The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-05
From Mendoza.

MENDOZA, Sept. I'd, 'S5.-Col. and Mrs
| Bowen returned from their trip east Wed
nesday morning.
Rose Easton and troupe are in town.
The Union Fair begins next Tuesday
Well, whoop her up.
Co. b, l. N G., returned home Monday
and every one of them had skinned nose:
! from the effects of the sun. Mark Rug
giles and Fred Jordan had their guns stol
en-. The rest of the boys came back with
theirs. They express themselves as hav
ing had splendid time.
Josie Crocker and troupe are billed fol-
Washington Hall, fair week
Paw Paw is having a base ball tourna
ment The Earl club sent to Kewanee fol
picked six, while the Paw Paw team
sent to Chicago for the same number
to help them out
The ladies' base ball club will play &
game here, per advertisement, Wednesday
Sept. odd
Miss Carrie Dudgeon is visiting in
Bloomington.
About % of the |. o. o. F. of this city
went to Earl Tuesday night on visiting
meeting to the order there
Miss Agnes |. Love, of Sycamore, is the
guest of Mrs. J, f. Best
| Miss Able Kane has begun school In
district No ), Troy Grove.
Dr. Ennis and Mr. Graves gave few in
terested ones a short lecture on Texas, last
Saturday night. The DR.. said the soil in
" estern Texas in some parts was all OF
three feet thick above bed rock. The wa
ter slightly favored with jimson weeds
where there was running water-plenty
of water in wells when these were dug
That it was a pretty grazing country, but
old cattle would die from emigration, eli
matte changes, water, etc. Go, If you want
to, to Texas; you must take your caloe,
with you. Texas has its drawbacks like al
unsettled countries, but the DIR. made 8
good Democratic remark when he said the
morals of Texas were vastly superior tC
those of Illinois, and that they read theil
bible down there, and would not under
any circumstances drink Ohio whisky.
City Clerk George Holland took his wife
and little girl ON trip down the l. c. las
Saturday to remain over Sunday.
Mrs. II. left the key of the house with .
lady friend, with the request that she FEED
her pet canaries. This lady friend likes
fun now and then, and while feeding the
birds, thought up little joke on Holland
She took his business suit, which, man
like, he had left hanging across chair
and stuffed the trousers-legs with ole
cloths, box of wooden clothes pins, anC
an old hustle swelled out the vest and coat
in great shape. A wad of light wrapping
paper did finely for the face, and over il
rested his Derby. One sleeve was brought
up to the face and a fan concealed the fea
lures. The effigy was stretched full length
ON the bed Mr.. III. came home Monday
noon, and the first move he MADE after he
got inside his domicile, was toward the
bed room, to change his clothes. OF course
he saw the man, and Mrs. II. who was fol
lowing closely behind him. saw him too
and gave a feminine screech. Oh
George" said she, there's tramp on the
bed!S "Slt down, wife," this with re,
markable composure), " sit down; don't be
scared, l amt, and I'll knock the stuffin
clean out of him" But when he took q
sly DE ID through the door he changed his
mind. He did not recognize his own
clothes. and, said he It's one OF them con.
founded tramps. Should like TO know
what McIntire has been doing that he
couldn't watch the house. D. him, I'll
shoot him." "0h! don't, George" plead.
ed Mrs. II. al WILL" and there was blood
in his eye. He got his revolver and