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Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-03-21
+ r I [ Il Il r F. E S

+ K y L L L r F. E S
FOR SALE
II II E subscriber, proprietor of the Nurse
= ~ and horticultural Garden of Peoria, Ills.
having removed TO this place for the purpose of es
Publishing a permanent Nursery in the vicinity
would inform the public that he can furnish the CO.
ming spring, FRUIT TTEEs of all kinds, suitable for
cultivation in this climate, embracing more than
three hundred varieties of Fruits of choice Sc
iec:loa as can be furnished in the United States
consisting Of
Apple. Pear, Peach. Plum, Cherry, A7-
ricot, Nectarine, and Ounce trees:
Grape Vines, Currants. Goosrbe rries,
Kaspberries. Strawberries. Ornamental
Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Hardy Roses,
Vines, Crcepcrs. Ierbaceous Perennial
Plants, Bulbous Roots, Splendid Peonies,
&c. &c.
A variety Of the above trees were delivered here
last fall, and several loads will be brought on as
soon In the spring as the season will admit All
trees sold will be warranted TO be in good ORDER
Prices as follows, viz: Apple trees one year from
the graft, SIC, cooper 100; years do. $780, older
$50. Plum trees % to SO cents each Pear trees
50 cts Cherry trees 50 to 10 Peach trees 25 70 81
according TO size and variety; Ounce trees 25,
Grape vines %, &c. Nurserymen can be supplied
with the true English mazard cherry stocks at Sc
per hundred All orders received before the 10Th
Of April can be filled. Letters requesting informa-
ton will be promptly replied to.-Inquire at the
Wisconsin House. E. B. COLEMAN.
=. B-I would exchange Fruit Trees for the
following articles. VIA double wagon, one sin
gle wagon, one sett of double harness. one single
do. one horse and few cows +. b. G.
Southport January lS43. 32-12w
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Spccie.--The flow Of specie into the u
nned States during the late arrivals from
Europe has been great Scarcely!a steamer
arrives from England that does not bring
out large amount of the hard currancy.
This is in accordance with the natural
laws OF trade; as banks wind up and paper
money goes out Of circulation, specie fills
I'D the vacuum. The assertion that there
is not specie enough in the world to ac-
commodate the business wants of the peo-
oIe, need better demonstration than has
vet been adduced. 1t is Just as easy for
the people to have specie circulation
medium as any other. All that is wanting
to make specie circulate freely is public
confidence; and how has public confidence
become impaired! It IS because OF the IN
stability and worthless character CT the
great mass Of banking institutions
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-03-21

o. Our article containing summary
Of the do;ngs Of our Legislature, is crowd
cd out this week for the want of room.
The proceedings of the Democratic county con-
ventIon held at Racine Wednesday the 18th inst.
received at too late an hour for this paper.
Our latest Intelligence from Madison renders i:
highly probable that the legislature will adjourn. We
regret the necessity of this inasmuch as there are
some matters, which required immediate Legisla-
i've action.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-03-21

81 PdtrickS Day at Ml~luhee. st
Patricks Day was celebrated at Milwaukee
on Friday the 18th inst on large scale
Some three thousand lri<hmen were in at
tendance. Scvera spirited addresses were
delivered, and the exercises passed off to
general sa:;scacton-grca, impulse was
especially given TO the cause Of temperance
We shall copy the proceedings next week
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-03-21
J. PARKER.


L
The co partnership heretofore existing between
the subscribers under the firm of Mclaughlin &
Maby. is this day dissolved by its own limitation
All debts and demands due to said firm are to be
paid to Robert Malby, who is duly authorized to
receive the same. B. MCLAUGHLIN,
ROBT. NALBY
Southport. Jan. 2Sth IS43.
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NB.-The undersi gned will continue the business
of Tailoring at the old stand Of Mclaughlin & Nal
by, in Marke, Square. Thankful for past favors
he sollclts continuance of them.
ROBT AALBY.
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Apple. Pear, Peach, Plum, Cherry, A p
ricot, Ncctarine, and Ounce trees:
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NO NOE

The subscribers have - day disposed of their in
terest In the Forwarding and Produce business at
this place to Messrs, Hutchinson, Wheeler & Co.
Southport Feb %, 1913. WHITING e. co.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27
E.iic's Changes.

