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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-03-16
THE LITTLE FOLKS.

Baby,s Dress.
Baby, baby, bless her;
How shall mamma dress her?
The summer cloud
Is not too proud
TIE find soft wool to dress her.
The blue bell
Is q true bell,
And will find the blue to dress her.
The cherry tree
Is a merry tree.
And win find the pink to dress her.
The lily bright
viii find the white,
The beautiful white to dress her.
The leaves in the wood
Are sweet and good
And will find the green to dress her.
The honey-Suckle,
With buds for buckle,
VIII make girdle to dress her.
The heavens hold
Both silver and gold
In the stars, and they will dress her.
Good Words for the Young.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-03-16

BEFORE GOING TO SHEEP.
Dear Father! all this lovely day
My baud has lain so warm in thine
That all along the fair, Powered way,
Mine eyes have seen Thy footprints shine.
Follows upon Thy day sweet night;
When 1 creep closer to Thy heart,
Reminded of that hour whose flight
Shall make and keep me Thine-apart!
Hold me through all the dim, soft hours
Hold me, my Father! close and fast
AS sweetly safe as folded flowers,
And wake me with Thy smile at last!
Howard GIyradon.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
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From lacon.

LACoN, Ills, June l, 1876.
Editors Free Trdder-Though beyond the
limits of your "balliwick," Marshall is La
Sale county's hext door neighbor on the
souh.west-it Joins farms with you-hence a
word or so from this locality may not prove
uninteresting to many of your readers. Be
sides, in olden time, many of your now
prominent Old settles we're formerly residents
of this region, and by ancient ties, family
connections and a common bond OF mutual
ing the Invisible lines, made only tor the
greater convenience of local governments OF
counties, towns and school districts.
The first settlements CT Marshall county
correspond with those of La Sale, in dates
and all the historical vicissitudes of pioneer
life. Col John Strawn, brother OF jeremiah
Strdwn, OF your city, of Joel Strawn, who liv.
ed some years ago west of Ottawa, and relat
cd TO the numerous family of Strawns to the
third and fourth generation, in La Sale and
Marshall counties, settled near Lacon, the
county seat Of the latter, In 1928, and his
descendants here, like many of those of his
brothers around you, have became like their
ancestors noted men aud women, prominent
socially and politically.
Besides some of the StrawRs, John S. Arm.
strong of Mission, and Samuel r. Lewis o:
Fall River, were once located hsreabouts,
while from the city of Henry, in Marshall
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
The LiIy's Quest-An Apologize.

Two lovers, once upon time, had planned
4 little summeT-house, in the form OF an an
.idue temple, which il was their purpose to
concentrate to all manner of refined and In
nocent eDjoymen.s. There they would hold
pleasant intercourse with one another, aud
the circle of their familiar friends; there they
would give festivals Of delicious fruit; there
they would hear ligh;soRc music, intermln-
gled with the strains Of pathos which make
Joy more sweet; there they would read
poetry and fiction, and permit their own
minds TO ait away in day dreams and ro-
mances; there, in short-fOr why should we
shape out the vague sunshine of their hopes
there all pure delights were TO cluster like
roses among the pillars OF the ediAce, and
blossom ever new and spontaneously. So,
one breezy and cloudless afternoon, Adam
Forester aud Lilias Fay set out upon ram
BILE over The wide estate which they were 10
possess together, seeking a proper site fol-
their temple Of happiness. They were them
selves fair and happy spectacle, 1T pries'
and prestess for such a shrine, although
making poetry of the pretty name OF Lilias
Adam Forester was wont to call her Lily
because her form was as fragile, and hei
cheek slmost as pale.
As they passed, haad in hasd, down the
avenue Of dropping elms. that led from Vi,
postal Of Liliss Fsy's psternal mansion, they
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
The Champion Water Drinker.

