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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-08-30
BY HISE g. OSMAN.
TUIIUE IS nUT0Uy gr0",

WI vi I'VE is HctOoy S''N"' ------e
u liam ii. Beavers has filed in Il
clerks Office of the circuit court of sa
county bill in chancery for a divorc
against Julia Ann Beavers; that sur
mons has been issued in said cause, T
.urnable before the said circuit court !
the first day of the next term thereof,
be holden at the court house in Oita"
on Friday the 9Th day of November ne,
and it appearing, by satisfactory atida
filed in the Office of the clerk of 81
court, that the said Julia Ann Beavers
a nonresident of the said state of llllnoi
now unless you, the said Julia Ann ~
vers, shall personally be and appear
fore the said circuit |court to be holden
the time and place aforesaid, and ans7
the said bill, the same will be taken
confessed and the matters and things pr
ed for will be decreed according TO
prayer of the said bill.
l.. LELAND, Clerk
By WIN. Il. MACLAY, deputy Gle
Brown e. FRIDLEY, soils. for compt.
Ottawa, August %, 1874.
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OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 80, 1874

are full TO overtlowing, and stout hands
and active heads are the very things we
need to turn our abundance to the best &C.
count.
Scarcely any article is more frequent
ly borrowed than pair of hands, and
sometimes a dozen pair at once. You
pass by stack of wheat, near which a
threshing machine is planted. around
which you will see some twelve or TWEEN.
ty men and boys busily employed. The
owner would seem to be a sort of rural
nabob, TO be able to command the servi-
ces of so many active people but so far
from this being the fact, he may be the
poorest of the group, since poverty is no
obstacle TO the early threshing of the
wheat. He is TO pay each of The cola
borers days work when called upon !;
and, so far as getting out his grain is con-
cerned. he is no worse off than the rich
est man in the neighborhood. This ar
rangement tells plainly for the benefit of
him whose hands are his all.
And these hands well used, will soon
place him above even this credi,able re-
source of poverty, or enable him to ex-
change at par. Nowhere within the linn
its of our observation, does so large a
share of the returns of labor 90 TO the pay
of the laborer. The employed has near
ly as much command Of the necessares
and conveniences of life as the employ
err. Improved land, horses, cattle, farm
ing implements, have much smaller rel.
alive value than the labor which makes
them available to the owner. Aside from
the cost of getting produce to market, the
owner of an hundred acres Of improved
land, with everything to correspond, is
much less rich than one who owns an
equally large, well stocked, and fertile
farm in Western New York. Wages,
nomnally higher here, are, relatively, We
ry much higher. The services which
bushel of wheat would buy anywhere
east of Lake Erie, could not here be pro-
cured for less than bushel and half,
and as to every other article of domestic
production, the ratio would be still high.
er. This is owing, in part, to the ex-
IRENE cheapness Of land. and in part to
the scantiness of our working population
compared with the quantity of land under
cultivation. The hired laborer is then
essentially on par with his employer,
which is the case nowhere else that we
know of.
A constant approximation is according
ly observable in the condition of those
who dwell long together. The relative
ly poor get rich (that is comparatively
mach faster than the relatively rich get
richer. In the great value of labor as
with that of the products of la
Dor, property tends rapidly to equallza-
ton. Mere bodily vigor commands a
comprehensive ample, wel-stocked farm
gives scarcely more
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-08-30

illuminated INUnder Cloud. AN
honest old Dutchman came on visit to
New York village, and was quietly
smoking his pipe in view Of the Mohawk
valley, without knowing that a railroad
ran through it, The night was dark,
with the appearance Of rain, which absor-
bed the old mans reflections, when sud.
denly train of cars rumbled by, leaving
long train of sparks in the rear.-Sud-
denly droppns his pipe, the astonished
citizen exclaimed, Vel, if New York
State ish not the tyfel for improvements
Dey hang lanterns to dere duuder clouds,
dat people may see dem and get out of dc
way
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n LARGE omhed Man.-The n. Y.
Sunday Atlas tells funny story of man
with very large mouth, going 10 a den.
list to have tooth extracted. On open
ing his ponderous jaws, the Doctor re-
marked that he need not do it so wide. as
he was going 10 stand outside TO perform
the operation
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-08-30

An exchange paper says there is to be
a Tyler Pole raised in New York, and
hopes the party will not forge, to pu,
wealher-cock upon the top.
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MORE NEW GOODS.

