The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-12-29

The subject matter of this com munica.ion |
is SO entirely different from most of my obtru>
s;ons upon the attention of my friends and |
fellow citizens, tina. l feel confident you will
hear me. For fear you may turn away before
you have read far enough to understand
what | want, let me say, IT IS NOT MosEr
THAT WANT. With this assurance breathe /:
free -and hear me through.
1 set before you no appeals for the starving
people Of kansas-no plea for wounded and
suffering soldiers | ask nothing for :hs
suffering people Of the south, white or black
nor the poor of orr OWN city. Nor do plead
Tor an unfinished church. You will be SUR
prised Mt these announce msnts they are SO
out Of keeping with my pas, habits. | sins
ply wish to give a brief Notice, and offer 40
expression ofreal, warm, earnest gratitude.
want to give notice that, through your
hberality. we haze nearly reached the last
stroke ron our church edi6ce. We have
also almost reached the end of the bills, and
the end of the subscriptions for the same
Your li5erality, with our own contributions,
has placed nearly $4,000 into the hands OF
| our building com mittee for this purpose.
The work is almost completed, and less
than $500 will finish and furnish 1t from top
TO bottom, in a STYLE that you cannot fail to
approve when once it is open for public use.
/ This little balance not only finishes the main
t edifce, but will enable the ladies to complete
the furnishing, and leave it perfectly free
| from debt
The ladies will make short work with their
! part when once the bills are oil in and the
amounts known. We want tn" New Year to
| dawn upon US with the work finished and the
last bill paid There are scme that are de-
| termined 10 take some stock in this enters
prise. They must get their names in between
this and the frat of January, or they may
lose the chance entirely. The books may be
kept open few days after. l can. however,
| give no positive assurances upon this point.
Some of you have missed, hut you may rest
assured it was from no disposition to slight
you. have searched diligently for you. and
shall be exceeding happy to enter your names
aud receive your subscriptions, if eonvenient
TO pay before the books arc closed
Those that get their names in between this
and the closing Of tho books, will have the
privilege of handing in their contributions at
some subsequent period. But can hardly
promise as liberal terms 20 those who fail to
get their names entered before the opening
Of tho new year. So much Tor The notice.
Lastly, on behalf of my people and from =
grateful heart, allow me TO tender you our
warmest thanks for your liberality, SO nobly
ard generously bestowed. Men OF all sec:s,
religiously, and of all parties. politically,
have generou ,ly contributed to DIS enterprise.
And ! should do injustice Is my own feelings
if di! not add a wor3 expressive of ny own
Personal grati,1ie-not simply for your gene
rous Contributions, but for the msgnanimou
spirit with which they have bean given. Osly
one or two, (snd they have long sncs been for
given in ali these years Of begging and i'm
portunity, have personally inflicted an unkiud
remark upon ma / could hardly blame
them, for that inevitable subscription roll, tina.
| have carried about for so long q time, began
to look 10 me somewhat as | suppose the
prophets roll did, that was written within
with lame n,a,ion and mourning
To those who have given US their money
o. their best wishes, thousand thanks foI
!, your kindness and iiberai.y..
Soon as the ladies put The finishing touchs,
upon the furnishing and uphoIstering, they
contemplate opening the entire building some
evening for your inspection, that you NJ ~ see
how your contributions have been expanded
They hope also - furnish, at thas time, .
simple repass, in the basement ball aud par
lors, without MONEY and without; price, al
which time it will he Enable offence tc
offer or receive even the most ,riiing sam
Blu, the whole Is simply 10 be An expression
of our appreciation of your past liber.lty
Hoplug such occasion may afford the op
portaniiy 81 addressing few grateful word
to yoa personally. | would close By .impl,
saving, that | shall RENE n bcr your gencrosil,
in all my future years, and, whatever may b.
come of me. may every ono of you find V u
nCmes written Oh a page ten thousa time
fairNy thsn any ever offered you here.
With profoand gratitude,
/ am your 0hedient servant.
H. CoLnIr