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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27
BLUE GLASS.

| Some six months ago an article went the
rounds of the newspaper press, stating that
Gen Pleasanton, of Philadelphia, had made
some surprising discoveries in reference to
the curative powers Of the blue rays of sun
! light. Later it was announced that he had
published book on the subject, in which he
claimed for blue light nearly all the virtues
of the famous elixir of life of the alchemlsts.
Few papers treated the subject seriously, the
general idea being that it was Of kin with a
vast amount of similar Quackery which
forms the staple of the medical advertising of
day. New attention has been drawn to the
subject recently, by the publication in the
Chicago Tribune and other papers of lengthy
letters from Philadelphia and New York, de
failing series of wonderful cures of rheuma.
tic consumptlve, nervous and similar chronic
disorders, which are usually classed as incur
able, and claims of the loftiest preension are
put forth for the potency of this new RENE,
dial agent.
The moduS operandt is very simple. The
patient is placed in a room into which the
rays of the sun are conveyed through win
dows in which there are alternate panes of
blue and light or common colored glass.
Thus gentleman afflicted for several years
with rheumatism from the elbow joints to the
ginger ends, for three days barred his arm and
held it in the associated blue and sunlight
for 30 minutes each day for week, and
permanent cure was the result. A lady sub
ject to violent hemorrhages Of the lungs was
placed in room with a window in which
the lower sash contained alternate blue and
white glass to let in the sunlight. the lady
sat in the light an hour each day, and IN
week was as well as ever. And so on, through
dozens of cases.
The efficacy of this blue light is no less no.
table upon vegetable than annual life. Place
week and sickly plants in this light, and q
new life and vlgor are at once manifest. The
common directions are:
If upon vegetable life, the proportion of
blue glass TO transparent should be about one.
eighth; if upon animal life, let it be about
equal-onehalf blue and one-half transpar.
ent The glass used is dark purplish blue,
and can be obtained almost anywhere. Get
a few panes of it cut 10 the size of your win
dow-panes, and insert them alternately in the
sash, and then let the lame, the halt and the
blind sit within its influence. 1t is soon test.
ed, and at uaing cost.
There is only one other circumstance to be
stated in this connection, upon which the
reader must put his own estimate, and that
is, that simultaneously with the appearance
as we'll as similar letters in other papers, ad.
vertisements appeared In the same papers of
dealers in blue glass; stating where the arti-
Gle was kept for sale.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

these certificates were bone of contention
ana the cause of monstrous deal OF profanity
However, the old fair grounds were thu!
paid for and some improvements were made
In 1867 old floral hall was erected at cos
of S1,4S5. In February, 1911, the state iai
fever attacked the society, and every lnembe
who could make anything of speech wa
delivered of patriotic Grafton or two on tina
subject All sorts of committees that coult
be thought of were appointed to "asitate.'
When a committe reported anything in which
the magical words estate fair" were used
every member stamped ant clappM and
shouted "hooray" and whenever aiy one
did anything or said anything that So uinted
towards ,be state fair, he was Immediately
given ga vote of thanks" The state fair
question ragged and boiled over, and only
"simmerel down" when Notwithstanding the
ten thousand and seventy-one dollars which
had been subscrlbed) 1t was ascertaind that
Du Ouoin had won the coveted prize.
In December 1871 the state fair nalady
broke out again, not only among the members
of the society but the people generally with
renewed violence. Public speeches, n.wspa,
per articles and spirited private harrag CUES
were the order of the day; children az Ichool
took it, boys on the streets raved over !, and
babies were hushed to sleep with STAG fair
lullabys. Committees after committee trod
upon each others heels-in pursuit 4 "the
needful, and no well-to,lo farmer fdt that
he was well treated if less than four q five
state fair committees called upon hip per
day. Thus at length the state fair wasbecur-
ed for Ottawa, and all the committees wprked
so faithfully and did so well, and wFe 50
successful in raising and paying out Honey
that by September, 1872, over eighteen nous.
sand seven hundred dollars were paid FIR i'm
besides running in deh for
grounds to the extent of eight THOUSAND dol
lars more! which Indebtedness has eveiBince
been running up interest at 2:4O pace
"And still they were not happy Thei' only
regret was that they had no more mOny nor
credit left to add other expenditures q i'm
But we do not blame the mana
gers or society. The public applaudedevery
step that was taken to prepare the grouIds in
4 fitting manner to satisfy the NAV # the
Unsuitable monster, the great state fair. The
state fair came, and We all know the result.
Now the county society, hopelessly iank'
rupt, after wiggling around in bewlldring
maze of temporary expedents to stave ofpay-
nent to their creditors, is compelled tsdie,
and has died-committed hari-kari, land
hence these tears, and therefore this Obituary.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27
A CONTRACT.

