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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

TuE MEXICAN Wan VETERANS held con.
vcntion at Bloomington last week and organ.
lied state association. \ memorial was al
so adopted, 10 be presented to congress ask.
ing fol pension, and a committee of ten ap-
poin,cd to procure signatures, &c. The rs.
ISOLATION adjourned To meet a; Springfield
Sept. IL "a. 1879.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

The Rev Dr. Seymour, lately elected Epis'
copal Bishop Of Illinois, has written letter
to DR.. Lock at Chicago, and through hlm TO
the iocess, giving formal notice ofhis accept
ancr of the position He will be consecried
at the General Convention which meets in
New York next meek.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

Hon. Vim. Rcddick, Hon. Irus Coy and
Hon. Henry Sapp, (how thick the lions"
are,) have been appointed by the Governor as
delegates from this district to attend the CAPT.
tai removal convention at St. Louis
Judge Cation is designated as q delegate to
the same convention for the state at large.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

Senator i3r6Nnluw describes his carpctbag
associates in Congress as "boot blacks, bar.
bcrs, pastry bartenders and thieves" More
truth than thathc has not uttered before for a
doc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

The salary grabbing, liberal appropriations
and job mongcring congressman of This state
are having hard time at the hands of their
constituents. Thus far five have been thrown
overheard, having filled to secure a rc-nom
ination, To wit: j. b. Hawlcy in the sixth
district; Ray IN the 10Th, Knapp in the 18th
Robinson IN the 18th and Barrerc in the 9th
iGrlbut, though securing Il denomination in
the Kane district, has Gen. Farnswor,h after
hlm with such sharp sticks, that his defeat is
regarded rs inevitable.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

There are twenty thousand men out of EN-.
ploymcnt in Philadelphia, with n prospec! of
many more in Chicago in few weeks. Yet
we are told there is plenty Of money IN the
Banks. Will some one suggest a method OF
getting the money out of the banks, and put
ting it where it will give employment 10 the
idle o. iYr0yu WerdN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

NOT TREsPAss.-The case oi Cruiilt'He ~ soi''
ten defendants FOR trespass which occupied III.
attention Of Justice Leayens several days last
week and upon which the jury failed to agree
has been hashed up again during the past
wool ON Thursday the jury returned verdict
Of no cause OF action, thus throwing Mr.. [. into
the costs. The luxury will require him tn
deposi; somewhere from fifty to seveniy-hVe
dollars.
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DEATH OF Ihsrop LEE.-The Right Rev.
Henry W. LIE, Protestant Episcopal Bishop
OF Iowa, d'.ed at Davenport at o'clock last
Saturday morning, Sept, Goth The death Of
the bishop was FASTENED by an accident
which occurred in June last. He was com.
ing down stairs at night in the Episcopal
.esidcnne at Davenport, when by some acct
dcnt lie lost his balance and fell. The only
effect seemed to be a slight abrasion or braise
of his hand. After fourteen days, however,
active Inflammation with trauma,ic erysipelas
set in, and from that date until his decease he
grew gradually worse, medicines seeming to
have no beneficial effect He was conscious
to the last, and sweetly fell asleep in Jesus in
the presence of the amiable partner Of his
life and two of his children, William not ha
having arrived to receive the parting bless
ing OF his parent, priest and friend.
Bishop Lee was born at New Haven, Conn,
in 1916 and was the son of Paswell Lee, Col
Oncl and superintendent of the armOry at
Springfield, Mass He received a classical
education, and like many others Of our ripest
scholars became a teacher and simultane-
ously commenced fitting himself for the nli-
nistry. He was ordained by Bishop Girls
void in 1910, and became the rector OF Christ
Church, Springfield, Mass, where he contin.
uGd nine years. Afterwards he was rector Of
St. Luke's, Rochester, the same parish of
which Bishop Whtehouse was once rector.
From thence he was promoted to the bishop.
rio Of Iowa, and after his conservation in Oct
1854, took up his residence, in the spring of
1850, at Davenport, as the first bishop of the
state, and commenced those earnest and I'M
tagging labogs which haze, under the bless
ing of God resulted in the prosperous in
crease Of the church and the harmony Of It's
members Bishop Lees first ceort for the
church in Iowa was 70 get an endowment for
the cpiscopatc, aad this he Ind chiefly Ly sub
scripuons in the East t. tie amount of 81 900,
which were invested in wild lands, and from
the partial sale Of which tn" episcopal resid-
ence, valued at $20OO0, was erected, leaving
lands and securities probably to-day worth
$4,000. During The war the confederate pri-
soners upon the island were objects Of speci,
al Caritiau interest to Bishop Lee Acting
,os chaplain he held services among them I'M
til he succeeded in obtaining the appointment
of Il chaplain for the prisoners of war confn.
ed on Rock Island
Bishop Lee was married to Lydia, daughter
OF cX-Gov Morton, Of Massachusetts,, by whom
he leaves three children, Henry NJ, residing
in Kansas City; Caroline, at home with the
widow; and William, in Salt Lake City
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

