The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25

perty, keep II in 6rst-class order to accommodate
pcnlcs and parties, fix up the spring with baths
and "sich," lay out the grounds in decent style,
establish boat house on the rlver-or, in other
words make vigorous bid for popular favor by
resolving out of the semi.ruin which now
shrouds the premises a beautiful halfway park
between Ottawa and La Sale, with advantages
to make it a resort in all seasons? In winter
sleighing parties would find it a jolly headquar-
tiers, and in summer camping gangs ana
moonlight parties would be only too happy to
wander to spot where they would be certain
OF first class accommodations and modern i'm
provements. II properly attended to, the place
might soon become wldely-kuown summer
resort with fully as "invgorating" mineral
water as found anywhere. La Sale, Peru, Utica
and Ottawa folks want place ITO go to" ana
Sulphur Springs park, with baths, boats, rustic
arbors and shady walks, would be just the spot
! Scene corner court house square, telescope in
foreground.
! Loungcr to friend looking through telescope
1T the noon swell, what dye see?'
ooh, there's big crowd carrying Garfield
banners"
"Then, by Jove, that's where they've gone to.
They've all left this county"
! Star. gazer collapses.
Brother Sapp, boss editor of the RcpubIcdn,
complains that the democrats "are bitterly hos
tile to the union soldiers, especially to pension
ers" Bro Sapp is in bad way. He has either
squandered or forgotten the gift of $1,000 the
democrats lately gave him as arrearages OF pen
sion. What's the matter with you, anyhow, Mr..
Sapp are you mad because they didn't make it
s. 400.
Party, looking through the telescope: "By
gum, the moons just like the republican party"
"IIow so?"
! "On the wane.'
| The republicans are getting mighty badly
scared about their ticket Stevens for circuit
clerk is admitted badly beaten already; and now
they are trying to kill Thompson to save Clark
as against Milllgan. Don't let the democrats be
betrayed into any trades. Stick to the county
ticket as whole, and it is bound to 90 through.
Ed. Nattinger is a decidedly protean artist:
editor, encyclopedia Of politically dead thoughts,
speaker Of the great run at themouth .atiyeness,
and py'ina doi.f4a OF the Glee Club! Dressed in
the "ensanguincd garment" and under the in
huence Of Brother Shows "educationaP pean,
he does the funny fall business with great eclat
50
:, cd,
faeetiOusly call him, is doing campaign funny
business by peddling 'od clothes" Don't do
it, Lucus Lucinius. Hang onto 'um. You'll
need em all through many hard winter before
you get to be prosecutor. There's gong to be q
"big fire" on Nov. 9, and the democrats will
wear new suits after that
Ottawa Times local item "Charles Francis |
Adams has joined the vast throng that is return
ing to the fold to vote for Garfield and Arthur"
The Times in this matter has quite the bulge on
the New York Sun, which persits in publishing
and republishng this
have no sort Of sympathy with the Republi-
can party because of that act and because IT JUS
titled and sustained it. After such an act have
no desire to sustain the republican party in any
way ] would not vote for party that would
carry through such fraud. ! think Mr.. Hayes
was elected by fraud, and do not mean TO
have it said that at the next election | had for
gotten it. | do not say that Mr. Hayes commit
ted the fraud, but it was committed by his party.
have no enmity to Mr.. Hayes, but after the
fraud by which he became presden | could not
republican side who did not disavOw the fraud
committed. | would not support any member
of that party who had any sort OF mixture with
that fraud ! feel that the counting out is just
much fraud now ~ at the time it was perpc-
trated. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
Or is he "a Ia Morrison) some other Charles
Francis Adams to whom the Times refers?
The Elgin Leader says: "Elgin has another op
portunity to increase her manufacturing inter-
ests Here, in Elgin, is ma
chine that can, and did yesterday, husk corn
from the stalk in the field
The idea of the machine was first conceived by
Mr., Cox, in 1864. He constructed an experiment
al machine at a cost Of $1,000. Like all new
inventions, it did not work to perfection lie
spent twelve years work and $1,000 experiment.
ing upon the machine, and in 1876, after pro
tracted law suit with one McCabe, who had du-
plicated the machine, was granted his patent
The patent was bought by a company who de-
sire to manufacture the machine. Mr.. Larned,
from Boston, is now in this city with the orig
inal machine, but is about to construct perfect
machine for the state fair. The ore now at
Geister's illustrates the principle, but Is out Of
proportion and too heavy by half, The officers
of the company are, James Allen, president; II.
NJ. Armstead, secretary and manager; S. P.
Coon, treasurer and attorney. The latter two
gentlemen are also here. 1t is to be hoped that
our business men will not pass this golden OPP
poriunity to possess good thing" Ahem.