Alabama is a Democratic state. There is
no talk of frauds there. There is no talk OF
ku klux. Peace reigns. Harmony prevails.
Economy has been the watchword, and the
,tate bonds which in 1874 sold for sixty cents
On the dollar, now sell at nlnety-three cents
On the dollar. This is attributed to the con-
idence the people have in government of
heir own choice. immigration is rolling
INTO Alabama, and the public schools are
prosperous, and increasing in usefulness.
This state is under home rule. Returning
boards, assisted by United States troops, do
not run the state government, and Overturn
he government of the people of the state.
louisiana has been in the hands of radi-
eals. The state offices, by fraud an ! against
he Will of the people, are all in the hands of
radicals. The United States marshals are all
rpublicans. The custom house officials are
I'll republicans. Every appointee to Office
las been republican. Troops were station.
ed throughout the state, with bayonets cross
can returning board cries fraud, and throws
out democratic votes. SS,000O00 raised by
taxation for school purposes have been squan.
dered or stolen outright by the republican
officials, and the state Is virtually without free
schools; and her bonds are the lowest in the
market of any state except poor South Caro-
lima.
Look at these two states, Louisiana and
Alabama, and tell US who are capable of gov
erning the states most properly, the people of
the states or the carpet. baggers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27
JUDGE DAVIS FOR SENATOR

The two weeks struggle over the senator.
ship at Springfield has ended in noble tri.
amph of the manly and reputable in politics
,yver machine politics and bummerism. 1t is
not that we especially admire Judge Davis.
The election OF Trlmbull or Palmer would
have been more 10 our TASTE and We should
even have been satisfied with Judge Law.
re.uce. But the essence of the victory is in
the defea, Of John A. Logan. He is a con.
spic,uous member of a class OF politicians
who were thrown TO the surface amid the
storms Of civil war, and of whom, in peace,
the few er the country has the better. As
captain Of a company IN the army Logan was
splendid; as colonel respectable; as brIga
dier or majorg general burlesque, but under
able commanders still comparatively harm
less : but as statesman, in high civil posi-
ton, he was tue representative Of all that Is
bad and vicious in politics. There was pot
q single honest I. Jason for returning him TO
the senate. He wa, p,e-eminently one of a
class that ought y'ears ago 10 have been
veeded out of our national Legislature, and
thank heaven be Is dispossd Of Happy will
II be for this land when half dozen more
Of his class are replaced in the senate BY as
Yuse ard ale men as Judge David Davis.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27
ST. LOUIS REPUBLICAN,.

While there are papers in the country that
make more noise and pretension, our delber-
ate judgment is, that the st. Louis Republican
is, all in all, the most ably conducted news
paper in the United States Though democrat
ic IN politics, it is no fetish party worshlpper,
and can criiicise the errors of Its own party
with the same freedom with which it deals
with those the opposition. lis tone is always
calm, judicial and conservative, never noisy,
iippant or Incorporate. In the pending
presidential complication It's course has been
Misunderstanding the i'm
PROBABILITY of the democratic position, yet
counseling patience even under wrong, con-
tident that at most the success of the conspl.
rators would only be their destruction. No
paper is more lavish in its expenditure 10
gather the news from the ends of the earth.
and on financial and commercial matters the
Republican, has always been high authority.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

