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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-17

BENgFrs oF IRRIGATION In Colorado
lands which were thought heretofore to be
worthless have been reclaimed by irrigation.
andnow produce from forty 10 sixty bushels
ofwheat per acre. BY superior cultivation
land has yielded eighty bushels of wheat per
acre, 4 hundred bushels OF oats, over a hun
drcd bushels OF corn IN the ear, five hundred
bushels Of potatoes per acre, and other pro-
ducts in proportion. Without irrigation the
land is worthless, excepting Immediately on
thu banks Of streams. There are 5000, 900
acres of land in Colorado which can be irri-
gated according 10 government estimates.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-17

HON. GEORGE sHARSWOOD,
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Peaasylvask
PnnAplaI1IA, JuIe !, iSoa
I have found BY experience that "HooAaH1'S Ct
tic symptoms almNst directly. -, .
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HON. JAMES II. WOOD,

Dyspepsia had the Dyspspsia - baby ~ M N.
possible to keep any food on my stomach. and b.
Two bottles Of Tonic effected perfect care.
JAMES II. WOOO.
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Hollands German Tonic

Is combination Of all the ingredients Of the Bttsrs
with PURE Santa Cruz Rum Orange, etc. + u usse
for tho same diseases A. tho Bitters IN ca:ea whers
some pure alcoholic s.imrus 10 required. You will
bear in mind that these rsmedes are entirely differ
eases named these being scientific propositions OF
medicinal extracts while tho others arc mere dscoc
tions OF rum in some form. The TONIC 10 desiAsdl,
offered to the public liz tasto ia rau,s,s h IL
pleasure IL take it, while its life giving exhlirst
Ing and medicinal qualities have caused is - b
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-17
Blood Purifiers

ever known and will cure afl diseases resulting non
bal blood. Keep your blood pure keep your Lvsi
n order: keep yonr digestive. organs in . sounA,
healthy condition. by the use Of these remedies snd
no disease win assail you. The best men in the
country recommend them I! years OF honest reputa-
,on go for anything you mus, Try these preparations.
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TESTIMONY
e the following WAS never before offered In behak

HON GEORGE w. WOODWARD.
Chief Justice o: the supreme Court Of Psnnsyl1AiA
writes:
PHILADELPHIA, March 10 1877.
find" Hoohand's German Bitters " u good toaiA
useful in diseases Of the digestive organs and Of sfeal
benefit In cases OF debility and want of nervous %,
ton in the system. YOnrs trsly, .-I-E /.
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Hoofland's German bitters

sent!rey vegetable. And contains no Aqsor. 4 y .
compound OF Find Extracts. Tho Roots, NsfDS aal
Barks from which these Extracts are made are gsth.
cred in Germany. All the Medical virtues are o.
tsactsd nom them by . scientific chemist These o.
tracts are then forwarded 70 this eoantry 10 b used
expressly for the manufacture Of these Bttars There
IL no alcoholic Substance Of any kind used n con.
pouDdin. the Bittssa hence Il 10 the only Bittsra
that can be nssd in casss where alcoholic simnlants
are not advisable.
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70 TEACHERS.

Public Examinations of Teachers will be held the fourth
Saturday each month the High school Building In ota
wa Hereafter persons will be examined to teach school
La Sale county except the places and times appointed Tor
public examinations by the County superintendent Mr. Wm
Jenkins OF ottawa Is authorised deputy, but he viii NOS
examine applicants during the intervals bewesn the days np
pointed for public examinations, vS fourth Saturday OF
Zach month. 49,. - a..
In Office over Bank la Sale, La Sale Ms every Mon
day, GEO. y. WEDGEWOOD,
Aprl =, ly1O,-ly County school superintendent
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CAUTION.

e as ny ses: that he nay =: i r:
dies viii be sent BY express TO any locality upon ~
slic'ti0nn sS%slhsrorpAI. o,,rrr,,,<,rr
AT THE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE
No. 631 ARCH STR EET; PAtlsdslSASs.
CHAS. n. EVANS, Proprietor.
Fomssly Q. N. Jaeksen 4 1o.)
These remsdiss ars for sae By DseyiSSs, otesokse.
90, and Medicine Dealers, everywhere.
a. Do not forget 70 examine well ~ ostaelo ~
NJ, IN oEdse 70 gSt The genuine ~ .
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HON. WIN. F. ROGERS

