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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-06-28
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."


Ny country, It's from thee,
Fair land Of rOgucry
From thee Hc btchl,
Thro' every public place,
Wherein with native grace
Our kindrcd's boundlcss race
Prey on thy veal.
Ny native country, thee,
Land of the Dents and me,
Thy cash f'loyc. ',
| love thy bonds and notes,
Thy pav.increasing votes:
On these my spirit dotei
All things above.
Let our tribe fill thy land,
And truth and virtue stand
Abashed before.
Let nature have its way,
Let robbery hold full sway
And thieves their skill di,Dljy
From shore to shore,
Our family god TO thee,
Lord Of rascality
We hymn our praise,
Long be our thcfts cOndoncd,
Our punishment postponed,
And that the nation owned
Subseryc our ways.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-06-28

A rat ran up the interior of an elephants
trunk in Paris. The elephant made frantic
efforts TO relieve himself of his unwelcome
visitor, but in vain. Suddenly he paused and
seemed TO reflect; then he went 10 his basip,
filed his trunk with water, and amid the
greatest excitement of the lookers-on, elected
the water and the unfortunate rat with one
sublime effort;
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-06-28

WARD, THE BRITISH CRTSUs.-Whcn pco
pie talk about millionaircS they usual y men
ton RothsChild first, but there is II man in
England by the name of Ward, in comparison
with whom any Rothschild is "A pauper
This man Ward inhcrits IA vast property, &c
cumulatcd investments and estates, which
give him an enormous income. He has the
most magnificent house in London, the finest
collection of art and the finest country seats
in the kingdom His wife is celebrated for
her beauty, and her display of diamonds al
the recent festival given by the emperor OF
Austria, in Vienna, made all the other ladies
the expresses, queens and princesSes, look
poor What the income of this British CrG.
sus is we have never seen any statement of,
but Manchester paper gives an account OF
his annual profits derived from his coal
mines, which amount 10 the enormous sum of
"a, 100000. So the income from one source
alone of this inordinately wealthy person is
not much short Of $2JO00,000
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-06-28

A prominent Iowa paper expresses the
opinion that the new Illinois railroad law
will cost the people of Iowa a million dollars
in the next twelve months after il goes into
effect, 10y increasing the tariff on Iowa
freight.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-06-28

Tie best way TO heat the potato bug g. no; to
plant potatoes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

From the TruCkee (Neyada) Republican.
The report was circulated yesterday that
ABOUT fifty manageable girls from Lowell
were on the cmigrant train on their way to
Los Angeles, and would be in TruCkee about
midnight last night The report was true 50
far as the number of the girls and their
coming was concerned. The excitement
among the bachelors in this place, in Conse-
Quencc OF the news that such Il precious in
voice of freight was near at hand, was most
intense.
Some of the most susceptible young men,
who had been boasting of the superiority OF
Eastern girls over California daughters, went
down on the II o'clock =. VI. passenger train
to BoCa, in order to come up on the cmigrant
train, and thus to have fair view and make
the acquaintance of some Of the fascinating
Lowell damsels The train, with its feminine
cargo, arrived here shortly after midnight
The bachelors who went down to BOca are
mum over their trip. They got awtully sold
There was scarcely a pretty girl i'll the crowd
One had lost her teeth another was deaf, and
several had glass eyes, while the most prom
ising looking one in the crowd was tongue
tied.
One of the bachelors undertook TO pay his
addresses to this, the most likely looking one
of ALL and actually offered her his hand
name, and home in Truckee. She pucker
ed up her mouth for half an hour in the vain
endeavor to answer him, and probably would
have succeeded had not the rcmorseleSs con
ductor cried out All aboard" and started
up the train.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22
JOhn MOrrisscY.

