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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24
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A Fast Man in Bankrup tcy

John W, Steel familiarly known as
"Jonln!yI y =. Steel, and ,sao1mnewhatA ION : dis
tinguished as an" oil prince" having
for 9 considerable length of>time en-
jjoyed the priueelYi income sof,s2; 600
per day, recently filed in the United
States District Court q voluntary ipI,ie9i pe9.
tition in Bankruptcy. Many. of our
readers will remember the romantic,
history of his exploits in the East,
published some time, ago, during
which he s. reported TO have squan-
dered several hundred thousand dol
lars. After having4f,sowad his! wild
OATS" and losing hisoi farm, hefound
himself in rather straigh htened circum-
STANCES, and. I'd, n vas recently compelled
to earn 2 living by driving an oilteanEi
His Indebtedness; as seto forth Iii n his
petition, amounts to over $100, 900.
Some Of; the items are qpite, heavy, a
few. of which, we notes 10 Henry w.
KenagA of fhet Girard House, Philar
delphia, he owes $19S24 to William
AT Galbraith, attorhey-at-lswy,n1 ~ Erie, E i e.
$40, 900; J, E. Caldwell 50 Co.. Rhila-
delphia, for jewalry, S5,S05 - ohno ID.
Jones; for Harness,$f, ,2s9; VIM. II otrn
& Co., for cigars, $562;; H.. Coniin,
PshhilIadelphia, Phi liquors, s3024; Pheian.
g. Calender PhiladeIphia, for billiard
tables, 81 ,50051te an unknown credil
tor, for oil paintings, $1,000 ITO the a &C.
count fol! hats, $1,000. a considerabtle
amount Of his, Indebtedness ,is,4for
money borrowed. notes, judgments,
&c.d When seJohnny'' took a notion
oirent d hotel fora few days he would
dosso, and whenever he saw anything
that pleased hisifanoy nhei was bound
to have it,2iregsrdlsss of cost Per-
hapse no man IN the fJU.hited States
ever squandered as mu ch money in.
the same space of jtime.-Pittsburgh
Coma,es'cjGL. L.InsSA h Isi75q@
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24
Does the Laboring Man Pay Taxes?

Does the Laboring Man Pay Taxes?
u Radical legislation irequifes the con-
Lsumer tospsy all taxes. It takes
1.-The hatoon your head. z.ioiisf3-:o
$! The boots on your feet, ~ a.'a
.naThecclothes on your person. =
The food you eat, i'i''h' ''t-'' ~
pr The tea and coffee you drink. 'f'li
b The pot tits cooked in, o';-1
9d The cup you drink it out Of; . ~ ~
/ The implements of your farm. :
Pn The tools you work With. i'i''v7
b The paPef you wriite:onn, ~i8 3...'.
rs The pen and ink you use, .''''
+ The papers and books you read.
+ The furniture in Your house, '',''
II9nFhe gas or oil you burn, 20 ,''''
fnu The coal y6d consume, 3-'.'
1.-The Stove you burn it in, ~ i2'
94The match you light it with, 'l
The medicine you take, ~ '1H .
The tobacco You smoke.
i'' The pipe you smoke i, il in. = - i"1 -,
The dishes On 81 your table, 49,; a5,
'slAA y'65a eat 66ff them. q * : -
: The labodring man man Of the country
| Who owns owns a little house and lot
which he has earned by toiling from
early morn till night, pays State tax
county tax, school tax, road tax upor
lit, while his next door neighbor, who
fis,ia bohdholder, owning $4,000 il
bonds, pays no taxes whatever, draws
interest in gold, laughs at his mor'
unfortunate neighbor who has hi
money in little home. If the mas
ses of the 1aboring men desire equa
taxation of every species of property
according to its realsNalue7-Govern
ment bonds and otherI securities in
cluded; if . they want, one currenc,
| for the Government and the people
] the laborer and the .office-holder, tn
i pensioner and the, soldier, the produ
j GER and the lhond+holder they will no
vote the Radical tieket-that is Ger
tain Fef9.IfI -idt n fap..ivvg3 7rit
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24

ear off with such ease, that the animal
does mot not know NOV he is one ear short un-
I'll he puts his forefoot up to scratch
It ii. Only there, surely, are the thieves
SO cute that they drew a walnut log
right right out 6f its bark, and left five
sleepy watchers all nodding as they
sat astride q tunnel of walnut wood
rind.-North British Rerietr.- q
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24

