The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-05-03
Omnium Gatherum.


English paper, that greets the eye on catering the
crystal palace in Hyde Park, is large plaeard
prirted in bold letters bearing the following ON
nous announcement in German, French, Italian
Portuguese, and Spanish;
pas Eauchcn wirI mich, eraubt
II nest pas peruis de Fumar.
Non permesso Ill FLmaIe
No.s permttllo Fumar.
Mao lac Vermlttido fumar.
And lastly, in plain English,
No smoking allowed
lNrERNAroN,L CouRrr,Irs.--The Mavor Of Ii
merck, Ireland has invited the MAYOR Of New
York, with Others TO visit Ireland during the
time of the Worlds Fair, AMI to receive from the
corporation there the Lonors and hospitall,ies Of
that ancient city.
! AFTER Dinner DoziSG.--Dr. Combc, who j.
good authority, SAYS that sleeping after dinner is
a bad practice. On awaking from such indul
geuce, theIe Is generally some degree of fcbfie
excitement IN consequence Of the latter stages Of
digestion being burned on 1t Is only useful in old
! people, and IN some cases Of disease Sleep be.
come, Wholesome only to the healthy when taken
at those hours ponted out by nature +; an excess
oft produces lassituie aud corpulency, aud VI
teri, debases and Supplies the mind Corpuent
people should sleep little and upon hard bed,
while they should take abundance of exercise and
: live ahsteni0usly, that their unhealthy hulk may
DC reduced.
/ To PREvEvr SNErENC.--A correspondent, Of
the London Hat!icG! Ga:ttis states, that TO close
the nostril with the thumb aui finger during cx..
piration leaving them free durus Inspiration, wiz
relieve fit Of coughing IN a short tune. In ad-
d,ioa 10 the above We state from personal kuowl.
edge, that so press the finger on the upper lip
( just below the nose, will make the se,ete,t pre-,
monisory symptoms ola sneeze pass oil harmless,
] 4 QuErIioN FuR Administrative Arabs had
sat down 10 dinner, and were accosted 10y stran.
/ ger "ho requested to JOIN their party, saying
that ~ he could not get provisions to buy III that
| part of the country. if they would admit him tn
eat only an equal share with themselves he
would willingly pay them for the whole" The
/ frugal meal consisted Of eight small loaves Of
J bread, five of wh.ci belonged Ca on" Of the Arabs
and three 10 the other TIE stranger hlvus eat
en- thud part and each OF the two Arabs third
part "f the eight loavc>, arose aud lal before
/ them eight pieces of money, saving, My friends
! there i what promised To give YOU; divide Z,
! between Won according to your Just rights A
| dispute, "i course, arose respecting division ui
| to money; buf, reference beiu. made 20 the
cadi, he aAiuigci seven pieccs OF the money 10
/ The owner Vt The five iulyrs ami only one piece
/ tp lin who hid owned the three luayss. Yet
the radi decided Justly.
4 Trcu,alu N,rcr-We are Indebted To-
! ihr Nur,,'uu y, O. Ness t.r the following All
rrrli,cmeut, winch Wa: posted up in a tavern in
! Newbcrn Willie the legislature was IN session At
] lTlf nj. I'm. /, l.,
wellmcaniug f.iluw, whn had conceived nm idea
dat the members were the very salt Of the earth,
and had listened to complaints Of certain Of them,
relative to the d,nys Of few wilder characters,
| who did not belong to their fraternity. Here is
The notice which he posted in the most cons pcu-
Gus place in the house
Look lEnE,-The following rules Of order
viii be hereafter observed in this Hotel Mem,
tiers If the assembly will 20 to the table FIST and
tie gentlemen If erwari.'
After reading i: over he did not exactly like It,
! Il Didn't say ANYTHING about rowdies and black
guards; SO, g. caution them particularly, he add
| e.:
Meta Den, rnwlicg anil blackguorks will
! please rrfulS with tie mrmtcrs, as It is hard to
/ '.'. o0- ..m theoth,l.'
B WivrtE WuEr--A traveller from Chicago 10
J Iowa rry say> that he did not see any good
winter wlca, until he got below Dixon ON the
Rock r,irr There Is but little in Iowa and that
not very good.
| A FAST Cou>rRY-Thp San Francisco Picav-
uue say. that the churches there have determined
To sin, no more long meter tunes, the ybein. too
slow for .he country and people.
REMAINS OF MAMuoru excavating on tie
railroad about Fix miles from Wheeling, Va.
| was discovered = tu>k Of gigantic animal, en-
! bedd,d IN sand about sixteen feet. The tusk WAS
no, less thau SIX md . half feet long and at the
| largest end measured eighteen inches in crcum.
terence
Four hundred Mormprs under the guidance Of
two elder, arrived NJ New Orleans ON the 18th
inst, in the British ship Ellen, from Liverpool
| They were on their WY to salt Lake City.
A subscriber sends us the following; we sus-
| pect 1t Is somewhat al variance with the opinion
ufmen in general.
Here, Printer, take this silver money
And I'll send more before you dun me;
For the worst Of all LIES human ills,
! Is To be duned for Printers bills.
| EDucATIoS IN TSDIASA-There are in the State
Of Indiana l75 OF persons, over 81 years Of age,
Who cannot read or Trits
! An enlightened ag,icultur,t down east, thinks
/ the best way to make farmers grow Nadder is to
poke EN- with sharp stick
! M0RE SPIRITUAL RArPlNGs--The ALBANY Even
| ing Journal says that De Witt Clinton spoke Mt
Canal meeting in Albany, through his son. A
/ little further on, at lea, Shelly and Wordsworth
are dcto,Ins poems to other mediums When
will wonders cease
RE,LRoAD SUSK We are informed that two
or three weeks since, portion of the railroad u
few miles north Of Elgin, sunk to the depth of 20
feet Il occurred where the road was lai,i through
a slough; number Of feet Of gravel having been
carried on whie the frost was in. The prubabili
tyis that the slough il pond tina, has become
tUried over.--Elg,. Gazette.