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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-12

SEnGN ,HI.--on last evening VIII he en-
plov.c, of she FREE TRADER Office We're sweat
inr and fJamug with the heat ia55cin- 20 get
out the paper "on time" the residence Of our
Fd;to.in Chief was assailed, yea sei1ca by thr
Dcsain Company's harp band and party u
their yoaaii,ts bent on 4 sercnade. ID say that
thcir Music was excellent and Of eharacter 1"
cause any newspaper man to forge the man
wrong, Of Injured parties ana re7sl in th
bliss %. an hours sociabiii;y would D., Iee6lyeH
press oUc sentiments.
The r.siicuccs OF Mayor swi.r. councilman
Hook, Blnkers Nash and Mchinlay md Supreme
Clcrl. Tr;lnblc were chccred by tho!- presence.
In II e.s,. the hospitality Of the "hesd OF thr
lsra;iyp We extended and thu cou-;es;cs .shown
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-12

and finance, by supporting a rag money luna
tic like Alexander Campbell for Congress.
We are willing to extend to Mr. Campbell to
the largest extent our personal esteem and
fullest commlscration for his inirmity but
we canno! abandon all self respect and vote
for him for Congress.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-12

The Oldest, or first series shares, have now been
nunnng three years, or, in point of fact, but
about years and s months, and Sls having been
paid in on each, It will be seen tha. that they
show gain Of some 50 per cent
There ere at present 9S3 shares in force, gain
Of 81 since The last report, March lsI+l
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-12
THE MORRIS CONVENTION

The delegates to the independent Reform
! Congressional Convention for this district,
composed of the counties of Kendall, Is
Sale and Will--met at the court house, in
Morris, Sept, 10th,
The meeting was called to order by the
chairman Of the Executive Committee.
On motion, VIM. Grimwood, Of Kendall,
was elected temporary chairman; B. A.
Fuller, Of win, and J. Tyor Montgomery
secretaries.
The Chair appointed Messrs Baker, OF
Grundy; $. G. Nelson, of viii; Lott SEQ.
field, of Kendall; NJ. Byrnc, of La Sale
and JAS ORiley, Of VIII, Committee on
Credentials, and, Oh motion, they were to act
as Committee on Permanent Organization.
The report Of Committee on Credentials
was read and adopted which also made the
temporary organization permanent
Convention, on motion, proceeded to make
nominations for Congressman.
Daniel Evans, Of La Sale, by Il very neat
and appropriate speech, nominated the Hon.
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Our Clubbing.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named. The offer is open
in the country:
To ms IT, MN aud Nh in. o,o lyncl,Iy Vip,ps AZ 90
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All subscriptions to be paid in advance,
Remittances may h. made through money
order or registered letter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
Maiden Rock.

The Lake continues to rise.
Wheat in town scarce and worth
only 75cts.
Farmers are busy at putting in
winter wheat
DIR. Churchill, from Arkansaw,
was in town last Tuesday.
The United States dredge boat,
Nontaaa, lay at our wharf last Wednes-
day night.
MIR. d. Brewer has taken Mr.. s.
A. Green's place on the mail route be-
tween Maiden Rock and Ellsworth.
"A stormy school election was held
last Monday evening in this place. Af.
ter balloting several times, Mr.. Hull
was elected as Clerk of the district.
Taylor eclipsed. Two rattle
snakes, each measuring four feet long,
we're killed'in front of Mr.. Rosenberg
er's residence. A lath was the weapon
used.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
Irritated Days.

