The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-12


follows:
90 long TO be q Granger
And with the Changers stand,
bunch Of clover in my arms,
And pitchfOrk in my hand.
The rage for the "ic" termination To girls
names has come to a disastrous conclusion in
one Oregon family A farmer named Axe christ
cned his eldest girl Belle. She had some cards
printed in the "ie" fashion, and-well, after
looking at the result, she concluded that Belle
was pretty enough for her, and burned them.
Dixon people employ their leisure in watch.
ing bathcrs while swimming in Rock river with
in the city limits. The hathcrs have applied to
the city council for an ordinance to relieve them
selves from this annoyancc.-RDheNI IDdpcndcnt,
"Smmbering shade is the last color agony
among the fashion mongcrs. 4 Lewiston clerk
was not to be stumped, however, by an exquisite
lady who demanded goods of the new color. He
had none on the shelves, he said, but believed
here were several pieces snoring at the depot. !
The following efiuson in the Elmira Co-,ti,
prcccdcs the advertisement Of Il pOctcal halter:
Wear good hat; the secret Of your look,
Lies with the beaver in Canadian brooks.
Virtue may flourish in IN old cravat.
But man and nature scOm shocking hat
Here is an impressive case OF Coming events, "
&c. The editor Of the Dixon Sua desires the
county fair to offer a premium on babies. He .
says he will bring hist will be about three
weeks old at the time of the fair, and will look
ike it. father /.
Here is pretty experiment for romantic
school girls, which the result in the case below
We hope will not deter them from trying:
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made quite III recently by swallowing hcartscasc l.
covers Their romance was, that when they
swallowed one of these flowers whole and then
expressed Il wish, they would have it grathed
Strange rs 1t may seem, hardly had they swal
lowed the flowers ere they expressed a wish for
a wash basin or q slop jar, and the way the
school ma'am busted around to procure the de.
-ired utensil was lively
4 Wisconsin congressman is perpleyed aboItI
his back pay He is afraid if he takes it he viii
De called thief, and if hc refuses he viii De- ,
called a fool.
lie may as well take the ,wag He !, sure 10
be called both anyhow.
Horace Greeley was not thinking Of the stokes
s@se, but it was as true of that As any other, u
when he said; AS this is not common sense. II
We suppose it must be law" |
The legislature Of Montana has ju,t passed an u
election law under which " Ill prisons who file It
heir intention to become mali citizens" Of that u
territory are made voters. II Is said susan p. b
Anthony is going there Immediately to file her n
intention to become male citizen. "
\ newspaper speaks about the death Of Tabor. 4
of New Orleans, the "man who o1cs Killed the Il
father Of josie Mansfield" Who killed the old i
man the other time i not mentioned.
\ London correspondent Of New York Jour. "
la says, the Shah of Persia, after doing London +,
by gas light with Albert Edward, wonder, what =,
possible objection the English can have % hi.
travelling with three wives, +
Here q woman who had "uo nonsense about
her. Paul Carroll, of Lexington, Ky, being in
Inc last stages of salopins consumption, sen, ="
Tor couple Of ministers to administer spiritual d
consolation. When they came his wife told them e'
with emphasis that She saw no use in such BE-
Al the balance of the CAROLS had III
gone 10 Ii and she saw no use in dividing tie cr
family" -,
Here II a laconic description of fight in New
Orleans; Vincent Blood (coored) cut William u;
homaon'o tcoiorcd) throat As Thomson was try IN
inc to bite Bloods (coloredl nose Off" y
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lain In New Hampshire, and La. become fash m
enable for hotel, vessels, pet horses, &c II 10
ose5 good deal Of its romance however. when cX
traced to its origin, being derived, Is q Dover DIT
paper explains from sloVehly farmer Who lived tr'
At the foot OF the mountain nalncd Kcsiah Sar. III
cent. From kar Sargent the nam. gradually u,
'ounded into kcsrsargc. IN
The course of true love runs coarsrr than 81
autmeg greater in Vermont, H. witness hy the pi
GLOWING incident: a young gentleman in "
VT, pawned his best suit for So and o.
lis alteration. She sent il back with the TN r;
)hatic request TO keep it, o
There's chance for the 2IOJ1 surplus females q
u Massachusetts,. The famous Indian Chief Red -
loud owns his conversion to the Quaker policy, -
nd agrees To forego any future demand ON his al
1hite brother for FIRE water OF shooting irons, Il
he viii send him a few hundred squaws for his b
Warriors 10 marry. The white border men and IA
rapper-' hc says, have :aken all his young wo-
men for wives, leaving none for his own tribe. Is
The papers speak Of lady Of Quincy who Is q "
spartan mother, if there ever was one. She Ma, I'll
presented Mr. Spartan at different times. sixteen IN
,ledges. -,
The Quincy call perpetrntr. the following b,
Which is highly complimentary TO The city coun..
il of that municipality: ol
Hubhs had grudgc against Seventh street h,
nan and settled the account by pcrsuading the pl
Gentleman TO 20 up and hear the city council h,
lst night Hubbs IL satisfied if the other man is u,
The above may suggest mode Of paving of in
Id scores in Ottawa w
A Peoria editor, after swallowing half All ounce !
native whisky, got of an original iicm a. fol -
jws: =,
An engineer on the Toledo, Peoria * Warsaw IA
abroad, in approaching the trestle work Just Va
cross the river the other evening, saw what he -
lOk 10 be COW on the track. He shut off steam -;
id wbistled Justify, and Just as he came up 10 W
ne animal it sprang over the fence and disap. Oh
cared in the water. II proved 10 be a fair spec bc
en- Of the Illinois bullfrOg. lou
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