The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-15

fund tax last year FL $4,000, a sum away
beyond that Of any other Township il
the county, and yet the bridge washed
away across Sevenmile in south Eaton
the most useful and important II in the
county, has not been replaced, while
those OF every goose pond around u:
are being rapidly fixed. Why is it, Mr.
Commissioners? Is it fair treatment
Who is to blame for the delay?
Boys Overalls 29c., worth Soc, at Jos,
| Woerner's.
The large barn and tobacco shed on
the farm of Mr.. Samuel Weikel, about
two miles north of Lexington, was de-
stroyed by fire on Tuesday night of last
week. Nine head of horses, two mules,
one cow, a new reaper, separator, sever
al hundred bushels of wheat and corn,
and about 2000 pounds of tobacco were
consumed in the blaze. Seven of the
horses were the property of Mr.. Weikel,
two of Mr.. Wallacs, of Piqua, o., and the
mules hat of a gentleman of Richmond,
Ind. Mr.. Weikel's loss is estimated at
$4,000, about half of which was insured.
Cause OF fire not known.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give a festival at the church on Fri
day and Saturday evenings next.
An editor died and slowly wended his
way down to where he supposed a warm
reception awaited him. The devil met
him and said: For many years thou hast
born the blame of bad spelling that the
printer has gotten off in the paper; the
paper has gone off at $1.50 a year; alas!
the one dollar and fifty cents has failed
to come in. The printer has bedeviled
thee for wages every Saturday night
when thou hast not a darned farthing to
thy name. Men have taken thy paper
without paying for it, and have cursed
thee for not getting up a better paper
Thou hast been called "dead" by the
passenger conductors when thou hast
shown thy annual pass to their envious
gaze. All these thou hast borne in 81
lence. Thou canst not come in here"
And he fred him. And as he did so,
the devil murmured to himself: "Heav-
en- is his home, and besides, if 1 had let
him in here he would have been dunning
his delinquent subscribers and thereby
raise discord in my kingdom."-Ex.
Leech & Co. have some very cheap
goods.
A clock swindling scheme, that for its
boldness about equals the Bohemian oats
business, has been recently worked with
great success in several localities. The
mode of working the racket is SO plausi-
BILE that many who imagine they are not
easily gulled are taken in and done fer
with as much ease as the most verdant.
Two oily-tongued young ladies visit a
town and carry sample clocks witt, them,
and sell the clocks on the installment
plan. After a town has been thoroughly
worked they deliver the clocks and de-
mand two dollars, the first payment, and
inform the purchaser that in thirty days
the collector will call for the second pay
ment. Several weeks elapse and a gen
tleman calls and politely informs the
purchaser that the clock was stolen from
him and is his property, and in proof of
his assertion gives the number of the
clock, and if the holder protests against
his taking the clock threatens to bring
suit for receiving stolen property. In al
most every case the ticker is meekly sur
rendered, and the purchasers imagine
they have had a lucky escape, and al
though they are minus a clock and two
dollars, they are considerably wiser.
Save $40 by leaving your measure for
one of those $50 Suits for $25. Now is
your chance, at Jos. Woerner's.