The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-01-05

several school children were in the habit
of carrying pistols. A search was made
among the pupils in the public schools,
and twenty-six pistols were found on
their persons. How is it about Eaton
school children?
One of our Kansas subscribers owing
US almost two years subscription, has
slipped over to Colorado from KANSAS
He had better ''fork over or he will
hear something "drap' out where he
has located, that will be harder to escape
from than a Kansas cyclone.
The report in circulation that John II.
Markey and his son, near New Lexing-
ton in this county, are down with the
smallpox, is not scorrect. Mr.. Marley
was sick with a breaking out which at
first was thought to be smallpox, but as
he is up and about again, his physician
says it was not that disease.
A.fashion paper says: The girls who
wear rings on their fore fingers in hopes
of getting somebody to think they are
engaged" are not posted. Perhaps not
one-third of them are aware that the
fashion has changed this winter, and
that all really engaged ladies' wear their
rings on their thumb.
II the citizens of Eaton and vicinity
want to hear an eloquent and interesting
lecture by a lady, we advise them TO go
to the Opera House on Saturday evening
next, and hear Mrs. Mary A. Liyermore.
She has the reputation of being the finest
female lecturer in the field and all Who
goFwill be highly entertained.
The Dayton and Western Turnpike
stockholders held their annual election
in West. Alexandria on Monday last
The Directors are the same except o. G..
Shively in the place of Wallace, deceas-
ed. Abner Dunlap, President; o. G.
Shively, Treasurer, and Judge W. j.
Gilmore, Secretary. The road is in good
condition. gasaq aaf +. -fa
The contrast between the weather this
year and last is very marked. Last year
at this time there had beena couple of
months of fine sleighing, most people
had1their ice houses nearly or quite fill
ed, and zero weather reigned. This year
there have been but two or three slight
snow furries altogether, not a days
sleighing, and not ice enough for skat-
ing. 7ra5 y 80
Papers offering premiums to subscrib-
ers tactily admit that their sheets have
not the inherit merits to induce people
to take them 1t is a shallow catch-pen-
ny dodge, which is generally seized at
by a class of people OF poor literary taste
and very gulible. The character and
ability of a journal are the qualities that
should commend it to the consideration
of the reading public. ..,c-
Clothe your children in heavy gar
ments. The weather is so changeabIe
that they should bewel protected. The
clothing of the little ones, especially,
who must walk long distances to school,
should not be scant. insufficient clothing
and the subsequent; cold may lay the
foundation for diphtheria, which is quite
prevalent in some sections of the county,
and is so often attended with fatal re-
suits. @
The boy who spends his evenings in
reading newspapers containing the local
news of his own county and the general
news of the day, will certainly make a
better man than will the boy who spends
his evenings on the street, or loafing at
places where the village gossip is dished
out in the most obscene or vulgar
ner. Parents should think over these
facts and see that their children have
good newspapers to read.
1t will be gratifying news to many per-
sons to know that hell is eventually to
come to an end. The Rev. Mr.. Nye of
the Church OF the Restoration in Phila-
delphia, proved it from the teachings
both of the Old Testament and of the
New. He is preaching series on the
origin, nature, and end ofhell. Mr.. Nye
was moved to preach these ~discourses by
the fact that the Swedenborgian pastor
in Philadelphia preached sermon on
"Hell, the Lunatic Asylum of the Uni
verse;" The Philadelphia people thus
have the opportunity of receiving much
light of diverse acolors on the unknown
mysteries of the internal region.
One-half of the ills with which we are
afflicted might be avoided or cured with
out a physician, if we but took the trou-
Bile to acquaint ourselves with the con.
ditions upon which health depends, and
to employ timely precautions against
their disturbance. Fresh air, cleanli,
ness, exercise, good diet, are worth more
than all the medicines. The art OF keep.
ing well is in eyerybody's reach, and
there is nothing difficult or mysterious
about it either. But then if we should
all keep in good health, the doctors, who
are avery good class of people, would
starve. We should get sick occasionally
anyway to help them out, and that is
just what a great many of us do. We dc
it in order to make a display of our be-
n~evolence and to demonstrate to the
world that there is nothing mean about
US, when the financial condition of oul
doctors are concerned.
Bankrupt Auction Sale.
There will be sold at public auction
on Thursday, Jan. 9Th, in the Fisher
hnild;nn nnrnsita the First Nationa