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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

A CoSUSDRuU soIvED-A recent census Of
s,rca,or shows that burg to have SO children Of
propcragc to 20 to school, while the school house
room will only accommodate 36i AIroposition
to vote bonds 10 build another school house was
voted down lately. Now the question j., how 10
get the surplus children into 'hc present rooms
We recommend that the ur.hIus ns caught and
piled up cndways in ranks like cora-waod
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

Morse, Secretary Of the Earlylllc Driving Park
Association, with the premium list for the race,
to come off Aug 81, ~, - and 90 There are in
all seventeen premiums, varying in amount from
$35 up to $1,000, on different races. They offer
To dispose of purses ~ follows: On :he first day,
$4,000; second day, $4,000; third day, $4,000;
and fourth dag, a. ,4jOOO-in all, $4,000 That
ought TO bring out the "high.hycgs'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

THE GAME LAw.-Our sportsmen are Turkish
ing up their guns and preparing for the fall
campaign on prairie chickens. The law on this
sort of game "lcts up" on the 18th Of this month,
Int not on quail till Oct. 1st.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

The next session begins at EUREKA COLLEGE
Sept. LIST. Students were in attendance last SEES
sion from thrty-two counties, from Lake to
Randolph. 4 more pleasant and profitable place
for young people cannot be found in the state
satisfactory arrangements guaranteed. Gentle
men and ladies admitted A. NJ WESTON, Prcsi,
dent, Eureka, Woodford county, Illinois.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
PRICE OF TICKETS

Whole tickets $50; Halves So: Tcnls or each Coupon
Is Eleven whole Tickets for 500; -. Tickets 5000
ll3 Whole Tickets for $500 %; Whole Tickets fsr 10000
No discount on less than 800 worth nt Tickets At time.
The unparalleled success OF the Third en- tOgCegt ~
we'll AZ the satisfaction given by the first and second makes
II only necessary to announce the Fourth 10
sale OF every Ticket The Fourth Git Concert will be con
Quoted IN all It's details Ike the Third and u pttCullrs
may be learned ON Circnals. which will be frcm
this office To All who apply for them.
Tickets ready for sale and all orders accompanied
by the money promptly 0lled. Lb'rturms gwen 20 those
VINO buy to sell again
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

TALKED CURVE have n neat plcturc-tht
portrait Of a man who died in slow agony. He
was tortured out of existence. His countenancC
maintains an expression Of heart rcnding Woe
he was talked to death. A lightning rod mar
4; 4
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

\ WISE CRTIDI-v-Ouc day not long aso a
certain gentleman brought home splendid oil
painting 81 the Savior, crowned viii tAorns
The little ones gathered around !: and looked
upon II in silent admiration, when finally ole
broke the mou0tony with thi' profound rcIaagh
oh, jus; see how his hair i- done ~: Amt b,
gayEH
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
From Seneca.

SENECA, LII. August :, 1873.
There is another place being bored for coal on
the north side Of the canal this week. Every
thing looks well for a big coal field here.
see you made mistake in publishing grand
pic mic under auspices of Rev j. p Divine, in
point of date You have it the 18th inst, and it
should be the 18th. Please make this correction.
Coal being found, our place begins to pick up.
This week We have 4 good sprinkler on our
streets, making things pleasant, but, like every
other enterprise here, few haze to pay for all
There are some droncs in every town CELT.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

Our market is now full of gripes in green APP
pies, stomach ache in new melons, and cholera
in cucumbers. There is an abundance of Der
ries, and it gives us pleasure to note that the
new worm that hides in 'cm this season is acid
in flavor, juicy, fat, and not entirely unpleasant
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

The Aurora BcGcon notes that Aldermen Phelps
and Cary, of Ottawa, were up at Aurora one day
recently to look at our manner Of paving street
cutters with a view to adopt the same for Otta-
wa should thcy prove desirable. How these two
rotund aldermen kept out Of the caldboo-c is not
stated
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

Don't hawk, hawk, spit, spit, blow, blow and
disgust everybody with your catarrh and its
offensive odor, when DR.. Sagc's Catarrh Remedy
will speedily destroy all odor arrest the discharge
and curc Won 6jS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

Located At AshInnd, the Home of Henry Clay and
Old Transyyana. SIX colleges in operation. with thirty
professors and GO students from y States Entire fees Tor
collegiate year So except In the Law, Medical and Com
rnercal Colleges. Boarding from two TO five dollars per
week For Catalogue, address j. b. BOWMAN, .egen'
Lexington Ky. ahg'-iw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

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#arrteO.

