The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-07-08

Pe1nG IN boat you zee the assures IN the roe n,
nom which the river pours upward like an in.
| verted cataract
Why Ohio Is called the Buckeye
! On the Goth Of December. 1868, forty.ffth ami.
versary of the settlement of Cincinnati, was eele-
brated by natives of Ohio by what was called a
| Buckeye dinner. On that occasion the late
Daniel Drake, of Cincinnati, gave most humor-
ous and ingenious description of the buckeye
tree.
| We extract from his explanation as follows:
"The tree which you have toasted, Mr.. Presi-
dent. has the distinction of being one of a family
Of plants, but a few species of which exist on
earth. They constitute the genus Esculus of
the botanists, which belong to the class Heptan.
dria. Now the latter, Greek phase, signifies
sevea men, and there happens to be exactly seven
species of the genus-thus they constitute the
seven wise men OF the woods, in proof of which
may say that there is not another family of
plants the whole earth that possesses the tails
manic attributes of wisdom. But this is not all.
Ut oil the seven species, our emblem tree was
discovered last-it is the youngest of the family
-the seventh son, and who does not know the
manifold virtue of seventh son.
| 4 "Neither Europe nor Africa has a single ma
ttye species OF 4Esculus and Asia but one. This
~ the Hippocastanum. or horse-chestnut. Nearly
Of the courts OF western Europe to that of Russia
found this tree growing in Moscow, whittier it
had been brought from Siberia. He was struck
with its beauty, and naturalized it in his own
country. 1t spread with astonishing rapidity
over that part of the continent, and crossing the
channel became one of the favorite shade trees of
our English ancestors
every native of the Valley of the Ohio land
OF the Mami) should feel proud of the appelation
ho inf Cf l..
been conferred upon him, for the Buckeye has
many qualities which may be regarded as typ
ioal of a noble character.
1T is not only native of the West, but pecu.
liar to it has received from the botanist the
special name Of Ohiosnsis And is the only tree
OF our whole forest that does not grow elsewhere
What other tree could b 70 fit an emblem of our
native populationP
"ln all our woods there is no tree 90 hard to
kill as the Buckeye. The deepest girdling will
not deaden it, and even after it is cut down and
worked into the side of cabin it will send out
young Misunderstanding to the world that
Buckeyes are not easily conquered, and could
with difficulty be destroyed.
1.-THE Buckeye has generally been condemned
a. unfit for fuel, but its very inconbustibiliry
hae bee found an advantage; for no tree of the
forest is equally valuable for back logs which
are the sine qua non Of every good cabin fire.
Thus treated it may be finally, though slowly,
burned when another of its virtues appears, az
no other tree OF our woods affords so great
quantity of alkili. Thus there is piquancy in
Its very ashes.
''Ihe bark Of our emblem-rlant has some strik.
ing properties. Under a broader method of
preparation and use it is said to be eficacious in
the cure of fever and ague; but unskillfully
employed. it proves violent emetic-whioh in.
dictate that he who hampers with buckeye will
not DO it with i'm punity.
"Who has not looked with admiration M.
on the fine foliage of the buckeye IN spring.
| while the more sluggish tenants Of the forest
| remain torpid IN their winter quarters; and
what tree in all our wild woods bears flower
which can be compared with our favorite We
may fearessly challenge for it the closest com.
parison. Its early putting forth, and the beauty
OF its leaves and blossoms, are appropriate types
| OF our native population whose rapid and beauti.
| full development will not be denied by those
whom l now add ress, nor disproved by reference
to their character.
"Finally, the buckeye derives its name from
the resemblance of its nut to the eye Of the buck,
the finest organ OF our noblest wild animal {;
while the name itself il composed of Welsh and
a Saxon word, belonging, therefore, to the oldest
portion Of our vernacular tongue, and connecting
US with the primitive stocks, of which our faith.
ers were but soions planted in the New World. "
GoosEBEHRY CREAM-Take quart Of goose.
berries, and boil them very quickly in enough
| water to cover them; stir in half an ounce OF
good butter, and when they become soft, pulp
them through sieve; sweeten the pulp while it
is hot, and then beat it up with the yolks of four
eggs. Serve in dish or glass cup.-Housekeeper
| The editor Of the Bangor (Me.) Wing says he
recently SAW large number of young ladies en-.
ter public hall, with disheveled hair and hat
brims apparently wrinkled and broken and, as
he fancied with excited countenances. "Upon
inquiring what the riot was about" says he
"imagine our chagrin when told that it was the
fashion,"
Boys shouldn't 20 fishing on Sunday The
case Of n boy in Reading, Mass, presents a sad
warning. While nc was devoting the Sabbath
70 fishing, his parents cut upa pineapple fol
tea, and when he returned there was not bit o
IL lett.