The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-08

having all the love letters she has
received bound handsomely in a mol
rocco volumeefor her parlor table, in
place Of an 0 primary autograph al
bum.
Mrs. Garfield has been elected the
first honorary member of the New
Shakespeare Society Of London, Gas
a slight tribute of admiration for
the loving devotion shown by her
during the long and painful Illness
of the late President" n r}srqigI 4
A number of farmers near New
Philadelphia some time since signed
agreements to deliver maps for a
peddler, and now each paper turns
out to be a note for $3.50. Judgment
has been taken on the notes in Wood
county and a Toledo lawyer is max
ing the collections.
The Rev. C. w Hamilton, in a
sermon at Salem, New Brunswick,
explained that the assassination of
Garfield was ordered by God as a
punishment of the nation, because
of the popular and semi official re
ception of FARRELL in this country.
Guiteau will please take notice.
The pulpit was set outside the
church at Winslov, Texas, in order
to give Dom for a stage on which to
perform "Pinafore," and when again.
needed for use it was missing. Sew
eral weeks of search elapsed before
it was found in a gambling house,
where it had been altered into q faro
table.
A bulldog walked into a colored
church in Memphis during services,
marched quietly up the main aisle,
assembled the pulpit, caught hold of
the minister, and dragged him down
stairs. There was nothing to &C
count for the dogs behavior, unless
it was that the minister was a visi
tor. 49,
The pastor of the Congregational
church at Stratford, Conn.,, used the
revised New Testament. The officers
!, sent him q written order to return
to theliKing James version. 'The
Ignorance thus shown by a people
to whose enlightenment / have de.
voted n yself," says the minister, "sc
fdisgusts me that l will no longer read
any Scripture for their benefit. ]
: have resigned.
. Sherman and Ellis, itinerant
: preachers, calling themselves thu
Holiness Vanguard, hired a hall il
elQuincy, Ill, and soon had a reviva
under full Roadway. While they
made numerous converts, they alsc
q offended the clergy of the city by
violently abusing them, and theiI
4 meetings became disorderly will
!, turbulent divisions ofsentiment. TIL,
two r~evivalists were at length shown
to be unprincipled adventures, ben
only on making profitable collec
lions, and, on being arrested as va
grants, they promised to leave tow
Immediately if released. 800 as
A Michigan backwoodsman, youn!
and handsome, but untutored ant
rude, has married the accomplishe,
daughter of a wealthy tourist, am
taken her to his cabin in the forest
where he chops wood for a living
o1Her father, unable to recover her b.
IS law, since she was old enough t
e legally choose a husband for herself
a has sensibly taken board at a Mil
waukee hotel, where he is now pa
Itiently waiting for the girl to yolun
tarily return. 81 may be delayed
three months" he says, "but / don
n believe it will be as many weeks
It These little incidents Of travel ar
J worrisome, yet not very serious"
' The Paterson Guardian gives til
if following Illustrations: "Dcmocrati
thieves: Tweed dying in jail, Swee
ney in exile, Connolly forced to fly
Genet in prison, Carney made t
o wear stripes, and Ingersoll, Keyser