The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-06
For the Ottawa Free TT.

fOf uHeottaWa free Trader
Nessrs Edlt0rs--I enclose short article clinned
from the Chicago Times, and credited to the
american, of the 14th Of May. Ny main object
IN asking reprint is to learn g, through you or
some of your many intelligent readers, whether
the article is a fact or only intended for sensa
tional purposes. confess my own opinion is
that 1t is fact; not only fact, but also a sig
nificent and very importan. sign of tie times.
You arc well aware, Mr.. Edter, that "my boy
Ulysses s." the presidential nominee OF the late
JacObin Convention. never talks politics, never
talks OF craftsmanship, never talks Of anything
but h9r5e, You are also aware that Wendell
Phillips, the ieayaed lvHattc, has furnished most
Of the brains of the Jacobin party for the last
sI2 or seven years. From these facts l am in
clined 10 consider the article alluded to as fac
and that the strange colt with horse-body and
human face divine is a true representative of
''ny boy Hiss and the party which has nom.
mated him. The horse part, frsm the boots up
to the ears, very well represents the nominee.
Leaving the ears out of the picture, the balance
Of the head, and human face divine, telerably
represents the face Of Phillips, the ackno wledged
iurnisher Of brains for the bnmp of the Radicals.
Were to speculate upon the ears of the strange
colt, (which lef. out of the COUNT as they are
not particularly described, might come to the
conclusion that freak of nature had placed
them half way between the horse and the ass.
The nose, too, lacks definite description but a.
there is a ridge through the center | think we
can safely BET it down as PhilGpian nose. There
is another singularity in the formation Of this
colt, upon whick I shall offer no comment, but
hsye the mystery solved by some one more ac.
quainted with horses than am. 1t is said that
this colt has no teeth; therefore it cannot obtain
nourishInent from the mother, but 'has TO be fed
milk with spoon" Now the question is. if this
is Grant colt, can it be possible that Gen
Butler will consent to act as wet nurse TO this
strange colt G. HULErT.
A COLT WITH A HUMAN FACE.-A colt with
human face is the latest sensation in Lewis
county. Says the american Of the 14th I'VE
learn that large grey mare belonging to Robert
Harrison, a farmer residing about Ave miles west
of Lagrange, gave birth to . colt, few DAYS
since, having face strangely resembling the hu.
man features divine In every other part except
the head il is not unlike any other young colt
and may be considered well formed up to its ears,
where the human-like face begins. The eyes are
smaller than usual, and very expressive; the
nose is Eat, while the nostrils are thin, the nose
having quite ridge through its centre. The
mouth, lips, and chin are modelled after the hu.
man form and are quite perfect. The colt has no
teeth which 10 unusual, and 1t cannot obtain its
nourishment from its mother, but is fed milk
with . spoon. Its breathing seems difficult and
hard, and it is not very active, being 10th to
stand upOn its feet. We have given this account
from the description furnished us BY gentle
man who saw the colt on Tuesday afternoon,
and numbers Of our citizens are gsng out to see
it every day. 1t is thought that it will not live,
but il it should, arrangements will b made to
exhibit il over the country.
"P. b. since the above was in type, We learn
that the colt died on Tuesday night