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THE FARMERS WIFE.

The farmer came in from the field one day;
His languid step and his weary way,
His Blended brow, his sinewy hand,
All showed his work for the good Of the land
For he sows,
And he hoes,
And he moWs,
III for the good of the land,
By the Kitchen fire stood the patient wife,
Light of his home and Joy Of his life
With face all aglow. and busy hand
Preparing the meal for her husband bahu'
For she must boil,
And she must broil,
And she must toll,
All for the good OF the home
The bright sun shines when the farmer goes
out;
The birds sing sweet songs, lambs frisk about
The brook babblcs softly in the glen
While he works so br!yely for the good Oh men
For he sows,
And he hoes,
And he moWs,
All for the good of the land,
How briskly the wife steps about within,
The dishes to wash, the milk to skim;
The fire qocj out the flies buzz about;
For the dear ones at home, her heart j, Kept
stout
There are pies to make,
There is bread to bake,
And steps to take,
All for the sake OF home.
When the day is DER and the evening Is come,
The creatures are fed, the milking is done,
He takes his rest meath the old shade tree,
From the labor of the land his thoughts are
Free;
Though he sows
And he hoes,
And he mows,
He rests from the work Of the land.
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f,Ol.D PENS 10 tuit any hand. Cold; fearl
VI Ivory. silver and Raoaer zen SID ffnct 80
Pe a pnrrhs-ea of rs can exchanged any time wtih
one month n they suit the hs.n "saa>n y sf0
raan, west Court House, Ottawa uiiaoss
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- 1InI,ONFT, Attorney and Counselor at
vi INV Wolfs Block, Ia sale street, Ottawa, MS
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NATT. GIL. BERT, Attorney at Law. OF
~. In npcro House Block, Ottawa, Ill. sep2j,j
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~>u. ~ RI,IrSII, Attorney and Counselor at
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

=, Nt,,hIr(;AII4 i. successor 10 Cameron & Ne.
-n'r',,u \f,nrpry and Counselor at Law. Oficp In
r A. C""1', HocN. Ortawa, III. Also United Statcs
'',,'f- "t,rnr dcC-I6
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27
LOTTERIES.
4 SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
Y TO WIN A FORTUNE.

4 SPIEND DID UFFUhTUNIT1
n TO WIN A FORTUNE.
FIFTH GRAND DRAWING, lS7.
At New Orleans, Tuesday, May lst.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPA-
NY.
This Institution was regularly incorpO-
rated by the legislature OF the Stale for
1858, with capital stock of 81, 100000. to
Whtch il has added a reserve fund Of $780,.
con. Its Grand Sinale Number Drawings
will take place monthly. 1t never scales
or postpones. Look at the following scheme:
CAPITAL PRIZE, $50 co.,
lOO.O0OTICK ETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH
HATF TICK KTS k1
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27
Ms,sos Lsssss. =.

Wilmington Loan meets this evening.
The Board of Education met last evening.
The Shields Library held their usual
weekly meeting laat night.
DR.. shortledge will not be . candidate for
reelection to the School Board.
\ L.F. Adair is still selling furniture at
prices to suit the times. Quick sales and
small profits. That is the motto. y':-.-.,r
Put good coal in your new cellars, and
get it from Conrow g. Son, No. East
Second street, just unloaded and at much
,ower nrices " ~--~T m23-6t.
r A lady ia lying dangerously i'll at No. 7oS
Madison street, and in consequence thereof
the square between Seventh and Eighth is
closed to travel, s' t
Captain Charles E. Hyatt will lecture this
evening at the Hspover Presbyterian Church
subject "The Churches of Southern and
Western Europe" .r1E., ,s...s a
The fence of the yard adjoining G. W.
Jackson's house, was blown down yester-
day morning, by the storm. III
Conrow g. Son have now before our citi-
zens list of prices for ice the coming Sum-
mer. It is much less than last year. Ice In
warm weather is great luxury, and at the
present price It is within the reach of all
who are at work.
Mr.. Thomas Morrison, who lately resided
on the Sharpe Farm, near Christiana VII
lage, allowed three sows with litters of
twenty:one pigs, to run on the marsh the
other evening, and when, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sharpe reached the farm yesterday morning
every one of the pigs were found dead, hav-
ing been killed by exposure.
The Enterprise Coal Yard, formerly owned
by the late Stephen Fout, Esq, has changed
owners. For the future the business will
be conducted by young gentleman named
Clayton, a relative of the Hon. Judge Clay.
ton Of Thurlow, Pa. He is a polite and
obliging young gentleman, being affable in
manner, and no doubt he will succeed as
well as his predecessor.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27

