The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-11
Mnrseilles.

Marseilles.
Our weekly visit to Marseillcs on Wednesday
last furnished few items Of interest
The election was over and the majority of the
masculine citizens had quieted down from the
exhcratiye effects of the occasion. The Old
bumuers displayed little deeper hue OF red on
their noses and {! darker shade of melancholy
seemed to have settled upon their otherwise jol-
ly mugs" They evidently had the blues, the
result of their supplies Of free whisky having
! been cut Oft
The following narned gentlemen were elected
! 10 office in tue town OF Rutland, which comprises
new" or west Marsees.
Supervisor A. NJ. Pitts on the liberal demo
Grating ticket, heating John T. Nichol, straight
haired republican, by "a majority.
Assessor Nathan Fleming; collector, Ole
Thompson. Ed. Beckwi,h WAS elected justice
Of the peace and also town clerk, but since the
election II has been determined that he Is lnell-
gib,e, he having lived at Ottawa portion of the
past year and not haying been long enough n Mar
seilles-yilain to hold office. w. A. Morey was
elected an ether justice Of the peace and Enos
Brown constable
The town meeting voted $1,000 for road and
bridge purposes, $500 OF it to grade the Black
well lane road on the flats" between Shayer's
bluff and the Dayton road north of the canal and
railroad and east of Fox river, This will be only
Il drop in the bucket" as couple of thousand
dollars will be needed to make decent thor
| ouglfare.
That distinguished party, the pale silver blonde
| or white haired christian statesman named Black
man, has recently had his feelings "riled" Mr..
p. is the SEQ" Of Russell & Co, the liquid light
ming chaps at Marseiles next to the railroad on
the principal business street Of the town. When
the praying ladies first called upon Russell u
Co., Blackman was highly amused and much
hattercd. He flew around like seyenty-tiyc
dollar waiter al nobby hotel and was more than
polite to the women, and when they prayed he
cas-; down his eyes and looked severely devout
and on the occasion of their second call he was
polite but not so intensely pious; on their third
call he did not cast down his eyes nor even shut
them; on the FORTH he took an unusually large
chew Of tobacco and inwardly said d-n; on the
fifth he said il aloud; on the sixth he concluded
20 grin and bear ii and he grinncd and bore it
for :. Wcck--hc furnished the grin and the women
the tore part His grins were painful 10 behold,
and they bored him almost to death and they
have kept on coming until that man has been re-
duced to a degree Of wretchedness that is melan-
choly 70 contemplate. On Monday last they
swoopcd down upon him once more. Arranging
themselves in q dress parade line in front OF his
bar, they opened their hymn books and sang
hymn at him, and then they proceeded to
pray at him Concluding this, they started in on
another sing He was yeXcd; he was wrathy;
his ire was up; his white hairs arose upon his
pate like the quilts on the fretful porcupne"
He approached the boss prayer slingist and
champion hymn erkist of the crowd and said
firmly: Ladies, this is not fit place for reli-
gious exercises. have too much respect for
prayer and divine worship to permit It to be per
formed in this room. l have prepared q room for
Won adjoining this and invite you to go there,
pointing the way through an open door to a rear
room. The ladies did not seem disposed to 20
and thcrcupon he took couple of armsfuls OF
them and gently hustled them in. Returning he
grabbed half dozen more Of the fair beings and
swept them in. Surprised and dumb founded
the women did not resist and found themselves
in neat room with chairs and table. Here they
were told that they might pray to their hearts
content They prayed awhile but seemed to get
lonesome without the presence OF the silver.
sinner (which his name is Blackman" the aforc-
said, 50 they appeared at the door and got per
mission 10 pray there at him rs q compromise
They exhausted themselves but their rcbelious
and incurabe victim refused to surrender and
they left. He promises to fit up the prayer room
Of his saloonery in good style expressly for the
ladies' There are TO be elegant soft cushions
for the dear creatures TO kneal upon, racks in the
backs Of the chair to hold their hymn books, and
little mirrors in the floor that the sweet ones
may see how fascinating they look in the devo-
tional attitude. Blachman is willing to spare no
expense in making the girls happy and Russell
recommends IN addition nice free lunch in
another back room.
While pcrambulatinG the streets abou; the
town cur attention was called to Eb. Barbcr's
new dwelling house, which is model of neat.
ness. The paint was put on in very artistic
manner by FclN Zisler, paint spreads, OF fame