The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-08-07
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Oats 20 cents.

DEMOCRAT tor encouragement.
William Bruce has returned from Hi
nois.
The most certain sign OF wisdom is
perpetual cheerfulness.
The days are growing shorter at ths
speed of ABOUT sixty seconds per day.
Hon. Peter Murphy and son of Ham
ilton, were in Eaton last week.
The wheelbarrow idiots are making
their appearance.
The colored camp-meeting was wei
patronized last Sunday.
The shouters at the colored camp.
meeting receive 81 per diem for services
Let the offices "seek the men," Vott
for no other kind.
Wheat 20 cents a bushell Republicaf
times.
The K. of P's viii have a grand turn
out on the 18th inst, at the Soldiers re.
onion.
Crooked backs seem to be fashionable
this summer, but they are only crooked
bustles.
Next to playing base ball for a living,
probably the most agreeable employ,
ment is to lie in the shade and fight flies.
Republican methods of nominating
Democratic candidates will not win in
Preble county. Keep that in mind.
james DEEMS crop of wheat turned
out twenty-five bushels to the acre.
Who beats it?
Prof. Marley and G. G. Miller attend
ed ceremonies at the unwilling at Day
ton last Thursday.
Eaton Lodge of I. o. o. F. will turn
out in full regalia on the 18th inst, at
the Soldiers reunion and invites other
Lodges in the County to join it.
When a man starts out .'setting up"
delegates weeks before the nominating
convention, isn't he an "ofice seeker?"
We think SO.
@. Schlenker has just received a hand
some lot of silver jewelry, to which he
invites the attention of his customers.
Drop in and see how handsome it looks.
The alarm of FIRE on Tuesday evening
was a purposely false n to test the ca
Paeity of the engineer. We don't think
it very smart, besides being a criminal
ssense.
Announcing candidates for a Demo-
cratic convention in a Republican paper,
is a new wrinkle in the politics of Treble
county, or would be anywhere else.
Farmers should sell their grain as soon
ready for the market, and pay off
their debts. The way to keep your credit
good is to meet your bills promptly.
It is now fashionable to eat pie with a
fork. This is because the crust Of the
pastry is often so tough that it turns the
edge of the knife and spoils it.
The sentiment, "What are we here for
if not for Office" belongs TO Republic
cans. We want none of it among DEM
ocrats-
Mr.. l.. Cummings, Of Huntington,
Ind, was here last week visiting friends.
He reports the Hoosier State as certain
for Cleveland and Hendricks.
Dan Peters was in town Monday, and
shook hands with a Democrat whom he
had not recognized before in twenty-five
That won't do, Dan.
The Lyman Vapor Stove is sold with
the understanding that If not working
satisfactory to be returned. For sale
only BY J. A. McCabe & Bro. fm15-tf
Preble County Teachers Institute will
be held in Eaton, August 1922. and will
be one of the most interesting sessions
ever held in this county. Let all teach
ers attend.
Misrepresentations by one candidate
against another, will not secure the NOM
nation. The "ku-klux" business as a
was well demonstrated by the
Republican convention of last fall.
The man who goes around e.setting
up" delegates for convention before
the primaries come off is an tfofice seek
er," and it is always safe to beat him.
Dan Peters done it.
Mr.. Isaac johnson, on north Barron
street, has traded his residence to jeff
erson Longnecker, who will convert it
into a business house. Barron street
seems to be on the go.
Ifssthe critic" who writes the mir
ror'' correspondence from this place
would post himself a little more accu-
rately, he would not make SO many silly
blunders. For instance, Harvey Paul
for Clerk"
When the managers Of a party make
use of their power TO bring about the
nomination of unworthy or u~ndeserving
candidates, the people are apt to punish
the party by defeating them, and that is
correct.
When a Preble county husband will
horsewhip his wife for washing potatoes
in his white plug hat, it is time to en-
quire whether this generation of men
isn't getting to be too confoundedly
heightened for the age of the country.
Bill Campbell says it is reported around
Dadsville that the Eaton Band that went
to Dayton to attend the reunion, couldn't
shine on account of their clothes and re
turned home the same day. We DOM
believe it.
Miss Nellie Torrey's exhibition of the
Quincy method of teaching Geography
before the pupils of the Normal was 6
treat to all, and was enjoyed by more
than Prof. Manley and the teacher il
charge.
Mr.. Arthur Miller. n graduate O