The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-20
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

and were about TO decide that the electors iaifly
belonged to Hayes, evidence was brought u
them that in one county sixteen huhureu neS'o
women in mems clothes had voted Tor Hayes
AS in the case of Mrs PinkstoD's wounds, IL was
ssc;dad that this WAS a matter which no modest
congressional committee could thorough! ln-
vestlgatc, and South Carolina was ieil III uouo''
Ast Louis paper tells of n Chicago girl VINO
had hung I'D her stocking for christmas ana
next morning took out bushel Of candy one
Thought the stocking was empty, but two weeks
afterwards, in putting it on, Sue iound lour or
apges and pound and half OF broken candy
hidden away down in the toe
A correspondent desires to know what sort OF
thing "pocket gymnasium Is that he sees
advertised in the papers. Well, pocket gynlna
stun holds from pint to a quart, and Is maze
a, glass covered with leather: but we can't
recommend 1t.
u WAS very calm last night along the river,
In the north the weird plumes OF the Aurora
Boreais waved ftfully. Overhead, the stars
sparkled with the brlliancy # an arctic night
where WAS no noise save now and then that
pleasant sound of FLASHING waters which de-
notes that another small boy has skaled into an
air hole All was serene and beautiiul-A0r-
.tich Bulletin.
young lady sent poem to British news
soaper entitled, Z" cannot make him smile" Inc
Beast Of an editor vcntured to express an opn'
ion that she would have succeeded had she
shown him the poem.
The Norwich Bulletin says, when cremation
becomes more general it is going 10 be very con-
, venient to have the ashes Of relative handy 10
surinkle on the sidewalk winter mornings.
gmperial Caesar burnt ts ashes
May serve TO prevent sidewalk smashes
The Earlyille Gazette has the following lucid
news item.
Henry Dsbrow is engineer in grist-mill at
Dixon, run by water power; on Wednesday the
bottom Of mis- pants was eau 5ht in n shafting; he
wrapped his arms round pillar while the shaft
iOre a strip up to his waist and down the other
leg, escaping unhurt.
The Mendoza Ne,rs, copying the above, de.
slares it can never be happy until it finds out
whether it was the man or the shaft that escap-
. ed unhurt Clearly it was neither. The man
must have been badly hurt, for he had ga strip
Torn up to his waist and down the other (sic) leg"
The shafting was caught by the bottom of the
pants, and mnst have been badly wrenched. 1t
must have been the "pilar That escaped I'M
hurt.
4 lady advertised TO lecture at Burlington on
" Literature" The Hawkeye man thinks it must
mean something about house cleaning, for'that
is the time when you can always find woman III
alter at your house any hour of the day"
The announcement that Nelson carried all
before her IN Pittsburg" is slightly ambiguous,
since 1t leaves the mind Of the reader in doubt
c;,cm,nt oT tho occnsiln adjusted n in n man
nrr dinmctricallv onnosnd to The nrryoIIiny
saebion = Worccsfe, Pyrgs
statlstcian IN Scri6Etr mentions a"cultiva-
Ted New England town that pays 500 more ey-
cry year for dog licenses than for minister's
Er Perhaps the preachers Of the day arc not
me Danpury heps suggests lhat profanity
aell as a smoking car. Bailey is travelling "A
GOOD deal during the lecture season, and we
| %2,,o "Ho" '"' ~ "ou'u " so0" i0'''''
o'' ~ rS mS 'v Vh
TOWNSHIP in lS:i0 are here now.-EIgin BInG Cirl
scared away by the insane asylum or are they
" you Senu destitute WHO" woman H.
anu see hef IN the ureSS circle oil Inc 'hea'er
Wv" So ''"N ~. ''''
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"A'' "''o So' '"'''
-, ~, nls Iast words TO her in the morning were
"lnp uP "aimy' o"IIIn1' you 20 shopping
would and before going had all her bustles
anu pu' On ia, tue heaviest one "nht VIII
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Il is position which we assumed years ago aud
we are glad to say that no one connected with
this paper has ever been giilty of such yulpnr.
ity We have occasionally taken a ride with n
lawyer but there are some depths TO which we
cannot sink-Fr w
NN' D'SSei lhuiahs are never known 10 smile.
They must he craze Dggcrs.
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opus VI peh"e''- May Tue boston o'o1e re-
ameabers that Dundreary says: "Yaas she was