The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-15
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Beautiful weather.
Encourage home enterprises.
Don't get the spring fever yet.
We are now in the Lent season.
Gentle spring has changed some.
Anything to be done on the ed?
Everybody is selling out" this year
The girls are all in the top business
Tell your hens to hold up, we hav,
an early Easter.
Some blowing was done around
here last week.
Every body and their babies wert
in town last Saturday.
Money makes some people great
dress others-brains a few.
Have you a spitz dog? Shoot hin
on the spot.
Prosperity is a blessing to the good
but a curse to the evil.
Positive, cold comparative, cough
superlative, coffin.
~. N" is on the move again. He
will drop in at Germantown oon
We wish all our delinquents would
have an attack of Remittance" fever.
ABNER can't tell you the time OF
day now as quick as he could last
week.
We heard of one industrious far
mel in this county that has planted
potatoes already!
Now get your almanacs and look
for the sign-then SOW your cabbage
and tomato seed.
The boring of our shade trees by
the boys for the sugar water, should
be stopped.
The boys will give a social ball at
the city Hall on the evening of the
22d.
Judge HUME closed the November
term of Court in Eaton on Saturday
last.
Eight degrees below zero Tuesday
morning. Oyercoats in demand a.
gain.
WnBRs NELSON vas sworn in as
Deputy Sheriff last week and has en-
tered upon his duties.
The G. II. is as much of a fraud this
year as a Returning Board or a Su-
prcme Court Commission.
Hen fruit, maple molasses, skunk
hides and cider were plenty in town
last Saturday.
The Auditors office has been "bull-
dozed" in the fee business for the last
two weeks.
The spring elections are approach
ing and politicians r beginning to
buzz around.
Bustles haven't gone out of fashion,
but are larger than ever and of all
shapes.
The latest novelty for an evening
reception is a necklace composed en-
tirely of flowers.
Small h~andkerchiefs trimmed with
lace, will be much worn around the
neck this spring.
Reports are current that the next
Grand Jury will have lots of business
before it. Look out, boys.
When a man is called by his friends
brilliant but cratic" it means that
he will get drunk occasionally.
If you desire to keep posted, politi-
cally. cfvilly, commercially, religious
" and socially, take the DEMOCRAT.
1t knocks a good deal of the fine
edge off a fellow when he fluids his
intended wears a No. 9 instead of
No. 2s.
Nothing could excel the grand
weather we have had for the last two
weeks, except T1LDEN being declared
President.
Will the Commissioners expend q
few dollars on the Sherif's residence
for paint? 1t will save several to do
SO now.
We heard no complaint about the
of eggs for several days. The
hens have been doing their level best
and glutted the market.
The property known as the Doty
House, was sold ON last Monday to
John Reichel, the amount paid
being $4,000.
The shoe shop of Oliver 10y was
entered one night last week, a pair of
some leather and a few other
articles carried off.
The lively school girl may be seen
at the valentine shops selecting a hor-
rid two cent valentine to stab herjilt-
ed "felIer" with.
In the line of reViYals this seems to
be a poor year. The Presidential
question is the cause of all this gener-
al business depression.
A blonde girl deserted by her lover,
silently pines away and. dies, but a
brunette lives on to make it a furnace
on earth for the man who deceives
her.
Find out what your speciality is and
stick to it like wax. Not one man in
q million can do more than one thing
well, provided he can do anything
well.
A petrified woman was discovered
I'm Faton last week. She was Detri-