The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-06-10

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with brigands and is stabbed in a dozen
places, when he suddenly awakens and
finds that the brigands are mosquitoes
with spears two inches long.
"Steam and horse railroads." moraliz-
es an exchange, compel 100000 men in
this country to labor on Sunday" Yes,
that is all very well but what have the
steam and horse railroads to do with the
800, 900 men in the country who go fish
ing on Sunday.
Cap. Wilson will open his auction
room in Camden, on Friday evening
next, in the building recently occupied
by Squire Rohrer as the Post-ofice. He
will sell a line of goods that everybody
needs and wants, and it will pay to at
tend his sales.
We seen four candidates for Auditor
in mi bunch in Eaton, last Saturday.
They were endeavoring to pour a balm
into the disappointed ambition of each
other. Mr.. Sayler wasn't among 'em.
He has it fixed, and don't come to Eaton
much.
The census enumerators are under the
strongest kind of ironclad oath not to di-
vulge anything in reference to their la
bors, until the report is officially promul-
gated. Ironclad oath or not we surmise
ways and means will be found of arriy-
ing at something nearly definite long be-
fore that time.
Can't the Janitor of the Opera House
have a fastening for the doors of the
building, so they car be hitched back
while the audience is passing out? We
spoke once before of the nuisance of
these doors slamming in the face of every
person going out of the Hall. Put in a
hold back.
June is put down for a very hot month,
while it is claimed by q w~eatherwise
prophet, that July will be q terrible
month for storms, with terms of intense
heat, but another fall-like lapse, with
frosts occurring q few days before the
10Th. Storms of thunder and hail of un-
usual severity are also predicted for July.
We warn our numerous readers to pre-
pare for the .storrid term now close at
hand. During that hot, sultry, unwhole-
some season, life is easily lost. All care
and precautions should now be taken to
be comfortable and healthy then. BY
suitable diet, sufficient bathing, and
avoidance of over-exertion, the frailest
can safely tide oyer the ''torrid term.s
Il is frequently the case that farmers
and others will unthinkingly stop and
tie a horse to a shade tree, not that they
do not know better, but merely because
they do not stop to think of the result.
Many valuable and handsome shade
trees have been destroyed or so injured
that the growth becomes greatly retard-
ed. If a fine should be imposed for such
thoughtlessness, it would require a very
few arrests until the practice would be
completely broken up.
The fine stock sale of McClintock and
Oxer, came off at the fair grounds on
Thursday last, and was well attended.
We understand all the stock was sold ex-
cept n or two head, and at very fair
prices. Sheep with the wool on sold
from $27 down to $40 per head. Cattle
also sold well. The first Short-horn was
knocked down to Henry Horn, of Lewis
burg, for $120, and the second for $185,
to Abraham McNutt, of the same place.
William Deem purchased a $75 one,
Steve Gard 500 and N. B. Stephens $40.
ICapt. Dasher, Lew Paddock, l.. C. Young
and G. McDevitt, were among the sheep
purchasers. Preble county will soon be
noted for her fine stock.
Cannot every friend of the DEMOCRAT
prevail upon one of his neighbors to be-
come a reader of the paper? When you
meet q friend ask him to subscribe your
recommendation will be worth more
than anything we can say. Should he
be hard-hearted and decline, at some
other convenient time try another. Thus
without much exertion in helping us to
fight and overthrow our political enemy
some good may be accomplished. Now
don't throw the paper down and conclude
this is intended for some one else. 1t is
a personal favor asked of all. An i'm
portant campaign is before you, questions
of great interest will claim your atten-
ton, and each and every man should
contribute his help to the good cause.
A disgusting case of miscegenation
came off at New Paris last week. A
swarthy negro by the name of John Wig
gerstaf, was united in marriage to a
white girl, Anna North. No Justice Of
the Peace or Minister should perform the
marriage rite to parties under such re-
voting circumstances to humanity, and
certainly to God. No white woman is
rational who desires it, and the official
who performs the ceremony must be
either o fanatic or a lunatic. It is said
the step-father Of the poor imbecile girl
begged and plead with her not to unite
herself to the black miscegenator, but
his entreaties and piteous appeals were
all in vain, and after the outrage was
committed she sauntered off with her
dusky paramour apparently happy and
contentedi
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