The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-03-23
Meeting Of the Trustees OF the In.
0MstriDl GniNcrsify.

SACCuhns VI tGe hFuStecS the 8ns
dustriDl University.
As announced last week, the Trustees of the
Industrial University met at Springfield on the
18th. All but six Of the members were present.
Gov. Oglesby was appointed temporary chairman
and Mr. Rae secretary pro tenn. On the first bal
lot for Regent the vote stood: For Prof John
NJ. Gregory, of Kalamazoo college, Michigan, IL;
FOR }. l.. Pickard of Chicago, ) ; for d. j. Pinck-
ney of Ogle county, ) blank l. On the second
ballot the vote stood: Gregory 90: Picknev 4 ::
blank l. On motion of Mr. Pickrel Mr. Greg
DRY was declared unanimously elected.
After appointing several standing committees
the election OF treasurer os the University was
proceeded with.
resolution was adopted fixing tn. amount Of
his bond at S3O0.0O0. after which the baloting
proceeded. the candidates being the Hon. c. S.
Griggs and Thomas a Cosgrove, OF Champaign,
. and John w. Bum, of Springfield Sixteen votes
were necessary TO choice. Under resolution
OF the Board, seven ballots were taken fuctuating
between ten and fifteen on either side before a
selection was made. On the seventeenth ballot,
John W. Bum, Esq, received seventeen votes
and was declared duly elected On motion of
Mr. Cunningham, of Champaign, his election
was declared unanimous
Rev. John NJ. Gregory, l.. l.. d., who was elect
ed Regent, is reported 10 be man Of distinguish
ed ability and an educator of high rank He
held for several successive terms the post of state
superintendent oJpublic. instruction in Michigan,
was for several years member of the Board of
Regents of the University of Michigan and re-
Gently has filled the presidency of Kalamazoo
Baptist College in the same state.
Mr.. Bum is well known to most of our readers
as the efficient and gentlemanly treasurer of the
State agricultural Socety.-,Pri. Farmer
PURITY OF CHARACTER.-Over the beauty of
the plum and apricot there grows bloom and
beauty more exquisite than the first fruit itself
"A soft delicate flush that overspreads the cheek
Now, if you strike your hand over that it is at
once gone forever, II never grows but once. The
flower that hangs in the morning. impearled with
dew--arrayed as no queenly woman was ever ar
rayed with iewes-once shake it, 50 that the
beads roll OF, and YOU may sprinkle water over
il as you please, get it can never be made again
what it was when tine dew fell silently upon it
from heaven. On frosty morning YOU NAV see
the panes Of glass covered with landscapes,
mountains, lakes, and trees blended in beautiful
fantastic pictures. Now Law your hand on the
glass, and by the scratch of the finger, or the
warmth Of the palm, all the delicate tracery will
be obliterated. So there is III youth beauty
and purity Of character which when once touch
ED and detiled can never be restored a fringe
more delicate than frost work, and which, when
torn snd broken, will never be re-embroidered
A man who has spotted and soiled his garments
III youth. though he may seek to make them
white again, can never wholly do it, even were
he TO wash them with tears When Young man
leaves his fathers house with the blessing Of his
mothers kiss still wet upon his forehead if he
once loses thaDpurity Of character it il loss
tina. be can never make whole again. Such is the
consequence of crime Its effects cannot be era
dicated-it can only De- forgiven.
THE Coon On TMEs-A catalogue Of
great European frosts has been published from
which it would seem ii the glacial period in
Europe reed not 10 have indefinitely remote in
the past, after all. Some of the experiences of
the Middle Ages have not baen matched since. in
this line The last time the Thames was frozen
over at London, was in lS4S. This has occurred
four times in the present century viz. in 1913
1920. 1923 and 1898. From older times. we have
notice of only very remarkable froft. which in
the eighteenth century occurred six times, viz
in l7OS. April of 1909 l7i6 1;40, 1,SS, and l.94
At the second of these dates the Mediterranean
froze at Genoa and Leghorn; in the third the
Thames was used as solid pavement from Nov
gath to Feb. 9th, and during the same term. to
dav. in 14l3 In 1868, the Thames was frozen
for more than three months and in 1894 a
frost continuing 80 DAYS froze the rivers in Italy
In 1922 the Hellespont was frozen.
The CHRISTIAN SoIDIER-After the battle
of Gettysburgh. soldier lay in house by the
roadside, dying ma general drove up to
the door. His orderly took his horse He got
of. went in and sat down by the dying mans
side Taking out little book he read from it.
Lot not your heart be troubled; in my fathers
house are many mansions He then knelt
down and offered up prayer to God for the
dying soldier. Arising from his knees, he bent
over kissed him, and said, with loving accents.
Capt C., We shall meet in Heaven" He
then rode off That General was Major General
Howard, of Maine y Nioor's Anecdoter of the
War.
IMITATION SPONGE CAKE.-Two good size
cups sugar three eggs, !, cup butter, I, cup Of
sweet milk, /, cup cold water, three cup -four,
two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar one of soda
Mace. nutmeg or lemon to suit your taste. Beat
sugar, butter and cream tartar IN the -four, stir
all together and bake in two lOaves
ARE Iou SATISrIED-To pay for pound of
; Saleratus and get only II or Is ounces If not
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