Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-04-04
JOLIET, ILLINOIS, APRIL 4. l /, a..

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open it. Mr.. S. wanted to climb over and
unbolt it, but wouldn't let him wasn't
going TO be left alone again. with that
desP'rate COW, if she acdS fast, and SO
told BIN. made him help me over the
gate. All. dear, climbin' high gate
when you are skeered by cow, is dread.
ful, and know it. got over, let hus
band in, and then it took him, and me,
and four neighbors, to git that dreadful
creature out Of the alley. She beloved
and kicked. and her calf beloved to her,
and she baWled back again, but we got
her out at last, and SIGH time, alb, dear
bad enough of her, Husband sold her
for twenty dollars the next day. 1t cost
him seventy-five cents to get her to mar
ket, and when he tried to pass one of the
five dollar bills he got-would you b'lieve
! 1.-THE nasty rag was counterfeit. Mr..
Scruggins said to his dying day, that he
b'leved the brother of the man that sold
him that COW, bought it back again.
b'lieve it helped to worry my dear hus-
band to death. All, child, / know what
COWS is !'
The old lady's agitation was so great
at this point of her story, that she dropped
stitch in knitting.
improvement of the KankakeG and IFOguOiS
Rivers
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
En hrI,a 81 1919 M.
on leave, introduced the following bill.
which was read twice, and referred to
the Committee on Public Lands.
A BILL
10 grant quantity ofland to the State of
Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in
T opening the navigation OF the Kankakee
| and iroquOis rivers, so as to connect
with the Illinois and Michigan canal,
which connects the upper lakes with the
Mississippi river. E.l
Be At enucted by the Senate and Hostse
! Of Representatives. of the United States
Of America an Congress assembled, That
there be. and hereby is, granted to the
State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding
the said State in opening the navigation
of the Kankakee and lroquois rivers, so
as to connect with the Illinois and Micbi.
gan canal, a quantity of land equal to one
half of FIVE sections in width on each side
of said rivers. to be selected in alternate
sections or parts of sections by an agent
or agents to be appointed by the governor
OF said State, subject to the approval ofthe
Secretary of the Treasury and if any of
the sections or parts of sections, within
the limits aforesaid, have been heretofore
sold, Or otherwise disposed of, or encum.
berad, so that they cannot be SO applied.
a quantity Of land equal to that so sold. or
Otherwise disposed of, or encountered
shall be selected by said agent, under the
direction fthe Secretary ofthe Treasury.
from the public lands anywhere within
the counties through which said rivers
run, and should there then be a deficit,
they shall be selected by said agent, under
the direction ofthe Secretary ofthe Treas
ury,from the public lands anywhere within
heChicago OrDanville landofiice districts.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the said lands hereby granted to the said
State shall be subject to the disposal the
Legislature thereof, for the purposes afore
said. and no other; and the said rivers,
and each of them so improved, shall be
and remain a public highway for the use
OF the government of the United States,
tree from all toll or other charge upon any
boats the said government may place
thereon, and upon the transportation of
any property or troops Of theU nited States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
no lands reserved for schools or other pur-
poses, nor any to which the right OF pre-
eruption has attached, shall be selected by
said Stale under this act.
The Female Temper.
| No trait of character is more valuable in
female than the possession of sweet
temper. Home can never be happy with.
out it. It is like the flowers that spring
up in our pathway, reviving and cheering
US. Let man go home at night, wear
led and worn by the tolls ofthe day, and
how soothing is a word dictated by good
! disposition 1t is sunshine falling on his
heart. He is happy, and the cares ofiife
are forgotten. A sweet temper has
soothing influence over the minds Of
whole family. Where it is found in the
wife and mother, you observe kindness
and love predominating over the natural
feelings of a bad heart. Smiles, kind
words and looks characterize the children
and peace and love have their dwelling
there. Study, then, to acquire and Ietain
a sweet temper. It is more valuable than
gold; il captivates more than beauty; and
to the close oflife ii retains all its fresh
ness and power. za1'aa# 5''
| MoTHER.-How sweet is the recollec-