HNHE subscriber has just rece
l. from Philadelphia, a splendid
sorlment of
BROAD CLOTHS,
Casimeres, Satlinetts, Silk Velvet, |
and figured Salins, Valcncias, Maj
les and swan down Vestings, We
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BeHG-'lf anything says Sir Will
liam Jones, '5e the absolute exclusive
property of ecch individual, it is his be-
lief, and | hope should be one of the
last men living who could harbora thought
Of protruding my own belief on the free
minds of Others And ye, one half Of
the world is, and has been, attacking and
prosecuting, burning and tormenling the
other half, for the express purpose of con-
trolling or destroying this absolute and
exclusive prophecy, wiihcu, having adj
vanced one hairs breadth towards sue
cess; so exactly is the folly Of compulso-
ry proselylsm equalled by its wicked
ness.
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Why did Adam, when alone, find the
day very long! Because 1t was always
morning without Eye.-Boston Post.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

the forehead OF the youth, laid him corpse
amid his, as suddenly hushed, companions!
Time wore on many al the Fort spoke
darkly OF the deed. Mike Fink had never
been known to miss his ain-he had grown
afraid oil Carpenter-he had murdered him!
" hiie this feeling was gathering against
MN, The unhappy boatman lay in his cave,
stunning both sympathy and sustenance.
lie spoke to none-when he did come GU,
twas aspectre, and only to haunt the grave
! of his boy or, if he did break silence,
twas to burst into paroxysm of rage
against the enemies who had "turncd hi.
boys heart from him."
| AT The Fort was man bv the name oil
Talbot, the gunsmith of the station he
was very loud and bitter in his denuncia
tons OF the murderer as he called Fink
which, finally reaching the ears of the lat
ter, hl'ed him with the most violent ra pc
and he swore he would take the life Of hi.
desamer. The threat was almost forgot
ten, when one day, Talbot, who was a
work in his shop, saw Fink enter the Fort
his first visit since the death of Carpen,er
Fink approached; he was care worn. sict
and wasted; there was no anger i'm hi. b ar
ing, but he carried his rife, chad he 9 e
gone without oneC and the gunsmih wa
not coolly brave man; moreover, his lif,
had been threatened.
"IaIbott, you've accused me Of murder
ing-my boy--Carpentcr-lha, raise,
from chlld-that loved like a son-tha
can't live without! Pm not mad will
YOU now; but you must let me show vot
that | couldn't do t-that I'd rather die,
than done it-that you've wronged me-
=" Fink cried he, snatching up pal
oil pistols from his bench, g don't approach
me-lI you do, you are dead mani
"Ialbott," snid the boaman, in a SAT
voice, "you needn't be afraid ;-you'v.
done me wrong-l'm come TO you to tall
about Carpenter boyU
He continued to advance, and the gun
smith again called TO him:
"Fink! know you'll you come thre,
steps nearer, III fire, by -I'
Mike carried his rifle across his arm
end made no hostile demonstration, excep
IN gradually getting ncarer-it hostile hi
aim was.
BY this time he was within a few step
of the door, and TaIbot,'s agitation becam
extreme. Both the pistols were pointed a
trnk's breast in expectation of sprin
from the latter.
"By the Almighty above US, Fink, II
dre!-l don't want to speak to you now
don't put your foot on that step, don'tH'
Fink did put his foot on the step, ant
at the same mement fell heavily within i
receiving the contents Of both barrels /
his breast! His last and emily wo DIS were
81 didn't mean to kill my boy!'
Poor Mike! we are satisfied with GU
seniors conviction, that you did not mea
TO kill him. Suspicion Of treachery, doub
less entered his mind, but cowardice an
murder never dwelt there.
A few weeks after this event, Tabo
himself persisted in an attemp, 10 cross tn
Missouri river in a skir
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

