The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-30
The sound of the telephone has not
yet reached Eaton.

assemble, and alternately "view with
alarm" and "point with pride" They
have all done it.
The new city dads have been pit
ting our lamps against the light of
the moon for the last week. They
will report their success at the next
meeting. The Corporation purse
must be plethoric now.
We noticed John Kincaid, former
ly of Dixon township, but for the last
two years a resident of Missouri, in
our town last Saturday. He lives in
the vicinity of New Madrid, Mo.
Hope he will have a good time among
old friends.
There will be preaching in the
Christian Church, Saturday evening,
Sept. LIST, by Prof. J. B. Weston, Rev.
A. W. Coan and c. w. Garroutte,
preparatory to the installation serv-
ices oil Sabbath following. AL are
cordially invited to attend.
If you were to take a fine tooth
comb and rake heaven, earth and hell,
we don't believe the Eaton P. o.
could be equalled on the arrival of
the evening mails. About 300 regu-
larly gather there and about 1913 reg
ularly get nothing. The nuisance
should be abated for the public good.
Can the Marshal do it?
E.. w. MCGUIRE, Esq, of the Eaton
and Richmond R. R., has ordered a
switch track to be laid for the conve-
nience of the new grain house about
being erected. Now if the C. H. &
D. would exhibit a little enterprise
and good sense, it would order some
improvements in the old musty look
ing passenger Depot. 1t is becoming
almost unfit for use. Come up, Mr..
Williams, and look at it.
The flowing we'll of water q mile
northeast of Eaton should be analysed
and its medical qualities made known.
That they are valuable there is not a
particle ofdoubt. The water is sweet
and cold and we have no doubt its
fountain is a thousand miles away in
the Lake Superior region. Let us
have it done-it might be worth mil
lions to the people of Eaton.
Ex-Gov. FISK, of Kentucky, was in
town several days ago. He was the
custodian of the will of Rev. Mr..
Hathaway, who recently died in our
town. We are informed by IL who
ought to know, that Mr. Hathaway's
will, which was written by himself
some two or three years since, is q
very judicious and sensible docu-
ment, and its provisions are satisfac-
tory to those in interest. His two
sons are the Executors.
j. E. HOPKINS, Esq, well known to
our local dealers in Oysters, Fish,
Game, &C., as he is well knows to that
trade generally in the west, recently
w rked his hymenial card quite slyly.
He was supposed to be among the
oyster beds of the East, when in fact
he was enjoying his honeymoon"
He brought home with him a con-
signment of beauty, wit, and worth,
and his many friends and customers
in Old Preble wish him and his ac-
complished wife a happy and pros
porous life voyage.
The public schools of Eoton will
open on Monday morning next, after
a vacation OF three months. The
teachers and pupils enter upon their
duties refreshed and determined to
accomplish better results, if possible,
than ever before. Parents who ap-
preciats the unusual advantages of
our series of public schools, can aid
the school authorities and teachers to
a much greater extent than is general
ly thought, by simply insisting upon
the regular attendance of their child
rem. Teachers ofexperience assert
that prompt and constant attendance
at school, encouragement at homeand
judicious support of the teachers, are
more certain to produce intelligent
scholars than are any natural gifts of
mind.
The contract for building the grain
elevator and warehouse OH the Street
property, near the Depot, has been
let, and j. H. MUssELMAN & Co. will
soon have a building SO feet wide by
100 feet in depth, two stories high
with a ventilator II feet wide, ten fee
high and forty feet long on the west
half of the building, all finished up il
style. Few are aware of the extern
of the grain and toba eco trade in Ea
ton car load after car load finds it
way from here to the Cincinnati mar
ket. If we had a narrow guage roat
to Dayton it would not only help oul
grain market but would be an impor
tant line in the interests of that city
The leading lines of R. r. from Rich
mond work in their own interests ant
if one or the other obtains freight, i
takes it through to New York ant
therefore do not give that city the ad
vantage IN rates which could be OBJ
tanned with Dayton as an outlet, from
which there, are more lines Of roa(
and therefore greater competition
Let the people begin to think about
Dayton narrow guage. A count,
which raises a half a million bushel
of wheat and a million bushels O
corn and other products in proper
ton each year, ought to have NOR
than. one outlet nv rail