The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-05

Now is the time to pay the printer
/ With bountiful harvests, everybody
should be able to raise the small
amount due on the newspapers, ever
if the prices are away down. I'LL
At present the crop of old hoop.
skirts which has been ripening al
summer, is ready for harvest. The
same ground may be sown with oys.
ter and fruit cans, and old buckwheat
cakes.
Agood, honest laugh at a good
honest joke or bit of sarcasm rubs on
the gathering wrinkles of a ; blu
an i'll tempered joke is like a poison.
ed arrow, which makes a wound an6
leaves its poison after it has beer
Withdrawn.
PERsoNAL.-Should this meet the
eye of the individual who created
disturbance in church last Sunday by
his continued coughing, he will con.
fera favor on the congregation by
procuring a bottle of Dr.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, which will cure him.
How queer it is that many will &C
abroad to make purchases when they
have money, and when dead broke
"run their face" at home, and then in.
variably become provoked ~ifprescnt.
ed the bill before their youngest child
is ofage. s
We are panied to hear that our old
friend Rob't Davidson, of Lexington
this county, met with a very seriou;
and painful accident one day las
week, in falling from a ladder into
pitchfork in his dry goods room. May
he speedily recover.
A missionary, other than of the Boil
Ingersoll school, is badly needed fol
the morals of 7Eldorado. A witness
from that place in one of the bastardy
cases swore he had Illicit intercourse
with the mother of the child about five
years ago, and never blanchedl
Elder Us. Hughes, ofthe Disciples
Church, of Dayton, will preach at the
Universalist Church in Eaton. on Sun.
day morning and evening, December
9Th. Morning service at lO16 O'Clock
q. M, evening service at the usua
hour. All are invited.
An exchange prints fourteen rules
for spelling a child-and the qrickesr
and most certain rule is omitted. /
you want to spoil a child, give the
youngstera didn't-know-it-was-load
ed pistol 10 play with. 1t goes RICH
to the spot, and no postponement OF
account-of the weather.
One never feels SO happy as wher
he just done q kind turn for his neigh
Dor. Ifyou wish to do a real servic'
of lasting benefits to your friend yol
could not do better than secure hi
subscription for a year for the DEMO
GRAFT. 1t win overflow with goot
things this coming winter.
The chronological Journal" foI
December is on our table, which mum
Der closes the volume for the yea
1878. We derive more real informa
ton and pleasure from perusing th,
pages of this valuable periodical thai
any other that comes to our office. l
is only 50 per annum, and every fam
lily ought to have a copy.
We are not selfish, but when yol
buy goods advertised in our columns
please tell the store man that yol
probably never would have entere,
his place of business, much less pur
chased any goods from him, if 20
hadn't seen that he was a regular ad
vertiser in the DEMOCRAT: if you Sc
the advertisement in some other pape
you needn't say anything about it.
Thanksgiving was not very strict
observed in Eaton, in a prayerft
f point, but in respect to big dinners
was equal to any other city in til
broad land. Our respect for it cor
sisted in doing away with two "qua
on toast" some cold turkey, with a
the necessary ct cetras, served up i
the best style at the Restaurant {
Cap. Wilson, for which we hearth
return thanks to the donor.
s An interested philanthropist give
4 the following advice to sproutin
sportsmen: Don't point your gu
3 at yourself. Don't point your gun
any one else. Don't carry your GU
$ SO that its range includes all yor
s hunting companions. Don't try I
find out whether your gun is loade
or not, by shutting n eye and lool
ing down the barrel with the othe
Don't use your gun for a walkin
stick. Don't climb over a fence an
. pull your gun through muzzle for
most. Don't throw gun into a boa
so that the trigger will catch in IL
seat and the charge be deposited
eyour stomach. Don't use your gu
for a sledge hammer. Don't carr
: your gun full cooked. Don't carr
your gun with the hammer dow
. Don't be fool. Don't you forget it
O From all parts of the country "
n hear of the terrible crimes that a
perpetrated by tramps, how wive
IT, sisters, mothers and daughters a
n ravaged and insulted by them no
loss of property, and all that is de