There is a man IN Chicago who halls from
Springfield, and who has talented stomach.
He came up here quietly and unostentatiously
the other day, meyer intimating even to those
with whom he was best acquainted that he
was anything out of the ordinary run efmen.
1t seems to be always the way with real gen.
Jus, that it possesses an innate mojesty,
which shrinks from the broad stare of noto-
rie.y. His name was O'Hara. As he en-
tered sample room and inspected a
sample, one could plainly see that he
was no common amateur; yet, for all
that, people somehow tailed to suspect the
boundlcss capabilities of the man, Inherent
no less than tosered. The cocktail, so lus-
cious to ordinary bibbers, was TO him thing
of indifference, and he even gazed with tran.
guilty upon the dIminutive whisky straight.
If they had only thought of II, what cOnun-
drum he would have been. But they dida't
think. Last evening O'Hara wandered cause
lessly into Mackin's, on Dearborn str eet,
and found himself mixed up with crowd of
"the boys" Being acquainted, he made him
self agreeable, and talked as only young men
will talk in such places, about the crops, and
the weather., etc. Finally, speaking about
drinking, he suggested that he himself was
somewhat OF an imbiber. A bet was quickly
made up between Frank Parmalee and Fred.
Erby that he could not drink four gallons of
water inside of half an hour. Joe Mackin
held the stakes, which were $50. II is need
less TO state that the water disappeared down
the throat of O'Hara in short order, and Erby
lost his SO. Later in the evening, other PEG
pie dropping In, another bet OF $50 was made
by Jim Brown against Ben Chambers that
O'Hara could not drink two gallons of water
in two minutes. The feat was accomplished
ia eighty four seconds, and was supplement
ed by gallon or two more lew minutes az
forwards The entire amount drunk in two
hours was no less than two pailsful. Spring
field has reason to feel proud.-ChiedgO 7rS-
6tlne
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME.
~ OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.


There is no time like the old time,
When you and were young,
when the buds of April blossomed,
And the birds of sprlng.tmc sung.
The gardens brightest glorcs
BY summer suns are nursed
But o, the sweet, sweet violets,
The flowers that opened first.
There is no place like the old place,
Where you and were born,
Where We lifted first our cyelds
On the splendors Of the morn.
From the milk-white breast that warmed US
From the clinging arms that bore,
Where the dear eyes glistened DER us
That will look for US no more
There is no friend like the old friend
That shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise;
Vame is the scentless sunfOwcr,
With gaudy crown Of gold
But friendship is the breathing rose,
With sweets in every fold
There Is no love like the old love
That we courted in our pride;
Though our leaves are falling, falling,
And wecr fading side By side,
There are blossoms all around Us,
With the colors Of our dawn,
And we live in borrowed sunshine
When the light of day is gone
There are no times like the old tines
They shall never be forgot
There is no place like the old place
Keep green the dear old spot,
There are no friends like our old friends
May heaven prolong their lives!
There are no loyes like the old loves
God bless our lovely wives
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a HUSBAND OF THE PERIOD.

Yes, love, TN breakfasting quite late;
But then, you know, its sunday,
And we who work for six long days
Deserve our comfort one day.
You're rather early home from church;
hope you liked the sermon.
That velvet cloak, dear, by the way,
Looks charming with your erminc.
4 chilly morning out OF doors:
Tn glad you didn't wake me.
,Oh, native cutting, mother-wit,
Pray do not yet iorsakc me-
She heard me stumble up to bed
At three o'clock-I'll swear III
DARK blue is just your color, dear,
iOJ always ought to wear il.
Eve eaten very little: Yes,
Ito nearly time for dinner;
Fhls outlet, too, seems rather fat
Tine truth, as I'm sinnerJ
4 bloodshot look about my eyes:
My ilHgers in a iluttcrr
All fancy, love feel superb.
That nauseating butterl
You waited up last night till twelve?
For that, dear, should sc0d YOU.
OF monthly meetings at the club
How often have told YOU
This waiting-had not KEY,
Perhaps shouldn't mind It;
But having one-(By Joye, took
An hour, last night, to find IT,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
MAY.
by JOHN G. WHITTIER,