In Ottawa on the I'd of August, bv Arthur Lockwood,
Esq, Mr.. JAMES SANDERS, OF New lork to Mics LIZZIE
T. SIMMONS, OF Ottawa.
The happy couple have gone on their bridal tour with
the CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes their many friends.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
WEDNESDAY, DEC. Sd, 1873
$1,5OO,OOO

Divided into l20o cash gifts will be distributed by lot
among the tckethodes. The numbers of the tickets 10
be drawn from wheel by blind children, and the CUTS
from another.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

and the United States. The duty on raw
material ia officially abrogated.
The Pope, in reply to an address from a
Sc, ion of the French assembly, predicts The
return of the glory and greatness OF France
Washington, Aug. Am Official Letter
dated Belluno, Italy, says, "on the evening
of June 90, terrible earthquake occurred
here, carrying death to many and consterna'
lion to ALL The dead are counted by tens,
and the material injury done by millions.
Every fourth or fifth building is made unin-
habitable. The principal monuments are
oyerthrown or seriously injured. Every
where the cry of anguish is raised, and seeks
for prompt and eticctual relief
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
LIST OF GIFTS,
TOTAL. 1000 GIFTS, ALL CASH.
amounting to-. ........ ............ 81 200

The distribution will Ne positive whether all the kes
are sold or not and the 2 s all paid im proportion
the tickets sOda unsOld tickets being DESTROYED as at
the First aud Second Concerts, and represented IN tins
drawing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

dust from h.- Shoes - :'-;.H.'.- a---' --
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

Thirty-four couples took out PERMITS to we'd
lock at the clerks Office during the warm month
of July.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

During the recent term of the Circuit Court
which lasted eleven weeks, 143 cases were dis
posed Of TO wit - criminal, IS law and y chan
Gerry.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
Austria.

An international congress Of inventors is
in session at Vienna. The body adopted as
the basis of its deliberations the declaration
that the common protection Of inventors is
the duty of all civilized nations.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
TH0S. Z. BRAMLETTE,
Agent Publ. Lihr. Ky. and Manager GiCt Concert,
Public Library Building, Louisville, ny

c. ~ SOn per day! Agents wanted! NJ classes OF
~ ~ '0-O working people, OF either sen Young or
old make more money ut work for Us In their spare
nents all the time than At anything else Particulars
free Address &. STlNSON & CO., Portland, Maine.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
Japan.

A Japan letter says that on the 2lst inst.
ten thousand men, mostly farmers, armed
with bamboo spears, and assisted by former
Daimio retainers, armed with swords, attacked
the government castle at Ferkuska, set fire
to the building, destroyed all the books and
papers, and killed six officers -Four are said
TO have died by their own hands. AS they
saw the rebels overpowering them, three
officers only escaped and fled to Loga, sixty
miles above Nogaski. The telegraph line
from Nogaski to Yokohama, which passes
through Isiklnzcn, was utterly destroyed, and
the overland mail road was blockadcd so that
information is received slowly.
A report has reached here (Nogaski) that
the houses of all the people in Hallati and the
country round about who would not join the
insurgents have been burned and that the
dwellings of the rich men and the banks have
been robbed.
The insurgents are said to number at least
one hundred and fifty thousand. The cause
of the revolt is that the Government has re
CURED taxes of farmers to be paid in money
instead of produce, together with the probable
failure of the rice crop.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

Ill. newest saving is not. Oh, Amt tli- nice %
..s.. This g.. o.. .ln.l.r O.. ,la' Tamr'.s; about
o.. r..t-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
STATr oEII.II>oI>-.L L, SUI .a.-->s,

o,rar.. July Is,l1z.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09
NeM ADVERTISEMENTS.

Before you start journey. buy Accident insurance
Ticket OF the Railway Passengers Assu-
rance Co, OF Hartford, Conn. Tickets for sale at
railroad stations Ask for an Insurance Ticket.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

INK STANDS LETTER CLIPS
i At OSMhS & HAPEMASS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-09

Pocket Books Pocket KGiva. -r..-l.r', hE'-' g.ai'
Wax Materials, T-uss's, Fancy Goods, &C.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
Decay of Literary Reputation.

