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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-08-05

Eg-Atall Yankee, standing six feet
three inches in his stockings, was sudden
ly attacked with symptoms of fever
Having violent pain in his head, his
wife, to afford him relief, was about to
apply draughts to his feet, when he ask
ed:
"What are you putting them on my
feet for?''
Why says she, 'to try and draw the
pain out of your head"
"The i" says he, II would rather it
would stay where it is; than be drawn the
whole length of NE"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15
Pumpkins for Cows.

From peek of seed dropped and covered
in the gaps of 4 cornfeld, dairy of nine COWS
has been kept up to summer milking, and the
quality of the butter is super-excellent and
six heifer calves raised from the above are fat
as moles. The COWS are fatter, too than ma
jority of the cattle slaughtered. These cows
have been making about six pounds of butter
per week, besides supplying new milk and
cream for gent!cman's house with SIX IN
mates. The pumpkins are chopped up in the
managers with spade, morning, noon and
night, about half bushel each time, when cut
into pieces. They eat while being MIXED,
morning and night, and they come to the yard
and go into the stable for half an hour at noon.
Beets, carrots and other roots and small ears
of corn will follow, so as to keep up the milk
during winter-Cor Country Gentleman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15
Measuring the Height of Trees.

In the .4merican Agriculturist is an illus.
trated article describing the mode OF ascer.
tanning the height of trees. The mode, al;
though quite simple, is not always on hand
when most wanted, and requires some nicely
of management; and the extreme height OF
trees is less frequently desired to be found by
farmers who wish to cut stick of timber to
some desired length from the timber woods
A more simple method, and one that can be
put in practice at any time and place, when
one has only measuring rod, and has the ex-
perience of the writer, is as follows: A stick
of timber is desired, say fifty feet long; select
your tree, measure fifty feet in direct line
from the foot of the tree on as near level
ground as possible; now cut stick the exact
height of the observer and stick it in the
ground exactly perpendicular; now let the
observer lie flat on his back his feet against
the stick, and head in line Of tree and stick,
and look directly over the top of the stick,
and where the line of vision strikes the tree
will be the length of stick. fifty feet, desired.
If the ground is not level the measure will
not be exact but allowance must be made.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

A man who is not smart enough to run
store is not smart enough to run farm Far
mers are not to be out of what is left after
lawyers doctors, ministers, and merchants are
sorted and picked out. And if man fails on
a farm he is not likely to succeed in store,
for it requires more talent to be thriving
farmer than to be an average merchant The
one great failure is the disproportion between
a mans farm and his capital A farmers
capital is his skill, labor, and his money. if
he has little cash. he must have no more land
than he can manage by his personal labor.
Every acre beyond that is an incumbrance,
One acre well worked is more profitable than
twenty acres SKINNED over. 1t is this greed
of land by farmers that have not the capital
to work it, that keeps 80 many poor. small
farms are better than large ones, simply be.
cause they are better suited to the capital OF
common farmers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15
Relative Profits OF Wheat, Oats, and Barley


In the states east of Ohio and north OF Mary
land, the growing of wheat has in most local.
ties given way to the raising of other crops
the sale of which will buy more flour than the
land will produce. This is OF course less the
case toward the western edge Of the section
mentioned, and very notably increases toward
the coast, where, as in Massachusetts, the an,
nual Weld of breadstuffs is only fraction OF
the quantity consumed by the population.
But it is somewhat surprising to find that Call
fornia, with its Wanted advantages for wheat
growing, should show decided tendency In
the same direction.
From published statements before us, 1t ap-
pears the area in wheat in that state yields
only an average of nineteen bushels to the
acre, while barley gives thirty-five bushels,
and oats torty.five bushels per acre. The cash
value of the yield per acre for each OF the
three crops is set down respectively at Slo.24,
S21. "a and S2690, from which it will be seen
that barley yields in dollars nearly one-fifth,
and oats nearly one-half more than wheat Tor
q given average.
Six.sevenths of the export of barley from
California is to Peru, the Orient, British 20
lumbia, Chilli, and Japan. The export OF oats
is chiefly to Australia, British Columbia, ia
pan, China, Mexico, and New Zealand. These
facts are suggestive not only with reference
to the future of agriculture on the Paclflc
coast, but with regard to the probable direc-
ton of that commercial enterprise which soon
er or latter must dot the South Sea with the
ships and steamers of great and varied trat'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