The Chicag'' suHd1 says that no doubt Il
gooa many Of The 10000 federal office hold
efS OIL thG country would like to perpctua'c
&c present administration.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

to make the soldiers reunions permanent.
one year hence we predict much larger at
tendance, and another splendid time.
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FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. 50 90
PRINTERS WANTED.

Three or four good composiors can get
permanent employment ut this office If appll'
cation be made at once. No room for
utramDSp
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

The "outrages in the South" is the platform
upon which the yepnbi leans stand
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03
Our Clubbing.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named. The offer is open
to old subscribers or new at any post office
in the country:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

Fine silk underwear, at NJ. siiefel s Cos
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At TIE GROVE.

On arriving at the grove, the vast throng
were called to order by the President of the
association, Gen. j. Morril, who, after pray,
er by chaplain Wycofl of the Gath Illinois,
introduced vice President Stevens, who dc.
lvered the address of welcome. Following
him was the Grafton Of the day by Gen Jul.
Jus White of Chicago. Both addresses in
full will b. found on the second page of this
paper,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-03

Leaving a balance in the treasury OF
Si5,9l04e.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
clerk TO have published in the Ottawa pa
ners. La sale Press, Peru Herald, Sreator
Free~Press, MENDOZA Bulletin and Earlville
Transcript, transcript of the property
condemned for railroad purposes inf the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19
Gen. Sam. HOustOn-SOme Interesting
"Reminiscences of His Career.

Gen. Houston was born III Rockbrldge
county, in the State of Virginia, where
he remained till he was about thirteen
years of age, when his father removed
to Tennessee and soon after died. At
about twenty five years of age he ran
for the Governorship of Tennessee
against King Cannon, and was duly
elected.
Gen. Houston was gentleman of fine,
very fine personal appearance. in stat
IRE he was spare but straight as an ar
row, six feet five inches III height and
weighed 900 pounds ; his walk, bearing
and manner were most majestic The
little early education he received was
from that best of all teachers, his moth
en- We now come to the strange event.
Some time previous to his election as
Governor of Tennessee, he became ar
IDENTIFY attached to Miss Sewer, daugh-
ter of ex-Gov. Sewer. 1t was an alliance
that was greatly favored by the parents
and brothers OF the young lady, and
perhaps by the lady also, but that of
course is unknown. AS soon as the
election was over they were married,
and moved TO Nashville, the capital OF
the State, and occupied the Governors
mansion. To all outward appearances
everything moved lovingly and smooth
ly along, and all that makes happy we'd
lock that superlative blissful state, Civ
ing promise OF long years of pleasant
and joyous married life, were seemingly
all theirs. In this way somewhere about
four months passed into memory when
suddenly, and so far as is known almost
upon an instant, the General sent in his
resignation as Governor, settled his
business affairs, and separated from his
wife never to return. Taking a steamer
he went from Nashville to the mouth of
the Arkansas river, thence up that river
to the Cherokee Indians, with whom be
spent several years. The chief of these
Indi ans was John r. Ridge, who was
murdered and succeeded by John Ross,
but at no time was Sam Houston chief
of these, or any other Indians, as is al
legged. The cause of this strange act of
separation from his wife has always eX-
cited the greatest curiosity. The lady
always maintained that she did not
know the cause, and Gen. Houston
would say nothing about it under any
circumstance, or to the most intimate
friends. Twenty-three years afterward
at dinner party at an Austin hotel,
some gentleman unthinkingly made
some allusion to the lady, when Gen.
Houston broke d champagne bottle over
his head.
From the Indians heremoved to Texas
where he became the commander-in-
chief of the Texas forces, and gainedits
independence at the battle of San Ja-
cinto. He was the first President of
that Republic, and served two terms.
During the first term he married Miss
Mary Lee, of Mobile, Ala. BY this
marriage he had four sons and one
daughter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19
Profits of Sheep-Farming in Nebraska.

