The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-02-12
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.


causing his patients to inhale 1.-THE concen-
trated air of Italy," which he carries around
with him in bottles. What will be the next
humbug?
The Earlv;lle Gazette announces the names of
one hundred and sixty-one persons, living at diff
ferent places, as agents for that paper. If among
them all it cannot obtain at least one new SUBJ
scriber, it had better give up the ghost!
The Peru Herald. in leading editorial, advo-
Gates "iemale suffrage" another gun to the
breechi"
Peru denies the honor of being the birthplace
of the notorious Handy Andy" recently sent to
the penitentiary from Chicago foi burglary. His
name was Robert E. Lowe.
Wonder whether he was any relation to eur
Robert H. Lowe, the ''poor Ingun," the unreal
real estateist, of this city, lately absquatulated?
The Kendall County Record says man named
Jourdan was lately arrested at Yorkville, in that
county, on the charge of having stolen an over
coat at Earvile, this county, containing a
wallet with 500 in cash.
The Mscoupin County Tines has the follow.
ing editorial squib:
"Somebody proposes in Congress to reduce the
standing army. What! and three or four states
to reconstruct" yet and only niger elected
to the United States Senate? Impossible!
The new Court House at Carlinville, in the
above county, will cost over million of dollars.
The Livingston Democrat will take seine of the
new issue of one dollar greenbacks on subscrip-
ton. Rather than be over particular, it can be
persuaded to take the old ones that are even de.
Gently counterfeited.
The Joliet Republican is enlarged to ten col
umn paper That's what we call "meanness
Dustin OUT
The above paper says the Springfield Jounal
is zone of the oldest in the state 1t might az
well have said ''odest and BEST" because neither
is true.
A writer in the Republican, very significantly
heads an article, ITO what are we coming?" It
is about time these radicals were looking towards
their latter end. Conscience Furnishes most ter
ribly at last.
The Lacon Home Journdl has this:
"a man in Warren, named Brown, who mar
ried Miss Christina Richards Crews Pentacost
league, on Christmas day, has applied for d-
vorce. He found the support Of such long
name beyond his means"
And this beautiful incident, which we have not
seen, in "Harpers Drawer:
"a little four year old Of our acquaintance
who was taught to say her prayers upon retiring,
"varied the exercises" as follows: "Oh Lord
excuse me this time, I'm too tired" The words
were scarcely uttered when the eyelids closed.
fha hon dc a..
fast asleep"
The DE kalb Ne'os, a good local paper it is
too, has several accidents. A house burned and
the family barely escaping with their lives.
little child eighteen months old, terrible scald-
ed by putting her arms Into pail of hot water.
A farmer sold his corn for S104, went home, put
he money in hisrshirt sleeve, built fire in the
morning, and at last found portion of the iron
clasp OF his port monte in the ashes and then he
made few remarks, not found in the scriptures,
The editor of the same paper mourns over his
lost shirts aud things which some thief ''borrow-
ed from clothes line, and said editor grows
mad, also sentimental thereat
The State He9tstcr says the Insane Asylum, at
Jacksonville, is horrible institution, where
wrongs and crimes abound in endless extent
The Register also explains why the JonrnM
radical was so anxious to get up the present
'registry law" 1t received last year, tor blanks,
$3S,'l5. Verify that was "the milk In that
cocoa nut
As a specimen Of woman who knew her
rights "and dared maintain them" the same
paper says
"a lady who refused one of the bridge.builders
hsnds the other day to lid in crossing gap be.
tween the flooring, exhibited her dexteritv nv
tearing her dress and nearly falling into the
river. Very unladylike!y she afterwards kicked
several plank off the bridge, where she ought
most likely to have gone.'
Gaiesburg was the scene of fire recently.
which resulted in a loss of $4,000, supposed to
be the work OF an incendiary. The postmaster,
who was sleeping in AN upper room Of one of the
Buildings, was rescued by the hook and ladder
company, minus his clothes
The Quincy Herald tells of a oolored dance, at
which one Niger stole $3.50 from another sable
chap and there is black row in consequence
and "Ihe eolored troops fought uobly."
Quincy had better look out for Kiurslev's
Theatre Dead beats
The local Of the Aurora Beacou cou,,,;,s
Of the Elgin Watch CO., because when GenerJ
Sheridan lately visited that institution. the com.
pany gave him II gold watch. When the above
"loCaln WAS there he savs bo ,.J;l,,, 1901. -.-