The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-27

forty gas houses to the city and coun-
ty.
Hon. James a. Gilmore, of Eaton,
will probably be one of the speakers
at the Murphy celebration of the
Fourth of July.-RIoHMoND BLUE
LIGHT.
A Minnesota father, who has fye
grown-up daughters, has sued the
county in which he lives, claiming
that his residence has been used as a
court-house forsthe past two years.
The little cherubs are getting ready
to blow themselves up on the glori-
Gus Fourth, and thoughtful mothers
are adding to the family stock of lint
and arnica.
Peach brandy enters into the mucil-
age composition on postage stamps
SO when you see the next drunken
man, don't lay it on whisky. He may
have just mailed letter.
The fact that George Washington's
wife never asked where he had been
when he come home late at night,
goes a great ways towards account
ling for his extreme truthfulness.
There will be an eclipse of the sun
on next Saturday, from four to six
O'Clock in the afternoon. AS every
thing else has been eclipsed this year
the sun concluded to try its hand at
the business
Those big, standing shirt collars arc
all right now, but how will it be along
in dog days? When one of them be-
gins to melt and subside the owner
will think he is being embraced by a
weeping clam.
So far there has been no change in
popular summer amusements. The
circus, p~ic-nics and excursions still
continue to remain in style and peo-
pie are anxiously awaiting a new
summer diversion.
While our merchants are resting the
farmers are busily engaged in cult
waiting their crops, which we hope
will yield such an abundance that
merchants may be put to hard labor
while the farmers are at rest.
1t seems to us that there is abund-
ant material lying around loose now
Ito organize a temptation society,""
each member pledging himself not to
drink intoxicants of any kind unless
some other fellow "sets 'em up.a
We don't believe our Corporation
is financially able to pay eighteen
hundred dollars a year for lighting its
streets, and the Council that fastens
such a tax upon it, will be everlast-
ingly, morally and politically dead.
Mind that.
FIeE E- 9-5 ~ ~.
Can't the friends who are interest
ed in the paper scatter a few seeds of
Kindness in u path by inducing
your neighbor who wants it to SUBJ
scribe for the paper, and you who
know yourself indebted to us can
scatter a few more of these seeds in
the shape of greenbacks or silver.
A correspondent wants to know:
"Can a church member go to a cir
cus?" Why yes! of course he can 60
easily enough; but it will cost him
a half dollar when he gets there to be
admitted. You see a church member
is too proud to carry water for the
elephant; and that is where the sin
ner has the advantage over him on
the matter of free passes.
M. Vance, %purporting to be from
Illinois, and a horse phIebotomist,
hired a conveyance at Cox's livery
stable for a few days and kepti it away
over two weeks. Loots johnson and
a con of Mr.. Cox went after him, aud
after several days search found him
at Covington, Ohio. He was taken
before the Mayor IN Monday last,
but his case was continued until
Thursday morning and c~orssaitted for
want of bail.
A friend tells us that, if the Gas
Company come here and erect their
works they will have to pay a tax on
from $4,000 to $4,000, and that this
tax will not only pay for lighting ten
posts, but pay some seven or eight
hundred dollars over. Now, is he
right sure he is not mistaken? If
there is money in it for the Corpora
ton, go in; but it is all in our eye
that any set of men would invest SO
much capital if they did not expect a
big thing out of it. Keep your eye
skinned.
Don't let any Of the farmers forget
to prepare something for the exhibit
ton at the county fair. The manag-
ers desire to make the coming fair q
more complete success than any pre-
vious one, and it can only be done by
each citizen doing his duty, which is
to prepare something for exhibition.
The premiums offered will be as lib
eral as can possibly be afforded, and
even were they much less, the farmers
of the county and all other citizens
should have some article on exhibit
Etion.
There was a Murphy anniversary
held at Eldorado ON Sunday, the 23d
inst, which was attended by several
of our local speakers and citizens.
There was, we + informed, a very