We were thrown into fit of musing
'hc other day upon hearing the question
carelessly asked Uhat is there ne,o in
The social vorit?' 1t was uttered by one
whose life has been spent in perpetual
sunshine, on whom the finger of affection
had but slightly rested; who knew little
of sorrow and distress, and as ii was
though,essly spoken, and the true answer
little thought of, we cared not to cast a
shadow DER lightsome heart, by enter
ing INTO grave moralizalion.
'Hhat is there new IN the social World?'
DO not thousand melancholy thoughts
spring upward for ulterance in answer 10
he question! Are not the changes and
mutations of this variable life deeply inter
woven with that answer? and though
mirlh and gaiety may occupy space in
that change, is there not much of sorrow
mingled with it The heart that is light
and happy to-day, Tomorrow may be de-
ISOLATE and broken-ihe family which
dwclt in ailluence and plenty yesterday,
may be destitute and impoverished to day
and the lip which smiled and the eye
which bcamed with JOY and gladness amid
the social circle, may be lying cold and
stark in the icy grasp OF death.
'UHQi is there nei0 in the social iroril?'
All arc new--fcelings, thoughts, assoc
Citations, ideas, all have changed, because
such is inevitable. hlutabilily is written
in characters of gloom upon everything
human. fine and change are inscpara.
bic the feelings and associations of one
day are lost in the crowd circumstances
which ill up the neXt and men, the very
sport Of accident, are borne along upon its
surface, ignorant from hour to hour of
what may DC their fate at last. Destiny !
who can control il other than the Supreme!
Circumstance who can direct it unless
it be him who created it Then when
the question is again asked, What is there
new in the social world 2 let the answer
be, Times changes =
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

meets with discouragments-the only
way, therefore, 10 go AHEAD, is 10 "row
on" Decision of Observation-Disclosures
lion Of will--the resolution to press on,
when sure we are on the right track, OF
in pursuit of good and honorable end
this is the secret of living so as 10 come
out at last safe and sound. There are
d" lions" in every paIh, and they must be
met and conquered, or the hope of ulti-
mate success must be abandoned.
A poor man with tribe of children
finding work hard 10 get, and hard when
it is got, sometimes will almost despair
every thing will seem TO be against him,
but let him not be cast down-let him
crow on and by and by matters will
very likely grow brighter. AS with the
poor man, so with all men. Head winds
are to be expected contrary currents
viii come; the Tide does not always run
with us; but never mind, "row on;'
pull the harder, TILL the oars bend again.
and victory will wait upon and reward
patient endeavors.
Aye; Row on :" Pull but the siron-
ger, the more The waves buffet you and the
gales howl. Lusty arm, good oars, and
stout hearts are the only hope IN a hard
wind; if YOU let your sinews slacken,
YOU go ashore and are dashed to pieces.
Courage then. Pail again. BE of that
good cheer which heart resolved steadily
to meet our duty ever keep about us.
They who, in the widest tempest,
"bate not one jot
OF heart or hope, but sill look up, and steer
Right onward"
are the only ones who deserve or can ex-
pect TO survive the storm.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

Fifeci, OF Eseiigicn on Women.

Religion enters deep into the lot of Wo-
man. There are periods Of change aud
contrast peculiar to her sex, and over the
operation of which she has no control,
which try her character severely, aud for
the favorable result Of which there is no
certain reliance but in religion. Ednca-
ted, if in the fashionable classes of society
upon principles which nourisl TO It's Ut
most growth the strong love of admira-
ton, there comes time, and al that early
in life, when she must abandon it. Living
almost exclusively for pleasure, while her
character is forming, and, if beautiful used
to a devotion from those about her, which
is like the anticipation of magic 10 her
wants, there comes time when she must
forget II suddenly and wholly, for duties
which cannot be dIsregardcd or put by
Entering upon marriage with visions Of
romance in her eye, and belief in the un-
dying delicacy and unwasting favor Of the
love that won her---leeIings not the less
Ill the heart that they are hidden and un-
expresscd--she finds earlier or later tina,
her own affections are both finer and deep
er, and that what was the very life OF her
heart, was bat the holiday il.encss-lae
wayside accident Of his.
Add to this the most trying clrcum-
stance Of alone that is surprisingly for
gotten in the usual estimate of female al
Iulmcnl--lhe committing utterly and IRE.
medIabiy to another The whole treasure of
her worldly happiness, and standing aside
Without the influence Of breath upon It's
destlny--ahidlng the issue, ii may be ol
rashncss or imcompeiency, il may be Of
desperaIion--and this wlhou, the relief
Of active occupation tiat makes ii compa-
ratiye happiness to him-wi,houl amy
thing bu. the bitter weed of patience 10
aliay the mordenl tooth Of a passive
anxiety. These are things that sweep
like whirlwind The channels of wo-
mans life. There is nothing in her
habits or education which prepares her
for their violence. VIVA, is there to in
sure her that the stream will relutn to It's
wonted flow! What is there that is born
oil fashion, or amusement, or even enlhu.
slasam, that will govern the broken cour.
ses, and lead back the disturbed waters o.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

