The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-12-25
rRor4 SENECA.

devoted t. the Interests OF isnec.s aud gieried
in the belief that y~ur correspoadeat was per-
manent one L !sla DaeSaa onnesweht ot i, y.
ARMSTRONG upon yoar editorial corps the light
of your corrs,p,u lent gradually went out,-no
doubt however, from ,he fact that We might
well ex pect iavers f,rm him, "or words to shat
effect" bu, ngrhiug iclm him vet, and there Is
no use exl,eetin. 70 realize cur hopes.
You have been told many times that We have
had bad crops around Us. that this has been
bid season, tSc (yr. All true, aud the prosperity
of the place has been somewhst interrupted, but
nobody has suffered materially yet from snch !;
but, on tie other hsua, we have had slow but
steady, substa utial and healthy prosperity in
general improvements The two --latest, and
greatest improy. nents are--Firsl, the Flnnrtng
aud Panus dill combined, erected and just
comYleo by Watson Bro5hers, IT Il cost of from
$4,000 70 $4,000 Next, j. he new Canal
Bride, double track, with sidewalks on each
side, which takes the place of one of the meanest
and il-contrved old structures ever greeted in
the name of bridge. Cost, when completed,
will be from $4,000 to $4,000. Bnile by William
As TO news. we have n number one Mutual
Admiration Society, we'll organized, we'll located,
in good running order, and needs no grazing; SO
we will tell you. and every one may judge for
themselves whether IL is news
WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
About the new mll,--who will get the first
grist how the millers of Ottawa aud elsewhere
will live without the patronage of Seneca.
About how Mr. Thomas, of Ottawa, could
build the new bridge mack cheaper than our
townsman, who was bidder.
About Capt. leighton, foreman on the new
bridge az builder, good manager, gentle
man, &c.
About tho efficiency of Dan Schaide, as Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees, and the good con-
di.on of the finances of the town.
About how it is that the general store of
Vaughey Brothers cannot be undersold.
About attending the Baptist sociable last Fri
day night, at Charley Buckley'4, notwithstand-
ing rain and bad weather.
About attending the singing school Of Mr..
Lansing every Monday night.
About c. Trentz selling clothing so cheap.
About how suddenly Capt. VIM Armstrong
postponed his sale from the 10Th to the 2sth of
this month"; and Immediately started for Penn
sylvanis He was 81 bachelor when he started.
About why j. is that everybody goes to DR..
Jackson Il Brother drug store 50 much
About how James III. Smith, OF Brooki cid,
laid Sam Prohnsro out Of 800, and bought Mark
IT
tel mortgage on tho same TO secure payment and
then said, "Go BOD evening" l am going to Texas,
or some place else and why ne does not write
back to let them know whether he got through
safe. II they could him. think he would
'careen" worse than that rotary bleach did. But
farewell, jimmy; the grand jury will meet in
February sud tell you whether you have Offend
ed against the laws o! this State AZ 10 running
away mortgaged property
About how Alex. Vaughey, the popular attor.
ney OF this place, carried 40 much steam without
bursting at the trial of C,lros Smith. 1t wasn't
steam; it was wind. All row YOU begin 10 talk
About why everybody takes TnE OTTAWA
FREE TRADER and the Prajric Fo,u,ey.
About how Marssilles puts on airs" about the
new railroaa that they have had for the last year
or two
About how the fellow who edits and publishes
Che inside of what is called the Marseiles Gozdtte
came into Sereca a month or two since and told
us what nice man he was, what a nice people
we are here, we had been triAed with, how we
had been defrauded by "scapesraces" of the
newspaper profession, how "Rpnice' il wac to do
So and how he would come up here once week
or more, how he would leave great big" place
in his paper and put Seneca" in the middle OF
1T, SO all the world could see it, if We would only
scribe" patronize, &c. how, upon such sunny
smiles and fair promises, we did "'scribe." pa-
troni2e DC, gave him all he asked, even unto
noucishment and strong drink--all he could car.
~ home with him safely, and treated him well
in divers ways, told him he was brick, 20 in,
&c that we would stand by him, through ad.
versity, &o., that il might be for mutual benefit,
&c, But he departed, and never since retained.
Abous low Lawyer jackson recommended this
fellow, and how he tries 30 get out of i. now, and
says it was the first last and only time he ever
saw him.
About how much THE FREE TRADER lose,
oy not having correspondent here
About whas we will talk about next week.
shifting.
You aye gay and blithesome Just now or Won