a contemporary, remarkng on the
waning of the popularity Of most, if not
all, of the American humorists, includ-
ing even Mark Twain and Bret Harte.
asks If these writer's have exhausted
their fund of humor, or if their reputa-
ton suffers because the public are tickle.
We suspect that the humorists have lost
their popularity from n dearth of ideas,
rather than from lack of taste on the
part of the public to appreciate genuine
humor. Almost the entire mass of these
so-called humorous works is made up of
droll expressions and verbal buffoonery
rather than that fruitful invention and
originality of Thought which distinguish
the writings of the humorists of the
Old World, whose place in classic litera-
ture has been sanctioned and confirmed
by time. Cervantes, Fielding, and Boo
caccio have something greater and better
than ludicrous language and whimsical
situations. Their mirth is often plant
which springs mp in freshness close by
the fountain of tears.
There is n profound purpose often in
their writings, and valuable thought,
the fruit of an original genius, would
remain even if their language were
changed English readers admire Don
Quixote and the Decameron, even in the
medium of faulty TRANSACTIONS, but what
sort of reading would "Roughing it,
or even the ludicrous " Innocents
Abroad" make translated into French
or German? If authors content them
selves with being merely droll, they
must be content with the fate of the
clown in the pantomime they may raise
loud laughter and reap rich pecuniary
rewards but they must not be disap-
pointed if the world, after all, reserves
its chaplet of lasting fame for those
who dig new gems from the mines of
thought. -LoUisuil' CoWier-JoWnat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
To Prevent Rust.

Manufacturers of farm tools usually
apply varnish to prevent rusting, but the
cost and difficulty of removingjt make it
unsuitable for home use. White lead is
eifectual in keeping off rust, but with
this the same difficulty of removing is
met. The best thing we have tried
and where the recipe was first given has
escaped us-is whiting thinned with
kerosene to the consistency of paint, and
applied with small brush or cloth.
This readily rubs Oft, but will prevent
rust for months. We keep it ready
mixed, and when hoes, spades, or plows
are laid aside, if only for few days, II
coat of this preparation is given. The
London Lancet says the medical officers
of the British navy preserve tleir surgi-
cal instruments from rust by mixture
of carbolic acid and olive oil, in equal
parts, smeared over them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
Diseases of Hogs.

The Planter and Farmer gives these
recipes for the treatment of cholera,
mango, and worms in hogs There are
but three diseases requiring treatment,
which are mango, cholera, and worms in
the kidneys, commonly called breaking
down in the loins. For mango, wash
well with I've soap, and then pot liquor
For cholera, If / know the disease, as
soon as you see the hog begin to drop
and try to vomit, gag him, and give him
twenty grains of calomel made into n
pill. If you have been in the habit of
giving your hogs spirits of turpentine at
the rate of one tablespoonful to the hog,
put it on corn, and you will rarely be
troubled with this fatal disease.
If the first dose of calomel does not
relieve III twenty-four hours, repeat the
dose. | rarely have to repeat it if adj
ministered i'll time. We sometimes see
hogs dragging their hind legs. This is
caused by worms in the kidneys, and
may be easily cured by giving table
spoonful of turpentine every morning
for three or four days mixed with corn.
Hogs which have been feeding on acorns
are most subject to this disease, and
should have the turpentine at least twice
a week while feeding on this mast.
Every hog feeder should keep bottle
of the spirits of turpentine, and give it
occasionally through the year; he will
find it of great benefit to his hogs. |
have practiced this for twenty years sue
cessfully. 1T seems to be specific food
for all hog diseases.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
How to Improve.

The Pacific RUral Press says Look
around among those who say that farm
ing don't pay, and you will find them
OF that class who think that money paid
for an agricultural paper is only thrown
away, and that to devote few hours to
studying the nature of the soil they pro-
fess to till is so much time lost because,
say they, the ideas and suggestions Of
books and papers are only theorecti-
cal, and cannot be put in practice. To
all those farmers whose ideas are SO con-
tracted, whose reasoning powers are SO
rusted, we would say, You can make it
profitable to cultivate your minds as well
as your fields, for III SO doing You can
cultivate your fields all the better you
will find true worldly wisdom in it, for it
will enable you to conduct your farm
more Systematically and profitably be-
come members of farmers clubs, take
part in the discussions, or if only listen
ing to the opinions OF others you will
find it Il source of interest and profit,
that will eventually make your farming
profitable
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
POOR FARMER JOHN.
By MRS. NJ. II. II. GOODWIN.

