The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-28


and others.
Harper.
The November Harper pens with beau
tiful poem, handsomely Illustrated, 10y Miss
Muloch, entitled Magnus ano Norma. 1t Is ;
Shetland fairy tale, in the form of an operet
ia, and includes dozen Of sweet little song
that we have no doubt " Il sOor be set 10 mu
sic. Another finely illustrated article is Har
riet Prescott; Spoffords contribution on Med
laval Furniture-full Of valuable informa
ton. In A Puritan Gentleman of New Eng
land, Horace +. Scudler glve.some very in
teresting glimpses of the Liftof Winthrop
the. first Governor of Massachusetts,; and \
II. Guernsey, in anlther ll;s,rated paper
gives "A graphic picture ofan exploring picnic
in the Indian Alps. But th illustrated pape
in the present numbr which Will attract al
much attention as ally in llhois is that by
Mrs. Lamb, upon distinguished persons in
TERED in the burial GROUND otTrlnlty and st
Paul's Besides interesting Sketches of note(
historical characters, we hdme following:
SIDNEY BREEsE.-Sdny 5reese was from
Welsh family, the preset lead of which il
a wealthy baronet of Was. He was the an
cestor ofihe distinguishes. J. Breese Morse
who invented the means Y which to
speed the soft intetcour ofsoul with soul,
And wait sigh from lnts b the pole"
He was the greatgrandta,er also, Of Com
modore Breese, of the Uued States navy, ant
of Sidney Breese, late UteI States Senator
from Illinois. Before GOING 10 America, III
was an officer IN the Brish navy and ia
cobite. At the time of III rebellion, in 1745
he was about mounting horse to join thu
Pretender's army, when, heard OF the lat
tiers defeat by the Duke Cumberland. Ill,
shortly after resigned } commission and
came to New York, wherie opened the frs
fancy store in the city. lie was extremely
social in his tastes and - noted for giving
GOOD dinners, at which always sung song
and told stories with grespirit, never failing
to captivate his guests.
The fascinating stor Daniel Deronda
having been concluded the October mum
} Der, a new serial is begun the present mum
Der ty Miss Thackeray Another, by X. ID
Blackmcre, is promseto begin with thu
December number. Sher stories are con
,ributed by Constance Wilson,, Annie Thorn
as and others. Then wave an interesting
sketch of John Locke, Professor Murray
Marine, of Columbia coge; poems by Bay
ard Taylor, A. ii. LouGeo. Lunt and Ed
gar Fawcett. The edital departments arr
Z unusually full and inteiing, Including The
pleasant social gossip che Easy Chair and
: the rich scraps from uDrawer, of which
; the following, with maDthers, will doubt
i less forthwith stake theunds" OF the press
= A BOYS WAY OF sTAH THINGs-A boys
= way of stating things, tlgh often inelegant
d is generally nervous. ample: n lad al
!. Easton, Pennsylvania, tered a drugstore
:, bottle in hand, ana sale wanted ten cents
u worth of "armakymOn The drugger told
, him TO repeat the wordld said, Don't You
2 mean arnica, or emmofr
h IL dunno" was the ".
"what is Il for :" askiuggist.
J. Cant tell" said botsrting slowly out
When near the door yht idea iliumined
o him, and he turned andked druggist: "lf
e your wife hit you on thod with chair leg,
Il which Of them medicl would you git TO
G take the swellin' down
, -Arnica."
!. Then oil her in ten o. WORTH" replied