The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-26
Table Talk.
When spelling Is reformed" she'll write:
'Im sailing on the oshun,
The &c is hi, no sale in site,

when spplllng Is ''TeIDTtueu suc III WTitC'
'l'm sailing on the oshun,
The se is hi, no sale In site,
1t filz me with emoshun."
But one Spell" will not change It's name,
For she'll be sc.sic jest the salm
First gent: $50 Blanks house is for sale"
Second ditto: "Indced"
Tommy Corcoran: ayes, and, be jabers, whin
this fairfield is elicted there'll be plenty more
houses for sale in Ottawa
The other day Beach, of the demonstrating
corps for the west end, presented himself at a
house where all was in confusion and several
women running to and fro with pieces OF red
flannel, camphor and the like
'Have you any chidren." says the employee
to the agitated head Of ths household.
II have two," replies the latter, "and-as 1t
will save you the trouble Of calling round again
If you will have the goodness OF taking seat
for moment, will have threat least three"
There is some talk about the square of taking
up subscription to erect band stand in the
court house square, and to provide open air con
certs by our numerous bands on two or three
evenings week. The compensation to the
to buy their music. The idea is an excellent
one, which ought to find favor with the bands,
and will with the general public. The concerts
would be great incentive to improvement on
the part of the bands and would add immensely
to the evening attractions Of the square. Let's
have the music by all means.
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The stories have begun.
Plous repub.: "Well, my wifc's sisters hus.
bands nephew once told me the soldiers never
did like Hancock"
And inside of month the Republican and Times
will be swearing Hancock was on r. f. Lees
staff
And yet the repubs are not happy. We await
with fear and trembling Buckley's opinion on
the case.
His views will be issued in ''brief' form for the
use Of the Appellate Judges.
The Streator f,ye Press says that burg possess
es big boom as a summer resortn'
Some one said Of Texas, all it needed to be an
water and good society.
! That's all Str ;ator needs as a summer resort.
And it's all hell needs to be desirable sum
mer land. So"
Nothing is so refreshing this hot weather as
the reading OF the editorial comments on polit
cal announcements for county officers in the
country press. They are even more breezy than
republican comments on Garield's record.
"Steve" (R. CO. will make his canvass for sher-
if this fall on the sympathy plan As a Mendo-
ia paper puts 1t: "Much sickness has prevented
the sheriff from realizing as much from the office
as he otherwise would, and has given him
great deal of sympathy"
Is Doc Petit up for circuit clerk on the same
principle?
The republican infant class will start a hospi-
tai after election day, in November.
The repubs. "dined on spring chicken" in
June. The democrats will feast on champagne
aud oysters in November.
The young republicans infant class complain
ed that the democrats interrupted their meeting
two weeks ago. Well, then, we're even now!
BARRIERS now charge repubs. Is cents for a
shave-they have so much moIe ground to 90
over. "s*
Galesburg people are requested to send for
their old friend Dr. Walsh He's drinking all the
poor whisky in the town, to the severe annoy
ance of many Of our good citizens.