The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-02-20
EVERYDAY sPIcERIEs.

EVERYDAY sPICERIEs.
A TINY thing-A fork.
The best buy word-Cash.
I A ROCKY place-The nursery.
ALWAYS in fashion-The letter F.
No matter how much sense man
may possess, he can stand little fat
tery.-M Z. Express.
THE Elk Point Cd. t. Courier says
there is very little difference between q
man who sees ghost and one who swal-
lows bad oyster, SO far as looks are
concerned.
THE first institution youchsafed to
our race was the Sabbath; the next
marriage. So give your first thought to
heaven, the next to your vile.
BE industrious. Improve each day
as if you expected to die on the NOR
row. Incidence, debt and disease are
| brothers.
SEVERAL English Cricket Clubs will
visit America next summer. We did
not imagine that the plague was so
near.-M Y. Commercial.
A MAN being sympathized with on ac-
count of his wife's running away, said:
"Don't pity me till she comes back
again"
NEVER, perhaps, are children dearer
| to their parents than when, as at pres
ent, the price of bread and meat is ex-
| cessive.-Punc
HE wished his manuscript returned,
| But failed in time to ask 1t,
And felt indignant when he learned
1t had climbed the golden basket
Court Journal
ANGRY feelings in teacher beget
anger in a pupil, and if they are re-
peated day after day they will at last
rise to obstinacy, to incorrigibleness.
A MODERN writer thus defines honor:
Standing a fire well, and shooting
friend whom you love, in order to gain
the praise of a few Others whom you
despise.
"WHAT,n said an inquisitive young
lady, !" is the most popular color for
bride 7" We may be little particular
/ in such matters, but we should prefer q
white one.- EInira Gazette.
"SALLY," said fellow to a girl who
had red hair, keep away from me or
| YOU will set me afre." No danger Of
that" was the answer, you are too
green to burn"
"OH! isn't it just gloriousT was
| Princess Louise's exclamation on seeing
Niagara. Lorne didn't say much, but
kept thinking about the hack fare
New Haren Register.
WE have about decided to sail for
Europe as soon as this issue of the paper
goes to press. We can no longer hold
1 back. Paris mothers coax distinguished
| Americans to kiss their pretty grown
up daughters.-Noristopn Herald.
IT affords us much pleasure to an
nounce that Baba Kensing Bymanji
Jamasii Mounzen has been made COM
panion of the Order of the Indian En-
pire. Some of our readers may have
thought Bah was dead Nor isioson
Herald.
BROKEN HEART is the romantic name
of railroad station in Minnesota.
Touching IS the title is, however. all
sentimental persons must acknowledge
that Fried Liver, a mining village in
Arizona, is still more tender.-Jetrott
Free Press.
Two of the most precious things on
this side of the grave, are reputation
and life. And yet, strange to tell, the
most contemplate whisper may deprive
us of the first, and the weakest weapon
of the second. Be more anxious, there
fore, to deserve a good name than to
possess it.
"SEE here, Mr.. Indian, you have some
reservations in Idaho that we whites
think we'd better take; so you move on
little. Whatf You won't7 Well,
you'd better make up your mind to do
| It, while we go home and run some bull
let's, you bloodthirsty sayages, you. -
Oil City Derrick.
THERE, it's settled, and amt you
gladf Two men disputing about the
pronunciation of the word either"
one saving it was ee-ther, the other
i-ther-agreed to refer the matter to
the first person they met, who happened
to he an Irishman, and who confounded
both by declaring: " It's nayther, for
it's ayther. r."-Kingston Freeman.
A CONTEMPORARY calls KneeHigh
+ Miah the shortest man of his day
, and generation. He evidently forgets
Bildad, the Shoehight. But the short
est" man of Biblical times was Lazarus.
!. He didn't have a confederation
He,aH Smaller than any of these must
> have been Tohi. the King of Salem
Philadelph;a Bulletin.
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ahsosroh ai.Sannh daar;nn I = sI;LaIw % enouob hnt
shSro aLsnou ~ twn = IN W. Weston wbo are
6 w;ii;n9 Wilt 1 to make nal oath that 4 cat has no