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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

requires that both the parties shalli
be twenty-one, or the consent of par
lent orgnardian be given. The Mary
Hand clerk demands heavy toll, four
or FIVE dollars, on all who travel
through his gate to matrimony. Butt
the clerk III Washington takes a de
light in the creation ofhappy couples
asks NO questions, charges only1one|
sdollar and does the work with such
exquisite good nature that the ap-
Splicant takes with his license a high
er, appreciation of the holy estate,
whose path opens so pleasantly. Ev-
cry tenor twelve couples going in,
however, meet at the City Hall one
couple trying to get out, for there is
one divorce to each dozen marriages.
EThe way out is by no e as easy
as the way in. At the very first step
Hthey meet the clerk, austere and sol,
men, who required ten dollars cash
before he will file a papes; and where
as, it took but one person a few min
utes and a few words to make q bride
lit needs a chancellor, clerks, lawyers
Eexaminers, bailiffs, witnesses, a score
in all, with bills arguments, deposi
%tions, DEGREES, &c, &C., from tel
Hweeks to ten years to make a grass
widow. Still the throng moves boil
ways. PREBLE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The "smart old critic" ofthe Req
lister announced last week. V. C. Ho
man, appointed to fill the vacancy OF
Howard Young, as County Commits
|%sioner, from Harrison township
But the editor is an educated man and
his blunders and errors ought not tc
be referred to. Excuse US. Mr.. H
Hives in Monroe. e..
Again, this "smart old man" pub
|lished a call for the Republican Sen
'%atorial Convention, Thursday, Sept
Pr, 1881, when there is no Thursday
~, in Sept. Still this "smart ole
IMAM has something every weel
about errors in the DEMOCRAT. H,
bought to feel ashamed of himself af
tier such blunders, because he ha:
nothing to do about the Register of
flee but'sit on his old rumpslook owe,
5the exchanges, garble a few extracts
write a couple of long, windy edito
trials and read the proof of them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

SIT is for the people of Preble
county to say whether they will have
a man for Prosecuting Attorney who
never tried a criminal case in his
lite"
The above we clip from the Reg
lister of Oct. 4, 1877, which was writ
ten against Mr.. Holt, who was then
candidate for Prosecuting Attorney
lin opposition to Winfield Freeman.
Mr.. Holt has had four years expert
ience at our Bar since then. If the
Register considered it good argu.
ment against Mr.. Hollis election
then, because it claimed he never had
tried a criminal case, why is it moi
equally as potent against Mr.. Crislel
now, who has Eve yet tried any
kind ofa case? Or do the gentlemen
,of that journal object to taking theil
Town medicine?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

We were not in the Union army
with arms in hand during the war OF
THE Rebellion; neither did we fly to
sCanada to avoid the draft, or peril
four pistol at Pogues Run. More
than this we belonged to no band
.that met in dark c~onelave, nor did
discourage enlistments, OF by letters
encourage assertions, or pledge pro.
Election to such as deserted. All these
things were done by others. Dare
sour n~eighbor say he did none OF
these? We pause for a reply. Rise
sup Lcvi.-Regtster.
! We rise, and dare and do deny
insinuation in the above, from
sthe smallest to the greatest, and any
who says to the contrary is
"a liar! But suppose they were al
strue, what has that to do with the
Sdemahd of the Ring for the with
sdrawal of portion of the Republi
.can county ticket?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

MI. Edison is no public speaker
Speaking is in the line of Mr.. Shep-
'pard's profession, being a schoo!
teacher and a lawyer. Mr.. Edison
is a mechanics laboring man, and
'of course it would be very ridiculous
for him to meet Mr.. Sheppard on the
stump, but we will agree to one
thing, that if Mr.. Sheppard will
promise to make the same speech he
did in the school house of Lanier anG
Twin townships some time ago, Mr.
Edison will meet him in the Opers
House in Eaton, and we will guaran.
tee a full house of the mechanics and
.laboring men Of Eaton and Wash
Eington township to hear it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

