The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18
.ort of an omen and shut winter,

braces him as his best friend.
Our Eaton schoolmarms must be
delicate" A two-horse livery con-
veys them to and from their "one-
rous" labors. Alas, for our rising
generation!
Take care of your heart, your soul,
your mind, and your manners, and
you will make for yourself that beauty
which will render you lovely to those
who are nearest and dearest to you.
In the "coasting amusement the
boys have been engaged in for sever
al days down the Barron street hill,
young Bulger received a severe cut
in his head by falling off and being
struck by another sled.
Greenville has four JOURNALISTIC
"Democrat" is the biggest one-the
"Herald" the smallest one-the "Cour-
Ter" the liveliest one-the "Journal"
he, ding if we know, we never
seen it. More than pay, we'll bet.
An old bachelor says that giving
the ballot to women would not o.
mount to anything practically, be-
cause they would keep denying they
were old enough to vote until they
got to be too old to take any interest
in politics.
We observe that the greediest man
after a newspaper is the n who is
too mean to subscribe. He is always
in waiting for the latest paper, and it
is not two minutes on the owners
premises till the non-subscriber poun-
ces upon it and never lets up till the
last line is read, and then perhaps
casts it aside with the remark that he
could make a better paper himself.
Mr.. ALT. BURNETT and troupe gave
one of their popular and interesting
entertainments to the citizens of Ea-
ton, on Monday evening last, and not
w~ithstanding the very unpleasant
condition of the weather, quite a good
house was present to enjoy the treat.
"ALF" is a team himself, and n of
his acts alone is worth the price of
admission. We hope he will favor US
soon again.
The mails are Internally out of fix.
If Grant would look after some of his
incompetent and jackass P. Ms, in
stead OF who will be his successor, he
might 90 out of the Presidential chair
with a speck of gratitude from some
one. There are evidently some not
far from this point that need atten-
ton, judging from the fact that our
paper takes a whole week to get nine
miles from Eaton, on q direct mail
route!
Grant is credited with saying, ID
the Supreme Court" W. don't know
whether our Probate Judge ever
damned the laws of Ohio, but his
seeming indifference to the n that
requires all "notices and advertise
ments appertaining to any public in
t~erest" to be published in two papers,
would at least indicate that he don't
care d. fertheml But, probably
Democrats don't have estates to set
tlci
1t is noticeable that the c1al deal
ers just now present as cheerful a
counteuance as one would wish to
see. They stem to take kindly the
look of hatred given by the ice man.
) But never mind. When the June
roses commerce blooming next year
their relative positions will be resum-
r ed, and the man who owns o well
. stored ice house can smile compass.
: sionately on the woes of the coal sell
er, and pelt him with chunks of ice il
he is so minded.
t Saturday last was a right brisk day
: in Eaton. The snow was thin but
the coating of ice on the ground made
a the sleighing frst-rate, and all man
D ner of vehicles on runner were fly
q ing through the streets, while the mu'
sic of jingling bells made everything
. appear lively. Until the midnigh
:. hour you could hear the music of tn
: bellies and the jingling of the bells
all seeming to say, NOW is the win
ter of our discomfort made glorious
by the "beautiful snow"
? The month of January will be
cold one throughout, with some yer.
severe weather during the last part o
u the month. On about the last of Jan
uary we will have the coolest wealth
9 err experienced for a number of years
February will be more pleasant an,
h spring-like, betokening an early re
d turn of. the flowers. During tho las
of the month, however, there will b
a few cold days, but no severe wealth
;, er. Such is the prediction ofthe COOS
bone, but there is no law to compt
, you to believe in it.
Is We heard poor mortal soliloqu
thusly last week: "Oh, the slusl
10 the beautiful slush, slipping abor
q with en- unctuous gush, yielding an
soft to the hurrying feet, that soggI
is about in it, out on the street-splasi
ing the people from ankle to crow
and frequently helping a man to s
is down right on the sidewalk, befol
J. the whole town-sticking to ever.
. thing, out door and in, quite eleg
nous, gluey but thin" No other nu
sance is half SO pronounced, and ifW
lg don't swear to that, may we bc -
ID bouncedl