Mayor OF th0 city OF BaH1O, n. 7.
Mayors Oyy1c1, BUFFALO. JuDs q, i0DQ
c" in my family during the past year. and can recon.
mend them an excellent tonic impartipg tone and
vgor TO the system. Their uss has hem productive
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\ cobler has sole purpose in life.
Imaginary scholars-the pupils of your

\ cober has sole purpose in life.
Imaginary scholars-the pupils of your
eyes.
Grand Junction, Iowa, has presented
her first native citizen, girl, with a cor
ner lot.
Over three hundred persons rose for
prayers at the close of Rev. Mr.. Ham
monds meeting at Evansville, Ind, last
Wednesday evening.
Queen Victoria is suffering from neu-
ralgia, caused, her doctors say, by distur-
bance of the nervous system, due to Eek
posure, worry or excitement.
Napoleon is buying up Spain piccemeal
He is id to be one of the largest landed
proprietors in that country, having been
making investments for the last ten
years.
1t is scarcely more than twenty years
since San Francisco became city, and
already there are complaints Of over
crowding, and laborers who cannot get
work in the town are advised to go to the
country.
Mr.. Park Goodwin is to assume the ed
itorial management Of Putnam's Maga-
zine, commencing with the April number
He will be assisted by some of the best
talent the country affords,
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Roetty.
An Apostrophe TO n Lost Soul.



Thou wailing soul-Thou wailing soul,
For whom the Savior meekly died
.,
All, ruined soul, though thou hast drained
Each cup of pleasure to its lees;
w" '"'' a'' ''' '"N fN1'
,u ''P"'e''' Y"
U wretched soul-iorevcr lost
Sentenced and doomed to endless we.
On hrsry bllows fixed and tossed,
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A Score of Years Age.
OLD PORN

Down by the brink of the waves we stood,
Upon ths rocky shore;
The brave waves whispered courage,
And hid with friendly roar
The faltering words that told the tale
dared not tell before.
| asked if with the priceless gift,
Her love, my life she'd bless,
Was it her voice, or some fair wave
For sooth, | scarce may guess
Some gentle wave or her sweet voice,
That lispcd so sweetly "Yes."
And then, in happy silence, too
clasped her fair wee handY
And long we stood there csrelessly,
While DER the dark ming land
The sun set, and the fishing boats
We're sailing from the strand
1t seems not many days ago
Like yesterday-no more,
Since thus we stood, my love and
Upon the rocky shore;
But was four -and-twenty then,
And now I'm forty-four-
The lily hand is thinner now,
And in her sunny hair
| see some silvery lines, and on
Her brow some lines Of care;
But, wrnkled brow, or silver locks,
She's not one whit less fair
The fishing boats score Of years
Go sailing from the strand,
The crimson sun a score Of years
Sets Ger the darkening land,
And here tonight upon the cliff
We are standing hand in hand
My darling, there's our eldest girl,
Down ON the rocks below,
What's Stanly doing by her side?"
My wife says, "You should know,
He's telling her what you told me
A score of wears ago >
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two of his band to offer themselves as
guides and to conduct me safely to his
rendezvous, where he would wreak per
sona vengeance upon me and for this
purpose the roaring fire was made in the
hut was to be thrown bound hand and
foot, into it.
He confessed, also, that he had in
structed his followers to enact the mock
tragedy of the cliff, so that one might
ride on and appraise him of his coming.
Such were the villains intentions He
begged hard for life ; but without remorse,
the settlers swung him into that bourne
whence no traveller returns
In silence we returned to the settle.
ment and in few days, under an ex-
perienced backwoodman's guidance, [
reached Ularksvile with my gold belt
around me-
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I IFE INSURANCE

