The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-09-07
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.
w nAI MEANS II


our way!
What is the though; that surees in millio,
hearts to-day?
and deep;
It's hiding our sad differences IN dark oblivion,
keep;
It's looking to the future, to issues new aud
grand;
The full harmonious progress vi orr many peo
pied land
1t means that all are equal. thu, the mighty
strife ia DER,
That freedom crowned with honor reiyus su.
preme from shore 10 shore;
That having wrought sublimely, subimely we
forget,
That across the bloody chasm the uumaied
hands are met.
1t means that we are rousng to the grandeur of
the hour,
To clasp its noblest elements of glory and of
power;
To put our vast republic on higher, wider
plane
Of marvellous achievement, new spendors to
attain.
The Amerlcan Newspaper Reporter N. " has
picked up the following from some western ex-
change, probably one published in Joliet:
"lt you don't ave H circus, or an earthquake,
or 'lioeral ratiicatian, or il some OF these old
bachelors around Joliet don't get married, or
some OF the younger ones who want to, and are
taking advantage Of these pleasant evenings to
do their sparkling over the front gate don't get
nung oG picket, or lady fall on the dilapi-
dated sidewalk en- Ottawa street and sprain her
ankle or II our cross railroad dom get built.
or child get lost in the dog.fennel, the editor
OF one OF our city papers will be short of local
items in his next issue" So says one of our 80.
verely tried leaders of public opinion"
The Danbury Nears says:
denizen of the sixth ward was bitten by a
dog Monday evening. As soon as he recovered
from the fright be declared no would kill the
animal. But the dog isn't mad said the own
er. MAD y shouted the victim cxasperatlngly,
"what in thunder has lie got to be mad abou, :"
lie evidently misconstrued the explanation.
This is the last:
Mrs. fetch er, of Pittsburgh, is no more. 1t
blew the kerosene can fifty yards.
With to-day closes the summer months of
1872 I. ia With regret We bid Farewell to
all the joys aud Sorrows That were Ours during
that priei period.-Pcru Herold
Every man to his taste, but that is the first
time farewell was bid to sorrow with regret.
Ingenuity IN excuse can 20 no further than
this:
Our paper is delayed this week-cause, hauds
s,ck-disease, ague-sckness prolonaed-cause,
no doctor il Sherid,n--nearest doctor, five miles
wa have no horse so we JUST feed them quiz
nine as regular die,-She,iddn Ne~s Letter.
The Oswego correspondent of the kendaN
Comfy Record la. the following unique reason
Cor anything 10 beat Greeley:
He Greeley is the most al oIn,nuble writer
You ever saw, while General Grant writes Z
pretty fair hHnd.
The Detroit Post says:
Chorpeaains the .arundrel who tried 80 cheat
the Government and rob the Treasury, u
Democrat
We regret 70 add that Postmaster General
Croswell, who aided and abetted Cnorpenning
in his attempts to cheat the Government and rob
the Treasury. was once Democrat too.-LOuis.
tAte COArtCr jOulnaL
Blowing will be resumed at The Ottawa Glass
Works next Monday The manager of the
works had Intended securing Judge Parks ex-
pecting to dispense with all other blowing ma
cbinery, but having heard the latter speak, he
decided that Parks was TOO f0ul.'nOuthed to blow
clean glass. 1t thought that he might be
useful in blowing bottles, but it was generally
conceded that while II full bottle might make
Parks blow, he never would take any interest in
an e1apty one.--Fo Rtyer Press.
At Mattoon Illinois, there is u pie woman
who retails sewed, peggcd or machine stitched
pies, the size of an elephants foot, for the ~ n,
of two nickles each. Those who think the cou IA.
try is not prospering under the present ~dmini
stration will do well to note this fact.-EL.
western paper pictures reporter, in pro
posed new style of primer, az follows:
Here is the face of a reporter. See how 10 !,
fnl he looks. He has heard that a man has cu
his own throat, and he il going for the item
Should you like to be II reporter and get ,hra-keC
dark nights, and see dead persons, and climb az
four pairs Of stairs:
Another sacrifice:
Charles G.. Clarke, editor Of the Ann Arbo
(Michiganl C0nrter, has been appointed pos,
master at that place.-7he Printing Ga:etf.
The harpies, newspaper man in the countr,
is at Buffalo, Missouri, according TO one VIII
has seen him, and who writes:
Mr.. a. W. Carson publishes the county paper
which is called the Refer. Carson IL bette
contented and more phlosophio than any o,he
printer ! ever -Dw. He sets his own tyne
writes his own editorials, uses Chicago inside
has plenty 20 eat, digests his food well, sleep
sound, and TRANQUILITY looks on the scramble |,
which the world Is engaged with profound in
difference as 10 whether school Peeps or not. II
never duus subscriber, IN his list is TO small !
incur any useless risk Of losing one. He neve
asks man to subscribe, for fear of iucreasip
the amount OF presswork he has to d.. He ha
no ambition for Office, because he expects 70 di
on hnnaSt tuan and ha don,k ,s.au4 10 ..aA =, :,