The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-04
The GOssiper.

The GOssiper.
O my pretty little Bess,
In your Mother Hubbard dress,
You Au' lovely and enticing-yes, bewitching
confess
But much to my surprise,
For scarce believe my eyes
Inside that Mother Hubbard you have slowed
five oyster pies.
Yet with pleasure if | can,
While you twrl your dainty fam
will cash the check presented 10y the smil.
ing waiter man;
But think It's only fair
should warn you To take care,
For when lac pays the doctors bill | know
your dad will swear
Chicago Tribune.
The Seneca Record tell this truly horri.
bic story; Wednesday afternoon of last
week as Hugh Mccain was loading up
the sprinkler at the water tank, the team
became frightened at Jay Lansing engine
and started to run. Hugh sprang for the
lines but the top Of the sprinkler being
wet and slippery, he slipped and fell be
tween the sprinkler and the hind wheel
The team kept on, and his right leg was
caught in the wheel and torn off near the
hip. The team was stopped and Hugh
picked up. He was little bruised but
was around the next day. If IL had not
been his arttfcjal limb he mOuld hare ,tared
pretty Jadly."
There is one thing about the Repubs we
admire. They can't get out the mob here,
but they know how to march those they
can get On Thursday afternoon on their
way to Morris they favored the town with
their 80, not caring who knew it," rugged
out in white hats and canes, or red Ian
terms; and made fine show, marching
down La Sale street In the cool of the
evening four abreast, and well massed.
The contrast to the usual Democratic style
of going II two abreast at La Sale a
couple of weeks ago, was one of the best
for fine display we have
seen for long time. Not less than 1900
torches and two thousand men were in
line; but instead of marching them four or
six abreast, making compact mass to give
spirit to the men and shape" to the crowd,
they were strung out for two miles or
more struggling along two in file with
the street between them, taking all the life
out of the display. The boys should take
a tumble" The Repubs will bear imi-
tation in this If IN nothing else
~
The La Sale Democrat Press Is Justly in
dignant at the generally reported treatment
OF the Democrats at the Wenona fair this
week and says: "The Democrats com
plain bitterly of the managers of the We
mona fair, and say the refusal to allow Gen.
Black, IA crippled union soldier, to address
the people at the fair was shameful and
will cost the Republicans many votes.
When it was understood that Oglesby would
speak at Wenona one day, the Democrats
asked the privilege to get Gen Black the
next day, but the officers, the majority of |
whom are radicals, say they didn't pro
pose to have copperhead and rebel pollute
their fair grounds" Great God! After
battling for this union and coming home a
cripple, one hand being shot away, and
then be called rebel by Republican stay.
At homes, is enough to make every drop of |
blood In every old soldiers body boil with
rage, and cry out aloud for shame. Had
the Democrats of the north remained at
home and became rich like hundreds of |
all over this country, the south
would have been the conquerors in 80 days
after war was declared"