There are times when everything
seems to go wrong. From seven o'clock
A. NJ, till ten p. NJ, affairs are in
twis You rise in the morning and
the room is cold and button is off and
the breakfast is tough, and the stove
smokes and tho pipes burst, and you
start down street nettled from head to
foot. All day long things are adverse.
INSTITUTIONS, petty losses, meanness on
the part Of customers. The ink bottle
upse's and spoils the carpet. Some one
give a wrong turn to the damper and
the lass escapes. An agent comes in
determined to insure your life when it
is already insured for more than it is
worth, and you are afraid some enc
will knock you on the head to get the
prize If your policy; but he sticks to
you showing you pictures Of old Time
and the hour glass, and deaths scythe
and skeleton, making it quite certain
that you will die before your time, I'M
less you take out papers in his COM
pauy.-Besides this you have a cold in
your head and a grain of dirt in your
eye and you are walking uneasiness.
The day is out of joint and no surgeon
can set it.
The probability is that if you would
look at the weather vane, you would
find that the wind is northeast, and you
might remember that you have lost
much sleep lately. 1t might happen to
be that you are out of joint instead of
the day. Be careful and not write
many letters while you are in that irri-
tated moc3. You will pen some things
that you will be sorry for afterward.
Let us remember that these spiked
uettles of life are part of our discipline.
Life would get nauseating if it were all
honey. That table would be poorly set
that had ON it nothing but treacle. We
reed a little vinegar, mustard, pepper,
aud horseradsh that brings the tears
even when we do not feel pathetic.
If this world were all smoothness, we
would never be ready for emigration to
higher and better. clustering March
and weeping April prepare us for SHIN
ing May. This world is poor hitch
ing. post - Christian at Work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11

certain. The teachers present we're IN
terested in their work, aud seemed in
tent on making the most of this oppor-
tunity. Regent Chandler added much
to the interest OF the occasion by we'll
timed remarks, confined mainly to the
constitution and the school laws. MIR.
Chandler, by the way, we should deem
the right man IN the right place, were
it not for the fact that there is a more
important position which he is well
qualified to fill, namely, that of State
Superintendent.
During the session County Teach
ers' Association was formed. Presi-
dent, r. L. Reed, Vice President, Ida
Powell; Treasurer, Addie Wales; Sec.
rotary, ). 7. McCleary; Executive
Committee, H. S. Baker, - Long,
G. Smith.
Resolutions were adopted congratula.
tory, commendatory and complimentary
first, of the near approach of the
Fourth State Normal School in our
midst-second, of the acknowledged
ability and peculiar fitness of Prof Par
ker, as the first President, Of the same
third, thanking our citizens for their
kind enter tainment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
Bay City.

Il. ID. Phillips supplies the country
with shingles and wheelbarrows.
Those visitors are coming daily
plums growing scarce accordingly,
Contrary to predictions large
steamers have landed here aud taken
away both wood aud freight during the
last few days. Betcher & Alley have
shipped over a thousand dollars worth
Of goods, and have another load al.
most ready for shipment. We want a
wheat warehouse. No better poiut in
the county for shipping wheat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
Trenton.

SEPT. 4.-B. Owens is away on bus
mess
Mrs. Jane Curry is dangerously
sick.
There is a cry for thrashing hands
in this locality.
Hugh Gilmore is visiting friends
and relations in this place.
There were but few from this
place that could find time to attend the
Far at River Falls.
The ferry cable broke last Sunday
about five o'clock, leaving several pas
sengers and teams on this side.
"A. 4. Morrison has once more set.
tied in this place, and it won't be long
before the merry ring of his anvil will
be heard.
Seth Lyons has returned from the
Fair with his race horse. He was
beaten. Seth says by unfair means, how
is it ye Fair Managers?
The Diamond Bluff Sabbath
School had quite an interesting lecture
given them by Lawyer Button, of Pres
colt. Several from this burg we're in
attendance.
One of the steamers belonging to
the Diamond Joe" line broke shaft
opposite the levee. She succeeded in
landing the crew. She will have to be
taken to st. Louis before she can be re-
paired.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
For the Journal.
That Apple.

More bitter than the bitter fruit,
OF Sodom or Gomorrah,
The apple Adam took from Eve,
Which changed her bliss to sorrow;
And turned her day in Paradise,
To darkness on the morrow.
For countless years she's tasted it,
The sweet and then the. bitter,
For every time that Adam fails
In trying to outwit her,
He hurls the fruit with oil his might
With full intent to hit her.
Whene'er her limits she out-steps,
And Adam sees her grapple
With subjects too profound for him,
He shouts, "Who gave the applet"
How we'll for Adam that 'twas Eve
Who first the apple eat Of;
II first his lips had touched the fruit
There'd been none left to speak of.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11

JOHN GREEN.

