The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-22
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES,


That tie local Of the Joliet san is L. OF
afellow and will eventually know AL about it,
We never questioned; but from the following it
seems he has already been there, and thinks the
place beautiful Speaking OF the steel con
'erting mills at that place he says
The general effect is indescribstly gorgeous
and beautiful.
Il looks like hell
Many Of our exchanges are publishing How
TO cure Felon.' In some states they hang them
IN others they send them to Congress.
You may talk says the Milwaukee VIRUS,
about marrying an heircss, 4 delicate human
blossom, fairy an angel; but give Va girl
like Nancy Terwilliger of La Crosse, who ran
ont OF doors the other night and straddliug a
horse, yelled out: Good night, old man; I'm OF
for the spellin' match"
An Indiana Judge mas decided that il woman
will shorten pie crust with butter at thirty eight
cents pound, her husband has good cause fo
divorce.
Som curious observer, apropos OF the pro-
nouncing matches in vogue, gives the following
as the way in which he has heard public school
ward OF merit bestowed upon them:
'Sticket," stickerfit' sicstiferkit, stinkerft,'
'sifterkit,' stickcrGck,' sirsiiterkt,' 'sickct,'
'sinkait.-Certifcatc.
Lee Richardson, Of Vicksburg advertiscs LOT
Of half pint, pint and quart TASKS, with corks, >
for sale, which seems to intimate that there are
some men in Vcksburg who don't 20 to the bot
tom Of quart bottle at the first draught.
There is one section of railroad in the State Of
Indiana that has become famous for accidents
Recent investigation reveals the curious fact
that there IS not mother-n-law in the state
unproydcd with free ticket aver that road.
coNDENsr.
When writing an article for the prcsr
Whether prose or verse, Just try
To utter your thoughts in the fewcst words,
And let them be crisp and dry;
And when il is finished, and YOU suppose
II done exactly brown,
JUST look at II over again, and thun
Boil II down.
The fire boy, received their caps and belts
wednesday. They make = handsome appear.
"nce and were manufactured by Cairns X Bro.
Few Gork.--CarlHrlic DcH0crdt.
Which, the caps or the poys2
A patent churn, invented 10y 4 Sioux s.uaw, is
On exhibition in Washington. 1t shows con.
siderable Immunity.
Mrs. Scroggs, wife Of Geo Scrogg., OF the
Champaign Go7ette, has gone TO Hot Springs
Arkansas, where she viii spend two months, for
the benefit OF her health. She had lady com.
panion, aud brother scrogcs says one bus took
both OF them 70 the depot George Is very AZ
iectonate fellow, and tina, one bus win not 20
down.
\ man IN Nebraska, WHO dropped iva cents
worth OF mail matter in the postufiicc box ans
had to pay six cents 20 DO IT,, won't over an,
stood by one OF the window. and said: Ma,
Hannibal IIamlin, Of Maine have the bilious col
ic, the aguc, the govt, the jaundicc, corns, hun
ions, boils, and the buckwheat scratches iron
this day noon for the next Hfty years 10 come
Alexander Stephens says the next President I
now 4 Journalist The question l., bow did h
tlnd out We were on the track?
AZ char. able fair in Boston. one of IN
things for sale is a calf, siv months old old. VI
is fine fellow Of valued breed. The voup
ladies' have decorated him proiusely with ilov
ers and ribbons, aud parted his hair In the mi,
die.
The Florida people boast that they live a
sweet potatoes in summer and on stranger,
winter.
A St. Louis RepHJlio1a reporter interview,
old Bill Allen, and got from MIN this explicit d
NAL:
No, didn't take Ticonderoga II was II
brother Ethan. laid out the programme, d
IL Wae Ethan who took the most
The same paper ptst.rs the old gent ia Il
way:
'Rye's up. william Allen;' rs BristoW cali
now.
II Is said the khsdIve Of Egypt has about 4
hundred ladies' in his household. Fortunate