The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-03
From Marseilles.

MAESEILlEs, Nov. |, ISi
Sons OF Temperance socabc has been post
poncd to Nov o.
Rev T.. II. Baker of Waukcgan, gives an
entertainment on the night of Nov. 6.
Another of those pleasant country dances
last night, this time at Mr. W. A. Wales.
Grand concert at Congregational church
Saturday night by Prof. {. 4. Leslie and
troupe assisted by member, Of musical con
yention.
Rev, J. Sraub, Of Chicago, is to preach at
The Univcrsali,, church both morning and
evening of next Sunday.
The Methodist church has always proven too
small on the occasion of their Sabbath school
Soncerts That Of last Sunday evening was, if
possible, better than usual,
Mr. L. o. Gregory and Miss Millc McFarl-
ing, formerly well known young folks of this
place, but now residing near Mason City, Iowa,
Nerc made man and wife not long since.
The barn of Eb. Barber and barn belong.
Tuesday forenoon. Mr. BARRIERS little boy
playing with matches was stated to have been
The cause of the fire.
Everything in the amusement line has given
say Tor the musical convention by the Leslie
concert troupe at the Congregational church.
It is fairly surprising what an amount Of mus,
ical talent there is in the place.
On Tuesday of this week, as John W. Fer
Il 4
IN East Marscilles, having in the buggy with
him his wife, baby and mother, the hold back
straps attached to the thlls gave way and the
horse ran pell nell down the hill. Turning
abruptly nj the bottom the parties were all
thrown out, his wife getting a severe bruisc on
The forehead and the mother rendered scnsclcsS
Cor about five minutes we understand that
no serious damage resulted from the affair
A stranger, nobility attircd, drove up in
mont of Galloway and Nelson's hardware store
and commenced crying out to draw II crowd
around him, opening "a box containing num-
bcrless little boxes of pens in the meanwhile.
These he wished to SELL and took the prccau-
lion to state that he was not humbug Fail.
ing 10 get any customers he then placed II one
dollar bill in one of the boxes, SO that all could
see him do ii, and asked who would give him
fifty cents for it. II was soon taken when he
Ook the fifty cents, did as before and disposed
Of il for twenty five cents, and so on until the
matter narrowed down to a box with the pens
and five cents with it, This was not readily
sold at his price of ten cents. but when il was,
stranger proceeded to put the amount paid in
with the five and handed il to the purchaser
with remark about being highly delighted
20 find one so liberal. His next move was to
lake three boxes, place one dollar in one. two
dollars in the other and five in the next. A
choice out of the three was offered for four dol.
sarS and Of course rs he intended the takcr 80.
cured the five dollar one. From thi, the
amount asked for a choice began to increase
and the choice for gain apparently increased
IN proportion. just what was made by the
stranger before his game came to a close is not
known but he intended TO reap bonanza and
II l. stated that he did Al one time there were
ak boxes before the crowd into which stranger
scemingiy placed one, two five, ten, twenty
and fifty dollar bills Forty dollars were ask
ID for choice II is strange in this cnlight
encd age that parties will continue to l,e guided
by lodges Of this kind Full GEAR.