The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-25

preach in the Christian Church in Ea
ton, next Sabbath morning and evening
Also at the Paint Church in the after
noon, on which occasion there will be
communion.
When you desire anything in the pa
per, you had better be two hours too soon
than five minutes too latel So with eve.
rything else in life. Push your business,
don't let it push you.
DIR. E. o. Tillson, of West Alexandria,
received by express from Texas, last
week, quite a novelty in the shape of an
arm chair, constructed out of sixteen
horns of Texas cattle. The fellow who
made it is somewhat of a genius.
The horse and buggy stolen last week
from Mr.. Rinehart, south of Eaton, was
recovered at a livery stable in Piqua on
Monday last and brought home by the
Marshal of Eaton. The fellow who took
it no doubt went off on a drunk.
According to the report of the Auditor
of the State, for 1881, there is in Preble
county the following live stock: Horses,
$3.50; cattle, 1880; mules, 80; sheep,
14,704; hogs, 35,304. The hog crop is
1854 short of 1880.
DR.. Stephens Of the Soldiers National
Home nea Dayton, amputated the leg
OF Patrick Donohoe last week, who was
injured in the gravel bank near Eaton
two weeks ago. He is doing as well as
could be expected under the circumstan-
ces.
The 10th birthday of Aunt Jemimah
Holderman occurred on Thursday of last
week, but instead of making the usual
fuss owe such things, Uncle Jack quietly
purchased his "golden bride" a hand
some and useful present and surprised
her with it.
There is going to be a slim corr crop
this year compared with the yield of for
mer seasons. The summer has been so
exceedingly dry that the growth of corn
has been stunted, and it is now too late
for rains to do much good even if it
should fall in abundance.
David and Samuel Sherrard were be-
fore his Honor Mayor Neal on Saturday
last, for committing an assault on James
McCalligan- David was dismissed, but
Samuel was fined S. and costs and placed
in charge of the Sheriff until the amount
was paid, which was done on Monday
evening and the prisoner discharged. =
1t is predicted that oysters will not be
as plentiful as last season, owing to ex-
haustion and the failure of certain beds
to propagate. This will be unpleasant
news to many people. For our own part
we have an especial fondness for oysters,
and would like to see them plentiful
OF all the water birds they are the boss.
The days are growing gradually, though
perceptibly, shorter at both ends. Since
the turning point was reached there has
beena loss of nearly an hour of daylight.
Onthe other hand, that which is being
piled upon the side of darkness is appre-
ciateda all the more, because of the change
of the temperature during the night to a
pleasant degree for sleeping.
If persons knew how much trouble it
gave printers to have matter they want
published kept back until the last mo-
ment, they would be always on time
We will give al example all can appre-
ciate. Suppose you were moving and
had yeer wagon packed fallFead#feE-
starting, and it was discovered that you
had left out something which you want
ed to go very badly, it would be about as
much trouble to unpack and make room
for that article as it is for printers to get
matter into the paper after it is made up.
Consider this hereafter and determine
never to be late.
There will be a Sunday School celebra-
ton in Sarah Surfaces grove, one-half
mile north of New Hope, Saturday, Aug.
9th, 1881. The meeting will be address
ed by Rev. Spahr, of the M. E. Church,
and Rev. Bratton, of the Presbyterian
Church, of Eaton; Rev. Berger, of Day
ton, Rev. Coons, of Lewisburg, and Rev.
Ambrose, of Eldorado. Music will be
furnished by schools and choirs from
Concord, Campbellstown, Zion and New
Hope, also by the New Hope Cornet
Band. A general invitation is extended
to all and a request that they bring well
filled baskets.
Mrs. Mary Sayler, consort of Christian
Sayler, deceased, died at the residence
of her son, Abraham sayler, about five
miles south of Eaton, on Monday of last
week, in the esd year of her age. Mrs.
Sayler was n of the old pioneers of
Preble county, and came into it from Vir-
ginia in the year 1906, when it was al
most a wilderness and all over it roamed
the wild and uncivilized savage. With
the family of Mrs. Sayler, father of the
deceased, also came John Holderman,
Sr., and family from the same place, in
to Preble county, at which date Uncle
Jack was an infant, who Mrs. Sayler fire.
quently had charge of on the way out,
and often related during her lifetime,
when the old family reunions would take
place, how she Spanked" the unruly
little fellowl She was a woman of excel.
lent physique-raised a family of several
children and died loved and respected by
all who knew her.
The colored camp meeting which open
ed at OF fair grounds two weeks ago,
closed up in ablaze of tglory hallelujah''
on Monday night last. So far as the ad.
vancement of religion or Christianity is
concerned, this camp meeting business
is a miserable humbug. An impious de,
sire for fun and a morbid curiosity art
the motives generally that bring an out
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