One of the cheap and trashy say
ings of the Republican papers is thai
w. BooKwALTER has not beer
Democrat a year. We will let thai
be refuted by one of their own party
Mr.. JOHN SH1PMAN, the Republican
postmaster at Springfield thus wrote
to the Jacksonville (Ill.) Courier
during the last Presidential canvass
Mr.. John w. Bookwalter, of this
city, has been a red hot Democra'
for fifteen gears, to my certain
knowledge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The state sells out. its convict la
Dor to contractors. In effect it sells
into slavery, degrading, brutal, dem
oralizing, the men and women whom
it should at least attempt to reform.
The contractors get their labor at
about one fourth what they would
have to pay free labor. They have
to invest no capital in real estate or
lin shops because the state furnishes
these free. They pay no rent, no
insurance, no taxes, and run no risks.
sThey can therefore enter into the
market and undersell all outside
manufacturers. The men who have
Ito hire free labor cannot compete
with the prison contractors and there
4 fore are compelled to quit business,
land free labor is to that extent IN
These are facts for work
Singmen TO consider seriously. They
3concern them much more nearly than
discussion about the tariff. The
Legislature of Ohio has nothing to
edo with the ariG.-IIrcannsA5ebaDge
it in any particular, nor regulate it
lin any way. But the State of Ohio
scan regulate convict labor. 1t is a
matter that the next Legislature will
Shave to deal with. It is a matter
THAT personally concerns every work
singman. The two political parties
shave defined their position in regard
Ito it. The Republican party defends
sthe present system and will let ii
stand, if successful in the coming
rejection. The Democratic party is
Spledged to abolish the present in
siquitous and unjust system, or regu.
slate it so as not to Cypress labor.
This being the case let workingmen
make up their minds TO vote fol
smen who will represent them. On
Sthis question Mr.. EDISON stands
Bright.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Governor Fosteris boasting on the
stump that he had every Democrat
turned out of the benevolent institu-
'tions Of the State. He says he be-
3lieves that the spoils belong to the
|victors. The Democrats of Ohio pro-
pose to lift our charitable institutions
out of politics. Foster glories in
the fact that he has been instru
mental in dragging them lower than
they have ever been before.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
Stand lin. co., Foster,

Have you attended to the duties
ofthe office to which thepeople elect
ed you two years ago? e.
Have you been consistent with
the temperance people?
Have you not used your official
capacity to further your political
ends, only this and nothing more?
Have you not neglected your duties
Jas, Governor to the detriment of the
interests Of the people of Ohio?
Have you not pardoned criminals
in the. Ohio P~enitentiary for the sole
purpose of getting votes to further
syour political ends?
Are yon not guilty of making
promises which you had neither the
9powero or inclination to FULFILL
Has not your office been made
headquarters for political bummers
land mounte-banks, to the exclusion
2of legitimate business and the re.
spectacle members of your party2
Has not your office-seeking ambi
ton turned the State institutions in
to a bedlam, that you might Civ
your favorites place and power t.
further your political ends and aims
Did you not issue a proclamation
advising the people of Ohio to abstain
from all celebrations and gathering
ION the 4th of July because of tn
attempted assassination of Presiden
Garfield, and then (yourself) engag
lin a miserable electioneering har
rangue at North Lewisburg, Cham
Hpaipn county?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

l If we felt disposed we could fill
our paper with references to mistakes
land errors in the Eaton Register.-
q short time ago the death of
lone OF our citizens was made out
dmany years before he was born! We
sleave all such small matters for pro
failures, brainless fools and
educated natural born old asses, as
snone other eve think of picking out
the typographical errors in a news
spaper and parading them before the
public. All sensible persons know
the difficulties a country editor la
sbors under TO get his paper out clean
land free from mistakes, and but few
lido it: We lay no claim to perfec-
stion,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
NOTICE.
AUDITORS OFFICE,

