The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

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business of this old and respected society
was the distribution of clothing 10 the dcsti
Imtc: and, as ~ always the case when times
are hard tho extent of the demands made up
On i, for the and tended To exceed the means
of supply contributed by the charitable. Inc
rnnaGers however knew that II would never
answer IN using the ideal system 10 suO>eINo
the work OF charity TO put the locally Needy
on the same iDOting rs the hcatheD, ana III
answer to appeals for raimcnt distributed u
them elaborate pictures CT tine clothing, Cu'
from the fashion plates for there was ms
essential difference in the situations, that the
needy were at our doors, while the healhen
were A great way of They, therefore, hi
upon this happy plan. They employed a
competent artist, with full supply OF paints
and brushes, and when any destitute person
applied for clothing they painted upon ms
person everything he desired in way OF cloIh
/ ing of the finest and most fashionable pat
terms, from top.boOts TO colla,s, and from D. lie
swaIlow.lalcd coats to embroidered Acchues
with jcwelry and fancy buttons to match
/ or course, The first man who appeared IN
public thus arrayed created profound sen
sation. But the idea was so novel and had
obviously so many advantages oyer the old
way o. clothing ones self that the supremacy
of the ideal over the real was At once greatly
strengthened For cXampc-and here was
one of the greatest merits Of the new system
it not only symbolized, but practically ap
piled the views of the mos advanced phli'
osophers; favored (as the orator philosopher
wlshcd) more democracy and less aristocra
CIV IN the clothes markell and encouraged
the use of the least costly material out OF
which the community could make clothes
while the painted cotton, silk, wool ana
leather could be made to look SO exactly like
real articles, that il was only when the at
tempt was made to exchange the representa-
tive for the real that the difference was clearly
discernlble Furthermore, every garment
devised in accordance with the new system
was, in all cases, perfect fiji. The plague
of buttons was annihilatcd. Every mar
could save time enough in dressing and an
dressing to enrich himself if ne only employ
his economical moments lsefully. Every
man might, without embarrassment sleep III
his clothes; and if he desired to change his
monkey, jacket $50 times year for an over
coat or an oyercoat for monkey jacket he
! could do it most cXpeditiousH, without the
waste Of any raw material more expensive
than pant; and thus the System, after tune
by Il happy thought, got tie name OF the
"threc sixty.fvc interchangeable OF course,
, er cohtinned mild and pleasant, but later in
the season, when il became cool and frosty,
Experience soon showed thu the warming
Qualities of different kinds Il paint were not
: essentially different; that something more
= than confidence was necessary TO keep out
the cold, and that the temperature and CIR
, culation of the body physical remain unal
fected whether man panied himself SKY
blue one day and pea green the next
!, APPRECIATION or PROPERTY
Again, two shrewd fellows, Peter Won
y. Scrapchcm and Israel Doubc, owned each a
|, farm worth $4,000. Peter sold his farm iol
4 its full value To Israel and oOk IA mortgage
, for the total purchase monty, and Israel, IN
r turn, sold his to Peter andloOk a mortgage
| also for its full value By so doing each OF
!. these worthy persons clarly doubled The
f property in his possession IlasmuCh US while
c each had at the outset only $4,000 worth o.
3 real estate, each now had $4,000 OF real es
d tate and $4,000 of personal property or al
:. aggregate of $4,000 between them, IN the
g place of $4,000 originally. This method o
g. multiplying property by multiplying titles
n was so easy, and the result so apparent, tina
IS the example was very generally followed
o and when the census came to II taken, lev
It months alterward, all were mazcd ut thu
q enormous increase of wealth Hat had follow
d ed the discovery and simple recognition O
c the true nature and value Of tiles.
d THE GREAT MILK VAR
u ID to this time the suppyOf milk on TIT
Z island had been mainly contoled by sin
. gle corporation, which, undT the name o
, the "Lacteal Fluid AssOCiatDn,' owned al
! the COWS, and tor the purpose of iacilitatln!
supply had long been IN the habit OF ISSUING
, tickets, each good for II pint rquart OF milk
;, and disposinE of milk to thOsl only who hat
y tickets These tickets revoked perfectly il
;. the closed circle of eXChanie between tn
y milkmen and their customer, satisfying al
:, demands and being acceptd AS the SAM
u lthinr rs milk, tor the more ttkets, the NOR
milk, and no tickets, no mix During tn
war the cannibals, in lack oGiny other meat
; had eaten large number OF be cows belong
;, ing To the "Lacteal Association Many ha'
y also been taken by the government for th
soldiers, so that after the wal was over Their
- were really no more cows thn the island ali
y solutcly needed All at oIC the foot AM
:, mouth disease invaded tlelSland, and, a,
:, Hacking every COW belonging 10 the associa
-" ton, rendered her unable togvemilk. Thei
{" arose such n piteous cry irm every house
, hold where there were babis, rs carried
, Daug 10 the stOutcSt htalS. lhtre was III
y need OF any concerted action for the penpl
!, assembled spontaneously sm demanded &C
y ton. An immense public meeting was a
!. once organized. A highly popular and hu
n name man, II special friend of children, ia
= military known as Uncle lick, was calle'
. to the chair He was supported by Ion!
!, list OF leading citizens as VIC presidents AM
# secretaries, none OF whom, h,wever, had ha'
> any practical Acquaintance with milk sine
y their childhood except in HI form Of punch
10 The chairman made An eloquent speech. III
h did not know whether he Wis most agitate
, by pity or indignation the poor ba
= bles, whose sutierngs had become intoler'
. bic, indignation at the crPly of the charter
:, ed monopollsts, who had vanton| refuse
., to issue more tickets at hevery time whe
a the demand for milk was ms, imperative.
70 MIILESNIAL MIN.
The assembly was Of On, mind with III
chairman, and unanimouSyTesolyed that tn
" Lacteal association should Immediately II
te crease their supply OF tickes, aud that, In d'
i. fault thereof, their charttrshould be altere