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HON. JOSEPH O. GLOVER.

III we have ever Salu anylnlnp against wv
Culom or found fault with him either as Gov
ernor congressman or politician generally,
we are willing to forgive him and enter into a
treaty of perpetual amity in consideration OF
the good deed he has done to the canal region
and the entire State by the appointment OF
the Hon. Joseph G. Glover, of Chicago, dor-
merly of Ottawa as one ofthe Canal Commits
sioners His commanding talents and pre-
eminent fitness for the place are such that we
take it for granted he Will at once be the rul.
ing power In the board, and that the import
ant interests In its charge will be mainly I'M
der the management Of his superior judg-
ment and consummate skill.
Our acquaintance with j. o. Glover dates
back good many years, and although dur
ing that time we have seldom been on the
same side with him in politics and for that
reason, ON account of his always active and
prominent position, have had many sharp
and at times far from pleasant spats with
him, we have never had occasion to question
his personal or political integrity of charac.
ter. or his bearing as heightened, honorable
gentleman. Indeed, if there is one thing Mr.
Glover always desplsed more than anything
else, it was dishonesty and petty meanness
AS lawyer conducting suit he loved an
open, manly fight but woe to the opponent
who attempted to circumvent him by any pet
ty, mean trick or dodge And herein consists
one of his strongest points of fitness for a
place on the canal board. The interests in
volved are varied and extended. and need
close watching. There Is agood deal of pub
lie money to be handled and the canal and Its
management are always liable to "leaks'
If any mismanagemcnt or dishonesty escapes
the eye of Mr. Glover, it will be a miracle
but If any one should be caught stealing, woe
to him 1t were better mill stone were
hanged about his neck, &c.
We are really quite overjoyed at ihis ap
pontment, and know that there are few men
IN Ottawa or this county that do not share
our feeling. Now we know that the impor
hands, but In such hands as will manage
them prudently, wisely and vigorously, If il
is in the books to restore the canal to It's nor
nal importance as commercial artery, con
Meeting the great lakes of the northwest with
the Mississippi river, and make 1t source
of prof. as we'll to producers and shippers al
to the state treasury, il is in the well known
foresight, intelligence and enlarged views Of
men like MIR. Glover alone that We can hope
for such contamination.
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England.

The New York papers of last Saturday, as
a sequence To the triumph of the ministry in
the Gladstone debate, were filled with lengthy
sensational dispatches from London, pretend
ing 10 foreshadow the course Of England
in view of that supposed anti-Russian pro-
nouncement. Disraeli, said these dispatches,
embcldened by his triumph in parliament and
certain of support from the nation, would now
boldly precipltaie England into conflict with
Russia The Russian ambassador had hur-
ried to St. Petersburg TO warn the car of his
danger, &c, &c. There is little foundation
for all this. No doubt there is some war feel
Ing in London, which is anti-Russian, but the
note which England sent to St. Petersburg on
Monday about Constantinople and the Suez
canal was couehCd in the NEST conciliatory
terms and ehclied friendly response. In.
decd Russia utterly disayows any desire 10
occupy Consian,inople, and Is quite willing
England shall control the Suez canal and ev-
CT possess Itself of Egypt Hence 1t does
no, looS, from the latest advices, that Eng
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

From July weather In New York, Phila-
delphia, Washington, &c, with the thermome-
Ter at 90 in the shade all last week, the same
cities, like Ottawa, are now wincing under
nor'easter blowing from berkshire county,
Mass, where on Thursday they were having
pretty fair sleighing .on.a inch fall CT snow.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

The Chicago Tribune is authority for the
statement that all the western roads centering
IN Chicago, combined, only brought to that
market, last Thursday, fifteen car loads of
gram, and fourteen on Friday. Chicago is
too near Joliet; that's what hurts her stom-
ach. In the grain business; why, bless you.
Joliet can see that hand and go one hundred
and fifty better,-Joiid Sun.
The advantage To Chicago of being near
the Joliet penitentiary doubtless overbalances
all the loss Joliet proximity is chargeabfe
with 10 her grain trade. Ii is not the rivalry
of Joliet or Ottawa, or Peoria, but Chicago
dishonesty and greed that are destroying her
grain trade. II has got SO that it costs nearly
as much to get bushel Of grain through CHI.
cago as to send it by rail from almost, any in.
terror town in Illinois to Toledo First there
is cent or more bushel for Inspection, an.
other charge for warehouslng, another for
handling, another for rattage, another loss by
dishonest weighing, and another from mix.
ing and coloring TO make No. . corn pass as
No. ? Formerly corn from down the Iii.
nois as far as Naples and even Alton wen, to
OhiCdgo ny way vi Onc lNei anu Chuhi, bul
now dozen of railroads crossing the state
carry 1t to Toledo for less than it costs 90
place it "free on board" of vessels at Chicago
! Thus freight from Peoria TO Chicago may be
s cents, getting through Chicago cts, freight
TO Buffalo cts.-total II cts. while the eros.
railroads carry il TO Toledo for IL cts, and
cts. more take il TO Buffalo. Chicago greed
is thus not only destroying her grain trade
but IS drying up the canal and en'ailing a ios'
upon the whole Stale.
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France.

