The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-18
COUNTY NEWS.
Seneca, Utica and La Sale.


worn thread Of existence. The Catholic fair
after postponing arrangements for one week
on account of severe weather has again re-
opened in the hall. They will close this
week.
John z. Brown, late with Harvey, was
married last week to the widow of Mat Croft.
ty. They will remain in Seneca where they
have scores Of friends.
b. Wilks commands large patronage in
wagon making and blacksmithing. He Is q
splendid workman and gives satisfaction.
Seneca, Notwithstanding two good hotels
rejoioes in multitude Of restaurants. Here
you will find your Delmonico, with bill Of
fare as difficult to understand as a Chinese
laundry bill, and your plain matter. of.faet
restaurant, such as the "locals" on the 9th
er Ottawa papers always resort to (all
you can eat for nickle) and the restaurant
where full meal is served for Q quarter.
Among the latter is Michael Murphy, who
was IN Ottawa when the side cut was built,
C. Lang's restaurant and confectionery,
headquarters for oysters, and 90 ON.
McGetric & Heaton, are holding fine
trade on the "Queen's Bssuet' cham
pion nickle cigar. Something new, try one.
There is another wedding on the docket,
and the cigars are already purchased Of
McElroy & Byrne-the Champion Leader
another nickle CIGAR.
There is only one man IN Seneca who
boasts that he never reads newsp sper, and
does not take his home p.per.
We waited an hour in Seneca to get an op-
portunity to speak to man--we wanted TO
get him on our list. At last we reached him,
and here's the result:
care you the AGENT" as he looked at us
"I've taken the FREE TRADER for forty long
years."
UTICA.
Wednesday was red letter day for Utica.
The "boys" who had been housed over red
hot stove all winter. got outside for the FIRST
time and "yawned." 1t was the biggest
opening Utica ever experienced. The day
had been set apart for fox hunt. C B Clug-
ston, John Prentice, R Bsumsn, Allen Veder,
c F Burdick, Ira Conover, John Fitzgerald,
and several others started for the island to
harvest crop Of foxes. Guns were scarce,
yet 1t didn't matter, as the foxes were con
cealsd in every bush, and huddled together
in hollow trees, and could be easily killed
with any kind Of weapon. In lieu Of q
gun, Joho Prentice borrowed Dick Hallet's
meat cleaver, and Burdick had to resort to
rip-saw, while Fitzgerald, carried leather
sling and pocket full of rocks. There were
five dogs in the company-two rat terriers,
one bird dog and two York State coon dogs.
When the party reached the island, the ex-
element was intense; the rat terriers gave
their whole attention to rats, and the bird
dog got after crow and the coon dogs sat
right down in front of a tall tree, and looking
upwards, all the kicks Of the crowd couldn't
move them. About this time fox squirrel
became frightened from his quarters and
started on the run, Clum Clugston yelled
Fox"' It was like bursting bomb she'll
and the boys started in hot pursuit. Mark
Prentice, from the cement mills, had just
arrived. and being an experienced fox
hunter, took in the situation at glance, and
knowing that dog was indispensable in the
chase, undertook to coax one of the coon
dogs along but it was no use. Mark was
angry, and still he reasoned with the brute
no use, and grabbing the animal by the tail
he brought up the rear, the dog clawing the
ground before him, and uttering succession
of bowls that availed nothing.
That dog was mad
The boys in front heard the yelping, and
thought the dog was on the trail Of the fox
and happier crowd never left the cement
city. Mark was the only nervous man on
the island; but he couldn't haul that dog and
keep up, and his sat down, thinking with
Shakespeare:
That was born to set this world aright''
1t was night
The chill earth was partially lit up by the
struggling moon in the first quarter, and the
valiant thirty marched into town-single
fle-speechless as the towering rocks on
the adjoining bluffs. But silence Is moro
potent than angry words.
Utica has another enterprises new live
ry stable. s. W. Reynolds has taken the
red barn belonging to Mr.. Jas. Clark, near
the depot, and converted It into livery sta
BILE, and will furnish the best Of rigs at the
lowest living rates. He will also take frsc-
tious colts to break, an undertaking he
thoroughly understands.
G. l. Mccullough, will, in the spring, en-
ter into the manufacture of his washing ma
chine on larger scale than ever before. The
washer is perfect gem and indispensable.
GIMP. CITY,"
Editor Reddick has more time than We do,
consequently, we abreviatc. La Sale, among
her business men, never shone with more
splendor. The stores as rule are models OF
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