The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-01-01

Dut pdIIldl, anu are Oh AldICH OU anu
September 80.
If there is anything that will make a
man cordially hate himself, it is when
he takes a walk of about half a mile to
the postoffice to find that he has left his
keys at home, and then, on going home
after them to find On opening the box
that in it is a card notifying him that his
box rent is due.
Oliver H. Toney, sentenced two years
to the P%enitentiary, attempted an es-
cape from our Jail on Tuesday evening
last, through a disguise of his vie and
mothers clothing, but before he got out
of the building Sheriff Corwin raised
the veil" and exposed the trick. He
was put back and will be closely watch
ed 10 until he goes to Columbus.
Young girls should look before they
leap. 1t is best to marry some honest,
sober and industrious young man OF
whose history they have no doubt, than
to fall in love with a stranger just be-
cause he wears a handsome mustache
and has pleasing ways about him. Nine
with the big mustache is a fraud, and to
tie to him for life brings sorrow and pain.
The latest agony in fashionable circles
is a game called progressive euchre."
As we never play cards we do not know
what the intricacies OF peculiar features
of the game are; yet W. do know of a
fellow who understands progressive
~seven-up' pretty well, as he usually sue
ceeds in secreting about his person all
the aces and jacks after the first few
deals.
At this season Of the year there are
many good industrious men, with fami-
lies, out Of work, simply because they
can get nothing to do, except an odd job
now and then. Through sickness or some
other misfortune they have been unable
to lay up funds for a rainy day. This
class of deserving poor should be looked
after by those who have that goodness
of heart which makes them charitably
inclined.
1t is alleged by one who has been cured
of a consuming taste for alcoholic stimu-
liant, that a half ounce of ground quassia
stepped in a pint of vinegar, a small tea
spoonful of the decoction to be drank in
q little water every time the thirst comes
on, affords a certain cure. In a few days
the liquor craving will have entirely dis
appeared. This is a cheap, simple, and
harmless remedy for a very serious and
expensive passion.
5 We desire to congratulate the ladies of
the Eaton Assembly, upon the grand
success they made Of the Leap Year
party, given to the gentlemen OF that or
ganization on Wednesday evening oflast
week. The affair was grand and the boys
all say that the ladies always do the
thing right when they undertake it. A
most delicious lunch was served about
IL o'clock, and Prof. Clusters music never
played better. About seventy guests
were present.
Judge Hume held court in Eaton on
Wednesday of last week and heard the
argument Of the attorneys FOR a new trial,
in the case of Toney, indicted for grand
larceny and convicted. The Judge re-
fused to grant the request and sentenced
the prisoners two years to the Peniten-
tiary. The prisoner asserted his inno-
cence to the last, but the proof was too
strong against him for any leniency. The
Sheriff will take him to Columbus on
Friday.
Concerning what, are well-known as
standing advertisements" in newspa-
pers, which some men say are useless,
it has been remarked, and truly, that
they command confidence. The man
who for years resides in a community
and lives a respectable life, ever though
he is of moderate ability, will grow in
the confidence and esteem OF his fellows.
On the same principle a newspaper adj
vertisement becomes familiar to the eyes
of the reader. 1t may not be carefully
read every week, still it makes the name
and business OF a man familiar and its
continued presence in the columns of a
paper inspires confidence in the stability
of the advertiser.
Bolivar Lodge, No. 81, F. and A. NJ,
gave a public installation of its officers
on Saturday evening last at the Masonic
Hall. DIR. Humpshur, of Camden, rep
resented the Grand Lodge, and installed
the officers in a highly creditable manner.
The weather was fearful, but quite a
number OF ladies were present, notwith-
standing. Short addresses we're made by
Messrs Crisler, Orr, Holt, Gilmore,
Brooke and others, after which the entire
assembly adjourned to the Reichel
House, when a bountiful repast was serv-
ed up in a style that would have been
creditable to a Delmonico. Everybody
present enjoyed the exercises, p~articu-
larly that portion thereof occurring in
the dining room of the Reichel.
The year one thousand eight hundred
and e%ighty-four has closed. 1t dies with
a record bearing much of sorrow and
misery, but also very much of happiness
and pleasure. Life is so real, that the
philosophy of it is the least understood,
and men expect sunshine without q COM
ing cloud. Much of the i'll in the world
comes from false doctrines taught at the
knee of the mother, upon the bench OF
the school, and by the misguided moral
list. Every living being has just about
as much trouble as it can stagger under,
and it should take out OF life all the sweet
there is in it. The view that mankind
must be misanthropic, and antrabilious
to please the Supreme Being is par OF