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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-29
From Texas.
WACO, TEXAS, June 20, 1878.

"H'o, iEAhs, Julc 1910.
Politics still run high with little or no pros.
pect of a calm until after the different con.
ventions meet Lang and Throckmorton are
the two prominent candidates for the nomina-
ton for governor the former is master of the
state grange and the latter is CONGRESSMAN,
so the contest will lay between the CONNER
cia and agricultural classes as to whether
Texas shall be ruled by granger governor or
not.
The community in the upper edge of the
county, Il few days since, were terribly excited
over the murder of a Mr.. Vaughy, who was a
merchant and highly respectable citizen.
About dark four men rode up desiring to pur-
chase goods, who, soon after entering the store,
shot Mr.. Vaughy and robbed the safe of 81 900.
How long, oh, how long is our sunny land to
be subjected to such vi!lanous robberies?
The latest sensation of our Bolton neighbors
is Il fire to the amount of several thousand dol
lars and no insurance.
At last that wonderful little talker, the
photograph, has found its way to Texas, and
many of our Wacoites 90 to see and hear the
wonderful performance. Now if we had an
eating machine combined with the telephone
and phonognph, the average Texan would be
complete; for you must remember the print,
tive Texan leads Il pastoral life and is not I'M
frequently noted for indolent habits.
Quite a number Of our citizens left on this
mornings grand excursion train, some bound
for St Louis, Chicago and other prominent
places north and east,
Considerable shipments of fruit vegetables,
&c, are now being made from here to Chica-
20 which offers more inducements to the fruit
grower and gardener than heretofore.
A terrific wind and hail storm passed through
the country damaging crops, houses, fences
and things generally. In some instances the
hail was reported several feet deep.
Everything in the crop line is very much in
need of rain. Cotton looks well and is con-
in advance of this time. ThrashlngI
is in full blast and the wheat crop over an
average one. The present crop of the state is es-
timatcd at 100000 bushels against 3,0O00OOI
bushels last year. The increase of acreage is
far greater this year than before so our home
market is over-stocked with great surplus toI
ship. TEXAN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-29

NOOK AND JOB PRINTING OF
Is every description. cone seay. eorrecty and II ne
ow.st nrtres q call and viii eHccesor 70 ~
20 ,nttsrr ssr,s<setioe OSyAyA HAPE1As-
Westof Court hoSs
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Wide Awake.

The frontispecc of the July Wide A,rGkc
has the depth and color of a painting, and il
Illustrates Elizabeth Stuart Phclps's story of
The Boys of BrstimOnc Court. The illustra-
tons throughout the number are of the first
excellence. Thusie's Fourth of July, and
Why the Benedict Family Didn't Go to the
Concert, are capital stories. The second part
of True Blue and A General Misunderstood.
ing, under the captions of Trying to be True
and Doc and her Knights are rs interesting as
ever Miss Muslin's Seventh Misfortune, in
company with her cousin Mltiades Peterkin
Paul, occurs in Il Melon Patch.
While story, poetry and fun commend the
magazine TO the children, the older readers
will find their share in Mrs. Lilies second
Shakespeare paper, and in Number NVIII of
the Poets Homes series, in which Charles f.
Richardson writes of joaquin Miller, an eX-
cellent portrait accompanying the paper
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Littell's Living Age.

The numbers for June LIST and 9Th have the
following valuable contents:
Constantnople, British Quarterly; Russian
Court Life in the Eighteenth Century-Catha-
rine Alexiwena l. and Anne Ivanowna, TEN
pie Bar; Count Wademar, "A Story, Cornhill {;
The Crown and the Constitution, Quarterly
Review; The Coming Total Solar Eclipse by
Prof j. Norman Lockyer, Nature; Within the
Precincts, by Mrs Oliphant, from advance
sheets; On Keeping Silence from Good Words,
Fraser; Thurot, a Biographical Sketch, Fra
ser; Lower Life in the Tropics, Spectator;
Concoit, Examiner; Amateur Librarians, Spec
tator; Advice to the late Lord Macaulay on
Entering Life Buddhism, Public Opinion
Holidays, Vanity Far; The Yeoman's Story,
Temple Bar; The Goorlhas, Globe; and the
usual choice poetry,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-29
PARIS LETTER.