ahead of The elk and actually preyente 4
them from crossing.
Leagues and leagues upon new track
The chase continued, the animals by the
time 50 exhausted by heat, ihirs.. and ahopc
all, fright-!or the hunters had incess n,lv
SEMI teril. theIrye!ls, in this case as much
scream of mutual defiance as an ar,ifce 81
the chase, that they scarcely now exceeded
Their pursuers inspeed; the latter rnried apd
maddened with excitement, rcdoub.ed ,hei
efforts, until the elk, reaching prairie ponc
or SINK, the hunters at their heels. plunge
despairlngly IN, Law down, and abapdone,
themselves, needless of all else, 10 tho orat:
fcatlon of their thirst. The frantic rivals
knife IN hand. dashed in after their nrov
began the work of slaughter. pausipd M
till they had butchered sixteen elk. draocn,
them from the water, and cut up and pre-
pared the meat for transportation TO the For,
whittier they had to return for horses.
Had the veiory endedf MOI for victor,
or death was tho inward determinations. an,
as yet neither had gwen way. or dashc,
again the inlomitablc half.brecd and At h:
side the unyiellins keniuckian. RIDGE an,
hollow, stream and t;mbor-thcrc was n
Yielding now-in desperate silence we.,
left behind. The sun was sinking-hlinJ
staggering, on they went-thev reached th,
Fort, haggafd, wild and vo;celcss. as from
the tircs OF the savages, The gauntlet @
tcnds. A crowd gathered round the OK
hausted men, who had arrived together an,
now ialntng, still SIDE by side, long lim
before they were enable BY signs and wills
pers, TO tell that they had run down sixtcci
elk, and yet couldn't say which WIS the bcs
man.
THIS feat brought upon d. an affection O
the lungs, nor did he recover his s;renuli
tor several years. lie is still aiye-a QUE
and influential citizen. Nal Boat bocam
very d'ssapacd, and died in a short time
Oar informant tells us that he has made a,
examination ofthe country, forming the.
race track. himself, and they, without exap
gcratlon, must have run seventy-fiye nile
between the hours Of A. Nj. and Up. NJ
He is found Of reading the New-York SD,
1t OF the Times, and wishes TO know WIN
the editor thinks of Barclay and Ellswort
breed, when compared with the plairic run
; ners OF the west?-a thousand of whose q,
, plolts remain untold, as Mates of commo
. occuiance.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17
From the St. Louis ReveiIlc,


In the year 1918, the Missouri Fur Com
pany had post below Council Bluffs, called
Fort Lisa, after the gentleman who had es.
tablshed it. There was much competition
in the trade at that time, and it was great
point 10 select the very best men for run
ncrs.
Mr.. Lisa had with him young Ken
tuckian, named d., fine daring fellow
with a frame of iron, the speed Of an os
trich, and the endurance Of camel. He
was fortunate, moreover, in the retention
of a hul.brecd, called Nal Bnuf, who
wthsianding his name (bad beef was
considered of hardly less merit than ID.
and between the two men. consequently
keen rivalry existed. d. had travelled
on foot, from Blackbrd Hills to Fort Lisa
distance Of 90 miles, in thirteen hours
Nal Bout also boosted some astonishing
feas Of bottom and both were stationed
at the Fort, daring the iime We speak Of
for the purpose of providing venison.
One evening in July, the weather OK.
tremely warm, the grass high, and the pcs
were unfinished with meat, the two mer
were playing at cards, when their employer
came up, raproachcd them with their neg
ljgence and ordered them TO start, the frs
thing in the morning, on a hunt ODE
dience was promised, of course, but the
game continued, each moment growing
more desperate, the spirit of rivalry preva.
ding their hearts in every thing, till, finally
morning broke as the half breed declare
himself to be broken. They fell asleep on
the spot, and The sun was well up, when Mr.
Mlsa, informed ofthc case, again approached
in no pleasant humor, it may be supposed
cursed, sacred and carahoo'd, until the de-
linquents, fully aroused, and little ashamed
took their guns and started off for Papilion
creek, onthe edge of the prairie. about five
miles off. There they discovered gang OF
elk, when the kentuckian suggested plan
of approach, which would enable them to
get a good shot. The half breed, ranking
at his companions triumph the night pre-
vous, observed, sulkily;
- | don't kill elk with gun, but with nv
knife
The pluck ofthe Kentuckian was aroused
in an instant, rightly interpreting the vaun
as challenge 10 a trial of speed and bottom,
and on his slyiHg proudly that what his com
panion could, he could do also, both hung
their guns in tree, and approaching the
elks as near as poss BILE, they suddenly raised
the Indian yell, which had most paralez.ng
effect uPoa the animal.
OF they went across a low prairie, few
miles in width, leaving their pursuers flr be-
hind; but steadily the latter continued Their
pace, nevertheless. They reached the bluff
scchded-crossed- observation-disclosures re-
solve uppermost in their minds, ''never to
say tAii.' League after league the chase
aud race continued. the men painting Ike
hounds, cooling their mosaha- in crossing an
occasional branch, by throwing upihe wlie
with theiF palms, but sill unpausing, uni
approaching Elk Horn river, distance ef
twenty miles, by mutual agreement they
took circuit with an increased 81 ed, =
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

