The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-07-07
RED Hot!
Hot ut sunrise, Sect hing at Two. Red not at
Six p. M, Boiling at Ten.
A Lively Fight between "soW and the "Patri-
otto Youth"-Both Triumphant.

! Dickens In Little Dorrt" has been the means
Of saving many ton Of coal to the impecuHious
student on a cold day by dlscoursing in wildly
hot manner Of certain hot day in Marseilles.
With the thermometer at 10 below and the lights
gone from the northwest window; no magma
tive man can read the passage without rushing
for his fan and an ice. Yet if "Dlck" had been
rushing about for weather item on Wednes-
day, he would have found his wits at loss to des-
cribe the worse than Pandemonlum-lke heat OF
that day in Ottawa. 1t ought to have been
good day for making religious converts, but it
did not seem to be, for the hotter man became
the more anxious he seemed to be to pour down
"cooling" 'draught of Kentucky lightning and
pepper sauce. We are creditably Informed that
the oldest inhabitant" declares it to have been
the dashed hottest day ever known in this coun-
| try gentlemen" ..t -. ,..l
| Nevertheless the celebration OF the day on
which Demothenes, jr., for the first time shook
up the national buzzard, was consummated in
fine style. True, Demosthenes was not with us,
nor the buzzard, but Beemus was, and every
man shook out, or wrung out his own bandaana
with appropriate accompanying epthets, adjec-
tiveo and adverbs
The celebration began at midnight OF Tuesday,
by the singing Of the national pean, I'VE de-
cline to navigate toward the Governors Domi-
cilc till the buzzard (aforcsaid) awakes," sung
to various Accomplishments in divers and sundry
ways unknown to the sloth who on his straw
tick reposes,--to be continued.
At one A. NJ. a committee from the H. tc L. Co.,
appointed members and volunteers, repaired to
N 4 n tl,n
"Citizens' Corps" were received and escorted to
the Clifton Hotel. The "Stone Cities"-base
balhsts--had already arrived and been taken to
Whites. At $50 A. NJ. the Artillery Company
arrived by the raging canawl, bringing their
brace of guns, with which, at about z, they woke
up the town by national salute.
Notwithstanding the quite elevated position
Of the mercury even at an early hour the town
rapidly filed up with people from the planta-
tions round about "White" dresses were as
plenty as seventeen-year locusts, and locked
hands fourishcd like "the green bay trees"
About half past nine the "Dauntess Hook and
Ladder Company" began the celebration by
forming at their head. quarters and marching
thence to the hotels whence their guests from
Joliet were escorted to the Court House square
to be formally welcomed to the city. This was
done in neat and happy manner His Honor,
Mayor Nicholson. Mayor Elwood, of Joliet, who
had been expected, not being present, Mr.. j. l..
lO'Donnel, on behalf Of TIE guests responded in
his usual eloquent and tasty manner. The in
Icyitabe cheers followed and the mutual admira-
ton society of Joliet and Ottawa began its his.
tory. # .. . I'D. ... ....
t,hi .h foil uad mot lon U
one, (the civic societies invited to take part not
Having turned outD but was certainly as hand
some in appearance as any that has ever taken
place in Ottawa. Under the marshalship OF Col
II. A. McCaleb' assisted by Adj. Fithian, Of JOLT
ct, and Will A. Smith, it was formed in thief fol-
lowing order: ....