The La Sale Democrat gives the papers at
the county seat well deserved rebuke for
not paying more attention to county matters
instead of keeping up war of words of small
importance Of personal nature. Its criti.
cisms are pertinent and iudicious.-.Streator
Monitor.
The FREE TRADER peremptorily demurs
to the criticism of such papers as the Streator
Monitor and La Sale Democrat. They are
very poor parodies on newspapers at BEST and
are not at all such as we are willing to recog-
nize as on that plane where we are bound to
meet them in controversy. We don't know
who their real editor is, or what his standing
that fellow whom the Kelloggs support in
some Chicago garrett The FREE TRADER is
ready to extend every proper professional
courtesy TO contemporary newspapers, but no,
to sheets one side of which are sort OF bust
ness dodger and the other foreign reprint OF
CT the miscellaneous pages of last years al
manac.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

MUNICIPAL DEBTs.-While Illinois, as q
state, is out of debt, there is local munich
pal Indebtedness IN the state, by counties
cities, towns, &C., of $4O,OOOOO0, most OF
which is drawing 10 per cent interest. A
good deal of this Indebtedness is in ltiga.
ton, and probably not over $50, 100000 of it
is honest and Will ever be paid; but 10 per
cent. on that sum is a heavy burden, especi.
ally to the comparatively small proportion of
the state that must carry It, A proposition
to tighten this burden has been made in the
legislature that deserves attention. 1t Is,
that the state shall step between the debtor
municipalities and their creditors, and by is.
suing its own bonds for the Indebtedness, and
guaranteeing It's payment, reduce the interest
to 5 per cent, leaving the debtor municipal
ties to provide for the payment of the interest
and ultimately the principal of the bonds.
Under proper checks and guards, it is believ.
ed the state could safely do this, and thus
save immense sums in the way Of interest to
the municipalities, while being in no danger
Of ever having the principal 10 pay.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

The Ottawa Republican, by taking advan-
tage of misprint, makes the FREE TRADER
say that but 10 per cent. of the registered
vote of La Sale county was cast at the cleo
ton, whereas the fact is, as we stated, the
vote not cast was nearer 20 per cent Still,
the Republican, is thus compelled TO admit
that the alleged 1000 bull.dozed votes in
Louisiana are reduced to 10000, and asks
how are they to be accounted for' Well, as
the evidence before the congressional COM
mit,ees showed that most of the bulldozing
was against democratic negroes, the $4,000
probably cover The democratic negroes thus
Luli-doZeG
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

The Illinois Press Association meets at
Springfield on Wednesday and Thursday
next week. Various questions of interest TO
the craft are 10 be discussed at this meeting,
as
Or what matter should the country newspa-
per be composed to be profitable to the pub.
Usher and beneficial to the subscriber?
Should female compositors be employed?
The credit system for subscriptions ana
advertising.
The management OF printing Office.
What has been accomplished by the Ill.
Press Association? &C., SC, &c.
The different railroads will issue passes to
members and their ladies on application, and
the presentation of a special certificate OF
membership Endorsed by c. b. Bostwlck; of
Nation, ILL.,, Secretary of the ASSOCIATION.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

Poor PAcKARD'--Kellogg, having been
elected to the U. S. Senate BY the Packard
rump Legislature of louisiana, is happy. be-
cause, whether ever admitted to the U. s
Senate or not, he will, like Pnchback, ge, the
pay all the same. So he turns his back on
poor Packard, and going to Washington
leaves him alone in his glory. Meantime
Packard's Legislature, since the people refuse
TO pay taxes to his rump government, is fall
ing to pieces, even Pinchback, with enough
republican members to give 1t majority
having gone over to the Nichols legislature
And to complete Packard's misery, Gen Au
CUR treats his supplications for military aid
with contempt. A month more, and stripped
of all semblance of power, he will sink into
oblivion. Senator Bogy pronounced his fit
ting obituary the other day in the L. S. Sen
ate, "He robbed, and robbed, and did nothing
else. AS an infamous robber he goes down
to the pit of eternal execration."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27
A bold attempt at robbery was made on the

A bold attempt at robbery was made on the
Chicago G. Alton train coming out of Chicago
on Friday night of last week. The car had
not got out of the city, and the expressman
and baggageman were in the car, when some
one raped on the door and in reply to
"Who's there" said "the brakeman" The
door was opened aud IN came stranger with a
revolver in hand, followed by two others, one
of whom covered the baggageman. Hold
up your hands," was the instant demand,
while the third rcbber went for the packages.
One of $4,000 was taken out, another of
$l,7OO, one Of jewelry valued at $3.50, and
a money package of $500. AT this moment
the train partially stopped, and the fellows
fearing capture caught the two smaller pack.
ages and rushed for the door, leaving in their
haste the two more valuable packages be-
hind. Several have been arrested, but it is
not certain the right parties are caught
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