American Eigatc Cncsapcake.-Al cor- 4
respondent of the London Times sends 10,
that pal or the following Interesting para.
grnTh concerning the rem1ins of tie old
frlgate Chesapeake fea v
1.-The old wei! remembered American
Frigate Chesapeake, which about thirty.
years ago, when under the command Of
Commodore Lawrence, was captured by
Capt. Brook, who commanded His Majes-
ty>s frigate Shannon, has been broken up
for many years past, and al the present
time forms constituent portion ofthe tin.
Der which was used IN the erection Of Il
ltour mill, situate on a stream VIII CHI runs
near the town oi Botlev, in hampshire
A few days since, the workmen. whilsten-F
gagged in repairing tho MILL had occasion
to use some of the gable raters, whick Tor
med a part of the old Chesapeake, found the
wood 10 be as sound and as fresh us i, was
on the day when she was first launched.
Several curiousiy disposed persons have
purchased sundry pieces Of this no'ed yes
sell with u view Of having the wood turned
into snuff boxes and other fancy articles
Of turnery."
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

pistols, aud silently they took their way to-
wards north wharf They gained their boat
without interruption, but Harland could
hardly believe in the reality Of his escape
TIL lie commenced rowing up the Hudson
$ Now, tell me a!l,' said he, after they
had proceeded short distance. And after
a momentary pause, one of his companions
began:
Well, then, Notwithstanding all the con-
fidence that Washington placed in you, he
was anxious, and his anxiety was increased
by the strange behaviour of the pretended
British deserter. After your departure, he
was twice caught in attempting To escape,
and this confrrnt d a suspicion of Washing
ION that he was not what he pretended 10
be, Ordering strict watch TO be kept
over him, he waited anxiously for your re-
turn; but when the morning dawned, and
the day wore on without your appearance,
he gave orders that the dcseltcr should be
shot, and sent us to New York to aid you ;
for Washington rightly coniectured that
your captor would not take vengeance into
his own hands while his superior was as near
AS Sir Henry Clinton was. Accordingly,
with stratagem TO effect our entrance into
the city, we departed When in sight OF
the city, we quickened our rowing, shouting
the rebels = This soon attracted attention
to us, and rowing, we landed witha terrible
story of the horrible defeat and massacre OF
the British by Neutrality-suspicious. that we
were all that escaped, and how that Wash
ing!on would soon, and perhaps already was
on his march to the city, Oar British dress.
torn and bloody, gave somewhat of plausi-
bllty TO our story, and the sentinel fired his
musket in the air, which, thank God, was
in time to hinder your execution. BY dint
OF some careless inquiry, we found out the
cell IN which you was confined, before the
crowd began to pour around u.s. Atitr ha-
wing been leased by Sir Henry Cinton's
inquiries for hours, we skunk away till night
when we commenced our llbors for your
liberation, with what success you arc alrea-
dy acquainted.
The company now bent themselves to
their oars, and morning had not long dawned
when Henry Ilalllnd related his adventures
to Washington.
Through the long and varied struggle
! that followed, Henry Harand bore a con-
sp,cuou5 part. In the time when the Amc-
rcan cause was at It's lowest cbb, and mos,
predicted 4 speedy Termination TO the con-
test by the triumph of the English arms
rs heart never lost is confidence, and his
swo was never sheaihed ill his country
was free. and he was at liberty TO wed his
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

FoLIAGE OF CUR FOR SITS. Eng fish irav-
oilers often speak of the beauty of the Amer
can forests in autumn, representing that the
Old Word has nothing equal to them in the
variety and commnghng of colors Some
Of the lovers of nature 90 into our woods and
gather the prettiest leaves there for preserva-
ton. Socn after Mr.. Everett, our presen,
Minister to ST. James, went TO England, his
lady and daugirer went to party consisting
Of the nobility, wearing wreath of Our for
st leaves in a state Of fine preservation.
The wreaths attracted the gaze of all, and
so strong was the admiration of them, Mrs.
Everett was asked where she procured the
wreath. She replied that it was made of
american leaves in their natural state
The English could not credit this statement,
but asserted that the leaves were artificial.
70 convince them Of the actual state of tho
leaves, Ms. E. sent to Boston, and the next
all the most varicga:ed of our forest leaves
we're sent TO England as presents to Mrs. E.'s
ncredulous friends. s. ~H.~t ..s.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

