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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
The Republican County Com
yenIiOn.

The Republicans of Preble county met
in the city Hall on Saturday last for the
purpose OF ratifying the estate" ticket of
the Eaton clique. The convention was
large, every township in the county be-
ing fully represented by delegates, as
well as outsiders to witness the show
Hon. d. G. Stubs, of Gratis township,
better known as st. Stubs, was made
its Chairman. A hot time was anticipa-
ted in the contest for Treasurer, but the
three weeks pre-arranged ''card assassi-
nation" by the Eaton clique of Mr.. Rhea,
which naturally forced his withdrawal,
give the slate ticket smooth sailing, and
the exhibition went off more like a fune-
raj than a political convention. Shep-
pard for Representative, Mikesell for
Auditor, zimmerman for Recorder, and
Collins for Infirmary Director, all on
their first term, we're nominated by ac-
clamation. 1t seems to be an impera-
tive rule of the Republicans of this coun-
ty, that however incompetent and unsat-
isfactory an official may prove himself to
the people on his first term, he is nomi-
mated to inaict them with a second. Mr..
Rhea out of the contest, the candidacy
for Treasurer was settled on the first bal
lot in favorof VIM. II. Ortt, and for
County Commissioner, S. A. Brewer, Of
Dixon township, carried off the prize
With the material the Republicans have
in this county to draw from their nomi-
nees for the office of Commissioner are
simply ridiculous, and it is time the tax
payers of the county rise up and enter a
protest. We expect to have considera-
BILE to say before the election on this
matter, and of the villainous scheme con-
cocted to kill off John Rhea, in order to
carry out the slate arrangements OF the
Eaton clique, and crafty the selfishness
and grasping disposition of two or three
persons, who want to run the political
machine and the offices to suit them
selves.
CONVENTION NOTES.
1t was large.
So was the spirit OF cut-throat.
The Republican convention bosses
were all On hand.
Votes for Treasurer advanced to $25 on
the morning of the nomination.
An editorial ON CHOPPERS is now il
order.
No colored man need apply. They are
only wanted to vote.
The Clicking" against a portion of the
ticket is vigorous.
How many Democrats voted the Ortt
ticket for delegates?
Who played Guiteau the night before
the Republican Convention?
Billy Aker didn't materialize yer,
mach on this occasion. What's up?
Who circulated the cards against JOIN
Rhea? That's the question to solve.
No rural rooster" need apply agains
the Republican Eaton clique.
Jack zimmerman and Bill Mikesel
were not exhibited. They are stall fed
Mr.. Rhea knows he was ..Ku-kluxed'
: by his W party friends to make a sur,
!, thing for his opponent.
; Hon. d. c. Stubbs was President, ant
we thought he never would get don,
thanking the Convention for the honor
Folkerth, of Camden, wasn't offere,
anything. 1t is limited he wants to g,
, to the Senate.
> When there is & fat Office or two t
farm out in this county, Republican Con
ventions are always full"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
A Card.
EATON, O., Aug. Goth. Is.

EATON, O., Aug. Goth, 1888.
Wilson Frank, the contractor on the
Quaker Trace Road-leading from town
to the fair grounds-has completed the
road, and made the best road in the
county. The Agricultural Board and
County Commissioners being satisfied
received and paid for same without hes,
itation.
G. II. Edison, Pres. Ag'l Board.
ANTHONY YosT,
PHILIP MILLER, ! Elk. Com.
WIN. CAMPBELL,)
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
CINCINNATI EXCURSION

SUNDAY, AUG. 26, 1888.
. LOn regular train, Chicago EXpress.)
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

We cheerfully endorse what the gen.
tlemen say about the finished road. II
speaks for itself, however.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23
BENZ. HUBBARD,

BEND. 3
A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NO
N TARY PUBLIC.-Prompt atten-
tiCn given to business intruSted to
him. Ofice-IIarbaugh's corner, north
Barron street, opposite the Post Office,
Eaton, Ohio.
july %, 1878.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-23

5A NIX OF DISCOUNT AND DBRo
Deal in Government and County Bonds, Coin and Exchange
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30

Travelling through the Bad Lands, at
ter having thirsted for several days, we
spied ravine that had some green grass
in it. We pulled it up and found a little
water trickling over soil rock. We
dipped with a cup from a depression in
the stone and, after filling a ten-gallon
keg, noticed that the grass roots were
alive and were entangling themselves.
We put two roots in the water in 4 pail
and SO carried them half mile TO camp.
They had sufficient locomotion to enable
them to raise their heads and crawl over
to the side Of the pail. They were about
the size of knitting needle, three feet
long and the same color that grass roots
generally are. Natural history has no
accounts of anv similar curiosity.
A celebrated Swedish scientist, more
than hundred years ago, contended
that all animals originally evolved from
vegetation, the eggs of which under pc
culiar conditions were formed and
Matched, and so gave life to an upper
strata. That certain plants evince su-
perior evidences of feeling and thence
action is now known TO botanists. All of
them have eggs or seeds. The Swede
argued that man was primarily evolved
from the eggs ofanimals, and he thus an
ticipatcd the theory of the latter day
evolutionists.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
Eye Memory.
Gentlemsn's Magazine.

