The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Never give a promise which you can
not, or will not fulfill.
Family matters should never be dis
cussed before strangers.
Pu~nctuality in keeping appointments is
a cardinal virtue.
A kindness should always be remem-
bered, and a confidence sacredly kept.
Do you feel any better after giving
thanks?
West Elkton is all torn up over the sa.
loon started in the village.
Judge Safer held court in Eaton last
week.
Next week the Commissioners report
will appear.
The rabbit crop seems to be short this
year.
Court has adjourned until the 14th
inst.
Judge Safer gives very good satisfac-
ton on the Bench.
The way to deal with burglars is to
shoot them on the spot"
The burglar business in Eaton is TAX
ing a rest.
If you are nervous, eat celery; it is
good for the nervous system.
December 21st is the shortast Jay in
the year.
woman's politics are dry goods and
millinery,
"Thank you" is said to be the thing
not "thanks."
Give a girl a beau, a hunk of chewing
gum and a dream book, and she presents
a picture of serene content.
Raper Christman, living about two
miles north west of Eaton. had a horse
and buggy stolen on Monday night last.
Small opportunities for doing good to
others should be grasped. Large bene-
fits often accrue from little favors.
MI. and Mrs. Alison, of Xenia. O..
spent Thanksgiving with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. DeGroot.
West Manchester is to have a newspa-
per, the result of the Mackinaw railway
getting into the village.
The price of eggs will not permit any
but editors and m%illionaires to indulge
in egg nogg.
Tickets for the Cumback lecture will
be on sale at CT. Thum's. David Peters
and at F. & C. Bank, by A. E. Hubbard.
Muskrats are building their houses
high upon the banks of the streams
sign of an open winter.
Go and hear the lecture Of Hon. Will.
Cumback this wednesday, evening. He
is a fine, pleasant speaker.
The reading matter of this weeks
DEMocRAT is printed in new type. How
do you like it?
According to a new law no one is al
lowed to be selected as a regular Juror
who had served in that capacity during
the two years last past.
Go to Upham & Clayton's, at the old
burnt stand, for shingles, lath, and lum-
Der of every description, kind and quail
ity.
Mr.. Jas. Hutchins, of Woolson. Iowa,
and Mrs. Mary Terrell, of Colorado, are
the guests of their sister, Mrs. DIR. Ste
phens.
Christmas is gradually approaching,
and the urchin with the long head is be-
ginning to think about identifying him
self with some Sabbath school class.
The Methodist church is now engaged
in a great effort to raise 81, 200, 900 for
this years missionary work throughout
the world.
Abner Dunlap, Elisha Wilkinson. Mrs.
j. R. Beatty and Mrs. Thomas Fulton,
of this place, attended the funeral of V.
P. Hendricks.
The town of Ottawa has incorporated
q stock company with a capital OF $685.
600 for the purpose of boring for oil and
natural gas.
The members of the Presbyterian
church intend giving an entertainment
for the benefit of the church, at the
Opera House, on Friday and Saturday
evenings next.
The M. E. Church gave a~Thanksgiv-
ing dinner at the Opera House, and was
well p~atronized. It was not only a fine
meal but the price was exceedingly rea-
sonable.
Mrs. Joe Switzer has the thanks of the
editor Of the DEMOCRAT for the present of
a basket full of fine apples, real old Vir-
ginia fruit, raised on a Democratic farm
in a Democratic State.
The weather prophets can't agree as
TO whether this is to be an exceptionally
mild or an exceptionally cold winter
The future, however, will tell as to which
one gets left in their prediction.
The words 'pay the printer" may be
SO arranged as to read two thousand
ways; and yet some subscribers devise
more thar two thousand ways not to pay
the printer.
Union religious services were held in
the Presbyterian church on Thankssiv-
ing day. Rev. Mcleod preached the
sermon, taking his ext from the Thanks
giving proclamation of President Cleve-
land.
An Ohio Judge has decided that a man
is the owner of his wice's clothes. If the
wife's bonnet at any time does not please
him, adds an exchange, he can wear it
himself. This is a very important de-
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