The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-01-29
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
wanted-Ice weather.

Get ready fGr 81.
Washington's birthday next.
Give the Ground Hog a reception.
Summer seems to linger in the lap o
winter.
Only $1.l5 is offered for wheat in Ea
ton.
The Lord loves a cheerful giver; so Dc
the poor.
Billy Alderman, ST.. is out on his pins
again.
Good hogs brought $4.s5 in Eaton las
Saturday.
Two sizes OF buttons are used for most
costumes.
sleighs have been a poor investment
thus far this winter.
Pride hath two seasons; a forward
spring and IN early fall.
Bright tints take the lead in nearly all
of the mixed goods.
The Grand Jury of Darke County found
sixteen bills OF Indictment.
The Ground Hog ought to have a birth
day surprise.
The indications are that u spring
election viii be a lively one.
Some men are like crumbs OF comfort.
They want the whole loaf.
Wanted-a change of weather-or a
dish of strawberries and cream.
The town of oberlin has inaugurated a
tobacco crusade.
Mr.. John Lander furnished us with his
new subscriber this week.
Corn juice generally makes a fellow
talk husky.
New carpets show Give, shaded Or
ange, and deep red in their new designs.
1t is more profitable to look up u de-
fects than to boast of our attachments.
Two secondhand Thrashing outfits for
sale or trade. BONNER & REED.
Young women should set good exam
pies, forsthe young men are always fol-
lowing them.
Ii you are fishing for a good reputation
you had better bait your hook with good
deeds.
Jesse Mcclure dropped into Eatonf from
the city of San Francisco, on Saturday
evening last.
Bishop Jaggar, of Cincinnati, preach
ed in Eaton last Thursday evening, to a
crowded house.
Candidates for Corporation offices at
the spring election are beginning tomake
themselves "solid."
II a fire should break cut neal that 500
"bossed" c~istern, where wouido u en-
CINE get its supply Of water?
If ducks still eat mud as they used to,
let us turn our street cleaning depart
ment over to the ducks.
1t is very dangerous for any man to
find any spot on this bread globe that is
sweeter to him than his home.
A Chinese newspaper has entered up
on its two thousandth volume. 1t has
lost all OF its original subscribers.
But few men can handle a hot lamp
chimney and teach the children lessons
in morality at the same time.
The ladies' whose numerous young
friends swore off smoking ON New Years,
fail to see that the atmosphere has been
any clearer since.
The DEMOCRAT of Urbana, says the
Grand Jury found ~forty-six indictments,
forty-two of which were against saloon
lists.
"Sugar sheds" is what some of our ex-
changes call the masculine looking hats
now worn by the ladies, and all because
they cover the 'lasses.
Transfers say some of our streets are
bottomless. They oughtto drive through
alleys. They are good. Councilmen
dwell around them.
We have had a rainbow, thunder and
lightning, croaking frogs, and snakes
very unusual occurrences for the month
of January.
John Long will sell, at public sale, near
Gettysburg, on the eth of February,
horses, colts, cattle, milk cows, hogs,
farm utensils, &c.
There will be adonation at the parson-
age OF the Presbyterian Church, on
Thursday evening, Feb. 9Th. A cordial
invitation is extended to the cheerful
giver.
Bailey, who committed the assault on
Rhiner Albright, waived an examination
and was held to $1,000 bondfor appear
ance at February term of Court. Bond
given.
There are ? 1000, 900 Methodists in this
world and they are going to hold an Ecu
menical Council, the call for which will
be issued on the 9th of next May in Gin
cinnati.
No man can know all things, but there
are lots of men who think they do. They
are the fellows who give an editor so
much valuable information as to how to
u a newspaper.
The Supreme Court OF Ohio has decid-
ed that it is Illegal to dun a debtor on a
postal card, as such is liable to injure the
credit or reputation of the debtor else
where.
Somehow men are given to loading
themselves down with things they have
no use for. Some keep adog, others car
ry canes, and now we hear of an editor
having a pocket-book.
The Urbana city Councilmen arrested
fol receiving pay, show that they follow
ed precedent" Notwithstanding they
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