The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

that General Butler will be "canonzcd in ms
tory," the Louisville Courier-Joundt irreVcreh.S
expresses the opinion that "lf he were 10 p'
shotgun-izcd by the police during The "og'o"SS
II would serve him better"
A boy in Indiana having built himself Il NINA
turc steam engine that makes $50 revolutions
minute, a local paper advises him to send II 10
Mexico or Spain, where quick revolutions just
now seem to be popular.
A farmer with II turn for literature sent some
HORTICULTURAL noats" to the Detroit FREE freSS
A Cincinnati man, disappointed in not secur'
ing mail agency, says lie made mistake IN not
Joining Mosby's guerilla gang at the breaking
out OF the war.
Teachers in the public schools OF Boston are
not permitted to innct corporal punishment up
on any scholar until twcnty-four hours after the
otfense is committed. How can teacher be eN-
pected to maintain "rightcous indignation
for "A hours?
Women, when they have neither babies, nor
lovers, are certain to have pets OF some k!hd'
They don't seem to care much about the klnu'
either in some parts of the country. For IN
stance, III Louisiana they have small alllgators
in Wisconsin they have turtles; III Arkansas
thew have snakes, and in Tennessee lizards.
such nets as those are, in our Judgment even
worse than the horrld animal, man, III any stage
of his dcvclopment,-Co Journal.
Very small topographic errors sometimes make
big changes in the sense. Thus Pennsylvania
editor recently in stating that "the legislature
had passed the bill over the governors head
changed the meaning very materially by getting
Il into the word passed, making 1t read
" pasted
Two daughters of VIM f. Gallagher, in the
town of Courtlandt H., this year plowed and put
in 80 acres Of small grain One OF these girls,
Miss Nancy, did the blowing, while the other
Miss Adeia, sowcd the grain and narrowed 1t in.
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The following can have no reference to young
ladies like those referred to above:
When young lady sees one OF her acquant-
ances with new bonnet she just lifts up her
nose, and sercnely wonders "whcre that thing got
that fright"
A convention of "local preachers" held at
Spring Garden, Jefferson county, resolved
that the game of croquct is immoral and unbe-
coming to any member of the church who en-
cages in it."-EI.
That was up in Wisconsin. 1t would have
taken Massachusetts, hundred years ago to
beat it.
Some rural Longfclow, after reading the ad-
vcrtsement OF the sale of Minnehaha Falls at
auction bubbers over it as follows:
Minnehaha sold at auction!
Sold at auction, Minnehaha!
Mime sold at auction,-ha-ha.
The Dakotah's laughing water
Up the spout and sold at auction!
The recent Missouri Editorial Convention was
opened with prayer by Elder Berry; upon which
he Troy Chief makes the unchartable remark |
hat ait may have been opened by elder berry;
nut wen wager it was closed by juniper berry
nd old rye"
Dover, Vt, has not had a death for five years,
nd the town hcarse was put up at rattle the
Their day and won by man who is going toaltcr
over into milk cart
The New Orleans Herald says that any blind
ian can read the dcplorabe condition Of Lousi.
ma upon the books of the State Auditor, since
ne public debt is there recorded in raised
CURES"
A Chicago horse doctor nearly lost his life last
eek by the falling of his diamond pin on one of
is feet. The entire ankle was badly crushed,
nd the doctors think amputation will be
cccssary.
A Liverpool paper speaks of "Artcmus Ward
ccchcr, the great American humorist'
The Woman's Jouynal Boston, has captured u
Massachusetts, girl who walked forty miles in
40 days to attend a circus.