The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-02-13

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of the Republcan, didn't show up, OF
curse; he never encourages dissipations
f On re,kless a nature; while the German
press, in the lift over their circulatiohs'
doubtless forgot all about the affair But
the balance of fraternity, by no means
mean in numbers, got there In good shape,
avery man with two pockets filled with
,eucil stubs, and four quire quarto
,cratch. pad behind each coat tail. That a
"scoop" of any sort in such gang could
ne made was not dreamed OF as among the
possibilities. Imagine then! Asa clap of
thunder from clear sky, the falling OF
Jupiter at noon day, and all that sort of
hing. Thus it came! A SCOOP" And
Nat, of the Times, Is the dandy who did
the little business. OF all men In this
world, Nat; and so innocent was he us we
sailed around the ball room and through
the parlors and lodged in among the
walters in the dining hall, gathering up
the dresses for him ION sharesD All, the
sly dog, with whole column OF original
matter in his pockets! "A new feature,
don't you know. Only copy in existence,
and he knew il, but never word about II!
Imagine then our CONSERVATION, our amaze,
the sadness Of a broken VOWS and all that
sort of thing, when, on opening the 1mes,
innocent looking as boo pigeons squad,
we find the scoop" slapped square in our
| face, "Rules-reception
"Take any shape but that But it
wouldn't. There il was, penned in Capt.
Fullerton's own hand! Ed. knew that,
confound him! Ed. had been in the
army. He could appreciate general orders
penned in style liquid as the gush Of a
Sanicula water from the pensiye jug
And orders so complete, so full, 50 positive.
Who but military man could appreciate
the comprehensive grasp Of detail SO
touchiDgly displayed in the order; The
Bachelors and their ladies shall assemble |
in the parlors of the Clifton at 7:ij r. NJ
mot A. NJ. mark YOU, for lntroductions
AIMING lHtllSclFtS' WI lilO ''h' u'hLi"''
skill which dictated
At O'Clock, or as soon as guests ar
rive, they shall arrange themselves through |
both parlors, not in line with military pre-
cision, but in groups in different parts of
the rooms This method will invite the
guests to pass on to the south door, and
from thence into the hall and on toward
the dancing room.
There is the true military ring in orders
like these. That's where Ed. has the bulge
on us civilians He could Cltch on to the
pearly beauties which to the common mind
were as uncut pebbles. No general guard
ing the approaches to weak position
could more admirably prepare for the i
onset than by an order like this:
As soon as dancing begins guests who
do not dance, and any who prefer cards,
shall I've invited to the card rooms. If the
dancing hall becomes crowded every effort ,
shall be made to get guests into the card
rooms. Messrs. Fullerton and Graham shall {
give their attention TO the guests in the .
card rooms, and Mr.. McDougall shall give :
his attention TO either or both places as the s
emergencies seem to require. :
Not Sherman himself, as he planned his '
march to the sea, had in his minds eye, I
IIoratio, more complete view of the
And not only is the field of
conquest all mapped out with the prescience
of the prophet, but there is also that great
est of all the requirements of the success.
full commander, complete control of com i
and commiSsary supplies. {
Mark the eXactness with which the sup /
plies are distributed and guarded =
sUPPER-FIRsT TABLE. T
Mr.. Crane and ladies shall lead the guests c
to the first table, and they shall be accom- (
panied by Messrs. Graham, Blanchard and 4
Weis, and their ladies', seating themselves
That the whole may have general survey Il
of the tables. DR.. Ryburn shall ascertain 7
the number Of guests who can be seated AT b
this table, i
SUPPER-sECOND TABLE. n
DR.. Weis shall ascertain the whole num- u
Der of guests present, and If the balance q
can be accommodated at the second table a
he will verify the number when seated. If q
they cannot be and a third table is neces, S
sary Captain =
Blanchard shall verify the third table, I
Ii was indeed fine. Even Nat himself TN. !
der such commander might have risen to !,
Sth corporal of cavalry! And 10 think that q
Nat sat at our table and had all this in his a
watch fob. Alas, alas, our faith in hu. G
man nature is gone" scooped" out OF us.
NoTE Capt. Fullerton says if he r
could discover the blooming idiot who in
luced Nattinger to publish those " Rules"
there would be case of manslaughter-pro =,
vided Fullerton himself can be found! Z
NOTE Il.-Dr. Ryburn says II the bal {
ance of the Rules are published in the a
Times today as anticipated, an additional q
ward will be required at Elgin for the h
Bachelors s
Edward Harvey, Spellmans accomplice $
in the robbery, who was indicted with him, =,
was on yesterday morning brought before
the court and plead guilty as an accessory a