Diamonds were first. brought, from
the EasfwhGfe the fiiine OF Stibnlpour
Was thei first know, Iand Swhsre the
mines Of Golconda were hfsti discovai
ered i i9 the year l65Ai THOSE OF Brazil
- ntffSSf ff .iss4siu' ad' qots bue sloE'
.Elsjax u 80 laiAl neiJgenn sa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24
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- ~O11-O1SAlS8- DAOEeI AiSOW Il Was
1EY FQgsI 9aisE
Old Birch who taught the village school
Welded mute of homespun habit:
He was as stubborn as a mule.
And she as playful as rabbit,
Peor Kate had scarce become wife,
BEFORE her husband sought to make Der
nha1anK,T dbuntry fpofiEhed Hfe;1 =
And prime and formal as Quaker.
One day her tutor went abroad,
And simple Kitty sadly missed him;
FYhep he returned, behind her lord y q
> " She slowly stole and fondly Kissed hime&
The husbands anger roset-and red
And white his face alternate grewi
Less Freedom, ma am i''-Kate 81 ighed and said
oh dearI didn't know twas your
-
xCGHR BETTER doMESTs.
Life has its moments
OF beauty and bloom;
But they hang like sweet roses
On the edge of the tomb.
m.f4k Rae<sinee they bring Hss Z
As lowly as brief;
They meet us when happy
AND lsaye us in griefsE -
e q Ahsftd Ahass Of IKE morning II tl
Tinging the sky,
Come on the sunbeams.
SsSse 80 e - And OF with them Ay, rs.t,,.
e sss = sssd 3 saishadowss of evening ' z''f s.
<sss Hang soft on the shore
Darkness enwraps them,
We see them more.
20 i,,.,sso LIES better moments
In brilliance appear,
Dawning in beauty,
Il q Z euFj9urneE 70 cheer q
Round US they linger.
Like shadows of even;
Would that we, like them
Could melt into heaven!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24

MES ependetheir liyss in the service
Of their passions. Instead Of employ
ing their passions in the service oftheirl
hves;r-sStssle. I'd OF # tasmUY7g1 1o 5Izti
-AeN Nsr,o-% - 2ifed .Ir1ibEA sdt yo
s. ,a.sy.s'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24
New Dictionary.


Some Eastern schoolbook publish
ers are understood to be preparing a
new dictionary with the latest defini-
tions. A few examples win suffice to
show what the language is coming
Eto!- ahl 40 Hufl ii%t5It s. -f--.EIs
50 Q 7PEAcE.-A standing armyt to enforce
disfranchisement upon white tax-pay
ersywhile nonrtaxpaying negroes dc
the voting and governing. - 'o'''' 10
b. IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE.-One basis o1
suffrage. in the North, but a different
basis in, the South 5EiJomV2oi 9ii !"
+. MoNEY.-For the workingman, me.
chanic and plowholder, treasury notes
for then bondhelder, gold and silver
coin. .dl1uHIcC II III 81 n9H4 orit
EcoNoMF.-Fiye hundred millions
d year for Federal expenses = ...
LIBERTY Admitting . negroes to
the elective franchise. ~ ~ ~
EetAL1rYAThe result Of deprify5inrqg ing
white men of the right to vote. 'a'J g
BALANCE OF PowEFR.--Enablinga
three millions of negroes Sa' to O. WELD
greater political power than eighteen
millions of white men ''s 'i''''
The diving bell first used in
Europe in the ygar1 500. Il I6mas used
.ealtheYeoast of Mullsin searching for
the wreck 5ofla part of the famous
Spanish Armada, sometime before the
year 1869. :rig9gI. s.if RI. j.
GLASS bottles were first made in
England, about 1858. The art Of ma
king glass Bottles and drinking glasses
was, known to the Romans in the year
79, AN, as they: have been found in
r,D sFissfs..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24

g,IHE New York Coatser, an inde-
pendent Journal thus pictures the in
evitab9IIef future, should, Grant be 4 elect
ed "Atour present rate Of national
living we.lwillnsoon come ito a sets
thing day and have nothing left for for It It
but to stick the Il I sheriff s. flag out ,lteo Of
the window Of the Capitol and sell
out the national real and personal -ess
tatefor the benefit of whom it may
coticetaiD .sPz Uiuaa y9IJ ono yT4f5
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-24
IT is matter Of small moinent, Say: Z az

