The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-01-29

n quarter in advance, Tor which TIT
postmaster shall give a receipt.
Attorney General Lawrence, in 6
speech before the County Commission
ers in Columbus on the 18th, advised
them to refund all the Scott Law taxes
that have been paid in under protest and
await further action of the Legislature or
the mandates of the courts before pay
ing the remainder. There is not much
doubt but this recommendation will be
followed.
What is known as "the train agent
service" has been introduced on the G.
H. & D. railway. On every passenger
train an agent provided with tickets will
precede the conductor through the cars.
Any person not provided with a ticket
will be supplied at the same rate as from
the station agent. The object seems to
be to remove from the conductor the
temptation Of the cash fare.
The fox hunt came off last Saturday
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notwithstanding the weather was not ia
vorable for the sport. The crowd was
very large, some five or six hundred
in attendance. Three red and one gray
foxes were inside the lines, but every n
escaped. We understand from Reuben
Switzer that it will be tried over again
next Saturday. There is no doubt that
foxes are very plenty in the neighbor-
hood proposed to be circled around.
Donavin's famous Tennesseeans gave
two of their brilliant musical entertain
in Eaton on Monday and Tuesday
evenings of this week. AS a company
of singers we don't believe they are
equalled in America. That they have
the best basso and the sweetest tenor
and soprano travelling, no one who hears
them will dispute. The great attraction
OF this company now is its Gold and Sill
yer Band and Orchestra. 1t is the most
magniicently equipped Concert Band
ever organized, and their music hard to
beat. The troupe deserves patronage
and success wherever it exhibits.
He is not a very old man who still re-
members the malodorous "tallow Dip"
six to the pound, that he bought at the
grocery, perhaps may have helped to
make, in a domestic way, on Saturdays
when at home from school. 1t is but
comparatively a few years since candle
candle-sticks, shutters and extin-
guishers were a very important and neces-
sary part of every household, and yet so
completely are they now banished to the
limbo of forgotten and useless things that
there must be thousands of young per
sons to whom a pair of shutters and a
candle-nold would prove undoubted Gu
riosities.
Any attemp. to better the character OF
our neighbors by making public their i'm
projections and shortcomings, is only
attended with evil results. Humanity
at large is so sensitive to its own faults,
that any allusion to them in public or
through the press, instead of setting
them to work at lettering their ways,
only arouses bitter and antagonistic feel
ings. Much better results would be OBJ
tanned by going to them personally and
asking them to explain the principle oil
their actions and the reason for SO doing,
if they have any then, if we think they
can profit by our suggestions, it is time
to offer them. We all have different con.
ceptions and IDEAS OF certain things and
the best M of treating them. So il
is not liberal for us to spurn and criticise
the work of others, simply because il
does not coincide with a plan of our own
The spirit of true liberality is to deal
gently with our neighbors, and if they
vary from the path of rectitude, use mild
and persuasive means to have them re-
tract their conduct. What may seem
very inconsistent to US, seems right tc
them; SO it is very impertinent on oul
part to criticise others until we under
derstan9 their motives. This truth has
been very forcibly impressed upon GU,
mind in many instances during our ca
reer as an editor. "Be just before yor
are generous" with your criticisms or
the character of others.
For the benefit of those who enjoy
game of cards, we publish the following
which we clip from the Louisville Posr
in regard to the new game that is now
all the rage: Progressive euchre take:
twelve persons. There are three tables
each supplied with cards. One is called
the ace, one the king and one the queer
table. Take the aces, kings and queens
from one of the packs, and, after they
have been shuffied, let each person draw
one, the ones drawing aces going to the
ace table, those drawing kings to thu
king table, and those queens to the queer
table-the persons drawing black card.
being partners, and those drawing ret
partners. When this has been done tn,
playing commences; regular euchre i
played. No games count save those a
the ace table, and each players recort
atthat table is kept by the scorer. Whel
a game has been finished at the ace tabl
the parties who are defeated go to tn
queen table, and those who have mad
the most points at the king table tax
their place and try to defeat their vic
tors, while the parties who have mad
the most points at the queen table tax
the places of the persons who left tn
king table for the ace table. At the kin
and queen tables they do not stop play
ing because they have finished a game
but keep right on till the game has bee
finished at the ace table; nor, on tn
other hand, if a game has been conclu
ded at the ace table and the king G
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