The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-04-13

bencf, Of the hAc1lo11 ~ ~ Apd tksydb -
happy to see - "a hsvs u 11obnss . s,es
TIN numbee . uefxzy ekas3psfspf eneug en-
"Nell Nox" As csls6s21el oieis ~ kate ker.
nype." the well known md mueh admired sdvc-
cate Of women She bsAdp,ed that I'd heard Of
10th Nell Ncx' which was very severe. very
sarcastical, very, indeed. - -,
1 told her I'd q number o pcinns printed my.
self She looked quite surprised, and lsuntrssI
.urprs'd'cr vet that she hadn't seen nor hecrd y
my pieces in the Scrabble Hill Lun,inary" On
the hull, was ruther Disappointed IN cousin
ariggs But mean ~ 90 To thut swcarec Hny-
how, ii nothing happens But we're poor. shcst'
sighted nlortals F f
I Poor ignorant critters we,
! Ia our slvtsighted racs;
\! Things futur lie Ia mystery
, Anl Ike enough neverll take p,rcc.
! FRiDir.--Last night s,,enle! the literary
swcnrse at cou.in Brgscs, nni was highly eater
tai'Ied. There was ten dozen present ami
foar on .n had hish oFie'aa. produrtions. Jhe
, most ,.tlnguisAci article was the Willer rea,irs
She eign' h,r pfoalcticns "Ncll Nnr." She's 4.
very heshy woman, with wonderful email heai
! took particular notice Of her Cause sizes So NJ
toli"as II a Literary pint o view. She had a. ~in
Cr..u iuokih head dress stuck atop other head
Her nose - awful long, and turns up q, the end.
very handy, saves the trob o tur,lin ont up
don't seem 10 read no other except cousin Brise
se-. She was dressed in sky t'ue dresa. with
i"lnc'i NJ to her waist, that L,at!c her look shur
ter and ne~hy han she actilly' wass She had y
dreaifhl severe criticism ON the American poets.
especias II certain long felier as she cs'llej aim.
s"me tnu ml;wiiiwali spo,e. She Gu, him Al
20 piece. declaring that he had never wit lr.
that cou'd be called poetry IN oil his bDrn day.."
She said t!A; his Eve Angelins was non,en-,-
g' h.as, '.s 49,.
man he's in;a;el to. thought ifShe was riii.l
to whale away ~ inst the lons filler shr ni-.h'.
bur She mi -ht let his intended alone, Cousi, Sn
san Ann gXed me afterwards il didu. ,hiui Sall
AoX was awful eUttin. st....
Sic sid she wouldn't like 10 come under her
lash She wondered what long faierd .av wh,a
h. r'Hoc IN Sce that critic7m rs he ,naoubtcliy
vonld d., for 'twoud come ont in the Reflector
a.crr long; Nell r0rtrlb.t. 10 that paper. Thinks
me amt aiearl Of her gae,s sh,il c'lnsa
hcr sentiments when she hears NV piece Shell
think tier s arch thin, a. poitry in Amcrt"v
then For ! had in nIY pncket tie s.ansr, writ
III the -tlge--i Il brought EN- along tAIkn IL,
enough -lrud hc called on to read something.
Tie editor of the Reflector there. he's
pre>dco; Of the swearers n wonderful small. ian
d-ry-.ooS!u Young man, with blazin red hair, AN,
exceedingly ppmpous, but oncomnon talen,ai.
il' hal an artic'e on The prospects of the ltera
~ horizon throughout the world His SEN. .iner.
iititic' from Nell Noxea, imsmueh ia he bid
that America was the only country where po.try
had reached the Ii. hit Of il, zenith, Topro-e i.