1T is aifnatter of small moiiient, say 3
the Phi1ad delphia A gs, whether 4Genler-, +,
q Grant ant is. q good soldierIor a ppor
one. y This is. not the question the
people desire to have. answered Just
now. z The popular query is, :. what
is srlhiss his policy? what course. will he
pursue. if eleeted?R TO this d query
the General gives the emphatic reply,
in his letter, of acceptancs, %'eI viii
have nave no policy Of my own. aniisa
.iIHNvB knocked You down, I have
beaten You, have spit in yonr throat,
I have picked yeur, pocket, N says the
trooly loil man, and now if youswill
beattn back again, or attempt to de-
prive me Of my hard earned gains, /
will crx ont, revolution, and every
body who zisn'tla rebel and b traitor
and Q bloody ,revolutionist and o dis
loyal man and q repudiatienist will
fly to my rescues a Let usthaveIpeaee; I;
and now, my good frfendy fof 6notHsr
dig at your purse. "a Wrorld. ?ai d2u91h
HN pFn +Ftt- II SfIi Z 4 ,TnHcgQ5 gNt 4
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27
FROM MISSION.

PoLITICAL.-This town, which is one of the
strongholds of republicanism in the county.
and formerly had Edward Teal or some other
man as her Supervisor, elected one legged
democratic soldier-Daniel Mason-in his stead
this spring, and Everything is lovely" Short
ly after the nomination of Grant and Cofax the
republican gentry held grand yat-tie. ,ie.kay-
slun meeting, which was SO mcagerly attended
that it was justly called "grand fzzle." But
IL such name could, with propriety, be given to
hM meeting what name should be attached to
the meeting held by them on the 10th inst,
called for grand rally" to further the cause
of republcani.m for then only five ''loils''
showed their hand and went out Five sorrow
full defenders of the faith went to the school
house in Norway, and had their rally by
peeping in and walking away nearly If not per.
fectly disheartened. I understand that A. b.
Moore, from Ottawa, would soon appear among
them. but if so have no doubt he will be met
on the square by the democracy and ecery speech
ans,cered The Democrats HAYS organized n
club at this place and hold regular meetings
every three weeks, their next being July 1th
1868. Their last meeting was June 30 and a
rousing good time was had. Everything indi.
Gates fully determined increasing and further.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27
LELAND.

HONE AT LAsT!"-nr. Daniel Richardson
has returned home from hs trip to Iowa, and has
made preparations for opening warehouse
within 30 miles Of the Gather of waters" and
run it in connection with his warehouse in this
place; he is good thorough going citizen and
it is 70 be hoped will succeed in his new enter.
prise There are but three grain buyers here and
Mr.. Richardson is one of item, while the Others
are Mr.. Oakfcld and Rev. frank Dale.
MARKETs.-Since my last little grain has ap-
peared in our midst, somehow, owing principally
to The fact that the farmer. were too busy to
haul it in, yet buying is nov brisk. Corn ran
ges from 80 to S211s; wheat, SITS; oats 80 cts. ;
butter, per ID, 2Oc; eggs, 14c.
| SCHooI.-This term of our public school will
close on Friday, July 3D., for two weeks. The
Normal drill of teachers, by school superinten.
dent j. M. Day, will be held at this place for
two weeks, commencing Aug. 4th. Many arc
expected to attend, and good time is anticpa.
ted. Every teacher, or person DESTROYS of be.
coming SUCH ought to attend these means of
improvements as they are of incaloulable benefit.
l think it would be well for them to discuss
this question at their meeting: hesolged, that
compulsory means should be used in requiring
attendance Of pupils ut schools, until twelve
years of age.
think the plan of compulsory education u
good, sound, practicable and necessary one, and
should, of necessity, be incorporated as part of
our system of education. .G CA
FEsTIvAL.--The NJ. L. church held q grand
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27

