The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-30
The first quarterly meeting of the


The first quarterly meeting of the
"Universalist Union" of Preble coun-
ty, will convene at the Universalist
Church in Eaton, on Saturday next,
February LIST, at 2 o'clock p. m. There
will be preaching at that hour and at
7 o'clock that evening also on Sum
day morning and evening. The
friends throughout the county are
cordially invited to be present. En-
tertainment will be provided for those
in attendance.
Philip Wade whose preliminary X
animation on the charge of burglary
and larceny was concluded before
Mayor Abbott, Oh the 9th inst, was
committed to Jail TO answer TO the
next term of Common Pleas in the
sum of $40O bail, which he failed to
give. He is charged with breaking
into the carriage house of Eli Conger
and stealing a fur robe aad a string of
bells, worth in the aggregate about
$40. The articles were captured in
Darke Co. Crooks better give Mar
shall Ryan a wide berth, for once on
the trail he will have them.
At this season of the year work to
some of the trades is difficult to OBJ
tain. But if you can't find such work
as you like best, and for which you
seem the best adapted by special
training, take the best you a find
and push ahead with it vigorously
until something better offers. Many
a man has nearly starved himself and
family because he wouldn't work un-
less it was at his regular trade. This
is all wrong, and the man who does
it will be much longer getting en-
ployment at his trade than he would
had he pitched into the, first job that
came within his reach.
An exchange says:-We are occa-
sionally asked why We charge more
for our paper than city papers oflarg-
er dimensions. The answer is easy.
The weeklies publish dailies, and so
much of the matter prepared for the
d~ailytgoes into the weekly, thus saw
ing the price OF composition. Again,
the city weeklies have calculations of
thousands where we have hundreds,
and they do not send out a single pa
per except for cash in advance, where
we have to trust hundreds for one,
two, or three years, and then perhaps
get nothing. The city papers get
from six to ten times as much for adj
vertising as a country paper does.
For instance, where we charge 10 to
90 cents a line they get from 40 cents
to $1.50. Again, if the above were
not the case, still a home paper that
contains matter of interest to all citi-
zens Of the county is more valuable
than a city paper that contains gcner-
al reading matter but no news of To-
cal interest.
On the 25th inst, III honor of the
91st birthday of uncle JOB JEFFER-
SON, a reunion of family, relatives
and friends, took place at his resi-
dence in Eaton. On this occasion his
children, grandchildren, great-grand-
children and friends, numbering sew
enty, sat down to a bounteous and
well-prepared dinner and talked over
their family affairs while they enjoy
ed it. Among the number who par
ticipated in this pleasure, were ten
persons whose combined ages foot up
1888 years! They are as follows: Job
Jefferson, 81; Stephen Allbaugh, 99
VIM. Curry, 81 Elizabeth Edison, 81;
j. E. Krugg, 80; Lovey McCabe, 10;
Gid. Brasier, IA; l.. T. McCabe, 70;
Polly jefferson, 70; Catharine Krugg,
72. MI. Jefferson came TO Preble
county in 1884, where he has resided
ever since. He was a married mar
at the time and a soldier in the war OF
1872! At present he isa healthy.
cheerful and lively old gentleman, in
the full possession of all his mental
faculties, and bids fair to be q cente,
marian. N~inety-one years of age
Just think of it, and how few are per
mitted so long a time to tread thu
troublesome and VACATIONS paths o
this life-away beyond the allotted
years of man! May uncle JOB ant
his family and friends live to EMO!
many more such happy, pleasant and