According 10 a statement in the Rockford
Register there were shipped from that city
during 1876, 709,O74 lbs. of butter, and in
GLIDING the estimated local consumption, the
butter trade of that city for the year amounted
10 1,OOOUO lbs, or, at an average of 221I cents
per h., to s225, 900. Much the larger proper.
iion Of this Is dairy" or home made, and
only OF second quality, but within year or
two several cresmeries have been established
near Rockford, and the butter from these
ranks as "giitedged" in the market and sells
in New York at from 80 to IS cents.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27
From Utica.
UTICA, January 2Jtl

UTICA, January 2jth, 1871
This place during the past two weeks has
worn lively appearance, although business
has been dormant as ever. Cupid, however,
has tapped his little wings and rejoiced,
while the friends of those who assumed the
connubial collar reveled in the luxurousness
of the wedding cake Nothing has occurred
in town of more serious nature, although
we came near having some fun on Tuesday
evening. Mr.. L. Tate's team made an effort
to run away, but as they started Mr.. r., who
was near. caught the lines. As he did so he
stumbled and fell-but hung on-aud as he
was drawn along the smooth road he present
cd ludicrous appearance, especially as NO
damage was done.
John Magulre-Uuca's model mans still
alive and administering to the wants OF t. o.
Sulivans multifarious customers.
Those who wish to pay their tax can max
negotiations with the collector In Utica on
Thursday of each week.
Visited Mr.. Owens singing school in Dis
trict No. s the other evening. He is good,
practical teacher, and has class of so schol-
ars. The singing is lovely, but the intermis-
sion is lovelier.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

United States Senators have within the last
two weeks been elected as follows:
In Maine-Jas &. Blaine, rep.
Arkansas-A II. Garland, democratic gain.
William Window, rep. re.elec-
ted.
Michigan-T. w. Ferry, rep. reelected.
Observation-Disclosures. F. Hoar, rep, super
seding Geo. 5. Boutwell,.
Illinois-David Davis, dem. gam.
New Jersey-John K. Mcpherson to sue.
coed Frelinghuysen-dem. gain.
After the 18th of March the present repub-
llcan majority of ~ in the senate will be re-
duced 10 tour or five.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

The compromise plan of counting the pres
idential vote, agreed upon by the joint com.
mittee of congress, Is received by the entire
county with feeling of relief and of very
general approval. Indeed there is no real
opposition to it except on the part of the class
of bulldnzer politicians among the republi-
cans, led by Morton and Chandler, and few
of the most rock.rooted and moss.hacked
bourbons among the democrats. Largely at,
tended public meetings in Boston, Philadel-
phia, New York, Cincinnati, &c, have given
it enthusiastic endorsement; all the boards of
trade OF the leading cities have endorsed it /;
and resolutions of endorsement have been
adopted by most of the legislatures now in
session, including that of Illinois. In Com
necticut 1t was first unanimously endorsed !;
then the buli.dozers sent dispatches against
it and the senate, which is republican, got
scared, reconsdered its resolutions and laid
them on the table, but the indignation from
without became so vehement thar the senate
again took the back track and adopted its
resolutions. As already Intima,ed, the only
men in trouble about It are the solid army
of o., 600 Office holders, who, having no con-
Germ for the country if they can't hold on to
the public teat, ATE, with Morton, unable for
the life of them to see the sense of giving up
a "sure thing for an uncertainty" Having
got your neighbor's horse by clever swim.
die, why not hold on to it?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

The Illinois State Farmers Association
held three days session at Springfield this
week, and although but meagerly attended,
the proceedings appear to have been quite in
teres,ing, though very sparingly reported.
Mr.. J. s. Armstrong, of this county, brought
the subject of unpaid railroad taxes before
the association, and an investigation showed
that there are now about s $780, 900 such taxes
due the state, and double the amount due
counties, cities, towns, &c. w. c. Flsgg was
reelected president anG NJ. c. Smith secretary
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