ing of the interest of the plowholders. TIL
meeting was addressed by J. Ivor Montgomery
of Leland. Some republicans anticipated fail
ure of this as we'll as their own meeting, bJ
were doomed to disappointment, as they will I
Nov. 9Th, or thereabouts. With "Billy" SheI
man On the democratic ticket, or Pendleton,
some other good statesman, and the fnanci|
scheme Of the latter gentleman as part OF Il
platform, we would surely succeed in electid
them by overwhelming majOrities.
PolsoN.-A man named Conklin, living NED
here, had his two cows poisoned on Friday evI
ming Of last week by some malicious perso|
The case is somewhat strange and excites son
stir in the immediate vicinity. Mr.. Conklin
good neighbcr and respectable citizen, al
whoever it was that would thus murder Il
only cattle Of a hard working, honest ma
should smart for it if ever discovered and col
victed.
AMPUTATION.-Rev. Mr.. Extrand, scldi
in the union army during the late war, had o
OF his legs amputated on Sunday last. T
cause was wound received while in the arr
DR.. Bowers of Norway, assisted by Drs FIR,
man and Sweetland Of Newark, performed t
operation. The case is a severe one and 4
Rev. Mr.. Extrand is fine gentleman and 1
spected minister.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27

STATE DEBT--The State Treasurer of III.
inois has Just transmitted to New York S240,-
600 to pay the July interest of o, state debt,
a part of which interest is payable in London
and must be paid in gold The total debt of
the state is now $6,400,O00 With our pres.
ent taxation this debt could be wiped out in
three or four years with an economical admin.
lstration of the state government but with a
few more legislatures like the last, appropri-
ating four millions for state house, half n
million for penitentiary, &c, SC, our state
debt, instead of being paid off in half a dozen
years, will be duplicated.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27
County Fair,

We publish to-day, commencing on the first
page of this ISSUE full list of the officers,
Rules and Regulations, and the Premium List
of the next Fair of the La Sale County Agri,
cultural Society. The fair will commence on
Tuesday, the 22d of September, and continue
four days. The Premium List, it will be seen,
is unusually full and liberal, and the manage.
ment placed in the most competent hands
The season promises to be a highly favorable
one, so that, if half the interest that this an
nual exposition of our industrial progress
ought to excite is given to it, there.is no rea-
son in the world why our next county fair
ought not to be a splendid success
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27
Soldiers Convention TO-DAY,

Our Democratic exchanges for a week or
two past have been full of the proceedings Of
soldiers conventions in all parts OF the state,
to appoint delegates to the great Conservative
Soldiers and Sailors Convention to be held in
New York City on the I'd of July. To the
dismay of the Grant-radicas, these conven-
lions are surprisingly well attended, and the
resolutions they adopt eminently "disloyal "
meaning always of course, by the term 4" dis
loyal opposition to radcalsm.
The convention at Ottawa to-day, though
professedly but a delegate convention COM
posed of representations from the different
counties in this congressional district, prom
Uses to assume the proportions of a grand CIV
ilian mass convention. Delegates in large
numbers give notice of their purpose to be
present from Will, Kankakee, Grundy and
other countless and from our own county near
ly every town claims the privilege of sending
delegations. Let them come and have good
time. If the court house is too small to ac-
commodate the crowd, it can adjourn to the
open air. Soldiers are afraid of neither fresh
air or sunshine. Let as many as can get to-
gether before noon meet in the Court House
yard and form in a procession to the depot to
meet the delegations to arrive on the trains at
70: 40.
The convention will organize at the Court
House at 2 o'clock p. NJ.
There will be speaking both during the af.
ternoon and in the evening.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27
More " Reconstruction" Middle.

Gen. Grant has approved the order recently
issued by Gen. Buchanan, at New Orleans, for
bidding the assembling of the legislature of
that state, and the organization of the state
government under the black and tan constitu-
ton, until next November. Gen Grant puts
his approval on the ground that no state or
ganization in Louisiana can take place under
the reconstruction laws of congress until that
state IS admitted into the union; vet the
"Omnbus bill just passed makes it " fun
damental condition of the admittance of the
state that its Legislature shall first have rat
flied the 18th article amendment to the con-
stitutlon. Here's fix. Grant SAYS the state
can't organize before it is admitted, and con-
gress says 1t can't be admitted before it is Or
gained and does certain things But what are
constitutions and laws when they stand in the
way of radical purposes Some "Bureau
agent" in Louisiana will be found in due time
to Issue an order that will make it all right.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27
Small and Mean,