\ Saratoga correspondent Of the Boston
Jou,aaL gives this picture Of Mr.. John Nor.
riSsey: On the piazza of the Congress
can be seen any day Il large sized and heavy
moulded man, all alone. lie seldom speaks
to anybody. His voice is peculiar. He
speaks as if he had chronic cold, He wears
white flannel coat. His HAIR is black and
crisp; his nose dctormed, as if broken IN
some atfray. This man is Morris.cy. \ few
years ago he was Il prize fighter.
Then he kept groggery in Troy. lie came
to New York in desperation to mend his for
tune New York was ruled by roughs. Arm
ed rutfians wcnttrom ward to ward smashing
up ballot boxes and often the heads of the
men in charge. In one ward John A. Ken
nedy resolved to put an end to this outrage.
Morrissey was sought, and engaged to strike
back for a consideration. He was such "A
desperate looking fellow that Mrs Kennedy
was afraid of HIM and advised her husband
to have nothing to do with him, He organic.
ed band of rOughs and took possession of
the polls. harder set was never seen. At
noon wagon load of dcspcradocs drove up.
Inspector Carpenter was on duty.
Can | go in, Cap;' asked the leader
"Ycs; walk in
Morrissey and his 80 associates said
Good morning"
III guess you don't need me here" said the
leader, and drove of Morrisscy won With
his wages he bought q clean shirt and dc.
cent suit of clothes. He is now u million.
aire. He helps all who wish to fight the ii.
ger. He doesn't play. He may swear, but
no one hears Vim. No one goes TO bed 50
late without leaving Morrisscy up No one
gets up SO early but they find him quietly
walking around as if he had no enjoyment
and M, infarpS. in Snralppa He is hand In
glove with the heavy men of Wall street II,
has been to Congress and can put Hon" Il
his name lie is the kingpin of Saratoga
Men of parts allow HIM to slap them on thu
back. lie holds the commodorc's horse wheI
he returns from ride. Prominent persons ar
l"proud" To know him. Half New York Ia
had legs under his mahogany. When he wa
in Congress he refused 10 be introduced {,
anybody. His uniform answer was: 81 an
here at my desk If anyone wishes To see mt
let HIM come here"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

PHILADELPHIA, but she promises to raise an Amer
lean earle in a similar manner for the Centch
NAL Exposition. We submit, however, That q
dcmij ohn il not tit home for such o'ro'
A Louisiana man has discovered new way 10
hunt aigators. He puts two ounce can u
nitro rlyccrnc into chicken and places IL where
the ugly fellows come fooling round, ana thcy 20
for that chicken, and there is small earthquake
and one less alligator.
A young lady Of Terre lIautc, Ind, has proved
her ability to support husband by ShootlhS
over one hundred quail this season. jerks re-
marks on this that he has shot over a thousand
quail this season himself, but he never Kills any
II, shoots over them always.
The advice of the old farmer to his boys was
cmincntly sound. Said he
"Boys, don't you ever spcckclate or wait for
| things TO turn up. You might just as well 20
and sit down on Il stone in the middle OF q med
der with pail 'twixt your legs, and walt Tor a
COW to back up to you to be MIXED
We had paragraph last week about the triOu-
ations of st. Paul editor, The locals up that
way seem to fare no better Here is how ono Of
them signs;
~ wish was an Indian,
4 Modoc or Ute;
I'm tired Of hunting items,
With the mud above my boot
The biz republican scare in MINI rosetta at the
November election didn't prevent the editor OF
the Minneapolis HcraM from saying spitcfully;
/" Farmer Donnclly has a boil on his nose. He
attributes it to the administration Of President
Grant"
A Greenfield, Mass, girl, returning home re,
Gently from lecture on electricity got caught
in thunder storm and promptly pulled of her
hoop-skirt not caring TO risk herself inside that
kind Of lightning conductor
The Vermont (Fulton) County Chronicle am
nounccs that it will exchange a few tcndcrluos
for sparc-ribs or sausage. Ten cents line"
California and Nevada are not the only country
where things have outlandish names. The
" United Idiots is the name of an amateur must
cal association existing in "Skunk's Misery and
" Scallawag Centre" two interesting villages in
the town of Cornth, Vt.
A poet who writes with metallic lustcr in a
Texas paper, sings;
There sat one day in splCndOr,
4 maiden young and fair;
With beautiful soft blue eyes,
And gold and silver hair.
Now, this fair young maiden
Had mission to perform
Upon this terrestrial globe
The maiden's Emission" was specie payment
We know it by her hair-"gold and silver"
A Chicago lady complains Of the unrcmitting
love OF her absent husband He never sends her
any money
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22