The Batic Of Bunker WH.-Mr. Dan
croft has been delivering a lecture in Bos-
ton, the subject Of which was the Battle
of Bunker's Hill. 1t is spoken Of as one
Of the authors ablest and most brilliant
performances. Upon one point. that OF
the questioned presence and merits of
Gen. Putnam in tina, battle, Mr.. Bancroft
had taken great pains in his preparation.
The result of his researches has been to
settle the point. The commander was
Col. Prescolt-not Gen. Putnam. Nor
did the latter take any efficient part in the
engagement. Before it commenced, he
went to the rear to bring up reinforce
mcnts. Putnam re-appeared before the
battle was over, bu, without the reinforce
ments. The loss Of the day was attribut-
ed TO their absence. An inquiry Upon the
subject was instilutedby Washington, and
the reason that Putnam escaped censure
was the fact that he was not in any COM
mand during the day.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

You talk of the true prosperity of your
city. | know not one true prosperity.
Does the human soul grow and prosper
here Do not point me TO your iir0nged
streets. ask who throngs them? II is a
Iow-minded, sef-secking, worship
ing, man-despising crowd, which | see
rushing through them Do | meet in
them, under the female form, the gaily
decEed prostitute, or the idle, wasieiul,
dimlcss woman of fashion! Do meet
the young man, showing of his pretty
person as The perfection Of natures works,
wasting his golden hoars in dissipation
and sioth, aud bearing in his countenancc
and gaze, the marks of a proAigate ! Do
meet graspng multitude, seeking TO
thrive by c0ncealmeais and fraud! An
anxious multitude, driven 10y fear Of want
10 doubtful means of gain An unfeellng
multitude, caring nothing for others, ii
they may themselves prosper aud enjoy
Ia The comfortable or splendid dwelling,
are lhele abodes Of squalid misery, or
reckless crime, or besliaI incompetence,
of half furnished children of profanencss,
dissolutcness Of temptation and Of thought
less youth! And are these multiplying
with your prosperity, and outstriPping
and neu,rallzng the influence OF truth anu
virtue ! Then your prosperity is vair
show. lis true use is TO make people.
Or. Claiming.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27
Counubinl Hooks aud Eyes.

Amelia Simcoy, in letter to " down
east editor, unbosoms her wrongs as fol.
lows :-"l married Simcox eight years
ago, at which time my gowns were fas-
tened by eight hooks and eyes. Now,
sir, you will readily conceive that no wo.
man can completely hook-and-eye herself.
Whilst a spinster, she obtained the aid OF
her sister, cousin, mother, or Betsey the
maid. When she became married wo-
man, the hook-and-eye duty naturally de-
wolves on her husband. For the first
year of my marriage Smcox, like an
ailectonatc husband, hook and-eyed the
whole eight; the second year, he some
wha, peevishly restricted his attention 10
seven; the third TO six; the fourth year
TO five; the fifth year to four; and SO on
decreasing, until this morning, the ami
versary of our eighth wedding day
when you would have supposed him pos
sessed of the dearest recollcclions, he
dropped another hook-and-eye, inlimaling
to me that for the term of his natural life,
he should restrict himself to one--the
hook-and-eye at the top. As ] know, Mr..
Editor, you have crowd of political rea-
ders, though, it duty | owed to my
sex TO warn them, through the medium OF
your columns, of the crafiiness, and-I
must say 1.-THE seliishness of man.
They will, | hope, take warning by my
condition, and ere they enter into mari-
mony, slipulatc for n due performance of
toilette attention on the part of their hus-
bands. Whilst in our pride, we women
remember that marriage has its bonds, let
not the men forget tina, it has also its
HoOks-aad- EyeS.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