1t happens that secret political organiza-
ton in our city, known as Post of the Grand
Army of the Republic, is the only tangible
organization of soldiers now among us, and
that therefore to the keeping of this body has
been committed number of battle flags and
other trophies Of right the property of all the
soldiers of this county. A few days ago, a
committee appointed at a meeting of the con-
sentative soldiers of this city made respect
full request of " Post No." &C., for the loan
of certain flags in its possession, to be used at
the Soldiers Convention to-day. The request
was insultingly refused, on the ground that
the convention to-day was a political gath
ering, &c. pi
Was it made an objection to the use of the
same flags because the occasion was "polit-
ical " one when, two years ago, not only the
flags in question, but the "Grand Army y
itself turned out and paraded our streets in
honor of Lyman Trumbull and John A. Logan,
who came here to harrangue our people in
support of the black republican party Or
were the flags refused on account Of" politics.
on dozen other occasions when they were
displayed at radical meetings?
Who and what are the Grand Army of the
Republic p! A secret political organization, at
present under command of the notorious ex-
traitor Gen. John A. Logan, and used wholly
in the interest of the radical party Not one
fifth of the returned soldiers of the union are
members of the organization. In this city,
where there are at least 500 returned soldiers,
it has dwindled down, we are told, to less than
100 members, of whom the larger and more &C
tive portion are hundredazers." This organ
ization puts on airs and talks insultingly to
the 5000 conservative veterans of La Sale
county! N
1t is to this organization that the ladies of
the late Soldiers Aid Society propose, on the
4th of July, to present another batch of battle
flags, memorials, trophies, &c. . Far be it
from us for a moment to question the purity
or praiseworthiness of their intentions but we
submit whether the recipients are worthy of
the trust. 1t is to be hoped, at least, that the
ladies will annex such conditions to the pre-.
sentation as shall not exclude the possibility
of these patriotic relics yet reverting to til,
keeping OF an organization, hereafter to be
formed, more worthy Of the charge.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27
"A Lie Well Stuck to-" &c.

neighboring little country sheet, remark.
ing on the denial in our last, that the democrats
IN or out of congress ever opposed any meas
urc intended to promote the war, says, {" that
the democrats in congress voted for every dol
lar of appropriations to support the war is
known +" be entirely unture.
If this thing is so well "known,' whv does
not the editor produce the proof! A month or
two ago, we gave the proof, in an article cop
led from the Rock Island Aryus and in which
date and page of the Congressional Globe was
referred to for every statement, that the above
assertion, so far as it referred to Mr.. Pendle-
ton, was utterly false, but, on the contrary,
that Mr.. PendletOn had voted for every war
appropriation while he held seat in CON
gress; and the same references prove the like
statement true of all other democrats in con-
grcss, for they all voted with Mr.. Pendleton.
Let the little country sheet before us, or any
other radical sheet repeating this falsehood,
prove its statement by reference to page and
date Of the Congressional Globe Mr.. Cook
has doubtless supplied the editor with CON-
plete file.
But no such proof will be given, because it
cannot. 1t is, as we said in our last, stale,
false charge 1t is not true even of Vallandig-
ham or Dan VOORHEES,, as Connecticut editor
found to his cost during the recent canvass in
that state, when, having made the change in
a New Haven paper, Mr.. Voorhees, happened
to be there and made speech the next eve
ming, and nailed the lie so etfectually to the
counter that the Connecticut editor next day
was compelled to make a shame-faced and
humilating correction of the false statement.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-27

ALUM SPRING.-Mr. J. S. Morehead of Yer
milionville in this county, exhibited to us II
few days ago bottle of water, taken from a
flowing spring which he uncovered in digging
for coal, said water being impregnated appar-
emily to saturation with alum. The spring is
located within a hundred rods of the oil! well
near Vermilionville. As alum is a salt of con-
siderable value, being largely used in the arts,
Mr.. M. is not without hope that his discovery
is of some importance The ordinary alum of
commerce is a sulphate of alumnia and pot
ash or other alkali, and is extracted by a
somewhat tedious process from mineral
found in many parts of the world, called alum
slate, or alum stone. Water percoiatng
through this slate or stone is always more or
less impregnatcd with the alum, and has the
subacid astringent taste of the water shown
us by Mr.. Morehead Doubtless, by tracing
his spring to its source, Mr.. NJ. will find a
stratum or quarry of the alum slate or stone of
which alum is made. but whether it will pay
to erect alum works to bring it into use, wiser
heads than ours must determine.