The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-08-13
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

translation of the bible. Grant, OF TINS country,
gives it his sanction. OF course he expects
Queen Victoria t. send him "bull pup, or
deed to some OF the crown lands, with title
annexed The Peoria Democrat recommends
Wendell Phillips, Bcecher, aud the ghost of
Burlingar., on the committee from the United
States We could thus have an 'anti-slavery
bibla" &c, with all the modern improvements.
A Reverend, who has very squeamish notions
on the subject of dancing, recently delivered
bitter sermon against this amusement y, place
called Toulon, in this state and tocapthe climax,
asked what kind of town Toulon would be if
all the inhabitants were dancing-masters The
Chief comes at him in reply, with the question
"What kind OF a town would Toulon be If all
the inhabitants were bowling Methodist preach
ers? ?" The Chief is at least one ahead OF the
sdomnie'
The "local" of the Peoria Democrat lately at
tended Niger ball il that city, and was dis
gusted to find white girls there in large num-
bels. What made him mad was, after they had
all given him "mitten" or two each, he says
They danced with the colored boys, waltzed
with the colored men and sat in loving converse
with the colOred women. just as We left the
room we noticed the handsomest enc Of the
white girls standing near table, encirclsd by
the arm Of the uglie,t aud most repulsive Niger
of the lot.
He assures us these girls are none of them of
the bad persuasion.
Here is anosher proof that "the colored troops
fought" &c.
The Lacon Home Jo,unM says they have a
youth there of considerably more than average
poetical dimensions. He attempted to do night
poem on the Grand Niagara. He commenced
with flying colors and got to the end of the first
line brilliantly:
"Roll on, mighty fsll"-
Here he stuck. In vain he scratched his head
and cudgelled his brain for three hours and then
gloriously wound up as follows:
Roll on, might fall,
I'm done-that's ALL"
The Home .]ournal gravely says: cts columns
are open for temperance subjects"
We advise the editor to put water in them.
The Springfield papers are full of the ext:aor-
binary radical convention held there recently,
and several of their contemporaries are trying
which can devise the most appropriate brief
name, "Pandenonium," ''draft war" oh broke
aoose," &C., have been suggested.
How would it do to call the proceedings
scramble for bread and butter, or shorter, "a
Bread RIOT among the radicals of that district?
The Baton Rouge Courier gives an account of
the release, b. the State Commissioner, on Tues
day, of three negro children who had been held
in slavery that rari.h since h. war Tha1,
were kept in close surveillance and cruelty
treated.
This settles it. That state will be immediate-
out for so days, sheriden must be recalled from
Europe, Butler will have charge of the spoon and
Banks of the cotton department. The Grand
Army OF the Republicans of Ottawa are march.
ing to the front right in the very midst of the
contracts !
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is seventy
two years old, and the Oldest aepsJsr of the U. S.
Ser4te.-Er.
We didn't know "Mief" was spelled "memjer"
though we do know that in that body the terms
are generally synonymous.
The ladies of Woodstock; are organizing base
ball club, says the Sen.inel. "To what base uses
will they come at last"
The Sentinel talles on the Chicago Post in this
way:
A cabbage Leaf worn in the hat is said to DO
a sure protection against sunstroke The Chica-
go Post add. For those who habitually carry
an entire cabbage head in their hats, however,
this precaution is not necessary" The Post evil
IDENTIFY speaks from experience, or it wouldn't be
30 sanguine.
A radical politician named Pritchard, who
lives up in De Kalb Co.. says the Neoes, was son
struck the other day" He never felt his useful
ness as a citizen more in his life, and went of
that very morning and announced himself as
cmdndate for the legislature.
The Dixon WtraNG announces "hat it has con.
cluded to adopt the cash system"
We know of a good many papers that have
concluded to do the same thing, but their patrons
won, let 'em.
The BpletR 6 ChrOnicle, OF Mendoza, must
have an exalted opinion of its subscribers. l,
says:
Peaches G) are in town at $l.25 per box
Rather small and green--lke you, for instance
The Buletin and CNron,cle were the papers
formerly published in Mendoza. They have
combined, believing that .in union there i.
strength" and have united their names as above
Wouldn't it DO better, for euphony's sake, &c
abbrevate the names something like this: In
stead of Bulletin daa ChyOaicle, say, But-cl,0ni,
a. "a a. 4 n.