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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

Frances Willard says that the red, white and
blue ribbons of the Prairie State are finding
common ground, and there has never been so
many tongues waggin% for temperance as now.
It must come to this People whose hearts
burn with the same fire; whose work is for the
same object will always, when time has taught
them the real battle field, and the real points
Of attack, bring their combined forces to har-
monte IN grand campaign. Not under the
same officers, nor with the same arms nor all
in one company, but under the same Com
mandcrin-Chict These may be armed with
sings, those with arrows; here are foot sol
diers, there cavalry, there artillery, light and
heavy. Our side has no killed nor wounded,
and our captivcs are redeemed slaves. So the
battle goes on. One ficld-our native land
one enemy--thc traffic; one Commander
Christ
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Rights of the Read.

legal authority, III an opinion as 10 the
rights OF the road, says If farm deed Is bound
I'd by or upon a road ii usually extends to the
middle of the roadway. The farmer owns the
soil OF half the road, and may use grass trees,
stones, gravel sand, or anything of value to
him, either on the land or beneath the surface,
subject only to the superior rights OF the pub
nc TO travel over the road, and that of the gh-
way surveyor to use such materials for the re-
pair Of the road and these materials may be
cartcd away and used elsewhere on the road.
No other man has right to feed his cattle
there, or cut the grass or trees, much less de
post his wood old carts, wagons or other
things there. The owner of IA drove of cattle
that stops to feed in front OF your land, or a
drove of pigs which root up the soil. l. rcspOn-
Sibc To you at law, us much Its if they did the
same thing inside the fence NObOdy's chill
drcn have "a right to pick up the apples under
your trees, although the same stand wholly
outside OF your fence No private person ha,
Il RIGHT 10 cut or Top oil the hm5S Of yourtrccS
n order 10 move his old barn or other build
ings along the highway. and no traveller can
Mitch hiS horse TO your trees by the sidewalk,
without being liable, if he gnaws the bark or
otherwise injuries them. Ii your well stands
partly ON your land and partly outside your
renee no neighbOr can Use Ii except by your
permission. Nay, more. no man has a right
20 stand IN front of Your land and insult YOU
with abusive language without being liable to
You t"r trcSpassing on your land. lie has
TlGhl 10 pass and repaSS in an orderly and ne
coming manner; right to use the road, but
not TO abuse it. But Notwithstanding the farm
er owns the soil of the road, even he cannot
Use 1t for any purpose which interieres with
The Use OF it by the public for travel lie can
not put his pig pen, wagons, cart, wood, or 9th
er things there If the highway surveyor or
derS them away rs "hstructing public travel
II nU i,avcs such things outside his fence. and
within he limits oi the highway, rs actually
laid out, though some distance from the irav-
eloI ioth, and a Traveller runs iuiO them ia the
night and is injured, the owner Is not only liza
BITE to him for private damages. but may also
BE- indicted and ned iUr obstruCIin. high
wav And If he has fence or well along the
public highway, ho must place il ali IN LIS
land, and not halt on the road a. in the Cascof
division fences between ncighbors. But H. he
owns ',r soil + i1a road Is discontinued. or
logc's "lSewhtTc '''o '"1d rrvrrts to hIm nd
hc .,al inclose 1t ,5 i!.g tenir- 1nd Use u 80. a
rar Of his farm.-PTairi, Iofop.
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From the National Prohibitionist.
\ Few Rifle Shots,

| EdttOr NdtiOaai P,0hibitiOnist: Were sixty
thousand of our citizens slain every year by
the invasion of a foreign army, the nation
would be reused to vigorous resistance.
LiquOr-ScllcrS among us do this work OF
murder, and we are asked to give them a
license.
A dollar sunk IN the sea is dollar }ost, but
Il dollar spent for intoxicating beverages may
cause the loss of many more
When one means to shlrk duty he is apt
to hide under Il but"
There are many who say they are opposed
to intemperancc: but
Some think it is right to vote Prohibition
ticket but
The politician always has but that con-
trolls him.
The timid man hides behind a but"
The selfish and stingy man is completely
cnvironcd IN butts
If the families of drunkards average five
persons, the drink traffic carries untold misery
directly to more than 100000 people, a large
proportion OF whom are women ana children.
1t sends two hundred thousand to the poor
house.
In the state Of Ohio for each man, woman
and child is paid annually about seventy five
cents per head to support minister's and about
one dollar per head for school-tcachers, while
recently sixty dollars in IA single year per cap
ita was passed over the bar-room counters
We do not take into this account the addition
al cost of supporting paupers or furnishing
criminals, the result of the traffic
Is It not time to vote the traffic down?
The moral suasion of Il ballot lasts all the
year round.
Does a man throw his vote away" when he
casts it Tor a tipping politician?
Or is ii only when a man votes to remove
the temptation and save the man that he is
charged with grave error in this respect?
The republicans are quite likely to seek to
return wholesale liquor dealer to Congress
this fall from this district
If temperance men are consistent they will
have no trouble over the question of "mo1cs If
octi0a' IN this locality.
Prayers are profanity unless ballots are
right.
The man who goes into his field with team
and pillow and seed, and prays all the time, yet
neither plows nor plants, not only pravs in
vain but insults his Maker
Prayers cannot be made IA substitute for
voting. j. A. SPENCER.
Cleveland, O.
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1t Is sometimes mentioned by skeptics to the
reproach Of Christianity that It's professors are
chiefly women. \ western preacher was taunt
ingly asked by an ungodly scoicr why it was
that most Christians are women. II will ask
you a question: said the minister, land if you
will answer it, | VIII answer you. was re-
Gently at the state pcnitentiary where ! saw
hundreds of men, and very few women II
you can tell me why there was this great inc
quality between the male and female convicts
| will tell you why the professors of Christi
anity are largely females The reply was a
just rebuke Of the Scoiicr, triumphant vindi-
cation of female character and Il strong proof
of the benign influence OF Christianity.-He-
}igjoUs HcrJiG.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