Look steadily at bright object, keep
the eyes immovable on it for short
time, and then close them, An image of
the object remains; it becomes, in fact
visible to the closed eyes.
The vividness and duration of such
impressions vary considerably with diff
ferent individuals, and the power of re-
tanning them may be cultivated. An &C.
centric old man, the once celebrated but
now forgotten "Memory Thompson
trained himself 10 the wonderful feats of
eye memory. He could close his eyes
and picture within himself panorama
Of Oxford street and other parts of on
don, in which picture every inscription
over every shop was so perfect and reli-
able that he could describe and certify to
the names and occupations of the shop
keeping inhabitants of all the houses of
these streets a. certain dates, when post
Office directories were not as they now
are. Although Memory Thompson is
forgotten, his special faculty is Just now
receiving some attention, and it is pro.
posed to specially cultivate il in elemen.
tary schools by placing objects before the
pupils for given time, then taking them
away and requiring the pupil to draw
them. That such a faculty exists and
may be of great service is unquestion-
able.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
Obliging IA Prisoner.
Detroit Free Pre-


Judge" began Abraham Taylor, as he
stepped out and came to pose before the
desk, Tam a sensitive man."
"You look like it," replied the court.
"Some things crate harshly on my ears.
For instance. let us speak of my oflense as
being overcome by the fumes of ccgnac,
instead of saying that was drunk"
every we'll"
"Let us say that was conveyed to the
retreat, instead of collarcd and jugged."
"All right"
"And, in sending me up for thirty
days, you can do me a great favor by
couching it in classic language. You can,
observe that am to be relegated from
public life for a few weeks in order to re-
gain my lost health"
Every well, prisoner You can consider
yourself relegated, and | presume the
officials at the work honse will call you
a patient, instead of prisoner; speak OF
your cell as a drawing-room; referto your
nolasses and mush as ice cream and cake
and when they set you TO pegging shoes
or painting chairs they will do it in such
language rs would have made Chester
field smile all over. Visitor, retire into
the conservatory and amuse yourself un-
til the carriage comes to convey you
hencew
II e-retire-retire" said the pris-
oner smiling and bowing at every step,
but he was a base hypocrite. No sooner
was he out of sight of the audience than
he assumed the air and bearing of a
fiend, and said to Bijah: 'See here, you
old bald-head, the first thing | do, after
coming out of the cooler, will Ie to hunt
you down and make you food for the
worms. Yes; the wor'uns-the wor'-
umsl And the old 'possum on the bench
shall hear from me, III plant torpedo
in his path, and blow him up-and up
and up-ahl Beware S'Deathl B'lood'
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
ELI PERKINS.
He Tells "a Reporter Little of His Exper-
ience with Cyclones.

He Tells "a Reporter Little of His Exper-
ience with Cyclones.
Cincinnati Times Star.
"Eli Perkins, Melville ID. Landon,
passed through Cincinnati on the way to
New York. Meeting him on Change our
reporter asked him the purpose of his
visit to Cincinnati.
"You want to know what came to
Cincinnati for ?" repeated Eli, thought
fully.
"Yes."
''Well, sir | came here from New York
to attend a cyclone | understand that
Cincinnati is jealous of Kansas City on
account of her recent cyclone, and that
the Dramatic Festival managers have
appointed a cyclone for Cincinnati. 1t is
to be held next Sunday afternoon at p.
m. have been invited to attend this
cyclone"
"Did you attend the Kansas City cy-
clone?"
Eyes, my son, | was there. | was
right in the middle of that cyclone,
and"
Did it hurt your
mo, ii did not hurt me, but it did kill
a great many newspaper men. Why, the
editor of the Kansas City journal got
caught in that cyclone. He didn't know
how to manage himself, and carelessly left
his mouth open, and what do you think?
Why the wind caught him in the mouth
and turned him inside ont"
"Did you see any buildings blown
down ?" asked out reporter.
"No; but | saw the cellars of houses
blown clear over the Missouri river. One
man went over the next day and drew
his cellar back with eight yoke of oxen.
Why, sir, saw the wind blow cook
stove seventeen miles, and the next
morning it came back and got the grid
dies and--"
"Merciful heavensw
"Why that was nothing, young man, ]
saw worse than that / saw the wind
blow ten members of the Kansas CITY
Board of Trade right up against a stone
wall. 1t flattened them out as thin as
waters, and"
what did they do with them?"
"Now you will not believe what | say
but it is the solemn truth, the Kansas
City people went out with knives and
hoes the next morning and scraped off
these Board of Trade fellows, and"
what What did they do with them|
"Why, they sent them over to Cincin-
natl and sold them to John Robinson for
circus posters"
And you know this TO be true?
Eyes, sir, do. ! hate liar, and espe-
cially do | despise man who will de-
ceve n reporter. Good morning"
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30