The Milwaukee Wisconsin relates the fol
lowing:
after the crash of 81, when everybody
almost was scared to death and the Croakers
predicted that the country had gone to smash,
u dry goods house was opened in this city,
which proceeded on the principle that in or
der to reach the boarded money in the peck,
cts OF the people the prOprictOrs must sell at
very reasonable prices and advertise very
largely They worked vigorously upon this
principle Their brother merchants who
did not advertise predicutcd that the new
corners would be ruined, a, they paid toe
much for advertising, Nevertheless, they
persisted. In a single year they paid five
hundred dollars in gold to the Uajly IVisc0H-
sin for advertising, and at the end of seven
years they retired from business with for.
tune of one hundred thousand dollars, while
other merchants on the same street, some OF
them opposite their store, had failed"
We remember similar instance among
our own advertisers in the panic of 1857. A
merchant continued his advertisement in our
columns through the whole period of stag
nation, and notwithstanding many prediC-
tons that sit wouldn't pay His testimony
aftcrward was that his sales were steady and
his profits satisfactory, while many mer-
chant around him who couldn't afford TO ad-
vertse,' saw his clerks stand idle behind the
A financial panic does not mean that no
one has any money. There is plenty of mon.
ey in the country, and those who hoard il
are just the ones to be eager for the "bar-
gain" which fall in prices holds out But
to buy they must know where to buy, and
the merchant who tells them will receive
their Cash-N- \. Ere. Post
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

\ BIG BLOw.-IaSt evening, while the
chief engineer OF Ii lung-teStcr was cXpatiating
upon the benefits TO be derived from the free
use of his instrument, a cadavcrous individual
stepped out of the crowd and remarked to
him
Mister do YOU think it would help me
any to blow into that cam"
Yes, sir; certainly; it would expand your
chest, give elasticity To your life. Why,
you'd soon be able TO blow 500 pounds and
win the s. prize"
why, does fellow get 81 when he blows
that many pounds"
Yes, sir; wouldn't YOU like To make Il
trial :" with a knowing wink TO the crowd.
Il don't care il do" said Greens, walking
around and planking down dime Of the
greasy shinplaStcr sort.
Then taking the mouth-piecc in his hand,
he made ready He opened his mouth until
the hole in his face looked like a dry-dock
for ocean steamers, and began to take wind.
The initiation was like that of the Graphic
balloon, but not so disastrous. That fellows
chest began To grow and distcnd until he re
scmblcd poutcr pigeon more than man, at
which point he put the mouth-picce To his
lips and blew with such force that his eyes
came ont and stood around on his cheek
bones to see what was the maiter-but that
canton went up like "A flash, and the needle
If the indicator spun around like the button
ON a country school house door, until 1t stood
still al 800 pounds! The crowd cheered, ana
the keeper of the can paid over the - IN
stamps, with a mu,tcr of aStonishment but
,irccns pock.ied them coolly. and turning 10
the spectators, said:
LuoA here, gents, that amt h"'hlh- " "'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

In the town of Alfred, Maine an old lady
has been discovered whose singular good for.
tune it was to be born on the 4th of July, 1776.
She is a Shaker, and her name is Lucy Lang.
don NOVEL; 1t is another of her virtues that
she has never been in a railroad-car, and it is
proposed, if she holds out so long, to send her,
in Pullman palaCc-car, to adorn the open
ing of the Centennial Exhibition in 1876.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

4 Pitsburg pa Judge recently instructed
a Jury in terms which will meet hearty en-
dorSemen, from that genial class known rs
"jolly good fellows" He said that if Il man
is going along the street and not annoying
people, even though he be intoxicated, pO-
lice officer has no right to arrest him. He
further held that man would justified in of:
offering all the resistance in his power to an
officer if the latter attempted to arrest him
simply because he was intoxicated.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

GENERAL PnIsBURY's NERYE.-In Il
sketch of the life of the late General Amos
Pillsbury, the Albany Express relates the fol
lowing interesting incident About that
time lS62) his father was appointed Super.
intcndent of the Connecticut State Prison,
his son being the deputy but in 1880, his
father having resigned, Amos Pillsbury was
rendered the position, although but twenty-five
years of age 1t was in this institution, and
almost a quarter of a century ago, that a
desperate fellow named Scott was confined
for fifteen years. He was determined not to
work, nor submit To- any of the rules, and
shortly after entering the institution he near
| IN cut off his left hand so as 10 avoid doing
any work But his wound was Immediately
attended; and in less than one hour aiierward
| he was turning a crank with one hand. For
this he threatened to murder the warden on
the first opportunity, and in some way get
! ting hold of a razor, he sharpcncd IL for the
dread purpose. Hearing of this Mr.. Pillsbu
~ sent for him and commanded him to
shave him. He eyed the man steadily, seated
himself in a chair and the operation began
When the shaving was finished, the Superin
tcndent said: | have been told that you
meant TO murder me- bat | thought might
trust YOU God bless YOU sir, you may, rc
piled the rcgcneratcd man, completely broken
down From that moment he became one Il
I the best behaved criminals Ia tbr prison
was treated well and remained on ai, gpod
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

