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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12
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Here is more OF A. Ward Orashun

/
line Union man ] luv this Union
from the Bottom OF my Hart ] iuv every
hoop O.e i'll Maine and every sheep ranch
| IN Texas. The cow pastures Of Nu IanIp
sher is us deer To A. Ward as the rice
plantashuns Of Mississippy There is mean
critters in both of them air States, and
there is likewise good men and troo 1t
don look very pretty for a lot Of inflam-
metary individooals who never lifted their
hands IN defence of Amerky, or did the
lust thing towards sekewerin our Inde-
pendence to git their backs up and sware
they II dissolve the Union. Too much
good blud was split in courtin and marry
III that hlIy respectable female, the God
dess Of Liberty, 70 cit divorce from her
at this late day. The old gal has behaved
herself we'll TO cast her off now At the
request of par>ul Of addle-brained men
and wimmen who never did nobody no
good and never will agin. line sorry the
picturs Of the Goddess never give her no
shoes or stockins but the band of stars
around her head must continur to shine
britur SO long as this Firth resolves on her
axletree. The wethur was all fired hot
* a man at this pint Of the oraslun fell
down sun stroke told the aujince that
considerin the large number of powerful
handsome gals present. | was more afraid
Of a DAwlER STROKE. The coke was i'm
promptu and amused the auiince%
To re-ooin--ti Washington vvl- clear
headed, warm hearted, brave and study
goin man. He never slopt over! The
prevailIn weakness of most public men Is
TO slip ocert Put them wori- i'll italic
letters. a. w. They Rush Things
They travel TO much on the high prcsher
principle. They got onto the poplar hobby
hoss, who trots along not caiin sent wlie
ther the beest is even goin, clear sighted
and sound or spawned. blind and bawky.
OF corse they m tirowd eventually il not
sooner When they see the mulli;0od go.u
ii blind they 20 pei mel with it. instead ot
tXertinr Themselves 10 set IL rIyk.. They
can't that the croud which is uow
bcarin them triumphantly OH its shoulders
VIII soon di-kivcr It's error and cast them
into the ho>s pond Of Oblivyum without
the slightest hesta>hun. Washington ne
YER slopt over That wasn't George
style. He luv-d his country deerly. He
WASH after the spile> He was human
ang.l in 3 cornered hat aud nee britches,
and We shan see his like right away. Ny
friends, We can I all be " Wa-hIngtonS :, but
We can all be patriots, and behave our
selves in human y Christian manner.
When We see brother going down hull to
Ruin. let us not give him push, bur lei
u- >ezd right hold OF his coat tails and
drag him back 10 morality.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

SOME time ago a statement was publish
ed in the North American, taken from the
Newport Td-e'tc, Perry county, Pa. to the
effect that Mr. Black, OF Newport, had
died in consequence of an incision made
bv a rooster with his spurs, in the arteries
of the hand. initiating previous 10 his
death the Tapping and crowinc"t rooster.
The statement has gone the rounds of
the press, accompanied III most by com
mentS OF an incredulous nature. 1t APP
peal 70 have been true, nevertheless The
Harrisburg Patriot is informed by "a gentle
man from Newport, who was present nt
Mr. Blacks death. that the account pub
lished in the Gazette of that place Is strictly
true in every particular; that Mr. Black
suffered the most eXcruciating agony ana
that he made attempts 10 crow, hirf'hs
his arms, and making a noise 80 similar I"
a rooster, that those outside the mouse
were persuadeJ to believe that II was one,
until h., was relieved by death.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

\ PARABLE ny SPURGE0S A certain tv-
rant sent for one of l,i> suhiec's. and said
to him - What is Your emplOymcnt? He
said am ii b,cksmth' Go home.
said he "and make me ii chain Of such a
length. He went home; it occupied him
several months and he had no wages all
the time he was maxim" the chain. only
the trouble and pain of making it, Then
he brought ], Ia the monarch and he said.
$50 and make il twice as long. He gave
him nothing to do it with, but sent him
away Again he worked on, and made it
twice as lon. He brought il up a again. and
the monarch said. Go and maker longer
still Each time l,c brought it. there WAS
nothing but the command To make II Ion
ger still. And when he brought il up at
last, the monarch said, Take ii, bind him
hand and foot with it. and east him into a
furnace of fire There We're his wages for
making the chain. Here is IA meditation
for you tonight. We servants of the devil
y our master the devil Is telling you to
make chain. Some OF you have been
fifty years welding the chain; and he says
= Go and make it longer still" Next Sur
day morning YOU will open that shop of
yours and put another link on;s next sun
day you will he drunk. and put another
link on; next Monday You will do dis
honest action; and so you will keep on
making fresh links to this chain; and
when YOU have lived twenty more years,
the devil will say, :. More links on still -
And then, at last. it will be, Take him
and bind him hand and foot, and cast him
into furnace of fire For the wages of
sin is death" There is subject for your
meditation l do not think it will be
sweet. but if God makes it profitable, it will
do you good. You must have strong med
icines sometimes, when the disease is bad.
God apply it to your hearts.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