BeyonS the bursting greenness OF the woods,
Unto The misty, mountain solitudes,
Has Aprl breathed her sweet ana chanSeiul
moods.
But ~ the folded buds and leaves, and higher,
Wbere nest the small birds in the fir trees spire,
Throu III all the world there breathes soft de-
sire.
Amystic influence broods DER hidden things;
The caterpillar, in his drowsy rings,
Dreams purple pictures of his future wings.
A sweet presentment ILLS the intense,
Clear air The brooks hang in suspense
Among the rocks. The small grass feels sense.
Prophetic of JOY most strange and dear,
For, 10! May lifts the door latch Of the year!
Deep out Of sight where earth's great mystery
Shut up within her heart forever, flies
A thrill along the unseen arteries.
The sweet saps pulsate as they bindly climb,
And sproutlther tasselled greenness ere its time
Along the stream the wisperng rushes say
To one another, how the gentle May
Brings in tho sunshine Of dearer day.
and 10 the sweet.breathed volets tina. blow
An azure margin to their silver flow,
Inc SarrulOus rlppies latIIe ao tucy 60
Sick with desire the lily bells turn pale;
The wandering cowslips peep from every dale,
And daises stand on tiptoe through the vale
The amorous boughs bend toward her. far and
near
While May stands in the doorway OF the year.
At her charmed coming, at the far South, where
1t fingered for her bidding calm and fair,
The sunshine flows through all the happy air.
Aerial arches Of the sunset dyes
Der the enchantment of her presence rise,
And span the glory Of the bending skies
Now roll the minutes to the golden hour
And now the bud fultills the perfect flower;
Now Earth puts on her beauty's crown and
power.
From the low easement OF the cottage room,
To the far distance where the dim hills loom,
The lengths of meadow lands burst into bloom.
hundred brooks, down-!caping whence they |
hung,
And seeming mad, with many a silver tongue,
Sing sweeter songs than ever yet were sung.
The birds all pipe their welcome, blith and clear,
While May comes through the doorway of the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

I left the hall door open! Who
lnsinuates that SANDER?
IT'S a falsehood base and infamous,
n you'll excuse my candor.
Why, love, you trust mere servants talk
cannot well conjecture.
,Shc seats herself The storm has burst!
Now comes nv curtaia lectureD
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

Beyors the bursting greenness OF the woods,
Unto the misty, mountain solitudes,
Has ipril breathed her sweet and changefu
moods.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
TIE LNrER-ocEAN GUY ), SAYS

J,,ys C,,on b.s given ne work possessing al the beat
qualities of a perfect book Summer Travel iconIss
neither too much nor little; IL Is written IN az
conadental stye without strain aftctstton. AS VI
writer sails alone by and lakes and rivers s b
gers IN qusnt Norwegian towns he gives us mere s ,b
lust sufcenI scraps of history to AWAKEN lherest ~ &
ancient and wArlike. but now reaceIul al 1c AND
ple Ne has the strong cold touch of masculine 49,
observation united graceful narrative sye; ,be I1Ge
from beginning to end reads like story told " i
AZ the head oil his own table Carlyle sits IN hls
sea- pourng over 'Sagas' and ancient zith
staixarf traveller accompanied by his ladies'
the people makes friends with the LapI - lrd,,ies
fishing IN the pools sleeps in NorNe-isn ,SoWess and
IN ifte whoesome rhetoric thar ~
discomfort His book Is A. fresh as the % IA ,,ys
while his observations full of that knls anu 49,
tive feeling which only come rom aHseIa ID 'NH &
zen une heart"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
TnE TIMES tJULY D sAYs:

The author of a summer 10 Norxay hAs IF aner
VII az hut few able professional writers Art
the crcnmstancs He has given to the pnnie y.
travels wkich will hold it, own with any =. 80 -
style In which IL Is written Is concis - a,n - ,ssi
The Information SOLID and interest NJ. Ana a e =.
humor perysies every page -iciSsn,s del,cs,ey
told"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
THE TRIpt-NE tJULY 81 SAYS:

Judge Cation Is veteran traveller lie Is nan OF acute
ohsery afion and from long experience as vel - naa
n an 10 earn something more and 70 understand
Snd and ont more than the ordinary Traveller. "
al hls ~ sss ,sie readable and entertaining books
bS vhh h sn 10 cres.in the reader strong desire 70
make the sane Journey IN person.
sold in Ottawa BY Osman HaPemsn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

w IL. EN SMI N q Err. NJ. d., Physician
w. and Surgeon. Office the Exchange Bank, OF
taws, Illinois. marl3
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

nR. GILBERT D'EPISY, French PLY
~ scian 81 years practice, the last ten years In 81
Louis Mo- Office, La Sale ST., over X. Woe and d. Bern
ard. Residence, Washington St. (north OF Supreme Court
Bock) OTice hours, from TO IL O'Clock A. NJ, ana from
2to5P.M. mayl,5
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

~ EORGE NJ. LELAND, Attorney and
" Counselor at Law, and Solicitor In Chaucery. Otce
over Benefits store, west of Court House. mayi3i6
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

nR. q. HARD, Physician and Surgeon. over \ O.
~ lls Main street. Metropolitan Block, Ottawa, Illinois,
June 18th. 1871.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

DRANK j. Ora FORD, Attorney
Law. Room l7,lS0 Clark St., S. W. cor. Monroe, Oh
cago. Notary Public. marl44
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10
p n Y 8 CI A N s .

nR. II. NJ. N1cA3IH X. Ottawa Illinois.
~ OfHce-Rooms IL s p. o. Block. Open from O'Clock
M to O'Clock Residence on Benton Street, south
of Illinois Ave. jan22'16
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-06-10

COLES 81 I'EITII, Physicians and Sur.
~ geons, Ottawa III. Office D.ckey s1eweiry store
Dr. Coles residence Is Cass street Dr. Pettts residence
~ E. Pearl street. Office open day and night. seclSly'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-26
The Plea Tor Mckee.