wild buckwheat seed was found forty feet
below the surface.
Michigan has 100000 mich COWS, cap.
able of producing products of the value
of s., ,000,0 600 annually.
Grain freights eastward from Chicago
have been reduced five cents per GENITAL
on the trunk railroads.
Greece has passed decree prohibiting
the importation of American pork.
Greasy enough already, eh?
The British Minister Agriculture re-
fuses to make fresh restrictions on the
American cattle trade.
Mr. Bonham, a most successful Ohio
farmer strongly advocates having the
ground fine for corn planting.
The Pennsylvania Railroad intends to
make its station flower gardens more at
tractive than ever this year.
II is reputed that the forests of Texas
will supply the whole country with tim
ber for one hundred years.
Never feed your fowls damaged grains
or tainted food. See that the water they
drink is clean and good.
The wool growers of Wisconsin express
themselves against the cruelty and waste
of washing sheep.
In Saline county, Mo, 1,l20 acres of
raw prairie were lately sold in S0-acre
tracts at an average of s40,6I
Two Connecticut cows died of eating
chloride of lime which had been spread
on land for ploughing under.
Arbor Cay this year was great sue
cess in Nebraska. 1t is estimated that
over 100000 trees were planted.
Most of the fruit growers in the Michi-
gan fruit belt" have given up pear cul-
ture on account of the blight.
The exhibits from america to the
Fisheries Exhibition in London exceed
those of the whole continent of Europe.
1t is claimed that there are now 19l
cotton factories in operation or in course
of erection in the Southern States.
A hotel stable at Elmira, n. ", was
burned April 25th and several trotting
hcrses of great value were burned up.
Texas has farmer who is seven feet,
seven and half inches tall, and wears a
No. 10 boot. The size Of his hat is u.
The Kansas wheat crop will be only a
three-quarter average, and the places
where it is killed will be given up to
corn.
The exports Of cheese from the Atlantic
ports for the week ending April 9TH,
were ,443,60S against 79S, $50 pounds the
week before.
Chicago dealers are said to be carrying
stocks of -four, grain, pork, lard, meats,
Lumber, coal, seeds, wool and hide, aggre-
eating S50,000000.
The Dundee, ILL.,, Dairymen's Associa-
ton has fixed up the price Of butter at
l3l cents below that of last season.
The slaughter this spring of forty-five
black-snakes two to six feet long is cred
tied 10 a Connecticut shepherd dog.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
A SHEEP IN A SHIRT.
why Horses Ran Away and Why the Plow =
Boys UaIioed whoa! whoar'

Nashville American.
An incident which was bota rich and
racy, and quite laughable, actually did
occur near smyrna, in this State, few
days since, which was about as follows
One of our neigh oors, Mr.. T. d., shear
ed the long wool off of his favorite pet
sheep few days since. As the shades
of evening began to gather the air grew
chilly. Mr.. d. being man of much
sympathy, and in order to make his pet
as pleasant as possible, took a shirt and
pulled it over the body of the sheep and
buttoned the collar around the sleeps
neck, and let the sleeves hang loose like
pair of wings.
Mr.. D.'s faithful dog espied this won
derlul freak of art and nature and made
battle at the poor creature ut once. The
poor sheep jumped the yard fence and
ran for his life II ran into the public
road Just as Mrs. II. II. Nicholson and in
fant child chanccd to be riding by. Her
horse grew frightened and ran for several
hundred yards, but as fate would have it
she remained firm in her saddle and
neither she nor the child was hurt.
On the following morning this wcil-
derful celebrated sheep made its appear.
ance in Joe Derryberry's field where its
visit caused general stampede, where
the swapping of trace chains and knock
ing down fences, and the word "whoa
whoa whoa ~ bursting from the mouths
of plowboys, made music in the air
During the day Mr.. ID. was seen hunting
sheep that could be easily identified
because ii had shirt on.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
saving u Picture.
st. James Gazette.

