The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-16
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.


The Worcester Press says there is some sort
reason in Rhode Islands opposition to the hi
silver dollar of our daddics. The coin takes Il
room
A Harrisburg paper, answering corrcspol
dent on question of etiquette, says: "Whcn
gentleman and lady are walking upon the stree
the lady should walk inside of the gentleman"
Shacknasty jim. the once famous Modoc, ha
raised 1900 bushels of corn, and wants to lear
the process of preparing 1t so that II can be cate
out of Il iask.-W Worcester Press.
''What's the difference" asked the teacher i
arithmetic, 'betwcen one yard and two yards
"A fence" said Tommy Bealcs. Then Tomm
sat on the ruler fourteen times.
The rabbit is timid, but no cook can n,akc
quail. This fact in natural hisory.-itoya
Journal. But she can get it in deuce of Il stew
--Amora Necs. Not unless the rabbit has tir~
been caught
A teacher in Boston school was delighted tC
see every chids hand 20 up in answer to the
question Of how many had ever heard OF Mr.. En-
erson, but her soul sunk within hcrwhen she dis
covered it was Billy Emerson, the minstrel whose
show bills had pacardcd the walls Of the Hub for
several days.
Matrmony among deaf mutcs has its disad.
yantages as well as its swects-at least so thinks
the husband in Lafayette, Ind, who, returning
home late found his door locked against him. No
amount of pounding was loud enough to arouse
his sleeping spouse, and he was forced TO smash
a window and crawl into his dwelling.
nd, will boy tn lnviSn puipl pr #
taking off an umbrella and putting on an ulster
or there will have to be a weather reform. That's
all - Worcester Press. The man who invcnts
quicker way of taking off an umbrella" than
that mt present so well understood, should be
branded an enemy to the human race.-GuJlhic.
Constables must beware Of "viddcrs.' During
December II Chicago constable levied upon some
goods belonging to a Miss Mckee and was shot
for it. He died soon after, and Miss McKec's
trial has just resulted in verdict Of acquttal.
We must adHOnsh our StreatOr constablcs again
TO beware of the "yidders. ."-Steator Monitor.
We want the Monitor to explain how it makes
out Mss Mckee to be Il 'vidder."
The Boston and Lowell railroad down in Mas
sachussctts has been indicted for murder, and in
the old Bay State the punishment for murder is
hanging. Wont that be an edifying spectacle,
after the verdict Of guilty, to sec twenty miles Of
railroad dangling at the end of rope?
The following very lovely and pathetic nurses
cradle song is from the Rio Vista (Cal) Ent,l.
prise, and is equal to any of Mother Goosc's mel,
odies. II illustrates the manner in which the
nurse Of the period performs her responsible du-
ties:
Sleep, little bub,
Thy father has gone to his bluh
Thy mother Il ont To "A Grand ''SWprpt'i-
SO swallow the beautiful catnip tea;
Sleep, little bub!
Sleep, baby, sleep,
A wolf got after some sheep
lie stole young la,nb from the shephcrdcss;
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sleep, baby, sleep!
Sure paregoric is cheap;
| allus use IL when catnp fails
II stops the bother and tells no tales
Sleep, baby, sleep!
religious weekly lately published an article
on "lIOw to take missionary collection Show
us the collection and We will find some way tol
take it.
new piece of music entitled 81 hear the An
gels calling" has made its appearance in Boston.
\ wicked paragrapher says; "All right, let 'cm
take the pot. A pair Of dcuccs is the best we've
got"
The Clinton Register talks from experience and
of course knows when it says:
If YOU want to he surrounded by constabcs
and have your household goods plastcrcd oycrI
with attachments, give out that you are going tol
Kansas.
We have been waiting to hear what Bob Tngcr-
sol had to say about the internal regions and now
We have il. II will be George Francis Trains
turn next. When he has had his say the opin-
ions will be pretty generally all in, and then pco
pie will have an opportunity To think the matter
Oycr-Stredtor NoHitor.
Hope you don. think of letting the case 90 tol
the jury until Joaquin Miller and private Dalzcll
have had their say.
The Inter OCEAN makes no secret Of it, pcn-
tence and deserves To be shrivcd:
Ex-Governor Wells is now locked up in the par
iSh prison in New Orleans along with the other
members Of the returning board who helped tOl
make Mr.. Hayes president There are lots IF 9TH
cr p,1 ,cho feel as II they ouJht 10 bc iocI,d up or
pDunded for The same sin
A corresdendcnt Of North Carolina paper
writing OF y new railroad, says that in June next
the mountain region Of that state will bc in com
munication with the rest Of the world by railroadI
for the first time in the last 5000 years. Unfor-
tunately he neglects TO state anything about the
railroad which ran there 5000 years ago, or whyl
il was abandoned, which would have been inter
cstlng information.
A timid girl came in and laid poem on our
desk, which opened as follows:
How dear to my heart is the goat of my childhood.
When fond recollection presents him to me:
The beautiful beast which whenc'cr he was rilcd
would
Make everything fly from the presence OF hc.
Nv mischievOus Nan was the frowic't butter
That ever did butt a stone fence when il fell.
He'd see it n coming scream lac would utter
Then brace his four legs aud 20 al II pcil NELL.
OH how he would buck il! I'm iron.bound buck it, /
He once tried 10 buck ii, and died IN the well.
We read il over three times, for IL seemed g.
miliar. Then We asked her pont-blanh II she
wrote II herself She fixed an eye ON rs while
the other went out Of the window poor grD aud
she said in a faltcring voice that she did. 50 We
accepted one verse, nj 80 much II il a very pa
thetic little picture of rural felicity but II Ger
tainly reminds Us of something We have seen ho-
fore somcwhcrc.-EJ