The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-09-26
PROM EARLvILLE.
THE FROST.

THE FROST.
Is corn injured by the frost /? 1t most en-
phaticaly is; and if any sensible person says corn
is not injured BY the frost, believe him not, for
the truth is not in him. In my Judgment, there
was not an ear Of corn upon its parent stock at
the time tho frost struck, in La Sale county.
which was not more or less injured. Corn needs
oil the juices in the stock and leaves, to produce
perfect, full grown kernels As well might
man be regarded uninjured, with half his lungs
sloughsd away BY consumption las corn be regard
ed a. uninjurel, when the frost has stricken
the leaves on the stSlhs-the real lungs-bsfors
the ears are thoroughly -ipsned and dried off,
1t is said here that have thirty vo acres of the
best corn in Earlville and many are guessing it
is the best in La Sale county. The land on
which the Germ stands has been for three years in
process Of preparation to produce one hundred
bushels 10 ths acre. 1t was this year planted in
the old puritan style by the nee. There are no
less than three stalks in hill, and no more than
four. The corn was planted on the It'll, 18th,
and 18th days OF May. Now after the frost had
stricken this corn, l vent into the field and fol-
lowed . rev the whole length Of the field of
eighty reds, counting every ear in each hill, Sc
lectins therehon every ear which wa. full in
the milk, and BY this process ascsrtaiued pretty
accurately, to what extent the frost had injured
the corn ~ whole. 1t is low estimate, to
set the injury to the whole field at one eighth.
From the best and most reliable information I
~ q cd "a 1pAa Shnt -, II
damaged Just about one quarter. And still
there will be corn enough. / will give anv man
every acre in my field, on which he can harvest
less than eighty bushels to the acre. and he NAV
leave the nubbins in the field Last year a yay.
on bed. side boards on, would weigh twenty.si1
bushels. This year it will weigh twenty-five.
Last year ny corn from the same field averaged
eighty bushels to the acre. Shell out a bu.hel
and the cobs would weigh eleven pounds. This
year they will probably weigh from thirteen to
fourteen pounds. Large shouts will be found on
half of the ears Corn will be light as compared
with Of las: year. Blu. still corn in Illinois
is bully.
Dr. l. s. SANGER
1t was supposed that the Doctor was going
south sr gong to die, some time ago But he is
no, going to either At present. One thing i. GER
tain, il the democrats of Earlville were as WIDE
awake as DR.. Sangsr is, there would be no need
OF funeral professions marching through the
streets of Earlvllle after November elections
Last Friday the Doctor chartered car, paid for
ii out Of his own pocket, and crowded it with in
-. ! q, -
DAvi. Of Chicago. The Doctor seemed to have
hosts OF friends this interesting OCCASION If
Seymour dent give the Doctor q fat Office during
his term, will be doubly impressed with the ey-
idsncs of the deep ingratitude OF republic
Undoubtedly the Doctor will be cared for accord
ing to his deserts. He Is 3 living democrat, and
if he goes down in the fight, he will go down
bearing proudly aloft the cslors OF his country
CATTLE PLAGUE
The readers of the FREE TRADER viii rscol-
lecs there appeared in the issue OF I'll. Goth Aug,
ar article under the above caption, 10 which the
Editor himself referred. The article was writ
ten in an sxtravagaut vein OF huInor, ridiculing
the idea Of any such disease existing as the Span,
ish or Texas fever in southern Illinois. Your
correspondent sscribed the death of so manv cat
10 to the impure water and impure air in GER
tain miasmatc districts, and the disease would
disappear when the rains should fall and cool
weather come The disease has now entirely
subsided And at the time your correspondent
wrote the article, he had given the subject good
deal Of consideration and knew what he was
writing about quite as we'll and better as he
thinks, than Prof Gamgee.
BY reference to the Chicago Tines of Sept
81, daily under tho head of financial intelli-
yence, occurred carefully prepared summary
OF tho disease, plagisrzing your correspondents
article in the FREE TRADER.
The Chicago Times, together with most all 9TH
er papers in Chicago, fell into line and gave evil
dence to me Of tho most groundless humbugs
ever gotten up by interested stock raisers. Let
the readers of the FREE TRADER read this arti-
Gle in the Chicago Times, and then re-read your
, correspondents article in the FREE TRADER
Let the Chicago Times hereafter. working up ma
terial from the FREE TRADER, give the usual
credit