The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-07-25
FROM EARLvILLE.
WEATHER..

""o J"se oecu lhore than not here. One Is IN
| clined to adopt the description OF Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, laid down in his .Autocrat Of he
BredkJda Table. He advises one, when the heat
is 81 to 100 deg. Fahrenheit, to take a LARGE
water melon, cut it in two in the middle evils.
cerate it, and, dressed in the regular Adamic
suit. sit down in one half of the shell and nut
the other half on the head, and then and there
quietly eat the pulp. If the melons were ripe.
one had better adopt this experiment 1t could
do one no hurt, internally or externally The
cooling process going on at both extremities at
the same time, certainly has the advantage of the
old and usual process If the heat continues
let it be tried, at any rate. We had little
shower last week, which laid the dust and cooled
off the heat little, but not enough 10 render
the weather even endurable on the broad naked
prairies. 1t is really sitting at times.
CROPS.
Wheat is supposed to be quite beyond the
reach OF rust, and those other numerous Ills 70
which wheat is heir. 1t would seem 10 be settled
that there cannot fail to be an abundant crcp Of
wheat in this section Of country this year
Some few fields are cut and being cut now. The
berry is fine and the heads well filed Jonas K.
Boozel, Esq. has one of the finest fields of wheat
in Earl. He is neat farmer; knows what kind
OF soil Is best adapted TO wheat. and does not
usually fail Of getting crop. Barley, oats and
flax are heavy. 1t would seem tina, the farmers
are to be peculiarly blessed this year with an
abundance OF everything 1t is no use to de.
scribe corn. 1t looks bully. Never was there so
much planted, and never did it promise so heavy
yield. Providence seems to be dealing lavish.
ly with the farmers this year. One can positive.
ly put his ear to the ground and hear audibly
the rustic and murmur of the growing corn. He
can distinctly hear it grow. Have talked with
farmers from La Sale, DeKalb and Lee coun.
ties. and find them all in fine feather. They
feel good.
GRIZZLIES
The unfortunate children who were frozen in
Minnesota last winter were here on exhibition
on Thursday. July 10th. One boy has lost both
legs and both arms. The other boy has los.
both legs. The little girl is manned. These
little children twelve TO fifteen and arc tray.
cling alone The history OF their freezing has
been given in full in the journals OF the day.
Suffice it to say. they were kindly received here,
and their net income for the evening amounted
to some $lOO. Some gave them as high as 81
apiece. They are really objects of charity, and
money given to them is only 40 much loaned to
the Lord. They ask no admission fee. All 20
in without paying, and go out if they please,
without paying. No one goes out, however,
without paying something. Their little, simple,
artless story Of their suffering and their hcroism
displayed is truly interesting. Let the people
treat them kindly wherever they CO. assured
the oldest one, If he would remain in this coun.
ty, we would elect him to congress as carpet.
Dagger, and he would find few from the recon.
structed states any more than his peers. He
may conclude to remain; if so, cannot vote for
Hon. B. G. Cook.
Yankee Robinson is coming. On 2sth Of th;,
month no will be here Hot or cold, we are all
going, and all mean to laugh and grow fat.
Have no doubt that when he closes his exhibi-
ton that hundreds Of men, women and children
will be found lying round loose under the tent,
stark dead, having laughed themselves to death.
lie advertises that his show will not stop to
bury the dead, but that Immediately after the
show closes the dead will be carefully gathered
up and tenderly buried.
s. T. stilson, Esq, as good feeling man as we
have in town, loosely and somewhat profanely
for this hot weather, says there is no surer way
Of ones dying happy and being happy hereafter
than to attend one Of Yankee Robinson's exhibi. |
tons, and laugh himself out Of this dreary
world. Go in, then, Yankee Robinson, and let
Us snuff out this poor life in a general dead
laugh, and BE- happy.
SCHOOLS.
1t seems to be understood that Mr. Frank
Hall, our present teacher of our public school,
is soon to quit the profession. Mr. Hall came |
here from Morris some two years ago. and took
charge Of our school, then in not very flourish.
ing condition. By his fitness to teach and won.
derful energy, he has succeeded in placing our
school on permanent basis Of prosperity,
second to no school in this county. The people
Of Earlvllc can i'll afford to spare the services of
such teacher - Mr.. Hall. A poor teacher is
worse than worthless; and q good teacher can.
not be too highly estimated If Hall can be re.
tanned by increasing his salary from $500 to
$4,000. per year, let the people increase it at
once. tell the people know what say when