The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-30
Rural Happenings.

Ol uOuUlc ulstllicu, unuylNg, uOuDlc anu tWlSl
ed affection, just take drive down the boale
ward between Marsellcs and Ottawa any pleas
ant evening and you will see a biascyed younG
man, driving buff boss, the left wing of the
party has calico eyes and gimlct hair She 1t
far. Oh my! how fair.
One evening last week when n milc or tive
tins side of Supervisor PARIS, | FASTENED the
pace Of my faithful grey for fear Of beng
caught in II thunder storm. Strange mise,
there were III the ar, something between fire
cracker and the booming of cannon, per
! tune prrvadcd the atmosphere that much re
Semblcd the animal that at distance looks
well, but then does not strike the oltactory ( !?
nerve with the delight of Ottar OF Rose. a
! queer light there was, one much resembling
| forkcd lightning, added to the singulariy OF
my surroundings, when all at once | came up.
on this couple and the pheHome1ta jcdS explain
ed; Il lovers ,etc-a-tete, eyes looking love to
eyes again, with brllancy that would cna,
bic a blind Indian to see his way clearly to the
"happy hunting ground"
The above is taken ccrJatim from Brook
field Fellows 5" correspondence in the Warmil-
les register of Aug, ., except that the point in
parenthesis and the italics are mine.
As it was evidently the intention Of tins
TtltOW W snug '4llt at sum- pIi' III
| sent the following article to the above named
sheet:
Vr. EdHsr: Your Brookfield correspondent
must have been "a little OFF, last week; for
notice that, besides frequently tripping in his
syntaX, BrookfeH items are all from Rutland,
He says: There us" queer funny people in
this world " to which give my cordial assent
with exception Of the "is' and the queer fun
nv" If BrOoltield Fellow means to say
there are queer funny people IN this world, |
agree with him, and cite as proof that he him
self is a queer, funny writer.
As to the "hoss, am not aware that any Of
the young men on this side of the river drive
such an animal, for | am unable to find the
word in Webster; but perhaps "Brookfeld
Fellow uses a dictionary of his own con
struction.
Those strange noises and that pungent per
filme have been noticed by number OF per
sons in the vicinity mentioned, but always IN
close connection with the visits OF that faith.
full grey and his driver Perhaps he did well
to hasten his pace tor, those peculiar sounds
were "a loud As represented there must have
been danger OF some kind of a shower
The evening drives that your correspondent
is IN the habit OF taking to Ottawa affect diff.
erent people in different ways; some imagine
that they have snakes IN their boots, Others
that they see 'forked lightning;" but the Red
Ribbon men tell us that these peculiar sensa-
tons are caused by Iiguid lightning.
RUTLANDER
This the Register man refused to publish,
telling his readers, 1--WE are in receipt of a.
communication signed 'Rutlander, which lsof
no general interest to our readers and Il person
al attack upon our correspondent 'Brookfeld
Fellow all about that grey boss We don't
mind a little of that style but too much Of a.
good thing won't WIN"
And in the same number of his paper
"Brookfeld Fellow" is permitted to cast the
most contemplate kind of personal spite at
the members of the Shaver Band.
In reference to the charges made by Brook
field Fellow" | shall have something to say
at future time. RUTLANDER.
OpHIR, Aug. 26-These parts were visited
by slight frost week ago, but no damage
was done
David Empy, one-egged veteran OF Ho
mer, has embarked in the peddling business.
He Is a man deserving.of public aid.
Mrs Henry Smith met with serious ca
lamlty last week, while sewing heavy cloth.
one.half of it entered one of her fingers, caus.
ing painful wound,
Work on the new bridge is progressing
slowly.
John VIM, Of Waltham, is the happiest
man in that part Of the town, and carries a
grin from ear to ear. The cause of all this
well it's girl Mother and child
doing well
Mr. Vim. Tailor, who two years ago pur-
chased the Thos Orr farm sold this week to
Mr. VIM. Wylie for So per acre. Mr.. T. con
templates going west.
Mr. Mcconnell, the boss" Waltham black
smith, has enlarged his shop to meet the de-
mands of his trade
Mrs. David Westgatc, who has been on the
sick list for some weeks past, is recovering
rapidly.
Mr. Alex. Wyie has had the third wind
mill engine erected on his place. He lives on
the highest peak of the Waltham ridge and
every wind that comes along takes in his mill.
Prairie chickens had better have their lives
insure "a our hunters are giving them shot
and shell
Mr. Balcom, IA former resident of Homer,
but now of Goodland Ind, is visiting friends
at Homer.
Mr.. Fred Zorn, to Keep up with the times, is
erecting a substantial granary. Mr. Il. is one
of our thrifty farmers and likes to have things
comfortable.
Master Ollie Cruickshank is laid up with
intermittent fever.
Mendoza boot and shoe makers come 20 lio-
mcr every Sunday for recreation Well,
pretty girl will draw better that a magnet or IA
mustard plaster
Death was very busy among us the past
week The first To die was the child of Mr. a.
Wyie; cause OF death, whooping cough. The
next was the child Of Mrs Lizzie StottleT, of
Kansas visiting her parents at Homer; buried
L i L .-A L. Il.