Brought forrarI cousin Bgiggses wri.ins. said
that even Nell Nox the sevcrest critic Of the are
spared hGr ther want nothn in her poetry that
no critic coul Git hold Of He wound up At last.
by elolitin, i'll the most eloquent manner, bnth
% these remarkable writer's were ccutrbI;.or,
his papers
Mex come cousin Susan Anp Briggs with her
article. Twas q very aifectin poin. on the death
o Dcar,n P.iie's daughter l don't remember
but one stanzy, and that come in at the ceni Of
every alternate Verse II runs thus: -sl-sf
Fond parents weep for me more
That tn more am gwen;
We'll surely meet when life is DER
High up above in heaven
mn-t AK cousin Briggs for copy ont II.
vary good, though actilly think can beat it
taint f r me 70 say. however. Her newspap,r
eis Fenella li.zaicn
Tie last in!iy.lwal that read was an elderly
young woman, named Slmant!y Hocun, a won.
dcrfu tall slab sided. coarse lookin cri,ter Her
hair o,ked singular, twas all raiied back off her
iorrar'', and made her piiznahogany !ook a,nazn
broad DraLem She certainly wa oncommon ok
and ornary .ookin Had on TED calico dress and
= queer kind Of a bob:aiIod little thing, made I.
green siik, with brass oIt,on- down it. Take her
altogether, she was about as singular u c,i,ttr in
7, her appearance i, I've seen ia some time But
she 0ucoinrlou sinar' She had an article On The
: subject o Woman's Rights Iva. Il powerful
perducton. She hid tha. the men hadn't no
blsness TO monopc.ize everything AMI trrmr
the female sect dot IL myseiy they hadn't
shcwd no grea; disposition to trdnHa1 her so far.
She writes for the iidSin Pin. Record 0: Gehius.
and sings Kate Keoype. r
Them was vii he articles That was read la.
: night though thrr va. several more literar7
. Individuals tLerc. \ t.!t, puldcn,aced your.;
n:an that NriIe' poetry fr He NewviIle Star ana
= SrUinpet, and sgn- Phil Vlii'lpo.ts' And th.r
was ruther good lookin Young woman that
writes the amusn articles for the same paper. and
l signs en- 'Betscy Buttertub,' and some more, but
? di-remcmbcr their wspaper names.
Al er therradin was over, ile company diverted
the tia'e TIL TIE refreshments come in 20 walkin
founI and rpnud through, the t,ldin 90 RS to the
hal and then from the h.n AMI then from the
bal th-o the fJ,iiu doors as II there lives tertr.
ded ont The editor. he | ,ei with Nell Nox
and plll phllpnts with Betsey But.crtub and
Kate !tenype, sh, siranmnatd rnunI alonr won.
dcri.l independent. | got ns dizzy ne fool.
seem EN- gn round and round | wanted to read
my poem, and sed plainly that cousin Susan
didn't mean to Nx me Ia, (ahoullnt wonder If she
was Il little ierlous) So determined wonid
r"ai II whether or uo; 81 hen the company so,
down t take rrireshincnt, speaks up an says
. . that ,cuin I'd ben ~ ed,fed inyseii | though,
ID ought to Contribute my share to the even,iit
inteIhimniehi; AMI then without fnry,er ado,
takes out nv piece anlrenis it. Twas vcry much
: admitted. Neil Nnx declared twas what Ne ci
led poilry, and the editor requested a copy Oh,
to put IN the Reflector. gin it to him. It ditn,
strike me MI after got hum that Id gin il tv,iN
Reverend Mr Beadle to be printed in the ruuku
.iouk Patriot and Journal So s,'os. the Iew
papers II he acusin one another o stealth on, pr
there II be reglar newspaper rnarril abou, i AMI
shall be drawn into public notice in u riannsr
very nibtrr,Sin to my ratiiiI d',ip>ilun.-- lu.
can't help H. We literary characters uus' expeo,
t"bc subjected 10 greA, many urno o,,l'easar.
things than lis to the 10, . priv, in;ii,diwa.,-..
US tine fate 0 gc...
Don't know bnt what III ,ry 'op cit up Liter
aEy aNearcr S1ciety IN Scrabble Ill., i: didn.
sPoSe sally Iuge d make herself so co,spcki
WOgs in u. But | know She womb Sh,'s 40