MARRIAGE OuTRIGHT.--ln one Of the
upper couEtes Of the State Of North Caro-
lima, 4 young fellow named Ben Sykes,
had cour,ed fair one for some years, but
either wos not ready or willing to put the
question; she was fully wiling-peThaps
100 willing-but he never came to- the
scratch. AT last she got mad, aud said she
woa'd marry Bill Patterson, if he ever
courted her again Bill, on hearing Of this
determination, went once more and put in
his claim he was q scurvy fellow in some
things, and neither ma'am' nor dad wore
willing to il So he secretly goes 10 r.
got license, and that night made Off for
i Gretna squire. In their road to happi
ness, however, who should they nee, but
Ben Sykes He had got an inkling of
what was going on, and when be NC, them
he understood how the case lay.
Sally SAYS he, i have fooled you, til s
I fact, and I'm sorry for it. But if you still
prefer me TO B Il Patterson, just say so, and
VII give him a lirashing, take his license
md old Moody shall marry us tonight
The oil love was 100 strong for the new.
Ben gave B:ll thrashing, took his gal,
md, what lie hated more, his license, which
cost him - cents, and was off with his plan
Ter TO Moody's. The old squire, did not
50 we'll understood how one man could be
married. of license granted 10 another.
Bee said he did not himself understand law
bubbles, but this he did know, that unlcs;
the squire did it, he would catch it too. This
lint was enaugh for Moody, who without
more ado, pronounced them man and wife.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17
THE LAST PROCESSION.
GFrcm the Hartford Times, |

GFrcm the Hartford Times, ~
,,o,boncht at eventide paused,
One cold November day,
Where dry and grim an ash pole stood,
Like ghost beside the way;
When on mine ear a wall arose, ....
And slowly DER mine eye,
With solemn tread heightened train,
In funeral guise swept by.
First, with ia whose depth Of gloom
Ambitions blight had cast,
The 'Mlll-boy of the slashes' moved
The chiefest mourner past;
And then to soothe his rising gIef,
With sympathetic tear,
With solemn air, so meek and good,
Walked FreIinghuysen near.
With branding IRON in each hand,
From his far travels come,
Unsolaced in his deep despair,
Stalked 'Roorback.' dark and glum,
And sadly leaning on his arm,
His old and tender flame,
In all her weeds OF woe arrayed,
The widow Brnghdrt' came,
Then General Edwards and his son.
That 'esimable' pair,
Marched midst troop Of Juveniles,
And dandies with long hair;
While dolorous upon the breeze,
: All wheezingly and wide,
Like his old windy bellows, the
'Poughkecpsie blacksmith sighed.
And then that coach expressly built
And decked with silk and gold,
The great embodiment to bear,
With sullen motion rol;ed;
And as along the dusky way
Its darkenIng course it kept,
Beside it, with his Clay Tribune,
Poor Greeley walked and wept,
Then thronged long and dismal host,
A thousand men or more,
And each upon trowzy rag
A scurvy motto bore;
And colporteurs, with 'Junius' tracts,
A crushing, weary load,
Bent down with WEAKNESS and woe
In sad procession trode.
And sorely on his wounded calf
With tear drops in his eye,
The great godfather of the wings
TIL immortal Webb, limped by
A dolcful dlrge Joe IoXie sang
Amidst that sorrowing train,
And 'glec clubs and CLAY Ministries joined
The melancholy strain.
And thus they passed in long array,
At evenings sombre hour,
And grief was heavy on each heart,
With its o'crnast ring power:
For broken. busted, gone to pot,
Exploded, vanished, fled,
The great whig party was no more.
the same old coca was dead!
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

WHOLE N,GcER.-' On, mo,her!--ljest
seed man with one half his face as black
as-as-as-'
As what, S1mmy!'
"Black as all creation, mother-wasn't
he an objeci?'
Lord love You, little dear, you don't
say sos-he mist be halfnegro."
go TO thunder, old moman .-he was n
mholc nigger-t'oiher h1lf was Jest black"
"Fake that, you little sarpin!-My gra-
c:ous! how sassy children is!'' ae
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-17

A MINISTER'S REPRooF.--A certain
Minister, not long since, paid visit to a
female acquaintance who was newly mar.
ried, and who was at the time alfred in
one of our Indecent fashions a Ia EHsIer.
After the usual compliments, he Familiarity
said:-
81 hope you have good husband, ma
dam"
"Yes, SIR" replied she, "and good
man too, think"
- don't know what to say about his
goodness added the minister, - for my
bible teaches me that good man should
cloihe his wife, bu; he let's you so half
naked"