The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-01
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

- Look at the comet.
1 Put away your linen.
Wheat is a good price.
Bring On your wood now.
Boys, get ready for school.
Corn is booming-the price.
The nights are beautiful cow.
The oyster season will now open.
Surprise parties are again fashionable
You can shoot quail on the LIST of No
vember.
ebay fever" subjects are now plenty
in Eaton.
The pointed shoe is again returning to
favor.
Fresh oysters are now being served up
by our restaurants.
Our fair comes off the last of this
month. Don't forgetit.
? 4 Look out for the fellow who is always
giving big presents to some church.
The DEMOCRAT circulation is now near
ly 1900. The campaign is opened.
cheeseman's are looking around fer their
fall stock of goods.
Read "Agents Wanted"-American
Marriage Association, this issue.
: Can't the s'cold water fanatics do
something for this dry spell?
Pumps are giving out all around US and
Seyenmile is almost a dry stream.
. H. b. vanAusdal has gone to Michi-
gan to trade off his Ebay fever"
w. A. Huffman has returned home
from North Carolina and will spend a
few weeks in Eaton.
The fair this year is intended to be the
best yet. The officers are doing every
thing to make it so.
This year more than ever before peo-
pie flock to camp meetings, county fairs
and circuses.
The tax on real estate will be levied
this fall under the new decennial APP
praisement.
Wheat, corn and oats have been on an
upward boom during the past two weeks,
which is good news for our farmers.
A mechanic is seldom a criminal
Nine-tenths of all the criminals are men
who never learned trades.
Tacks and hypocrites are alike in one
respect; they always point upward when
about to do the most mischief.
The coolest inhabitant" declares that
such a dry time was never before expe-
rienced in this neck of woods.
The Council had no quorum Monday
evening. What is the matter with that
august body?
The Eaton Band thinks of giving Sun
day evening concerts from the stand on
the public square. All right, boys.
No scrofula can be so deep seated, no
sore so stubborn, but that Ayers Sarsa-
-parilla will be found helpful. 1t will eff
feet a cure, if cure be possible.
Paper dishes are among the late inxen=
tons. and they are being used in res
taurants in place of china dishes to save
expenses caused by breakage.
A colored Delegate from Gratis town
ship had a seat in the Democratic Con-
vention last Saturday. How is that for
progressive Democracy?
We have passed through another
ssheatedter ,, the thermometer on Sum
day, Monday and Tuesday last, crowd
ing the 100 dot in the shade.
Hon. D. C. Stubbs was in Eaton last
Saturday, looking upon the proceedings
of the Democratic Convention and at
tending to some private business.
John Lander had the first oysters O
the season last Saturday. They wert
good, too. He is in. the business now fo
the season.
One of the three comets now within
the earth's orbit will be visible to the
naked eve about the Doth inst. Thel
can all be seen with a good glass, on an
clear evening.
Z It looks as though there would be
race between the toy pistol and the CT
garette as to which shall have the homo
of first wiping out the small boys ant
young men.
They tell at Newport of a girl who, b.
usoor;po an enormous sunhoWer on he
front, got mistaken for a target, and wa
pierced by an arrow from q near-sighte
archer's bow.
The Lebanon Shakers number 35C
two-thirds of whom are women and girls
and their property is valued at $1,000
600. Members ~relinquish all claims o
retiring from the community.
Charley Balsor, a young son of Pete
Balsor, of Eaton, while performing on
gymnasium last week, fell and broke h
arm above the elbow. DR.. Michael 81
it and he is doing well.
Ithaving been remarked that cigarett
smoking is killing thousands Of your
men, the Chicago Tribune sayagely sa!
that the kind of young men who smol
cigarettes can all be spared. The fitte
would still survive.
Our old friend and elephant admir-
John Lockwood, couldn't stand the pre-
sure of Barnum's elephants being on
a. e-o,. Takan IN lost SafT