The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-02
October Magazines.

The October number opens with a poem
by Jean Ingelow, beautifully illustrated, and
very pleasant TO read. The story is simple
enough Two old granger" friends on ad.
Joining farms had falling out over brook.
let touching the grounds of both. They were
ready to shoot each other or go to law about
it when they happened to see the only son of
one, kiss tother ones only daughter. Then
there was observed:
A little shame on their spirits stealing,
A little pride that is loath to sue;
A little struggle with softened feeling,
And more OF fatherly care for you
One says: "To this same running water
Maybe, neighbor, your claim is best
And one: Your son has kissed my daugh,
ter;
Let the matter between US rest"
There are otner poems, by f. W. Bouidl.
lon, u. W. Backus, &c, but we are too dull,
perhaps, to appreciate them.
The prose pieces are generally excellent
The first is finely illustrated article on
Minnesota, tracing IT'S early history and mar
vellous growth, giving views of st. Paul.
Minneapolis, and other notable results of
western energy and thrift in that great young
state which in age has scarcely yet passed its
tcens.-"Parlsian Journalists by julius
Henry Brown, brings before US in undress,
as it were, such public men as Emile de Cir.
ardin, Paul de Cassagnac, Edmond About
and others, of whom we otherwise knew
nothing except In their public relations.
Who, for instance, supposed Paul de Cassag
nae was personally,his sort OF a man:
Paul GARNER, or de Cassagnec, as he IN.
ssts upon being called, is one of the Young
est and most notorious press men of the
French capital. He is about thirty.four, the
editor of the Pays and has tonight ten or
twelve duels, which is his biography IN brief.
Not being at all remarkable as a writer, he
determined very carly TO become remark able
as fighter, and he has succeeded His faith
er, much more OF a man than the son (he took
his added name, he says, from village near
the place Of his BIRTH, was editor. in chief of
the F0ys, and made Paul his associate when
the latter had become twenty. five. The
younger Cassagnac has now been for some
time chiefofthe paper, which is superlatively
imperialist, and regarded as the special organ
OF the ex-Empress Eugene and the quondem
prince, her son. He attracted her attention
and won her regard by challenging her DO.
litlcal foes memorably Henri Rochefort for
his bitter denunciations of the Napoleon
family. The editor Of the LdRterns, who had
oeen brutal not less than savage in his as
sauits, was badly wounded, he having named
pistols rs the weaT ons, not TO give any undue
advantage TO his antagonist, one OF The best
swordsmen In Paris.
MIR. Conway contributes a second article on
the art treasures of South Kensinpton; Presi
dent Woolsey contributes the article Cor this
number In the First CeHtury series, taking
Tor his subject THE Experience of the Union
with lis Preparations !" and Hon. s. s. Cox
continues his subject of American bumor by
presenting its Legislative phrase. lie saws:
"iiumor will reproduce itself II WAS only
The other day that Mr.. Archer, of MARYLAND
whose name on the roll came after t6at of
Oakes Ames, having voted by mistake when
MT. Amess name was called. voted again
when his own name was called He vas sa
lnted by the poetic apos,rophe. "Insat,aie
Archer! could not one sufiicey" And GO,
knowing that remark 20 be original wha,
was my surprise to find, in an old newsp.ner
OF 1925, the same remark from John R.n.
dolph, TO Mr.. Archer's uncle, then Virgin.
ian member. who asked second day IN co.,
tinue his debate 90 the Bankrupt Bill. Hin.
NOR is az repltitious AS reason II knows no
age, cline, or assembly"
Another of Cas;alar's philosophic papers
on Repnhlicanism in Europe is given; and
then we have several short stories, one, "Pop.
ular Idol" presenting very cleverly and hu.
uorously certain phusc Of life In Ireland !;