A lecture delivered at Baltimore, Md, con-
tains propositions peculiarly applicable to the
eastern portion of the United States, and all
but the third proposition will apply with equal
force everywhere. They are:
I. The area under cultivation should be
within the limits of the capital and labor en-
ployed; or, in other words, that on impover,
ished soils NO one should cultivate more land
than he can enrich with manure and tertili-
zers, be it one acre or twenty.
2. That there should be a law compelling
every man to prevent his stock from depredat-
ing on his neigbors fields.
3. That soiling or feeding crops green Is
more economical than pasturing.
4. That deep tillage is essential to good
farming.
8. That the muck heap is the farmers bank
and that everything should be added to it thai
will enlarge it, and increase at the same time
its fertilizing properties.
8. That no farmer or planter should depend
upon one staple alone, but should seek to Sc
cure himself against serious loss in bad sea
sons by diversity of products.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
Canada Thistles.

, correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
sends to that journal his experience in exter-
minating Canada thistles. He says:
I'm some sections of the New England states
the thistle grows in all parts of the fields ana
nastures where thistle seed can possibly ger
inmate, and a piece of ground can only DC
titled few years at one time before u mas W
be seeded down to kill the thistles. MOI llal
seeding down will kill them, but by having
the land in grass, it gives opportunity 10 oul
the thistles at the right time, when Is ailer
lion of SAP ceases, and before the seeds ma
ure. When cut at this time, they need no APP
nlication of bcnzine carbOlic acid, salt, or
other doctor stuff and would sooner un-
dertake to clear ten acres of land OF well devel-
oned Canada thistles than six acres OF cookie
burrs.
habits of the thistle 1t has a vigorous root
that is very tenacious of life and thai pene-
trates to Il great depth, sometimes as much as
five or six feet, if the subsoil be of loose ma
ture Now, if single plant be allowed 10
grow and mature unmoested there Will no
more plants grow from the same root but II
they be cut off while in vigorous growth they
will shoot up again, whether they are cut OH
at the top of the ground or below, so long as
an inch of the root is lefs, unless it be poison
ed or picked to death This tendency OF
plants to shoot up after being cut before ma
turing may be seen in wheat or other gram,
by cutting it down before 1t blossoms, anu 10
undertake to eradicate the Canada thistle py
preventing its coming to maturity IS as nope
less task as rolling the stone OF olsipnus.
The down East plan (and some valuable
plans come from down East is to enrich the
land until it viii raise a thistle big enough TO
hitch horse 70; then seed down, and NOW
when they are nearly out Of blossom-the near.
er the better-and hardly thistle, can be
found after the second year. Now this same
treatment will no doubt kill the 'pesky thistle
in Illinois or anywhere else, and they need
not be a source of alarm and terror when
properly treated.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

Take your harps from the will ows, we
daughters of Progress, and sing the songs OF
triumph Here is a case from an Engl
Court, which is not a simple move in the
cause Of woman's rights, but seven-league
skip: A miserable stationer-a second Snags-
by-petitioned for judicial separation from
his wife on the ground of that lady's long
continued and remorseless cruelty. She was
accustomed to beat him without any sort OF
cause, to lock him up in solitary rooms, and
to do other things which deprived him of the
comforts of life and impaired his insignif
cant health. The excuse brought forward by
the counsel of this noble woman was that SHE
was insane at the time-which is defense as
remarkable for originality as for ingenuity
The .iuuge, however observed that he Wa:
satisfied rs to the willful cruelty, and thu!
this large-minded and untrammeled lady sc
cured the glorious distinction of having {
decree rendered against her just like az.
mere MANY Y. Tribune.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