Sr. LOUIS, February 25.-In the United
States Circuit Court today Colonel Hatch,
counsel for William Mckee, filed an aih-
davit in support OF the motion for a new
trial. Some editorials from the Repub.
ieaa, which are claimed 10 have served
to prejudice the case against the defend.
ant, were also filed. The affidavit men
toned is by Watson Foster, Of Louisiana
Pike county, Mo, which charges Fl. F,
Summers, a juror in .he Mckee trial,
with having prejudiced the case by stat,
ing, previous to the trial, that he believed
Mckee was guilty, and that he was the
biggest.toad IN the puddlc.g J The Court
ordered that the defendant have leave
until the 9th Of March to file additional
afidavits, the prosecution ten days there
after to answer the same, and that the
defendant have until the goth TO file tes.
timony in rebuttal. - "A
The question Of sentencing the parties
who had been convicted in this court wa,
broached, and Judge Dillon said the pro
per way seemed TO DO to let the cases
stand as they were until thcmotions fol
new trial were disposed Of; to which Dis
trict Attorney Dyer acquiesced, as that
course would best subserve the Interests
Of the government. -. ~ 49,. ...
Gen. Babcock, Mr.. Storrs, Ex.Attorney
General Williams, and other persons con
nected with the trial, left for their homes
tonight. Judge Porter left last night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-26
SPAIN.

MADRID, February 25.-The Garsttc
has published the submissions which have
SO far been made by the Carlists. Itesti'
mates in addition to the four Carlist
batallions at Andoain total Of 1,400
The persons who have come to this alleg.
lance from among them are the Marquis
Of Villavade, Generals Blanco and Bala.
clio, who have rendered their submissions
to the Spanish counsel at Bayonne.
King Alfonso with 10000 men and 4C
cannons has left Talasa for Ulsazua.
Its thought that King Alfonso will
very soon issue proclamation to the ma
tiyes and appeal for peace, and then re.
turn to Madrid, where he will make a
solemn entry.
A Bayonne dispatch says that a com.
munication from San Sebastian Thursday
reported that Don Carlos and Gen. Caser.
ia had concentrated their forces, consist
ing Of eighteen battalions and fifty guns,
in San Sebastian, Itura and Lepa. Gen,
Perula was at Burgueta near Volcarlos,
Three hundred sick and wounded Carlists
we're at Lesscomy. Carlists are entering
France near Alduides.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, February 25.-The American
whaler Young PhGnix saved forty-one
survivors OF the emigrant ship Strath-
more. She took them on board on the
22d OF January and on the 10th tranfer-
red twenty Of them to the Sierra Moreni.
The latter vessel has arrived at Zolle and
landed the unfortunates.
ENGLISH MONEY AND PRODUCE MARKETs.
The week has been one OF great depreS-
sion. The fortnight settlement, gener-
al lack Of interest in the stock exchange
operations, and heaviness Of French
Bourse combined, renderd the market
extremely dull. Some activity was
awakened yesterday by the pressure 10
sell, and nearly all classes Of securities
suffered. To-day the settlement being
completed thereis better feeling and
a slight recovery ofprices. The discount
market has been steady but at a lower
rate in consequence Of the heavy ship.
ments OF specie and the approaching re-
payment Of the Suez Canal loan, which 1t
is supposed will larely go into Lombard
street transactions. There has been no
changes Of note in the grain trade.
Values remain stationary, while demand
has been stimulated only in cases
Of finer samples. A majority Of the pro.
vincial markets have been quiet and
steady, but in a few instances there has
been small decline in all Of the leading
staples. AT Paris the. market remains
rather dearer than in London for wheat
and flour. The attendance at Mark Lane
to-day was very small. There were no
buyers at the old rates which are asked
even for the best qualities. Wheat is neg.
lected. Last weeks deliveries Of English
wheat is fair, and the foreign supplies are
comparatively moderate.
The regular weekly circular Of the Liv.
erpool Cotton Brokers' Association says:
Cotton continues dull and the quotations
for all descriptions are further reduced.
American has been in rather better de-
mand, but the quantity offering is still so
great that prices have further declined
tarthing for lower and one.eighth Of
penny for medium grades. Middling and
fair qualities are unchanged. The Sea
Island staple remains in very moderate
demand. The quotations of middle and
lower grades OF Florida have been re-
duced half penny.
The transactions in futures have been
increased, but prices, after some auctua.
tions, were fully ! penny below those Of
last week. According to the breadstuffs
circulars the wheat trade throughout the
kingdom is uniformly dull, although
there Is little or no depression in prices,
either in British or foreign. The cargoes
off the coast are gradually disappearing,
there being only thirty-one ships remain.
ing out Of the recently very large feet.
There is more steadiness in spot prices.
Very little business is reported in spot
prices. Very little business is reported
in wheat and prices are nominally un-
changed. Corn is in good request, but
there is no improvement in values. ex.
cept for dry new American, which has
advanced from pence to 6 pence.
A dispatch from Vienna says that the
Austrian Consul at Mostar has received
orders to report Immediately on the
threatening attitude Of the Mohammed-
ans
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-26

