The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-06-24

he asked La tayette to lend him i've dol
lars, promisn' to pay him in the fall /; bu,
LAZY sed - he couldn't see /, in those lamps"
LAZY was French, and his knowcdge OF Of
laugwidge was little shaky.
1mmt iutly on my rival here. p-rceeded
10 the Spotswood House, and. calm to my
assistans young man from our town vino
writes good rCnnin' hand, / put my orto-
graph on the register, and handin' my UNI
brela to a bald thea led man behind the coun.
ter, who s'posed was Mr.. Spotswood, said,
"Spotsy, how does she r,.l? ?"
He call d a cu!!ed person. and said
''Show the gen lra.n to tie cow-yard, and
CIV him cart number !.
Isn't Grant here 2" / sci " Perhaps
Clyssis wouldn't mind turn:u' In with him"
q DO you know the Gin raj p inquired Mr..
Spo,swood.
well no, not 'zacklv, but he'll remember
me. His brotneriu-law's aunt bought her
rye meal OF my uncle Levi all one winter.
My uncle Lewis rye meal was
Pooh pooh p said Spo,sv, "tont bother
me- and IL shuved my umbrella onto Il e
floor Obsar7in 10 lin not to be SO keeriess
with that wepin, accompanied the African
to nv lodgips
"My brother" sed, "air YOU aware tina,
you've been 'inancipated? DO you realize
The grea, fact tn u! lis !iv:r' aud holy MAJ
nitood p
He sed be wculi take some gin.
was showed 20 the COW yard and laid down
under a one-mue cart The hotel was orfnl
crowded, and | was sorry hadn't gone to
the Libby Prison. Tho / should hav' slept
conf ble enuf if the bed clothes hadn': b.n
pulled off lne durin' The rig by sc"und-el
who cum and hitched mule to the cart aud
NrnL ,iT / ffu. To-. nd
throat feels q little husky this niorIn."
Gin 'ral Haletk offers me the hos piality Of
the city, giviu' me my choice Of hospitals.
lie has also very kindly placed al my dis
po.al sn=l! pcx ambulance.
UNION SENTIMENT.
There is raly great deal of Uuion senti-
meui Ii. this aty see it on every hand.
snei tsau today am not at liberty 10
tell hi. name, ba; le IS = old and inhooentno.
Ia! clti1.E of Rlchm 5nd aud seq he: Why,
we've bin fghtin' ugin' the f.,z7 Lor bless
i E, how sing lar - lie then borTer'd five
dollars -; ui- aud bus, into a food OF tears.
Scd an ,tAer Ia man Of standn' and form
,riy bitter resul, fItt Us a, once stop ,l:.
eifooshua OF Bluo : The Oi! Flag is good
eu1.i TOR me. Srr," he added - you are iroui
tke No ia Have you dougtnut OF piece
ii custard PIE about Won.
told LIN DO, but knew man from Yer
mont who had just organized a sort OF restau-
rant, where he could 20 and make 'ery
comfortable breakias: on New Eng gland rua
and cheese. lie borrowed fifty cents OF Iue,
auG, askin nae to send him Nm. Lloyd Gar
risou's amtroiype soon IS got home, he
walked off.
Said another, There's bin L Tremendous
Union teen' here from the tust But ~
was kept down by q raIa OF terrot Have
yor daguerreotype OF Wendell Philips
about your person? and will YOU lend
four dollars Tor few days till ~eair once
mJre happy and united Veo. le?
JEFF. DAVIS
JEFF Davis is no, poplar here. She is re-
gar led as Southern sympathizer. VT
I'm told be was kind to his parents She ran
away from 'em many years a.,', aud has never
bin back. This was shown EN- good deal
Of consida-aton when reflect what his CON
duct has been. Her capture in temulcappar-
el cerfooses me in regaId TO her sex. you
see speak of him as q her trekeat
otherwise aud | guess be felt SO hi>seif.'
Il. LEE.
Robert Lee is regarded as noble fc!ler.
He was opposed to the war in the iust, and
drew'd hi sword very reluctant. la fact, lie
wouldn't hav' draw d his sword at all only lie
had large stock Of military clothes cu hand,
which he didn't wan. to waste He sez the
coiored man IS right, and he viii at once go
TO New York and o.en Sabbath School tor
negro nl"strclS.
THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
The suireder of 4. Lee. J. Johnson, and
others, leaves the Contedrt army in ruther
shattered state. That army now consists OF
Kirby Smith, four mules and bass brum,
and is movin' rapidly lords Texas.
4 PROUD AND uAwTY svT4iENEI
Feelip' e. Little peckish, wen, into ea,iu'
house to-day, and encountered young man
with long. black hair and slender frame He
didn't wear much clothes, :,nl them as he did
wear looked unhealthy. He trowned on me,
and sec, kinder scoruful, So, sir, you come
here TO 'tsont us iu our hour OF trouble, do
you?'
No" said ]. " ! cum here for hash y
Pish haw - he sed sneeringlv, II me.
you are in this city for the purpose Of gloati"'
ever fallen people. Others may basely sue,
cumb. but as for me, will never yield
nerer neper -
"Hav' suthiu' to eat!' pleasantly sus.
Tested.
Tripe and onions r. he sed, furcely then
he added, I'll eat with you, but hate you.
You re a iowlived Yankee.
To which ] pleasantly replied, How'll YOU
have your tripe?'
Fried. mudsill! with plenty of ham fat!"
He ate very ravenus. Poor feler he had
LIKED an odds and ends for several days, eat
in crackers that had been turned over BY
revel ers it the bread-tray at the bar.
He got full at last, and his heart softened -
little towards me. 'After all. he sed, you
hav sum peple ut the North who air not wtol-
~ lothsum Deasts!''
=" Veil, yes, / sed, we hav' now and then
a man among US who isn't cold bluded
scoundril'
Young man." mildly but gravely sed.
" this crooii wari over, and you're lickt! Its
rather necessary for sumbody to lick in
good square fite, and in this ere case it bap-
pens to be the United States of America.
You fit splendid, bat we were too many for
you Then make the best of it, d let us all
ei7e in and put the Republic on irmer ba'
sis nor ever
Il don't gloat over your misfortunes, my
young fren'. Fur from IT, I'm old man
now, & my heart is softer nor it once was.
You see my spectacles is mistend with suth.
in very like tears. Z I'm thinkin' of the sea
OF good rich Blood that has been split
on both sides in this dreadful war I'm
thinkip' of our widders and orfuns North. and
Of yOnrn in the South. kin cry for both
Is leeve me- my Young fren'; Il kin place my