The Er-Jerels If tie Cro,on IF France.-What
people are ioohjng @-7he Regatta IF queen
Vtctoraa.-7he too ardent curiosity IF French
Ladtes.-7he mast spleadtd Diamond IN the
,corld and its Legend.-Other Diamonds.--
Cashmere .Sharts, .Shaols that could pass
Mr0ugh a neddtng ring, and Shd~S Mat
,cou1d aot.-Uniquc Decor"tion Of q mann
nnoM shacl-7he rich French hdtes ,oto gre
ton aolterecer FdstiOa JOurHals penetrate.
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IN VACATION,

When met her at party,
Dead in love fell at sight,
For her beauty was bewitching,
And her conversation bright.
So did my best to please her,
Chatted on all sorts of things;
Told her of our life at college,
With some slight embellishings.
GLOW do you.' she asked, 'Iike Cambridge"
'O," said ], 1.-The town will do;
Though, to tell the truth, its girls are
Rather homely, and SO bluer
Fool was I saw my blunder
When her lip began to curl,
And in coolest tones she answered.
''Well, sir, I'm a Cambridge girl"
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Ballou's MONTHLY.

The July number opens with an exciting
story by the author of the Gold Hunters, called
4" Lassoing Grizzlies" the scene of which is
laid in California in ls4s. Following are adj
ditional contents of the number:
Inverary Castle, Scotland; Embroidered
House and Table Linen; Lassoing Grislies;
The Mountain Lake; Raised from the Dead I;
Our Exodus; Colonel SlOcum; Some Queer
Old Songs; The Ghost of Face; My Step
Son; Wien Love is Done; The Voyage Of the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-29

The frontispiece of the June Godey is a
splendid picture by barley, of the Waverly
series, the meeting of Dominic Sampson and
Meg Meriles. Next Is a colored plate for dec
Grating terra Gotta, with complete guide 10
the reader for this beautiful art, now so gener.
ally in fashion.
The literary matter 70. the number includes
articles by Henry Hill, Marian Couthouy, Au
Der Forester, and Others. The usual space is
devoted to games, puzzles and recipes, and, OF
course, the current fashions receive, as usual
full attention
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Shakers; Allan's Adventure; Wonder-Eyes
The Yelled Picture; Lines; Beautiful Miss
McFarren; What is Produced by Heat; The
Hearse; Our Young Peoples Story.Teller-
Nv Liic's Lesson; Little Annette; The Pet
Calf; Ruthven's Puzzle Page; Editorial Notes;
The Housekeeper; Curious Matters; Things
Pleasant and Otherwise; Our Picture Gallery
Humorous illustratiOnsl.a
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-29

Miss Lulu Prang, who caught a robbcr and
seeing his poverty aud Indebtedness gave him
her pocket book, issorry enough she lei the story
get into the newspapers. for now she Is tortured
by the daily receipt of complimentary notes and
verses like the following:
Noblest Heart that can forgive
Rohber in Distres
Take this Token Of Esteem
OF which It'll the Best
I've heard Of many deeds that was
a credit 10 the Race
But this is nober than all deeds
That did ever face
There is no nonsense about the honest Dead.
woodians. The most vigorous waltzer at dance
there last week excused himself al half.past II
because he had stage-coach 10 rob at IL. Wha,
rebuke this is to our giddy, procrastinating,
seif-indulgent yotar:es Of pleasure.
The following letter was recently written bv a
boy in Augusta, seven years Of age, TO his uncle
I'm Savannah:
idea ui'cie george please get me a newfoupd.
land dog. J want puppy. ] hope YOU are well
like am. 20 10 school now and have RECESS
! am bad OF for the dog send him "a SOON as
you can. send my love 10 you for christ saSe
amen. send boy dog. RoBr. j. H.
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Sunday Aiteriiaoil,

