The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-20
ALL SORTS.

"A bald-headed man says his hair
reminds him of a fool and his money.
Mr.. James Booker died in Lisbon
Falls, Me-, recently, in the house in
which he and his wife had lived ever
since the day of their marriage, fifty
eight years ago.
The attention of borrowers of UNI
brellas is called to the fact recorded in
Truth, of London, that man has re-
Gently been sentenced in England to
eighteen months hard labor for stealing
an umbrella.
The wood of the sweet gum tree of
the South is beautiful when properly
finished, but it has the fatal defect of
warping, and nothing has yet been dis
covered to prevent Courier-Jour-
nal.
-. Vod yer ask by der week for dose
rooms?' he said to the Seabright hotel
keeper. '.We get $40 a day for one
person and S25 for two," said the boni-
face. "Sor' exclaimed the applicant;
"vell, l doand dinks der seaside agrees
nit my families und go by der mount
aims anyhow" ."-Hotcl Nail.
The wife of man in Blair County,
Virginia, gave him her promise that she
would endeayor to carry out the terms of
his will, and after his death gave to the
executors paper with similar agree
ment Being notified that by this docu-
ment she had surrendered $4,000 of her
dover, she revoked her agreement, and
brought suit for her third of the estate,
which was valued at $780, 900. A lower
and upper court have decided the case
in her favor.
An Allegheny (Pa.) baker was set
ting off Roman candle'' the other
night, and by his clumsiness betrayed
his ignorance of such pastime. A wag
standing near him called out: "Turn it
around.' The poor baker, instead of
turning the thing around in the way
meant possibly by the joker, took hold
of the wrong end of the candle and
literally shot himself in the stomach
with such force that he retired in a
frameof mind anyt hing but patriotic.
"A man attired in sailor costume
was before the court. He was penni-
less, and the Judge appointed counsel
| for his defense. The attorney upon
whom the duty fell spoke of his client
as "a child of the sad sea waves,
nursing Of the storm, whom the pitiless
pillows had cast, forlorn and friend
less waif, upon the shore of time, after
life spent in fierce and heroic contests
with the raging elements" The testi-
mony showed that the "child of the
! sad sea waves" was the cook on
canal-boat. Six months. - BrookLya
Eagle.
"A California editor advertises in his
own paper: If there is a young man
in the United States who don't know
more than the Deity, and yet knows
politeness enough about him not to
carpet; who dosen't get drunk more
use cuss words, and is willing to work
something better in the future, he can
find employment at this Office" Must
be advertising for a ''devil. Chicago
Ne1US.
An interesting event marking the
National anniversary was the dedica-
ton at Providence, r. l., of monu-
ment to certain French soldiers who
fought in the American army during
the Revolution. and whose bones lie
in the North burying ground in that
city. The fact that nearly hundred
of these soldiers, who had served under
| Rochambeau. were buried there, was
ascertained by Rev. Frederick Denison,
a Baptist clergyman, and an enthusiastic
student of local history. Through
his exertions popular subscription for
monument was started, and sufficient
funds were collected to secure the
memorial Post.