was . job toxet the Lieutenant out Tor some
nefarious purpose, as in the capacity Of
.paymsster he had . large amount OF money
about his person, declined to have him
called. When the answer was returned to
the. girl she entered the hack and was
driven to tho hotel. She appealed to the
clerk, and upon little explanation Oeing
given De Kalands was aroused from MS
slumbers. His astonishment upon behold
ing the poor girl in the sad plight she was
In, and the evidence of her heroic DEVOTION
was very great, but in order not to compfo-
mise her he took her to the house of re-
spectacle family In the northern part OF the
city, and arranged that she should stay
there until the 20th inst, when she would
be Of age and free to bestow her hand
upoon the man of her choice without pa
rental interference. z.-- ~
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27

DCJO every month in the business we
furnish, but ssthose willing to work can
easily earn q dozen dollars day right in
their own localities. Have no room to
orable. Women and boys and girls do as
we'll as men. We will furnish you a COM
plete outfit free. Thebusiness rays better
than anything else. We will bear expense
of starting you. Particulars free. Write
sons and daughters and oil classes in need
of paying work at home, should write to
us and learn all about the work at once
Now Is the time, Don't delay: Address
TRUE u Co.,
1an6tf Augusta, Maine.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27
"A SAN FRANCISCO SENSATION.
Attempted ElOpement of q Young
Girl with q akussian Oficer-Capture
Of the Runaway.

A San Francisco paper of March % says
This morning, shortly before O'Clock, the
quiet neighborhood of South San Francisco,
near Hunters point, was startled by the
report of gun and considerable shooting
aud scampering Of horses and human feet.
An investigation showed that the cause Of
the shooting was genuine elopement. 1t
appears that shortly after the Russian fleet
appeared in the bay, one of the Lieutenants
became enamored with the daughter of an
engineer living at South San Francisco. He
proposed marriage, but the father declined
the honor. The pair then proceeded to ex-
treme measures, and at 12 o'clock last night
the lover appeared with team, and his
Juliet climbed out of the window. The
unusual noise attracted the attention of the
father, who jumped up and grabbed his
shot gun loaded with buckshot. He enter
ed his daughters room and found that the
bird had flown. He ran to the door, and
discerning buggy short distance off,
blazed away.
The next days papers say that the officer
concerned was Lieutenant George de Ka-
lands, of the Russian frigate vsadmick,
and the full details of the affair, with its
unhappy denouement, are given as follows
in the POST
The Lieutenant was seated in buggy
about two rods from the house, lighting
matches-the signal previously agreed upon
in their correspondence to notify the girl Of
his presence in the vicinage. But Burdick
pere was impre ssed with the idea that bis
daughter had already reached the carriage,
and at once opened a brisk fire upon the
vehicle. The young Lieutenant was COM
PEELED to get out of the range of fire, which
he lost no time in doing, presuming that
his dulctnea was still held captive in the
house. Hatless, shoeless, and faint at
heart, the young girl crouched as she heard
the shots from her fathers pistol, under 9
10.foot fence surrounding the Burdich
cottage, until her parent returned to tht
house, when she fled like painting fawr
down the road in search of De Kalands
By the time she reached the long bridg'
her feet were bruised and bleeding from
contact with the jagged stones of the road
way. Here new difficulty presented itself
Unaware that her father believed that D.
Kalands had eloped with her, she was afrai'
that lie might be at the bridge waiting t.
intercept her. In this extremity happ
thought struck her. She had littl'
money and went to the boat house at tn
end of the bridge, reused the keeper, an
engaged him to row her to the city front
which he did without any consideration
scruples whatever. From the city front sh
was driven in hack to hotel, and fror
this place sent messenger to the hote
where De Kalapds, was stopping. Th
messenger was rough, unceuth individua
and the clerk of the hotel, assuming frol
his appearance and the late hour that
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27

1858 Prizes amounting to $llO,4L0
Write for circulars or send orders to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN.
P.O. Box 892, New Orleans, La.
Or WILLIAMSON 4 CO., Agents,
3l7 Broadway, N. Y.
EXTRAORDINARY SEMI-ANNUAL
DKAWL ING. under the personal supervis-
ion OF Gen. q. I. Beauregard. OF La, and
Gen. Jubal A. Early, of Va, Tuesday, June
6th, Capital Prize $l0O,O6O Tickets SO
only. mh27
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27
DIED.