Few newly started magazines have risen SC
rapidly in popularity as this. The July mum
Der has the second insalment of Aunt HUI
dah's Scholars, by Z. E. Hale; the conclusion
of Toms Heather, and two complete stories
The Tale of a Tornado, and Little Pilkins, the
latter particularly excellent. Edward Abbott's
From Platform to Prairie is bright and time.
" sketch of horsecar drivers change of base
to the west and farming. w. N. F. Rounds
In Gradlon's Kingdom has quite the flavor of
Brittany, of which it tells entertainingly.
Chips from a NorthwestLog, by Campbell
Wheaton, is the first of II series that will tell
of personal experiences among the Indians
The Doctrine of Christian Song, by Rev. G..
T. Ladd, and Church Music, by Bishop Clark,
of Rhode Island, treats effectively of subject
of general interest; Have We a Christian
State9 by Rev. G, III. Richards, Of Madison,
Wis. is an able and interesting paper, and 9TH
er contributions are, The Protestans of Rus.
STA, by {. III. Woodwork, The Stepping Stone
of Bethpagc, by j. A. Paine, What is the Use
of the Alphabet? by Arthur Gilman, and
poems by Rose Terry Cooke, 7. s Collier
Mary E. Bradley, and S, W. Dunield.
We have room for just one clipping, which
we devote to quaint legend of Brittany, as
transcribed by Mr., Rounds in "Gradlon's
Kingdom:
They say of King Gradlon that he was one of
st. Corenln's most brilliant converts to the
Christian faith, and tell how by Il miracle the
pious saint won the worldly king. Corentin
lived in the molmtain-it is there now-and
was fed by miraculous means He had Il
spring, and in the spring was fish; when
Corentin was hungry he called the fish to him,
cut off enough for his dinner, and threw the
fish, instantly made whole again, back into the
spring. Gradlon was hunting one day, and
becoming hungry sought the hut of the saint
and asked him Tor food. Corentin called his
fish and fed the king, who, not belonging to
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, was filled with admiration and de
light; was then and there converted, and gave
to Corentin a wide tract of land upon which
Quimper is now built. At that time GradlOn
held his court at Is-a city that is now buried
by the sea While still the king ruled there,
the city was smitten by a tidal wave and Grad
Ion fled with his court to Quimper No more
remains of Is now than traces of paved roads
that touch the fields on one hand and the
deep on the other; and-yes, there is one
thing more remaining-a tradition among the
sailors that when the sea is angry in its storms
there come forth from the streets Of the buried
city the cries and groans Of the men and wO-
men and children who persisted there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

"here are the wines. the pumpkins vines.
In brighter light. and softer airs !. ta.,..<...
brotherhood
Alas they are all in their graves these reptl.
vines must die $500
Their fruits are in the cellar sfs,,x..s. -. .
your pumpkin pie. 80
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

a curious divorce suit now on trial In
bridgeport introduces plenty of ro-
nance with the old moral against runs-
way match4s. Miss Elizabeth Adams
years ago lived in Syracuse. n. " She
met clandestinely one Charles 4 hin
VINO soon after went as clerk TO China.
Sne keptup correspondence with him.
but her parents did not know she even
had his acquaintance. One dav she
started on journey with her mother.
but got left al way station and disap-
peared. She was not heard Of for =
week, and then came letter that she
had sailed to marry Mr.. Hin. Tho
ship was wrecked, and for Is DAYS She
was tossed about in an open boat. Fl
naily she was rescued and married Hill.
Now she sues for divorce after All
that she endured to get her husband
She came home twice after MARRIAGE
and in 1866 her Chinese servants were
she wonder Of Syracuse. OF recent
years Mrs. Hill has been travelling
abroad. Not long ago at Bridgeport
she filed bill for divorce. He heard
OF II, and, being rich, wrote TO Maine 1
Trend 70 give her SIS, 200 IL she wonld
make Il quiet separation. Subse-
quently hearing that the affair had be-
come public he reduced his offer 10
~, 600. His friend called At the Sterl-
ing House to talk it over with her. and
forthwith she broke pitcher over his
head and had him arrested for assault
he also complained against her. They
are a. it, Hill has filed bill Of divorce
md i on the way home to fight. and
here Il stands. Scandal, disgrace. dis \
ora, etc, all the natural fruit Of the
'ne-sided elopement Of long AGO.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

