The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-09
Omnium t.athcrum.

INTERESTING EXPERIMENT - An amusing and also
interesting experiment with electricity may b. per.
formed as follows Take four glass ,umbers, nver,
them upon the floor, lay board on them, let per.
son stand on the board, and another standing on the
floor. bea, HIM over the back, short time, with
hlr-cap, mutt, on any thing made OF fur or silk
plush; then apply your finger to his nose and
spark of fire will be seen to flash from the nose TO
the finger The room should be dark when the eE-
psrimen'is made, so as to be able to the flash
MONTGOMERY PRIZE IIAvs-Mr Nathan White.
of Montgomery county, Nd gives the following as
the recipe by which the prize ham at the late Fair
was cured
The pork should be perfectly cold before being
utup | he hams should be sacd with bloom saii,
with portion Of red pepper and gil OF moasses
10 tach nam Let th-in remain IN salt five weeks
then hing them up and smoke with hickory wood
rave or SIX weeks About The fret of A r take
them down. aud wet them with cold water, aud let
them hr well rubbed with unrnchcd ashes Let
them remain IN bulk Tor several days and then hang
theIn IN the lott again Tor use"
TALKING DrrcH While in Mexico the BOYS had
grea, many very curious adventures in talking
Spanish. to the nlr brunetts senortas or bronze CO.
iorcd hombr's aud not a few quite humorous nc-
counts OF those adventures found their way into the
public prints. But can recolect no instance
which ben,s the following extrac: from the diary Of
our present accomplished As-istnn, Marshal.
In taking the census, OF course he come. in con-
tact with persons from almost every nation on the
globe, many oi whom, know no more about the En-.
glish language thau the man in the moon does abou,
Yankee politics. And. as our Marshal is no, much
OF cithcra frcnchman, DuIchnnn, or Norwegian,
but tull-blooded Yaskee, he was obliged, for a
while, 10 employ an interpreter when passing thro'
settlements otclther OF the above counuymen. llav-
ing paid as he thought, strict attention TO the ques-
tons propounded by his interpreter, and repeating
them over and over in his own mind he imagined he
could dispense with his interpreter and undertake
the task alone.
II may be- we'll mention here tina, our Marshal
had passed through the greater part of the Mexican
war, and had become quite an adept in the Spanish
language; so that he was able to answer every como
sc llama esta tina, was put to him by whole ree-
mcnt OF soldiers Taking this also into account he
started out on his own hook
The first cf'or, he made was in German settle
mcnt IN the town of - lie came to n farm house
Bon joure %
The old lady made polite courtesy, and said
something which he did no, understand, but suppo-
sed u to be an invitation TO walk in"
ne then Konst English sprneh"
Ven, reptile the good woman, n little confused
Nine, WHAT mean English sprach"
ne old lady shook her head as she pointed to
cnair ana mouoned TO HIM to set down, which he
obeyed. Wishing TO know the name Of the prpprl.
ntor he propounded the following interrogatory:
Was ist the ndUmen OF the HoMBRE as WIS
AouIr,
''Ich rersfehe sic nicht" was the reply
he Marshal smiled at the sngularity of,he name
as he wrote IT down-"lch Fcr-stny-e. ~ NIGHT"
"QuANrEs lahres alt Is EsrA noMBRE !" was his
next question.
The old lady, unable to comprehend his questions,
pointed out the window to n man who was a, work
IN the garden, The Marshal went to the door and
caLed-"llo.EKER! koom her :"
The man came and, suspectlng the difficulty ad-
dressed the Marshal in broken English. The re-
mninder OF the questions were then filled out with
out any difficulty
The next place he came to he was met BY nm old
man. ne snme prelninaries gone through
nnu 10 me enquiry IN reference TO the name, the old
man also replied "Ich rerstshe sic NIGHT" which
was again set downs MS above. He then pointed to
and enqnired
Wass nt the ndmen Of los noMBREs and sESo.
RIrAsr "' '''''
The old man looked somewhat confused a. h.
again replied, Itch rersfehe ale nichf"
Thunder All called 'Ich F-rstay.synicb D."
fan, was the reply The Marshal setit down.
But not being able to proceed any farther he was
obliged to procure another Interpreter; and on show
ing him the l,s' OF names he had obtained on his
own nook, they both had hearty laugh over them
~ the interpreter explained the mistake
The following ticket was vo,edby Capt Rynder,,
At the recent election in this county:
For State neasmrer-
For Congrsss-CHURcnLL Corrtsa
For Repre.entatiue--JonS HSr.
For herif:--JosEpH W. Dow
For Coronsr--JosErH srour.
FMH AND wArtR.Paoor CExESr.-Pour hin,
ooiynegar into pint Of milk when the latter has
lly eoaguated clear 1t ofthe Jumps and let il act
te. then mix the whole well together now sift into
N9nck.lime. I'LL upon stirring the whole We obtain
4 mick paste. This cement will permanently unite
marble. earthenware, China, &c.-.Seientife Am.
Notice.
EER skins dressed, oil dress. on reasonable
- 'ermsby sp2l p. THoas.