The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-17

The institute at Ottawa closes this week
and we think that this vlncinity has fur
nished Its quote. A large number Is In at
tendance.
WIN. Crumrine will see the sights In the
west In the near future. We did not lear
whether his wife would accompany HIN
or not.
Mrs. VIM. Anderson, now living north OF
Ottawa, visited at her fathers this week
She returned home Tuesday.
There will be box sociable and literary
program given AT the Hickory POM
church Friday evening, Aug 23d. Every
body Invited.
The quiet stiffness and general decorum
OF our country folk north Of town, while
here and there sprinkling of Ideas OF
parties from the village, which, though
smoldering in the heap ms II were, at stated
intervals broke out afresh and at times
seemed almost 10 knock the stays from
under this most gigantically concocted
agreement of ye country folk, when the
principals of such made their appearance
In the village, all of which has caused
commotion not even thought OF In the pas
and we suppose never will be chronicled
In the future Of such a quiet and law
abiding neighborhoOd AS this. How
where and when the beginning started we
are unable to divulge, suffice II 10 say
there must have been beginning some
where. Who Is at fault Is not our place
70 say, aud could not II We would and
would not II we could. Parties had
spoken 70 certain thresher about thresh-
Ing their grain, some last fall, some early
In the spring, and others at the close Of
harvest, all of whom wanted his grain dis
posed Of AT the proper time and just when
he desired without reference 70 his next
neighbor. To make things more con-
venient number agreed 10 go together
and follow the machine until each had his
grain In the bin safely housed. Now rs 10
the one that had the promise OF finishing
first is the sticking point; All seemed to
be the proper person from promises made
by the thresher, that IL In his own mind,
and protested from knuckling under and
also several jobs were down before com.
ing 10 thresh for this ring, much 70 their dis
appointment and chagrin, which added Its
part the melee. All of the ring claimed he
had the first promise and s'icked out TO the
last Things grew lukewarm, warm,
middling hot, boiling and finally scorched
and boiled over, then and there, yes, right
on the spot. on the public highway, too, In
broad daylight, and don't you think just In
front of the residence Of one of the prin,
cipals, even blocking the road with half
dozen hay racks and as many more men
and ookerson-throwing Themselves liable
for a public nuisance-and talked and
jawed, famed the air with Delsartean
gestures, words in profusion poured forth
like the rill from town pump, and things
grew warmer and warmer still, till the eX-
cited throng shouted still louder that he
could be heard and few got pretty close
together and frothed and fOamed an called
each other bad names, scraped the ground,
then shook their fists In each others faces,
and-and- don't know what they
didn't do. finally someone suggested
that conserva.or, no-tut-tut-that Is not
the word, Judge be appointed over them
anu all would abide by the decision. The
final agreement come 10 was that two dis
Interested parties should act as judges and
the decision of such should be In writing
and signed by the parties. After testimony
had been fully taken and the IFS and and's
had been duly credited, the document was
signed, sealed and delivered In due form
TO the man commanding the throttle and
no questions are asked as to the next place
of threshiDg. And the world still moves
Dew DROP.