S-,,al.s-..----s..-.s---
.ov = 81 Massachusetts,. came n.r"-- a
.,.l.uu. Nu "an1s~rn. All hi, HeiGhhor>
w-i, satisfied taat.l.k" ms famous GeInan
auIrtyro, Lc iuliy believed i:- monstioI'~
fi,tioi.- Eu, Lis .:.v,,.,i"ns dis lased an
:,l-ar.c .eu.,l-. certainly igl muIr stupid
than t'i.t of rh,, stupid oil Baron ] give
,o,I two ur thIcr ep'cin'ms
There had been :. sudden change in the
weather. during the preceding winter;
and. two summers before TIL, time, n yio-
iraJ whirlwi"d he'd swept through the
town. Ia connection with each ot the,,
Phenomena. old NJ Inoini, had his oty,
which he told with the most simple airloi
tru,hiu.ness. Speaking OF the whirlwind,
he -.;lI
'' You see that large yellow house Oh the
hill? 1t blew down the she'd back OF that
house Al the neSt house with Two Chin
n"y~. II took oil the -cuttic, and sent it
whirl;u- into the sky: and il swept one of
til" hay--tacis all to pieces It came
aero nay front yard here. and the next
morning went out and looked down my
well. and il was twisted right round jus,
like an aHEcr,
There was sudden change in the
weather, was there no,. NJ Loomi- %
Yes. sir-yeS very remarkable indeed
! W.. walking down in the bog meadow,
Wonder. 1t was warm a. May ! noticed
n fro. sitting on the edge OF a ditch, ami
just a. | perceived him, the cold blast
struck him He jumped for te water
hut just a. his head got into the water, the
ditch tloze over and grippcd him in the
ice with his hind legs sticking up in the
air
he also told the following story about
sl,lin. down hill
Il hc last winter that wen; to school
when J was nineteen wears o!d-nne day
we hauled Mr. Curtis great ox-slcd up on
top Of the steep hill back OF his barn. for
slide down Hill The whole school was
there: and | was busy helping the girls to
get seats, and piling in the small scholars
The other boys hung on the stakes, and
piled on to the sled and covered il 80 cem-
pictcty. that when had got the others all
III, there WASH room Tor me to stick my
toe III anywhere. ] had turned the tongue
ri.lt over back. and just as the sled start
ed, clarped my hai,d on 10 the eud of
the ,n:ue and jumped up astride OF III -
Mr.. Carter had been Shedding hay dosSr
from the stack on top OF the hill to the
barn and a. the sled ran into the track,
we went like lightning right straight for
the barn. As good luck would have il, the
great doors were open both side of the
barn, making clean passage through -
But when the sled hi, the sill, it flipped up
the tongue, and sent me, just as slick, right
over llIe barn. The sled went on through
and as ! came down the other side, | lit
again, rght on the end of the tongue and
we went on down the line,
on could see the two marks made by
my he, Is in the snow on the ridge of the
roof. till the next thaw ea,ne-more an a
month aiterward
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12
Here Is a reminiscence of former times

HERE Is n reminiscence of former times
narrated bv Col B, who is full to
overtiowing with good stories
H. ancient times, that is some twenty
years ago, shortly after the State House in
Indianapolis was built, it was proposed by
one OF the representatives that tbermon-
eter should be got for the Hail. and at an
expense not exceeding three dollars. This
motion brought the distin gu,hed member
from -----couuty. who elo9uently III
weighed against "spendiu the hard arnins
OF the people in that ar way and beside,
Mr.. Speaker, if We had that her-tLermon,i-
croh, don't believe thars one man here
who knows how 10 wind the cussed thing
up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

