The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-05-05
Another Investigation.
WHAT Paddy MURPHY HAD IN HIS BOTTLl


No. lG6 Cove street. but you will not hndi
from anything in that useful voluInn' that!
Mr. Patrick, oitencr called Paddy, Muir.
phv was resident Of that place. 1t ist
however and has been ever since the
Utilitarians destroyed Half Moon place.
been his former home. Paddy is queer
fellow: and because he is queer. mysteri-1
Gus and eccentric and minds his Own busri
iness, his ncighbors and the police have
been, for some time past, watching hims
but the very circumstance that they coulI
disc o.er nothing inconsistent with honor
and hOnesty in his demeanor. was calcuS
lated t. intensity their curiosity. Several
old crones, mon ami women, put theirs
heads together al after M lch gibbering:: =
they appointed 'conmit!y, cOsisting OF
Biddv Covode, Nancy Mcila,kin and jus
dy q Hickman. to watch Psddys move
men,s The poor fellow was ignorant alp
the while, that he was the object OF suspis
cion, and therefore walked out to his lHzS
Tor in the morning ana rctu'ucf 70 inS-s
rest in the evening, "a uncoucern"e'iy-
one happy in the belief salvation. Afteff1
several days and nights of peering, RiddE
Covode saw something So she said tos
Mistress McIIaskin. What was il, agraw E
earnestly enquired Judy u lick man. lies
have bottle in his right hand and suthlIl-
in ,other when he went III fornlnst me-
face last night, says Biddy. And what,
was in the bothie, acushla? asked Judy &
quite short Of breath. The dIvil o one
me knows. says Biddy but ',wasnt holy
wath+r tanv rat. I'll - bail YOU for5
that, observed judy Hickman with q
pious smerk, III 90 bail YOU twasn tt
But VIC ought u find ont what Is III IL, sos
We ought observed Mrs. Cnvode, as she
rested her elbow, on her knees aud set
tied her Two jOwl- in her two hands. The
three hays now determined, after the style
of oar state and national committees, TO
push their cnguiii,. To- the fullest and 10
get al til. mysterious bottle and It's con-
tents 50 they called witnesses from the
right and the left until nearly all the peo
pie in Cove Cont wrr. III = row before the
investigators The iifst person irtcrroga
ted was Mr. Wintrcd clamsh-li, and the
first question asked this Ion. widow
what do YOU Ton alvin threw her into
ra.c .Athcn. bad nIanncr 10 yez =
Don I conIinipt the commItty, shouted
Ms tnvodc in a congressional tone; don
contimy, the commiity, ! tell ", or YOU
may find Yourself in . saiious throub!e
II i fair To- say that the carnes,ne,s and
firmn..~s ot Biddy manner unn"rved poor
Mr. tlam>h.il somewhat aud she finally
answered that an. took in wA>lin Very
Nell said Mr,. - ilIck man. do YOU know
L ,duy Murphy VINO lives IN thi- court -
Mu~iia ami what wrd b- doing with
hiu nI-ckly responded the wi'nc~s. Ans
w"r the question, tell YOU, bawied Nan
~ MctiaSkIn aud isic poor worIan with
fear and trembling, and two big tears
trickl:nc down her tanned checks. NUT
tered. l. II the poor nan that docs be
coming hou.,S.rv night wid bottle IN
his hand 'vr iis nights rest! You kDOa
tbs responded Mr. toyoie sharply. and
,eli Us what IN the bottle directly. DO
y"u take me for q clarcvynt, that ! could
tell what would bc In i bottle IN another
person hand. without smelling nv it,-
r-turtcd the witness. with anxir oi injured
innocence. 80 ~. " ,tIt riu.I- NJ Your ar
tmrewnartins Mrs cLim.hell, If YOU don
want L. t.. II u what was III the bottle, YOU
needn't tut IL il be better tor Your char
ackt.r /: y0u will But do YOU suppose
! know what IN the poor mans bottle al
the time, r'p.ied the witness, III a iow Key
-' Icl! IT, what i Ia Il at any time, d-uiaii-
dad Mrs toyode '>kdltiG-cn Was III II last
Micharima-- tiIc night ! WAS over tiier~.
