The Ottawa free trader., 1877-09-08
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

riots on their own road would do credit 10 Al
Ohio statesman under the present Administra
ton.
At an early hour Saturday moming-ther
were reflected upon the eastern horizon th'
sharp and distinct lines of piece of timber, ap
parently n fourth of mile in extent. This wa
caused by a mirage, an Illusion seldom occurrin.
in this section, and not frequently at sunrise
DnnDiNe 4Ncus.
The question is, how did the editor of th'
Vars happen to be out at sunrise, and what hat
he been drinking during the night?
4 touching obituary rhyme, not by g. W. c.:
The boy stood by the stable door
And watched the pfnsive mule;
\ thoughtful attitude it worc
An air supremely cool
The boy approached its hinder end
Let fall the plying tears;
"IIe's gone to meet his brother and
His ace was seven years
The most recent case of absence Of mind is that
Of an editor who copied from hostile Journal
one of his own articles and headed it; a
Wrctchcd Attempt at Wit
Pictorial signs are somewhat common; hut we
object to that put up by barsted Brtisher who
who keeps porter house 1t is the picture OF a
Zen and hog and he says il means eggnog.
Women Of certain age learn TO he adept in
parryins a disagrecable curiosity, AT what age
were you married?' asked she, inquiaitiVcy But
the other lady was equal to the emergency, and
quietly responded; AT the parsonage"
\ wicked man killed himself in the lowest level
Of Il Nevada mine, and the account says; "Thus
his alleged soul was saved over half 4 mile Of
transportation"
THE HEART
Two chambers hath the heart,
.tnd there
Dwell JOY and Care.
Wake JOY in thine
Thus Care in his
win peacefully reclne.
Oh, JOY, bcmarc.
Speak gently
Ecst thou wakcn Care
FROM TIC German
Our revolutionary fathers were wiser than We
in some things. General Stark remarked, at the
battle of Bennington: "Boys you must win this
light, or Molly Stark will sleep tonight wi
dow" Nowadays, he wouldn't be 50 sure about
Molly.--DhVH Post,
!. good little boy who was kicked by a mule
did not say naughty words or go home crying to
his mother; he Just tied the mule within iyeic
Of beehive, backed him round to it, and lei him
KICK.
Tint was 4 sly trick of the Chicago Office seek
crs who proposed to eXpend the usual election
ccring fund in putting the bowling communists
10 work. The communists cry for work immed-
lately ccascd-they were e!raid they'd get 1t.
The New England editors found heroic meas
ares necessary to stay the food Of poetry evoked
ny tho Bennington celebration. The following
explains;
~ have a little poem here
The visitor Observed
"On Bennington"--a shot. 4 thud!
4 diving grOan' q stream OI bloou!
His fate was well deserved.
How truly edifying ana touching must have
been the interview between Gen. Grant and the
great composer Wagner 4 correspondent de
picts II thus:
Neither could speak any language that was un.
dcrstOod by the other; they "shOok,' ana
Grant remarked, "Lachtcr ferrich Herr Won He
lick nit ter dashcr gosscnweissenw Wagner re-
rponded, laying his hand on his heart and bow
ing humbly, Herr Won Ulysses das grocery,
kOw he sen, hciscn vochlcrStadt sincroit ach
steiner Then the meeting broke up.
Poor John Morrisl Many Of our readers who
well remember the parties will be able to appre-
ciate the following from Wyoming exchange:
Mrs Morris a woman Justice Of the Peace in
Wyoming Territory, heard ease Of scandalous
character, in which her husband was defendant.
She sentenced him 10 be hanged by the neck un-
IN dead and was anxious to have the sentence
carried into effect ut once, until the attorneys eN
planned 10 her that she was sitting simply aS an
examining court. She then held him in bonds OF
sls,O00OO0 to await the action of the Grand jury,
and said she would shoot the first man that nj
tempted To raise the surcties.
The following are Preparations Of the paragraph
lend OF the ~ Y. C0n,mcfrid idcTt'Sr:
Even the Turkish women are fighters. The
Russians have had 10 send a whole cavalry diNl
sion 10 capture Sophia
The leader to q country choir in Connecticut
has Joined baseball club. We suspect he can
pitch tune or catch an air a good deal better
than hc can Il ball.
You can detect counterfeit coin by putting II in
water. II swms If il is bad.-N u. P6dytu.
Couldn't IL bc used then to pay oil our Hoaling
debt;
4 Northern man, with a view 20 dollars, pro
poses starting q stocking factory at some point IN
The South. This will bc regular sock-dollar-Sci
.1r the old fOgcs down there.
When each hotel is provided with rope ladder,
what traveller, unless he !, fat man, will sct,l,
lis hin al the Office :-thirogD Itttt,~OrHa. Thai
win depend a good deal on the locality in othcl
words, climb.attc influence, viii have consldcra
DE 30 10 with IL.
And the following OF the Boston foa t'"d
Jaycc + q " dam literary icllcr."
S child was born recently in North tarolin;
without q tongue. il wasn't girl.
L.yG'a Thompson expects her new blondes q
cover themselves with glory and little ga'l2c
Since HAYES began making speeches We bcSl
20 realize what q really fine speaker Grant was.
The New York H,.dH says the lighter the co!oi
e tLc beans in your succota~h the Ices sudcef
md tue rprc highly favored IL will nc. Ncycl
fusuer,ed iIe Ncg York H,yuH man knew hcau'
rCfosc
If . bee true that cuca VIII cure hasliuinc,-
90 the -,uii bc declared coutrabaud What this
country u"cd- Hog ! four or i've bashiul men aud
women
When IorG State man finds an old well s,
fcarfuiiy and wonderfully dstastcful that pig:
won't drink from IL be Immediately builds BIZ
aOtrl. lass out q race course, and becomes The
,e-ding millionaire Ui O. fashionable summer re-
fo--.- Ihia0,i igisi Pn.s.