Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-14

brate the occasion. Those present
We're Mr., and Mrs. Peter Parker and
two children. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Melton Murphy.
Edward Mcmahon and Dennis Nc.
Mahon.
A supper was served of goose and
duck and all the furnishings that add
To the delight of the table. as well as
a desert OF cake and Ice cream.
The guests passed the evening In
playing cards and other games. The
little lady in whose honor this cele-
bration was given paid little attention
to what was going on, just slept.
Oscar Erickson who resided In
Brookiield township, died last night
from pneumonia, aged forty-seven.
Surviving him are his wife and six
children, He will be buried tomor.
row afternoon in Riverview cemetery.
Rev f. w. Merrill of the Brookfield
Presbyterian church officiating.
A big truck with load OF furniture.
coming from Streator TO this city, IL
stuck in the mud between the farms
OF Louis Kline and Howard Olson.
Jack Johnson, Frank McGrath, Mr..
and Mrs. n h. Thompson. Sam Epp.
stein and John Blanchard attended
the Gayety in Ottawa last evening,
Lester Breen OF the Holland Furni.
ture company was business visitor
here this morning
Those in charge of the sale OF tick.
cts to the Greater Marseilles club
banquet this week report one hundred
and eight sold to date.
The following extract from Mrs.
Fischer's recent letter to her parents
is interesting as all letters from this
acute observer In a foreign country
have been:
We'll. was sightseeing again and
saw something well worth seeing.
! You remember | described the castle
on the hll where the President (of
Mexico) lives. and now I'll tell about
the Palace or Administration building
which | saw Sunday
Before | forget ! wieh to toll you
about a beautiful chair, the frame.
work of which is old, and the cover
ing of the chair is red velvet In front
of the chair Is a small Turkish rug,
and on the back of It is a curtain OF
red velvet. embroidered with the
national emblem. There is a gold
fringe all around this curtain. And
in this chair the President is seated
when receiving foreign diplomats.
The guide who took us there, asked
! If wanted to sit in it. so did for
! few minutes. This chair is in the
room called The Hall of the Ambassa
doris
I'VE saw the room in which
MADEIRA was arrested. Two men
came to arrest him, and naturally he
tried to get away so he shot them.
two OF the bullets hitting two chairs.
and the bullet holes are plainly WISH
belle. Also, a large spot OF blood is
on a gorgeous rug which was left from
the wounds Of the men who fell there.
MADEIRA tried to escape after
shooting these two men, but when he
got out into the hail. he was caught
by some soldiers The rest Of his
story is Mexican history.
"All the rooms in the palace are
magnificent, the walls being of silk
tapestry and the furnishings and fix
lures are beautiful.
we saw part WI q SiiNtl hihh'' 'Nh
which had been Maximilian's. The
rest pf je dommer set os ON Je
Matopmnal museum. But let me tell
you we saw complete dinner set OF
solid gold in the palace, but that Is
probably used on state occasions.
1--WE went through the museum Sun
day, but could not begin to tell you
what all we saw. The coach which
Macmillan and Carlotta used on
gala events is there, also one which
Diaz used Besides that there are
relics of ancient Mexico-litte images
with decided Mongoian features
slabs of stone with heiroglyphics on
them, and any number of other inter
esting things.
THE original Aztec calendar is
there. How in the world could they
date it there in one piece, | cannot
see. 1t is a mammoth stone perfect
" round, with the calendar carved ON
its face.
This calendar is said to be per
feet, becase the time on it Is so Ovid
ed that the months are all OF equal
length, and they neither gain nor lose
a day. We have a leap year once In
a while, but the Aztecs girls did not
have the privilege of asking man to
marry her during leap year-there
was no leap year
"The home papers you have been
sending me have been czming quite
regularly, and it does seem good to
get them
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