=
Sept. 18th, 1881.
&gIIIE Commissioners of Preble Co.
4 o., will offer at public sale, at the
House, nSATURDAY. Oct. 10
1881, between the hours of l and
p. M, the following tract oil
land, te-wit: % of an acre in the cas-
part of the northeast quarter of sec
tion IS. Also, 1,57 acres in the wesl
part of the. northwest quarter of sec.
ton 81, town. 8, range , east. Total il
both tracts, 1.S2 acres. On said land i;
a good frame dwelling house-one.
story, splendid well of water.
For further information Of the prem
Uses call on the Auditor.
Terms made known on day of sale.
By order of the Commissioners.
W. B. MIKESELL,
sep.15-3 Aud. and Clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The election of John w. Bookwal.
ter means the endorsement of Presi
dent Garfield, because Foster, above
other men, is the representative Of
hi IicioussPofis system IN Ohio
was the cause of the Presiden1
assassinated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
The Nation NIourns /.

The sad news of the death of Pres
ident GARFIELD, flashed over the
telegraph wires at. 1926 o'clock on
Monday night last, and early on
Tuesday morning the mournful toll
ing of our bells struck the unwcl.
come news.into the hearts of oul
people, and cast a gloom ofsadness
over all, without respect to party oil
creed.
Comment on this terrible crime
that has brought a nation to tears
and the effects of it upon the peace
and prosperity of our country is no
meet at present. We drop the blacl
curtain, and peer into the dim darl
future with many misgiyings for tn
safety and perpetuity of our countr.
and her institutions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Fosters Legislature appropriated
$50, 804, $50 and the Democratic Leg
islature SO, 294, 233. showing a bal.
|ance in favor of the Democrats Of
|$610, 497! These figures, taken from
the Auditor of States office, speak
for themselves.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Under Republican rule, the most
terrible scandal that ever horere6
over our@benevolent institutions wal
exposed in the Home of the poor or
at Xenia. And yet a doctor
who was one of the principal offend
|ers still holds his place.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
Judge Chambers. the Temperate

Judge Chambers, the Temperance
ALLIANCE candidate in this county fol-
Representative, is an excellent talk
Ter, well posted and used TO speaking
lin public. We should be pleased to
have him and Mr. Sheppard meet in
Joint discussion in the city Hall, and
.let the people know which mi has
Changed onthe temperance question
ut is only a few months since they
were voting shoulder to shoulder il
sthe Republican ranks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The lowest and meanest business
the Republican managers have lie.
sorted to in this campaign to bolster
'up Charley Foster, is their sending
out a circular representing that Gui
|teau is a Democrat! When a party
low enough to do such an un
mitigated piece of electioneering dirt
lit is time,for its political damnation
Ito which every honest voter in Ohit
should contribute his ballot.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
NOTICE.
Ella B. Mcfarland, Pl'tf.,l Preble
VS.. Common
B. F. Mcfarland, Dcf't. Pleas

d F. MCFARLAND, whose place of
D residence is unknown to plaintiff,
is notified that Ella B. Mcfarland did,
on the 2Sth day of July, A. D. 1881. file
her petition in the office of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, within
and for the county of Preble and State
of Ohio, charging the said B. F. Nc
|Farland with extreme cruelty, and
asking that she may be divorced from
the said b. f. Mcfarland. Which pc
will stand for hearing at the next
of said Court. ir,
ELLA B. MCFARLAND.
BY w. B. and F. NJ. MARSH, her Atty.
Attest-JOHN TOWNSEND, Clerk.
sepl5-W6
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Mr.. Charles was educated ant
graduated for the profession of thu
law, but he proved a dead failure
He is now amusing himself to the
disgust of the readers of the Eator
Register, by sitting on his old RUM
and c~riticising men who are success
full in their business.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

"Did Holt ever make an argument
|or win a case in court? If so, what
case was it?"'-Register, Sept. 20
1877.
The above was put at Mr.. Holt foul
years ago, when he was a candidate
against Winfield Freeman. Will tbs
;Neg1StcT please iateHHegasc- IL Owl
candidate the same how as it did Mr.
Holt then? Take your medicine
ssonnies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

It is the opinion of the New York
lSun, clearly expressed, that there
will be no reduction of public expen-
ditures; no examination of the books
of the Treasury; no exposure of the
enormous plumber during the last
Fifteen years; no overhauling of the
contracts and jobs, and no puriica
tion, of the official atmosphere, unit
the Republican party is expelled
from power.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
1t Is Coming.