The farmer who settles on the fertile
prairies of Nebraska, should make olive
stock" watch word. A correspondent
in chat State sends us the following en-
couraging Showing made by Mr..
Myers, of Gage county, a sheep-tarmer,
who has been about four years in Ne
braska. Gage county is in the south
ern portion of the State, on a branch
of the Burlington and Missouri River
railroad. The land is good and the
natural grasses sweet and nutritive, but
it is no more than fair average of Ne
braska, south of the Platte.
Mr.. Myers thus figures the prob
lem of sheep-farming in Nebraska, with
a flock of 200 head 100 tons of hay,
costing $3.0 90 per ton for putting up,
$500 800 bushels of sheaf oats, 500;
shepherding for months, $50; wages
of one man for months, 500 do. one
month, $50; washing, shearing, and
packing wool, $500; salt, $50 shed
ding for winter, $50; losses at two per
cent, SO; total, 81, 035. BY 4, 800 ID.
of wool, at 40c. per b., $500; 400
lambs, at $3.50, 81 900 total 81, 800.
Mr.. Myers considers his allowance
for expenses very liberal. He charges
hay at too high figure and the per-
centage of loss is not generally 50 large
as stated, as sheep are subject to no
disease whatever on the Nebraska
prairie One man also could take
charge of flock of thousand during
the summer months and, in winter,
one boy could feed them, as it is best
to let the sheep run to the hay all the
time, and the oats are to be fed in the
sheaf. Mr.. Myers further claims that
if farmer will do most of his work
himself, hiring help only when it is ne
cessary-for harvesting hay, shearing,
etc.-the sheep will pay him 50. 90 per
head. as against $500 when help is
hired literally. Mr.. Myers estimates
his sheep to be worth 3d. each. On
200 sheep, the investment would be
50, 800; and as the net profit shown
above amounts TO 81, 765. the return on
the investment is over 80 per cent.
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Two Hundred Cats.

An anaconda, which was on exhibit
ton Mt San Francisco, was fed on rab-
bits daily. When the snake was taken
to Sacramento for exhibition, it was
uncertain how long the show would
stay but the patronage of the Sacra-
mentans was generous, and the agent
at once telegraphed for his show-post-
ers to "bill the town" The dispatch
read "Send 200 cuts Immediately -
but, when received, it read, Send 200
cats Immediately. 1t was little sur
prise to the agent in San Francisco
when he read the message, but he
reasoned that rabbits were scarce in
Sacramento, and it was necessary to
substitute cats for the regular proven
der. So he started out an army of boys
to catch all the stray cats. BY the af-
ternoon train he sent out crate of
seventy-fve cats, with a letter, saying.
90 send seventy-fve cats by this train,
and will forward balance tomorrow, but
L am afraid that number of cats will eat
the snake, if they get loose, instead Of
being eaten by him.
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espousal she had commenced the mar
ration OF most eDgrossing story to her
husband, Schahriar, and had so art
fully timed it, and measured out its
length, that when the hour came for
the Sultan to set about his cares of of
flee she should be Mt its most interest
ing stage. The Sultan had been so be-
gulled by the witchery of her narrative,
and so eager to learn the issue that he
put off the execution of his murderous
design, in order to hear the termi-
nation of the story on the following
night.
And SO rich was the narration and SO
great was the art of the Princess Sche-
herazade, that she kept alive the curios-
ity and wonder of her husband, the
Sultan, day after day, and week
after week, and month after month,
until her fascinating stories had lasted
for thousand and one nights.
If you count up these you will find
they will make period of two years and
nine during which shehad be-
guiled the Sultan and stayed the order
for her execution. In the interval, chill
dren had been born to her, and she had
SO won upon her husband, that he abol-
ished his cruel edict forever, on condi-
tion that from time to time she should
tell over again those enchanting stories.
And the stories which she told on these
thousand and one nights, and which
have been recited since in every Ian
guage in Europe, thousands and thou
sands and thousands of times. are the
Arabian Nights Tales. III this account
is not true in all particulars, it is at least
as true as the stories are.
A good woman sacrificed herself to
work deed of benevolence. That sto-
ry at any rate is true, and is being re-
peated over and over in lives all around
us.-M. Nicholas.
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Reduction Of the Army.