France.
The condition of France is still regarded as
critical. The difference between President
Mcmahon and his chief minister Simon arose
from the refusal Of the latter to oppose the
repeal of the press law; in other words, the
minister, as a republican, favored free press,
which Mcmahon, legitmist and Orleanist,
opposed. Mcmahon, therefore, in spite OF
there being large republican majority in the
assembly, dismissed the ministry, but instead
of dissolving the assembly, which only could
have insured the election of new one still
more strongly republican, has prorogued it
for a month, meantime appointing new
ministry, with De Broglie, an Orleanist, at the
head, and all the rest antl-republicans. When
the House re.assembes in month, of course
the new ministry will be unable to get along
with it, and Propagation must take place.
Then, by something like the tactics of Louis
Napoleon or Z. NJ. Stanton, of compelling
favorable election returns in unwilling di
tricts, McMahon hopes to elect an antl.repu
lcan majority If he wins, the French rep,
lie is at an end. If lie fails, then eitherl
Mahon steps down and out or there VIII
civil war.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

MORE PLAGUEs.-And now as the HARVEST
fai mer Is rejoicing over his probable release,
for the coming season, from the ravages OF
the grarshopper pest, behold another dlaboli.
cal insect appears to take is place. A Chica-
go Times special from Davenport OF the 21st
INST. says:
A new bug, resembling the chinch bug, has
appeared in this vicinity in millions, and is
doing considerable damage. At the country
residence of ex-Mayor Stewart. two miles
from this city, it has destroyed all the chest
nut, butternut, elm and cottonwood trees,
stripping off every leafthereon. 1t is now at
work on the apple trees. No one knows
where it comes from, or of what species 1t is,
but il Is as industrious as the grasshOpper,
and works destruction as rapidly.
And still more astounding report of the
appearance of another strange insect comes
from Wisconsin Edward Dale writes to the
Times from Union Grove, Wis, May 14lh:
Last evening large clouds of bugs passed
over these parts, 1t taking about three-quar-
tiers of an hour to pass. They are of the bee
tic species, being very large. The shell is
hard of backish brown color. They fly
very swiftly, and at first were quite high in
the air While flying they make great
noise with their wings. We heard them long
before we could see them. The noise was
like the roaring OF train Of cars or the ap.
preaching of "A hurricSne. Inever heard such
u noise in my life before from insects. do
not understand their habits. Al O'Clock
this morning the ground was covered with
those that had fallen while passing and a;
present they have gone below the surface.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

To-day" says Philadelphia paper, re-
.errlng to the departure for Europe of ex-
President Grant, "the only living man ever
elected and duly installed president of the
United States leaves our city and country tor
a sojourn In Europe"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

The Chicago banks, since the LIST of Jann-
ary, have drawn $2,4OoO00 out of their bust
ness, declaring that they are unable to use
their money proftably as bankers under the
heavy taxes levied by state and nation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

Frank Gilbert, connected with the editori.
al staff of the Chicago Journal, has been APP
pointed U. S. subtreasurer at Chicago. His
chief merit for that position seems TO con.
sist in the fact that he is cousin of Bob In
persoll
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

The Dick Mailer Patent for printing and
pasting The names of subscriber. has run out,
yet We have no doub; hundreds of newspaper
publishers are still paying royalty for its
nso. They may as well shut of tina, leak.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

The people of Chattanooga, without dis
tinclion of party, have invited President
Hayes "to attend the decoration of the graves
of federal dead in the national cemetery near
that city, on the goth inst, and also to parti-
climate in a public dinner to commemorate the
peace and prosperity inaugurated by his
southern policy.N
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

Ex-Governor Chamberlain, of South Caro-.
lin4, has entered into a law partnership ID
New York and transferred his residence 10
that city. President Hayes tried 10 appease
him by offering him the solcitorship OF the
Treasury at Washington, but he DEFINED
|" with thanks" The law firm with which he
is connected bears the name of Chamberlain
Carter Il Eaton.
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Germany

Watches the drama enacting in France with
an intent eve and already deems 1t advisable
to inform France that the German garrisons
in northeastern France must be strengthened.
AT the same time Bismarck is hastily recalled
from his vacation" TO consult about the
French situation, as we'll as the Russian cues
ton, all of which the wise heads say is sig
nificant''
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

While the Michigan and Southern Illinois
peach crops arc not very promising this year,
Delaware counts on an increase of % per
cent on her heavy crop Of last year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

