The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-25

The Tattier.
When the fascinating ticker Is a.tieking,
Is ticking,
And by points the market rises one by one,
One by one,
The euterprising brokers never kicking,
Never kicking,
And the Spectator counts his profits won,
Profits won,
But the fascinating ticker gets a.ticking.
Gets a-ticking,
And by points the market tumbles two by
two,
Aud the enterprising broker, never kicking,
Never kicking,
Looks for other lambs that he can ''do."
He can do.
Pack
1t isn't often the La Sale Democrat, like
Silas Wegg, drops into poetry" but the
following little idyl-a "prose poem" will
be appreciated by lovers of the ideal and
au,umn's "goneness :" There Is something
peculiarly appropriate in holding elections
in November. Not only is the silent drop
ping of the ballots IN the box symbollcal
of the falling Of wlthered leaves, but there
Is that in the general decay Of vegetation
suggestive of the utter goneness and gong.
to piecesness Of some candidates. Then,
too, Joe Hart, and the rest Of the republi.
can prohibition ticket, can go out in their
dtsolauon and commune with nature and
kick themselves all over the dry and with
cred woods, and mingle their sobs with the
waillng winds"
The Peru Herald quotes scripture in
this way: Deacon Cullen and Deacon
Hart spoke at Jones shaft last Tuesday.
Do these gentlemen know what the good
book says Two old women shall be grind.
ing at the mill, one shall be taken and the
| other left Now go home to your busi.
ness and don't be buckng against proph.
ecies, or the first you'll know there will be
two left"
The La Sale Democrat publishes the
following "reminiscences of Daniel Evans,
candidate for probate judge of this county:
THE present outbreak of illiberalism and
prohibition is an echo of the storm of hos
Utility which swept over the county twenty.
five years ago and which was known as
knownothlngism. This lllibersllsm which
proclaimed the doctrine, Put only Amer
leans on guard, and which declared that
no,forelgn born person should become
citizen until after a residence of 81 years,
and that no foreign born citizen should
hold an office, organized itself into a polit-
zeal party which trlumphed IN many states
and at one time threatened to control the
federal government. The danger and the
bitterness of the crisis are remembered by
many OF our Older citizens. It was put
down by the better sense Of the people only
after hard and prolonged struggle. AT
ais time Daniel Evans, the present candi-
date tor probate judge, edited and published
The La sale Herald. 1t is admitted by
all that he made splendid fight against
| this illiberality and The Herald exertei a
! great influence IN the contest The know
noihings combined 10 destroy his business.
For weeks he was obl.ged every night to
guard his Office which the knownothlngs
threatened 10 destroy, and he himself was
the constant recipient OF notices of person.
al injury determined to be inflicted upon
! hun unless he deslsted from his demurrer.
atoms. 1t is the remembrance of this
splendid fight made by Mr.. Evans for JUS
tice and the right irrespective of creed or
place Of birth which makes HIM so es.
teemed by our citizens who remember
these facts, and which ought to secure him
the vote of every liberal minded man. Let
any of our readers who want to know
something Of the political bitterness en-.
gendered at that time by the attempt of The
knownoihing party to deprive persons who
| happened not to be born in the country of
the right to vote and hold office, talk with
DR.. Hennesy, John Forrls,al, Esq, Capt.
O'Kane and others, and they Will be sur.
prsed 10 learn that 1t became necessary TO
| guard the Catholic church of this city.
These gentlemen know that Mr.. Evans be-
came the object Of the bitterest hostility
for his bold and defiant opposition to
kuownothngism and, not only was 1t ne
cessary to guard the office of The La Sale
Herdld, bat that threats OF personal vic.
lorce were frequently made against the ed.
| iior."
! The prohibitionlsts have issued little
campaign sheet called the Ballot B0r, con-
tanning about as much matter as four of
our columns. The prospectus" says:
The Bullet Dor will be Issued on Wednes-
day of each week and can be had for fifty
cents per one hundred copies until after
the close of the campaign, which will be
the 7th of November, when il will be en-
larged If It's readers 80 desire, and made
one of the permanent institutions of the
county"
The Ballot Bor says: THE republican
party Is in a bad fix. Its course upon the
temperance question has disguised Its tenn
perance men, while Its lodging has dis.
gusted the liquor men. 1t now has to wit
ness double exodus from Its ranks, that
of the temperance men over the prohibi-