The Army bill which recently passed
the House makes a reduction in the
army of five regiments of infantry, one
of cavalry and one of artillery. The
number of men is fixed at 20, 200. Of
ticers may resign with years pay.
A board is provided to weed out incom-
petent and inefficient officers. The
grade of Regimental Adjutant, Quarter
master and Company Wagner are abol-
ished. One Major abolished in each
regiment of cavalry and artillery. The
aids of General of the Army reduced
from to 3. Adjutant- Generals De-
partment reduced from Is to perma-
nent officers, with detailed officers.
Inspector Generals Department re
duced from to ), with privilege Of 4
detailed officers. Bureau of Military
Justice, reduced from to 5. Quarter
masters Office, from 81 to 40, with de-
tail of 10 men additional. Subsistence
Department, from % to Il, with detail
of 6 additional Medical Department,
increased in regular officers from 155 to
300. Contract Surgeons diminished
from 173 to Is. Pay Department re-
duced from AZ to 81. Ordnance De-
partment reduced from 81 to 43, with 16
additional detailed officers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19
A DREAM.

Oh how I wish the world was rid
OF bugs, the most Internal pest
That ever plagued the race OF man
Or robbed Dame Nature Of her rest.
Last night, when sleep mine eyelids closed,
And slumber soothed my aching head,
Methought a bed-bug plague had come,
Whose thousands swarmed around my bed.
Quick up the bed-post round they charged,
With foul intent the noisOme brood,
And, though 1 shrank beneath the clothes,
They swore that should be their food.
kicked and rolled but oh, how vain
The bugs yelled cut, " Come Woe come wea
Corrosive sublimate, nor thee,
Shall cheat us of our midnight meal -
And now began their feast OF blood:
Methought they pierced my very brain,
While some had almost reached my heart,
These small assassins, never slain.
1 called on death to break the spell
The reyel dark DER me had cast,
And while prayed they seemed 10 laugh,
And eating, held me to the last,
Till mad with pain, stroye to rend,
With one last surge, the bonds bore,
And with mighty leap cleared
The bed, and landed on the floor.
This walked me, and instead of night,
The suns bright beams shone Ger my bed
Hooked around, and saw, with JOY,
Twas but dream-the bugs had fled.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19
The Thousand and One Nights"

But how came that title of the Thou
sand and One Nights, which belonged,
and still belongs, to all the Aribian
stories ? will tell you why and in
telling why L shall give you the whole
background on which all these various
Arabian stories, wherever found, are
arrayed. And the background is itself
a story, and this is the way it runs
Once there lived wicked Sultan of
Persia, whose name was Schahriar, and
he had many wives-like the Persian
Shah who went journeying into England
this summer past-and he thought of
his wives as stock-owners think of their
cattle, and L fear the present Persian
Shah thinks no otherwise.
Well, when this old Schahriar found
that his wives were faithless and deceit
full, as all wives will be who are esteemed
no more than cattle--he vowed that he
would cut off the chance of their SHINING
by making an end of them SO it hap
pened that whatevernew wife he espoused
one day he killed upon the next.
You think the brides were foolish to
marry him, but many women keep on
making as foolish matches all the world
over and she who marries sot is
killed slowly, instead of being killed
quickly with a bow, as Schahriar did his
work.
Besides, all the women of the East
were slaves, as they are mostly now,
and subject to whatever orders the Sui
tan might make.
Now it happened that this old Schah-
riar had NIzier or chief officer under
him (who executed all his murderous
orders) and was Mortified by the cruel
ties he had to commit. And this same
Nlzier hada beautiful and accomplished
daughter, who was even more Mortified
than her father; and she plotted how
she might stay the bloody actions of
Schahrlar.
She could gain no access to him, and
could hope TO win no influence over him
except by becoming his bride ; but if
she did become his bride, she would
have but one day to live. SO, at least,
thought her sisters and her father. She
of course found it very hard to win the
consent of her father, the Vizier, to her
plan but at last she succeeded, and so
arranged matters that the Schahriar
should command her to be his bride.
The fatal marriage day came, and the
Vizier was in agony of grief and alarm.
The morning after the espousal, he
waited, in an ecstacy of fear, the order
for the slaughter of the innocent bride
but to his amazement and present relief,
the order was postponed to the following
day.
The bride, whose name was Scheher-
azade-known now to school-boys and
school girls all over the world-was most
beguiling of speech, and most charm
ing story-teller. And on the day of her
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Mothers,