BARR.-on the 96th inst, Mary Anna,
daughter of Adam H. p. and julia +.
Barr, in the eighteenth wear Of her age.
Due notice of the funeral will be glVen'
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27
PHILADELPHIA WILMINGTON AM
L NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND
BALTIMORE::kAILRO
November q, 1915;
Trains will leave Wilmington as follows
for
Philadelphia and intermediate stations
655, s 10. 800, 052, lO45, am. 2 80, 4S, 72,
9N pm.
Philadelph,a and New York, 2 o. a m, IL "A,
l24O, 48pm.
Baltimore and intermediate stations, u 81,
S39am,
Baltimore and Washington II 50, l55, 8 80.
am, II SO, l28, ,5l9, p IN:
Trains for Delaware Division leave for
New Castle 500, 62). 935, a m, 100, $40
pm.
Wyoming and intermediate stations S 90
035 q m, 6 80 p m.
Delmar and Intermediate stations, s 90
SUNDAY TRAINS,
Philadelphia and intermediate stations1
8 10 q m, s. O0. 8 80 p In.
Philadelphia and New York, 2O2 A m.
Baltimore and Washington, u 81. l ii a IN.
For further information passen GERS ara
referred to the time tables posted at the de.
pot.
janl-ly II. F KENNEY, supt.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27
FINANCIAL.
WILMINGTON,

WILMINGTON, March 70.
Renorted nv Elliott. johnson Co., Bank
ers and Brokers, Sixth and Market sts.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-27

THANGE OF HOURS-WILMINGTO
u e. WESTERN RAILROAD-Comm
ing Thursday Dec. 4, 1876, Trains will run
as follows:
Leave Wilmington 10 20 q m, and S 3Op'm.
Leave Landen burg 8 As m and W p. m.
Arrive at Wilmington 7 IS q m, and 10
pm.
p. m.
CONNECTIONS.-Tra leaving Landen.
berg az 6.45 a. m. with train for Philadel.
phia at s. 10 am.
Train leaving Wilmington a 1870 a m
with train leaving Philadelphia at 8.l0 q m
and Pennsylvaniaand Delaware train leav-
ing Landenberg at w p. m.
Train Leaving Landen berg at 80 p. m,
with Pennsylvania and Delaware train and
with train leaving Wilmington for Phila.
| at 4 80 p. m.
Train leaving Wilmington at $50 p m
| with train leaving Philadelphia at Tsp.
m.
aug2a.ta DAVID CONNELL. supt.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

1t is reported that the Bright House,
at Rehoboth, has been leased by New
Yorker
Bishop Ames will preside at the coming
session of the Wilmington Conference to
be held at Milford commencing the 7th of
March,
Governor Cochran reappointed James
Barber Collector Of the Oyster Tax of the
Staterof Delaware, on Tuesday week. This
is the Office which David G. Hoffecker, of
Leipsic, and Others, were applying for.
FoUNTAIN's NEW HoTEL.-Ratcliff, Pwigg
& Co., of Milford, have taken the contract
to build Fountains new hotel at Rehoboth
City. 1t will be 100 feet long, forty feet
wide, and three stories high, and is to be
completed by the first of June
THIEvING IN MILPoRD.--Says the Nc,os !:
Ip Milford Mrs. X. III. Clark's pantry was
robbed on Saturday night Of -four, sausage
and beef, 10 p considerable amount; and
scarcely q night passes bgt that some
larcenies OF this kind are eeBmitted.
Many Of the servants of the town are
constantly in the habit OF pilferipg from
their employers. Many OF them have
places they call home and at night they
carry off enough provisions 20 keep these
homes well supplied and their employers
are from sheer heIplessRess leEced TO over.
look it.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28
The keel of an 8O0-ton schooner has been
laid at Milford.

