The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

IN Idaho schoolmarm has Introduced a new
feature in her school. When one of the grls
misses word the boy who spells it gets pcrmis-
sion to kiss her, As II result, the girls are fast
becoming poor spoilers, while the boys are i'm.
proving.
The Lockport Coarjct gives lis this opinion of
the BcGchcr mus5:
People who have read Tton's last statement
and still believe in the innocence OF the Plymouth
lberino, have q faith that is sublime, or a preiu.
dice that ID ridiculous, or a weak intellect, or
rush OF brains from the hcad--or something
which no amount of evidence will overcome
Further comment is useless.
! contemporary says truly;
The prevailing activity Of our talented and
energetic sewing machine agents Will, doubtless
result in the speedy introduction OF machine in
every house; and, in view of that, we make
precautionary suggestion. Ladies should not
allow their iayorite brand of machine to beguilc
them into running 1t by foot power longer than
thlrty-siX hours on a stretch. John Phoenix men
tons the case Of Connecticut lady whose right
limb acquired the motion Uf The tgeadlc in such
a manner that 1t was impossible to keep it still,
and her locomOtion assumed a sort OF polka step
SO That she was compelled to withdraw from
the Methodist Church, on charge of dancing
down the aisle one Sunday morning.
A"praying crusade against tobacco is pro-
EoScd among the lady lovers of clean kisses in
England The good thing about this scheme is
that 1t will keep the most of the women busy at
homc-Er.
As we don't use tobacco, here at least is rosy
hope for us If there is anything VIC could relish,
that We banker aftcr-but doa't get-clcan
kisses are those,
We chccriully endorse the sentiments +, tLc
following Item
The man who is hCagtiUas enough TO Offer IN
share his toothbrush with any woman. and then
basely to desert her is unfit to live He is only
suited for iirst.class sign in front of Il tobacco.
nstS store.
Louisville paper Sings dctractiyc obserya.
ton at one Of Chicago's most cherished institu.
tions thusly:
II VIII be something like nine thousand years
before Co2gi las come; taunts its horrid hair y,
III thcSc regions again, and perhaps by that time
! the average Chicago woman will have learned
better manners than to prom her feet lIp on the
horizon, and present people seeing the celestial
Wandcrcr.
An unknown newspaper tha5 contributes its =
mite to the Bcecher-Tilton literature OF the day;
I'm odd lady IN Providence Of cighty-four, after
using spectaclcs for forty years, has given them
up, and read every word Of the Bcecher CORES
pondcncc without them. She says it has fairly
opened her eyes and no spectacle could
equal il.
The North Adams Chinese Band practices with
such assiduity that the town bids fair t. become
epopuatcd.-BoSto Eloj,.
Bret llarte is said to be constantly hard mn
Such, however, is gcnius.-Eychaag( l. being
nara up constitutes genius, have some spells
OF remarkable brlancy-Milwaukec SeatiaeL
An exchange trying to insinuac that its editor
is bored with nightly scronadcs by bands of ex-
Qusitc music, say:
Always acknowledge all courtesics in a kindly
SDlllt Throw n BONNET and a pnr ri ,f Ia t,,
a Screnadng party, II not prepared to invite them
IN. you haven't bouquet or a card at hand, =
throw boot-jac or brick, or anything of that
sort, Just to show your appreciation of the kind 4
ness intended -
Senator Oslcsby, is the same prompt. careful.
accurate soul he always was. His wife had
baby last week.-El PaSo J0gyRd1
The Aurora Bcocon, iii mentioning the death of
Mrs Peter Leonard by drowning, calls her Peter
MIS-. Why didn't the Beocou call her Peter Jer
ry Woods Eagle Mills, and be done with it?
\ New York paper graycly observes that the
suicide of farmer, which it notices, "is singu-
arly strange, inasmuch as he has not been in the Z
habit of dong such things
paper gives the following advice 10 q CORES
pondent:
We shall have to decline your article on the
Decline of AristoCracy We have left out several .
u own ARTICLES lnS week, ana yOQrS "
han any OF them Take our advice, and write
| few very short pieces; write only on one side -
1i the sheet; write plainly; and then take your
pieces and burn them up in the kitchen stove"
IN old gentleman went into the Office of one of
he papers in st. John, n B.. the other day, and
presenting slip cat from London paper an
louncins the death of person weA.known in
81. John, asked to have it inserted, as there arc
great many friends Of his who would like to
lear Of Hrs DEATH
writer in the GJuphm wants new costume
Invented, one the women will not ache to COPY
lc will have to 20 back to the fig leave apron of
Ive-Er r
OF course! How anxious that fellow is to have
he old style Of clothing-ohly one clothes
dopted,
Indiana threshng machncs are hashinw off
egs and arms with promptness and dispatch, and
OCCASIONALLY leaving handsome widow for pos
Gritty TO take TO candy pulls next winter.
And yet there are men who oppose threshing
DIChncs
The Jo,gma' DR. -VarssjHcs gives its readers The
blowing account OF the affair OF Bcecher vs. -
'ilton: w
:" \ great dispute has arisen between the Amer
IAN ministers, Beecher, Stilton (Sic1 and Moul-
on, on account of some love letters found with
lr. Moulton, which were written by Mr.. Stilton
o Mrs. Beccher Stove. Stilton, on his part, nc
uses Mr.. Beccher to have scduced bis youngest
aughter, Mademoisec Florence Stiton, and
as sued him for $4,000 damages. Mrs. Beecher
towc," adds that journal, is the mother OF the =
Celebrated Uncle Tom, the renowned pianist, -
Tho created much sensation while travelling X
Trough France few years ago"
Young children frequently make observations
hat are difficult 10 explain 10 them Here is a
ample:
y little girl in town recently remarked 10 her
lothcr, on the birth of litter Of kittens, Nau,
was not aware that our cat was a married cu..'
The Morris HerdiH says, Of stole from some
Their paper that said: