The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-04-03

after the shades OF dusk have darkcDeu the val
icy around him. Love dstraught maidens
looking up through the night, must mistake his
dimly lighted phiz for the moon, and sigh anc
kiss their fingers at it, and youngster mascu
zines who have achieved a dim perspective Of
coming base ball mOustachc--ninc hairs on
eide and learned to part their hair accuratel,
M the middle, falling into the same dclusion, u
out on the back porchcs and sling poetry a
'Hod's' gibbous mug
Imagine DR.. j. of the bank Che is a bachelor
with poetry in his souD out in the alley in the
rear Of the money shed, with his coat otf-he al
~ays takes Off his coat when he does heavy prac
tical work-grinding out sentiment. He ha:
10 'lute' or riot de gambia, or guitar, but i'm
rroyses bass drum out of the coal bucket
using the poker for drumstck. He signs tc
Holds melancholy face among the hceting
clouds, and sings:
Oh! thou gentle, sweet old moon,
Listen to my pensiye tune,
II my girl don't give in soon,
This here boys ruined coon.
Moon, tune, soon, boon,
Loon, June, noon, swoon
with the poker Rattle te bang
with the voice Say, old MOyunc?
lltlt libu ItA'IhlB up WIN Hln SlSdhIIA uhHh
opened his capaciOus mouth and took a chew OF
tobacco, when the scranadcr seeing it exclaimed
Great Jcmima, if the moon amt cclipscd" and
IN CONSERVATION he fed to the house
Spring had come on the day we speak Of. Little
birds were shiycrng among trees and piping
their trcmulous notes among the lcafless
branches, men and boys were out in sunny
places, seeking warmth not created by stoves or
hot whistles little boys were playing marble
along sidewalks with high walls on the north
and the genial sunlight on the south, ladies and
children were moving IN llttle hooks IN gay col
ors, Ike SO many boys ana HUE BIRDS, and an
ar OF indoicnt enjoyment prevailed with men
ana boys, horses and dogs-sprinS fever was be-
ginning to bud IN The blood ana blossom in the
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MS name 20 oi"S''-SlaSe' see mere you must
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''' oouEn' pceh Vi uecayeu bologna
anu i"1i''ousiy S'reweu 'hem about
'lo p''N''s'' NiE"' came ana WIN IL the cats
W '"'''" III "ui'u ana NOSE FOR oiocks
anu oio'hs away not wink OF sleep came to
Wv peoPI 'ia' ','Hh" Dut stages sleep was as
anu ''"'"I 'S th"' oi chliu'
There are many good stores in Marselllcs and
among them none In the way of a fancy drcss
goods store, or in groceries and provisions or
stani6 iFy goods, OF notions, comes near that Of
Peter Mitchell, whilom Of Ottawa. The build
ing he occupies i, TWENTY-FIVE feet in width
eighty feet in depth with a lofty ceiling and has
a splenddly lighted and showy front
Haynes q Harrison have a very rood stock of :
clothing, and amoug It the best LOT of fine .on
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