The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-01-13

they ought to take their whisky
straight, like | dor
Donation visits are now in full
feather throughout the c%ountry,and we.
do suppose that the i~mpecunious par
sons are receiving more dried apples,
beans, potatoes, knotty wood, etc,
than they know what to do with.
An exchange says that down at
MarysviIle some of the teachers get
through examinations by eight
squeezing" 1t is hoped that it is not
lady teachers who experience this diff
ficulty.
e"I wish I might die" sighed a sem
timental maid, as she stood rubbing
the shoulder of her dress with ben
zine and yet the very next time he
came she let him lay his head right in
the same spot.
Itsis reported that a young man
from the country is visiting a girl in
town, who wears a blue ~velveteen
cordroy poplin polonaise, with looped
up edges trimmed in maroon colored
blue merino and pink cotton lustre
with alpaca p~ull-back. rtr
We arc not in favor of National
Banks, but we believe in them being
good and sound when we must have
them. The Eaton National Bank is
one of this kind-that you can rely
upon-if you want to deposit any mo-
ney.
An irreverent journal remarks that
the reason why Moody and Sankey
do not have lore young lady con-
verts, is because they can't kneel with
their pin-backs without danger of ac-
cidents.
If the person who sent the verses
1885," had inclosed the authors
name, it would be no Neutrality-suspicious.
nalism TO, publish them in the Demo-
GRAFT, otherwise it would. We can't
d%cviate from this rule, no difference
what other newspapers may do.
Anew ballad is entitled 4Tell me,
Mary, How to WooTThee." IfMary
isa sensible girl, she WI tellliinih not
to come oftener than three nights in
a week, and not stay later than Que
o'clock o, M This going seven highs
in a week and sitting up till three in
the morning, ruins the health and aug
ments the old mans coal bill.
What a blessing, considering the
hard times, that the potatoe, turnip
aud cabbage crops have been so large
this year. All these articles of food
are plentiful and cheap, and people of
all classes can eat them freely and
live, no matter how high the prices
for beef, pork, butter aud eggs may
be.
Girls, whatever other folly you may
commit, don't firt with strange, on
the street. Such a habit is full OF
danger, and often results in ruinous
consequences. In most instances the
practice is, of course, INDUCED in out
ola spirit of fun, but the evil dispos-
a.
ed put the worst construction upon
such conduct, and lay their plans &C,
cordingly.
Should, the toldest inhabitant' hap
pen this way soon we mean 10 ask
him if ever he saw just such winter
weather as This. Here we are right
in midwinter, and everything out O
doors resembles early spring. But
the season has thus far been and prob.
ably will be very changeable, and we
may in the course of a few days be
wading through snow a foot deep
but it's doubtful. (This alludes tc
last week, of course.)
Last weekan obituary notice of the
death of Miss RoYER was presented
to us for publication. We stated tc
the friend that u rule was a charge
for all space W. a certain amount
and that the same terms governed tbt
i REGISTER, it being an agreement be
. tween the two offices. We are in
formed that the notice appeared il
!, the REGISTER FREE OF CHARGED /
, such facts are correct: we feel released
from the contract, and will hereafte
publish all such notices as heretofor,
.!-GRAT1s We propose to treat all wit
! lido business with us on an equality.
; How should we ever get along with
out newspapers? We think with as
tonishmeut of the time when pcopl
knew little or nothing of their value
1t issnot a slight thing byzthis mean
to be instructed, as wella as amused
without crossing n thresholds. L
how many unable to do this, is tn
family newspaper a priceless boon
How many otherwise vapid and wear
Il hours does it beguile? To many c
restricted means tits their-onlyl ibra
b ry or school. To how many has
/ proved the stepping stone to the Sc
4 entific professors chair? 1t wouldb
n interesting to gather the statistics {
this public educator. We hope som
one will find leisure to do it.
There is no more effectual way {
II escape being victimized by swindlin
travelling agents, than by CAREFUL
reading the newspapers, which e2
!. pose the transactions of the scour
drels as they C Persons doin
this arc always fortified, and whe
= they are accosted by parties offerin