The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-11-17
From the ST Louis Reveille.
The Nimble Shilling,
A SKETCH OF OUR EARLY uIsToRY

OF our oldest and most respected citizens
who, in the primitive days were engaged in
the traffic, have seen its evils and have SET
their faces against it. We know that some
Of the captious old topers who still adhere "a
the ardent, sneeringly say their neichbors
did not quit till they made their fortunes
but what Of that? 1t is evident that they
are sincere in their opposition to spirituols
liquors, when they themselves cease the use
as well as the sale, OF the article.
In gathering materials for future history
OF the west, we are struck with the fact oil
how steadily that article, ,chiSkcy has ad.
vancsd with civilization, how many TRACE
dies marked its baneful march, how many
humorous anecdotes il has given birth TO
Our purpose at present is 10 chronicle one
OF these latter, but as the family of the Iii.
nois whiskey dealer has discarded the arti.
Gle, and have, in the course Of time and pro-
gress, risen 20 wealth and dignity, we Of
course omit names.
During the last war, when the Changers
were on duty through western Illinois, ,giis.
hey was deplorably scarce article, and the
money TO purchase II, when found, was
equally hard to obtain. Among the old ran.
gers, the E'corn juice' was considered a.
necessary to subsistence, rs "corn dodgers
but having received no pay for long pert
cd. their small stock Of funds had eniirel,
run ont. In the mean time an old deaIe,
had succeeded in raising t,,o barrels Of ,hr
comfortable LIQUID. and erected small shan.
ty near the camn. where his >Lircfa i,
chalked capitals declared that
"jiHSkcy is Grric al sir ccBsc q Suc,'
MAJOR Murdock, ole OF the Old veterans
hadiortwo days, in IA wo!ully parched state
o'eh searching hlS "kiveun' tor stray bj
t'at ne knew was somewhere about him
nut all ms efforts TO chase II up, appeared
unaE alIEg- there were so many patches on
ms nhn'ihg-Sh'rt, mat II was impossible tC
ma 'he one "hico he had made pocket tc
contain the PrGcions com, and at last he had
2'Htu j up; lie iiIra 10 get trusted Tor two
'"E' 'l'' nc 'O''," una IL O"' NE owner Of
u ,,' Nl,'"'l ""," O'''e' 'Han 70 "Hs' any O.
wa" w. e''"o. 81.
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"''N we VIIe'',''ance' ny AGAIN never
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