Most Illinois feeders give their lattenlng
cattle all the corn they will eat, whether
ground husked, scraped, or on the stalk
Shock corn. The grain is the main article OF
diet, hay or corn fodder-"roughness'-a rel
ish, instead of the reversed order, that makes
the grain sort of dessert
John A. Alexander's plan is said to have
been TO bed the cattle down with corn. This
otherwise wasteful method becomes an eco
nomical one, when the cattle are followed py
hops-trom one to two to the steer-where IL
is practicable BY properly regulating the
number of hogs, they will clean up the vase i,s
almost entirely; and all agree, l believe, thal
the hogs do better with this system thah any
other. We grind corn for cattle ana steam IL
for hogs; this plan removes the necessity ior
either.
We grind corn for cattle that they may as.
simulate it better-get out OF IL more Vi .he la'
there is in it, But so long as we catch IN one
where the other misses, what Is the loss
The thing is to get the corn INTO 1at whether
beef or pork is immaterial, TOR, on 1901, they
are usually about the same price. oalue leu
IN corn do gain rapidly, and the grain they
void is ready cooked for the pigs that feed
Themselves, A great saving of labor is thus
ELECTED: Smelling corn, hauling to and from
the mill to say nothing of toll, cooking for
hogs. and feeding them Every man can esti,
male the cost for himself; but many little
makes a muckle," and the economy is impor-
tant in proportion to the extent of business
done.
In conversation with large farmer and feed.
er of Pike county, Ill.,, the other evening, l
asked if they had ever tried grinding for them
selves with the iron crushers. Certainly, ne
replied, there is one of them laid up on nearly
every farm in our section of country. don't
know of anybody who is using them, it costs
so much, with labor at twenty-five dollars per
month, to grind for large lot of stock; and'
besides, as we feed, the cattle grind for moth
ing, and we get all out Of the corn there is IN
tiff little less beef, little more pork, usu-
ally worth about the same, so we lose nothing
after all, you see.-Nichigan Farmer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

TENPERATUREs.-Ihe Scientific american
has recently given statement relative 10 inc
extreme summer temperatures of different
parts of the world. Tibet is stated to be the
hottest country in summer, the temperature
in the shade rising to $50 deg. In Senegal
and in Guadalupe the summer temperature
is said often to reach 1870 deg. Throughout
the delta of the Gauges the mercury rises to
100 deg. Central America appears to have
about the same summer temperature. In
Cape Colony--the African diamond diggins
and in some parts of Utah, the midsummer
heat is l05 deg. These are the highest tenn
peratures given, the European mean summer
temperatures varying from 20 to 80 deg, Ice
land recording its midsummer heat at A
deg, and Nova Scotia at "a deg.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

HARROW IOUB WHEAT.-Don't forget TO
run your harrow over your wheat the last of
March or the first Of April If sown broad
cast, harrow; if drilled, harrow with the drill.
1t will pull up but little, and will be equal to
a hoe dressing Try it.
We agree with the above in regard to the
value of narrowing in the spring. We adopt
ed the plan last spring; and feel confident
that we added One-third, at least, to the amount
way with the A harrow, and then cross har.
rowed with Thomas harrow. We left few
rods in the middle of the field without first
harrowinr aS an experiment, and found that
this piece suffered for the neglect all the sea-
son.-North Western Farmer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

NJ Houzeau maintains hat not only does
each group of animals possess language
which is understood by other members of the
same group, but they can learn to understand
the language of other groups His dogs, for
instance, perfectly understood his poultry
Cocks and hens have one danger signal for
the approach of bird OF prey, another for
that of a terrestrial animal or Tor man: When
the latter was sounded the dogs would rush
ont and bark. while to the former they paid no
attention whatever. He, therefore, concludes
that fowls have the power of expressing slight
" different but closely allied ideas, and dogs
can learn TO understand these differences.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

IMPROVED SToCK.--I knew a farmer who,
for the benefit of himself and neighbors
bought fine Durham bull One Of his neigh
bors, a man, paid three dollars for the service
of the animal A scrub man would not pay
the price, and patronized a scrub, contending
that after all there was nothing in stock 1t
was all in the crib. These two,tarmers ra!s' q
their calves and stall fed them. The fdrn'tr
sold his for Christmas beef for 500, after
taking several premiums, and the scrub man
the crib man-sold his for $50, thus losing
$147 for not spending g. in the why of i'm
proving his stock-North Western Farmer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

How TO CHOOSE COOP Cow.-The crum-
ply horn is a good indication; full eye an
other: her head should be small and short.
Avoid the Roman nose, this indicates thin
milk and hut litt'y of it. See that she is dished
in the facc-Sunk between the eyes. Notice
that she is what stock men call Il good hand
ler-skin soft and loose, like the skin of the
dog. Decn from the loin 10 the udder, and a
very sin. g. Acow with these marks never
fails to- b.. -,od mixer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

