The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-24

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suit in good to the people of Eaton. The
divorce suit of Ludlow VS.. Ludlow, end
ed on Thursday. The Court House was
filed with young men and old men, who
eagerly listened to the details of the bit
ter litigation. The Judge, we think, wise
ly dismissed the case. The testimony
showed both parties, if not actually gull
ty, have at least regarded too lightly the
sacred VOWS of the marital relation. To
some, such cases seem to afford amuse-
ment, but to the rest they. are sad dra-
mas. ID The world is already tooffull of
family shipwrecks. When the great Ma
poleon was asked "what does France
most needs he promptly replied, Hgood
mothers, then she will not lack for good
sons" The family circle once destroy
ed, society is weakened. Good homes
cannot be too highly priced or too sacred
ly guarded, and we cannot look upon the
wreck of one without sorrow. 1t is said
that dearest friends, if once estrangedbe-
come the fercest enemies. There are no
quarrels more bitter than family quar-
rels. Love turnedto hate is gall indeed.
Following close upon this suit came an
other revelation, which can hardly have
failed to send a shudder through every
mothers heart in Eaton. Two young
Ea N'H E.EF rf q,
men laden with wine and beer, and a
couple of young ladies went to the Gar
rison spring for a picnic. 1t was feared
for a time that a damning crime had been
perpetrated. One of the young ladies
was brought home with torn clothing in
an almost unconscious conditions. Well
it was for the young men that no crime
of deeper dye was committed by them,
Ifor decency has been so outraged in town
on different occasions, that we are upon
the eve of mob violence. There must be
a reaction or trouble is ahead for some of
our fast young men. No young man with
any sense of honor, or one particle of re-
gard for a young lady, will go out for a
drinking carousal with her, and the young
lady who viii not resent with alIthe-scern
of an honest heart and pure intention a
proposal to step down from the lofty po-
sition young womanhood should occupy,
is fast passing the bounds of respectable
ity which no one can afford to do. The
grave would be a friendly shelter to the
girl who begins the downward course,
and society can well do without the NOR.
al monsters who would tempt a pure lady
from the path of virtue. Pirates are call,
ed the enemies of mankind,-cannibals
feast upon human flesh, but compared
with the scoundrel whose lust makes
shipwreck ef womanly virtue and girlish
innocence, pirates and cannibals are gen
Etlemen. Fathers. and mothers of Eaton,
let not their presence pollute the atmos.
phere in which your daughters move,
To them keep closed doors. Let the
poisonous fumes of their wine and beer
mingle with the brothels atmosphere,
and if they attempt totamper with those
as dear to you as your life, teach them a
lesson that will be lasting in its effects.
We are glad a judicial investigation was
had, and that it proved nothing beyond
the intoxieation. Let all such cases be
thoroughly sifted. We have been proud
of the young people of Eaton-and we
hope for the sake of the good name of our
town-thef fair fame of its young ladies'
the character of its young men-we shall
never again be called upon to speak out
so plainly,-but we say here and now, if
the prophecies of life are to be tro1den
under foot, we shall hold up to public
scorn those who forget their obligations
to the community in which they live and
of which they unfortunately form a part.
We call no names now.