The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-02

parlor and sulphur hatcher. The inter
nal revenue tax on friction or lucifer
matches was n cent on each box con-
tanning one hundred matches. That tax
ceased to exist on the first of July. The
35 per cent. ad valorem duty on all i'm
ported lucifer or friction matches con-
tinues as before.
The most deadly foe to all malarial
disease is Ayers Ague Cure, a combina-
ton of vegetable Ingredients only, of
which the most valuable is used in no
other known preparation. This remedy
is an absolute and certain specific, and
succeeds when all other medicines fail.
A cure is warranted.
Some persons (they are NOT E who
do that think it funny to cheat Printers
out of a dollar or two by moving away
without paying what. they owe, but it is
not so funny when such rascals recollect
that the anne of all who swindle the
Printer are recorded in a book and that
record of infamy will live after the ras-
Gals have gone to Hades for their re-
ward!
Thresh out the golden grain, and the
sooner it is sold and converted into spell
tel, the sooner is the suspense and per-
plexity of mind about the fly, the rust,
the weevil, the rats, the high water, and
Tom, Dick and Harry over. Rattle it
into market while the roads are good
and millers have the cash, and let's be
done with it, pay u debts and begin
the fall sowing. Life is short.
People should always be careful to
sweep their own hearth before accusing
others of being untidy. There are al
ways plenty of rumors, slanderous in
their character, and always plenty of
people to give them currency. Those
who love to roll a SANDER as a sweet
morsel under their tongue should be
scorned by all respectable people and
punished by the contempt of the entire
community.
A farmer needs his vacation just as
much as any man of business needs one.
A weeks run to town after the busy sea-
son is over will do him a world of good,
and they need to visit other farmers, to
~learn, if possible, easier or better methods
of farming or of lieing. They need to at
tend farmers conventions and organiza-
tions to gain new ideas-something to
broaden or enlarge their views of life
People who always stay at home are sure
to see, the dark sides and shadows Of
their own lives. They need to realize
that storms and drouths and thunders
and showers and freshets visit other
farms besides their own that weeds and
insects thrive in all degrees of longitude,
and that flies and dirt accumulate and
annoy other households beside the one
they preside over. In short, they need
to learn how other people live. Gould
farmers manage SO as to be confined less
to their farms, could they work more il
partnership, as do other men of bust
ness, or could they believe it profitable
to employ a higher grade of laborers-
men whom they could trust alone for {
day or a week-or could they earlier
train their sons and daughters to have /;
care and interest in the affairs OF the
household, then they could oftener fine
the opportunity for leaving the farm TO
a short season of recreation and enjoy
ment, and thus be in reality what the.
have the name of being-the most indie
pendent class of people in the world.
If there be anything that is "run int
the ground" it is the system OF free de
livery Of groceries and provisions. 1t i
! not intended to say that the accommc
, dating proprietors OF the establishmer
and free delivery outfit are the M VIII
t overdo the matter, but it is the peopl
I who abuse the system. With but fe'
exceptions, each grocery in Eaton has
delivery wagon. Some of these outfit
e cost three hundred dollars, and from thu
9 sum down to one hundred and twent,
five dollars. 1t is not disputed that a
increased trade from the free delivery
goods generally follows, but the expens
;, and trouble of accommodating his pa
rons is an item that the proprietor new
q loses sight OF, which is more than can
N said of his customers. 1t has not bee
i many years since the delivery wage
was never seen going its rounds, but Il
/, number of trips it now daily makes
sufficient to round up the heap Of ne
. lected visits of long ago. What is n
fair on the part of the people is to ina
inc that the grocer is delighted to dri
a mile or more with e mackerel al
pound Of cheese, which were to ha
a. been delivered Gin time for Dime
sure" 1t is fair enough to have hea
Is parcels delivered, or when it is incon,
Is nient to return home with them, and
is safe to say that no grocer objects
Il the system as long as it is confined
this. When a customer makes it a po
to buy a dimes worth just at noon, a
then take a seat in the free delive
wagon and be driven home, it is VIII
ht the running into the ground" co
mences. Our grocers are clever enou
to haul a ruined flower pot anywhere
side the corporation, if some n wo1
"a request them to do SO, and there ar
few, thank goodness a lei few perso
- who have the cheek to ask it. The G
90 Ger that delivers his goods promptly
certain of continued patronage, but
Imposing on his time, his means and
good nature to ask a free delivery of
W. ticles that are not worth enough to
!" for the time of the driver who makes
10 trip.
T..T.-Y.-O.-B..S.
lbs In view of the fact that Mr.. ]. T. De
is the only one financially interests
st. Clair Springs, We the ~undersig
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