NOTICE.-1TArBs 81 VALENTINE poLprH. Dxo'p
Notice . hereby given, that the andeIsignea executor
OF ,.t will OF Valentine DOldsr late OF the
county Of La Sale and state Of Illinois asceased WI sppea
sere the COUNTY Court Of said county the rd Monday
being ths 2st day. Of April 1874 Al the Csur; House In
Ottawa 10 said county, wheu and where all persons a.ng
Or AIDS Gsnst said estate noned - a'Isnd
and present the saps In writing for adjustment.
D~ ' WILLIAM ely,
febi5Sw Executor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

M AR MAPLE-In gathering sap
where ao .rtas are close together, TO proven
mistakes nd save labor, paint one side of
your buck white. The first round you make
in gatherin- turn the red side out the second
the white size. This done yor will not need to
run to tn Tee a second time, nor miss one, as
you may ee the gathering you have done
some rod distant
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feblJ-Sw

NrO1'ICTc.-KrArro OF EAPsskoN BE ,unIrS, prcp
~ Notice 10 hereby given, hat the uneersned AIM ~,
trstrx of the estate Napoleon bsarosh late OF the county
OF La Sale and Of Illinois deceased WIN ,np..r 6srs
the County Court Of said county the third Aondsy s
The ,lst day. OF April 1875. at the Court House 10 OF
tsva in said county when and where all persons having
claims or demands against said estate are notned 10 fena
And present the same In writing for adjustment
ELIZABETH BKAUBlFN,
nblS-sw Adminis AtrlI
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Aegal.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sALE.-No.ice

NOM CORRESPONDENTS "a LIE. Notice Is
~ hereby given that by virtue OF decree made and
tered Of record by the Circuit Court OF La Sale county
state OF Illinois, the October OF said court 1872,
In certain then pending In said court che chan
Gerry side thereof wherein Della Magll and Glars Magi
Rainants and Eleanor MAg and Laura f. Magil
defendants We SHALL Tuesday the LIST day OF April
A. 1888 At the hour Of two O'Clock In the afternoon OF
said 1ay, offer for sale At the south door OF the County
Court House In Ottawa In said county. at public auction
and will then sell to the highest bidder the following de-
scrbed se. the same ordered by said decree to
The onealf OF the southwest oneourth OF section
twenty-five, township north Of range east OF the third
principal meridian also,
The west oneha OF the northeast oneQuartsr AID the
east eight acres OF the east oneha OF the northwest one
g nsrth Of range east OF the Sd principal meridian Also
Lot number three In block ythree In States Addition
to OTTAWA, in La Sale county. Illinois: also,
Lot four In block In States Addition to 0tta
wa, La Sale county Illinois also,
Lot eight In block fourteen IN the Original Town OF Ot
tawa, La Sale county, Illinois; also,
Lot seve IN block fourteen In Original Town OF OTTAWA
La S&e county, Illinois; also,
The half of lot in block fourteen in Original
Town OF Ottawa, Illinois also,
Lot two in Assessors Subdivision OF Outlet Forty three
southwest fractional quarter OF section eleven town
ship morrill, range three east OF the third prnc
pal meridian.
TIRxs OF SALHCash hand; or one half in hand,
ard balance In Three eQss annual payments made In
one and three years from day OF sale Deferred pay
mens to be secured by mortgage upon real estate and TO
draw ten per cent. interest, pay able annually.
WILLIAM n. CAREY.
NJ. wHITMORE,
THOMAS j. WADE,
March I, 1873. Special Commissioners.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

Ben. Butler said recently: 81 am the man
that God made. and not the newspapers" The
newspapers are glad to be relieved of the re-
sponsibility.- Post.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-15