CHICAGO, February 25.- Flour = Un.
changed. Wheat-Active but lower and
closed very weak; No. | Chicago spring
81 09a1 091G; No. 2 do 81 01H spot; 9s1sc
seller March; 9sN seller April; 81 021s seller
May; No. 8, 7sc; rejected 67Ha6sc. Corn
-Steady; No. 2 mixed axe spot; 4lAc
bid seller March; 46Hc seller May; new re.
jected SEC. oats-Dull; No. 2, size spot;
3lssc bid seller March; S2aS2lSc seller
April; rejected 25c. Barley-SteGdy at 64a
56c spot; 54c seller March; 5lc seller May.
Rye-Quiet at 85a66Sc. Pork-Unscttled
and lower ut $!l l2Ea21 s spot; $2l S6a
q 371f seller April; 5 l60S2l 65 seller Nay.
Lard-QuietatS Sl2 65 spot and seller March
$l2 80 seller April; Si9 97H seller May.
Bulk Meats-DulI at sNallHal9c. Whis'
ky-Steady at 81 90.
On call board wheat was weak and lower
at 97A March; ssXc April. Corn was
lower at a Nc March; q April. Oats lower
at 3l9lc March; Sl9<c April. Pork easier
at sci S21<a2l 35 April; S2l 90 May. lard u
shade lower at Sl2 90 March l2771Ec April
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-26
VOLUME XXIv-,-NUMBER 100.
Philadelphia.

Pn1IADELrrnA, February 25.-Petrole.
um-RcGned i4hal41 Nc; crude lie. Seeds
Glover quiet Nt lSal411G; timothy and
flaxSeed unchanged. FlOur-Cholce grades
in steady request for local use; other kinds
neglected; Wisconsin and Minnesota fami.
ly S. 75a6 40; Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Ohio do $6a6 rs; high grades 81 00as 00.
Wheat-Fairly active; Pennsylvania 81 20;
amber 81 4lal 4S; speckled wegern 81 90.
Rye-65a67c. Corn-Rather quiet; yellow
56aG0c; steamer 5jc; sail 62c; white 60a6lc.
0ats-Quiet; white at 44lIa50c. Butter
Unchanged. CheeSC-Firm; New York
fancy lac; prime 12NalSIc; western fine
19lIa13c. Eggs-Firm; New Jersey and
Delaware fresh l9a2Oc; western at lSal9c.
Whisky-Sl 10.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-26
What,ifAny:

New ORLEANS, February 25.A1n the
House during the morning hour Mr..
Kiad, Democrat, of Jackson parish, offered
the following: ~ move that commit
tee Of seven be appointed by the Speaker
to investigate what charges, il any, there
are against VIM. P. Kellogg, demanding
his Impeachment, and that they report
as early as possible" This movement
took the Republicans by surprise, as they
did not anticipate any impeachment
movement until after the Mardi Gras.
Governor Kellogg tonight addressed
to the committee a formal communities
ton, stating: ~ respectfully request to
be informed when your committee pro-
poses to enter on this Investigation, in
order that may appear in person or BY
counsel, as provided by section ! l,TSs oi
the revised statutes"