The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26

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In tie fail we ali are positive that winters drawing
The other fail happenings are too numerous
to mention. ~ y. Grrphtc.
EVERYDAY sPICERIEs.
How to get fesh-Steal side of
beef.
CoUNTERFEIThalf dollars are in circu-
lation.
THE sun is $4,000 times as large as
the earth.
KEEP the body well clad and the feet
well shod.
BY chemical means linen can be made
into sugar.
BILLIARDS were originally played on
the ground.
WINDOW mirrors are greatly used in
Amsterdam.
THERE are over 10000 stitches in a
welI-made shirt.
WITH Egyptians it was capital Of
fense to kill cat.
Few persons have sense enough to de-
spise the praise of a foot. 8 :.
The Boston Transcript considers the
mule magnetic heller.
SENATOR BAYARD, of Delaware, has
originated new peach.
A ROYAL soul may belong to q beggar,
and beggarly one to king.
A GRAND shell race-the oyster
PHILADELPHIA Chronicle Herald.
A THOUSAND things are well forgot,
for peace and quietness' sake.
HAPPINESS is a roadside flower, grow
ing on the highways of usefulness.
TRICK is not dexterity, cunning is
not skill, mystery is not profoundness.
WHEN a man gets bald in Colorado
they say that his head has got above the
timber line.
PATIENCE on a monument is all well
enough for poets, but doctors plant their
patients beneath.
FRIENDS are the Thermometers by
which we may judge the temperature of
our fortunes.
EVERY heart is created with handful
of seeds in it, and it may become q gar
den of flowers.
SOME people are like green HOLSTERS
they never know when to let go when
you shake hands with them.
THEY shoot women out of acannon in
Paris circus, and they talk all the way
as they go along Breakfast Table.
THE !" blue laws of Connecticut" in
dicated twelve capital punishments: at
the same time, England had two hum
dred.
A MARX was set upon Cain; but the
umbrella was, for some inscrutable rea-
SON, left unprotected Boston Tran
script.
@THE fashionable lady is already
thinking about her fall SACK" says an
exchange. This may be fail-sack-
usation.
TIE attention of tramps is respect
fully called to the fact that diamonds
have been found in Oregon.-Nev York
Commercial
1t is said mosquitoes are bred upon
the waters. In that case they will re-
turn again before many days.-Neao
Orleans Picayune.
An anxious inquirer wants to know
why plugging watermelon means to
cut hole in 1t, while plugging tooth
means 10 fill it up.
PURITAN sermons occupied three to
six hours. The sexton reversed the hour
glass on the pulpit as quick as the last
| few sands had fallen.
New ENGLAND and the other colonies
used first, for money, corn, beaver skins,
bullets and pounds of tobacco. These
were used even for taxes.
A YOUNG lady in tears said she had
lust left a bedside. When asked If q
friend was i'll, she replied sweetly, /" Oh,
no, it was an onion bed"
| WHENEVER you find great deal of
gratitude in poor man, you may take
it for granted there would be as much
generosity if he were rich.
IT takes about 500, 900 to start first
class lead pencil factory, yet We never
think of it when we borrow mans
pencil.-Tmners Falls Reporter.
"A HISTORIAN says butter has been
handed down from the days of Hippo
| crates. This probably accounts for the
smell of some of it nowadays.-Syrucsss
Times.
BEAUTIFUL, beautiful, silken hair
how I wonder what you aire, whether
YOU belong to the head you adorn, OF
whether from another girls head yot
were shorn.
LEVY drew crowds to Coney Island
with his silver cornet, but the coloree
musician who manipulated the hote
gong was the real attraction.-Nea
Haven Register.
A THOUSAND dollars in gold weigh
four pounds dead weight, and that's tn,
reason we don't carry it around in on
! pockets. We have enough burdens +
! bear without this.-Breakfast Table.
A RESIDENT of Sacramento, CAL, ha
breadfruit tree in full bearing. Th
l fruit averages a length of four inches
and is pear shaped, with flavor like ths
of a cantaloupe.
NOTHING disgusts the boy more VIII
dusts your coat and generally expect
!. more than the barber does for a shaw
s than to see man come in wearing
. linen suit. Danbury Ne,cs.
4 How doth the merry harvester
= Whistle the jolly tunes,
e The while the gentle bumble-bee
It Skips up his "pantaloons."
- Gone after the arnica.
n A WETHERsFIELD man is affected
o o sleep SO that he is obliged to give U
. whatever he is doing when the fit TAX
= y him, and lie down and sleep the fit O
~ He is supposed to be retired Presb
N terian deacon Danb,uy Neacs.
n TIE bull-fghting season is over
" Madrid. There were thirteen perfon
le ances-four poor, four passable, n
e, good and three very good--and nine