An subscriptions TO be paid in advance.
Remttances may be made through money VI
der registered letter.
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ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

The Illinois Legislature ended its laborS
and adjourned sine die on Thursday, and the
general feeling is one of relief, as when some
sore atiliction ceases. 1t has been the long.
est continuous session ever held by any legs.
la,ure in Illinois, and the most expensive,
while no previous Legislature, at least within
the last thirty years, did so little work. The
following is semi-oflicial statement Of its
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named, postage prepaid
The offer ia omen to old subscribers or new
at any post Office IN the country:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

land is likely to be drawn into the war very
soon yet, if at all.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-26

Total ................,... .....''. S@oo,-o@
This is at least $4,000 more than were
wasted upon themselves by any former !egls-
lature of this state 1t was not only wasteful
of money upon itself, but, considering the
condition of the times, .cariully and crimi-
nally extravagant in its general appropria-
tons, which, instead of las they ought to, in
consideration Of the stringent times and the
hardship of paying heavy taxes exhibiting Il
material reduction on those Of former years.
actually show an increase of over million
on the appropriations OF any former legisla
ture, even in flush greenback times when mil
lions were devoted to war purposes.
Tha following Is general statement of the
appropriations made for the next few years,
exclusive of a few items that will bring the
total up to at least S1,0COOOO:
General and deficiency appro-
priations. ................ S3GGS, 39l 80
State charitable institutions and
reform school. ............ 1,5G50GS 10
Normal university, at Normal. '2,3S' oo
dale ............... 1O,SS7 80
Industrial university ~ 74,500 90
Industrial university deficiency l6O W
State and county board of agri- ~.
culture. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. oo,OoO w
Expenses of general assembly
and state government ........ 'OO,OU0 w
Douglas monument. $1,000 on
Lincoln monument. ....... $1,000 10
Joliet penientiary deficiency. 0S,09O "
Tertiary. 100000 90
Barnard & Gowan claim .. 10000 90
William Head clam. ........ 5,96S 81
Illinois river improvement. 51,453 IL
State Agricultural society. 80. 1000 90
State.house. ............,... 1900 90
, Total $6341 ,sO7 81
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-12
WHO Is THY FRIENDl
NY FRANCES BROWNE.


Who is thy friend? The that shares thy pleasures
In banquet hall or beauty's witchng bowers
He that will dance with thee to follys measures,
And make no reckoning Of the squandered hours
To whom the revel and the game is all?
These the friends that help men to their fall.
Who is thy friend? The man that shares thy pride.
Thine hour of glory, or thy day of gain;
Who stands in every triumph by thy side,
And never finds that triumph false or vain,
But shapes his doctrine as thy humor goes9
These are the friends misfortune turns 10 foes.
Who is thy friend? The man that for his winning
To power or place hath need Of thine or thee.
Who will not fear thy risk. or blame thy SHINING.
SO IL but spread thy fortunes growing tree;
Whose praise is large, whose promise larger yet?
These are the friends that fail US and forget.
Who is thy friend9 The man of truth and trust
In gladness near. In sorrow nearer still;
To thy faults generous, TO thy merits just.
Thy help in every good from every i'll.
Whose love for the worlds hate might make amends
Alas for IL this life hath few such friends.
Who ia thy friend7 The best, the least regarded
In faith unfailing. and in love unchanged.
Through all the changeful years. though i'll rewarded
Give Him thy heart, so long and far estranged
And from thy broken reeds Of earth ascend,
To seek in heaven thine everlasting Friend
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-12
MY SWEETHEART.

Do you know my sweetheart sir?
She has fed and gone away.
I've lost my love; pray tell me
Have you seen her pass to-day?
Dewey bluebells are her eyes;
Golden corn her waving hair;
Her cheeks are Of the sweet blush-roses;
Have you seen this maiden falr9
White lilies are her neck. sir;
And her breath the eglantine;
Her ROSY lips the red carnations:
Such Is she, this maiden mine.
The light wind is her laughter;
The murmuring brooks her song;
Her tears. so full Of tender pity.
In the clouds are borne along.
The sunbeams are her smiles;
The leaves her footsteps light;
To kiss each coy flower into life
Is my true loves delight.
I will tell you who she is.
And how all things become her.
Bend down. that may whisper:
My sweetheart's name is-"summer."
-Chdnbers Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-12