st. Petersburg has narrowly escaped
losing the most precious of its art treas
ures, the celebrated Madonna della Staf1a
of Raphael. The picture, which, for more
than three centuries and a half belonged
to the Stafla family, was purchased in
1870 by the emperor Of Russia for el2, 400,
and was by him presented to the late en-
press, who. at her death, bequeathed it
90 the art museum at the Hermitage.
The heated air of the gallery in which
the picture was hung recently split the
square pine panel on which Raphael
painted his masterpiece, and for time
II was feared that the damage was irrepar-
able. A certain artist named Sidoroh,
volunteered at last, however TO set mat
tiers all right After carefully supporting
the face of the picture with lines, backed
by slab ofmarble, he laboriously rubbed
away the panel, first with files and after
ward with powdered glass, and then sue
ceeded in mounting the thin remaining
film canvas. In the course of this delicate
operation il was discovered that, instead
of the book which the Madonna in the
picture now holds, there was originally
a poFnegranate, toward which the infant
Jesus stretched out his hand with child
ish curiosity.
There are 10000 stands of bees in Ne
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
General Notes.

There are six cheese factories in opera
ton in Caldwell county, Mo.
Over $4,000 head.of buffalo have been
killed in Montana this season.
Warm milk and barley meal constitute
good feed for young chicks.
Ten thousand acres in Maine have been
purchased for Swede colony.
Glucose is hereafter to be swectened W
with an extract from petroleum.
As "the early bird catches the worm,
So the early potato scoops the profits.
Soon will the winter and spring of our
frigidity be made balmy summer. Ready?
A man at Bellevile: H., has an ear OF
corn containing 2S rows, with l,02s ker-
nels.
Nicotine soap is recommended for the
preservation Of Towering plants from in
sects
Sitting bull and $50 of his band are
about to go TO farming near Fort Yates
Dakota.
Two leet VI SloW ildS ItllcH III DukOta
since May lst, and the railroads are
blockaded
II is said that salt sprinkled about
premises infested with ileas will drive
them away.
A goose farm, with five hundred birds
has been established in Talledega county
| Alabama.
Plymouth Rocks are hardy, good fol
table and for eggs, and the hens are ex
cellent mothers.
In digging well at Glencoe, MINI.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
ROsEBUDs wITHER.

sweetheart, name the day for me
When we two shall welded be,
Make II ere another moon,
While the meadows are in tune,
And the trees are blossoming.
And the robins mate and sing
Whisper, love, and name day
In this merry month Of May
"Fie, for shame, Sir Malcontentl
How can time be better spent
Than in wooing2 | would wed
When the clover blossoms red,
When the air is full of bliss,
And the sunshine like kiss.
Ifyou're good, IN grant boon;
You shall have Inc, sir, in June.
Nay, nay, nay,
Girls for once should have their way
Ifyou love me wait ill June
Rosebuds wither picked to soon"
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
Color of Fences.

People who are painting their fences
about now are re:erred to this advice
from the Country Gentleman: "Colol
the fences the same shade as the dwell
ing, or light brown or fawn color. The
dark maroon trimmings have some
what tawdry appearance, and we would
prefer them of the same color as the
house, or but slightly darker. We would
not make the front yard into sort Of
pen, with picket fence around it, but il
d fence is necessary, would extend tn,
. yard or at least three sides of the house
or much better, on the four sides; other
wise its ornamental appearance is one
sided"
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
Sidney Dillon's Economy.
Buffalo Express.


Only the other day story was told
of the woes of Russell Sage, the million
aire, on his railway trip with Jay Gould,
when called upon to spend 10 or 10 cents
just like poor people. Sidney Dillon,
president ofthe Union Pacific, is said to
be another off the same piece. He was
at the Crawford house, in the mountains,
few summers ago with his family. He
had good rooms and every attention.
Bat he looked carefully after each partic-
ular expenditure, and always knew just
What every dollar he spent was buying
Every Monday morning he went down
to the station, got the baggagemaster to
check trunk through 10 New York on
the strength ofhi annual complimentary
passes, got on the train with his trunk,
rode down TO the next station, got off,
and took the next train back. The trunk,
dead-headed through in similar way,
came back from New York at the end of
the week. The peculiar operation puzz-
led the railroad people very much.
Finally, they discovered tkat the trunk
contained the weekly washing of the
Dillon family. New York rates were
cheaper than those ofthe Crawford house.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
A Love story From Texas.
Dallas Herald

