The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

was sorry that having no funds he was
compelled to go out of business, and should
pay in the future. Davis was prompt.
ly arrested for embezzlement He al once
settled but said he did not know he was
doing anything criminal but had simply
failed to pay debt. We believe a some.
what similar case occurred AZ Chicago re.
Gently with similar results,
The Lenten season begins on Wednes-
day next-Ash Wednesday Lent has been
observed with varying degrees of rigor in
different countries and at different periods
Some dignitaries of the Church. too, have
shown themselves severe, and others leni-
ent, in enforcing the Church's commands
with regard TO meagre diet, The prince
whom Fenelon surprised eating veal on
fast day, and who expressed his regret at
having committed such sin, was told by
the prelate to "act justly and eat Il calf"
In Bavaria, on the other hand, the Consis-
tory or some other religious body having
authority, forbade the admission of the
"Cuisiniere bourgeoise" into Bavarian ter.
ritory, ON the ground of it containing a re-
ceipt for dressing carp with gravy sauce.
In Brantome there is Il story of II lady who
wishing 10 do honor To her lover, enter
tanned him on Il fast day with roast kid and
ham. But the smell of the tleshpots rri-
tated the noStrils of the indignant popu-
who broke into the apartment where the
feast was going ON, and, Selling thc offend.
erS gave them up TO justice. The sen
tence of the Court before which the lady
appeared was that She should walk through
the streets of Paris with the ham and the
quarter of kid suspended round her neck.
Restaurants, and even private houses, used
in those days 10 he searched during Lent
for forbidden food, rs ships in times of hos.
tilities are visited for "cOntraband of war"
At present the Protestant traveller on the
Continent does not find himself inconven-
enced anywhere on Fridays by IN absence
Of flesh food. In Brittany however and
other ''reactionary' provinces of France, Il
choice is sometimes offered between meat
and fish, or between soup made with meat
and soup made only with vegetables. In
Russia there are restaurants where the de-
vout can crafty theirs appetite in Il suitable
ms N N ithnut nffanlin,r .nai ~ m Law @
of the Church by eating meat; and the
cooking at these establishments especially
at the famous restaurant, or trdktir, of the
Old Believers in Moscow is of excellent
quality. Any one who, in q Catholic coun-
try, has assisted AT grand dinner given
during Lent by a strictly Catholic family,
can bear witness To the fact that the alb
sence of meat on these occasions is not
very keenly felt. One kind of fish is served
as an eHtree, anOthera as Il roast, and the cook
may indulge his fancy and his talent by
vegetables and fruits in an intn-
ity of ways 1t must be remembered, too, |
that on all fast days wine may be drunk
and this practice is expressly sanctioned in
Il curious and Slightly barbarous Latin
cOuplet which we once heard cited at the |
appropriate moment by Polish priest
Cum eds pisces
Nnum misccs.
ANY amount of wine may thu, be
mixed" with the fish, and no matter how
many different kinds.
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One of the mysterious things of every
winter is the number of public sales"
which take place all over the county. |
Where does the stuff 90 to? Hardly day
passes without its sale sometimes two or
three-in various parts Of the county; and
vet the business seems to be increasing in |
stead of decreasing, and each succeeding
sale seems as popular if not better attended
than its predecessor! The fact it appears
is, this is the best wayof diSposing of per
sonal property, for at all sales prices real
lied are very good. At one sale this week
Wolf :, in the town OF Eagle-the
horses alone on the place brought over
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