The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-23
A BIG SLOBBER.
AND A BIG SLOP OVER.
AND A BIG UNGUEOUS DISH
WATERY DISCHARGE.
Intended to Soil the Garments
of Mr.. Raymond.
But Which is too thin to do any
hurt.

Ii Wits Ghy loIu SHin, c''"'~ -" va
ceiyed his amusing satire on the Ducolic
press under the pseudonym of the Bun2'H"
Flag STAFF, had seen such an editorial as tha'
IN Thursdays Republican, headed Getting
His Ewes Open" &c, he would have thrown
down his pen in despair, convinced that no
burlesque could exceed the righteousness OF
the reality. imagine al editorial by Cul'
len nearly three columns in length! And the
theme a ridiculous bubble about the several
reports which the County Treasurer present
ed at the recent session OF the Board OF Su'
peryisors. Had we space and were we suffi'
GENTLY malicious, in no way could we better
display the editor of the Ottawa Republican, to
our readers in all his huge asinine proper
lions, than by laying before them this stupe,
rving mass Of editorial swash. There h not
in il A single denial but that Mr.. Raymond
has faithfully accounted for every dollar that
has come into his hands as county treasurer
no denial but that Mr.. Raymond has faith
fully reported his acts as treasurer to the
Boari OF Supervisors; presented to them in
the aggregate and detail, in plain figures,
full and complete statement; or that the
proper committee of the Board has examined
these figures, passed upon them, settled with
he treasurer, reported their action to the
Board, and the Board has approved ana en-
dorsed it, All this is plain sailing and on re.
cord, and whether Cullen admitted it or not
would make no difference anyway, though,
as we have said, he makes no attempt 10 gain
saw It. Then what's the matter? Incredible
as it may seem, we have patiently waded
through that long, wearying, fading three
column rigmarole of words, and for the life
of us we are not able to find single charge in
it against Mr.. Raymond-not single point
of any sort, except that Mr.. Cullen is unable
to understand one item in one of Mr.. Ray
monds reports. 1t seems that among the
state taxes for 1873 collected IN this county
during 1874, were some $4,000 which an act
of the last legislature required to be "rebat-
ed" or paid back to the tax payers. 1t was
the well known excess Of taxation arising
out of the unconstitutional railroad grab
law On collecting this tax Mr.. Raymond
had charged $25424 for fees, but as the tex
was illegally collected, he Tor the county,
was not entitled to these fees, and he charges
them as refunded. Nothing is simpler than
this, but the editor of the Republican,, in all
his incoherent and befuddlcd wordiness
seems to have had in view one purpose and
that was to show that Mr.. Raymond had re
ceived fees enough in collecting taxes to ex
coed 50 900, and when these 1854 are deducted
the fees won't foot up TO the amount he
spends so much labor TO figure out. There
fore he can't understand it, and inflcts or
his readers three columns of words to give
them an impression that there is something
wrong about It, Our advice to Cullen is &c
get up earlier in the morning, walk over tt
the mineral spring and take drink of water
eat less pork sausage for breakfast, and by
pursuing this course for month or two 1t IL
barely possible his brain may become suffi
GENTLY clear to enable HIM to comprehend 1
simple statement in figures that needs for SO
luton no other requirement than limited
acquaintance with the rules OF simple add
ton and subtraction,