The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-13
The Gossiper.

The Gossiper.
To the maid the lover co0eth sweet nOthings
at the gate,
OF breach Of promise never does he think!
And the hummer from the candidate doth
anxiously await
An invitation up to take drink.
-GermlntoUr ipdSpeHde7A
A gentleman by the name OF Wall, of
Waterloo, the home Of Wm. Il. Morrison,
said recently in the New York STIR; 81 do
not believe thst Morrison ever did an act of
injustice to any one. Years ago, before he
went to congress, he Was engaged in law suit.
His client proved to be very dishonorsble
man, and expected to win his case through
perjured testimony. While the trial Of the
usse was in progress Morrison discovered
this, and got up and, addressing the Court
stated the fact, and rs he withdrew from the
case he asked the Court to mark down his
client fraud As criminal lawyer he
would never take case where he believed
that the prisoner justly deserved punish.
ishment. With the exception Of East st.
Louis and Bellevile, Mr. Morrison's is an
agricultural district. 1t was East st. Louis,
though, that defeated him This town is no.
'Uriously the worst place Of its size in the
"a fad co. /, G,,bt 40
and deeds Of violence Of all kinds. II is q
railroad town, and all the great trunk lines
from the East center there, so that its popu.
lation derive their livelihood from the rail
roads, and many Of them are rather an unde.
sirable class Of citizens. Only month or so
ago the entire police force was discovered in
plot to rob the city treasury. so that from
this you can readily see that with the money
that the eastern manufacturers poured in
there, it was not difficult to BUY the defeat Of
Mr. Morrison"
After the battle Of Gettysburg An officer in
command of m infantry brigade made n
wager with n staff officer in the cavalry that
more than oneh half the muskets captured
would be found to have one or more charges
still in them. This icd to the discovery Of a
very singular fact. At that battle 28,0Oo
muskets were taken, of which over 1900
were found to be loaded. Some l20lO con.
tanned two loads aud 5000 had FROM three
TO ten loads each. In many instances half
II dozen balls were driven on single charge
of powder, while not in u few instances the
former possessor had reversed the usual or.
der, and put the ball in frat.
SEeaking Of wagcs, here is one: "A gen
,ieman at one Of the London clubs made
wager Of cl0O that he would stand for an
entire day at n point on London bridge with
q tray Of gold sovereign, and offer them At
penny each without finding purchaser. lie
won the wager, rs the passcrs-by supposed
the coins we're brass and declined to invest "
The Omaha World chronicles the marriage
Of three persons in one family on the same
day, and says there will be no more cxpen.
ditures for repairs to the front gate, The
Chicago Rdmjiy while admitting this to be
true thinks it will be offset by the fact that
there will be no more saving Of gas.
The chestnut bell ha. been superseded
by the liar card When the enthusiastic
story teller spinneth his yarn, the icOnoolas
tic fend hands him card on which is print
ell, 81 am somewhat Of liar myself" 1t
HITS usually and knocks man out at the
first round.
The attachment Of the German TO his beer
is something no man will question; and
whether in Fa,herland or America or any
where else in the world, beer plays moo,
important part in his daily social and
physical life. In the German empire the
beer production Of 1885 WA 100 900 900
Of gallons, pr % gallons per capita in this
country the consumption is less than half
that; and ye, in this country unkenncss is
a too common vice, while in Germany il is
very rare. The bulk OF Americans don
know how to drink They swil il. Ger
mans drink il; their drinking is = science
Consul Tanner at Chemnits. in recent
report TO the Treasury department. says
The science Of drinking has been known
and praeticed in Europe for ages. aud hi. /,