The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-02

PEPPER AND SALT.

gallon for ice water had to pawn brass watch
to get their supper, and sold all the fish they
caught, and also borrowed fifty cents, to pay
railroad fare home. and left their shirts and gold
studs and sleeve buttons at saloon up there to
get drinks with. They have narrow opinion
OF fishing Large picnic in the grove south of
town, one Sunday lately foot race was gotten
up between three fast men. The stakes were
two glasses of beer for thu winner, one for the
second best and the loser to pay for it, The
Wochendl0H man lost the beer but as he was
sharp enough to hold the stakes, ard get them,
viz: the beer, in advance, he wasn't so badly
beaten after all .... A nervous old lady, who
never in her life before one day last week, had
been away from home, especially alone. arrived
at the Park House, one morning lately at A.
VI and obtained room. Before retiring to bed
she requested the porter to be sure and call her
at half past seven o'clock, for, said she, I'm in.
to this here place onto business, and mind you
when you come to my door you yell Jane, cause
Tine little dee-cf" At daylight in the morn.
ing the landlord was aroused by the porter and
informed che was wanted in the parlor" Now
the landlord Of the Park House is good natured
and withal stout individual who has suffered
torments, owing to the extreme looseness OF the
weather Of late and if eyer he likes to sleep it is
just about daylight o mornings. He came down
in anything but a good humor, and was con-
fronted by very angry dame, who said, "Be
you the boss of this here:" "Yes'm," said the
landlord, meekly. "Hyur, I told your ornery
boy to wake me up at hslf.past sewing" "Well,"
responded the landlord, If you will go to bed
and remain there couple of hours will see
that you are promptly called The old lady
had rolled out at about half past five A. NJ. =.
Who would have supposed the editor Of the
Alaska Httoukomalikity would have come all
the way down here to become a common incen.
diary, Who'd a thunk 2" Saw sheriff and
aids treating couple Of the boarders in Hotel.
de-Palmer to free ride in "bus." They were
very friendly, those boarders They both wore
the same piece of jewelry-on their ankles. The
Sheriff said he was taking them to see friend
or two at Joliet. What nice thing it must be
to 60 visiting "A fellow was found asleep,
one morning early, on the steps in front Of Turn
Hall When Weakened up by policeman he
said. in melancholy way, There, just my ,hic)
gol (hic) inferior luck,-thought it was jhic)
church ". There is very pretty girl about
four miles from Ottawa, who, during hot wealth
er, On ironing days, gets up at 2 o'clock A. NJ,
and has her work done nicely by breakfast, and
when her neighbors get up at seven o'clock is az
lively as bird. Boys, go fur her. she will
make . better wife for one Of you than you could
select from all the wax-doll.grecian.bender in
creation Census taker Bristol reports very
little sickness in this city at present. He has
been all over it nearly. and he ought to know.
He say too, that people are very polite and cheer
fully answer all his questions, consequently he
finds census taking far less difficult than he ex-
psoted. That proves that our people have lots
Of senses ... Little boys could make lots of
money and double it." by hunting for boot, shoe
aud gaiter heels torn of in the spaces between
boards in side walks about the city. One day
lately We counted twenty.nine while going
distance of two blocks, and had one eye shut at
that -. Laboring men are out of eialloyment-
many OF them want to know about "these," or
''those," or "them" water works. The water
works are all right, buthlam it. That is all thu
is needed. The rain was good thing in all re-
spects. especially in little instance II there is
anything We despise, it is "gympsou weed. -
There is cue under the par-liar "wiuder" Every.
| time We have nothing else to do We go out aud
'stomp" on that weed We Aattered ourself We
had the "p.sky thing" subdued, but the rain of
xnl
We started to go down to business, but from force
OF habit, thinking of our old enemy, We turned
back to give that weed its usual stamping. I'm.
agine our feelings after our whole summers
war OH that wretch, there it stood fully foot
high, looking vigorous and healthy, and appar-
emily 'as happy as big sun flower" Now the
gymlson weed is "monavch,' &c -. We we're 80
busy this week reporting the great Marseilles
stainery arson case We had bat little time to
write these few lines excep. on Thursday
evening. when the "cir.cubus" was here. We
wanted to go, being only little yet, but had to
stay at home and write, and as our pen is tracing
the words that comprise this 'empty nothing.
ness" the rain is pourin. down in torrents.
Don't we feel SO unanimously sorry, as it is,
for the people at the show. 'You better not
gamble on that point :. We have a young
''brave" here who attends to business like the
scven.headed cerberus that guarded the gates OF
-. Well, who is like the hundred eyed
Argus, who could sleep with fifty or .;> v,yes
wide open. He would like to see +. ursl.r
around his house. few evenings ago, three
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