The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-12-31
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

The State Rgiaer, in mentioning the fact that
Mr.. G.s,on tiemocrat) was recently elected
N,yor OF Boston, says: "There is m.nife.tly
an oasis ia the polite desert OF Massachusetts,"
Boston is a model city. 1t is the Athens" of
this countryside Hub, and also democratic.
Bos,oni.ss may we'll be proud of themselves and
their city.
Emma II trdinge, who is spiritual medium,
asks every one who loves Emma IL rdiuxe, aud
believes and appreciates her work, to meet her
in solemn, fall convention In the spheres of the
spirit country, in the year 1870, AID at the
period that corresponds to the christian day of
earth.
All right Emma, but We shan't be there.
Hon J. B. Root and Col. Z. r. Roe are candi-
dates tor .ksr Of the House of Represents.
tives in this state. The Colonel has adopted for
his motto, 'R Dot hog or die" while Root has
take. the old adage, Let every man hoe his
own Roe" 1t rem ,ins to be whether Roe
will uproot r 'ot, or Root will row Roe ashore
-PeO'ia !Veriee.
The L, Sale Press has an editorial article on
"Christmls,' beginning altitudi nonsly thus:
Nearly twenty centuries have rolled owe, this
globe since the Star of Bethlehem indicated the
natal year aud place Of the advent of the Re.
deemer.
The e iitor continues from this grand starting
point to sail away upwarp. till at last he vanishes
in a mere dazzling speck in the heavens A new
editor will of course be needed at once, AZ the
other fellow has gone to glory"
An exch an e gives the following as clear
ease of fraud:
AT California fair several bottles Of strained
honey were pat on exhibition. when chap put
bottle Of castor oil with the rest Several old
ladies' sampled it, with the same result The
opinion OF all who tried it was, that the bee who
laid 1t was a fraud. One old lady said even the
bees had got to cheating nowadays.
The proverb that stolen kisses are sweet, is
enforc d by the fact that they generally como
from ,sse-.-Er.
Yes, from the l.sses, or, q little honey.
Buyer and seller should be brought together
-F0rneyS Press.
Tney were when Bullock and Forney met
Boston Post.
A Georgia editor, who didn't have free tick.
ct, says it's comioal aud entertaining to stand on
the outside of the circus tent at night and watch
the shadows on the CANVAS.
The editor OF the Tribune intim.tes that he
would rather be any live man than any dead
man. He is like the drum Ajor who ran swsy
Aoin SHtckAWsuKh, huO Wuo Wueu TepfOaCh6d
with cowArdics, replied: I'D r.ther be called
scow'rd all my life than corpse fifteen min.
utes."-Post
time to run ~ the woman's candidate for presi.
dent ia 1872.
The candidate for vice president on that ticket
ought to be a man, a. both sexes ought to be
represented.-Ex.
Anthony Recorns. Of Troy, Y. Y, lived to be
1O7 years old without calling physician in
counsel But he called one two years ago, and
last week he was gathered to his fathers aged
100 This should be warning to any body Who
attains the age of 107 years not to call the
doctor.
An exchange says Mrs. Bloomer writes that
the woman suffrAgists are IN ,king the fur dy
In Iowa" SO are the cats ia our back yard and
that's all it amounts to.-M Y. Democrat
The Chicago Times has been furnished with
nen Syleo dress, called the "Opera Suit"-Free
port Bulletin.
Yes, and it is valued at $50, but We pre-.
sumo the Yaes would sell it for less, as it is too
expensive for every day wear.
A nsw democratic paper, at Newport, Ind, is TO
be man ,ged by Jump & Whslem" The firm
think themselves able to dispense with the
speciality OF a lighting editor"
"Dewomanizatioa," is the hard name given TO
the male brutes who do not believe in woman
sutfrase.-Er.
We surrender Rather than be called such a
name that will give the women all the
SURFACES they want. We won't be one of them
Observation-Disclosures if We can help it.
B,b5itt the soap manufacturer, lust got rich
enough TO own five thousand dollar diamond.
when some stole it.-Ec.
The negro women Of an obscure Mississinpi
town have formed themselves into a colored
soro>is. One OF their objects is to protect their
weak sisters from the wes and receptions of the
radlcai carpetbaggerS of the south.
The man who didn't believe in advertising has
gone into partnership with the sheriff. and thew
are going 10 have an auction.
Dan Rice's paper has a few good .ouibs such
as these:
j. il i'd that bones exposed to the action Of
ben1iue are easily made into glue. Ii this be AZ
We have several animated glue factories psrsm.
bulatug our streets
Aud now We have it thu, john w Forpcy
VIII 40 longer support the Standardization. We.
Il been boring under IN, impression Chat III,
adm'"iNtr ton supported Ton"y.
The Cincionau Conoa1a" come, ont in favor