IL Taking the mortality in the thirty three
companies which did business in the State of n.
York, for four years, (Gj, CO, u, ts,) basis,
the cost VI ,nsu,.ay in the CONNECTICUT MuTYAL
BENEFIT COMPANY will be 10 cents per week for
50, 900; 3s cents per week for 81 900; it being
less than one-thirj the cost Of in.uring in an
other company in the United States
AMOS DOUGLAS, Agent.
Mdiebuy, VI 4Gyl
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Took IT OUT IN TRADE.-A lathy look
ing fellow entered down-east restaurant,
and ordered double stew of oysters.
The man who kept the restaurant was a
small, red-headed individual evidently
high tempered. He prepared the stew in
quick time, and the lathy fellow sat
down to his repast, and ate with enviable
relish after which he selected first class
cigar, regaled himself with mug of foam
ing ale, sitting with his feet lifted upon
:he top of the stove. lie was very delib-
crate and perfectly selfpossessed. After
the cigar had almost disappeared in smoke
he called for his bill.
Sixty-fve cents" said the proprie-
tor.
How is this ?" asked the lath
Fifty cents for the double stew, and
fifteen cents for the cigar"
You forgot the ale," remarked the
lathy fellow, looking quite serious.
"Ah, yes, that is ten cents more
scventy-tive cents
"Well, | am ready to pay it,
The red-halred man made no reply,
and the fellow kept his seat
Il tell you am ready to pay the
BILL"
"WelI, pay it them said the proprie-
tor.
81 amt got any money"
"HaiE't got any money" repeated the
man of refreshments
Not darned cent"
The red-hcaded man opened his eyes
Then how do YOU expect to pay your
bill?"
"Well, I'll tell you'll stand about
seventy-fve cents worth of your jaw-so
90 ahead ~
The red-headed man was the madest
individual ever seen He seized the nut
cracker and let fly at the offender with q
will but it only hit the chair back, and
broke its own handle.
The lathy fallow had gone. He vacat-
ed his seat at the nick of time, and the
last seen Of him he was walking very lei
surely down the street finishing his cigar.
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HIrlk'I ~ = IN wfIittHeMAen!Ne

FOR FAMILY UsE.-simple, cheap, reliable,
kSiIs EVERYTHING. AGENTS WANTED. Cir
eular and sample stocking FREE. Address
HINKLEY KNITTING MACHINE CO.,
(4sm3) Bath, Me.
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4 j. STYLES, Photographer, OPP

~ posite Post Once.
Pictures Of all kinds made ia the most perfect
manner Frames, in Gilt, Black Walnut and Rose
wood. Albums in great variety. n. B.-Partc-
ular attention paid to copying aud snlargng old
pictures Photographs finished in Oil, Water Col
ors, or India Ink MlDDLEBURY, VT
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STRUGGLES AND TRIuMPHs.--O forty
years Recollectons of p. 7. Barnum,
Written by himself Illustrated 7S4
PIP. Hartford, Conn, J. B. Burr X Co.
1869.
The biography Of any mau who has
won eminent success, no matter in what
ever department Of life, cannot fail to be
generally interesting. Success is after all
the chief criterion O. greatness among
men, be it victory in the domain ofletters
in the stock market, in the field of grim
visaged war" or in the most humble
avocations Of life. But the biography Of
such man AS Barnum, who has won
victories upon varied fields, and over al
most insurmountable obstacles, conquer
ing to himself fame and fortune where
most men would only have succumbed in
defeat, and covered themselves with oblo-
auy, is a work Of no less than exciting
interest. La its varied mirrorings of hui
man life, every reader will find something
of personal interest to himself, reminding
him of like trials, thoughts, and emotions.
The reader enters therefore into instructive
sympathy with incidents and thoughts OF
this recital of Barnum, which must be
"the secret of the. success which attends
the sale of the work for he who reads it
voluntarily commends it to others. Bar
NUNS style is racy. He knows how tc
point period" and tells story inim'
itably. The lovers of fun will be delight.
ed by the accessons which this work
brings to their stock of humor and they
who care only for facts and practica
good-sense, will be equally grateful te
Barnum for his autobiography The
book cannot but win for its author new
! fame
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LORILLARD's "EUREKA''

smoking Tobacco is an excellent article OF gran
ulated Virginia.
Wherever introduced it Is universally ad-
mired
1t is put up in handsome muslin bags in
which orders for Meerschaum Pipes are daily
packed.
l0RlllARD'S YACHT CLUB
Saioking Tobacco has no superior being denico.
tinized it cannot injure nerveess constitutions.
or people Of sedentary habits.
1t is produced from selections OF the finest
stock, and prepared by patented and original
manner.
1t is very aromatic, mild, and light In W eight
hence it will last much longer than others nor
does IL burn or sting the tongue, or leave dsa-
agreeable aiter-taste.
Orders for genuine. elegantly carved Meers-
chaum Pipes, silver mounted, and packed in neat
leather pocket cases, are placed in the Yacht Club
brand daily.
LORILLARD'S CENTURY
Chewing Tobacco.
This brand of Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco has
no superior anywhere
1t is without doubt, the best chewing tobacco
in the country
LORILLARD'S SNUFFS
Have been iu general use in the United State.
over ITO years. and still acknowledged ''the best"
wherever used.
If your storekeeper does not have these arti-
cles for sale, ask him to get them.
They are sold by respectable jobbeis almost
everywhere.
Circulars mailed application.
p. LORILLARD d CO., New York.
a8w12
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T AND FOR SALE.

