The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-24

I"HoW dear 10 my heart are the scenes Of
my childhood,
"Wben fond recollections prssen, them ]
to view"
And in comment said that he knew every
rock and brook along the good old Illinois.
He knew where the bass and pike were
won't to sport and could catch larger string
of them, with . pin hook. in those days,
than man catches now with all the i'm
proved tackle. He used 10 haul flour from
this city to Chicago for fifty cents barrel,
nine barrels to the load, and II he got load
back he would have more money than no
knew what to do with One day he got
stuck in swamp and could not get out A
stranger drove by and suggested that if he
had gone around he would not lave stuck.
by. and-bye another man drove up, and, at.
ter remarking that he was in bad fix, un.
hitched his team, attached it to, the tongue
OF the wagon and assisted him up on the
solid road. 1t is not the man who gives ad
vice but he who grasps you by the hand and
says come on that is the most value 10
you through life. He had hauled apples
from Bloomington % this city in wagons and
when the season was over found that his
profit was just twent y-two and half cents
per day. There was nobody to strike against.
or he would have struck.
There was man named Knight who eked
out precarious existence BY ohopping wood
on the first island below the railroad bridge
He was very religious fellow and he the
Justice) had made his acquaintance. One
dry Knight claimed to have been surround,
ed by heavenly halo while milking his
COW. but futile, an irrspressibls wag, sug-
gested that the COW hsd switched her tail in
his eyes and the matter was given rest.
There was one type Of Illinois life to
which he had not referred, the typical ILL,
noisan of the forties. He had in mind the
ancient sheriff Of neighboring county. He
had been elected by large majority and
when he met the judge the latter proceeded
to instruct him in the routine of the court
room.
Nov, MIR. Sheriff, when tell you to open
court, you say, Hear yel Hear ye! This
honorable court is now open pursuant to sd-
tournament Then when tell you to ad-
journ court. you say, 'Eear ye, Hear ysl
This honorable count is now 'sdj ourned.'"
"But ledge can't say them words"
Well then, say, YesI Yes, The court
IS now open! Yes YesI The court is
now adjournedn"
The old fellow opened coSrt all right but
when it come to adjournment, he was clearly
stuck. His common horse sense told him,
however. that anything that would open
would certainly shut and he oawled:
"Yasl Vas! The court i, now shut"
When old Ensy Jackson was sheriff Of
Livingston county, there was a neise at the
door of the court house and the Judge re-
marked:
"Mr. Sheriff, quell that disturbance"
Ensy arose in . very dignifed manner
sud went down stairs, returning in couple
of minutes with an unruflsd countenAnce,
but the noise still went on.
"Mr. Sheriff /" exclaimed his honor stern
~. "Why didn't you qucll that disturb
ance?"
"Too latejpedge the lie had passed and
and the fight had to 60 on?"
The Justice closed his address with
touching tribute to the women Of La Sale
county, to Mrs. Shaver, Mrs. Parr, Mrs.
Reddiok, Mrs. Green, Mrs.: Buchanan and
Mrs. Fredenburg. He had On abiding faith
in the permauency of Americas advance.
ment, and though the world had never be-
fore seen the advancement made in the arts
and sciences during the past fifty years, the
coming years would lift man up into q
higher, nobler dignity Of thought. and make
the control of great questions but the de-
iiberstions Of q day.
"Auld Lang Syne" was waited across the
Illinois by thousand volces.
Messrs. B. G. Cook, of Chicago, Perry
Armstrong, Of Morris, and Samuel r. Lewis
made short addresses, mainly congratula,
tory, and, after the singing Of the "Sweet
By.and- By" the programme ended with q
prayer by Rev. M. X. Whittlesey.
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How Long VIII 1t Endure.
The question in the mining town Of North.
ern Illinois at present is not whether the
miners will accept rate Of 72l cents per
ton or the operators concede rate Of 77a
cents, but how long will outside contribution
maintain the miners and their starving fam =
lilies, i. e., how many months will it take to
starve them into the acceptance Of a rate Of
1917 cents per ton or fill their places with
strangers. In this connection the Streator
Free Press says: GAIL efforts to arrive at an