Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-04-10

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GOSSIP FROM FREMONT.
FREMONT. Ia, April 9th, 1878.
ED. COURIER I'VE cannot now com.
plain very much OF rainy and muddy
weather, or that "Jack Frost" has dis.
appointed our hopes, neither should
we murmur because Prof. Tice is not
a success as . prognosticator. We
are not troubled to any great exten,
with over-production, the outlook
seems very favorable for all industri.
GUS classes, for all of which we ough,
to feel truly thankful.
Many farmers are now ready to
plant corn. and will commence al
soon as the ground is considered
warm enough to receive tho seed.
Fall and Spring wheat never ap.
peared more promising, and there
certainly has never been more favor
able prospect for fruits, grasses, etc
With more than months labor
ahead of ordinary seasons, the farm
ing classes 'onght TO make success.
full strike for liberty this year.
Business in our town is very good
and everybody appears elated over
the panorama before us, and ouI
hopes that our dreams may be fully
realized are strong within us.
We have an over-supply of farm
hands in this section, and as conse.
quence wages will rule low through.
out the. season. 1t is a mystery to ut
why 30 many young men will accept
a. miserable pittance simply to be al.
lowed the privilege Of staying at OF
near home, when by little energy, q
little thinking, coupled with action,
they can soon bc above penury and
want. For your own sake boys,
when you become aged and infirm,
rouse now to action and display a
disposition above Willing away the
best hours of your life. There is too
much need of muscle to tolerate any
excuse for idleness in this country.
A Greenbacker from neighboring
city visited our town on Tuesday last
and posted bills for meeting the fol-
lowing evening for the purpose OF
organizing club. We calculated to
attend the meeting to learn, if within
the scope of our comprehension,
some of the doctrines of the imitation
theory, expecting, Of course, to hear
some new ideas promulgated, but We
searched in vain to find where the
meeting was held-for certainly the
organizers did not occupy our hall
80 that If the meeting was held ct all,
it must have been outside the town
limits.
Lateral o late hour we acciden.
tally ascertained that tue meeting was
held in the drug store. ag-baby's
family of one called the meeting to or.
der, and, without even abiding to
the vital question of the hour, post.
poned the meeting, he said, until
more able speakers would be present
In this connection allow us to say
that we accidentally met with Judge
H., of your city, the other day, when
we politely asked of him to come out
to our town and make us greenback
speech, to which the Judge replied
"Ahem ! The roads are rather mud.
dy, amt they 2" and then drove on
leaving il question within our mind
whether we had insulted the gentle.
man, or whether the roads were toe
rough for his constitution to stand
the trip.
A little episode occurred not hun.
dred miles from here few days ago
For several months past young miss
Of sweet sixteen, or thereabouts, and
q lord of creation of perhaps sweet
sixteen or more years her senior
have been determined to wed in spite
of the protestations Of the girls pa.
rents to the contrary. And 80 with
the intention of making their s'twe
hearts beat as one," they started, bu,
as "true love never did run smooth
the irate father of the girl followed
the would-be runaway couple, and
over-hauled them in few hours. Il
is needless to add that that wedding
10 indefinitely postponed at least.
A drummer for one of your whole
sale houses has novel way of col
lecting bad debts. 1t seems that {
certain ferryman who phys his voca
tion on the banks of the famous
Skunk river, obtained credit of tn,
house our drummer represents, Il
the amount Of several dollars, which
he wonld never honor, aud SO atte
repeated attempts to collect the bill
for F. makes monthly trips ther,
l-he lets the ferryman row him safe
ly over, and then as he spurs up his
team, he yells back, "I'll order tn,
house to credit your account will
that bill" The boys say it will tax,
him good while to collect that ac
count at ordinary ferry rates. but h
can do it, if his creditor don't learl
who he is before the year closes.
| For the benefit of Lizzie, of Port
land, Oregon" we would say that sh
cannot appreciate the progression
this country has made by hearsay es
pecially is this the case as regards tn
improvements CT our beautiful prai
rie lands, and the advancement o
our school interests. With large an,
rapidly growing commercial point
all around US, the first of which i
Ottumwa with its 10000 inhabitant
we begin to feel as though tout West
was a country further on than Hawk
leyedom. But "Lizzie" can better ap
} preciate what we write by paying
} visit to the home where her marriag
bells were celebrated, when she will
truly believe "that the half has nc
been told" More anon. CLYDE.
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