The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11

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Glenn Gilmore, accompanied by Miss
Greiner, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence, drove
orer from Xenia and spent Sunday in
Eaton, as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. II.
Edison.
A good many men in this world OPP
press the poor to gather up riches, and
when they come to die, expect to bride
Jehovah by leaving a portion of their i'll
gotten gains to benevolent institutions.
Ed. o. A. Bartholomew, of Covington,
KY, will preach in the Church of Christ,
Eaton, o., on Saturday evening, August
18th, and on Sunday, August 14th, at
10 80 a m. also in. the evening at the
usual hour.
The apple crop, over a wide section of
the country, will this year be poor.
Through portions of Indiana and Ohio
the cold winter destroyed ever the trees,
and whole orchards look like s'deaden-
ings."
The Presbyterians will give a moon
light entertainment in their church yard
on next Friday and Saturday evenings,
tf the weather is pleasantly consisting of
~tableaux, music, refreshments, &C., &c.
Go and aid a good cause.
Several pious women united in a week
of prayer for rain at Eaton Rapids, not
because there was a drought, but that it
might spoil a track for horse racing, but
the rain didn't come all the same and
the races went on.
A woman may be stung by curiosity,
struck by an idea, knocked down by an
argument or smothered with delight; yet
she never suffers the agony that she ex-
~periences when her rivals new silk dress
has a longer trail than her own.
Passionate commencement at the Chris
trian church in Eaton, next Sabbath
the churches of Bethlehem, Eaton aad
Paint uniting. Ageneral attendance is
desired. Preaching by Rev. W. H. Orr,
of Illinois.
The newspapers of the country are at
present making a crusade against the
practice of carrying concealed weapons.
The practice is certainly c~owardly, and
were it abandoned there would be fewer
murders, homicides and fatal accidents.
Speak we'll of your town, patronize
your WI merchants, employ your own
mechanics, lawyers, &c. Advocate its
interests make popular its advantages
be ready with a hearty welcome to every
newcomer, and advance the thrift of your
own institutions.
Amusical genius playing on six instru-
ments at the same time, amused the cit
liens of Eaton on Monday evening last.
He was accompanied by a female tambo-
r%eenist, and the instrument he seemedto
be the most familiar with was a glass OF
whisky.
A fool walked rope stretched from
the Court House to a building On the OPP
posite side of the street, on last Monday
evening, to the amusement of a very
large free audience. Such reckless non-
sense ought to be prohibited in this coun-
try.
PArTIsoN, of Evansville and Bellefon-
tame railroad fame, was in Eaton on
Monday and Tuesday for the purpose Of
receiving picks, shovels and wheelbar.
rows, to commence work on the contem-
plated railroad. Seeing is believing, and
that only will now convince us that there
is any reality in the completion of the
road.
The First National Bank of Eaton re.
fused to purchase the notes the lightning
rod and painting swindlers obtained il
this county from farmers through a fraud
Banks and moneyedm men should all adop
a rule not to buy paper from strangers
without first knowing how and for whar
it vas obtained.
The lightning rod and painting scoun
drels noticed in our last weeks pape.
that infested this county, picked up
number of our best farmers, and blet
them for considerable amounts. We fee
sorry for them, but most of them hav,
had warnings enough to know better
that is if they read their county papers
An Iowa church has adopted the fol
lowing novel plan for raising funds at tn
sociables. The ladies write their name
and weight on slips OF paper, and tn
gentlemen draw the slips, each takin
the lady whose name he has drawn t
supper, and paying half a cent per poun
according to the weight of his partner
If the ladies should happen to everest
mate their weight it isn't considered
sin, as it is for the benefit of the church
Eph. Splitter, a farmer living in tn
southeastern part of the county, came I
town in his buggy on Thursday last |
spend the day, drove his horse into
back yard and tied him to the limb of
: tree and fed him out of tobacco box
While in the act of putting the bride Q
him to return home the beast becam
frightened, ran of. dragging his owns
some distance, bruising him consider
BILE and wreeking his buggy. The CO
of the accident to Splitter will be som
l thing near $12-he endangered his ow
life and that of others-for Is cents /
could have had his horse put up at OF
of our livery stables, well fed and take
r care of, and saved $11.s5. When W
farmers coming to town to remain all d;
s with their teams learn something abo,
such economy?
For many years the law has provid,
that show licenses should be from tive
" ty to forty dollars. When the Revis
Statutes came up for approval, the LIE
,e islature inserted from forty to sixty d
liars. Some Auditors have overlook
this fact, and, invariably, the lowe
rates are allowed. The State Audit
Re has sent circulars to County Auditors,