The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-04-11

; reach them, or address b. f. Washe
ID. |. and A, New Orleans.
The Gossiper.
. Oh, the cats cusscd cats!
They sit on the fence and yOwl and Spat.
They arch their backs and initiate their tails,
And fill the air with their ncarthly walls,
If we had gun that wouldn't hang fire,
We'd try to send those cats up higher
Than Gilderoys kite, famed IN story.
Oh, the cats, those horrid cats,
Wen try the virtue of brickbuts
For sending them up to glory.
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The following appeared among the an.
swers to correspondents in last week s
Shirt ofMe Times: -. NJ. Welch, La Sale,
Ill,-Being made stakeholder in following
bet | submit it for your decision Condi-
tions of bet A bets b that Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian has sired more trotterS that have
a record of 80 or better than Blue Bull
! Wilson's old horse.} Answer A loses"
1t seems that few evenings ago party of
gentlemen We're talking "horse" at the
! Harrison house, La Sale, when the above
bet, amounting to 5000, was made, which
can be simplfed by the following equa-
ton AID Lawrie the pool seller, who
is-$lOO; "B"-Maitin Corley, the butch
er, who is $780,
~ y
| l.. 5. Seaman, of the MENDOZA Reporter
| says be does not want the postollice; it's
/ the other fellow who Is after that political
| persimmon. Does Mr. S. so underrate his
services TO the party in that section that he
believes he has no claims on it? His mod
esty, doubtless, will cause his downfall.
The R,puH{can states that will take
Herman b. Chapman p years at $50 Il
day to work out the $4,000 stolen from the
|. S. Express Company. Either the En-
press company or the ReDa5iicol, must
have placed an enormous valuation on his
days work.
All uncertainty as to the arrival of spring
was dispelled in this city by the appear
ance on the streets, last Thursday, of the
scissors grinder, street sprinkler and hand
organ man. The latter made the air redo
| lent witt Sweet Bell Malone" cover the
Garden Wall, and Captain links" These
are Gnfailing heraldS of warmer weather
and garden sass may now be planted with
- 4 n -, Of
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A dressmakcr M Marseilles cayales,ly
left n needle in the waist of a younr lady
customers dress and when her beau comn
70 see berthe first evening She wore the
new article of attire lie did not know any.
thinr about if. hut at 1880 o'clock that
nioht his arm discovered tbe naalIa and La
drnnnel her like q hot cake ouJ said sha
nloced if there ON purposa He was mad
,Il fine wav tbrouob
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The latest wrinkle is the artificial dim
nle Bows did Won eyer fora moment in,
aUipe that the blonde, col,len.haired diyin.
i,,.I,,. ,or,. .ida vou,. avn Aroolipo corlJ
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80 ha.or, loceive won ~. ,,orrtoc+,r;rr
di,,,,as for tha o,nra.s ,,,,nose of co,,rr
;,,,, cor, ota,,ol,,. ard fn,.o,.ar o,,or. Al,
nnor deIuded man, yop do not know one
tanth mart Of the articles and inrenious
cortriyorcns 70 which these anCa,s in Inn
man ,hone ovsr,. dew ra,ort ~ eatrar vou
ON AL sides of YOU, YOUR ewes are Toasted
nv heautv and your sopl becomes ;ntoxica.
.ca ~. fomoIo ioyo,;ress ord Won ,hirl !,
Is nj, her own and inst there il where the
f,.a, orror is ,nada parmit the Gossiner
.I,o %, o,1 .a,. ,,,o, ,.,e.
to take you by the ear anu say that vast
amount of that angelic beauty of face and
figure which surrounds YOU is due TO Mo
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