The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-10
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

LKEAM UT OOlN
Cyprus is about as large as Connee.lc",., so,or Il
anything, Conneclicu' is "''7
Coarier-JoufaH
They call him "Apollo Potter" now, because
every time he calls new witness nc s''iN''
fresh Tyre --PhHodelphio Bu'Setm'
A munster challenged II sick mans vote "t
c;,v election on the ground that he was III III
legal voter
JOKE UNGRAMMATICAL.
From the TForid.
ue dove twelve feet below the surface.
From, Tie Commercial Ad,ert'Ser
Il is really wonder that he surVc'e IT,
The jacksonville Ull) Jour,,R editor offers 10
,o,,. thc tabooed Mexican dollar at l5O cents on
..o aorar for some accounts on his books.
The Galveston Nacs says sadly; Every ue-
nartment of industry suffers from the genera oe-
nression Even the FL Paso stage has not oec'
robbed for whole week"
"Finc Nainsook, embroidered, makes lovely
little slips for children" says fashion writer
Orange peel on a sidewalk continues to be good
enough for men.
The sunbeams dance long on the clover,
And kiss the red lips of the rose;
But man dances wildly all over,
When hammer drops onto his toes.
,contemnorcry saws ''thc worst thing OUT is
,,out of cash. We should say it was not lall so
had as to be out Of your NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. H"-
aM
Rut that's what drives fellow out of his mind.
A clergyman of Bath created CONSERVATION AT
funeral by praying earnestly in behalf OF "the
bereaved husband and the one to come who shail
fill the place made vacant by the death of our de
ceased sister"
medical journal gives the antdotcs to mum
ber of poisons and adds: "Thcse remedies must
be given before the doctor comes" by all
means. Give the patient at least one chance Tor
his life
General Buffers sympathy with the great
heart of brawny handed labor is easily cXplhlhca
Ben is IL sort Of mechanic in small way. lie
Shoes flies. Washiagton Post.
''What is the difference said she,
Between the moon and you"
al cannot tell, my treasured one,
He said, with intrcst new.
''The difference is this" said she,
With satire Of Junus,
"The moon hath silvery quarters, love,
While you are impccunious."
Yonke,'s Galtc.
This is what the Omaha HeraM says of the cd-
tor-otherwise Bohemian baboon''-of the
Omaha Bee: This is the bull ring into which
we Jerk the stub-noscd and web-ooted creature
who dcfes all chronological classification, ana ask
a civilized community to note the performance
of the H,ju1 for whom Il United States Senator Is
playIng the part of unwilling sponsor and reluc-
tant stool pigeon"
THE Wall OF SONNEf-TAiR
Kcarncy, the one horse dray leadar,
The very latest rcformair,
The 'child of nature Oratair,
Al the way from Californarc,
Has come with Frisco chroniclar
To meet the bold Bay State toilair;
And they will work I'LL Novembair
All in the cause Of Ben Butlair,
Who yet may be the Govcrnar.
Ven York SIN.
That horse race for the bcHeht OF a Wisconsin
church was in one sense II success, for there were
twelve entries and liberal collection was taken
at the gate. But two Of the dcacons quarrclled
as to the merits Of their respective nags, the
preacher expressed an injudcious preference
and the grand result was that the judges dcclar-
ed the congregation no church, and all collec-
tions oil, and the minister was shut out.
The Chicago Sunday Tribune, instead of pub.
fishing the poetry it receives, offers the verses
for sale TO people who need such things ana DO
not wish to be caught bo rro~ing from familiar
sources Among the lots offered are the follow
ing:
Thirty deca. syllablcs s-mesiItations In a church
lust the thing for girl To send to Il sunday
school teacner; not ienominationallsm Fifteen
lines struggling mfcter-fears his sweetheart has
gone back on him, and mcditates gloom OF eN-