The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-25
CREAM OF OUR ExCu ANaEs.

by bank, and he returned the money. The To-
cal paper SAYS this is another evidence that the
race c.nuever be civilizad.
Here is what csme OF meeting BY moonlight
alone:
AKsnsts dropped little note 10 a neigh.
bor's wife, inviting her to NEST HIM under tue
nels silver light of the moon. The husband got
the Tote first, and kept the appointment. Two
doctors have been Mt work on the X ,nsas man,
in whom they found rich lead nine
The Washington star doesn't want to hurt
Gen. Meyers feeli.ss, but insists that such
weather Was uukoown before tie establishment
OF the Weather Bureau.
The D,abury Ne0s says: The remarks rsla-
tiycs and friends who attend funeral make up
on the merits of the dece 4sed freq uently in-
strucnvc. AT the funeral of an aged resident OF
Slawsons, Saturday, d neighbor feeinsly observ.
ed that the departed wouldn't rare and cuss
about taxes any more"
The Sterling Ga.ette suggests that the m.n
who will invent bumper fer the use of persons
who have to sit down on sidewalks suddenly can
make fortuGe, The Article should be in work.
ing order before the next slippery spell.
A Charlton, Tow,, hen il bringing; up kit
ten with marked success.-b1.
, EgYes and tue he" prove it by showing the
marks. That kitten will be cat Of mark mark
that.
Warned by the cold snap in the past week,
people are preparing themselves for the winter,
and heavier aud warmer sleeve buttons are In
active demand. 1t is easter to take care OF the
81 81 !, j. m
IA TN evidence that art, though yet in Its in
fancy in the south, IS appreciated, we copy the
following:
An Arkansas artist carved sleeping lion in
marble and took it to the county tnr for \ pre-.
MUM The award was thu-iy: james McG,ll
first premium for beautiful bul-pup carved
in marble.
Ths La Sale Press mas our thanks for siling
avid rumor that otherwise might have in jured
US:
The report that Beemus, of the Ottawa Free
Irader, had been requested by the Kanakas to
become king of the Sandwich Islands, in place OF
Kamehamehs, deceased, is denied.
I. An Ohio editor speaks of one who has been q
persevering contributor to the Office waste basket
for years past.
Changing observes the Wheeling LntsAigen-
Ger, sis becoming epidimic in Washington" We
know OF no place whore legal strangulstlon can be
practiced with more general appreciation.
The Reformer, at Morris, give. US recipe for
making nectar,-a beverage good enough for the
gods, 'or any other man. It is an electro-mag.
hectic distilIation from too ups feminine, placed
in contact with fellows mouth and allowed to
remsin there and simmer until an explosion
takes place, which throws the heads of the par
ties apart Sometimes so much of this exhili.
rating liquor is made at one time that tho par
ties can't sip it all at even dozen efforts
The Reformer tells of fraud perpetrsted on
innocent madens by hayward boys: On Fri.
day a number Of youngsters went to Marseilles,
and got back some time during the night Of that
and the morning Of the next day. The boys
complain of the great scarcity of bridges on that
route. They talk of going for the road super
visors along the way. This matter should DO
seen to at once A road for slsigh.riding pur-
poses should have bridge on it every 20 or 30
feet, at least. Young mon Of experience in such
matters, drive their girls across Nettle creek.
and, turning around block, drive back, and
thence making small circuit return. In this
way they manage to find bridge every three
minutes. They swing around this circle all day,
or until the horse gets tired out then they got q
fresh one, and also a Trash girl, and repeat oil
night The girls get so confused that they do
not notice the fraud in fact thoy rather enjoy it,
SO do the boys. while the lvery-st fobs his 81. 00
per hour, aud says: This world 10 not such q
dreary place to live IN as some people pretend T.
The temperance people of Princeton, ILL.,, are
rejoicing over decisive victory won ut late city
election. Their majority of last year. which wal
only forty.six, has been increased to 155 thil
year.-Er.
Temperance people have one victory here
by one majority-but us We are only that one
they are not proud.
The Dixon Herald is responsible for the fol
lowing:
Caliiorui. druggist has gone crazy on tn
notons tsAt everything he eats 10 ix,presu ate,
with caster oil. Strange that suoh an idea caul,
no. be got through him.
The Nensti.n goudoli-r,, upon thei- srr,vsi il
thin cusnt,y, take kindly to tho wheelbsrrow a
veh!culsr nuolsus around which to clus,.
the rousnce and dream. OF ,hsi, earlier life .
home.
Buffalo Bill 10 sbsu. 70 s,sr, east again, and
wosld b we'll Tor tesscconisa to place thei
wooden lodi.ns in soms secure place, wher
William will net see them ~ he travels. II