The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-13
in all seriousness to have them believe that
sort of breeze.


sort of breeze.
Billy Taylor tells good one on himself
at Mendoza on Friday last, He was stand.
ing alongside of Carter HARRISON review.
ing the grand torchlight procession when
one of his old miner friends from La Sale
caught sight of him, and cried out: Three
cheers for Billy Taylor and Carter Har-
rison" They were given with "A will, you
bet. 1t was suggested TO Harrison that if
he behaved, Taylor would pail him
through i'll this county.
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-Four years ago it was suggested by the
curious as IA coincidence that as Jas. A. Gar
! field had 20 letters in his name it indicated
that he would be the Goth president of the
|. 5. II proved an omen, and he was
elected Goth president of the L. S. Ches-
ter A. Arthur does not happen to have 81
letters in his name but he only by accident
became president. 1t does happen how
ever if Cleveland goes by the name of Ste
! phen Grover Cleveland that his name is
composed Of % letters, and if the omen in
| Gariields case is a precedent Stephen Gro.
yer Cleyelands name indicates that he will
be the 22d president of the L. s.. and the
omen is intensified in that it appears THAI
| Thomas Andrews Hendricks name also
contains % letters.
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The Princeton Republican tells this on
Judge Stipp this week AT the present
term of the circuit court Judge Stipp, who
is noted both for his love of humor and his
love of justice, was called upon to sentence
"A young man to the penitentiary, whom a
jury had found guilty of burglarizing
store. In doing so, the Judge gave the
prisoner the usual good advice, saying that
he hoped the young man, upon his liber-
alton from the penitentiary, would not be
cast down and feel himself forever dis.
graced that he would avoid evil associ
ates and ways and go back to his home
and earn his bread by the sweat of his
IL
while in confinement he might be par
dOned out and restored to all his civil rights
and that if he followed this advice he might
become an hOnOred and respected citizen
As the Judge concluded his remarks the
prisoner replied Your honors advice is
good, but not worth dam for present use;'
and retired in custody of the sheriff amid
the roar Of laughter which followed the
witty retor,"
The Journal will hereafter represent the
Plumb faction in this county. Mr. Gentle
man having pulled out, an editor will be APP
pointed no doubt who will see that Plumb is
defended in good shape, and other candidates
misunderstanding to their meansl
Has the Board ofSupervisors "got onto it
at last? ave want to know 1t would
seem that they had; and after eight years
they now announce that when the recorder,
in making abstracts (the fees for which are
part of his emoluments,) employs u clerk
paid by the county of La Sale, the moneys
so earned shall be paid into the county treas
ury There is no objection to his making
abstracts His facilities for doing it are
indeed considered in fixing his salary, which
is lower than any of the other officers. The
Board recognizes the fact that half the peo-
pie have in some mysterious way become
fixed in the idea that an abstract signed and
sealed by the recorder is little better than
that made by good lawyer or abstracter.
1t is not whit better; sometimes is not so
good as a careful lawyers but to good, limo.
cent people by the hundred it is better
So the recorder Is expected to make fat
thing out of abstracts. In point of fact he
does He has kept for years one man busy
all the time and another man about half his
time making abstracts. Of course it's
good thing. Its picnic, in fact. Half the
poor devils of the legal fraternity in the
county spend their spare time walking up
and down Court street gazing at those busy
abstraotors aforesaid as hungry tramp de-
YOURS a roast pig in the restauranter's win
dow. Yum. YUM And the beauty Of it
is, the county has paid and is to-day paying
for the time of those men who are grinding
out the silver cart-wheels for the recorder.
The recorder should have "tumbled to him
SELF and paid that halt man at least for
appearance sake.
TAMMANY FOR CLEvELAND!-Fridaye eve
ming of this week was fixed upon over
month ago as the date at which the Gener-
al Committee of Tammany Hall should for
mally announce to the world the position
of that organization on the presidential