Noncc was bure like do. good locls,,1 s.-
I'M tumbled me on und away did -
NIGHT 50 clean like der mud vaf va ero.,
ON der shfreet
vas schraped from der po0ts az s,ar ,a.,,,...
meet. f'N~.c~
,grinkin' und swearin'. did like ii I'D die.
10 peen sntin like a mackcrcl dot ~ IN.
won't puy. NM
" nile drink me some lager 70 got a SNARE
meal.
vas scared dot some students mine nos,,-
would shteal. i~'As
- crashious, how vas dot gets down % low
" hen vonce vas shweef like dot peudifui
shnows fN.'-11
-HorkeU<
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

Last evening man with red mud on
ms boots and WEAKNESS all over him en-
tered car of an incoming train A. !
station . dozen miles or 50 from New
iork- When the conductor came along
the weary man drew from his vest
pocket the last half Of an excursion
ticket between New York and 4 station
some half dozen miles beyond where he
entered the train, and on another branch
OF the road, over which the train had
not passed The conductor quietly re-
turned the ticket and remarked 1 nj
good, at the same time pointing 70 4
stipulation on the ticket, which said thar
IN consideration Of the reduced rate the
company would only accept the ticket
Tor some continuous journey.r
The weary man looked inouirinplv
INTO the glare Of the conductors lantern
and said . WaalP''
" You stopped over at the last sta
tion," explained the conductor. sand
70 you are not making zone continuous
journey.'-
How do you know aintP- YEARLY
asked the passenger.
= Because this train hash 4 been on the
other branch at all, = said the conducfor-
showing signs Of impatience.
What has this train 10 do wi, h nv
journey?r questioned tbe
nan, also getting impatient.
As though propourding question
hat would put stop to further talk.
ne conductor asked "well, how could
iou make continuous journey on this
rain from place this train doesn't 90
Q It ALI" adding that the rules Of The
company were peremptory and must be
II amt said nothing about this train
eplied the weary man, evidently much
'isgusted. 81 footed II all the wav
the junction, after I found the last
rain had gone, and got here lust n
lme TO hang on to this train as II was
tarting, and Il that amt continuous
Quincy Id like TO know what les
The hilarity Of the other persons In
ne car seemed 70 annoy their weary
eliow-passenger, and he explained. a
ne conductor passed on, that ne would
ke 70 know, "if the rules Of the con-
any prevented man from walking
yer their old road on an excursion ticf,
L"--NcU York Snn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

