The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31
Table Talk.
IfIwas Q loklc editor,
Wouldn't | have q times
wouldn't print cussed word
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She walked on her toes
And turned up her nose
As she stepped into the hacque
February. which begins tomorrow, will hay
Ave Sundays-on the LIST, Sth 18th, 22d and 2oti
This occurs once In every % years. Its last pre-
vious occurrence was 1862, and after next Febru
.ry Il will not occur again this century. Tn
same Ia true Of every other day in the week. Fo
instance, February has five Mondays once in ev
,yy 2S wears This was last the case in 1854, ant
II will occur again in 1872
La Sale il such comfortable place for manu-
featuring establishmcnts-lke living in the era
Ter of q volcano. Says the Press; La Sale man
ufacturers are laying in supply OF coal to b
prepared for emergencies should another STRIKE
occur"
That CREASED lightning, Is described by Mr.
Tsckleback, is drink that has interested boz
bivants greatly this week. Headaches are nu
merOus
The question now seems to be quite general
How long will Ed. stand the new opposition"
Betting is in order.
Ed is getting to be quite a comic writer, When
The daily Journal appeared he scrubbed, as his
hair stood on end and his teeth Chartered:
The only ottawa publisher who was frigh tened
by the appearance Of rev Ottawa paper was
Boss OsInan.
This is equal to the funny" sayings Of Cdrnd-
Az Fir TO his Mother. Law" Really, keeping
hts fears of the Journal in mind Ed. should take
the road as Fjn-he'd be great success.
About fifty OF the heaviest tax. payers in Otta-
Wa have filed an injunction restraining the pay
Ment Of the water.power bonds.-Strcator Fire
Press.
That's it, The said 30 were specializing how
10 get the Injunction, but the Pre-" settles it:
never mind the getting: 20 and file it. How
easy.
The La Sale Press says: Kennedy the horse
thief, OF Ottawa" II Kennedy belongs to Otta
va she may claim about 500 Of the residents Of
La Sale and as many from Mendoza; they've
hsen in Jail here.
3D. says the wife of one Of the Peru Zinc
Wsrks died on Saturday night. She'll have no
objection, then, to hot fires.
Our neighbors will have excellent cause TO
make Ottawa q good visi, next week They can
take in the spring paper hangings, spring car.
pets new farm machinery and such things take
in "Pualorc" by the best company in America
Ahu'dhv N'chiHHi Wv shNh ohopPihS VIZ 'iutti
hear the famous Bob" Ingcrsoll on Friday
sight, and get home just in time to hear their
own particular pastor demolish all of Bob's ar
guments sunday morning, Try it, Just for
]uck.
The attendance at the relief meeting last
Thursday evening (22d) was small. No speech
~ were made and the only business transacted
was hearing committee rcports.-Rpubicdn.
This is rather severe on Hon. William Rcddick,
Who made a splendid l5-minute talk to 1870 or
more auditors, and on l.. W Brewer, who talked
longer than that, and s. W. Rugcr. But then,
SIS usual, no representative of that entcrprisng
sheet being present at the meeting, it isn't to be
supposed ii would know anything about it.
One of our local daily lumnarics impaired to
- readers the other day the astonishing infor.
nation that the bulls" had the lead in the Chi.
eago market yesterday" ard wheat advanced TO
~ cts and oats went up ia cts; but during
ihc last hours Of the day the bears "grond and
Rcarly wiped out these advances" "Grond" is
good,
The Rock Island road is unfortunate! Satur
cay last the miserable Utcs went west over il:
and Thursday Dinnis Kcarncy followed in their
wake, What Gumigation of cars will be neces.
,sry!
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