Old Farmer John Is sore perplsNed-
Nay, Farmer John j. really NeAedi
He labors early, labors late,
We, ever talks Of adverse fate;
For nu his tollings scarce suffice.
OF louged-for lands 10 pay the price.
The summers come, tine summers go,
The spring showers waste the winters snow
The while, from dawn tin close Of day,
Receiving naught hat froYus for pay;
His good wife tolls and anxious care
Has faded lip aud cheek and hair.
Acres on acres stretch away
Of woodland, corn, of wheat and hay;
His cattle roam DER many a hill,
His broukiet turns the grooming mil;
Yet still he signs. and groins for more,
Aud grumbles e'er tina; he Is poor
-Four sturdy sons, four daughters fair,
Claimed at his hands a fathers care.
He gave them labor without end,
And stroye their souls, like his, To bend
Iuto the narrowing groove of thought;
Gold to be earned, land TO bs Dought.
Yes. Farmer John is growing poor!
You feel II as you pass his door.
His old brown house IL small and mean,
The roof is warped by crack and seam;
Inc roaming bdEr, luc i-Alhb'N N''Ai
Proclaim Old John Is Uery poor.
No books, no pictures on the wall;
Carpetless rooms aud dreary hall.
Why think IL strange such farmers boys
should seek the city's pomp aud noise?
should learn 20 lOathe the sight OF home,
Where naught of JOY or grace may COME:
Why think il strange his poor old wife,
Who coined for him her very life,
Should pause at last, despite his frown,
And lay her weary burden down
In Joy, to walk the streets of heaven,
Who're naught j. sold, but all IL given?
Go where you will, search earth around,
The poorest man that can be found
IL he who tolls through life 10 gain
Widest extent # hill and plain:
Forgetting all his souls best needs,
la counting DER his title deeds.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
A Silent Game.

Scene in restaurant at Brussels
Two persons sitting at table, face to
face each with mug of beer before
him, each with face resting on his hand,
intently watching the table in profound
silence. Fifteen minutes passed, when
suddenly one of the parties remarked,
Ct have won !" and the other handed
over to him piece of money. The ST.
lence and attention were resumed, when
after ten or fifteen minutes the same par
ty made the same exclamation, and
there was another transfer of money
and so on for more then an hour. An
impulsive Frenchman was looking on
and wondering. At last, unable to re-
strain himself, he rushed TO the proprie
tor to know what those two silent peo-
pie were doing 1t would seem that
they are playing some game, but what :?
there is absolutely nothing ON the table
but the two mugs-no card, no dice
what are they doing q "They are play
ing a very popular game here" was the
reply. Each has put a drop of beer on
the table, and that drop which first at
tracts fly, wins. The one who gets
slyly little powdered sugar on his drop
is winning all the others money"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
EertiIifers.

In referring to fertilizers the Boston
journal Of Chemistry says One of the
most important facts which this extraor-
binary wet season has brought out
is, that fertilizers applied to soils in dry
summers without appreciable effects are
rendered available in those that are wet.
The plat upon which our fertilizers have
been applied during the past years, when
the rainfall has been SO deficient, pro-
ducing wonderfully this season. The
fertilizing substances have been lying
dormant in the soil for want of water TO
render them soluble or to hold them in
solution, and this year the conditions
have been favorable for promoting the
changes, chemical and mechanical, neces-
sary for plant food to be made available.
Owing to the dry weather the past three
years, it has been difficult to conduct eX-
periments with manure, and reach any
thing like reliable results. Hundreds of
farmers have been misled, and have con-
demned rs worthless manurial sub
stances which had positive value, but
which needed the usual material agencies
to render them assimilable. Farm dung
and stable manures, as well rs chemical
fertilizers, have not eXerted their full
influence upon soils to which they have
been applied, because of the absence of
rain. This season they have been thor
oughly subjected to the action of water,
and crops have been benefited by the
dormant manurial agents applied two or
three years ago. Manures are not lost
which do not act promptly, unless they
are blown away by winds or are washed
into brooks by sudden and violent show
ers, which sometimes fall upon the
baked earth III summer III they remain
in or upon the soil, favorable seasons,
which are sure to come, will force them
to give up to plants the food they con-
tain, and the husbandman receives his
returns in abundant crops.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28
MuIching Strawberries.

A correspondent to an exchange says /:
The snow fell before / had chance to
cover my strawberry beds. Will it do
any good to put on mulch now? 1t an
swers The snow is an excellent mulch,
and answers all purposes, if it would re-
main on the ground until April. Put on
the mulch by all means on the top of the
snow, and as the latter disappears the
hay or straw will settle down on the
plants and protect them from the bad
effects of alternate freezing and thawing.
which on wet or clay ground will "hease"
the stock.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-28

first of May Then put them into tub,
or some such vessel, and beat them up
well, putting in enough water to make
the mass as thick AS slop then, with n
bucket and lineup, pour this along in
the row. Treated in this way the seed
will not need soaking, which it always
does need if it is dry. 1t is soaked al
ready, and will quickly come up.