\ DIsGRAcE.-La Sale county is Just now
IN disgrace. Some few years ago u monu.
ment was erected 10 the memory of the dead
soldiers, but II has not been paid for, some.
thing like $1,000 beng still Cue the coulrac.
tor, Mr.. McInhill. At recent Meeting of
the Board of Supervisors the matter was
brought up, bat it was laughed down Shame
upon such actionl The county of L. Sale
being strcRgly Republican, II is mighty
queer" that there Is no loyaltg running l1ns..
up there. How is the, Bro FREE TRADER .
Senfiaei
La Sale county, as such, never had any
connection with the business. nor did the su
pervisors laugh the subject down" VII, n
brought before them. Thew acknowledged
the humilianng na,Gr. Of the case, and would
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

Mrs. Senator Logan attends to her hus.
bands private correspondence, and her CHR
ography is so like his that many letter sign
ed by her hand. "John A. Logan" is care.
fully preserved by the recipient as an auto.
graph Of the senator-Rdd. Er.
If Mrs. Senator Logan's chirography is no
better than Gen. Logans was 20 years ago,
when the Illinois legislature paid him So a
day for services as assistant engross'ng clerk
that he was utterly incompetent to perform,
he had better hire an amanuensis.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27
THE FLORIDA SWINDLE.

OAe of the results of submitting the cunt
ing Of the electoral vote to the proposed
compromise tribunal will doubtless bs the
rectifcatlon of the miserable Florida swim
die. The republican returning board thbves,
it will be remembered, counted that stat, for
Hayes and Stearnes by throwing out tire or
four democratic counties without the sha1pw
of law or Justice The democratic state Off
GERS, who were thus swindled, applied to he
Supreme Court, composed of three repuHi-
cans, who, in strict accordance with the laws
of Florida, compelled the returning board %
recount the vote, upon which they included
enough democratic counties TO give the state
to the democrats, but refused to rectify the
count on presidential electors. Then the
democratic electors applied to the Supreme
Court tor new count also IN their behalf,
and although Chandeliers agents and attorneys
at Tallahassee were able to stave Oft deci-
sion on this latter application until after the
Hayes electors had cast their votes, the Court
has since then granted the order, and also a
fh" ""'fo'to oeoiuo' tuo haJco cAcStolS. lut
effect of the decision is to declare the vote of
Florida to have been cast for Hayes in fraud,
and even on the theory Of the immaculacy of
the Governors certificate, neither congress or
the proposed tribunal can with any show of
decency refuse to recognise a second immac-
ulate Governors certificate showing up the
fraud and demanding its rectification.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

State Senator Nash, South Carolina
Hayes Elector. has testified under oath that
L. ID. Childs, President of the Carolina Ma.
tional Bank, sffered him 5000 il he would
vote tor Tilden.-Ottasoa Republican.
If L. d. Childs ever did make tina: offer,
then We know of bat one bigger fool than he
IS. and that is the editor who believes there
is republican politician in South Carolina
who wouldn't take the money.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

Blaine played very humlliating part in
the grand drama enacted In the U. s. Senate
this week. Up to 6 O'Clock on Wednesday
evening he assured Edmunds he was for the
compromise bill, and even showed him the
heads of an argument he intended to make IN
its favor AT ~ o'clock on Wednesday night
he rose and made pitiable little speech
against it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

That was dirty paragraph IN the Ottawa
Republican,, rejecting on Mr.. Representative
Armstrong for his supposed vote for NJ. Red.
dick for L. s. Senator. But for his stupidity
Cullen might have seen by the dispatches
that II was Mr.. Harrington, OF Kane, and not
hr. Armstrong, who voted for Mr.. Reddick
Blu, the skunk had got overcharged, and had
10 VOID IN some direction.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

Judge Strong of the U. s. Circuit Court at
Philadelphia, has decided that no part Of
the $l,5OO,OOO advanced to the Centennial
Show by congress can be refunded until the
stockholders of that concern are fully re-lm-
bursed Ofcourse that leaves Uncle Samuel
out in the cold
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

The little breeze about the May Bennett
duel has blown ever. Bennett has gone TO Eu-
rope, and May, at last accounts, was in Wash
ington. Both escaped without scratch.