The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-02-07


Dayton Company. The origin of the
fire is not known.
Miss Belle Acton and Miss Allie
Welsh, of Eaton, Ohio, two most es-
Unable and prepossessing young Ia
dies, are visiting this city, the guests
of MI. and Mrs. I. N. Wclsh.-KoKo-
MO TRIBUNE.
We hope these ladies didn't go to
Kokomo to witness the execution of
Gilooly.
The services at the Presbyterian
Church last Sabbath, were enliyened
by the music of base violin and flute +!
Who says we are not progressing?
Shades of Calvin and Wesley But
the music was good, and we suppose
that it is better to attract the young
and giddy to church worship by such
charming means, than by the old ex-
ploded~ scare-crow of a HE'LL Whoop-
a-loo!
The lady who tapped her husband
gently with a fan at a party, the 9TH
er night, and said, Glove, it is grow
ing late, / think we had better go
home" is the same one who, after get
ting home, shook the rolling pin I'M
der his nose and said, "You internal
old scoundrel you, ifyou ever look at
that mean, nasty, elaborated, mack
eral-eyed thing that you looked at to-
night, I'll bust your head OPEN"
One of our German business men
becoming disguised with the constant
loafing in his store, thus expresses
himself: Everybody what bleefs he
don't got no peesness loofing init der
establishment around, peter take a
march und go right away Quad. You
beed, l got me tired of dot peesness,
ply shiminy alreaty. Recommends
der old cabbage, "a hint init Ter adj
wise is blenty sufficient" Dots der
hair-pin kint auffer man l vas-you
beed."
A man takes up a daily paper. grits
his teeth over the Turkish atrocities,
smiles over Russian victories, laughs
heartily because Beecher breaches no
hell, skins over the locals, digests the
editorials, exhausts the court reports,
exults or fumes over the prospects of
the silver bill, admires Hayes and en-
dorses his opposers-aH in an hours
time, when lie hands the paper to his
wife. She folds it up, puts it away,
and three days after gets it out again ;
reads the marriage and obituary no.
tees, weeps Historically over a little
poem away down in the corner, cuts
out an advertisement for q clearance
sale of millinery goods, and then cuts
il up for patterns.
In another column of our paper will
be found a list of the names of the
persons and amount paid them, of
losses in the Ohio Farmers Insurance
Company, in this county during the
year 1877. The Ohio Farmer is IL
of the soundest and safest Insurance
Companies in the country, and per-
sons insuring with team rest assured
that their losses will be paid prompt
ly and without trouble. Mr.. G. d.
HOLMES, Of Eaton, is the Agent, and
parties e~ntrusting their business to
him will find that it will be properly
and carefully attended to-, 1t is the
lCompanys for farmers to insure their
property in.
Not US an item o fnews, we mention
the fact that it showed here last week.
Not q little furry, such as occasional
ly comes in winter, but a real, down.
right snow storm that would have
done no discredit TO any month in
the year. 1t commenced early in the
evening and kept up the whole night,
and during its continuance it caused
more discomfort than a visit from a
mother-in-law in a honeymoon. En-
terprising druggists who had been
contemplating the opening up of their
soda fountains looked unutterable
things the next day, while the concoc-
tcrs of shot whiskies," "Tom and Je:-
ry" and 'rum punches" looked as
bright as the "smiles" they dispensed.
Ugh, twas a terrible disagreeable
spell of weather, but Nj. G. H. has
settled the business now.
The following memoranda dropped
from out q mans overcoat pocket ON
Barron street was handed US: "Stop
at the grocers and order some eggs.
Don't fail to mail my letter to Sis
it must go tonight without fail Get
some yeast and a rubber ring for ba-
by. Be sui and tell that groceryman
that the last butter he sent here was
so strong we couldn't eat it, and get
me a skein of black silk. The bird
feed is all out and l don't know where
you can find bit in town, better send
to Cincinnati for il, and be sure you
don't go to-day without your over
coat. You had better bring Tommy
a new pair of boots, number 3's-no,
numDer 4's-no, it's 81 l believe-3H
or 3's, 1 have forgotten which, and
see Adam or Jim about saving that
woodland be sure aud notice in the
Millinery Shop windows if there are
any new bonnets or ribbons, or flow
ers, my oid hat is out of fix. P. s.
Don't forget the yeast.
Teachers Association.
All persons interested in the i'm