The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-04-23

the Misses Cogeins' company at lobste
| champaign Indigestion, which will com,
oil at midnight on Tuesday next, at fur
mace heat temperature Of 81 degrees, ant
under gas-light of solar microscopic inten
| sity'"
| Ladies are requested to appear in tn,
| present style of monster-costume, statuary
| above terminating III Il balloon
| A pretty good description OF one OF oul
own parties, said | to myself, as the gen
| tlemanly waiter appeared and directed nle
to follow him into Mr.. Cogsins study.
| Coggins looked care-worn and older than
| he ought to look at his age
| How are you, old fellow said l, in as
cheerful manner as | could put on
"Oh! pretty well, he rcjoined, ''consid
| ering the price of the necessaries of life
| Only think of it, he added the last i'm
portation of brocades and poplins bring
! 81 per ward it takes eighteen wards 10
| make balloon. Five times eighteen are
ninety. | have a wife and seven daugh-
| ters; eight times ninety are 500, for raw
materials, to say nothing of making, trim
ming, under-sieevcs bonnets, laces, shawls
DC. Seven hundred and twenty dollars
are two dollars day for every day Of the
year. This is for one change; and my
wife says that she and the girls are shah
by on less than six changes a year. So you
see what decent apparel comes to Then
we must eat, drink, and give parties. l;
is dreadful! Bankruptcy and an assign
ment are drawing very near to me ! am
to be sure, only like other men Of family.
But, at my age, it Is drcadiulT Here he
burst into tears, and awoke
Ny wife had just pulled me by the shoui-
der. What are you 'groaning about >
iou must have the nightmare. Night
mare" said I, ticrc-!y, to be sure ! have
the nightmare, under the pressure Of such
expensive balloons" Balloons r said
my wife, what do you mean by bal
looms? Are YOU crazy "Crazyr | re-
piled. with incrcasin. cnerev: Il have
been crazy. bat VIII be 50 no longer. Do
YOU think that | will continue to waste
my lie in keeping you and these girls float
ing along the streets in brOcade halloonst'
The girls burst into tears. " Oh. papa :
going mad = Ny wife is awoman Of great
energy and presence ofm:nd; so~he made
them ie quiet and sent one of 70 order .
mustard toot-bath, aud tod the rest not
II, irritatc me 10y opposition Poor dear,
she added looking at my bald head hc
cam be blisterei without shaving
was too much excited 10 care whether
Size thought me crazy or not. 50 | couti:-
u"l in some such strain - this. - Negro
~lrvery is quite a respectable institiou-
The poor fellow who picks cotton in MI
sissiVpi Is Uncousciou-ly, but really, vast
bCnciactor to the white slaves Of Manchcs-
ter and Paisley, to whom he gives bread
through the cotton crop. But in the slave
r. OF American white men Of intelligence
to tho low despotism Ofthe mantuamakers
and milliners Of thcirwivcs and daughters,
there ) no redgeminE feature
Here one of the girls handed me n pa
per with columns Of election returns DO
read It papa; you are always interested in
that kind Of information
Away with returns about au:;-LccoIn-
ton and tariff candidates! I Indignantly
exclaimed Il shall canvass the country
~ large before the next Presidential clec-
ton for new political organization. Ny
platform shall lie the rendition Of French
lnodiste- To- their native shores. and suInp-
tuary laws against cXpauied skirts. We
need protection -
Her. turned around and saw Dr. Ian
cot, ,si5 had entered during my Inpas-
stoned haTangue, and who stood al! aghazt
al such discourse. viii only add that
va, put tp bed forthwith. and tina; have
been reported very i'll with brain fever
since the election DO You think | an
cIazy? and T an, did get crazy on the
e1-.lsa.l.' T tie i-ts sL1.ur
SOEISAT0E-
Philadelphia, March, 1859