The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28
Ottawa, H.. April 2S, 1883.
The Local LOuDger,
A TURFMAN'S U

TURFMAN's ULTlMATUM
o, I'm longing today for the summer to
come,
For the sheen of the satins and silks in the
sun,
For the cracking of whips and the book
makers noise,
For the thorough bred's rush and the shouts
OF the boys
Aud I'm looking for tips in each alley and
place,
Where the turfmen are training their
steeds for the race;
But there's one thing | won't do-Ill see
'em In France
Before I'll back Ban Fox--a five to one
chance.
o, III stop and III chin with each turfman
| meet,
in highway and byway, in alley and street,
And I'll talk about FLIES, of colts, and Of
OF running for dust and cf breeding on
shares
I'll admit, had the Scotchman had Mod
estys par,
They would surely have captured the
young Lochinvar;
But there's one thing won't d0-l'll see
'em In France
Before LII back Ban Fox--s FIVE to one
chance
There are good many editors who will
have TO revise their knowledge of law The
doctrine that 90 out of 100 teach In their
comes along and by fraud and forgery gets
what purpOrts to be Il farmers note, and
the said note gets into an "innocent third
party's" hands, "the farmer has got to pay"
Well, now, he hasn't 1t is better not to
give any kind Of paper to a stranger, of
course; but u man has the right Of self
protection from swindler no matter In
what shape he comes The Bohemian oat
swindle is one Of the late capers of the
sgindling tribe. An Indiana case will give
AN example of the method employed; "ln
1856 one JacOx for "the NV Ind Seed
Co, induced David Bowser to purchase
thirty bushels of Bohemian oats, for which
he gave note, payable to Jacox, for $500
The company executed him bond In
which IL agreed to sell for him double the
number Of bushels Of oats he had pur-
chased. He raised the oats, but the com
pany disregarded the conditions of the
bond. The note was transferred to ian In
n0cent third party" who demanded pay.
ment at maturity, Bowser would not pay,
and the result was a suit Bowser entered
the plea Of no consideration, and that the
third party had knowledge of the fraud
which had been practiced on him, The
jury found for the defendant"
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Speaking of law AMI such like these
fellows who are always looking for "the
white horse when the red -headed girl
appears are reminded that Justice Patter
son, of New York, has decided that 1t is a
breach of the law and the peace 10 remind
the Authenticated damsel of this simulta-
neousness, which offense is the more agra.
waiting and disorderly II head of the
aforesaid hue be declared "a roaster,'
should there be multiplicity of white
horses In us proximity. n young man Oh
New York was jailed for "a hours for such
an offense to the law and the girl, and then
the Justice let him go on the promise TO
never offend again. Hereafter said his
Honor, you must not use great truth In
sociology as an instrument Of irritation 70
girls of fiery CREST
The second hundredth thousand Of that
familiar little book Don't" has appeared,
with the addition OF considerable matter
Tor the edificatlon of young people, and
wouldb be participators In society's goings
on. The followings are not excerpts from the
book, but are suggested by Peoria paper
as pointer for useful supplement" to