The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-07-31

and brass than a government mule. Price
passed to the committee room, and upon his
return took occasion to state IN open meeting
that he had been grossly insulted by Doc. Cor
bus. He further stated that while he was
working for the good of the party out of re-
spect he entertained tor Its principles, Doc
Corbus had been working solely for the money
that was in it, This remark brought the ami
able doctor to his feet, and in the most chris
tanly manner he informed Price that he was
liar, and with his heavy cane in hand started
to demolish Price. Several slalwarts surround
ed Corbus among whom was the venerable
Squire Harris, who elevated his strong right
arm and informed Corbus that he had better
not attempt any violence there. Order finally
prevailed. when the legitimate business of the
caucus was finished Before adjournment
nearly every man wanted to make an expla
nation, but all were ruled out of order by the
chair. After adjournment sport commenced
on the street by those dlgnitied republicans,
who swore al each other, shook their fists I'm.
der each others noses, and gesticulated IN the
most wild and frantic manner, as the Price
faction endeavored to prove that they were
The quarrel continued until one o'clock in the
morning, when the combatants, having run
out of wind, were forced to disperse.
The excitement IS subsidlng, but such de-
gree of acrlmony and luminosity exist between
Price and Corbus and their respective follow
ers that they will never again work in har-
mony. They see trouble brewing, to be de-
yeloped in the future, and are preparing them
selves accordingly. Doc Corbus can DO seen
in the corner apothecary shop, surrounded by
Arthur McIntire and several other satellites
who are turning the grindstone for the Doc to
sharpen his tOmahawk, with which he will
make desperate effort to scalp George Price.
Mr. Price, seeing the imminent danger that
hourly surrounds him, has taken out an eX
ira policy of hundreA thousand dollars on
his life, one-half to be devoted to the charitable
purpose of founding a missionary society in
Mendoza to labor for the conversion of heath
en- republicans.
The Rsporer is IN dilemma. The brilliant
Ed. can't conceive how ii is that "Junius' pos
sesses the Ignorance" to write the letters that
periodically appear in the FREE TRADER
dishing up the doings of the republicans. or
course the editor of the Reporter has perfect
right and uses good taste in employing the
word Ignorance" because all newspaper jot
tings appear insignificant when compared
with the elegant editorials produced by the
erudite editor of the Reporter. His fine, clas-
steal education coupled with his vast resources
of wit and wisdom, enables nm to give to the
public, through his paper, style OF literature
which for beauty Of diction and ingenious
rhetoric far surpasses his brilliant cotempo-
rariss Chas A. Dana and Geo W. Curtis. The
only difficulty with the gentleman arises from
the fact that his fertile imagination prompts
him to report every republican fizzle as IAN
enthusiastic Garfield meeting" II the editor
didn't wear red ribbon IN his button-hole,
would be inclined to think that he sucked so
much good brandy out of Garfield oranges
that his vision became so impaired that he
would see IN one man thousand but being
strictly temperate, can only attribute his mis-
representations about republican meetings to
his well MANFRED imagination. JUNIus.