In every campaign, when the Re
publican party sees defeat staring
them in the face, they ever abandon
platform and party pres
tige and raise Sa hellabulloo over
some issue entirely irrelevant to the'
campaign, false and foolish to itsI
purpose. The sbloody shirt" (see.
last weeks Eaton Register, thei
school question, the church question,
and last but not least, the business
and tariff question were successful
%shibboleths with Them The Repub-|
!licans are now casting ABOUT for|
some new howl. They have decided
that their only hope issa general and
bitter personal onslaught on John
Wesley Bookwalter. In order to
give them plenty of ammunition, we
feel it our duty to make the follow
ling admissions concerning Mr.. Book
Z walter.
JOHN WESLEY BooKwALTER
WAS born under a fatal star.
4 From early infancy he manifested
Devil inclinations.
When a mere boy he was the ter
aror of the neighborhood because oil
ahis propensity TO kill chickens, birds
adogs, cats, etc.
81 When a youth he was looked upon
as an outlaw, and was suspected Of
& all the crimes perpetrated in his
section of the country.
As he grew up he became mort
wicked. He refused to go to churcf
o~ftener than twice a day, and almos'
9m~anifested a desire to go a-fishine
on Sunday.
B At last his evil nature tended to
z ward business. Here all the malig
Entity of his disposition revealed il
B self, and valuable manufactures an
broad acres iourished under hi
hand. All that he touched prosper
led.
Then he became restless and Wis
ted all the countries of the wori
with his evil presence.
d He burned the midnight oil ft
years, and dire and devilish are tt
things whispered about his solitar
studies late into the night.
Finally, this hydra headed mo-
ster, this bold, bad, wicked ma
IEthrew off all restraint, east aside q
his pretended decency and good b
havior, and accepted the Democrat
denomination for Governor of Obi
EWhatever may have been of good
ibis life or heart was utterly banisht
when he accepted this nominatio
For this stupendous crime of Il
; nineteenth century he deserves Il
anathemas of the people of Ohio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The Republicans have assessed
the Government clerks at Washing
ton $500, being a fund sufficient
to leave 500 in every county in. the
state to bring out the vote. While
theL characterization lay dying
from the hand of a Republican as
sassin, &C." Fosters emmissaries
were assessing the Government
clerks! "C."Foster's sympathy fol
the President is of q very practica.
and peculiar character.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

C. Foster has prostituted not only
his own Office, but every Office under
Ibis control to political purposes
"a man who considers offices only a
parts of a political machine ought
not to be Governor of Ohio. C
foster 80 considers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
Road Improvement
COMMISSIONERS DEPARTMENT,

EATON, O., Sept. 6, 1881
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Committee appointed to apportion
the estimated expense of constructing
the Wyatt Road Improvement have filed
their report, and that the County Com
missioners will meet st the Auditors
office on MONDAY, Oct. Sd, 1881, tc
exceptions to the same. EXcep.
if filed, must be written, and flee
on or before above date.
BY order of The Board.
w. B. MIkESELL,
sens Aud. and Clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

aMore than this we belonged to nc
band that met in dark c~onclave, nor
did discourage erfistIeuts. That
is a splendid sentence for an educa
ted critic of language,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

At a meeting of Republicans in
Cincinnati, it was resolved "that the
q competition of convict with honest
labor was a subject of vital import
ance to the people and it can not lie
ignored pa
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

We desire here to say that no taini
of dishonor as an attorney attaches
to MI. Crisler.-Register. :
Correct, Mr.. G. AS you have nevel
done any business as a n attorney
never had a case in court, how could
lit be otherwise?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