The keel of an 800-ton schooner has been
laid at Milford.
A MILFORD MAN DIVORCED WITHOUT HIS
WIFE's KNOwLEDGE.-Wm j. Reedy, of
Milford, now an officer in the army some
where out in the Territories, sends notice
of divorce to the Milford Nc,oS. The
notice is dated "New York City, February
81, 1871" and reads as follows:
"This is to give Public Notice to all con-
cerned that William j. Reedy, formerly of
Milford, Delaware, and Sallie j. Reedy, of
the same place, were legally divorced from
the bonds of matrimony, Oct. IA, 1876; &.
r. Sims, Attorney"
This is another instance where a New
York lawyer has claimed to obtain legal
divorce Of married couple who live in
another State. The Milford NcVs says:
"The people of this community will be
very much surprised at the notice over the
signature of VIM. j. Reedy in our advcrti-
sing columns. The divorce was obtained,
if at all, without Mrs. Reedy's knowledge
and without cause of any kind or character
on her part. She is an estimable lady and
has the universal respect and sympathy of
the people of Milford
THAT TwELvE-MILE CRCUIT.--When
VIM. Penn bought the land on which New
Castle Is now situated, the town was built
in the centre of a twelvemile circle, as an
old deed among the records shows. This
| circle, extends clear over to the Jersey side of
the Delaware river, and the New Castle fisher
men won't let the Jersey fishermen haul a
| seine on their own shore, or if they do there
is fuss about it and the New Castle party
trot out this musty old deed to establish
their title. The New Jersey authorities in
sist that that old deed is nothing more
than an arbitrary relic and ought to be
destroyed. Accordingly, a few days since
a special messenger from the Governor and
attorney general of New Jersey waited upon
Governor Cochran and Attorney General
Pennington, and served notice that the
State of New Jersey would ask leave of the
Supreme Court of the United States to file
bill in equity against the State of Della
ware to have the true boundary line
between the two States established within
the twelve-mile circle. He was notified
that this State would be ready to meet the
trial with counsel.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

PREsIDENT.-Next Monday a new Presi
dent of the United States is to be Inaugural
ted in Washington, and it is pretty well
settled now that Gov. Hayes, of Ohio, will
be the man. AS to whether he was fairly
elected or not is not the point. 1t was the
point month or so ago, the Democrats in
sisting that he was not, while the Republi-
cans insisted that he was, if anybody was.
To settle the question it was decided by
Congress to organize an electoral Com-
mission," composed of five Senators, FIVE
Representatives and five of the United
States Associate Judges, to act as umpire as
between the Republicans and Democrats in
Congress when the electoral vote should be
counted. This Commission is a new thing
in American politics, and majority of the
Republicans opposed it, but the Democrats
had large majority in its favor and carried
their point. Thus the decision was taken
from Congress and given to this Electoral
Commission, and the Commission has
decided that Hayes and Wheeler, the Re-
publican candidates, were legally elected.
The Democrats are angry, of course. las the
Republicans would have been if Tilden and
Hendricks had been counted in) but as
their own umpire has decided the matter,
even contrary to their expectations, all the
fair-minded members of the party are
willing to abide by the result.
This is the long and short Of the whole
matter, and here we propose to leave it.
At the start, when the contest waxed SO
hot and there was such dispute as to who
was elected, we tried to keep up with the
current of events from week to week, but
the job became so huge and tiresome that
we stopped. Our readers, many of them,
said they were tired Of so much politics
even those who sided with US in wanting
Hayes for President said So All the
papers, daily, weekly, secular, religious,
and every other kind, seemed to be SC
absorbed in the discussion that we con
cluded to give it up to them and lei
national politics 60, and stick to that which
our readers cared more about-domestic
and State news. We have reason to know
that our subscribers are generally satisfied
with the plan.
We are more and more convinced that
the continual harpjng on politics, in the
old partisan style, by local papers, ha:
become bore to readers, and there is
constant desire for let up. That there
are occasions that call for such discussions
freely and fully, we are well aware, bu
Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof
Politics is not pleasant theme for family
reading and we. for one, do not propose tC
continually have political text to discuss
As local paper it's out Of our sphere.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

GA Coop IBEA.-The Wilmington Com
mcrcidL suggests a meeting of the PENN.
sula Press Association. Just so-it is time,
and we hope President Jenkins will cali
the Association together at Smyrna, Dover,
or some other central point, at an early
day"
So the Easton Ledger talks. And we
will just say to the members of the Associa.
ton that Smyrna would appreciate the
honor if chosen for such meeting. The
town is especially convenient in point OF
railroad facilities, hotel Accommodations, &C.,
and our citizens would be glad to be visited
by the forty odd representatives of the
Press of the Peninsula. The editors have
been requested by President Jenkins to
name the place, and we earnestly hope
that a majority will elect to come to
Smyrna,
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