An ancient dame who settled m Ind,
ana % years ago-she i now "a wear.
old-recently gave correspondents N
the Cincinnati Enqmirer a few rem;,;s.
cences Of her early life on the frontier.
She said:
I'VE had no window TO our house
and the door was made Of 4
blanket which was hung over the door
way. We bad large fireplace made
q sticks, IN which a fire was alwavs
Kept burning. My babe was then three
months old. All we had to keen bouse
with was small provision chest. 4 bell
metal tea-kettle, a sugar-bowl. pexfer
plates, and some cups and saucers
when we moved into our cabin we had
no beds, and as nv son, then four wears
old, had the whooping-cough, fell thar
u would be dangerous to place him on
the puncheon floor, so I had my buS-
band make hammock by suspending
a quilt from the rafters by a bed-corr,7
we made table out Of q walnut slab.
and then three stools, and our house.
keeping outfit was completed. Well. M
told You, my husband started to mill
and expected TO be absent 4 week. IN
had brother living at vineeanes who
nad sent Us word that he would nav NJ
visit, and ! was expecting him. The
second night after my husband LEFT 7 /
heard some one haliooing down ia the
bottoms, and felt certain that Il 49,
my brother who had lost his wav -
ne darkness. / Immediately answered
he cry, and il was promptly responded
o, and continued TO approach. | set =
'andle on stump in The
ard, and leaving my little nov /.
lifting in the door, advanced toward ]
ne WOOD calling TO the approaching ,
'erson 70 come TO the light. You can
'ot imagine my fright al hearing the i,
ell between me and the house, and on !
boxing around discovered large pan 4
her pass between the light and nv bow 2
gave scream and picked ND the can !
lie, and dashed into the house and low 1
red the quilt. l can't tell You how 1
ing the night was, or the nights which Il
,liowed until the return Of my husband Y
mad TO bake my bread at a neighbor,s :,
M usually went over ut night, but new i
dared to go unless carried ira ri
rand In my hand. Many time I've
'en the flashing eyes Of . panther bnf
ley never dared attack me on account n
the iiIe. When the neighbors went eI
sitting in those days, they took their D
ans and guns and stayed week. the y y
en- hunting, and women quilting and Il
'iping each other at their domestic III
tiles. How did / make butterp oh %
~ enough. Il put the milk in 4 Gal. Al
q Jug and shook il until il was chnrn- n
: The trouble-sometimes was in Oct ~
Y the butter out Of the Jug. have %
squently gone TO mill alone when I ca
q 70 swim the horses across the river In
boat not being large enough to car ~ \.
them. have often seen the women ~
Tx fiye miles on a visit and carry : III
be. They would set the child strad-
OF one Of their hips, and putting the
% around II, could carry large child :,
IA ease The men in those DAYS wore -
rkskin trousers and went barefooted 90,
summer, while the children seldom de-
| shoes at ALL ocr
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ITEMS Or INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.


Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and he,
daughter will pass the early part Of tn,
winter in Egypt.
Miss Susan b. Anthony has begun
lecture-torr through Ohio, Virginia,
Vest Virginia and neighboring States.
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge has re-
turned TO the active management Of 81.
Nicholas, after long vacation and d
journey to California.
Mrs. Hooper has taken up her per-
manent abode in Paris, her husband
now being the Vice-Consul General Of
the United States in that city.
Two new volumes from Tennyson.
which the ETdmiaer says will be ssneith
er dramas nor Arthurian idyls.- are
said by that paper to be forthcoming
shortly.
David g. Croly has resigned the
editorship Of the New York GRAPHIC. 4
position he has held since the establish
ment Of that paper Mr.. Croly is the
husband OF Jenny June.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard. the
author Of .'One SUMMER will hereaf-
ter live at Stuttgart, where she has taken
the place OF the late Fednand Freili-
grath, the poet, as editor of the fort
nightly eclectic journal printed in En-
glish, which has a large circulation on
the Continent.
Col. Richard Reolf, who committed
suicide the other day in San Francisco.
was for several years on The editorial
staff Of the Pittsburg Commercial. a
poem from his pen appeared in the Al
la1itic Monthly for November. He was
"A years Of age and was once the conf
dental secretary 10 John Brown, Of
Harper's Ferry fame.
A few theatrical misses: Miss En;a
Germon i Mrs. Smith: Miss Lille
Eldridge j. Mrs. Tom Ryan. Miss Fan
ny Morant Is Mrs. Smith; Miss Clara
Morris is Mrs. Harriet; Miss Kate Clay
ton Is Mrs Charles Stevenson. Miss
Elizabeth Won Stamwitz is also married
These are some Of New York's attrac- (
i've unmarried actresses.
1t Is now an open secret that "Sber- !
wood Bonner" is the pseudonym az
Mrs. Kate Mcdowell, the daughter Of !
VI Charles Bonner, Of Holly Springs. c
Mss, one OF the late victims there ~
ne yellow fever. Mrs. Mcdowell has
made Boston her home for several wears
ND Is well known there in literary cir I
les, She showed her brave womaniy 4
Qualities BY going back home and nurs- =
aag her father through his fatal illness =,
Ter late novel, Like Unto Like i 4
cry generally admired. =
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