Ultra MNeriSm. MIR. Prchle, who is
holding forth at Keene, n. H., has proven
to his own satisfaction, at least, that the
world is coming TO an end on the 9th of
February, 1913. lie contends that, on
that day, the saints are 10 be taken up to
meet the Lord, and TO remain suspended
on sea of glass, between the heavens and
the earth, for the space Of lorty-seven
days; during which time the earth is to
undergo a change, and every thing Of a
sinful nature is 10 be destroyed. After
which the saints. with Jesus at their head,
will descend and take possession, when
the new administration will commence
and continue thousand years .--Poitsu
Emporium.
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Cause of, nnd Care for, EILrd Tincs.
BIZ AN OLD FARMER OF ITS.

profess myselfto be an honest farmer,
for | can say that no man could charge
me with dishonest action. see with
great grief, tina! all the country is inflicted
rs well as seIE-Every one is com
planning, and telling his grievances, but
find they do not tell how their troubles
came on them. fknow it is common for
people TO throw the blame of their own
misdeeds on others, or at least to excuse
themselves of the charge. am in great
,ribulaion but to keep up the character
of an honest man, cannot in conscience
say that any one has brought my troubles
on me bu, myself. Hard ,imes-no
money! says every one. A short story
of myself will show how it came to be
hard times with me, and no money, at the
age of 65, who have lived well these forty
years.
My parents were poor, and they put
me at twelve years of age to farmer,
with whom | lived till was twenty one.
My master fitted me out with two stout
suits of homespun, and four pair Of shoes.
At twentylwo l married me wife, "A
very good young woman she was. We
took farm of 40 acres on rent. BY in
dustry we gained fast. paid my rent
punctually and laid by money. In ten
years, was able to buy myself farm of
80 acres, Oh which became my own
tenant. then, in a manner grew rich,
and soon added another sixteen acres. with
which | WAS contentcd. My estate in
creased beyond all account. Dough,
several acres of ou,Iand for my children,
which amounted to seven, when | was
forty-hye years of age.
About this time | married my eldest
daughter to a clever young man, to whom
gave one hundred acres of land. This
daughter had been a working dntiiul girl.
aud therefore iii,ed her ont we'll aud Ia
her mind exactly; for | told her to take
of the best of my wool and Nax, and tc
spin herself gowns, coats, stockings, &c;
nay. ] suffered her to buy some cotton t.
make TITO sheets-l was determined to d,
well by her.
Al this time my Farm gave me and m,
whole family support on the produce of il
and left me, one year with another, on,
hundred and fifty dollars, which was fol
salt, nails, &c. Nothing to wear, eat OF
drink. was purchased any where, as IN,
farm nrovided all With th;s e,y;,,,
put my money to interest, bought cattle
fattened them, aud made great profit.
In two years after, my second daughter
was courted. My wife says, /" come
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

Bad MatcheS.-Mr. BIN was seized
with bad pain in his stomach the other
night and got out Of bed TO look for his
hot drops. From the usual place on the
mantle piece he took up what he suppos-
ed TO be row of matches, and, one after
another, he snapped them off without ef-
feet, and, as he threw down the last he
gave vent TO his vexalion by exclaiming,
"dang it, these matches won't 60" His
wife now came TO his assistance, and, up
on :he other end of the mantle piece, found
some matches, and, having obtained a
light, the first object that met the as,onish-
ed eyes Of both, was the head of her best
tortoise shell comb, with every tooth broke
out and thrown upon the floor. As Mr..
BIN stood looking aghas, at the des,ruc-
ton worked by his own misguided hands,
Mrs. b. cast reproaclfu glance at him,
and retired TO her bed without uttering
syllable. Boston Post.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

DeSperaiion.-Whcn a mans fortune
has become SO embarrassed that he is
obliged to give up the broadcloih for home,
spun, poundcake for brown bread, kid for
calf skin, and calf skin for cowmde--in
such circumstances we consider there is
hope Of man, and that his credit ought
10 be counted as good but when he is
driven so far and so low in hard times as
TO say--I must economic by stopping
my newspaper! we conclude that the
poor mans fortunes are desperate, and
that he is a gone case. To think OF sa-
wing ones self by stopping newspaper,
is like the hungry mans calculating to
grow fat by total abstinence from every
thing that can sustain life..-GoS. Banner.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