AL kinds of Groceries kept constantly
on hand, and for sale for Cash, or Ready
Pay only. 1888
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
MASON WORK.
G. G.. Knowles

Does all kinds Of Mason Work, in
GLIDING Stone. Brick, Plastering,
Putting in Cisterns, etc.
WILL FURNISH MATERIALS
IF DESIRED.
Work done with promptness, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
River Tails. Wis. 49'9m
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Fairs.

W. huNS ANAth OCiANNS bhNJ
should be kept up, and we are quite
sure they will be. They may fail oc.
casionally, sometimes from one cause,
sometimes from another, and some
times from a combination of causes
But experience has shown their utility,
and in many Of the older states it has
shown their necessity.
The social character of Fairs is one
important feature of them. 1t makes
new neighbors, revives old acquain-
tances, and strengthens the bonds ofun-
ion everywhere. Fairs are like home
virtues-not always duly appreciated,
but by extending our acquaintance,
and by inviting legitimate comparl-
son, we sometimes develop more than
we expected. 1t is said that distance
lends enchantment to the view, and,
acting uron this supposed fact, we look
abroad for merit, and for fame. But
wherefore? Why not honor your own
household That done, why not honor
your own neighborhood? In short
why not honor your own town? While
an interchange of views, and an ex.
change of products may be valuable
with eutire strangers, why not make it
equally SO with our own fellow citizens?
Fairs, like common schools, have be-
come an absolute necessity, and their
popularity is increasing from year to
year. As an advertising medium they
are indispensable, and as an auxiliary
in the pursuit of both science and art,
not alone in mechanics, but in husband.
ry, as well, their Importance was long
since acknowledged.
In attempting to MAINTAIN them it
should be remembered that unity Of
sentiment and action are highly impor-
tant. No one is too poor to do some.
thing, and all are glad to contribute
when asked to do so. They should be
regarded as common cause-for a
common good, aud every body should
be invited to maintain them. Their
true aim should not be to benefit few,
but to amuse, instruct and otherwise
improve the whole. They should not
be partizan in character, or invidlous
in distinction. As such they will never
be of any use to the farmer, the me-
chanic, the merchant or the artist.
State Fairs are now beyond any dan
ger of failure, and County Fairs ought
to.be. If they go down they will re.
vive again, They will shun the rocks
and shoals on which they foundered,
and they will learn to use all the means
available to arouse and sustain them.
These thoughts are penned in view
of our approaching Pierce County An.
nual Fair, and we ask candid consid.
Grafton Of them by all who are or even
should be interested to keep up the
character of this institution. AS a
city, Prescott has done well 10 securing
grounds, and in furnishing good accom-.
modations, and now il behooves all to
unite, not only to contribute something,
but by their presence to encourage so
worthy an enterprise. Farmers, Me.
chanics and Artists-Florists, Fruit
Growers and Amateurs-send in your
specimen numbers, attend the Fair,
and thus make it success; aud, our
word for H. Won will never regret IL
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TORIGsT MILE.

Ry FRASK ilUor.--0ne mile below the
village Of Trimbelle A fair shar 9 ofpat-
onage is respectfully solicited. 1890 ~
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
a Quiet Hint for IIus-
bands.

