The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-04-20
ern Illinois.

Abe Holderman, of Seneca, wealthy farmer
and shrewd business man, was here Saturday on
a fox hunt. If there is anything that Abe likes
better than another it is fox hound He only
brought eighteen of those lop cared CANNES with
him. He met Mat White, Tom. McDermott and
one or two others, and they found they were
short of dogs, not being able to muster but thirty
one. Thcy-the dogs and men-wcnt down to
Starved Rock and whether the dogs found fox
or the fox discovered the dogs is not clearly cs-
tablished, but the fox after some amusement of
his own and two hours run, inserted himself
in crcycC in the rocks about fifty feet above
his pursucrs and looked down upon them and
grinned in perfect safety. We presume the fox
is laughing yet. They say of Abe, that he once
came to Seneca looking disguised; some one ask,
ed him why and lie replied: That wind storm
last night blew down a chimney Of my house
and killed 1G of my dogs" Goodness me-" re-
sponded the other, land did you have any icft:'
"Wcll, yes, - said Abe, sadly, "only thirty-ninc"
The grand opening Of the Pedunk 1Stonjshp
came off on Monday last according to the pro
grammc. Smith was there and Browns little
boy, and Thompson's dog having been Lynched
on Monday, as ordinance provided, failed to APP
pear The two blacksmith shops had some trouble
about their opening The sheriff absurdly held
the key Of one shop and it didn't open worth cent
but the other did, and the principal blacksmith
undertook to put shoes on the rear limbs of a
mule. The opening suddenly closed on account
of the mule not entertaining friendly feelings to-
wards said blacksmith. The mule being too light
behind-not having been properly ballasttd-sud-
denly raised that end of his anatomy and the
blacksmith has now probably gone so far star.
ward that the moon is several miles underneath,
a sad and weary lot Of men were they who sat
upon the jury Friday night last and got breakfast
at Towards Saturday morning at o'clock. A
weeks spree could not have made their eyes look
worse, nor two or three rate mother-inlaw's each,
made them more wretchcd. Such is the fate of
all who serve their country
The Kankakee Gd-c,tte says that "IIclgamitcs,n
species Of grub worm are the best bait for
catchiAg fish. Such ignorance! Don't the Ga-
1ttc know that Bcecher and others who have been
there and know how it is themselves, and who are
supposed to be posted on the hell question, say
there is no such place. Besides, such language
is profanc. Brace up, young man, and have some
style about you.
A little girl swinging upon the gate one even
recently and looking upward was prompted to
cXtcmporizc poety As follows;
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How wonder what you is,
Away up in the sky, oh. my
wonder how you got so high
Just then her father coming along caught the
last remark. He had been fooling little too
much with the "fiowin' bolc," and he said,
"(Hicl who says I'm high:'
The dogs ordered to be shot could get out on a
technical point-the point Of their noses. The
ordinance requires them to have a muzzlc The
dictionary pronounccs muzzle a dogs nose, and
therefore every dog has muzzle Only dogs
without nose should be killed.
He lives on the north side and the boys call
him High no. how are YOU" Wherever he finds
ham in grocery store, or a Goldfish, he is liable
to cut a slice from the former, or take a pinch
ftom the latter Jack" will throw him in the
canal next week and then the coroner will sit on
him, unless Patsey in an other rain storm should
catch him on the bridge.
la Sale county has G3 praciicing attorneys, 81
Of whom live in Ottawa; and yet there are per-
sons who say there is no justice administered
anywhere.
Atthejuvenile masquerade, Nr. Willis, DESTROYS
Of dancing with some Of his little pupils, handed
our reporter his violin and requested him TO speel
a few complicated operate airs. He did and the
result was that Prof. Bernhard says the music fur
nished by the able and accurate-want Of knowl-
edge displayed by the said scribe-was perfectly
amazing and that the ink singer threw in all the
discords that could be spoken Of in Il languages.