The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-13
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Last month OF summer.

There will be a good sized grape Gro,
this year.
Ice dealers have had a good run of bu
siness this season.
Last Sunday was the reddest hot da.
of the season.
The best Overalls made for 75c., at tn
Eagle Clothing Store.
Suckers are beginning to bleed can
didates.
The price of lemons has gone away VI
within the past week.
The corn crop of Preble county thi
season will be immense.
Great reduction in Embroidery ant
Oriental Laces, at B. Fox's.
Travelling men are out on the road with
their fall samples.
Daylight is now diminishing at the
rate of about one minute per day.
Marriages and deaths are published
free of charge in the DEMOCRAT.
Fine Corkscrew Suits s11.25, reduced
from SIC, at the Eagle Clothing Store.
There is nothing lower than hypocrisy.
To profess friendship and act enmity is
a sure proof of total %depravity.
Some persons seem ignorant of the
fact that they are liable to a fine for hitch
ing horses to shade trees.
The fly crop is large and annoying
Housekeepers are engaged in daily bat
ties with pestiferous warns.
Best lawns 80 and 4 cents, at B. Fox's.
There is no place where kindly courte-
cies to strangers are SO appropriate as in
the church.
Talmage says some men were born
backward and have been going that way
ave since.
There is a marked difference between
getting up with the lark and staying up
to have me-.
The Eagle Clothing Store Clearance
Sale.
There was only 81, 100 tax delinquency
ia Preble county this year. Pretty good
considering the hard times.
The voice Of the katydid is heard in
the land, and it will not be long until we
will have frost.
The Republican county convention
meets next Saturday. 1t was postponed
from last Saturday on recount of the
Grant funeral.
Best quality Turkey Red Table Linen
Az cents at B.. Fox's.
An exchange says sliced cucumbers
viii remove freckles, and we are not at
all surprised. Sliced cucumbers a even
remove little boys and girls.
The Eaton Business College is
now in successful operation. Students
can commence at any time. No class
arrangement.
An exchange has a long list of things
to do on Sunday, but curiously enough
Iii IichiIS XVIII thO AulliOCIs 1ut
editor evidently never vas a boy.
Roasting ears, watermelons, cante-
lopes and apple dumplings, have a firm
grip on humanity's g~astronomic affec-
tons these days.
John I. Cassell is now ready to e
apples into cider on Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays only. Call and see
him on the Eaton and Hamilton pike.
The "Star" Harness Mandatory
makes a speciality of handmade Har-
ness. Call and see our stock-Filbert's
block-sign of the big star. [aug13-2
Henry Ressler, successor to w. G. M.
Brookins in the express business, has
put a bran new wagon on the track, and
Levi Harris bosses it.
Very few business houses closed up
during the memorial services in Eaton
last Saturday. There was no particular
necessity for it.
Treasurer Musselman has settled with
the State and was complimented on his
close collections. PEBBLE never had a
better county Treasurer.
Clothing for men and boys at one-half
usual price, at the Eagle Clothing Store.
Mr.. Christ. Marley has for sale the
Scale and Leather Carp in abundance.
Persons wanting to stock ponds can be
supplied.
The dullest business month of the year
has now passed, and business men will
begin preparing for the early autumn
trade, which promises to be more active
than for several years past.
As regards personal protection during
. thunderstorm, never go under a lone
tree in q field. In a thick grove you are
almost absolutely safe, though it is not
well to stand against a tall tree in the
woods Q
It may interest our readers to know
that the law provides that where persons
receive OF take mail matter belonging to
others from the post office, and do not
correct the mistake, they are liable to a
a fine of $500.
Dry Goods. Our Goods must be sold
before moving. B. Fox.
A scientific paper says that ga few
drops of ammonia in a cup of warm rain
water, carefully applied with a wet
sponge will remove the spots from chro-
mos" What is most needed, says an
exchange, is something that will remove
the chromos.
Isaac Monosmith received last week a
very Handsome" alligator about a foot
long, nicely packed up and in good or
der, from some friend in Florida. As he
has no time to entertain such "pets" he
will send it to the Dayton Home or the