Mothers, you stand at the fountain,
with the ightest trace OF your finger on
the yielding soil You can give a direc-
tion TO the infant stream, you can send
it gliding down through verdant fields
and fowery lawns, lmparting new fer
tibty and beauty, and anon contributing
its strength to propel the complicated
machinery of industry; or you can send
1t dashing, foamlng over precipices, to
join with other impetuous headlong
streams, carrying devastation in their
course or you can suffer it to roll its
sluggish way into some stagnant pool,
affording refuge for loathsome reptiles,
and poisoning the atmosphere with its
pestilential vapors. In infancy and Mt
home the deepest and most lasting inn
pressions are made your children may
have able and faithful instructors, but
there are many lessons of practical wis
dom which are not taught in schools.
The mind of your child is constantly
busy-it will be learning a lesson of you
when you least think of it.
To your child, your remark is wis
and your word a law-your child is
learning lesson from every look and
action-but, most of all, your example
is educating your child lay book con-
stantly open before it which it is con-
stantly studying. Be careful, fond
mother, that you insert no page which
hereafter you may wish to tear out, no
line you may wish to blot be careful
that you admit into that much-read vol
ume no sentiment which you are un-
willing your child should transcribe on
the fair tablet within its own innocent
bosom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19

A VERY eccentric newspaper man
named James Johns recently died at
Starkboro, Mass. He used to print
with his pen, and Issue, occasionally,
the autograph and Remarker, and
sent his edition-from one to half
dozen copies-to anybody he pleased.
His work was neatly done he tried
printing-press once, but didn't like it
half as well as his pen, and so gave it
of his sheet, and woe to the man who
said anything against it, or refused to
exchange. Among his peculiarities
was his abstinence from tea and coffee.
and his feeling that he was grossly in
suited if they were offered to him. The
outrage of urging man to take a cup
of tea when at friends table was the
subject of many "leader" in the
autograph of twenty-five years ago.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19

POWER OF ExPLosIvEs.-S ex-
periments made in German iron mine,
at Hamm, to ascertain the relative
efficiency of powder and some of the
nitro-glycerine compounds for blasting,
gave the following results Ordinary
saltpeter gunpowder, / unit of force ;
extra best powder, with excess OF salt
peter and cherry-tree charcoal, 2 units ;
dualin, 3 units lithofracteur, 5 units ;
colonia powder-a kind of powder satu-
rated with 30 to 80 per cent. of nitro
glycerine-5 to units dynamite, 6 to
z units. 1t will be seen that dynamite
far exceeds the others in power, and its
use is displacing theirs in German
mines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19

ANDREW JAcKsoN's DUEL.-Thomas
Rutherford, of Sumner county, XIV.
has brace of pistols in his possession
which were given to an uncle of his by
Andrew Jackson at duel between the
two. The words "One. two" had been
gwen, when "Old Hickory" stepped
up to his vis-a-eis, saying: "By the
Eternal, sir, would despise myself to
sacrifice such noble material as you are
made of. Sir, accept these pistols from
one who ever admires true courage and
pluck, such as you have to-day demon
strated, and accept them from me as an
evidence OF my high appreciation of
you as man who dares to defend his
rights"