To SAVE SWEET PorAroEs-We find the
following plan highly recommended: " Al
ways dig before frost, aud when the ground
IS very dry; have your beds ready by
raising them about ten inches above the
ground then r,it on dry straw about one
foot deep: then put on the potatoes. about
TWENTY-FIVE bushels in n bank; next put
straw one foot deep on them then dirt at
least one foot thick. we'll packed. Shelter
them with good shelter to keep them
dry Leave no air hole. but rather try to
exclude the air entirely Potatoes thus
put up are not affected by the changes of
the weather, which generally rot the pota-
toe If dug when the ground is wet, they
are almost certain to rot
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

PATENT SERMON" Ny bredren, God
bless your souls, 'ligion is like the Alaba-
ma river. In spring comes the fresh, an
he brings III all de ole logs, slabs, and
sticks, dat had been lyin on de bank, and
carries dem down in de current Bimeby
de water 20 down; den log cotch here
on dis island, den slab gets cotched on
de shore, and de sticks in de bushes. an
dare dey lie, wid'ren and dryin' till comes
'n,,d,ler fresh Ji>t SO dare comes vival of
ligion; dis ole sinner bro't in. dat ole
back>lider bret back. and all de folks
>eesls comm n-and mighty good times
But bredren, God bless your souls! f! den dis
ole sinner is struck on his ole sin; den dat
o,a hacl<siidcr is entched where he was "a
fore. on list sucl, rock: den one aiter
'nudder, dat got ligion, lies all long de
shore. and d,re lie till 'nudder 'vival-
Beloved bredren, God bless your souls, get
deep in de CURRENT
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

To CrT GLASS WITH PIECE OF IRoS-
Draw with a pencil on paper any pattern to
which YOU would have the glass conform;
place the pattern under the glass. holding
both together in. the left hand, (,he- p,ass
must not rest on any plain sur;acc,) tfen
take a common spik" or some similar piece
of iron, heat the point to redne>s, ami APP
ply it to the edge OF the glass; draw tho
iron slowly forward, and the edge Of the
glass will Immediately crack; continue
moyin. the iron slowly over the glass. track
ing the pattern, and the clink in the glass
will follow at the distance OF about half an
inch in every direction, according to the
moving of the iron
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

JosrpH was a bad boy Hehad succeed
ed in binding his mother for some time as
TO his imbibing propensities One night
Joseph came in before the old lady retir-
ed He sat down, began conversation
about the goodness of crops and other
matters He got along very well, until he
spied what he supposed to be a cigar on
the mantle piece :, atching it up, and
placing one end of il in his mouth he be-
gan very gracefully to light it at the cam
die He drew and pulled unit, he was get
ting red in the face The old ladys eyes
were open, and she addressed him: "If
thee. takes that ten npenny nail for segar,
it is time thee went TO bed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

WELL SMp-,Judge Gould, a leading
Know Nothing politician in New York,
fell from steamboat at Albany. and was
rescued 10y all lrishlnan. The Albany At
tdS saws:
judge Could, though rigid American
in rolt;cs. did not ask Mccarthy his birth
or religion. or intimate that he should ro-
ouire two years residence. after naturaliza-
ton. before helping him to resume his
place on the bench This was generous in
the Judge
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12
Hotel Life In NeW York.

Col. J. W. Forney, os the Philadelphia
Press, spent last Sunday in New York
Writing 10 his paper of New York hotel
life, he SAYS:
Il could conceive OF no greater punish
ment ;lIan 10 ie forced To make a New
York hotel my abode on this earth allthe
time. II is an institution To enjoy occa-
sonalIy-as YOU enjoy play or a balI-a
sort OF relief irom the care Of business, or
the monotony Of everyday duty or moral
quiet J ccnmiserate those who are fore
ed 10 stav at home because they have
" nothing else 70 do" look with amaze
ment upon those who make that which
is an exceptional pleasure to me the de-
light Of their Tvs. Ia speaking of the
people OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel, | refer
not to the set now under ITS metallic roofs.
II not the same Smiths and Browns, the
same Joneses and Jenkinses all the wear
round, however. they are the same kind
of people ! could almost swear that ]
saw that young lady on the sofa, with her
white hands and red lips, and her gauzy
blue dress, sitting against the crimson wall
IN these par!ors to-day, twelve years ago at
another of these hotel steamboats, aground
The same kind of old men, with tight boots
and dyed hair, and boyi.h collars, like
industrious about their mu>taches. which
they grow 10 tease: the same SOutherners,
with black eyes. How ing locks heavy canes,
and stunning cigars the same female LO-
tel-iace> in the great halls; the same aris
tocratlc children III the great entries: the
Same cGt-toCted walters the same Irish
servant ciIis, beautifUl. but unapproacha-
ble as porcupines; the same gentlemen
behind the offices. the same gante-l poll
ticians al the bar the same poriumtd bar
bers Offering YOU inia!liblc hair OIL 10 cuIe
ircurable halduess Al, these are here to-
dav, under different names, il may be. but
about a we'll known 70 ne. and ~ iaInIl-
lar. and a. much alike. a. Ihe hotel I.uplI-
lat!on have seen in other DAYS. when 9TH
er great houses were novelties. SUNDAY
in such company! Imagine il. do not
doubt that among all the~e mortal9 thsIr
are MANY good uen and women; that
many 20 u church and pray. and In-an
We'll. and that they are exemplary in eye
~ relation Of life but ii YOU could see
them at breakfast at j 4 NJ, when Dr..
Halves i preaching u his a.istocratIc au-
dienc", III their velvet Vews at dinner AZ
+ 7. N. when afternoon service Is in full
operation. and II supper from 9 TIL IL 7.
NJ. YOU would agree with Inc that they
had lett THEN p!ety At nome. aud brought
only their purses and their appetites 70
New York q.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

