The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-09-23
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table, and opens with poem, dolores" by An
ME Chambers, with three illustrations. Col
Thorpe tells, in his most humorous style. the
~History of the New York Post Office" in the
next illustrated article. THE Yale College Ex-
petition of 1870" by C. A. Belts. is another ill
ust-ated article. Then we have H annah Jane"
by Petroleum V. Nasty; "Reindeers. Dogs and
Snow Shoes" by Gen. r. +. Marcy; "The con.
quest of Ireland" by Eagene Lawrence; and
.By.gone Celebrities of Bond street." by r. H.
Horne The American Baron" is continued,
and We have three or four shor; stories. The
easy Chair" "The Drawer &C. sustain their
usual interest.
We give few extracts:
JIMMY MOWER; CLERK OF THE NEW YORK
POsT OFFICE IN THE OLDEN TIME.-The post
affice had among its clerks Jimmy Mower. He
was a smart business man, of wonderful capacity
for work, and of the most equsblc good nature.
In addition, he was pretty we'll read he boasted
that he got his Information In connection with
his business of distributing the newspapers. One
of his jokes grew out of the TACT that in the
he was drafted, but, to avoid the responsibility,
hired substitute. who was killed ut tho famous
sortie on Fort Erie, Canada frontier, and conse-
quent!y that he Jimmy Mower had been killed
In the service or his country, aud that his bones
were absolutely whitening on the battlefield.
His efforts to get pension for his heirs, and get
his post-office pay mt the same time, proved
puZzler to the best leg al minds. The fashion of
the times was rather stately" but Mower, dead
as he was had life enough in him to amuse his
fellow-clerks by sometimes joining in the
versations held under the shed outside OF the
post-office, and turning what was serious into
ridicule. He generally hallooed his remarks
through a broken pane of glass, 1T the same time
making his hands almost Invisible in the distrib-
ution of mail matter.
He was popular with the crowd, and IL he
could give the erudite Charles King, the subtle
Redwood Fisher, or the worthy Ma jor Noah,
what the "boys" termed "a e-wuder,' it would
set the post-ofiice congregation in roar. Ii
Jimmy was turned on by some indignant indi-
vidual who didn't see his joke, the light-hearted
official retreated 80 the interior of the pOst-ofnce,
leaving the vehement eloquence intended for his
head to be expended against the obtsudipg glass
Colonel Dodd and Charley Forester, who are
still clerks in the post-offce, great admirers
of Jimmy Mower and they still insist, after
forty-fve years of serious reflection on the sub
ject, that Mower was the smartest man they ever
knew, and that in his fights with 1.-THE editors and
the big.bngs" he always got the advantage
T. B. THORPE.
The LAST KING OF IRELAND--Roderic 0
Connor,, of the ancient line of Connaught, WAS
the last king who sat the throne OF Celtic Ire.
and. His character and exploits are painted
with no fattering hand by the monkish writer's
who longed for his destruction, OF later histo.
rians, who have written in :he interest Of the
Roman Church. All the crimes and woes Of a
fated dsdipus are attributed to the unhappy king
who ventured to strike last blow for the free
dom of Ireland, who resisted with obdurate pat
riotism the steel'clad lesions Of the pope and
Henry H., and who more than once seems to
have been on the eve of Il final triumph. 1t is
said thatRoderic was thrown in chains by his
father, who feared his savage temper, that he put
out the eyes of his two brothers, aud that he
wasted in civil feuds the forces that should have
been turned against the foe. He seems, indeed,
to have wanted prudence, and too often to have
been deceived BY the treacherous arts of Dermot
and the priests. Yet one not avoid review.
ing with sympathy the story or the unhappy
monarch whsse disastrous reign was ut least
marked by sincere patriotism, and whose mis-.
fortunes were merited by his trcAchery or his
servie fear. Amidst his savage wilds and an.
cestral wilds the O'Connor, terrified by novel
dangers, assailed ny the most powerful monarch
OF the age, exposed to the anthemas Of the Ital.
ian Church, surrounded by traitors, aud scarcely
u
ambitions rivals, still maintained spirit not
unworthy OF that long line Of patriotic chiefs OF
whom he was destined to be the lust aud it 10 U
graceful trait III the character of Roderic that he
strovs once more to revive, by liberal endow.
ments, the famous college of Armagh, ~ il con.
scious that Ireland could only hope to secure its
freedom by general education OF its people,
From 1.-THE Conquest of Ireland by EUGENE
LAWRENCE.
The following graphic and thrilling descrip
ton of the manner III which Horace Greedy wrote
his name in the fremont House register l.tely
10 thus given by the Chicago Republican.
THE book was wheeled around and Mr. Greelv
proceeded to write his name. He made an Fl
like one.barreld gate. Then he made lower
case like AN eclipse with one end smashed in
thus far into the bowels Of the word perse.
vering person might penetrate with difficulty il
his time Was not worth more than y dollar ~
Aour. But the rest of the Horace" verbally
considered, would have orazsd Champoliou. It
looked like old English text badly Intoxicated
crowd had iu the meantime collected to see
the philosopher write the word "Gree!y." A
lady was watching the scene with an opera glass
from the parlor door. The phosophic pen made
u that looked like patent bay.loader, Then
the NIUE steel instrument, unused to such hand.
ing, went OH III u hiero+ ly phiu maze that !.
comparable to nothing III the ALui- mu,,.. .,,ci
lure o, oacography. Such wr,,i,x u.n uniy ~
described M being al! things l.. an men I'll,
words New York City" it tn,, w.. their ,,,,.
port, re'emoled tiri E.sA,y ,,.i. after