The Ottawa free trader., 1878-01-19
Rub-a. dub, bud,
Three men in a tub
Opposed to the policy.
A Butler, a Chandler,
A Custom-House handler

Allentown, Pa, puts in modest claim for
coincidence. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Ward Of that
place, have eight children, all born on the 4th Of
July, in eight consecutive years.
The keeper Of an elephant in the London circus
fed the animal on cruel, whercupon the elephant
picked him up and threw him over into another
county When he came down he resolved to or
ganize another society for the prevention of CRU
city to elephants
'Vassar College," says Mrs. Jane Grey Swiss
helm, ais 4 college at Poughkcepsic with five
hundred young lady students, principally fools"
II wisdom comes with age these five hundred,
principally fools" will have attained sense by
The time they reach j. &. SIS years But James
case shows ii doesn't,
We find this heartrcnding ehuslon in the faris
2epblcqn: Twas ever thus; from childhood's
hour we've seen our fondcst hopes dccay-thc
fires gone out, the battcr's sour-wc can't have
buck.whcat cakes to-day.
G. Washington Childs publishes a list OF Col
pcrsons who died in Philadelphia in 1877 ut or
over eighty wears of age. Six OF these were cen
tennarans But, live as long as they might, thcy
had TO be cmbamcd in the great cleglac Dard
dreadedl The only wonder is that any Philadel-
phian is willing to wait 30 long for the honor
". Y. Sun
The Washington Post tells the story a n literal
fact that a member OF congress told colored boy
who had charge of his rooms 10 take lot of old
papers and sell them, and promised him that he
should have half the proceeds. The boy obey
ID and returned with nine cents as gross re-
ceipts. The member pockctcd five and gave The
boy four cents.
Senator Gordon of Georgia is forty-siN years
old; his grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier;
at the battle Of Sharpsburg bullet went through
the senator's left check; altogether he was hit
ly seven bullets, he is the political hero OF Geor-
gia, and. according to RedGeld, 'Gordon has war
record and lots Of it, so much 80 that little
more would have been all record and no Cor
DON"
This j. the time of year when the average
country editor will publish the pathetic and soul
thrilling poem
THE days arc getting longer,
And the cold is getting stronger
Some editors who have not had the above ccc-
,rotypcd may, for the sake Of variety, publish ii
this year IN this form:
"As the days begin to lcngthcn
The cO'l begins 10 strengthen
uo'do'd RFof'r.
Or more trIthfully in this form:
As the winter sun moves slower
The temperature appears 10 lower.
In the case OF the signature TO the communca-
lion on Senator Conkling on our inside page To-
day, for "A Quiet ASS" read "IEquitas.' Typo
graphical errors will occur in the most carefully
managed papers.-Dctrof F,ee Press.
A western paper recently made thc following
announcement; John Andrss, q waiter AT ih,
Star Hotel, last evening shot himself on account
of disappointment in love Affair."" In The mex
issue appeared the following; CONNECTION. IL
the stsieise notice in our last the name shoul'
have been Evans instead Of Andrus. Also this
be ws,s 4 bar tender instead Of waiter also ths
Il mas @, ACCOUNT q gambling d'''ls nld 'oi dis