The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-08

Sou6hs " ~ 0hAoASoo tudG OuI
Agricultural Board could not draw
pay forany time only during the Fair.
There would be fewer meetings held
and just as much business done.
Death and marriage notices inserted
free of charge. Friends will confer a
favor by sending them in and thus
save us the trouble of running after
them. They are matters of local in
terest.
Most any young man can afford to
wear a cane. 1t is an economical gar
ment; no buttons flying of, no seams
ripping, no rents occurring, nor holes
wearing through. Long live the in
ventor of the cane.
You say you can't afford to take
your local paper, and yet it saves you
five times its cost every year by warn
ing you of the swindlers that are
abroad in the land, with plausible sto-
ries and shoddy goods.
August is usually the most unheal-
thy month of the year. A large
amount of diseases that occur at this
season of the year could be avoided
by care in not indulging to xcess in
green vegetables or unripe fruit.
Leave your cool house, good table,
and cheerful family circle, and go off
somewhere and pay for the privilege
of being Toasted on nothing and chew
ed up by the mosquitoes in the bar
gain. It's perfectly elegant.
The treacherous watermelon-rind
will 500 find its way into the waste
places and cutters of our thorough
fares, and the small boy is already
laying his plans by which to entice
the unwary wanderer to stake a tum-
ble."
John Kerfuss. who has been in the
grocery and saloon business at New
Lexington, Preble county, for many
years, died on Sunday morning last.
His funeral took place on Tuesday
last and was largely attended by his
German friends.
The use of bells on sheep is highly
recommended as a preventative from
the ravages of "sheep-killing" dogs.
A small flock should average one bell
to every five sheep-a large one, one
bell to every ten. Farmers in this
section should give this remedy a
trial.
Mem. from Society Journal. "Miss
s. appeared to positive disadvan-
tage because ofcloudiness ofcomplex-
ion and-must we write it?-Pimples
spelling an otherwise beautiful coun-
tenance." [She should by all means
procure and use DIR. Bulls Blood Mix
ture. Rep.]
Of the deaths in Eaton and vicinity
since the first of January, one
third have been over the age ofsev.
enty years, and Notwithstanding the
excessive heat of the summer and the
abundance of vegetables and fruit
only three children have died during
the summer.
The Normal Department of the Mt
Carroll Seminary offers extraordinary
advantages to those preparing t.
teach. Among the best teachers o
Illinois and surrounding States ar
found large numbers of students from
this institution. Its graduates hav,
no trouble to secure first class posi-
lions.
A young mar by the name of. F
MoKeon, aged about eighteen AM
in the employ of B. F. Moses, Esq
who resides two and a half mile
southeast ofEaton, was instantly kill
ed on last Wednesday evening. Fl
was riding on a wagon loaded wit
manure and slipped off, the wheel
passing over his chest crushing LII
out of him instantly.
The Preble County Agriculture
Board consists of eleven member
scattered over the county, and ifther
is no more business before them tina
simply to decide which is the propt
place to tie a red ribbon on a prem
um bull, the tail or the horns, thes
eleven are summoned to come to e.
, ton at an expense of TWO DOLLARS
head to the Society," Three me
could transact all the business ev,
before the Society and do it just
well. Now, as the publication of IL
premium list was dropped to econ
mise, we propose a curtailment of Q
ficers for the same purpose. Who
second it?
George and Irwin Kelly, sons
James Kelly, who resides ear We
Florence in this county, went we
some time in June and put up at Ke
kuk, Iowa, where they remained sin
, their arrival at that city. Geori
took sick a short time ago and indu
ed his brother to return home Ia
week, when in a fit of desponden
he committed suicide, by hangil
}. himself to a chandelier in his roo
with two silk handkerchiefs tied t
: gether. His remains were sent hor
s for interment, which took place
Sunday last, his funeral being t
largest in that Reighborhood for MAJ
r years.
John Deem has the largest stock
i harness ever in Eaton and is constaI