Dallas Herald
In Pamela county, near Carthage, Timo-
thy Hughes aged II, loved Della Medium,
aged IS, contrary to the wishes of their
parents. The Watchman tells their story
thus On Sunday evening, from the sing
ing at Mr.. Dan Chadwick's, they fled in
the direction of town, where they hoped
to conslmmate their desires. The news
soon reached her parents. who mounting
their chargers, rode ride that excelled
John Gilpin's, for in their flight they rode
their stirrups from their saddles and
overlook the lovers about the time they
reached the residence OF Billie Snow,
the uncle of the groom, where after a
vain effort on the part of the mother to
induce the daughter TO return to parental
roof, Esquire Hays was called in and the
Gordian knot tied.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
TWAS FRAMED TO LOVE.
John v. CHENEY

one day isgladdcst Of the year,
one lovc'iest wh,n shadows near;
one cloud tioals sof,Cst lone and high,
One star is brightest in The sky.
one tint lies faiTest on the hill
Oie glance flies brightest from the rill
Que whitost lily, r,ddcst rosc-
None other such the summer knows.
o zee come and gone the one dear face,
Forever empty is lis place;
q ily one voice The lover hear,
Sounding across the waste of years
o.ly one spirit rules the brca,,,
BE ii IN waking or In rest:
only one lays, at will, the spell
: ,bduing as y hen frd it hll.
@ all tie myriad thing that prove
The lumnn heart was framed to love,
Wise nature never suffers two
To mate The so.l as one shall do.
century Magazine
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
"waste Makes want"

Eastern farmers annually use 100000
tons of commercial fertilizers. Westein
farmers annually throw away or permit
to 60 to waste, more than the value OF
this half million tons of exactly the
same material as those composing these
commercial fertilizers. BY and by they
will themselves become purchasers
"Wilnl waste makes woful want" SAID
Poor Richard
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
A Cattle Contract.

A contract has just been closed at Fort
Worth, Tex, for the shipment of 5000
head of cattle from the grazing region
south of that city over the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe railway to Wichita Falls,
Ia miles north, 1t will require 5000
cars, or lis trains of IA cars each, at a to-
tai expense of 100000. The shipment
is rendered necessary by the large
amount of fencing recently put up in the
southern part of the state.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
To Secure Good t,uticr.

Finely-havored, aromatic, sweet butter
can only be secured through the use of d
percentage of new milch cows in the
dairy at all seasons. Darlington, the IA.
nous Philadelphia butter-maker milks
his cows for butter only three or foul
months after calving then diverts theil
milk to cheese or to the supply of the
city milk trade. Butter made from the
milk of farrow cows is inclined to crum
BILE and taste cheesy.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
A Point on Tools.

Here's little problem which we clip
and submit to our readers: If with an
old hoe man can do but four-fifths as
much work in day as with new one,
labor costing Sl.50 day, and new one
is 65 cents, how much will he have gain
ed at the end of two-and-a-half days by
using the old one? The moral of the an
swer is plain. If you would have good
AMI quick work, have good tools and
keen them clean.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
Orphaned Lambs.

Let the boys and girls have all the
cossets they can raise, says somebody. 1t
will give them valuable lessons in sheep
husbandry. Often the cosset, on account
of the extra attentonin raising, becomes
the heaviest sheep in the flock, having
also the heaviest fleece. Yes, give the
bo, IS and girls chance to raise lambs
sheep-of their own.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30

When you visit or leave New York city,
save baggage expressage and carriage hire,
and stop at GRAND UNION HOTEL, oppo-
site Grand Central Depot; 600 elegant rooms,
fitted up at a cost of II ,00o, 900, reduced to
81 and upwards per day. European plan.
Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the
best. Horse cars, stages and elevated rail-
roads TO depots. Families can live better
for less money at the GRAND UNION HOTEL
than at any other first-class hotel in the city.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
Snake DeXeInninp Grass.

1t is evident that no st. Patrick ever
lived in prehistoric times in the Yellow
stone region.
The Montana Labor Union states
that correspondents experience is not
favorable to the water in that far away
land. He says:
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30

It is the easiest thing in the world for
a father to give his daughter check for
$4,000 on her wedding-day, but it is the
hardest thing in the world for the bride
or any other person to get it cashed.-
\nrristoun Herald