The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-02-26
CREAMOF OUR EXCHANGES.


anpearing in Chicago, g costume of stout sole
leather would be the thing for Oldstory.
Amateur thcatricals seem to be the rage this
winter, rs spelling schools were last. The GU
rie,,s fact is also to be noted. that every village
has It's hstrionic prodigies, SO that according 10
the local newspapers, no village amateur per
formapce thus far has failed largely to excei any
similar performance by tirstcluso city PROBES
SIGNALS.
Kentucky has baby named j. Centennial
Vbonpeon The idea, you Know Vi h"''''7 :"
baby Thompson -Roehe''er N"''c'"'
THAT'S what comes Of father going int9 po ,,i
ticsnsay Senator Christiancy's grown-up uau'"
tiers as they think OF their l'''ear-''u 'N''''N
chi. Times.
Ats social assembly in Washington last week
a nlay was enacted which il w2s said had oeeh
written by John A. Logan. Who corrected lhc
grammar for him:
4 Blaine paper says; Blaine Will sweep the
R,dgcr et,tc.n lie must have an awful broom
,odo Il with, and il he sweeps the state clean oil
,o,.ep radlcalism he will have enough to Ill UP
Green Bay with The nth
St Louis girls have thick ankles Their caves
are probably coarcd down by their co'no.--c"'
cG9o TINES.
Anexchancc says that IA English magistrate
has lust sent starving man to jail Tor SIX
weeks for picking up an unsound cabbage
THAT will teach him to take sound cabbage
next time.
.Katc.!e!to," the dime novel which has been
running through the Kankakec Gazette Tor lhe
lsst six months, has reached ito conclusion, 10
,hc manifest relief Of the publisher OF the Gazette
and its readers. 1t waS vilanous story, though
we never read but hal. chapter 1t is an
amazing testimonial to the good nature and Tor
besrancc, not 70 say powers Of endurance, OF the
readers of the Gazette, that the subscription list
sutcrcG no serious dlmiRution during the ordeal.
The Gazette says, "in conclusion when we
publish another story complete in % chapters
come up and lend us five or six slugs"
Arkansas justice is peculiar" but elective
After two farmers In that state had squandered
81 200 on lawyers to find out who owned an old
cart, they commenced shooting, and five cents
worth Of ammunition brought Il satisfactory de
cision ITS your cart" were the last words OF
the plaintiff.
In looking around for an original rhyme for
month Yesterday, we came across IL IN the Oniy
place In the world where IL could be ioNnd-thc
New York Conn.cfciQl Adrertiser. II read rs fol
lows:
There were two men a training went
Twas in DEFENDERS month;
One had his tsyonet thrown away,
The other had his gun TIL
rown way-IickSblrD HDdH.
The rage for amateur theatricals seized the bar
If Benton county, Ind, last week, who gave an
entertainment at Fowler. II was play in which
Grab" and Clutch" were leading characters,
and of course the parts were we'll -""''"""h
President Jcilcrson's silver watch is now in
the possession Of Dir. d. W. &. Randolph, Char
.otteville, Valid. Times.
WHY don't jefferson take An officer and get it
il he knows where 1t Is Y-AaTord AeFS.
During the discussion of the diplomatic APP
preparation bill in congress last week a member
VAS drawing picture between the simplicity of
Franklin and the display of these latter days,
when Prof Seclye, OF Mass, leaned over and
whispered to Kelly, Of Pa, that there was still
IN the Wadsworth Athcncum In Hartford mag
nifIccnt satin suit which Franklin wore when
minister to France. Mr. Kelley had never heard
of the suit before, but when, minute later, he
rose to speak, he rather startled the unsophis-
ticated Professor by telling how pleased lac had
been few years before, when visiting the
Wadsworth AntheuPum, 10 inspect the elegant
embroidered and brocadcd court dress Of Ben
Franklin"
Morris, H.. has the champion bankrupt, aud
his name is Henry N. Conklin. lie states his
indebtedness at slj9, $685. and total assets two
suits OF clothes, valued at s;j!
A New York temperance lecturer says one Of
the chief causes OF the present financial deprcs.
ZION is alcoholic Indulgence. The Boston Post
asks: Does he mean TO say tina. money is tight
II would be q crushing blow TO science ii the
uneducsted ground.hog should prove more &C
curate in his weather predictions than the gov.
eminent signal service or Prof, Ticc.
New London's oldest mother is Mrs. Polite Je.
rome. She has tailed ninety 81: descendants.
She hopes 10 touch par.
At Ananosa, Iowa, tho popular entertainment
this winter has been pulling matches. Single
horses are hitched 10 a cart, the load upon which
is increased until the horse can no longer pull
il. The match week ago drew an immense
crowd and was signal success, as there were
eight fights and forty six indisputablc DRINKS.
The river IL "abooming," having raised yes.
terday l. inches ana is steadily on the increase
-Pskin bulletin. What did IL raise:
How much tax on my house and lot this ycar,
Mr.. Tax Collector "For;y.two dollars" And
how much will you rent me the house Tor il you
take IT." Tax collectors are frequently posed
in this way nowadays.
Mrs Liyermore is iectur.ne OF the question,
4" Ia there Tomorrow after Death," This, it
seems to Us, is rather supernuous. Almost any
old.fashioned Methodist could inform her tina,
there is such a tomorrow, and that Il viii be
the very hottest day Of the season.
man Gale himself on his card temper
ance boot maker" The need Of temperance
boots in apparent for though they're not gcner
ally drunk, it's anOtorious fact that they're often
very tight.-D1on San.
II Beecher knows that Mrs. Til;on j. as pure
as a snow fake, and II Mrs. Beeeher knows that