The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-20

jobs and will work for low wages.
Circuses are a little backward this
season. Only five of them are "the
biggest show on EARTH" Each of the
other six is simply "the most complete
aggregation on the road"
When we ask the person who hash
es up the a~ble-bodied personals of the
REGISTER to dc. his work to suit us,
it will then be plenty time for him to
manifest a disposition to be fussy
about it.
Piqua is alarmed over the tramps.
Sixty camped in the woods near that
place last week, and the Piquods be-
lieve they are assembling for "canis-
ter" purposes and have their militia
ready for service.
Mr.. Frank Sessions, ofthe Mt. Car
roll Qll.) HERALD, has our thanks for
his ~fraternal attention during our short
visit to Mt. Carroll. Our '1atch
string" is out if ever he drops in this
"neck of woods"
1t isn't too early for u farmers to
begin to think about their display at
the coming fair. Let all be prepar-
ing something especially fine. Pre-
BILE county is improving in her ex-
hibits and let us not fall back any this
fall.
"Boys," said a rural school-teacher,
knowledge never comes without
seeking. Stick a pin there" And
then as he shot up in his seat like a
jack-in-the-box, he offered a reward
of five dollars for the boy who had
stuck a pin there!
Joseph Jacoby alias Steve Toney,
who forged an, order on Bruce Van
Doren last February, for a suit of
clothes at the house of M. Sturm, was
arrested in Camden last Sunday by
Marshal Neff, brought to Eaton and
lodged with Sheriff Snyder.
Our Democratic city, council had
better go slow or gas and other mat
tiers, looking to an increase of Corpor-
alton expenses. Be careful, u taxes
arc very high now, and "reform"
should be the watchword. Again we
warn you to be careful.
Our market is well supplied with
everything an early spring and luxu-
RANT season affords. As to prices, we
quote peas stationary; pork uneasy;
potato bugs looking up; Strawberries
a little sour; onions are holding their
own; suckers b%uoyant, and old rye
going down.
Michael Maloney, who resided
somewhere near Camden, was struck
by a bridge and knocked off ofthe Sol
diers' Home excursion train, near
Collinsville, on Friday last and in
stantly killed. He was supposed to
be under the influence ofliquor at the
time of the terrible accident.
The Attorney General decides that
the words common schools" in the
Constitution and laws of Ohio mean
schools of any grade, and that Boards
of Education have the right to estab-
fish High Schools with scientific and
classical courses, orany other schools
of higher or lower grades, SO long as
they have funds to do SO.
ALL these summer spring morn
ingsl What is more delightful than
10 jump airily from bed at 5 o'clock
in the morning and take a stroll,
breathing the fragrance-laden air and
listening to the chirping of the birds
among the trees? What, indeed, I'M
less it is to lie snugly abed and have
some one tell you all a6outit when
you get up?
Farmers in some sections of the
country + receiving anonymous let
tiers, warning them not to use the
Notwithstanding machinery for har-
vestiug or their barns will be burned.
This is a poor method for the labor
ing men to adopt to better their con-
EDITION. In fact it is not the honest
laborer who is guilty of such dark
work.
The owners of the filthy swine that
besmear the sidewalks in Eaton and
root into your garden and lot, should
be compelled to live with them for a
few days and nights. as a punishment
for the everlasting annoyance of their
neighbors. If we had officers with a
grain of sand in their craws or worth
a L., it wouldn't be thusly. No
man can be a christian and be thus
annoyed; and we amt going to try
any longer. Will the several church.
es please hold prayer meeting2
The reaper contest near town last
week, attracted a very large crowd.
Three machines were tried and every
one allowed to judge for himself of
the merits of the respective machines,
no committee being appointed. Many
of the older farmers who have labor
ed and sweat in the harvest field from
earliest dawn until dark, stood gazing
at the machines with a doubtful look
on their faces as they passed them,
cutting the grain, gathering, binding
and tossing the sheayes aside ready
for the shock.
The Eaton Literary Society was in
session at the city Hall last Saturday
evening. The programme was as fol-
lows: A solo by Miss Clara Potterf;
an address of welcome bv r.. d.