The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-14
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We should remark, mary" But on the con.
!, trary would admonlsh our citizens, old and
young, sedate and gay, one and all, yea everybody
and his friends, that on Thursday the same viii
, be gone over again. The old songs will be sung
with new vigor, and the tales Of olden times
again repeated by our grey haired veterans.
The old settlers will jollify. The matrons of
three score and ten Will, in their second child
hood, repeat their experiences when gals and
note the changes that have passed. The bellies
of today will filter around in their "tie backs
fan their dear Augustuses, and raise aloft their
nasal organs in disdan at the old fashioned
Ceramics" The staid and stalwart pioneers
will tell again of the hardshps endured, of the
many exciting incidents connected with the ear
ly settlement Of this county, and repeat the his
tory of those days when honesty WIS the rule
and not the exception. The young Americans
of to-day will "chaw tefbacker," and "go the old
man two to one" that the boys in those days were
'snides" in comparison with the "thorcughbreds"
of to-day; will hirt considerably with the infat
uatinS girls of the PERIOD" and have large
and luscious time generally.
The older girls of maidcnly proclivities will
have their hair combed with faultless precision
and wear the same look of sanctimoniousness
they wore in the days long since gone by. They
will indeed be the only living type of early his
tory, for surely the old maid of Moses's time has
found counterpart in the "single lady" of to-
day The bachelors Qucky fellows will each
exhibit front tooth filled with gold, will each
sport a white vest and steel watch guard, and
with their hair Systematically combed so as to
cover the barc-footed place upon the crown, will
stride about with faultless tread in search of
some affinity.
The OK cart and two-wheeled gig Of the olden
time will have rusted in its scabbard, and, while
the old folks totter about on goldheaded canes,
the rising generation will wheel DER the boule-
wards in covered phaeton and talk waltz and
moonlight to their gushing Amoratas
The Dominies of other days, who practced
what they preached, rode a circuit and got a
hundred dollars year for spreading the gospel,
will be supplanted by the Reverends Of to-day
who barely escape tumbling off the ragged
edge" on a salary Of cool hundred thousand,
and two months summer vacation.
| The Doctor Of Eye olden time" who
"Physicked, sweat and bled em,"
and who for four "bits" would dish out pewter
spoonful of bluc-mass to cure any of the ellis
that flesh is heir to-" will be lost to view, but the
polished disciple of Escuapius will be there,
prepared, for the small consideration of So, toI
feel the pulse, and for an additional TO give
three sugar coated pills to any who may be al
"little Off"
The Squire" whose official duties used to be
to advise his neighbors to keep clear of law.
suits, will be represented by the "Shyster' of
to-day, whose only aim is to fleece the unfortu.
nate of earth and TO be elected to the state legis
lature
"Taking the entire satisfaction in at a glance"
we opine that the assembly will be large and the
show complete. Old fashioned pastimes will be
leading feature of the entertainment The as
semblage OF honest people will be larger than at
any other gathering, and the eatables will be
good. In addition to all the other living curos-
tiles, we ('Korn") will be there, clad in the snowy
vesturc Of our purity (ahem), prepared to pencil
down the dons. We shall be pleased to eat
dinner with at least dozen different families
and answer questions in regard to all the early
incidents connected with the settlement OF
Florida. Hon. Charles Blanchard will be the
main orator but we expect to have much to say,
Any maiden lady Of uncertain age who may
want escorts will be promptly introduced to n
widower friend of ours from Livingston county.
The object OF this will be TO convince all that
Livingston county has some of the oldest Stt(Das
in the state.
Several old ladies will spin on an older wheel
and for the uniformed We will add that this has
for thcm) been truthfully called a"wheel of for
tune"
The bridge will DC free, also the spring and
wagon roads.
Prof. Lansing and everybody will sing in the
good old-fashioncd way
Henry Wslther will supply the Inner man.
and all small boys with goodies.
The above, Of course, refers TO the Old Set
tiers Annual Picnic, to be held at Hoess grove
in South Ottawa, on next Thursday, the 10Th
instant.
Let everybody 20, and if you have any neigh
bOrs, invite them to attend and view the relics .
Of early days, associate themselves withe Gus
toms of the past and present century, and assist
in ccmenting our citizens in stronger bond Of
than has ever before existed