The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-12-05
FROM EARLvILLE.
MAsTODON IN EARLvILLE.

the surface of the ground what would have been
pronounced by any scientific fool the limbs Of
some extinct animal, very much larger than the
elephant and called, for the want of better
name, Mastodon. But on looking at these ex.
humed limbs any one, in the light of comnon
sense, would discover at once that these apparent
limbs of the mastodon are more or less than
the petrfed limbs of some gnarled oak buried,
may be, centuries ago. This whole valley of the
Mississippi river, whore nature, in her haste,
seems to have dropped carelessly cities, villages
and hamlets, once the bed of the ocean, In
the terrible volcanic eruptions, when mountains
were fused and lava floods of gold rushed madly
through the gulches of the Pacific slope, the
Gulf of Mexico which then reached far to the
north of Illinois, separated from the land and
settled away south to its present oceanic limits,
and alluvial soil filled up the entire valley of the
Mississippi and gradually formed what are now
known as the prairies la digging anywhere on
these prairies, one is quite likely to find sunken
trees and disrupted rocks, piled in wild confu-
sion and buried deep under the surface soil If
one will observe the rivers and hills on the Pa
southwest toward the Pacific ocean On the
Atlantic slope the rivers aud hills both run south.
east toward the Atlantic ocean In the Missis.
sppi valley the rivers and hills upon either side
run southeast and southwest. and meet from
either side the great father Of waters When
this country, then, in fused state, and the
earth and ocean shaken by the terrible con.
,1oin ~ H..
TO the present bounds and the earth cooling off.
was left with the hills, gulches and rivers run
ming in the sans direction. la this wild confu-
sion Of earth and waters strange freaks and ir-
reSularstes ars seen produced all over this coun-
try. l am not about TO elaborate these crude
propositions. The FREE TRADER will no, SPARE
me the space TO do so. 1t is enough for the read
er to know that what say here is true. These
prairiss were formed precisely as herein indicted
SO, kind reader, when you may hereafter e1.
hume the petrifed limbs of trees, do not believe
them the limbs of some animal now extinct.
known among fools as the mastodon. No such
animal ever existed. No animal which ever did
exist Is nsp erti.c.
The petrifed limbs of the old tree sxhumed
BY Mr.. Lyons can be seen by any man, woman
Or child blessed with common sense, at the rooms
OF the Earlville Museum. Mr. Lyons is a man
OF very little book-earning, and yet he will sx-
plain to any antiquarian seeking knowledge I'm.
der difficulties the whole process Of the petrifac-
ton Of this old tree.
". T.. CHURCH
Rev. n. II. Plumb, late of Chicago, has charge
Of this church. Mr.. Plumb comes here we'll re-.
commended. and the citizens here generally &C.
cord to him talents of no ordinary character
The people OF Earlvilie have been for the past
few years nauseatsd with politics from all the
pulpi's in Earlvills, with the rare exception of
the Presbyterian pulpit If Mr.. Plumb looks
after sinners, who need repentance, whether
democrats or republicans, he will gather togsth.
er, like good shepherd, the now scattered sheep
OF his flock, and bring other stray sheep into the
fold. 1t is really hoped that his christianity is
OF the kind which will enable him to feel that .
Grant and Davis need alike divine grace, and
that democratic and = republican sinner must
be saved, If saved at all, by the atoling blood Of
Jesus Christ. Mr.. Plumb is good talksr, and
- far has behaved we'll
j. c. CRO0KER, ESQ.
This distinguished lawyer and gentleman is
about to Start on tour of inspection and obser.
walton into what was once known as the South
ern Csnfsderacy, $50 called" Mr.. Creoksr is a
gentleman of liberal education, free from politi.
cal prejudice, and we'll qualified to see things as
they exist down South. No doubt southern gem
tlemsa will afford Mr.. Croker ample opportuni.
ties for making his tour pleasant and useful.
JAMES r. BoozEL,
Of Earl when sober, is one of our best citizens.
When whisky is out of him good sense is in him,
and he is then kind husband and affectionate
father. But when whisky is in, he is absolutely
ugly, really insane. Last week he was examined
before II. A. Chase, Esq, on charges preferred
by his wife, and committed to county Jail.
James, YOU ought to do better You know bet.
ter Quit whisky entirely Will you do it?
BOOTS AND Shoes
Higgins Bros. run boot aud shoe store at
Mendoza, and also enc at Earlvills, in No. 8
Union Block. Tho store here in Earlville is fill.
ed with one of the best stocks in La Sallo coun-
ty. priced boots and shoes at Child j. Bro.s,
in Ottaws, and also at several shops in Chicago,
and find can buy at this store twenty-five per
cent less than in Ottawa or Chicago. If ladies
want . nice boot, go to Higgins, at No. 8 Union
Block. know what I say to be true. Buy at
the only regular boot and shoe store in Earlville