The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-18

Table Talk.
There's spot in the valley
Where glides the bright river,
| A spot that is ever to memory dear.
| IT'S n spot where in youth
! caught bull heads with liver,
And gathered white lilies with Ellen McLccr
But, all There's change
For where once we wandered
| There's now a hotel with a high sounding name
Where am boarder-and Ellen NcLecr-
Wcll-Ellen's the vegetable cook Of the same.
| Deer Park is rs popular as ever, If we guago
its attractions by the number OF its guests.
From July sth up to and including Sept. 18th
the number Of visitors registered is 2,7l5, which
is about two-thirds Of the actual number OF
guests who have been in the park since July g.
| The bottle Company began work on Monday.
On Tuesday 20 per cent, premium was offered
for stock and refused.
The news from Maine had a wonderfully dis.
tressing effect on the repubs. They had made
all the arrangements to organize club out
somewhere on the plank road but gave 1t upon
receipt of the news. The band was ordered to
house their drums and pack the fife IN ice; while
the organizers put on sdckcloth (ulstcrs) and
ashes.
"Our Gawge" Woodford has been nominated
for Lieut. Gov. or course he'll be eectcd-to
continue his lectures.
The fair Of last week will probably close The
series, unless something definite is done by OF
tawa people. The trouble with the fair was lack
Of backing, The premiums of last year being
partly left unpaid, and no guarun,eu being of
fered that this years would be, offered but little
inducement to exhibitors. To secure articles
for exhibition there must be guarantee that
premiums will be paid. Ottawa men men must
make such guarantee,
If the fair is for any cass's pecuniary benefit,
the profits must come to Ottawa men. Perhaps
the best way of reorganization would be to have
Ottawa men take hold of the institution as a
joint stock company, rcapiHg the profits sus-
tanning the losses, 1t may be made fair, exposi-
ton, horse race or whatever may appear most
attractive. 1t is certain that in any event Otta-
wa men must control the management.
Whatever the fair is made III the future, il kept
up at all, the management must provide plenty
Of amusements. With the majority OF fair -goers
the cattle, horses and pumpkins are but small
part of the desired sight seeing. The day when
the fair was an instructor has gone by. Its aims
in that direction are vastly better reached by the
agricultural newspaper and the grange discus
sions The main purpose should be amusement
Of the people in the afternoons giving them the
rest OF the show during the morning. In this
way all classes Of fair goers will DO reached and
satisfied. And during the past two years we
have noticed that this kind OF fairs appear to be
most successful
In the future new departure must be taken
in the advertising OF the fair The Tonca Ne,cs
says at Is reported that the great county OF
La Sallc-the second county OF the state In point
OF population and wealth-held q county fair this
week. We presume IT is fact for the papers
at the hub make mention thereof. But 1t Is a
little unfortunate that the county is so large that
this patch OF prairie away of on the western Dor.
ders, should be left without proper notice.
or other intimation Of the fair this year" 1t is
useless to say outside papers should advertise
the fair free gratis" We all know they won't
do it. Not one OF our neighbors has any par,ic-
ular love for Ottawa that they should do this for
her. 1t must be paid for as al advertising
worth the name is paid form hard cash. Ger
tain papers mentioned the fair this year out OF
personal courtesy to the secretary and other
members Of the board, but that isn't the kind of
mention that pays or brings a crowd. A fairs
advertising should be done business like. Otta-
wa papers may do 1t free because the fair is OF
value to them; but we fail to see how it can be
worth n cent TO Steator or La Sale printers.
Ottawa papers reach all who now come TO trade
in Ottaw and more; but they do not reach all
who might be induced to come 10 an Ottawa
fair or racing meeting. They can be reached
only by outside paid advertisements.
The Ottawa Republican is growing over the con.
version of one Louis Knauer, OF Mendoza, to re-
publcanisn. This fact has been repeatedly de-
MED by newspapers and the gentleman himself;
but that made no difference TO the Republican,
which gives the news on the principle ofa lie well
stuck TO is as good as the truth. On Monday the
Chicago Times published the following:
MENDOZA, H., Sept 81 notice in The Times
Of last week statement that !, an agent Of J. !.
Case & CO., life long democrat, after an ex-
tended trip in the southern states, have returned
TO Mendoza TO vote for Garfield. | would say
that that assertion was unauthorized by me. II
is true that cannot vote for Hancock and the
democratic party, but after taking q survey OF
the political field find no party that offers what