The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-05-21
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

The Ogie itlUTlef ilaS The question "0~s oses
the west need!'
The west needs representatives IN Congress
who will not sell their votes TO eastern iaonopo'
lies and eastern high tariffs.
The Superintendent of the Census Bureau has
decided that women cannot be employed In TAX
ing the census.
They are very useful in the census business.
nevertheless. where would there be need Of
any census taken hsd there been 10 women !?
The superintendent evidently needs recon-
structing.
The Woodford .Sen!,,el says
Woodford county has az good ACCOMMODATIONS
for the poor as any county in the state.
Then Wen 90 down there.
Woodiord county has two negro jurymen,
drawn on the regular list, this year.
EEow we won't so there.
The editor OF the Kendall Co. lsecortJ has a
little "copy." It weighs 10 pounds, and so there
is rejoicing in the house Of Marshall.
A California paper has this cheerful item:
Four experimenters in new illuminating gas at
San Francisco assembled the other evening to
around his neck.
The city of La Sale, last week, voted down q
proposition to take $4,000 OF the stock OF the
La Sale 81 Chicago Railroad. AZ LIS Sale is
most interested in this road, where Is the chance
for It now?
A Peoria despatch OF Tuesday says solve
Logan is lying i'll at Canton, Illinois, Olive
generally lies we'll 'Vhste Hall Iagister.
Wonder how that editor made the discovery?
The Morris Herald says. "The girls up there
don't scream murder when fellow hugs EN-"
Sensible to the last.
The birds are once more with us--they sing
their sweetest songs at the early dawn. Lazy
people never hear tAeIu.-UeraA and i drert5Ser.
Then you must have obtained the above item
from hear say. Didn't you, Charlie?
The Marseilles Citszen has q long article in
favor Of a division of this county. This disun-
ion our astuto cotemporary regards as fixed
fact-a nero matter Of tiIno and q short time at
that By the new arrangement Marseilles will
become the county seat Of the eastern, and LIE
Sale, or some other seaport, the seat of justice OF
the western division. Under this state of things
Ottawa Will be lief. out in the cold, neither end
OF the county caring enough for her to desire
her inclusion within its boundaries! La conse-
Quence Of all this the Citizen sis Us happy as
clam"
"How glorioualy Dame Nature comes forth
from her winters nthrallment-bah "-Har-
settles Citizen.
There's eloquence for you, especially the
"b.a-a.a-h."
The La Sale Press perps.raves the following
good thing on Bowman, of our city. The Press
mentions the premiums offered by the FREE
TRADER and Republican for bread and for butter
at the next La Sale county fair, and says they
are all right, but as to Bowman's offer OF prize
on babies, the Press says:
But the idea Of Bowman giving only three
months notice OF premium for the hsndsomest
baby, is perfectly ridiculous Bowman, you
ought to be ashamed OF yourself.
We think 50 too! Tine is the essence of
every lawful contract.
Asan evidence Of the good results Of q late re.
igious revival, the Bloomington papers an
nounce that, "Roligious enthusiasm il Bloom.
ington has developed passion Tor appearing in
public in the primitive costume OK our first
parents"
The Taewell Register is pleased to compli.
ment an opponent in this conciliatory manner:
You are reasonably clover follow, barring
your tendency 70 foul language and lying.
There will be lemonade for two, between
those fellows yet.