The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-02-03
SnaDDery.

The Capn& newspaper, published at Wash.
ington city, thus contributes its mite towards
immortalizing the furnambulatory member of
congress from this district:
Schiedam Schnapps was the name once of
pupuiar gin tonic. 1t had rum owing to an
attack that Rev. Henry Ward Beecher made on
the beverage. Had Henry been employed he
could not have advertised the schnapps to a bet.
ter advantage. The tonic, however, in time died
out and the name dropped into that limbo of for.
gotten trash to be revived in the most extraordi.
nary way by a district in Illinois sending the
identical old Schiedam to Congress as the sue.
| cessor of the Hon. Burton G. Cook. On last
Wednesday the Hon. Schedam popped his cork
in the face of the House. and for nearly an hour
afforded IN entertainment rarely witnessed in
that famous cave of the winds The report got
out that Schnapp was going to explode, and
when he got the eye of the Speaker and, assum.
ing an attitude, drew out II roll of manuscript,
a silence fell upon the hall of the House. such
Is precedes summers thundergust ON woods
and fields; and before Schiedam had exploded
three sentences he was surrounded by members
OF all parties and complex,ons, and as he pro.
ceeded roars of laughter rung and cack ed alonx
the fretted ceiling from one and all, while some.
unable to contain themselves broke into by steri-
cal shreks aud the Speakers gave seemed no
longer 70 DC calling ID order but rapplng out its
wooden c4chnst;on. Il WAS the stump trans.
ferred at natu,tl to the House. 1t was Davy
Crockett revived IN old Harry Ginger Snapp, as
he is now fnIniliarly called aud the fun came in
! no, 40 much on what he said rs on his manner
OF -.yng it. He gestculatd all overthrow
throwing his arms about like wind mill In a
storm. then bringing his H. down upon the desk
in front of him with such force as to make the
pens dance and the ink squirt out; and then,
putting his congressional thumb to his congres.
s"nAl nose, he would tvirl his fingers while
winkiug and blinking in the widest III inner.
You Democrats hope To get into office under
them rules OF this civil service, eh don't you
! But you wlL g. .0. Nuu u0' 't--no.sir.ee"
Aud the thum" Jagged, and the fingers
twrled, while the sentence coming out IN long
yell, wound up in lhe "ec' on which the sire.
was put, like the last cholicky groan OF Il living
COW, that was almost lost in the roar that camc
mp from all sides "a uboNJtngWshulle l,ughter
A wild scusc VI iau took possession Of the house
from floor 20 galleries, au,, ID it one and all ave
way with entire abandon. solemn old pump.
who were never known to smile, lest they might
drop some of their precious dignity, almost
rolled uN their seats, and i. was comiugl to see
such make degenerate effort, from time 10 time
TO regain their seli.contrpl aud once more appear
solemn.
We have missed our Mnugon, we hayo mourrcd
our Mul!ers but kind Providence in our distress
sends u' "a Snapp. Long live Snapp, And
"hen ne again attacks the civil.seryice reform,
'he Democratic party and the English gran.
mar may we DO there 10 see and herr--fur life
Is short and troubles many.