The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-08-07
Table Talk.

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Table Talk.
There's a land that is hotter than this,
Where never a collar will stand;
Where the people all bubble and hiss
o, go to that beautiful land.
Peter Meyer alone, of all 'the force" supports
the administration.
"Freeze Out" remains the favorte game of all
seasons.
tsinfuence extends no further than the peck.
ct, however.
Peru consents to remain in the county. Vide
Herald "Ottawa is an interesting city. It's
business blocks are well arranged; the stores
equal to any In places of its size, and are we'll
filed with fine stocks Of goods its residences
are attractive, and the drives around the city pre-.
sent every inducement for pleasure. Want Of
time prevented visit to the printing offices"
We have always considered Tapley most sen.
sibIe man. Fact.
The city OF Streator, as 1t may be called, though
not yet incorporated as city, made great step
forward during the past ten years, stepping from
the, say, fifth, to the third place in the county as
to population. And she hasn't quit growing
Her people believe they are increasing faster this
year than ever In all parts of the town new
buildings are springng up; and on Main street
some four or five new brick stores are now in
course Of erection. In the fall a new coal shaft
will be opened which will employ probably 200
new miners. Verify, Streator's future is bright
one Barring her thirst for Office, which natural,
ly appertains only to La Sale and Mendota, (sic)
we admire 1.-THE get,up- gt' Of the town.
Our great summer resort Deer Park, seems a
greater favorite than ever this season, the num-
Der OF visitors being very large, from all parts of
the state Utica people tell us Of large parties GO
ing there daily. The long needed improvements
as suggested by Mr.. Hammond q. d. H. year
or two ago, having been made, his prediction of
a largely increased number of visitors has been
more than fulfilled.
| Starved Rock has likewise had successful sea.
son. 1t seems specially favoritc with camping
parties, not day since the camping season be-
gan has there not been tent or two at its base.
!
We are pleased to notice that new road
to the Canyons has been opencd-not much bet
ter than the old one, bat good enough, the en-
trance being few rods west Of the old road, and
following the fence, on the west side, to the end
thence to the river. There will be no further
difficulty in seeing these interesting places, bar
rins the sii"hine of terrible hill to get out. 1t
is but justice to the occupant O. the Vincent place
Through whose land the old road RAM to say that
his objection to the use Of his road was founded
on sclf.protection solely many parties early in
the season having outrageously abused his hos
pitality by injuring his growing crops by driving
over them and trampng them down.
| The finest catch of the season reported, was
that Of Philo Lindley one day this week-a SIX
pound bass, captured at Dayton. Izaak Wal
ton would have written an extra chapter after a
catch Of that kind.
| The Reporter deyotes column OF its "elastic"
small type to our correspondent "Junius"-
Thank you, gents; but don't get excited, please
this very warm season.
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HE evidently thinks something is gained by
Misrepresentation, while all true journalists
came to the conclusion before he took off his
swaddling cloths that facts only be relied up
on to create public opinion, says the Reporte,
Good. Now let's see how long 1t will be before
your mother takes Off your unmcntionablc linen
Rev. A. II. Widney, writes the Sheridan Ne,cs.
Letter, from Hazelhurst Miss, (some IS miles
south of Jackson) 81 suppose some Of them
the native southernersl do not like the Yankees
very well. But as rule they will receive them
kindly and treat them well. ! have been here
nearly three years and no one has yet moested
me or mine. | have as good friends as man
could ask for | am preaching and organizing
churches, and find no opposition growing out Of
my northern antecedcnts." Yet the editor OF
that paper has no difficulty in asserting that a
northern mans life is not safe in that land