Household Service ofa Dog.-"I say.
stranger" said cottage urchiu TO Van.
kee pedler, "don't whistle tina, ere dog
away"
"Why, lie amt no use no how, he's
too ugly"
"Oh, but he saves heaps of work."
GLOW ~
"Why, he licks the plates and dishes
clean, so that they never want washing,
and nanny says she wouldn't par. with
him no how, for our new dog hain't got
used to mustard vet"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27
NO.34.

Gen. Uashingion's Toast.-At the
close of the revolutionary war, when the
American army was disbanded, General
Washington took an aifec,iona,e leave Of
his officers, and, a, public dinner on the
occasion, gave The following toast:
THE .4merican Soldier Of Freedom
May he, al all times, secure good and
plentiful ration and, when he has finish
ed his tour of duty on earth, may he pitch
his tent in the Elysian Fields, and there
be rewarded from the right hand Of the
God Of Battles 80
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Kicking Co'cs.-"liang that cow
how she kicks ~ says the milk maid.
Yes, that's the right way to troa, her.
Hang her, You've hit on the remedy,
though you were not aware of i, when
you pronounced that awful sentence,
"llang that cow" A writer in the Farm
er's Cabinet has told the secret publicly.
lie says, merely place the patient Che
should have said impalien0 in the. stable
with beam over her head, and, fixing
running moose over her horns, throw the
end over the beam, and pull away so as to
raise her head pretty high in the air, bu,
not so rs TO raise her legs from the
ground. In this position she will not on
ly be disabled from kicking, bu, will give
down her milk without the least hesita-
tion--not from any spite or i'll will, but
because she can't help it
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-27

You are nav rich; you know Molly had
nothing but what she spun, and no other
clothing has ever come into our house for
any Of US; she must be fitted out liltle
she ought 10 fare as well as neighbor
Ms Betty" Well, wife, i, shall be
as you think best. have never been
stingy, but it seems to me that what we
spin al home would do. However, wife
goes to town in few days. and returns
with calico gown, a calimanco pelticoat,
set of stone tea cups, and half dozen
petwer spoons, things that were never
seen in my house before. They cost bu,
little-l did not feel ii-and confess
was pleased to see them. Sally was as
well fitted out as any girl in the parish.
| three years more my third daughter
had spark, and wedding concluded
upon. Wife again comes for the purse :;
but when she returned what did see (!
A silk gown, silk for a hat, looking glass,
China tea gear. &C., and hundred other
things. with the empty purse. Then fol-
lowed family jealousy and quarrels. Mol
ly ought to be ou!-iilted as well as Betsy.
Good homespun aud cotton fxens were
ruled as vulgar, and white feathers and
silks must take their place; SAILS husband
must speculate in stocks. backed by en-
dorsement; bat he had all the fun Of
Specializing. and had all the miscries Of
paying. Then grandpa must he the
treasury department for all things need(u.
Nothing was heard but arrangements for
journeys, balls, parties, and such like.
In about year, Bets husband made
mistake, and signed somebody clse's name
to check, instead of his own. lie was
arrested and sent To jail, and had TO give
half Of my earning to get him out. SAILS
husband died, leaving a legacy Of nine
children, whom. with the mother, I've
go. 10 support. Bets eldest boy was
trained for a doctor; took his degree, and
sent his first six patients out of the world
by improper treatment, for which he had
To fly the land, leaving his dear incum-
brance attaches on my purse.
could MI your paper with further par
ticulars, but that nigh, not be so agreea-
bic to your readers. will only say, il
regard to hard times, let every man exeI-
else the ability nature has given, in his
proper and prescribed sphere let con-
tentment reign within the breast, nor envy
reach lis threshold. Regard not the APP
parent glitter of thy neighbor, nor aim at
an equality beyond your comprehension
live more to please yourself, and less to
please other people be frugal, induslri-
Gus, and just; bring your ideas down to
a proper level, nor let them be disturbed
by bad example. So shall you avoid the
mlshaps | have experienced in family mat,
ters, and rejoice in old age over life
well applied, with just hopes for years
hereafter.