Great are the virtues Of the jury trial
as illustrated by the case in our Justice
Courts last week. The amount in con-
troversy was 81. To adjust the matter
\ required the drawing Of S. Jurors, the
windage Of four lawyers, the service n
five constables, the consumption az
three whole days and portion 81 three
nights, the taking Of 50 or 60 pages OF
testimony, and all Of this to reach the
conclusion. no cause for action.-Car-
0tagc m. H. Repnblican.
A 2-year-old child Of Mr.. John
Shea, Of Lowell, Mass, whose clothes
had caught FIRE from the stove. jumped
INTO the cradle containing his little sis
ter, aged 7 months. The boy was burn
ed TO death and the infant was not AZ.
pecied 70 live. The children were alone
pened.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

Rev. A. X. Burnell. Of Chicavo
who Is Just home from an eyangelistic
tour around the world, made the trim on
si'vvu gwen by New York banker.
ana was gone one year.
Last year the Primitive Methodists
q England the poorest Christian COM
munity in that country, raised $50. 900
ior missionary purposes, which was 81
M every member Of the denomination.
Rev. DIR. J. NJ. Gibson and Rev. W
I. Traits, Presbyterian and Methodist.
nave opened in Chicago what they cali
Union Normal Class and Bible So
liable for weekly evening meetings
during the winter.
AT the recent Church Of England
congress AZ sheffield, the pew system
uelng under discussion. a member ~
lne Congress said that when the Ameer
q Cabul visited Peshawur in 1869 he
wa shown fine English church at the
sAlon. When the chaplain of the
euurcn explained to him that the whole
eongregahon was ranged in order ac- |
.oluing 70 the relative rank OF the diff |
lelent officers, he expressed his utter
alonishment- "Why,- he said AZ
am me chief ruler Of my country. but
wnen ! worship in the mosque I take
!, place beside my poorer subjects, for
Y 'ne mouse 81 God all men are equal.-
President Seelye's address to the
.I.onnectlcutteachers at New Haven. upon
.ne collegiate education Of women. con-
~, some valuable information as a re-
~. oi MS experience and observation
= y Ms ~ three years life in Smith College
- y northampton. President Seelye de.
b;np tnat woman's capacity for the
Ilgnest intellectual culture r demon
,s. The College has had larger
~ "a fine mathematicians than ,
Y oe found in corresponding classes
!. yourg men Greek has been favor
\ s'uuy, and there are Greek scholars
' !. VIZ College who would honor any in !
,.Auuon; the severe courses 81 sfudv
psa saea nave not proved injurious, but
5;sa ciai' % the health; not single
i hse mas been contracted during the /
,I'se years BY an inmate, while some !
' wv come 70 the College SO feeble n i
,ea,.n that it was doubtful whether they
;ra, u remain q term have become en- v
'lsa vel and strong. The President n
nv ~ hectares that the course OF culture c
II sraa has not had any observable ten b
'bs ss.y q make the pupils masculine IN
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22

Now looks the OK from out hfs stail
The farmer man to ZEE.
A. quick he spreads upon the floor
The grain 80 tcmpfingIy.
men sings around the ancient barn
The lively autumn gale.
And while the farmer faps IA. IAN
The bovine flaps his tail.
- YOnEr~-f Cn-<<<.