The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-22
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Next-the Assessor.
Our Jail has several tenants.
Paint the Sherif's residence.
Blue glass will soon be all the style.
These are the times that try mems
credit.
Fora fine silk spring style hat, go
to Sturm's.
Cold weather didn't kill all the
tramps.
Sturm has the largest stock OF
spring hats and caps in Eaton.
The C. II. & D. Road still runs
through Eaton.
For the latest styles of spring hats
and caps go to Sturm's.
The "horn" of the hunter is now
heard from the pint flask.
Go and examine Sturm's immense
stock of spring hats and caps.
Nobody burnt out, knocked down
or robbed in Eaton last Saturday
night.
"What's the news" is still the ques-
ton with the man who don't read the
papers.
A returning board would be an ex-
cellent thing-over some of our gut
tiers.
aTime works wonders" as the wo-
man said when she got married after
a thirteen years courtship.
Manufacturers say that maple mo-
lasses is the best this season that has
been made for several years.
In New York when q girl is con-
victed of being red headed they
promptly sentence her to Auburn.
Foolish-Two young ladies hating
each other on account of a young man
who does not care a fig for either OF
them.
A man complained at our office last
week because we hadn't sent a collec-
tor after him. Some people are bound
to find fault.
The author of "there is no place
-
like sweet home" probably never had
q cat to die under the floor, and not
be able to get it out.
People are beginning to complain
that silver is too heavy for their peck
cts. Happily, we are not troubled
with much.
An exchange says "butter goes beg
ginr.n Most of it that comes TO Ea'
ton market is meal enough to do any
thing.
An old bachelor thinks fifty dollars
a year ought to dress any woman
Certainly. Eve dressed for less than
that. But it was before fall set in.
3 GEO. LOCKWOOD has gone back tc
the Doty House, and has reftted and
cleaned it up and is now prepared &c
cater for his old friends again.
We have an arrangement perfected
nv which the next man that comes in
to our Office and says, "well, we're
aone up" to have him murdered in
stantly..
Treasurer DIX collected all the mo-
new we had to spend in this county
went to Columbus and paid it vel tc
the State Treasurer, received a receip'
for the same and returned happy.
Mrs. Judge GILMORE and her SOL
JACKSON H., left for Colorado Springs
on Monday morning last, to spene
the coming summer. Miss BELL Ac
TON accompanied them as far as 10
peka, Kansas.
The good old ladies have alread!
began overlooking their stocks o
seeds that he-een slowed away il
the old familiar goard, or swinging
suspended in the leg of the ever faith
full stocking.
When we noticed a minister of thu
gospel the other day lay down mick
ell for the boys to "plug" at in thu
streets, our faith in the redemption o
all mankind was renewed and WI
wished we "were a boy again."
Last Monday morning a little sol
of Jerry o'Connell, while playing il
the street in front of the post office
was run over by a buggy. Both hi
ankles were considerably bruised
but not seriously injured. AnotheI
warning to children playing in thu
streets.
When the wife Of a Barron stree
gentleman noticed him the othe
morning after completing his toilet
to carefully fold and lay up the towe
something he never done before
she smilingly turned to her domesti
labors with her countenance lit NOR
hopefully up for the bright future o
their rising ~posterity.
Recently, at q church fair in
neighboring town, a large and frost
ed cake was offered to the person VIII,
should guess nearest to the correc
weight, at ten cents a guess. The par
o urged a young lawyer to invest
dime. The practitioner replied: "I'
play you a game of euchre to see VIII
gets the cake, but 1 don't understan
the other game"
After all, it does seem as thong
local editors stood in their own ligt
by their oft-repeated warnings to th
public to beware of coal oil, fire arm
locomotives, moving trains, cherr
trees, green apples, etc. For whs