The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14
GREAT CLOSING OUT SALI
nm.
OF WINTER CLOTHING
For Men, Boys and Children,
AT M. STIEFEL'S
Great Popular Clothing Bazaar,
WHITE CORNER.
OvercOats Reduced from Three to Ten Dollars.
"inter suits Reduced from Two to Eight Dollars.
AT NJ. STIEFELS WHITE CORNER.
Then and Now.

y day or so ago, in pursui, of items, we mean
dcred into Bowman's Photographic shop, to look
at the pictures. Hanging in an obscure corner we
discovered three likenesses of men From the
remarkably sinister expression of their several
countenances we naturally took them for some
noted scoundres, and supposed that We had
Numbered into the roSues gallery department of
Bowman's establishment but have since learned
our error, because when Bowman Is out there
is no rogue in that gallery, or he has no gal in
that roguery-wcll, we're mixed as usual.
We found that these suspicious looking pic.
lures were ILLNESSES Of three Of Ottawas promi.
nent citizens, taken many years ago.
There was one of Donat Don't ity) Hollecker,
taken in 1871, just as he was going to the Mexi-
can war. The object IN sending hiln to The war,
we should Judge was to Brighten the MexGans.
AS friShtenst he must have been a success, for
only men Of strong nerves could have contem-
plated the original OF that picture more than
| two seconds and not run away in q panic. We
think the government owes Don't q pension. On
the other side of the picture is the mild, good
natured, handsome Photographic phiz of Mr. II
| rs he Is now.
| The next picture was that of our distinguished
friend, Beach Fellows taken also in 1917, and on
the opposite side Beach in 1874 The first pic
ture is marvel of greenness, so to speak We
do not wish to write plainly and positively that
Beach was green then, but simply to throw out
mild hints that rather tend in that direction, that
when that picture of 1877 was taken, b. F. Esq
was not then ripe clear through, hence the ne
cessity of his guardians pnning on his coat Il
placard for the benefit Of intelligent cows:
" This green object is not cucumbcr-den't eat
him." Since then B. f. has become generous,
wholesouled man, and experience has made him
sage.
The third Of the gallery Of apparent rogues,
was that Of Bowman himself, taken eighteen
hundred and four, which would make that inter
esting party, exclusive of a few days about sew
enty-four years old. Counting him as q man of
strict piety, his days won't count quite so nu-
mcrous as they would were you to regard him
as man Of sin-gularity, When this ancient
picture was taken, Bowman was an honest farmer.
You can tell that he was honest by the peculiar
expression of one Of his eyes which he is slowly
closing on the spectator, us if DESTROYS Of convey.
ing the intelligence OF: "Behold in me a natural
born customer, who will take numerous views
Of men and women and things" He looks very
unsophisticatcd, however just beneath the eye
that is wide OPEN is a tear like that of widdy's
pig" and his lower lip Tops similarly to that Of
/" q mothcrlcss calf" while his left hand clutches
a half dollar which he has apparently just rccev-
ed for green pumpkin which he has worked off
on stOrckecper as a squash A Sunday school
tract protrudcs out Of his coat pocket, on the ny
leaf of which is the record Of game Of scvcn.up
which he played on the previous Sunday after
noon in the barn with some other boys who had
called to ask the way TO church. On the reverse
side is Bowman as lac is. He has reformed now
You could not tell from his picture that ha had
ever seen a-church, much less q set OF cards
He is the pcrsonifcation of nccness and subducd
picty. He is very seldom seen to " smile" unless
there is 4 stick in it, and while we say it with
due modesty we assert that Bowman Is the most
intensely bcautiful-thc most thrillingly hcwitch-
ing man in Ottawa, crccpt BEEMrs.