One of the most airocious instances of
stealing the livery of heaven to serve the dew
il in has come TO light in Greenwich, Conn.
A burglar who had been operating pretty eN-
tcnsiyely in that village was caught the other
night, and found TO be the REV. John Moore"
who had been cdiiying the good people, with
lectures IN Science and the Bible" and who
preached on The Sunday before from the text
Go We about doing good"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

TtOAI, IA y d. OK ~ II .--IIt uIl'
dersgucd Tor sale the following described land
situated ia the Eagle. about four miles northwest
of sfreaior tC Kit: south - Of the SN aud the
south ~ acres OF the half OF the SNi, OF Section y
ssc the Of the Nh section 10, all IN township 81
north OF range the "a T. VI. There j. on e iart
good buildings aud small young orchard OF Tearing nl.
Irers. also living spring o. water II i one OF The most
desirable stock farms IN La sale county as ne tsr i
bounced on the north hy the NcrmOu laycr Ile whoe
OF the same uudsraid With coal, viii sell the souNe
premises tor a small paymeut doVn and the balance on
tnn p n with ten rsr interest Persons wishing 10
better thau call and eNaI me renl-
- before purchasing. H. MALDi.ONj
EAEec. sept .. I-sl--eu7's- Ou lhe FEeihls's-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

Hon. William r. Taylor, the Governor
elect of Wisconsin, is man about fifty five
years Of age. He is Il native of New Eng
land but has resided for over twenty-fy
years in Dane county, Wisconsin. During
all that time he has cultivated large farm
in the town of Cottage Grove, about six
miles from Madison. Pursuing this occu.
patton with unremitting industry and with
the thrifty HABITS that vindlcatc his activity
he has prOspercd in Il high degree, and is
the posscssOr of an independent fortune. He
has served in both branches of the Lcgisla-
turc, is one of the active trustees OF the In.
sane Hospital, and is President of the State
Agricultural Society. In all these positions
he has shown great capacity for public affairs
and has offered abundant assurance that his
administration will be characterized by rigid
economy and absolute integrity. Mr. Taylor
became Il Granger very soon after the lncep
ton of that movement, is Master Of a Local
Grange, and was one of the first to advise the
abandonment of the democratic party, and
the organization of IA party on new and re
formed bass. In person, he Is man oflargt
and rather unwieldy frame, with complex
ion bronZcd by a long series of harvest suns
and with hands that earned their CallOus long
before the Farmers Movement made pillow
handles fashionable. Doubtless he will be
something less than handsome tigurchcad
for the Badger State, but he is quite certain
to he very much more than a figurehead
'-IHicdgO Times.
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behavior until Mr. Pllsbury left in 1881. Bat
when the new warden was appointed, Scott
tried to escape aad murdered his keeper, For
this crime he WAS hanged the following year
in Hartford
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

ut all for man who has been y bugcr in Il
deaf and damb asylum for seven years, like
me w-Ncr OrledRS UeYdid.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

.nIp NEw-I'Apt:H>- not torn or mutiia
y ID or 81. sttla FGEE TEApGEOFFlJE.
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NOTHING But GOOD GOODS

OF their kind and socts share OF ne gGer0ns paon
400 glyen the old Firm. Adopting the od adaSe uTom
that the nimble sNpence Is better tah Ie sIoN
shNng" shall endeavor TO make price, 80 "a 70 a'
n strictly cash business hut VIII eN'"'N-' = '' o'''
As heretofore, on liberal terms
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WOOL WANTED,
CnA,, l,NNDS FOR ~ALIc.-The un-

For which the Market Price will be Paid.
sept. s-sn0s JESSE Gt'EEN' DAYTON III.
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Custom Carding Solicited.