IS ACRES, OF 70 acres ii desired, Of Creek
Land, near the "0x Bow" Bridge for sale BY
4ln L. d. TWITCHELL, Assignee.
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SECOMIS 4 co.,


CAUTION beware of all Agents selling Ma
chimes under the =aine naiue ours, unless they
can show Certificate Of Agency signed by
We shall not hold ourselves responsible for worth
less Machines sold by other parties, and shall pros
ecute all parties either selling or using Machines
under this name 10 the full extent of the law,
less such Machines were obtained from u. by ouI
Agents DO not be imposed upon by parties who
copy our adv ert isement- and circulars and Offer
worthless Machines at less price (lswD
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FATHER HEcKER IN RoME.-An inter.
esting discourse was lately delivered in
the Church of st. Andrea della Vale, by
the Rev. Isaac T. Hecker, the devoted
chief Of the Pauist Fathers of New
York. The occasion was one of a series
of daily services during the octave of the
Epiphany, in which sermons are preached
in German, Spanish French, Polish and
English, by the most eminent divines of
those respective nationalities The other
preachers in English, besides Father
Hecker, are Archbishop Spalding, Bishop
Moriarty, Bishop MacGill, of Richmond,
Bishop Ullathorne, and Archbishop Man
ming. The appointment to preach on
this occasion is considered a matter of
high distinction Father Hecker's dis
course was in his usual style of fervent,
enthusiastic eloquence He preached his
favorite theme of the Importance oil phil
osophy to meet the wants of the soul, to
solvo the problems which are raised by
the aspirations of our nature, and to give
peace and courage in life or death, argu-
ing fro| that to the necessity of divine
revelation, and of an authoritive, univer-
sal church. He spoke with remarkable
freedom and JUNCTION, with an impressive
grace of manner, singular atauence of
illustration, which combined with his
glowing earnestness of appeal, produced
a profound effect on the immense audience
which included a very considerable pro-
PARTON of English and American Protest
ants.-Cor. ". Y. Tribune.
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FOR SALE
20 sords OF Seasoned Hard Wood
10 Green
2Os feet Of Spruce Lumber.
80 Sawed Spruce Shingles
two-horse Lumber Wagons
Single Wagons
pair Traverse Sleighs
Any wishing to buy, please call and see me
at j. Davedport's.
Aft u. b. TwITCHELL, Assignee
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\ colored boot-black in Newark y. J.
seeing a pickpocket stealing the watch of
an intoxicated countryman, gave the alarm,
got knocked down for his pains by a
friend of the thief and locked up by the
astute authorities for creating row. This
is rewarding virtue with IA vengeance
Fifty out out Ola hundred students in
Minnesota State University are women
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D0WNfR. BOLTON & ALLEN
MANUFACTURES OF
Doors, SASH BLINDS,
Mouldings, ArChitraves,
Brackets and Lumber,

Which kept constantly on hand, on will he
made to order ON short notice.
tS Planning, Wood turning, Scroll saving.
Blinds painted and sash glazed to order
Newels, Stair Rails aud Bausters on hand OF
made to order.
Laths, Shingles, Clapboards, Floor boards and
Finishing Lumber constantly ON hand and worked
If desired. MlDDLEBURY, VT
7. W. D0wNER. =. 1t. BOLTON. wM. u. ALLEN.
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A LBERT CHAPMAN, Middebury,
IA Vt, Dealer in all kinds of Horticultural
Stock, Apple, Grab Apple, Pear, Plum and Cher
ry Trees, (Standard or Dwarf) Grapevines, Rasp-
berries, Currnts. Evcrgreens and other 0rna-
mental Trees. Flowsring Plants, Asparagus Roots,
SC, dc SO
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NOR DEAFNESS-TIIE PATENT
l. ORGANIC VIBRATOR. 1t ft- into the
ear is not pecreptible, removes Singing Noises III
the Head, and enables Deaf psr.ons to hear dis
tinctly at Church OF Public Assemblies. Treatise
ON Deafness with Means of Cure, sent free
DR. T. HUNT STILWELL,
l7wD 762 Broadway, n. y.
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ELASTIC LOCK STITCH, -

