The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

Dog days next.
"Shoo-6y'' now.
New wheat $1.10.
The ice trade is brisk.
Watermelons 40 cents.
Sun strokes numerous.
Bring on your green corn.
Jacob McKinstry is poorly.
Cedar Springs resort is full.
Only 1o3 degrees in the shade.
Last week was good for hay-making.
We still have assurances of our rail
road.
The threshing machines are getting il
their work now.
The specimens ofnew wheat exhibited
around are good.
The railroad will be built. OF course
it will.
If some enterprising citizen wouldo
a bath hose, it would pay well.
Squire Kline had his hair clipped las
Sunday morning.
These are the days of our discomfort
even though it is glorious summer.
Cigarettes produce ulcers and cancers
in the mouth.
Did the pig die of sun stroke or clui
stroke2 The question is disputed.
The County is entitled to pay for fur
nishing lodging.
Has this cheated term" been brough
about by the Bible change?
We still hear railroad whispers, bu
we take little stock in them.
The County Commissioners sessionee
last Saturday. Didn't do much.
Lemons doubled their price this week
The demand made a corner" on them
John Monfort, Guard of the o. P, a
Columbus, is at home on a two weeks
furlough.
Jas. A. Potter has returned from tn,
Hot Springs, Arkansas, improved il
health.
The 'tblue lick" pump on the publi
square gave out every day last week
The demand for it was immense.
Read the stclosing out" advertisement
of the Mammoth Cheap Store, in anoth
er part of our paper.
White vests are blooming, and patch
ed heels of stockings show up well il
low shoes.
Popular summer watering places-tht
pump on the public square and the on,
in front of Stephens block.
You cannot cultivate a mans acquain
lance by continually narrowing his feel
ings.
Apples will not be abundant this sum
mer, judging from the looks of the or
chards.
Uncle Danl Harshman was taken t,
the Dayton Asylum last week. We hop,
to 0 o hear OF his complete recovery.
THERE'S nothing healthier and bette
than a glass of good cool buttermilk
Loots johnson keeps it all the time.
Biliousness cured by Rinehart's Live
Pills. Only ONE for a dose. Sample
dose FREE. For sale by Michael & Son
Barnhart is making one dozen Photo
graphs for one dollar. Gallery over FIJI
bert's clothing store. (my26-t
Any nan who can swap horses or catcl
fish, and not lie about either, is about a
pious as men ever get to be in this world
Arace between a colored person anC
another horse was advertised for tn,
fair grounds last Saturday, but the hors,
backed out. Sensible horse.
While most of the farmers brough
their butter in a jug last week, Jonathal
Switzer left at our residence a nice, swee
roll of the article.
Itis as easy for an editor to conduc
his paper without receiving abuse as i
is for a blind man to see a black cat on
dark night.
Some of the boys up north will hold
social picnic in John Markey's, grove
six miles north of Eaton, on the lot
inst. A good time will be there.
James Carroll, Admir-. of B. w. WhiI
pie, has SO acres of land for sale, o
which is a Touring and saw mill. A ba,
gain can be secured.
All last week the mercury in the the
mometer reached 100 dogs. for the da,
and at night the atmosphere vas near
sufocating.
The ~sprinkling team gave out last weel
but the work went on with Dave An
merman's horses. It has been a hot jc
to keep the dust down.
The Court House dodgers will plea
rise a little earlier and get their toile
adjusted before the ladies begin to pror
enade. e :.
Uncle Job jefferson, in his 93d yea
had a evere spell of sickness last wee,
He eve experienced such a "heatt
term" before.
Now is the time to feed your childrt
wilted cucumbers, and sit up nights fee
ing for the fun. And it helps the unde
taker.
Here we are again. An Indiana prop