,,,,s ,Ysbing their Wool made into rolls may depend
on bsyny their work well done and returned promptly.
III an lac sent rail in strong sheets AZ tra!ng
$500 mainly marked. " J, Green, DAYTON l;' also,
II,,no,,,s name or initials. II Informed by letter
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

DlCkEf, BOYLE Il RICHOLSON. Attorneys
az Law, Leland Il Bushnell's Block, La Sale street
llttANA. HIS.
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w NJ. -. y 4 OK so ~. Attorney at Law and No.
W tary Public, Streator. Illinois spri, rs
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TO THE TRADE.

I,-orls say that shall make speclhlty az Eepela
vinn,.is. hut will make other goods. such ~ Ca
anu nnssIus Jeans. Stocking arm dndgJ blue mi
as,As
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Pshtessinnal Cards.
AT OR N e VS.

| NJ EsS o'DON ~ ELL. Attorney and Conn.
- sellor AT Law. Collections made and promptly remit.
ed once IN Glover Cooks Block, with lice va.
bridge, Ottawa Illinois. ~ novIS%
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| { HAS. II: BRUSH, Attorney and Counselor
wa, Illinois. mari'Is
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(yES. W. W. bIAA * e, Attorney at Law
once west OF Court House. Ottawa, Ills. sept3 7S-ly
Y -. WEEKS. Attorney at Law Solicitor in
". Chincery and Justice OF the Peace IN stairs in
Delano's Block mavie "a ~. ia
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

The candidates for the House OF Delegates
in Fio;d county are james w. Crockett, Con-
sentative; BethtIel Hylton, Republican; and
Colonel Joseph l.. Howard and Jacob smith,
independents.
Tie Republican Senatorial Convention for
Gloucester, Matthews, New Kent. and Mid
dleScX will meet at Gloucester Courthouse
to-day.
The Republicans Of the York Senatorial
district have nominated Dr.. d. y. Notion
(colorcd) tor the Senate. The friends of j.
\. Dawson, of Williamsburg, boltcd.
General James A. Walker, Of Pulaski. an
uounces that he is not Il candidate for the
Legislature, but will take the stump for
Kemper, Withcrs, and Daniel.
The Conservatives of Greensville have
nominated Captain William A. Reese for the
House of Delegates.
The Wytheyillc Enterprise says it is
rumored that Mr.. Hughes is to be given the
mission to Liberia after his defeat next fall.
The Conservatives of Montgomery county
will hold Il nominating convention on the
Sth of September.
Mr.. G. A. Bohannon has been nominated
for the House Of Delegates by the Conserva-
tives of Matthews.
L. r. Stewart has declined the nomination
for the House of Delegates rendered him by
the Radicals of Richmond county.
And now the Pearisburg Gazette gives
Mr.. Daniel the title OF Colonel.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

DID TIE POSTMASTER OF LYNcTBrEG STEAL
TIE STAMPS = Alexandria Sentinel I'VE
spoke in our last issue Of the circulars sent
out to all Government officials and employees
requiring q little assessment to DC forwarded
"tor the good of the cause" (of Hughes d
Coz in Virginia. We have since learned
that many Of them which have arrived in
this ncighborhood are tranked with the Off
cial stamp of one Wilson, United States
postmaster at Lynchb lrg. Now, not only
do the civil-service regulations positively
prohibit these assessments, but here is Fed
cra postmaster, i'll violation Of his duty,
and we suppose Of his oath, deliberately
using the official stamp of his office to de-
fraud the Government Of its revenue for the
purposes of Il party in State election, with
which the Government has nothing to do,
and in which both sides are equally friendly
to it. Yet these are the people who promise
us pure and honest State Administration
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

them In the character of patriot. He his
the right as man to allow eJoisna to over
come aitruism, but he has no such right
when he comes before Us In the character OF
a friend and well-wisher of his southern
countrymen. Looking at himself only, ne
has the right. Consulting scltishness only,
he has the right. But II his eating meat
causes his brother to suffer, he ought to ab-
stain. II his imprudent speeches result in
injury to his country, he should make no
more such whilst the world stands. We
claim to be but poor patriots ourselves but
even we would never willingly exercise our
right of free speech to the injury OF dear
old Virginia and the South.