The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-27
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Business dull.
Eggs keep at 10 cents.
Excursions are plenty.
Well have no fountain.
The nights are delightful.
Butter from IL to % cents.
Eaton is healthy at present.
The town clock keeps high time.
The May Festival was a success.
Adead sure thing-man's mortality.
We are still in favor Of q chain-gang.
Potato bugs are said to be numerous.
Hay is selling 1T $22 per ton in Eaton.
It is time to think of our coming fair.
If we can't get a railroad give US g cir
Gus.
Tomatoes 1oc. per can, at J. Rhea &
Sons.
side-whiskers-a mules tail in fly
time.
The late rain was worth a million 8 to
this county.
Ripe cherries have made their appear
The "Dizzy Blondes" are exhibiting.
Don't want 'em.
Look out for the Grand Jury on the 9TH
ofJme.
Strawberries plenty, but too high for
common people to indulge in.
Most of the towns will decorate on
Monday, and many on Saturday.
What will be the population of Eaton
when the census returns are taken?
supt. Withrow will take the ''senses"
Of a township in Butler county.
A hypocrite is a man who tries to be
pious and can't, with a preponderance of
cant.
Strawberries, cheap, this week, at j.
Rhea & Sons.
J.H. Zoos has building a handsome
stmeranda'' on the east side of his resi-
dence.
The steady soaking rain of last Friday
was worth millions to the farmers Of our
Strawberries, cucumbers, beets, beans,
peas. radishes and pine apples are in
market.
The grain and fruit prospects all over
the State are of the most encouraging
character.
Let the frogs have a monopoly of croak-
ing this spring and every man make the
most Of his business.
Why shouldn't the barber shops have
the same privileges on Sunday that many
other pursuits enjoy in Eaton?
Received daily, Strawberries and veg
etables, ut ]. Rhea 4 Sons.
Mr.. Munger will take the s'senses' of
the people of Eaton. It was rendered to
J.. R. Beatty, but he declined.
A couple were married in the tent of
Wells 4 Sands circus, at Greenville last
week, after the performance was oyer.
We have no time to kick at every dog
that barks, Oh every donkey that brays
about innocent items in our local col
umns.
Hot weather will create a bad flavor in
some parts Of our burg. Git that Board
of Health organized, Messrs. Council
men.
A great many of our citizens attended
the May Festival and Miss Cary's con-
cert, in Cincinnati last week, and were
delighted.
Religious gypsies" is what these peo-
pie are called who go from church to
church to hear Q different minister every
Sunday.
G. F. Brooke, Esq, of the First Ma
tional Bank, on a visit to the South, has
our thanks for late copies of the Rich
mond (va.) Daily DIsPATcH.
a man insists upon informing
the world that he is q gentleman" you
may know that he a taken no less thar
seventy-fve drinks.
]. Rhea& Son are headquarters fol-
strawberries and vegetables.
A Detroit mule accomplished the feat
Of kicking two men at once. Although
they stood several feet apart, each re
ceived one of the beasts hind feet in hii
face.
Our Band boys gave a splendid enter
tainment, were well patronized and mad
some money. What would Eaton b.
without her good music? Success to he
Band.
Ed. T. D. Garvin will preach in tn,
Church OF Christ, Eaton, o., on Sunday
May S0th, at 101k o'clock a. M. also, il
the evening at the usual hour. The pub
lie N cordially invited.
ASman gets into trouble by marrying
two wives. If he marries only one h
may have trouble; and some men hav
come.into tribulation by sirnply promis
ing to marry one. Trouble anyhow.
Mayor Neal has ordered the barbe
shops in Eaton closed on Sunday. Well
now how about other business on tina
day? Can you make fish of one an
flesh of the other2 ALI must be serve
alike.
Hard times, bad business, bad crops
famines, pests, political persecution