Thursday was a good day for the oldest
inhabitant to fall into his aDecdotage, and
a correspondent of the Boston Transcript
made haste to tell little story about Wash
iDgtOn, which he had heard from the lips
of aR old lady in Rhode Island twenty five
years agone, Her father kept tavern in
that small colony during the Revolution.
He received word that Gen. Washington
and his staff would arrive on a certain day
and call for dinner, Great preparations
were made, and when the distinguished
guests, enterel tie duiug-room their eyes
fell upon a dainty feast. The members of
the family stood behind the chairs, dressed
an their best cloti 'a wa.t upon the Off
GERS. Great wa ?. r.l,sc when Wash
ington quietly tuIucd to the hostess and
asked, "HaTe you plenty OF nilk in the
house? II you can, wish you would give
Inc bowl of basty pudding and milk"
The frugal fare was furnished, and he would
eat nothing else. After dinner one of the
family said to him, "Your work is so hard
sse should suppose you would need some
thing more hearty than hasty pudding and
milk" Placing his hand upon his head
ne repaied, "Here is my work."
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

The way in which independence of action
is tolerated in the Republican party is well
illustrated by the comments of the press
upon the course Of Messrs. Seelye and Pierce
in the Louisiana case. Imagine a Demo
cratic paper speaking in this way of two
members of that party who had voted
against it on an important question: awe
have profound respect for the two Repre-
sentatives from Massachusetts who had the
courage to vote according to convictions,
even at the risk of having themselves mis-
represented by those who welcomed them
as deserters from the Republican ranks.
Such independence in political action does
credit to American statesmenship." The
above is from the Baltimore american a Re
publican journal. Democratic journals
will have an opportunity to match its spirit
if some member of that party has the
courage to vote according to his convictions
in the Oregon case.
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

WONDERFUL SCccESs.-It is reported that
Boschee's German Syrup has, Since its in.
PRODUCTION in the United States, reached
the immense sale of 10000 dozen Der vnor
Over 5000 Druggists have ordered this mod.
cine direct from the Factory, at Woodburv
\. D., and not one has reported a sjnoIn
failure, but every letter speaks Of lis
astonishing success in curing severe Cougbs
Colds settled on the Breast, Con,umptjon
or any disease of the Throat and Lunrs
We advise any person that has any predis.
position to weak Lungs, to 90 to their Dyuo.
gist-James P. Hofecker, Smyrna.-and
get this Medicine, Or inquire about il
Regular size, IS cents; Sam pie Bottle. 10
cents. Two doses will relieve anv case
Don't neglect your cough. noy8-Iv
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

HAVE YOU TRIED IT.-We refer to tba
most remarkable compound, DR.. Morris
Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Horehound
for coughs, colds, blood-spitting, weak LUNGS
Group, whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis
and all diseases Of the lungs and throat
Probably no similar preparation ever before
so quickly found its way into public favor
as this. Its sale in our community is simply
enormous. Those who have been disal,.
pointed in other so called remedies, are
specially invited to try this. Be sure to aat
the genuine DR.. Morris Syrup of Tar. wild
Cherry and Horehound. There are imita.
tions in the market. Look out for them
Trial size, 10 cents. Regular sizes, 80 cents
and One Dollar. Sold by J. w. Dennrv
Smyrna, and JAS. Cowgirl a Son, Dover
Very pleasant, and always effective is
Prof. Parkcr's Pleasant Worm Syrup, and
no physic required. Ask us feb lin
Smyrna times., 1877-02-28

that section of Talbot county. The trouble
of it is, some of the parties are rather proud
of their honesty, or were before they had
this opportunity to break down their re-
putation.
Scandal at iSdSsgfras.-A few weeks since a
young physician residing at Sassafras, Md,
was accused Of originating and putting in
circulation reports of an exceedingly scan
dalous nature about certain young ladies
of the town with whom he had been on
terms of intimacy. These reports, in all
cases eXcept--unfortunat the
slandered ladies Indignantly and emphati-
cally pronounced utterly false and without
foundation. The friends of the ladies, fu-
rious at so fiendish and malicious an at
tempt to ruin their characters and reputa-
tiOns were about to take summary vengeance
upon their maligner when he found it con-
venient to pull up. stakes and leave for
less dangerous quarters. He did not remain
away long, however, but soon returned, de.
terimined to face out the matter The
sequel proves that he would have better
consulted his feelings and the safety OF
his "bacon" if he had increased rather
than diminished the distance between him
and the avengers of the victims of his
ISLANDERS. OnSunday nightweell company
of half dozen or more men went to the
doctors boarding house and taking him into
their possession proceeded with him a short
distance from the town where they admin
istered to him tremendous bull-dozing
Like Gideon they taught him-not exactly
with briars and thorns-but with wattlel
to be more careful, in the future, of tn,
regulations of ladies. Upon which the only
comment is-prorided the reports of his con
duct are true-it sereed him righ-Ntddlc
torn Iranscrnt