Whenever you find stout, healthy
minister hanging around your wife,
with "holy and sincre admiration and
aztec tioD," which sentiment is recipro-
Gated by your wife, having lofty
spiritual, religious yearning and pure
platonic love for that priest" that at.
tracts her frequently to his side, do you,
unsophistocated young husband, just go
right out to the nearest cobbler, and
buy heavy pair of pegged boots.
Put them stogy boots right on, and the
next time that that minister calls at
your house to peddle his Spiritual es-
sence," take him gently by the coat
collar, make a short GRAFTON, whereof
the peroration shall be "get out" and
then clinch the argument q posteriori
with them stogys. It's the best way
to get along with an intimacy, though
it may be, that it sometimes brings a
cheap of trouble" 10 its train.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
Z. PRATT.
A. J. sHERBURNB. Z. PRATT.
MEAT MARKET

SHEaBURNE ~ PRATT.
Shop opposite John Green's Store,
on Main Street, River Falls, Wis.
CASH PAID FOR HIDES.
Also, Common Lime, White Lime,
Plastering Hair, and Cement kept
constantly on hand, and for sale at
reasonable prices.
yl7n30
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11

The MAZE GEORGIA. Reliable in
formation has been received that the
mare Georgia that trotted here at the
last meeting against Electricity, trotted
at Huntington, Ind, the first week in
July, as Ruth. At Newark, OHIO, she
trotted on the Sth aud oh OF July and
was entered as Ruth by William Fur
gursen. AT Toledo. Ohio, July 16,
she was entered and trottcd as Eva,
by w T. Campbell. On the 9th Of
August she was trotted at Massillon,
Ohio, az Era, formerly Ruth, formerly
Ella Willard By George N Levins. She
was protested at Massillon and the pro-
test was sustained under rule 6, and
the money was held subject 10 the dc.
cision Of the Board Of Appeals. From
Massillon she came here. This will
probably entide Electricity to the frsI
money here and at River Falls.-N
Pail Pioneer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
TIE RIVER FALLS JOURNAL.
A WEEKLY NEWSpAPER,

A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, TERMS, $l.25
JOURNAL AND ADVANCE ONE YEAR
TO ONE ADDRESS, So. CASH IN AID
VANCE.
Loenl Edition-JounaJ & Adpdncc, pub
ifshe every Friday, 81 gear, cash in ad-
uan e.
A. MORSE & SON Proprietors.
JeD PRINTIN6
or every description exc uted on short no.
flee, neat and at reasonable prices. o.
trcR on Main Street.
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The Teachers Institute.

1t opened with Fifty names enrolled.
o. the morning Of the second day nine
more were added. The number was
finally augmented to between eighty
aud ninety, not all of WHOM we're teach.
ers. A very large proportion of these
we're from Pierce county. In the main,
Prof Parker conducted the exercises,
and that to the satisfaction Of all pres.
cut, 50 far as we have been able 10 as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
A Little Advice to Far
merS.


Help your wives in every way you
can, trivial though it may seem to you.
For instance, keep an extra pair OF
shoes or slippers in the hall or entry,
aud always remember to change your
dirty boots before entering her clean
rooms. Then you may be sure of a
smile Of welcome, as no dirt will be left
after you for her to clean up. In the
evening comb your hair as carefully as
ever you did in your counting days, put
on a clean coat or dressing gown, and
when you take your paper to read do
not read to your self and leave her to
lonesome thoughts while sewing or
mendipg, but remember that she zoo
has been working hard all day, aud is
still working. Read to her ~hatever
interests you, so that her interests and
opinions may grow with yours, aud that
she may comprehend something besides
love stories, of which too many have
read more than they should. You will
both be happier, and being farmers
or mechanics wife will not be such q
dreadful tiresome aud lonely life as
many girls have reason now to think il
il
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-09-11
TO BUILDERS.

We are agents for H. w. Johns
Asbestos Roofing for st. Croix and
Pierce Counties and keep a good
stock on hand. People that are
building and want a good and cheap
Roof, will use the Asbestos Roofing.
Inquire about it.
1870 BURHYTE Bros.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-01-08
The Battle of the BuIl.Frogs.

