The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-01-31

OuH(tdg ldSI, WHeu uOdtH CdLllo W ACE
relief. She was an exemplary old
lady, a good and kind neighbor, and
respected and loved by all who knew
her.
The prospects for the ice crop are
poor, and the ice harvesters despond-
ent. 1t is noticeable, however, that
the ice companies usually manage to
view the prospect of small yield
with considerable equanimity, born,
no doubt, of resignation to the pain
full necessity of putting the prices up
about three times as fast as the yield
goes down.
1t is a French philosopher who says
that "the average female dresses for
her lover or her husband ; the girl for
her rivals; but only the true woman
for herself" The same philosopher
has observed that "the German wo-
man is covered, the English woman
clothed, and the French woman dress
ed. The American woman combines
all these characteristics, except some
times that of the German.
Prof. VIM. Dunn is the proprietor
of a spring chicken that lay an egg
Yesterday, measuring 6H and s inch
es. That chicken is an egg-straordi-
nary egg-spert early i'll its eggsis-
|tence.-RICHMoND IND.
DR.. Tuttle is the proprietor of a
Buff Cochin that lay an egg measur-
ing 81 and 81 inches and weighed
4 ounces. More egg-straordinary.
Try again Prof.
The following officers of Preble En-
campment No. 81, L. o. o. F., were
duly installed for the ensuing term by
our worthy District Deputy Grand
Patriarch, G. II. Kelly, at their regu-
lar meeting on Thursday night, jan
uary 23d: c. p, j. K. Cook; H. p,
D. Peters; S. W., H. M. Herman j..
W, G. P. Thum Treasurer, q. II.
Kelly; Scribe, R. G. D.. McKemy );
Trustees, S. Oldfather, Will McCabe,
David Peters.
What is the use of talking about q
cheese factory, a starch factory, a seat
factory, or any other branch of manu-
featuring business being started here,
so long as one company has control of
our railroad facilities. Capitalists
willnot invest here when there is no
competition in freight. A competing
line to Dayton OF Greenville is what
is needed to give us an outlet at fair
rates. Let the citizens of Eaton and
county move in it.
Last Friday was the Goth birthday
of uncle JOB JEFFERSON, and the usual
family reunion took place at his res
idence in Eaton, on which occasion
his children, grandchildren. great
grand -children and friends, number
ing f~fty-four, gathered in and had a
general good time. Uncle JOB is hale,
hearty and jovial yet, in the full pos
session of all his mental faculties,
and looks as if he might live easily to
be g centennial flower. Ninety years!
How few reach it?
An exchange t%ruthfully says that q
lazy boy will make a lazy man as sure
as a crooked sapling will make a
crooked tree. Whoever saw a boy
grow up in idleness that he did not
make a shiftless vagabond when he
became a man, unless he had a for
tune to.keep up appearances. The
mass of thieves, criminals and pau
pers have come to what they are by
being brought up in idleness. Those
who constitute the business part of
our communicative make u great
and useful men-were taught in their
boyhood to be industrious. Boy,
take that cigar out of your mouth and
think of this, and go to work and
learn a good trade.
We are informed 10y a person who
was at the meeting at Young's school
house on Saturday night last, that
notwithstanding the weather, it was a
/ complete success. The house was fill
ed, the music by Young's string band
remarkably good, and the singing ex-
cellent. MI. ABBoTT's lecture upon
Common Schools was we'll received
by a large and attentive audience. The
mathematical exercises upon the black
board showed that S. More Surfaces
pupils do not escape thorough train
ing. There is a right spirit in that
school and neighborhood, and they
have paid Mr.. Surface the highest
compliment a teacher a receive in
the shape of Encouragement. We
think such meetings do good.
Tall monuments are getting to be
the rage in our Cemetery. If an old
fellow has one put up which is thirty
feet high, an old cock eyes it and goes
ten better. So great has become the
towering rage or this subject, that
men are actually discounting the fu-
ture and securing tall monuments be-
fore they are called away, thus re-
lieving their heirs, not only of the
lcost, should they desire such memoir
ials for illustrious sires, but of the
great labor of putting IN such piles
of stone to carry down to future ages
the virtues of distinguished ancestry.
It is comical to see an old sire walk
ing around his own monument sing
ing;
Ye living men come view the ground
Where i must shortly lie;
Under a granite monument,
More than forty feet hirh