The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-31
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VEN tsDAL 0I 0I1OE01Gos
MONTAGUE appears to have been an
actor with considerable genius an1
twenty-nine pairs of pantaloons. All,
THE sweet singer of Michigan has
written poem on The Southern
Scourge.n We had not deserved this.--
N. @. Picayswse. s,.,,.
DURING all his experience at county
fairs, since he has been in Office, the
President has seen no pumpkins superior
to those raised in Ohio.
A MAN who will allow people to slap
him on the back and call him Jack never
amounts to much, either in social Or
business sense Bradford Breeze.
le A GOOD woman who died in Ohio the
other day, left by will the sum of $n3,
which she desired used I" in the publica-
ton of daily religious newspaper for
one year, Innocent old soul
A WRITER on the effects of good taste
says ca mans dress should not be re-
markable.n That is why we Away said
a black patch should not be seated on
white pants, or uice uersd.-Picoyu'sc.
AN exchange sneers at the London
Court Circular for speaking of Daniel
Webster's Dictionary, and yet it is very
probable that Daniel had a dictionary.
He could not always be eborrowing every
thing.
a THERE is not weed In the garden
but has mission" remarks Spurgeon.
That's probably the reason why the
average boy is SO sentimental about
laying hold Of garden weeds.- Boston
Globe.
WELL, we suppose it will do no good
to oppose women's wearing vests, but
rouse ye, fellow countrymenl and let's
hang on to the raiment to which is
attached the suspenders.- CatslsN Re-
corder. ts.
aTHE Afghan Affair" was quite
taking headline with lady readers until
it was discovered that the dispatch fol-
lowing had no reference to patterns and
different shades Of worsted.--Neac Hauea
Register.
This is perilous season for a news
paper. It is liable to overlook the fact
that one of its constant readers took the
second prize for crook-neck squashes, in
which event it acquires bitter enemy.
-New Haven Register.
Now cometh the white-mailed frost,
with magical touch weaving his crystal
tracery over field and stream, whitening
the gaudy fowerets with his cruel
breath and spilling all the late garden
sass.-B Boston Transcript. - i'ssasss
THE spiritualist woman says that the
Commodore Vanderbilt whom she saw
was medium-sized man. IWell,9
said broker, yesterday, the last, time
/ played euchre with him he stood way
over me - Herald, p. l. e ss.elif
THIS is the season when it required as
much consultation and deep thought
between the man of the house and his
wife. as it does to run the government,
to decide whether it is best to put
another quilt on the bed or not.-byra-
cuse Times. 5s f7sss
"How are the stairs7" said the lady
to the house agent; not steep, I hope"
"Steep, madam / should say not
It's the easiest staircase | ever saw ~
my life. Why, it's SO easy that when
you're going up you'd swear you we're
going down. ...s,s
1T always makes DR.. Mary Walker
mad when she goes to put patch s0n
her trousers where it will do the most
good. and can't find any stuff to match.
Red is fashionable color, and she
knows it, but she says it doesn't har-
monize with gray.
WHAT a beautiful example of sim
plicity in dress is shown some OF the
followers of fashion by that domestic
animal, the cat, which rises in the morn
ing, washes its face with its right hand,
gives its tail three jerks, and is ready
dressed for the day. ra
THIS is the sweet October time, when
the quail pipes in the stubble, when
earth and sky are the very poetry OF
color. and when the rustic belle can
buckle down to ten cents worth OF
sassafras tafy without getting her pose
is,meared.-Andrems' Bdsdr. A'ssssl
a ST. LOUIS reporter, having occasion
to report procession, began as follows;
Gall has been intense excitement and
glowing interest, and the community
Sas placed its Trembling hand upon its
| great and palpitating bosom and Whis
pered to itself softly, Sit still, my heart
sit still" st ~ IA 8. M
| A CHINESE child's magazine of six
teen pages is now published in Shanghai
Itisiflustrated, and ispublishedmop opthly
at the very reasonable price Of ftteer
cents a year. The trouble that vii
confront the English child will be- Y
tell which are the engravings and which
the reading matter = tsHf
THE Paragraphers Association is Y
have sweet revenge at last. Errati,
Enrique" is to fetch out book mex
month, entitled aDon,t Give It Away,
being compilation of the best humor
GUS writing done in this country durinl
the last ten years, with engraved POI
traits of the perpetrators thereof, an
sketches Of their wild,and reckless livet
The book will show clearly what 7
, avoid when the overworked, fsrme
wants book to pick up on d hot sum
mer afternoon to read himself to sleei
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