The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-06

buggy and Joe Shows to a spring
wagon. But little damage done in
either case.
The farmers lose about az much
money every year from the hog chol-
era as newspaper men do from delin.
quent subscribers. Both diseases are
incurable.
The numerous shade trees in this
place form one of the chief attractions
to strangers, and add a charm to the
place that cannot fail to attract the at
tention of all.
A stitch in time, it is said, will save
nine. IF the Commissioners will re-
pair the s,one steps in front of the
Court House, they will save ten.
Now is the time for that work.
Almost every Ideals already pat
ented; but the man who shall invent
a bootjack that will kill two cats at
one blow, will find a clear field, and
may realize from it his everlasting
fortune.
aBoys, don't leave the farm" No,
boys; just take the farm right along
with you when you go anywhere.
You will find it handy ifyou fail to
get a situation in the city, al you
probably will.
Two men went out of the Corpora
ton last Saturday in the interest of
the p.r. One of them came out with
a fearfully disfgured countenance'
and convinced that f%isticuffing wasn't
his forte.
If every fool could keep his tongue,
what a solemn set of owls there would
be in the world.-EAToN DEMOCRAT.
Try the experiment, Levi.-ARcA-
NUN VISITOR.
We knew that item would be a bait
for one.
These warm mornings r calcula-
ted to make a mar feel lively and
risky, and he will arise in the morn
ing, go out into the garden, gather up
the hoe and spade, put them in the
shade and go down town to-take a
drink.
The eccentric genius who delights
in statistics says every man eats on an
average eight bushels of wheat in the
course of a year. We could point out
men who consume at least twenty-five
bushels of corn in the same time, but
they don't take the trouble to chew it.
We see it stated that the recent
Legislature abolished Coroner's jury.
We have not read the law and there
fore are unable to state the mode and
manner in which a certain class of
persons who shuttle off this mortal
coil" are hereafter to be treated.
1t is a shame, nevertheless tits true,
that there are many worthless beings,
who style themselves men and wo-
men, and able-bodied ones, too, that
idle their time away on the streets,
while their poor fathers and mothers
are hard at work laboring for their
support.
$1.00 kids for soc. at the Mammoth.
Did you ever notice how much
more progress the young people who
read the newspapers make at school
over the ones that don't? Every
teacher will tell you the best scholars
they have in the school rooms belong
to the families that take-the county
papers.
In some of our neighboring cities
the streets are kept SO free from
horses, cattle, hogs and other animals
that there is no need whatever of a
fence. In Eaton it is different. There
has to be a strong fence around a lot
and then the old man has to be up all
night watching his garden.
A. j. Kepler closed a successful
term of school in No. IL, Washington
township, on the LIST inst. An excel
lent dinner in the grove, fine music,
conducted by DIR. viii A~rrasmith,
essays and lessons by pupils, with ad-
dresses by John Laughlin, Rev. Sam
uel Huddle, Robert Miller, L. d.
Brown, Winfield Freeman and the
teacher, were on the programme.
Headquarters for hosiery at the Mann
moth.
Stop throwing filth and rubbish in
the newly cleaned up streets and al
leys. It is a violation of an Ordi-
nance of our town, and we are in
formed the penalty will be enforced
if complaints are made. The health
of our town, the pride of our citizens,
every consideration calls upon us to
be careful in this matter and it will
surely save costs.
Under law passed by the Ohio
Legislature, all oils or products Of
petroleum, for sale or consumption
within this State, require to be of a
temperature of l20 degrees, Fahren,
heit, fash test. All barrels require to
be tested, and any person knowingly
using or selling such articles not in.
spected is guilty ola Bisdemeanor;
punishable by a fine of not less than
$40 nor more than 500. Be careful
The roof of the frame building or
the east side of the Jail, was discover.
ed on fire last Wednesday afternoon
The alarm was given, but before the
engine reached the ground the fire
was extinguished. The general i'm
preston is that some one of the pris'