" and
church lotteries, to dispose of a wax
doll or a picture album, is about to
dawn upon us.
To get up a Handkerchief filtration :
Rule first, acct two handkerchief
and two foels." Never mind the 9TH
or five rules.
One hundred and fourteen new
STYLES of bonnets have been introduce
ed thus far this fall, and the crop has
lust commenced to come in.
"That jubilee" of ours will take
place Just when our Radical friends
throw up the sponge and acknowl-
edge their sure defeat.
A "shot gum and a "shot gut can
didate run for the vacancy in the Coun-
ell. The Gshot gun" was "counted
in" "No bull-dozing."
We know a Sabbath Schoo teacher
that will be careful in the future
where he puts his silk plug while dis
charging his christian duties.
A new overcoat or not? that's the
question. Whether it is nobler to
continue to wear the old one, not yet
paid for, or buy another on credit.
When our city dads make arrange
ments to light mp the town again, let
them understand that daylight is
cheaper than gas-light in this coun-
try.
The hen roost of the Eagle Hotel
was "bull-dozed" on Saturday night
last, and about half dozen pullets
scooped from it. "Mart" "cant af-
ford It."
MIR. Filbert was one of the Council
men who opposed the canal that ter
inmates. q "gravel street. ending at
his COW pasture. We state this for
the benefit of the REGISTER.
The Darke county gravel voters
were "terrorized" on Sunday after
f, noon. If that had occurred on the
It'll inst. the Republicans ofthis coun-
ty would have been seven short on
ga fair count"
The person who %purloined the
"mug" from the yard of Mr.. Edward
Donohoe's residence, can have the
cover of it by calling at the same
place, as it cannot be conveniently
used without the other.
The shirt collars now worn by
snobs and the "b'hoys" have reached
the a~ttic-roof ofthe ears. By the hol-
idays the top of the head, as seen from
rear and sides, will have undergone a
total eclipse.
The recent cool nights are rather
tough on the cats. And yet they still
insist on pouring forth some of their
harmonious strains about midnight.
Poor things, we really have sympathy
for them. Take 'em in.
The average married man can no
longer plead political meeting" as an
excuse for late hours and unsteady
step. He will have to fall back on
the old old story of sheen to the
lodge"
A "yaller" telegraph envelope, dis
played on the streets of Eaton any
day for the past two weeks, drew a
bigger crowd than any of u local
Republican stump speakers did in the
county during the whole campaign!
Fact.
There are two kinds of whisky sold
In Eaton to drink one is like swsl-