that litti- Nary Ann MAS bora. which WAS
what took me I" th.. Murphys 1T all
" Stop Ml>thr-.s tlam>hell. don coniInIpt
the cutnmitty, don / tell us what y"u went
70 Paddy Murphy tur To see, hut tell us
what was IN th. both. &c We make
nothin. in Ireland of calling to see a sick
crstnur Yer asking nae such queer things.
! WAS .':":,rd of my char .,rkt.r If dIdn I
tell ycz all During tins last speech th.
tirc.. women and the cat which, through
tear, hpd Cra,,ied into Mrs. Judy> lap. put
th.ir heads together. a> IT III consultation.
At length Mrs tovod", who was bonn in
thi. cuuutry which will explain her IL
noranc.. asked. And what on earth is
.Scathlc.nr och, inuti.r. Il the witness
in ,l..rision, and every bystander roareu
Silence, shouted Nancy MclIa.klns,
the q ,.s,i n is proper one, and | repeat
II 'wh,, j. >cathle.n: 1t IL nourI>h,nent
e. mother, a a. ou!d in ireland. WAS
ia odd reply. and good 1t Is for them,
responded every old woman among the
spectators.
:. Ir ,th. and il i, continued the witness,
. and twouidn | nurt 4 s!n gle woman atiIer
If she had wakencss or bad coli
Well. we'll, well what are the ingredients
on it; ncrvOusly exclaimed Mrs Judy
The what for the poor woIuan had
never heard a word SO long as that before
The nc,adi'nts-what is 'Skalihleen
made ov ? rrp at,d Judy. och. and
the crowd broke out again, och sur,
il is very simple The iuil OF YOUR fist o
caraway seeds. the squeeze OF a iiinuu. and
a couple of pe-ls OF an inion, hall a I,ouno
ot loaf sugar 4 quart Of whiskey stirred y
pint of water Ihi-, trend, is SKAL1HLES,
SAID the witness. in Il hurried air and quite
out of breath. The three women put thei
heads I. e tlrr again and the cat added his
and af er much whispering and a .ilenc,
which was painful to endure, Mrs. Covod,
spoke, And that Is Skultheen =" fis
responccd Mrs. Clam>hcli. "Aud that is
what Paddy Murphy had in the bottle
inInirinsly sneercd Mrs McIIa-kins. 'Iis,
WAS the responcc. The committy vii
Q annie no more witnesses, t'-Ga.;, will
arful Emphasis on today. as FIT mean
some ing,-bawled Mis- . Hickman, ant
aS sh. lose .he uncon>, iou>ly threw TIA.
g ,ntiding cat into the street Go Oft :
she repeated. "the d"mmitty is satisfied
and thus e, ded this in9uny in.o u neigh
bors tusincss i'll Cove Court-Bosto,
Courier
TAN BAEK FOR PorAroES-This suhiec
is brought before the farmers of England
10y communication III the Mark l.aH,
Express. The writer claims tnirty-iv,
years practice in this matter He doe.
not cut his potatoes for setting: Iut set.
them whole, and the largest he can select
1h" rows are 30 inches from each othel
and the potatoes are Put nine inches apart
The lend is rlowed only ei.h. inche
deep, treads the manure firmly in the fur
rows, puts in the tubera and covers them
with tan refuse. nine inches deep intead o
eartliing un. In this way he reports tha
in 1857 he raised 67j bushels of potatoe.
not a rotten one among thsEl-tO the
acre, with nothing but waste tan for u co
vering This is of great inportance, tn.
tan refuse being of little or no value, and
if it can be used to so great an advantas,
in this case. it should be widely know