CocKRo,CH RIDDAScE-The Scientific liner
i,,r,l says" Common red waters, scattered
about the haunts of cockroaches. will often
drive away, if not destroy them
These waters, like candies, are colored
red by oxide of lead, most deadly poison,
and so il the acetate OF lead, or sugar Of
lead. as it is sometimes called, on visiting
cards, which being little sweetish. has
been known 10 destroy young children to
whom they were handed TO be amused
win Fashion. for once. acts sensibly in
d;scarding glazed cards. using instead Bris-
tol board, more pliaut, less cumbersome, and
really more delicate.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

,JonS P. DA.GERrrEi.p. who is an officer
in the armory at Harrers Ferry, and who
who was among the prisoners confined
there bv Brown, testified on the trial that
.ohout a dozen black men were there,
armed with pixies, which they carried most
ovLwardlv and unwillingly. During tho
firing they were laying about asleep some
ofthem having crawled under the engineA"
The blacks did not seem to have much
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

By late arrival from Kingston. .Jamai-
ca. we have received the somewhat start
ling intelligence of some interesting disco
yeries, iy means Of company Of divers.
og the ancient city of Port ROYAL which
was oyerthrown bv the great earthquake
of 1852 At the time OF the earthquake,
Port Ruvai WAS the headquarters OF the
buccaneers. who used il L To- fit out exp
ditiou, against th" Spanish American colo
ne- and return 10 rl"'r place of rctu.".
laden with the rich spoils of Porto EellO.
Vera Cruz and other places. even To- the
city OF Panama. bu tie 9TH Of Ju G,
ll"2- the day WAS "ppre>>,yciy !iut, when
suddenly a roar was heard from the distant
II " vFcsil Ce ti.. NciY
spot which was piled with tie. gli,t,riua
treasures of Peru ard Ncxicn stood f,r
fatr"ris deep lu water. and tie whole of
the illgniten wealth was submerged. 80
enormous was the Treasure that il j sad
wareEou~e room could Tot le oi.taim,d for
u large l.ortoi Of tie gold and silver -
Three thousand persons p.ii in thi>
awful catastrophe. ar3d all the public re-
cords-tor PORT Royal WAS then the seat of
govc, n,upur--y-rs forever lost A .ii-ate
called the Swan WAS in the harltor, and Il
,eIallv t,oatcd over the tors OF the >uukcu
houses Several persons ~cre rescued bv
her The escape Of one man reads like n
miracle. Ills name was Louis Galdy and
he was a native "f Montpelier. in France
lie WAS swallowed up in the. earth ty Il
shock, bat wa> cast M again by the ncxt
shock He found refuge on board the
swan, and lived for twenty years after
Since that period, what remains OF Port
ROYAL has been several times nearly de-
Stroyed by fire, food and hurricane. n if
the spot was accused. il is now little
better than a fishing village. though il i
still the principal rendezvous of the West
lndis squadron, and boasts OF an extensive
dockyard and arsenal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

How TO SroP BLoop-Take the fine.t
dust OF tea or the scrapings of the insid.
Of tanned leather and bind it close upon
the wound and blood will soon cease to
flow These articles are at all times ac-
cess;ble, and easy to be obtained. After
the blood has ceased to flow. laudanum
may be advantageously applied to the
wound Due regard to these instructions
will save agitation of mind. and running
for the surgeon, who would probably make
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

