The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-08-30

People in a country town would actu-
ally find life n burden if it were not that
gossip and politics can furnish any COM
munity with IN endless amount of ex-
element.
Business begins to improve with our
merchants, as the fall season approach
es. Now is the time for merchants to
get in their fresh advertisements. The
early bird, &c.
Malarial poison can be entirely remov-
ed from the system by the use of Ayers
Ague Cure, which contains a sure speci-
fic, in the form of a vegetable product,
used in no other remedy. Warranted.
w. A. Huffman and wife left Eaton
last Tuesday for their home in Charlotte,
n. c., after a pleasant visit. We wish
Billy could have remained until the cam
paign was over.
Keep your promise to the letter, be
prompt and exact, and it will save you
much trouble and care through life and
win you the respect and trust of your
friends.
Some men get wonderfully smart after
holding a small county office two oE.three
years. They imagine themselves fit to
settle any vexed or complicated ques-
tions of law or divinity.
A splendid new building has been
erected On the fair grounds for cattle
The job was 'bossed" by Philip Miller
and he didn't charge like the cistern
bosses for looking at the work being
done.
When christians become more consis-
tent, more devotional, more tolerant,
more considerable, they will have more
influence and more supporters in this
country and a better representation in
the happy hereafter.
at is only the female mosquito that
bites. While the female is off hunting
blood, the male is holding o political
convention in the woods and setting up
the primaries for next years campaign"
says a philosophic exchange.
The stingo the bee is scarcely dis
cernible in a powerful magnifying glass.
But the man who is stung by a bee sell
dom has his microscope with him, and
always imagines that sting to be about
the size of a red-hot crowbar.
The Legislature of last winter changed
the law in regard to taking the enumera-
ton of school youth. Clerks of Boards
of Education should look up the new law
and ascertain its requirements before
having the enumeration taken.
Last spring F.. J. Wilson, of Lewisburg,
bought $1,000. worth of Overcoats and
Ready-made Clothing from the bankrupt
stock of H. A. Barlow & Co., of Dayton,
and on Sept. LIST will begin his slaughter
on ~overcoats. Go and save SO per cent.
If anybody asks you why the proceed
ings of the Teachers Institute didn't ap-
pear in this weeks DEMOCRAT, tell them
that they were not received in time, al
though the concern closed its labors on
Friday afternoon last.
An exchange says that the law of last
winter requires hat all children who are
in county infirmaries on the LIST Of Janu-
airy, 1854, shall be sent to Children's
Homes. If any county has no home for
children it is the duty of the Directors to
make arrangements with a home in an
adjoining county to care for them at the
expense of the county. Our Directors
will please look this matter up.
The residence of Judge Gilmore and
John Butler in Eaton, were entered las
week by thieves. Two or three dollars
were taken from Judge Gilmore, and q
gold and silver watch and about $40 il
money from Mr.. Butler. Marshal Ryan
watched the train west the next morning
and espied three strange and suspicious
colored individuals lettering about and
secured their arrest. On one the silver
watch and pocket book belonging to But
Ter vas found. At a preliminary exam
nation he was committed in default O
$500 bond. The other two were discharg
ed for want of evidence to hold them.