The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-26
From Mendoza.

Mrs Walter Packard, of Kansas, is Wis.
ting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Ed
wards, in this city.
Mrs A. NJ. Peace died last Sunday after
a protracted illness. Her funeral occurred
Tuesday at her late residence, northeast of
Mendoza. Mrs Pearce was one of the
pioneer milliners Of this city, having es-
tablished herself here some thirty years
ago
One Of the events of the week, in mat
rimonial way, was the marriage of Mary
Ida Horr, daughter of Geo. Horr, and G..
ID. fireman, the popular clerk in p. III.
Cooper's clothing establishment, on We'd
nesday evening, at the family residence.
The happy couple took the midnight train
fol st. Louis, where they will pass the
honeymoon.
Miss Jennie Cook, daughter of DR.. f. p
Cook, was married September 90, at her
home in this city, to DR.. A. Okey, a prac-
ticing physician located in the southern
part Of the state, and formerly of Airing
ton. The happy couple started immedi-
ately for their new home
Miss Pauline McNett is studying art in
Chicago.
Ed. Higgins Is now solid in his business
matters. Marks, his father law, started
Ed. in business in May, but this month he
bulldozed Ed, into signing bill of sale of
the store. Ed. get into a fix in consequence,
and Marks made about $500; but G. NJ
Higgins came to the front and bought out
the contents of the store and Ed. has bobbed
up serenely from below and is smiling and
happy. He Is good business man, genial
and pleasant and 1t is the wish of every
one he may prosper.
There Is nothing very mysterious about
a hustle, but they are quite curiosity oft
times. Passing an evening not long since
with number of ladies, "bustes" were the
chief subject of conversation. Now, there
never has been Invented hustle that fully
met Its requirements-most of them are
faulty In the extreme. Squash down be-
come deformed and push to one side, and
the ingenuity of women has been brought
out TO remedy these defects in the con
struction Of firstClass bustle-one that
will keep In place at all times and under
all circumstances. Perhaps it Is asking
too much of the concern, but that is what
the feminine heart longs for. "A firstrate
good bustle," said blonde, "is made by
cutting flour sack into strips and plating
It on to a straight piece Of the sack. They
get limp though In short time. There Is
a hustle manufactured Of gum cloth. They
are made the right shape and then blown
full of wind; but II they get punctured
with pin, of which they are In great dan
ger, they so of with tizz-z-z and suddenly
collapse" my cousin" chimed in an.
other, made hustle of an old Gainsbor.
ough hat. She cut of half Of the rim and
stuffed the crown, the half rim exactly
fitting her form, and 1t looked we'll on the
outside" well, like curled hair" said
another, "such as there are In furniture
Louisianal Moss ?" "Oh, yes; that
Is II, and stuff IL into sack made of calico
or anything" "How do you like coiled
wire bustles?" said another. "Oh, they
act something like an electro-mag ghetto
machine" said scientific lady. "If gen
tleman puts his arm around YOU he gets
charged at once, and the results stunning.
The electric current Is very likely to travel
up your spinal column, thence to the lips,
and there is a spontaneous desire to kiss
one another that can't be controlled" "An
old calico apron will do" said a timid girl
who blushed all over at the idea of being
kissed under such circumstances. "Straw
bustles are good" added an interested
party; "but they are not good either. There
are forty eleven different kinds In the stores
but all poor If the men wore bustles they
would hustle around and invent something
that would I'LL the bill" There Is some
thing funny about bustles, any way" said
the blonde. I'VE don't put them away
as carefully as We do our kids, laces, rib.
bons and Laugtry's, but we (all of us) sling
them anywhere when We prepare to retire
never saw one yet tenderly cared for, but
We won't go without one, great or small
That's So" said the scientific lady, land
they are so suggestive of the wearer. Look
1t the band! How II steals the form-with