The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-10
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
There are four in Jail.


The recent rains have reduced the
price of milk to 4 cents q quart.
Those who planted their garden
truck are going to get left.
"What is home without o mother
in-law," is the title ofa.new song.
Touey Randall has succeeded John
Silver as clerk OF the Union Hotel.
Linen toweling 8 1-2c per yard at the
Eaton Cheap Store, mex to p. o.
Safe, reliable, harmless and cheap,
is DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price only
Is cents.
Mr.. Alfred Kitchin, of the Eaton
High School, has returned to his
home in Illinois.
"Love your neighbor as yourself"
does not include your neighbours
wife.
Ice packers glance at the thermom-
eters with o confident hope of "gath-
ering at the river" in q few days.
Prof. John G. Ridge viii give an ell
ocutionary entertainment in Eaton
before the lecture season closes.
We are under many obligations to
our talented friend John Fowble, for
on elegant edition of Neal Neff's
poems.
We have fifteen cents that say our
"devil" can eat more cake for his
cubical contents, than any cuss OIL
this side of Australia.
A farm located in Henry county,
Indiana, near New Castle, for sale or
trade. Call on Farr s. Barnhiser for
information.
A cut shin, mashed hand and gen.
cral dilapidation, prevented Sturm
from attending the party at the Opera
House last Wednesday evening.
The article on the Surprise" in
Twin township was laid over until
next week. Too long. Tho cake
was inserted.
On Saturday, Dec. 29.h, Harry
Markley and VIII Robinson killed
70 quails and 2 rabbits. This was the
best shooting done this season.
The old style of bag purses are be-
ing brought into use, since silver is
getting plenty.-Ex.
They use baskets in this vicinity.
Since the fall of the snow we have
received eight poems on "Snow,"
which will be very convenient in
starting fires these poetry mornings.
The person who put a pin. sharp
point upwards, in Il Of the seats of
the NJ. e. Church, is a mature subject
for q first-class cowliding-so TO
speak.
The. 6 are 1,S36,22S single women
in the United ~States.-WINoHEsTER
TINES.
We beg pardon, butsince last We'd
nesday there are only 1,s36,227.
Last week Lewis Marker traded his
farm in Twin township, to William
Clayton, for his farm on the Dayton
and Eaton pike, about IL miles east
of Eaton. They will move March lst.
Ono section of one of the coils OF
the Eaton Fire Engine No. l, has been
replaced with a new one, on account
of leakage, by Joseph Talper, of the
establishment of C.. Ahrens 81 Co., of
Cincinnati. "Red Rover is in a
healthy condition.
When the County Examiners send
to the printers the question, allow
arc the short sounds of the vowels
indicatedF ?" printers should be care
full not 10 substitute the letter b for v
in the word vowels, as it changes the
sense.
And don't these clear, cold nights
make you feel like lying abed till
breakfast time, and instead of spring.
ing up, like a lark at sunrise, taking u
fresh twist of the cover away from
the wife of your bosom aud saying TO
her: "Mariar, amt you NEVER going
to git up andsstart that fire, dagon
it?' Don't il now?
A Young man in Saline county,
Mo-, playlully attempted TO kiss n
pretty young widow who was board
ing in the same house with him. In
the scufle The widow suddenly thrust
q finger into one of the young mans
eyes, totally destroying the sight
EXCHANGE.
This is a solemn warning to young
men. Never, under any circumstan-
ces, kiss a widow-especally a young
One-with your eyes open. 1t is alb
solutely dangerous.
sport that w=snkled care derides
And Laughter holding both her sides"
came to what base ballists call a "shoIt
stop" when Mike Ryan put his hand
ON the shoulders of some of our town
boys, for burning signs, boxes etc
for o. New Years frolic. The hilari.
ty ofyouth is proper, but the right;
of others ever in merriest moments
should not be forgotten. Don't for,
get boys, that the rights of property
are sacred.
Last Wednesday Cal Gift and Geo
Show, two lads of Indifferent morals
were arrested for burning property
in the bonfire on New Years night
They had their trial before King Je,
hu and were found Immensely" gull
ty, and were bound over to the mex
term OF Court in the sum of $50, il
default of which they have gone into
winter quarters at the hotel do Sny