E,eD second stitch eau be cut and still the cloth
cannot be pulled apart without tearing it. We
pay Agents from $40 t. $500 per month and ex-
penses, or u commission from which twice tina
amount can bo made Address
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I WAS CURED OF DEAFNESS AND
i Catarrh by simple remedy, rsnd will send
the receipt free. Address
Mrs NJ. C. LEGGETT, Hoboken, N. j.
(i4ws)
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EVERY SATURDAY. 1.-The promise of
every Saturdays prospectus has been
more than kept. The first number of the
new volume, Of the date of the 1st JAN
uary, 1870, is illustrated with three full
page pictures. Two are portraits, and to
the life, Of Tennyson, and Lord Lytton.
The third is from a painting Of Jerome,
the eminent French artist, a replica of
Knoedlsffs KiSsd lff til Iii iGI" tbs cit i" rnsv Gh&giiaHg
is copied from the first number of the
Graphic, the new illustrated weekly of
London Besides these pictures there is
a caricature from Punch. The literary
contents are varied and entertaining as of
old. A new poem of Tennyson, in con-
tinuation of the Northern Farmer ap-
pears in print for the first time in the
United States, and will be hailed with de-
light. ~. Y. Erening Post.
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We will pay $1,000 ioI any machine that will sew
stronger, more beautiful, or moro elias
lie seam than ours. IL makes the
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JErfERsoS's Bro CHEEsE.--A late mum.
Der Of LitteH contains an interesting ar
ticle Of Elihu Burritts on the great cheese
which the people of Cheshire, Masschu-
setts, made for Thomas Jefferson. Elder
John Leland was great pulpit politician
in those days, and preached to the people
Of Cheshire such stirring Jeffersonian
Democracy that for generations they nev-
er voted anything but a straight Demo.
cratic ticket. When Jefferson was chosen
President, after contest of tremendous
excitement, Elder John Leland proposed
that his flock should celebrate the victory
by making for the new Chief Magistrate
the biggest cheese in the world had ever
seen. Every man and woman who own
ed COW was to give for this cheese all
the milk yielded on certain day-only
no Federal COW must contribute drop.
A huge cider-press was fitted up to make
it in, and on the appointed day the whole
country turned out with pals and tubs of
curd, the girls and women in their best
gowns and ribbons, and The men in their
cheese was put to press with prayer and
hymn-singing, and great solemnity. When
it was well dried it weighed l, 900 pounds
and as it could not be trusted on wheels,
it waited till mid-winter, when it was
placed on sleigh, and Elder John Le-
land drove with it all the way to Wash
ington. There was more snow, you see.
in those times than there is now.) twas
"a journey of three weeks. All the coun-
try had heard of the big cheese and came
out to look at it as the Elder drove along.
When he got to Washington Mr.. Jeffer-
son received him in state, made a speech,
and in the presence of the heads of de-
partments, foreign ministers, and other
distinguished persons, cut the cheese and
served some of it around with bread
Then he sent wedge Of it home to max
ers, and when it arrived they also ate it
in state. We are further informed that
the cheese was very good
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mouth. But the intellectual, moral, and
religious part of his nature, woman can
most fully appreciate, for they are prom
inent traits in her own character and
combined with the sterner ones of men,
they have tranquilizing or subduing in
fuence, which united, though having two
distinct souls and responsibilities, form
outwardly a perfect whole. We think
"Woman Suffrage" will prevail, and trust
her good judgment and sense of propri-
ETY. will prevent her from trying to be,
save in the outward semblance, man.
Let "the grand reserved force of her ma
ture" he brought to her in making her
home the highest earthly heaven and her
sons and daughters true men and women.
As class, women have been, and are ex-
ceedingy ignorant of politics and the laws
of their own country.
Consequently they have been unable to
instruct their children on those subjects
which are 50 necessary, and of such
vital Importance to their interest.
This ignorance has arisen from the fact,
that it has been deemed exclusively a
mans sphere to legislate for himself and
woman. From the unfitness of these laws
pertaining to woman, they in their pres
ent state of high moral, intellectual, and
religious culture, have deemed it expe-
dient that those laws should be more
equitable and just thereby do resolve
that in no way can it be SO readily ac-
complished, as for woman to be allow
ed the ballot.
O L.. SpRAGrE.