Many of the citizens of Vernon
will remember to have seen on one
dollar bills of the Windham County
State Bank, a vignette representing e
bull. frogs fighting.
This was engraved to commemor-
ate the battle Of the bull-trogs. The
facts are as follows:
Many years ago when the town o.
Windham was newly settled, there
came very dry season. There are
two large ponds in Windham, sepa
rated by an intervening strip of land
of considerable extent. Each oi
these ponds were inhabited by g
large community ofthe reptiles above
named. The smaller pond dried up
and its inhabitants started in a bod,
for the lower and larger pond. They
were met in the intervening space b,
the community from the larger ponc
and fierce and long. continued bat
tie ensued between the. rival com
munities. Such was the hideous bel
lowing OF the frogs during their des
perate encounter, that it alarmed tn.
inhabitants. who at first supposed i
to be the whoop of the hostile tribes
But curiosity getting the best o.
their fears, they cautiously proceed
ed to the spot whence the hideous
sounds issued, and there beheld the
strange spectacle of two immense
armies of bull-frogs, covering many
acres of ground, engaged in fierce
and deadly battle, This battle con
tinued more than twenty-to hours
and when it was over the ground wal
literally covered with the slain.-
Montpelier Freeman.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-01-08
sARBARiTY OF THE cUBANs

The New York Herald of the Sd
inst. contains letter from Santiago
de Cuba to well known broker of
New York, relating the details of
the murder of Masons in Cuba, and
the brutal treatment inflicted upon
their surviving families. The name
OF the writer is suppressed, as his life
would probably pay the forfeit should
the authority of the communication
oe traced by the Spanish authorities.
Inc letter states that the Grand
Lodge in 1869 met in SANTIAGO de
Cuba, according to custom which
mad never been intertered with by
the vernment,lalthough the time
and place OF meetings was we'll un.
derstood. AT the time referred to-
however, the Lodge was informed
that arrests would be made, and that
If any resistance was made to the
free entrance of officers and troops.
they would burn the building and all
those within. The Grand Lodge.
therefore, held its session with open
doors, and its members were arrest
ed and imprisoned on the following
morning although promised trial,
they were taken outside of the CITY
and shot without one. The families
of these men were tried for their
Masonic offences, their property con-
hscated, and they declared paupers,
while the populace was forbidden
under pain of Imprisonment to rem
der them any assistance. Left desti-
TUE and unable to leave the jurisdic-
ton of Santiago de Cuba, the help
less creatures sought refuge in the
woods near by and became a COM
mon family.
The inhuman and barbarous treat
ment visited upon the women and
children are represented as outrage
GUS and cruel beyond description or
the belief of civilized people. They
were accused of deeds in which they
had no part, bloodhounds were set
upon them by which they were mu-
tilated and often killed, others died
of starvation or exposure, and of the
three hundred who lived in 1869, but
thirty or forty remain. An attempt
was made by the Volunteers and the
crew of the Tornado to exterminate
this remnant of outraged humanity.
On the night of the festivities in eel
ebration of the capture of the Virgin
ius and the murders of the occasion,
three men fired with liquor and the
spirits of fends, started with their
hounds to the further persecution of
their victims III the woods, and after
wards boasted on the streets of the
violence to which they had subject
ed the women and children, some of
the latter being only ten years of age.
Nine of them had died and others
were in an agony of untold suffering.
The letter concludes with an appeal
to the United States to do something
in the cause of humanity; to petition
the government to bring some influ.
ence to bear by which the prosecuted
victims of Spanish barbarism can be
got out of the country, or by some
means relieve their sufferings.
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MASONIC.

TINRI-LUMINAR LODGE, No. IS, A. f. & A. NJ.
Stated Communication Friday evening on or
before each full moon. j. NJ. JONES, W. M.
II. c. LEIGHTON, Sec'y.
NIFTY LODGE, No. 1856, A. f. and A. M
n Stated communication Monday evening
before the full moon.
JOHN A. HOFFMAN. Sec'y.
HIRAM CHAPTER, No. 6.-Stated communi-
III cations Wednesday evenings before full
moon. II. X. KENDIG, H. p.
f. BAKER, Sec'y,
DEPAYEN'S COMMANDERY, K. T., No. g.
~ Stated communications second Tuesday
evening in each month. ii. G. LEIGHTON, L. G.
john II. PERRY, Recorder
Transient brethren of any degree invited to
meet with us