What the honest voters of THU
county want to know above all othel
things, is the reason why the Rims
the withdrawal of a por
ton of the Republican county ticket
There may be some bad English il
this statement, but it is nevertheless
fact.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Since Mr.. Sheppard has commenc.
ed the "Card" business, let him tel
what he did say in the West Alexan
dria school house about the Germans
and Irish.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Eighty Methodist ministers were
interviewed at the Lakeside camp
meeting, August II, and sixty-three
of them announced their intention to
snub CO. Foster by voting the Love
land ticket.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The Republican State Executive
Committee have issued a circular in
which the assassin Guiteau is spoken
|of as a Democrat, and voters arc
'aske d to rebuke the assassination OF
the President by voting against the
Democrats. This Iillainous lie will
Ibe circulated in til localities where
the Republican speakers last vear
promised the farmers fifty cents for
their wool.-P2din Dealer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
Money to Loan.

Money to loan in sums to suit, at low
EST current rates Of interest, on n t.
i've years time. A number of valua
de farms for sale. Also, town proper
v in Eaton.
Office in Schlenker's building.
auo26-tfT NJ. L. HOLT.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The bells in Eaton were all tolled
on Tuesday morning-.he Court
House and the fronts of all the bust
ness houses draped in mourning ant
closed for the day.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The laboring men and mechanics
Of Preble county will do well to con-
slider the merits of the two candidates
for Representative before voting.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The last Republican Legislature
was the most extravaganza and reck-
less that ever sat in Ohio. 1t passed
eighty-fve unconstitutional bills and
added over five millions of dollars to
the local Indebtedness of the State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

No man can successfully run fol
an Office with whisky on n shout
der and water on the other, even il
it Is made into lemonade!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22
BENZ. HUBBARD,

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NO
N TARY PUBLIC.-Prompt attcn.
i, II given to business i%ntrusted t.
aim. Oficein the 2d story of Filbert's
block, northwest corner of Main ane
Cherry streets, Eaton, O,
July %, 1873.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Which will represent the interests
of this county most truly, Edison o
Sheppard? Let the mechanics ant
laboring men compare the two can
didates, and vote according TO theil
honest convictions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Vice. President ARTHUR was sworn
in as President of the United States,
at his residence in New York city,
at 3.15 Tuesday morning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Does Mr.. Sheppard intend to deny
that he treated 10 saloons in Ea!or
since his nomination. If so, the
time and places will be furnished
Another "keerd," Mr.. Sheppard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The Cd Methodists" that c
Foster wants snubbed, is the mos
powerful church denomination in tn
country!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

What was it Mr.. Sheppard said
about the Germans and Irish in his
speech in the West Alexandra
s school house sometime. ago? Give
1t in a "card."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

If Mr.. Crisler is SO well qualified
for the Prosecutorship of Preblt
county, why did the Ea.on Ring
want him to withdraw?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Bookwalter represents the indus
trial interests Of the State, while
Foster represents the speculative
and stock gambling interests.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

Will our dear Republican brothe:
please point to a single good deco
performed by the last Republican
Dog Tax Legislature.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

When Mr.. Sheppard visited the
saloons in Eaton and invited the boys
to stake something" did he prescribe
lemonade only?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

There never was a better ticket
presented to the honest voters Of
Preble county for their support, thar
the one made at the Democratic
County Convention. Compare the
qualifications of its nominees witt
those of the Republican convention
and nswer candidly if such is not
the fact Ia h4
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The emancipation celebration 0
the colored people of this county to
day, Thursday, don't seem SO mucl
"a celebration over the freedom o
their race, as it is to give Charlie,
Foster and the Republican party
little boom around here. Wei, tn
old rotten concern needs something
Ito boost it ND.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The Cincinnati Commercial is
deeply distressed over Bookwalter's
speech to his workmen, in which he
tod them every man should vote as
he pleased. There was this difference
between Mr. Bookwalter and the Re
publican employers last fall: The
Republicans looked upon the me
schanics as their slaves, and the Dem
ocratic candidate looked upon them
Jas men with rights he delighted to
honor and respect.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

John Wesley Bookwalter never had
a strike in his shops and never re
duced the wages of his mechanics.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-22

The Greenbackers have disbanded
in Auglaize county and like sensible
men will all vote for Bookwalter.