The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-06-11
That $1,000 Reward Apair,

ents illco1nit0. We give our name below
and we are pleased to see, that Solomon
Abif, having been proved to be wholly I'M
like the son of David, in that particu-
lar, which distinguished Mat Solomon from
all other Solomons he has at last dropped
his nom depheme and assumed his real name
Index. which mot being q classical scholar
ourself) friend at our elbow informs US
Is the Latin word for J,sRas To " Equity"
we have only two things to saw Fir.t We
are glad to learn that the Apostle JOIN.
was not Baptist We thought he claim
ed that all the Apostles were Baptists. bu:
il is confessed now, that this was not the
case. Secondly, his special pleading about
Bunyans insult To the Ladies' Benevolent
Society will not do. We submit il 10 a
candid community, which is the greater
insult: what Bunyan said about the trans
action, or, considering how MANY Poor we
had in our city last winter. and consider
ing also that the admission fee stated in
the notices for the Tabernacle lecture, was
to be applied to the relief Of the Poor, that
any bped should be found, who would
take from the Poor the pittauce Of So
thus raised for their relief, especially when
SINE would have US believe, that said soi-
disa,t nan was at the game time lending
money 10 a church member Of his n Hyu-
dotjon upon chattel mortgage security. to
the tune Of 500 ut lick Ave. there IS
the rub This comes nearer home to Us
all than his spcculat!ons about the noun
tains and geography of Judea. This may
not he 'na,..a2." but we think IL is " sgb-
ping and that too in very small way,
and should be added rs an explanatory
note 10 the chest wcrk on military tactics
We are informed when Judas read Bun
yam he gathered together in council some
leading pillars of certain church. and
they all said with one voicc-We will
JOIN our heads together (as two heads are
better than one, even if one should be
, Sleeps head 70 help our shepherd out
and Judas article is the product They
procured f5nais TO trauscrbe il into a
disguised hand, and procured another
. tool TO carry II 10 the printer As an Offset
to the military item, we would like TO know
which is the worst, 10 indulge in cliguot 81
public supper, or for pastor TO take
chattel mortgage from n Granny Deacon
for purposes best known to the parties, on
/ every item Of his household furniture. from
q piano down to q teaspoon, Including
even "dining-room furniture when the
aforesaid deacon is in failing circulnstan-
! cc-. and dropping into liquidation by tlgts
assignment We have a few questions 10
ask Did not Judas, on May Ist, ISIS,
! take such e chatte, mortgage. lrpor;ing
/ to be for 800 lent money. with a note for
Z the amount payable in six months from
( sSid date and was TnIs 1TauduIcUIr
/ Did not the Deacon land not Judas
+ take said mortgage TO the Recorder 10 be
recorded?
/ Did Judas on said date. or any other
time since. have that amount OF money 10
lend 10 said Deacon, or to anybody else d?
. Was any such note as is set forth in said
mortgage ever actually given, and was not
, the whole affair a mere siam, made with
intent 70 wrong and hinder the Deacon :
creditors. at home and abroad. from col
Letting their honest dues? and is such con-
duct tolerated in the moral law. much less
III the statute law ? Was not the property
invcntoricd in said clattel mortgage rather
in the nature of "waif' than the $1,000
reward Blackstone defining a waif TO in
clude such gooas originally, as thief, when
pursued, threw away to prevent being sp-
pretended and brought to justice
Was not this chattcl mortgage 4 fc-
ton" (Which, Judas being yersed in the
common law can easily answer and wo d
it not be well, when Bunyan's fiction shall
be published, to have this other sublimer
fiction printed with it, and to have along.
side of the wood-cut Of the defunct Little
Giant certified copy OF this chattel
mortgage, with the answer of the parties
70 the foregoing questions appended TO it ?
y B.-We know man who will pay the
" e1pc7ascs' ofa sworn answer, as II Is be
iieved that such an answer would at once
dispel all "inf2M tcadcncies' For the pur
pose of aiding the publisher. we give a ref
erencc. The chattel mortgage may be
found in the Recorders Office OF this coun.
Of 81.
page 33l, which all curious readers may
examine, for the fun of the schedule
When Judas is ready to scale the gates o!
Paradise, we suggest that he carries with
him the original chattel mortgage and note
as passport. \. Bile can start from
the top of the Tower free of charge, as
he will have "fair start in that case
even if he should never get higher But
st. Peter may accidentally forget to ask
him the foregoing interrogatories, and lie,
him in
To the aiders and abetters of Judas, i. e
the leading pillars, an odd-fellow wishes tc
have said to them, for their special benefit
that the order to which he belongs has ne,
, Yer yet employed a preacher by the year
Mt a salary barely sufficient to support
him, and said preacher being obliged tc
give a donation party to help himself out
had to submit to have the proceeds of said
donation visit, raised from "out-siders
deducted from his salary Let this item
also be preserved for safe delivery" tc
the publisher of the work on military tao
tics. n B-For fear of mistake we state
that the preachers name is Thompson.
Again, Odd-Fellow says his order never
suffers a child of a member to languish, die
and be buried, without some attention OF
the part of the lodge, while living and the
presence of at least one member at the flu
neral; and he suggests, modestly, if pas
) tor and church, not a year since, nor q
thousand miles off should be guilty of such
unchristianlike conduct and neglect, if it
would not be well to award to such a med
: al If so, he would suggest coat of arms
which he knows would be consonant with
: their feelings and be at once adopted: Al
underground railro adj, having supporters
also, to wit: niger family .fWgitant, ant
several white men rampant
As for the sweep-stake prize at the coun
ty fair the officers have decided, that il
would not be best to offer so large pre-
MUM for 'the biggest man in his own con
ceit," as the competitors would be legion
but in view of the general financial embar
, assment, they may decide to offer the re
: ward for the best method Of smuggling anC
: protecting debtors property from execu
J ton, inasmuch as the applicants would no
be so numerous, and there would be more
certainty of the committee not being EN-
barassed in making their award n. B
f There will be no qualification as to the
manner in which the property may be co
vered up e., the plan by fictitious chat
tel-mortgages will not be excluded, anc
the entrance fee will be allowed to be pait
, by any benevolent society"
+ We have some other items, but have no