The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-18

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And will not lock for aeiae.
DR.. bio Lewis asks to be put where he can do
the most good" He might call on the Mobile
hotel keeper who wants man to shell peas.
Joseph Hood who lately died at Somerset,
Mass weighed III pounds. The Boston COM
ti.erc,ql Bulletin writes his obituary thus:
Though he his living may have earned,
When Joseph died, as matters stood,
His weight forebade his friends to say
That they had urned a lively Hood.
The Co,d.7 G'05e, Of Colorado has suspended on
account Of the disappearance of the editor. He
was las. seen standing under tree, and some
men were hauling on arope.
an indianapolis father who had shot six times
q; supposed burglar, was only saved from com
hitting deed that would have froze his blood
Si.h E1rro-,- ny his son ceasinZ his efforts at a
back wind5x, aud asking, -YLazzer mazzcr, faz-
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he 10Y stood o. The 5zra.n- Geek.
Selling PEANUTS - the peeA,
Beside n Stood 4 E.rl In blu
So 49, =. Lake peek o: :E-.
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Sep: e sink since on acc3-a; a: szs-s1s ssr-
e1-la-s TL9 s4-t.s Lolselsle4i rhymes .; Asr
,44m5cr window.
There's common sense in everything. You
port find 4 dozen farmers in the county who
all work their ground with a Weed Sewing"
Machine.
An English brewer in Ohio wishes to know
VIA; effect local hop,on" would AVE ON the
price o.. ops.
This Is over at Omaha:
"Behn1 the scared squaw's birch canoe,
The steamer smokes and raves;
AaG city lots are staked for sale
Above old Indian graves
We belize, pom honor, that the following l'
a-, z.ual with the Kankakcc Gazctte;
Now, father said George Weber, the other
morning, after a weather prediction had been
'lfllec. Now, father, you sec I'm prophet
DON'T yCus' No responded the practical par
rut II don't see a. you've been any pratt 10 me :,
And George turned his undivided attention Il
A.S breakfast, wondering, meanwhile, that th'
old Gentleman should get of such wretched puns
Helen Crager an attractive young school teach
cr, recovered $1,000 damages against conduclo
ON the N-Westcrn Il. K. for kissing her again7
her will All the attractive school marms' vi
travel by rail now.
The Office Of dog pelter up in Malta, OS
county, can hardly be considered profitable
the way Of lucre, however remuneratiye in hor
OTIS, DC. The "city ordinan ,c' allows him ~ ct
FOR each canine slaughtered, and last week tina
'unctionary applied to the Treasurer, who is ais
police magistrate, for his pay, with the followin
result:
Trcas.-lIow did YOU Kill the dogs.
-. P.-ShOt 'cm.
Trcas.-Whcroabouts?
j. PIN the corporation.
Trcas.-llow many times did You shoot
ID. P.-Scven.
Trcas.-Then will just give You ,rcdit fo
three dollars and fifty cents, and charge YOU wit
ihe balance Of the fine, which is five dollars fo
each shooti hurry mp another lot, W.
Here are the princcly salaries the bloatcd of
cals Of Chcnoa grab from the public Golfers
Mayor, per annum So; clerk, per annun, -:
aldermen each, per annum, SIP; Marshal. p,
moLth, $2i.
Wnen the editor OF the Troy q. y lghaE
express his delight at the nomination Of NJ
wallace LOT Judge, wrote "'Rah for Wallace
who can conceive his disgust next morning ,
finding II printed Bah! for Wallace
man in New Haven recently sued an edit
'or libel for calling him an old ballot box sin
Ter" but the court held the accusation TO be tr,
and acquitted the defendant
Louisville dog found four deserted ti,tc
in vacant lot the other day, and at once CARR
them 10 his kennel, where lie has ever since Ia
en- the best Of care Of them.--Coa,qei Journal
Considering that this is Louisville story, o
only astonishment Is that they were not habi
instead % kittens.
The character Of Ohio journalism is shown
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