The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-09-15

TONGA ASD IT'S ESviroNS. friend
"Nartelle Van" has placed us under many
Obligations for 50 readily furnishing a sub.
stitdtc for his communication which we had
the misfortune to lose We shall be careful
that his iavors hereafter shall not, by anoth,
or such accident, be rendered SO undcSrycd
ToNIcA, Sept. 10, 1870.
.Vr. Eduor-I concluded you had con
signed my worthless scribblug to its dcscr-
we'd doom, ilamcs-until saw your too
friendly notice in last weeks paper. If the
following viii answer as substitute for the
lost document, the accident is chcap'y rc-
paired
As our friend "Scoopculyhc" has under.
taken to correct me, must also beg the pr.
yilcgc oi correcting some Of his "outragcou>
blundcrs.' About the lawyer" we will let
that pass until we are convinced that it re,
quires constant presence to constitute re.
sidcnt. In reference to farms, your types
made me say III lloldridgc, instead Of
a. lloidrdgc, Scoop. will please notice.
There is but one rork'ag Blacksmith in the
place. although two more profess 10 have the
trade. Scoops face ought to hurt lin for
telling such stories about the farm Of the
Bullocks' after correcting me 80 nicely but
never mind As to the meeting house" Of
Won ever romc ,o Tonic, d H., f,T :"
;,yic,,n H. nn,Jc fror, 81 'lo..i'aa,, ai.,.
clouLoord II. ,irl siIipg INV. cor,'icc o,J
lnrtv slcr,lc no, ,riI ,n,,', I,,,;,, ,.'.,,.
JrliyL,rd ,,ayc ''''o N>''''' Wv
If is almost incrc,I;lIo v.,,ot c,,o,co. Co..
vcars have ,yro,,,Lt in iii, ,'i,i,';',.o No.
wears oco Torica wos , u.ta,t'G,ij ~,
very frsy ,,ooI r,r,n. in ,Lo ,.;a;,i.,, w.
behold ,lc ch,nrc, , ,Jr,s,r, yiii,,,o ri,
of Growth md yiror ,ni r'ri,i,ics ,f., ~"
sure H. stc,Jy nro.rcs" IT, Inay,. ''," ror w."
o, timber ono ,Lrr, ,,i,cy ~ ,jc ,'r,f7 .,,,I
another one milc ems, orr nnw Iari,rnJ
with guIrudjI farm. anon, r,I,i,h mat, h,
numbered tha, If + II;uIr / erL!,,rr.
horn e. T. p,,tcr IT,, Nng;.,r .,J ,,,.,,.
others
The amount # Grain ,of.cI IL i,,,,,ryc
/ l,r,n warehouse rrc,tcJ since ,,,,. Ia, r,.
e. Copcland. a Grain dcalrr is olrryIy mi
Of grain Of every drgcrip,ion Mr. i u
Swift. whose farm a,li,ius the yilIa.r raised
sixty five acre, Of oat, that Welded sixty.
four bushels to the acre. lie also raised
aLou, 81 acres Of frst.rate wheat, and has
LARGE crop Of corn. But nearly every other
farmer can boast similar crGps. and Won
must not supyo,c In, farmer, | have named
are the only ones here The place for miles
is surrounded by lust such farms. In Toni.
ca the building lots have nearly all been
sold, but am informed SIR ] il SwiG in.
tend to enlarge it, limit, by layipr OF lots
to the westward Besides The waraLors. al.
ready named, there have been twenty dwell.
linz house. butt here this summer. and four
more are in urocrcs, I'm fact Topica has
already CNcctually Killed OIL the other villa
yes IN It's vicinity. Nj. Palatinc, five miles
to the southwest, and for years 4 place Of
considerable Importance, has dried up and
bowed away. Two years ago joint stool,
store was established there, but was clo.cd
last spring On account Of "ciyil discord''
among the members, and for want Of GUS
tom. y high school, Of excellent rcputa-