The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
"A Minnesota farmer advertised that
if the man who had run off with his wife,
two children and $500 would return the
young ones, he might keep the money
and the wife.
The Oswego, IN. Y. y Palladium was
sued for So, 900, and the verdict left only
the single figure. five. 1t looks sort O
mean for an editor to beat a man out of
s., ,995 and then crow over it.-Detroa
Free Press.
The French settlers in Michigan use
notched sticks for keeping accounts. By
making various kinds of notches on the
edges of an octagonal stick foot long, q
farmer can record all his money matters
for year.-Detroit Post.
Governor Ireland, of Texas, has adj
vised in a message to the Legislature that
vaccination be made compulsory In that
State. s1 am, as rule, he says, Every
thoroughly opposed to paternal govern
ment, but on this subject am as firmly
fixed"
Henry Ward Beecher believes in
women dressing richly and tastefully,
but does not believe in sending to Worth,
of Paris, for dresses, as he never saw one
Of his dresses that was not six inches too
short at one end and three feet too long
at the other.-M Y. San.
Lord Keane, of England, in his VIII.
which was proved short time ago, set .
good and much-needed example by ex-
pressly stating that his funeral must not
cost more than $3.50 (f50). sMy
fathers" he added, "cost f500, which I
consider shameful waste of money"
Rev. w. F. Smith tells of horse he
once knew that would always refuse to
pull if three persons, no matter of what
size or weight, were in the vehicle to
which he was hitched, but he never re-
fused to draw two of any SIZE This is q
horse that can count.-OgtethoTpe (GG.) }
Echo.
There is good fellowship among the
newspapers Of Oil City. The Morning
Derrick. being washed out by recent
flood, the Evening Blizzard offered its
facilities to its contemporary, while the
--latest Guaber and the Bull Bear Buglc
offered to back 100,0 900 barrels "longg for
the benefit of the unfortunate.
"A century since the Hawaiians were
savages and cannibals. Now there are
over three hundred telephone wires In
use in the city of Honolulu, and the ap-
plication of the telephone is made
throughout the islands on the planta-
tions. Some of the planters are cutting
their cane at night with the aid Of elec-
trio Light Chicago Herald.
-s'iStoop down, I want to whisper..to
you," said Louisville woman to .hel
consort, as they walked together In the
street. He stopped, and she cut his
throat almost from ear to ear with hel
pocket knife. He had been rash enough
in the presence of the woman who claimed
his affections, to apply an epdearing term
to rival female Courier journal.
Chinese agriculturists who may
notice anything unusual making its ap
pearance through the soil, are requested
to bear in mind the fact that the drillen
for oil in Washington County, Pa, have
penetrated distance of $500 feet, anc
are still going on. A strong odor o.
Young Hyson can already be detected il
the derrick. - Pittsburgh Telegram.
| There are now living in San Fran
cisco, within few blocks of each other
five generations of one family. Ths
great-great-grandfather is seventy-ons
years of age; the great-grandmother
ffty-six; the grandmother thirty eight
her son twenty-one, and his baby daugh
ter, six months. They have been pho
tographed in group.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Providence, (R. Id journal ha
discovered phenomenon-a young man
a favorite in society, who dares to say
that he "cannot afford it'-that he would
be pleased to dance the german ever,
night in the week, if opportunity wer,
given him, but that if costly bouquets ar
q necessity, he must forego the pleasure
for his salary is not sufficiently large fo
him to be able to pay for them.
"A San Francisco reporter visited tn,
Sub Treasury there, and gazed with un
disguised covetousness upon the $31 900,
600 of coin piled sack upon sack in tn
spacious vaults. Here are his after
thoughts. '1t is good to contemplate al
this vast amount of wealth, for, although
it may be beyond the measure of one
happiness to possess it, he can, at least
enjoy the beatitude experienced by
one-year-old child sitting before plat
of gravy-he can put his hands in it, AM
delight in the sensation"
During the engagement of certai
star actress at Boston theater, foris
was engaged by her to stay behind tn
scenes every evening, for the purpose Q
working over flowers into new designs
The great floral ship which was handle
over the footlights in the first act, for il
stance, would astonish and delight he
again in the second act in the form of
pillow, and then be thrown to her i
numerous bouquets Throughout the res
of the play. In this way she reduce
her bilf for flowers, but offended th
florist, who therefore let out the secret
Boston Transcript.
"A party of St. Louis men who foun
business uncommonly dull one day n
; Gently amused themselves by conductin
telephone conversation with newl
, arrived Irishman. The man was tol
that the instrument communicated wit
Ireland, and when he howled question
, into it about "Uncle jerry and "Toby
J and the "rint of the land" he was owe
joyed to hear a voice which he Greco,
, nized" as that of 'fKaty, his darliI
daughter" When he went off to get Il
Gould woman to come and hear frol
home with her own ears, the funny s
, Louis men laughed till the tears came.-
st. Louis Post.