MI whereas j.hn B. OAK. and Ann OAKS, hi, wife o.
Of r. By Ssr ,ss IF
ton the Tow, Of Crotty in I. Sale county Illinois;
o ess Si f hs@Ss of S.ssi
Illinois which mortg age made to secure the pay
q ss OF :s q
said OAKS and An. Oaks and 70 ne, me q noe
and paid maturity then and thereafter to pay a the
T".s.. AND BY 5
IN case default in the payment Of said promsssy
s::o he said party the
awe; or stoSy ss5 hsyps .ayessa ssSn limos
BY posting printed notices fosr IN ing
S SSsm.es or any PAL, ,ser.cf and
dsmpea said parties OF the first part their heirs r1
e sSs ssS.s sidd. for cash Sale csun
4. III, s .s s % sa
making such the attorney party Of the srs
Pr. hs q prchs
ior the in fee 81 s. premises sold snd
.'.s s.t K, ssnysyns =. su sG,e,nS
which ;ss nsr.r.s. deed vi. duly recorded ia the Re-
in on sage said morHss. desd .rd.d the
hook Of Mortgages, Oh page w. to which r'ierense Is
And whereas ds.al, nsds in the full payment Of
said n.ts and there sow o. said note Due and unpaid TIE
OF oa2lo. Wh mArest ~ rAe Aofoshiu from
twenty third day OF October D. is and payable TO said
Ami r. Jackson.
Now therefore, Ann Jasksen, The said mortgage by
virtue of hs neysr Of sails 10 ssd mortgage contained 90
hereby public notice that shall the sth DAY OF pill
1879 o'clock N the forenoon " said last uentoned
day the east door Of the office Of Jackson Co IN
sesscs La Sale cossy, Tnes offer for sale and ;s At
public yepdue ne said Let supbS Twsntys1. IN BLOCK
nspbsr 1--WE Original Tovs Of Dwight, Livnsston
county state OF Iao n0rtgagsd prsnsss above dsschb
Cd and equity Of rsdsn pIoR OF SAD John Oaks and
Ans Oaks asssns theren Tor the purpose Of
rnzsg the money with which 10 pay said debt ana interest,"
1 coat and ex peIsss 10 the day Of sale. - - --
| Dated January y. itS ANIL T. JACksON.
| Maya wiDnBH, Aus1sys. pb
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MoRTGAGiIEI: sale OF Real Real. E ESTATE,
W whereas WeLdein Seumayer and Agalka Az Neumsyer,
u and
ssd 81 ss sd %fsa ana
and
assign. forever all Of The following described piece Or par
iii Se. af Lot Number s Sns in ocs NumSer SIX
g s. for M
mortgage deed for the OF seven hundred dollars exc
cqd.a Della sa Ss Estate
Al Msgill. ..,
note or any part thereof according the eject
y: s'S M
sixty days in newspaper published IN o,sws Illinois, or
tie county where SAID premise. are situated may zen NE
:S Of sn part ps:
heirs adnnlsiTstor. Or assign: therein a. pub
Of the Court House II Ottawa Illinois at the time appoint
ed in such advertisement may adjourn the sale from time
IL: @ party
therein constituted revocabe or n the name OF the SAID
ssecss and deliver 70 the purchaser for
ia fee of the premises sold and shall apply the pro
Ing selling and conveying Aforesaid Including attorneys
derng the overplus any to the said party Of the nst
part; .,.,c. ,.., 20. d,,, r.corasa in the RI.
corders once OF La Sale county state Of Illinois, in Book
liz Page U.s. dsau, has been made in the full payment
of said note and due asd unpaid the sum Of
Si9 and navahe to the said Della Mss ADMINISTRATIVE
a. Aforesaid;
NOW therefore !, the said Deha Magi ad- ark.
&C. mortgage by virtue Of the power OF sale said mort
gage deed contained DO hereby give public Roce that
O'Clock in the forenoon OF said last MENTIONED day. at the
south Court House In Ottawa La Sale county,
illinois, otter for sale and sell public yendue the said Lot
Number One in Block Number Six Norris Addition to
Ottawa in said county and state the morgaged premises
above described and vi equity Of redemption OF said Wen
den Neumsyer and Agalks Neumayer their heirs or as
signs therein for the purpose realizing ths money with
which to pay said debt and interest," costs and expenses 70
the day Of sale and will fully execute the powers In said
mortgage deed contained to the premises sold
and the apple OF the money which shall be received
from such sale. -
Dated Ottawa. February 10Th, 1873,
DELLA MAGTLL,
feb2a- ADMINISTRATIVE, &c.