The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17

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ming, looking hale and hearty, He is on
"the wing" for Chicago, Cincinnati or
Indianapolis. fF
Whenia n~ear-sighted man hands you
two five dollar bills to settle a debt of
two doliarsj there is either a chance to
make eight dollars or to go to heaven.
If's a free country; and you take your
choice.
An 100 years hence won't the small
boy of to-day enjoy sitting around the
grocery store telling the 50-yearlings all
about the sold fashioned" winter of 1881 ?
Boys, put it down in your memorandum
books.
Philip Miller's tfestival" came offlast
Thursday at his livery stable, according
to Notwithstanding postponement on
account of the weather. Dan Showalter
walked off with the horse, and DR.. Lovett
with the $40 gold piece. Just our luck
again. 9~9r-r .srfs a
A celebrated preacher makes the re-
commentator of Ayers Pills a matter of
religious duty. When people are bilious
and dyspeptic, what they need is the
Gospel of Health. in such cases, the
best creed to swallow consists of the thir-
ty s~ugar-coated articlesin a pill-box.!
Ed. Ross still lingereth in our prison.
Cruelty to dumb, animals is british, but
what language will express the action OF
the persons who are responsible for keep
ing this poor unfortunate human being
confined in our county jail for months,
simply because he is unable to pay a fine
Of .$502 a f.s - ynq, vsg
How much will Prosecuting Attorney
Freeman and Mayor Neal tax the Corpo-
ration of Eaton for undertaking to defeat
the payment of Wheeler ,Frum's lumber
bill? The amount was only $16-the
costs in the case, without ttorney'sfe fees,
are over 1921 Isthat Republican ere
lform Pr So 81 u5tw hsas
He came into the EDITORS room with a
large roll of manuscript under his arm,
and said very politely "I have a trife
here about, the beautiful sunset yester=
day, which was dashed off by a friend of
mine, which / would1ike inserted if you
have ROOM" FsPlenty of room. Justin
sert it yourself, 2 replied the editor, gent
ly pushing the waste basket toward him.
The Ohio school law requires that every
child between the ages of eight and four
teen years be required to attend school
at least twelve weeks in each school
year, six weeks Of which shall be conse-
%cutive, A parent, guardian or person
having charge of children of this age is
subject to fine for violating the proYis-
ions of the law. ~ ai-i -
R9b't White and his wife were Sim
mersed1 last Wednesday, neal the first
bridge onthe Eaton and Hamilton pike,
without the benefit ola clergy. They
went there in a sleigh to see the high
water, when all of a sudden the ice gorge
gave away andsurreunded them in about
three feet of water. They managed to
get out badly7seered and well ducked.
APtIEs.-Just received, a car load of
choice apples, direct from Michigan, all
varieties, very fine, at Edison & Young's.
Billiards., bitter blasts, blockaded rail-
roads, bridges swept away, ships frozen
in frozen harbors, hospitals full of Jack
FrostsSs. victims. aYalaneheslonthe
mountains, deep snow drifts in the val
Fleys, p~ortentous ice gorges, cities mum
dated, lives lost, thermometers marking
80 and 40 below zero-the Option Bill de-
feated-such has been February's record
since the month began.
There is no doubt but that the Murphy
organization of Eaton has been swindled
in the price charged them for the use OF
the Opera House, during their week of
meetings. There seemsto be something
rotten in the whole government of our
Corporation, and if the taxpayers, indie
pendent, Of party, do not rise up and
make a change and look into matters a
littleI it may be too late to. do so after
awhiles. ON account Of the disappearance,
of the record again.
Whatldo the city dads of Eaton want
to go to the expense of holding a special
election for a Corporation Clerk, when it
is only a little over a month until the
regular spring election? Why don't they
show sand and liberality enough to ap-
point Democrat until the election, as
Judge Hume did in the case of the Pros
ecuting Attorney vacancy :? Amt you
ashamed Of yourselves, gentlemen? If
not, you oaghtto be-. olars
In the case OF the Corporation of Eaton
vs.. Wheeler Frun, in whichthe G, of E.
Yantedt to beat Frum out Of lumber fur
nished fer the building of public cisterns,
&c, and lost, an execution was.issued
last Saturday against the @. of E. for the
amount .andscosts. In the effort of this
Council to plead the 'tbaby- act,' for the
Corporation and save $40 or$15, it will
expeud four times the amount! And
THAT'S the way the money goes" under
its administrator.
3ouuS loihs ol Ed1on anu VICINITY
are having lots of fun at the Skating
Rink, and the other evening while taking
a very short peep at them, we noticed
thatyoungMathew cut more "fubdubs'
and put on more "airs' than anybody
else-Wm Robinson, Ed. Lockwood and
fCharley Brooke were the most graceful
skaters and helped more ladies than all
the rest, and that young Sayler could fall
down and mop more chalk off the floor
than any other half dozen present. Mod.
esty forbids US speaking of the lady
skaters present, although there were sew
eral very graceful.and beautiful skaters
on the Rink. Will defer that for the fu