WHEN TO SELL.-The producer will
profit more in the end by expecting
upon the earliest opportunity fair re-
numeration for his products, and
making immediate use of the money
they bring. than by holding on for
speculative rise, running the risk of a
heavy fall, and losing the use of the
money in the meantime. The Troy
Times relates the case of a farmer who
made it an invariable rule to turn his
crops into cash as soon as they were
ready for market, whatever the price
might be. Sometimes he lost, but more
frequently gained; and an experience of
thirty years convinced him that he had
made no mistake in adhering to the
rule. This case can doubtless be Offset
with innumerable instances where
farmers, waiting one, two or three
months longer than their neighbors,
have realized extraordinary profits. But
no mans experience is uniform in that
direction; and is as true of speculation
in the products of the farm as it is true
of speculation in Wall street; the pro-
portion of those who fail is ninety to
every ten who succeed.-RurdL Home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-12

the house. Already she has made a fa-
vorable impression.
Presently I have to re-enter, and we
left on the stage together.
The scene between US is one of tender
passion, of tears, of parting and despair;
and as it deepens in intensity my wife
seems to glow and quiver with an inspi-
ration that is almost supernatural. The
instructive harmony of her gestures, the
richness of her voice, first low and plead
ing, then fierce and agonized, seem abb
solutely to petrify the dense audience in.
to breathless silence; but, when at
length I tear myself from her clinging
arms at the close Of the act. and she
falls white and senseless, the curtain
comes down amid such thunder of ap-
plause as surely the walls of the North
opolis Theatre have never resounded be-
fore. Again and again lead her before
the curtain while bouquets from the box
es fall around us in dazzling shower,
and pit and gallery rise to their feet as
one man, and wave their hats, and stamp
and shrek and roar in their ungoVerna-
BILE delight When at last the tumult
abates, l retire with Jenny, pale by this
time, and almost fainting, behind the
scenes. Old Chumleigh filings his arms
round her and me by turns, and first be-
comes incoherent, and then hysterical.
The author and the London critics and
managers troop round to the stage, and
overwhelm us with congratulations. The
members of the company crowd about to
get in word edgeways.
"Accept my congratulations, dear"
simpers Miss Rawlings, with savage
smile.
81 felt you would be success from
the first, my love-" quavers Mrs. Har-
man, approvingly.
"How could she help it? She is SO
charming !' rhapsodises Miss Marston,
| Frank. my boy, your wife will make
your fortune" comments the ponderous
johnson.
GLOW about novices now. granny ?'
inquiries young Everard, politely.
But upon this occasion Mrs. Harman
is conveniently deaf to his satire.
AS far as success is concerned, the re-
naming acts are but a repetition of the
first, and the piece from beginning to
end is one huge triumph.
"But, Jenny 1 exclaim, when we
have once more reached home, "are you
really my own little wife or some great
enchantress the fairies have sent me in
exchanged"
"Don't be absurd, Frank" she whis-
pers; .'there is nothing so wonderful in
what have done tonight if you knew
the source from which drew my inspi-
ration"
"My darling, tell me, where did you
get your courage and your genius 2"
"Can you not guess, Frank 2"
I shake my head.
SIN my love for you !" she murmurs;
and l fold her to my heart in passion
ate embrace.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-12

How TO SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE.
l. Rub your furniture with linseed oil,
and preserve carefully the old greasy
rags used for this purpose in paper-box
in an out-of-the-way place.
2. If the fire in the stove does not
burn well, pour benzine or kerosene on
it from well-filled gallon can.
8. When you light your cigar or gas
throw the burning match, no matter
where, and don't look after it, even If it
gets into the waste-paper basket.
4. Put burning candle on the shelf
Of a closet and forget all about it.
5. Always read in bed until you fall
asleep with burning candle near you.
6. Especially for builders: Put the
ends of the wooden beams into the fiue
walls. and if you build hot-air furnaces
be careful to use as much wood as possi-
BILE in their construction.
z. Always buy the cheapest kerosene
you can get.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-11-12

And now NJ. C. Butler of South Caro-
lima, who is very desirous for seat in
the U. S. Senate. says he had nothing
to do with the Hamburg massacre, and
furthermore he is reduced to the extrem-
ETY. Of accepting certificates from the
blacks to the effect that he is not bull
dozer.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-10-17
Russian Soldiers and the Bible.

Among the strange incidents of the war
in the East is the eagerness the Russian
soldiers show for the purchase of the Bi-
bles sent for their use by the British and
Foreign Bible Society. Over sixty thous-
and Bibles have been bought by them
since the Russian armies crossed the Pruth.
An agent says that the readiness Of the
soldiers to buy is unparalleled in the ex-
perience Of The society's continental work.
1t is strange thing, he says, when fierce
looking Cossacks, armed to the teeth,
thank you ten times over for having
brought them the New Testament, and
when they can scarce be restrained in the
gladness of their hearts, from taking you
up in their bony arms to give you we'll.
meant hug of gratitude. .E
and not only do the men buy, but they
also read. The Russian soldier, he says,
has vet to be discovered who would speak
an irreverent word of the Holy Gospel.
The commanding officer has frequently
been the first to buy number for the peo-
pie, which he himself would distribute at
once us a gift to the common soldiers
around him. Philadelphia Post.