The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-01

Somebody put a small mudturtle, about
the size of a silver dollar, In bed AT ho
tel In Mendoza, the other night, and a
newspaper man who was assigned to the
room on preparing TO retire caught sight OF
it, He at once resumed his clothes, re.
marking, 81 expected to have q lively
night of it, but If they are as big as that
don't propose to get in with EN-"
Close the blinds just to keep out the sun,
divest yourself of all your clothing, except
Of course, enough to keep the flies of, and
then select some cool and inviting spot in
the house You can there reflect how much
better OF you are than the qnartette of city
editors, Ed Sapp, Bernie McCabe, W. ID.
Wilson and yours truly, who are obliged to
tramp around In the hot sun, prying into
holes, visiting corners, poking into base
ments, stairways and unsavory alley.ways
with search warrants for items that seem
TO have gone to sleep never to awake.
These intellectual geniuses have hard time
OF II this weather and are all getting freck,
led, sun. burned and SO impious that they
can now swear at the weather In seven diff
ferent languages.
The GOsiper's sanctum has been invaded
this week by number of perspiring NOR
tails, whose first words on entering this
dainty abode, where peace, happiness and
prosperity have the gilt edged bulge on
misery were: It's hot today" Now |
don't object, on rare occasions, to be in
formed concerning something on which
my knowledge is rather vague and indefi-
mite, but when even every cock-eyed son of
a saw horse with whom you are on the
most indistinct speaking terms tells one
Its hot" when the thermometer Is ut 30
in the shade and his blood boiling IN his
veins, then II is high time to interpose a
mild objection. When such hot wave as
has rolled over this portion of the country
during the past two weeks, arrives, we are
among the favored few 70 first find II out.
When this torrd billow OF heat Is succeed
ed by frigid wave from the polar lati.
tudes, we are very likely to find that out
ourselves, also Hot? Yes; II was eXter-
nally, internally, eternally and Internally
not; most hotter, most hottest. All of
which Is irrespectively submitted.
Persons Ia high stations, or in response.
BILE positions, are not TO be too much en-.
We'd. The unwritten history of their cares,
anxieties and business perplexties, added
10 the great weight Of responsibility which
they are obliged to shoulder, would, If we'll
understood, lessen the grasping and clutch
ing at the unattainable, There probably Is
not one man In La sale county to-day that
could take the place of Charles J. Devlin,
the organizer, manager and vice president
of the Spring Valley Coal Company To
his clear. headed business foresight, push
and uudomitable perseverance. Is due the
present status of affairs at the new town
He has worked day and night, almost, for
months past to have success perch on his
efforts. He has been besought on all sides
for employment Of one kind or another
The miner with his pick has asked for Ia
Dor. Applications have poured In on him for
fat positions. The dude who wanted soft
lob has sent in his card; the man who new.
er rode ten miles on railroad In his life
has asked him for position as passenger
conductor on the new road. In fact he has