HAIR BRUsHEs To wash hair brushes
never use soap. Take a piece OF soda dis
solve Il in warn, water, stand the brush IN
II; taking care that the water covers only
the bri-tles 1t will almost instantly be-
come white end clean. Place II in the air
70 flrv. with the bristles downward, and it
will be as firm rs new brush.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

To MAKE CUTTINGS GRow-Prof De L.
croX, Besancon. France SAYS: cuttings ,f
roses. apple. apricot. pear. plum, and 9TH
ers, if put out in June, after his method.
will grow. He takes a cutting long enough
to- let its two ends he well bedded in the
soil, and bud in the middle close to the
ground. grows we'll These cuttings should
be kept properly moistened by sprinkling;
the cuttings must be of the growth of the
last year: the cuttings thus draw nutrition
from both ends, instead Of drying up the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

TIE presence Of cotton in flannel may be
detected by boiling a fragment or sample
os it in !. solution of potash. The flannel
will be converted int. soap, whereas the
cnttnn will be but little altered. and may
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

ErssIA IEtTHER-ir : known that much
excellent leather. OF every Kind, i pre-
pared III different parts Of the Russian en-
p.ro ana that. though NUM- berle>> efforts
have been made 10y manufacturers in other
COUNTRIES 20 initiate IN al respects. the
genuine Russia ;n,ic,r such efforts have
unyaryin@ly failed. fiepregarati"m, there
fore. OF iine Russia leather. - well known
for IL quality and for IL peculiar smell. i
a process which cOrriaue~ - remain eXclu-
Siyclv with thu artisans oi that CGuutrv.-
The lide> are first put into a weak aka
line Icy - loosen the hair, and then
scrpad on beam then. If calves are re-
du"sd iy dn-S cXcr-mcuI. = sollr oatmeal
ir-nch. aad taured th great care and
frequent handling The bank used i ;hat
ri the willow. sometime. mixed with that
"f the birch tree int. skins are generally
dy.d red and black tie former color j.
.;ven with alum aaa Brazil wood black l.
Il, pi with the acctat~ "t ron and lo-wood
Birch bark oil l. generally applied ~ a
dressing: and IL smell ! much priz..d 81
II prevents The attack OF insects hen the
leather i u~,d Tor book binding The
>tr.aked or barred surface i given 10 the
leather Icy a very heavy steel cylinder
wound round with wires Il is remarkable
that. for making peculiar tiAd Of lea
Ther. as well ~ >heet-lron. Russia surpasses
all the rest q: the world
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

GIT RE4py FOR THE "CFys~s Man -
Next year will occur the great d.cennial
census of the United States. made by the
general government. Persons VII lie al,-
pointed tOg every locality III the states and
territories to gather statistics ci the inha-
bitants, and rf all the agricultural rroduc-
tIons. manufactures &c. Every cul!lVatoI
vii! be asked for a concise. accurate state
ment Of land occupied 10y him. the number
of acres and the amount Of each crop raised
during the year ending June. Nc. Those
who were called uucu in $50 viii doubt
less remember the difficulty experienced in
making up an accurate report II the varl
ous crops. As these reports will DE called
for in June. II will be necessary tn give in
the crops gathered this year. and the sug
gestion that we would now make IS, tha,
cultvators write down, while fresh in
mind. the number Of acres under cultiva-
ton, including the wheat, &c.. already ga
thered The number Of acres of each
kind, the amount per acre. and the gross
amount. viii he required. The milk pro
ducts also and the amount Of pork, beef,
&c will also be asked .or-lmcricQa lgri
,.pLur,SL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-11-12

A PREACHER lately said. in his sermon,
Let women remember while putting on
~ ar nrof,,eA and expepsiye attire. hQK.
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slE undersigned having purchased tie shop and stock
=" Orwell X Finley, where hc :uteDds 10 larry the
nus ntss ga more extensive scale. Tie has hand and
l. always III receipt ~ the best qualify at American ita
Han and Egyptian Marble for Head stones Tomb stones
Monuments Mrniie- Furniture sc. as lie has some Of
tii' The he feels
snred 'st lee can yet snSthnc in his in superb
style Together with os prices he feels assured ,La,
h- will give s those VIII" favor him with their
entire Satisfaction. ~
y. >" Orders from distance earnestly solicited and
Prn, " attended TO- JAMES WILLS.