The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-16
Rural Happenings.

OpuIR. Oct l0.-Corn picking has begun
in earnest in this vicinity. 1t will be fair
orop IN places, but in Others VIII be short'
kley. Cochran has purchased the ~ acre
farm east of the Waltham church OF A: Chapih
FIR $4,000 Sandy will now get himself
bride and be all night. -, -
ChorI,e Zarn of Waltham, will not move to
TONER IN The spring, as reported by Tom
pan He will continue to hold the present
fort. :, , ,,,oa co.,
their Iowa home: ditto the Buliss family ana
neice. IIouor
uas a thin affair-the fault of the managers
Mcdonald was ashamed to come. Thompson
yelled IS or 20 minutes. AS political speak
IT he Is a failure and We cannot see no" III
honest republican that heard Mr.. Dre"el
speak can hesitate for whom OF tSe Two W
vote. We predict walk,away Tor brewer III
this burg. ., .,,o
Mr.. Fremont Bankas anu family h"''
moved to La Sale.
Mr. Shempp attended the grand lodge OF A.
+ "A. NJ Chicago, and reports large at
tendance. .,;,
Miss OKelff and Miss Noonan were visit
ing friends and relative IN town last week
Miss Jennie McNally Is sojournng In
Mendoza -, ,.,.
Mr. Condee recently had three large hay
stacks burnt by Mr.. Peters lighting ms pipe
in the vicinity Mr.. p settled the mailer ny
paving 800. Rather dear smoke wheh
taken in consideration that tobacco Is cheap;
The democrats in this vicinity Will attend
,bn sneakIng IN Mendoza en- the 18th III "a
nod A. cayolrv. We intend to have three
hundred horsemen and one team OF Az horses
There will be two paradcs afternoon ana
evening. We intend having big turnout
and hone all the democrats in the county Will
be IN Mendoza on that day.
The court house excitement has died out
here. ,.z
If Mr. Clark gets the majority of the votes
in Waltham It will be owing to VIII. war
rlck's energy and hard work. Ophir is SOLID
south" tor Milllgan. fEDho'
JOINT DISCUSSION.
DANA H. Oct 13.-This town has been in
n fever Of excitement for some days past over
q Joint discussion between the democrats and
republicans, which took place here on yester
day. The republicans selected ID. McDougall
of Ottawa and the democrats W. Gentleman
Of the same place Although the democrats
were the challenged party they generously
gave the republicans the choice OF time OF
Speaking and the length. The republicans
decided to take the opening and close, giving
10 both speakers one hour and twenty min
utes. 1t is needless to say that Mr. Gentleman
bore off the honor Of the contest, handicapped
AZ he WAS. His speech was certainly the most
brilliant one ever delivered here, and his an
swers to his competitors questions were about
as racy and sarcastic as i, was possible to
make them Mr.. Gentleman is certainly an
orator of fine promise, while McDougall Is
mere mechanical rantcr, wholly unadapted Tor
popular speaking. Our republican trlenus
are very mum" about "joint discussion"
now They don't seem to take any interest IN
the subject at all, and if you want to make
them swearing mad, all you have to do is to
ask them Is they don't want another Joint
discussion D. +. "
EARL, Oct. 13.-.We had no. expected to send
another letter from our city to the FREE TRAD
XIX tor some weeks, but as many notes OF IN
teres TO at least some fifty ofyour readers) are
in our possession, we consider 1t our duty to
them and YOU to give them here and now. OF
course as you must know, politics IS the one
theme Of nterest-aithough, others claim our
attention at times. This week we Will be
logged and "pricked" up considerably as
We have bOth democratic and republican speak
crs, aud good ones at that, and to prove 1t
would be to sal in our chdtr, where we can
hear every word from the hall. While a re,
crat out to be little less than an escaped con.
Wet, wonder what he would say if he knew
we were sitting here calmly writing to you.
Well, it's all right-But one question we
would ask How is 1t that they 20 30 far as
10 attempt to prove that our party would ruin
She country, when for twenty years they have
had full control Of it, and in that time what
have they done? This: VIC have had "A civil
war-broher fighting against 5rother-one OF
the God given countries in the world severed
10 satisfy set OF greedy political travellers
Yes; and we have had the Credit Moblier in
all It's disgrace; and then this fellow in the
next block is telling them that democrats did
nothing during the war; They didn't? Well,
my friend, every one belonging to US was a
democrat and today strangers deck their
graUes with flowers, for through what we did
and helped 10 do in that fearful contest left US
too poor to do them that honor ourselves. Oh!
il makes me speak as woman only Will, that
IS, silently with the PEN to see politician
hungry to get Office renewed for few more
years dare or be allowed to stand up in any
public hall and speak lightly of those who to.
day sleep in strange grave; that they, ignor
ant "stump speakers" might plumber the
treasury for years. Such men should not be
tolerated however, Let them show Us what
they have accomplished in the last twenty
years Of their reign!
$500
Will beat you, my friend Ask Garfield il it
won't These three simple .fgures have, and
will be 20 you what the ghost was in Hamlet
the exposition and the beginning of the end"
OF a long false play. And the poison has been
so generally used that no one person can be
cqngAt and properly punished (more'S the pity
Just for example sake. Some will say, 1--WE
speak bitterly Not at all. \ few Of our
best frjeHd' are republicans, but they do not
belong to the class that are led by poltroon
Office seekers ana tomorrow, were there an.
ether war they would remain at home and
Ook after these very perqusitcs, and bioc
while somebody else does the fighting fact,
This, though 1t is not what we commenced to
tell you the fellow who dared to mark our
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