The Ottawa free trader., 1882-12-23

MERRY ClIRISTM AS.

MEkhi CuklSIMaS.
With gentle deeds and kindly thoughts
And loving words withal,
| Welcome the merry Christmas in,
And hear brothers. call.
p. Latcrence.
This dsy
Shall change all griefs and quarrels into love.
Shakespeare.
Sound over all waters, reach out from all
lands,
The chorus of voices, the clasping OF hands
Sing hymns that were sung by the stars OF
the morn,
Sing songs of the angels when Jesus was
born. -Whttier.
Who taught mankind on that first Christmas
day
What twas to be o man; to give. not take
To serve, not rule; to nOurish, not devOur
Charles Kingsley
So, now Is come our joyfullst feast,
Let everyone be jolly;
Each room with ivy leaves is drest,
And every post with holly.
At Christmas be merry and thankful withal,
And feast thy poor neighbors, the great and
the small. Thomas Tusser.
Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
Twas Christmas told the merrest tale;
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor mans heart through half the year.
Scot.
As fits the holy Christmas birth,
Be this good friends our carol still
Be peace on earth, be peace on earth,
To men Of gentle will.
--7hdckerdy.
The preparations for Christmas in Ottawa
by the merchants were quite as great as usu-
al. The stores have blossomed with new and
pretty things, and show windows have been
crowded with articles OF vertu as well as util.
ty. The trade, however, has not been quite
up to the desires and expectations OF dealers,
owing to the wet weather since Wednesday.
Yesterday was tribe cooler and promised u
big trade for to-day, for it has come TO be
the fashion for a large part of the county to
do at least their holiday buying in Ottawa If
the weather will permit buyers living away
from railway stations to get 10 the cars.
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From all accounts, the doctors of Streator
are great set" On Friday afternoon last,
when Mr.. Booth was hurt, he was carried
into the American House. Several hours af
wards, when his Ottawa friends reached him
they found him still in his overcoat and his
face still covered with clotted blood and dirt.
The doctors sat by enjoying weed and wait
ing for development" But then clean
water is scarce in Streator.
The Mendots postotce affair has been set
tied without the annoyance" OF an election; /;
and Postmaster Little, who was OF no ute TO
the politicians" during the past campaign
has been ousted, and ID. G. Andrews. "the
soldiers cundidate," was appointed.
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The BREAKFAST Table was set out, but the
meal OF course went down into Henderson's
stomach like one inviting a friend to dine
and .lehving a pocket book on the piano"
Henderson is q man Of infinite gall" He
ordered at Powell & Co.'s, Chicago, lot of
second hand material sufficient to set up
about page and half Of the FREE TRADER
and borrowed the rest of the outfit, including
chases and column rules, Of the Journal, and
got out an edition. He swindled the type
men, by giving chattel mortgage of the
concern and then leaving town, thus also
swindling few Others out Of email sums
One number only appeared. The longing he
felt running through his not long body to
I'LL for long, long time the long felt long.
ing of long suffering Ottawa for Sunday
breakfast Table petered out. His natural III
stinct, as great as in longer men, could no
longer be concealed in him,-he had to beat
someone, and he did IT, His ambition was
satisfied. He got good pay for his ten days
WORK and skipped, as Others have done before
him and will continue to do so long as type
dealers, paper men and business men give
credit to men without means and withou: the
right Of credit
The clerks OF the county and circuit courts
have issued joint circulars calling the att@u.
tlon OF Justces 10 the law requiring the Day.
ment To the justice by the parties taking an
appeal Of So for the use Of the clerks of
those courts respectively. The law in the
past has not been lived up to, and while there
is question as 10 whether il refer. 10 this
county, on the advice of the Judges Of those
courts, these clerks announce they will refuse
to receive or file papers in appeal cases unless
these fees have been paid or the law official
ly declared imperative. The other circular
announces the requirement OF advance pay
ment, as the law requires, Of legal fees due
before any papers in new suits are filed by
them. We certainly cannot agree with q
certain justice who charscterizes these circu-