The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15


An oyer.tried contemporary in the following
touches a chord that thrills to the outer UPS oi
orr FINGERS and toes, as we recall especially some
pn,aov morning scenes in our sanctum:
WA, Won see gang of men crowd around 9
a,t.msrlcss editor who is yainly struggling W
get through with his work, ana carry on Il iouu
Soicea argument on some cXtrancous suoJccl
,om NAV calculate that their chances for heaven
Are as thin as dish-water, in his estimation
When man can't find u base ball report 10
read a few lines Of valuable information like
this prop him up wonderfully;
A game of chess between Europe ana New
York city, started in 1859 by correspondence Is
concluded, after having been in progress LOT Nm
teen wears. The contestants were Dr. brcii"',
ger OF Pfolzheim, in Baden, Germany, anu ~
Rrepzinper of New York. The New YORK player
won the game.
It's pathetically, yet briefly recorded upon Ms
tombstone in Colorado:
He was young,
lie was fair,
But the lnJuhs
RaiGCd his hair
When the Concord and Lexington people read
in Kansas paper that there was qui'c 'Vi''
bration, in a centennial way, in Cohco'u, w. ~
rece,,ly, we suppose they will be too diSSus'eo
IN bripg ont their aiIidayts as to the spot "leFe
the first shot was really hr'o'
Tho Cleveland Advertiser thus records now
s,,,ir,, son.n.law successfully combined duty
with business ,.,..,
, Gentleman residing N this city recently los,
,is ,noti,rr.n in.law The death of this lady lGi'
IN he closed
i t'; los. some custom, unless some eAplanl,
, i, could be furnished A happy thoughl
struck him, He purchased about u quarter o, u
,,rd NJ crane hung it on his store door, then
ynas,nd on his show-window the following;
store will be open April IA; II you want "n!
boots or shoes it Will pay you 10 walt
The New York EVcnin9 Express says:
1T ia proposed to add another building TO the
village This Is a refuge Tor thc sur
wing body-seryants OF George Washington
This is the way the Louisville Co"'crJo"T"d'
imprecates Cincinnati editor who called MN !
thief; May Eli Perkins attend his funeral anu
NAV cockroachc5 swarm on his grave
4 Iacon woman made her husband happy ias'
week with pound and half baby. But lheh
il takes very little to make some men happy
The phrase, embrace religion is said to have
ORIGINATED with certain Congregational preach
or in BROOKLYN. whose name has been mentioned
once or twice OF late
The following is just as true as ii it came from
Josh Billings, besides being better spelled
man may pray long and sing loudly; pnt DC,
fore YOU put him down ms q sincere CHRISTIAN
watch and see if he heaps up the measure When
feeding corn to his mule.
A Southern exchange refers to Sam Bard US
the unanimous Psalmucl' If The man doesn
regret now that he ever went INTO politics, ho'h
ing can affect him.
The Boston Tra,cllcr proposes this title for
five cent savings bank st Nicklc-us.'
A contemporary asks: Is munps singular OF
are they plural? Both. When you get mump'
on both sides Of your face at once they are plu
raj but they make person look singular.
4 Springfield lady named Jack was recent!
delivered of triplets-an this is the first TINT
she has swarmcd.
Texas woman has learned to use the lassC
so deity that she can stand in the door ana hau
the hat OFF the lightning rod peuule' "n''o H' l.
unfastcning the gate.
Oregon will he represented at the centennial
nv n fur blank one hundred feet long ana twelve
feet wide There is such thing as gong zoe
fir, hut perhaps knot in this case.-Hof"e''cr Dem
ocydt.
The Mayor Of Kenton, little wee village II
Nevada won't take letter from the postouc'
unless there is an Hon before his name, ana d.
whipped an editor who inadvertently spoke
him as the village President.
There is something novel and refreshing IN TN
arrest OF Jersey City woman yesterday on
charge of habitually beating and HaitreatIhS nc
husband ~ Y. Com. AdcerttScr.
Only the wicked 60 duck hunting en sunday
-EhchaHge.
Then Ottawa is past redemption, Every youn!
man who can see down on his upper lip, hunt
his duch-y at the spring, on Sundays.