The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-10-07
PEPPER, SALT AND SPICE.

tosinante. An opinion seems to have prevailed
IN this community that these horses were in.
capable OF getting up sufficient rate of speed
to be entitled to the dignity of the term run
away One day last week they undertook to
redeem themselves. They were at the edge Of
the town westward, and half mile from home.
lhe Intervening space is open prairie. They
consequently had a clear field" as the Jockeys
say, and besides it was noon, aud thev were 90.
ing for oats. Nc, their master, was asleep-
sleeping with perfect confidence of not being
disturbed until arriving at the stable door. Tho
horses suddenly started, and Nc tumbled out Of
the rear end of the wagon. The astounded Nc.
picked himself up aud rubbed his eyes, to see
whether his "eyesight could not havo deceived
him." Could it be that this hitherto strictly re-
liable team, that he had known for 81 years, had
actually ran away? Then he proceeded to get
up prodigious velocity of transportation in the
rear. He says he would have caught them but
COW camo along and passed them. Then thew
became more frightened than ever, and 80 cot
home first. Nc. says that while it was not much
OF runaway, the old nags made him loU."
prominent gentlemen Of our acquaintance
some weeks ago dined at Casey's Springs, in this
state, and was compelled to go through the fol-
towing bill Of fare, and he assures us that each
OF the articles named was on the table, viz:
Meats-broled middling, hogs jowl. Vegeta-
bles-tomatoes and onions vinegared, roasted
potatoes, musk melons, broiled middling. Bread
| ash corn cake, corn dodgers, 5roS,ed mtdlfng.
roasted corn in the shuk) Luxuries--jroileI
mtddhng, onions, ash cake. Dessert-Jro,ieI
mtddling, ash cake corn whisky. Condiments
Watermelons, Jroi'ed medding, extract of corn
| Ihavored) Wines-hgh whisky, whisky cob.
blers, whisky straight, whisky punched, whisky
unpunched, and whisky ~ We have to record
another most formidable runaway. Many of
our readers are aware that near the western
limits of our city stands that historic and i'm
pressing edifce known as "Perley's Castle.'
1t, like Napoleon, is "grand, gloomy and pc.
culiar" 1t is the admiration of our citizens and
strikes the stranger with awe, because Of the
legend that whole tribe Of Indians perished-
on the outside of it. 1t is not of this superior
work Of art'we would speak, but of its owners
team. This team is "hoss" team. While
they do not "paw the valley and rejoice in
their strength" they eat oats with avidity
when they get any. This team was at the
acqueduct, and their owner, the aforesaid
Perley, OF the Castle, was gazing upon
the new dam, and the above named team
concluded to run away, and they did. Perley
followed the cloud of dust to the hest of his abi.
ity. He followed that dust for two hours and
finally caught up with an OK team out in the
country. He came back, looked up and down
the streets and peeked into most of the alleys,
but found nothing. Then seriously wended his
way home, when crossing tho swing bridge at
tho sidscut. an hour after, his ears were saluted
with familiar sound. 1t was the peculiar rat.
tie Of his old wagon. He waited. In few
moments his frightened horses appeared, still
running away. They lad done their half mile
in th.ee hours and twenty.eight minutes They
approached the bridge. but observing the sign
thsreou-"Five dollars fine for crossing this
bridge. &o.."-they stopped. and thereupon Per.
ley "lifted up his voice and wept".. The Re.
publican objects to our description of the reoep.
ton OF Grant BY his republican friends lately,
because our notice of that important eerem,ny
carried the idea that "a number of leading oiti.
zens formed drunken procession, &c." We
should like to ask the Republican whether any
higher compliment could be paid Grant BY any
leading republican citizens, than for them to get
as nearly as possible in Grants usual condition,
Had the crowd gone sober, Grant and his crowd
would have taken it as . rebuke, il not an insult
But which does the Republican mean in charg.
ing us with having mistaken wit for vulgarity.
Bowman is generally known as wit; but to
what OF the defeated republican candidates for
treasurer does the Republican apply the oppro-
brlous epithet "vu'gnrity." Can it be Pusey?
"Hsaven forbidl" No, it cannot be. 1t must
be that Caldwell ia the man alluded to.