\ farmer in Ohio was annoyed by his sheep
getting into q field ofgran each time he drove
them out he was unsuccessful in finding an
opening through which they rot in, the fence
being too high, he thought for them to jump
over, SO he concluded to watch them, and to
his astonisi.mcnt he saw large buck leave the
flock and place himself by the side of the
fence, then one after the other Of his compan
ions ran up to him, leaped upon his back and
over the fence INTO the field; the buck was the
only one in the flock that could get over with
out the assistance of a "footstoOl." Is this not
more than instinct? Have not animals a Ian
guagc oftheir own IN y. Uer0H
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TEMPERANCE.
THE MAN AND THE STILL,

| remember the time when those that were able
| Had whisky to drink, and 1t stood on the table:
They would say Helm Yourself and the glasses would ring
As they stirred up the blackStrap and rycwhisky sling
| 1t was bought at the house that stood the hin,
An old stone house, and they called II THE sun"
have seen an old man, as he begged the street,
His clothing was rags with no shoes on his feet,
His friends were all gone, he had nowhere TO 60
| It was brandy and whisky that brought him 50 low
He had been To the house that stood the hill..
Where drunkords were made, and they called The Stl"
remember woman, her form bowed with years,
Her heart hlcd with sorrow. her eyes dim with tears:
She was shyerng with cold, and mad rags feet
She said She was hungry, but had nothing to eat;
Her husband had gone TO the house on the hill,
Where drn;srs made, and they called The still
have seen young man. in the vgor Of youth.
Who fell from the summit of honor and truth;
lie WIS caught IN a snare there 10 save,
And in Alcohors chains he was hcnccforth slave.
He had been to the house that stood on the hill,
Where drunkards made they called 1t THE Still
met poor child who was crying for bread,
She told me her father and mother dead
Drunk nj hone and what could she do
For something t. eat, and the poor baby, too;
Her father then at the house on the hill
Where drunkards were made and they called THE St
remembered the man who owned the "Old Still"
And made widows and orphans his pockets 10 MI.
His money and land, all, all had go
To pay Oh the debts-and he was brought low;
And the house that stood on the hill
They both fell togchcr-the man and THE Still"
II says in the Bible plainly, Woe he
Unto him that makes drunken" or Causeth 10 he.
Let all Of the sober united be-
And help the poor drnnkard 10 make himself free;
Let those that sell whisky by the pint or the gill,
beware. and remember the and "Thc Still"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

MAtNE.-IIon Neal Dow says, I'VE are 20
ing to have law that when it strikes the rum
sellers they will think IA horse had kicked
them We will stop them, if we hang them
We are gong to stop that trade, if it takes the
state prison or the galluws. We will let them
fix the penalty at which they will stop, whcth-
er it be - fine, TIE Jail, the penitentiary, or
hanging. Maine has felt the hard times les
than any other State, owing to her liquor law.
The legislatures will 20 for rum Just as long
rs you let them, but As soon as YOU say you
Will vote for no man who is for the traffic you
will have it stopped. If you rely on religion
and moral influence for temperance YOU may
~ well shut up shop Show the people it will
pay to stop the grog shops that there will be
an increase of wealth, and they will help YOU"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

The manner Of detecting different natlonali,
ties: Place before each man a glass of beer,
with fly floating on the surface. A Spaniard
will sieze the glass, beer and fly, and fling them
against the wall. A Frenchnlan will ask for
silver spoon and carefully fish out the fly.
An Englshman will take out the fly with the
tips of his fingers and drink the beer. y Ger
man will swallow both at one draught. And
last the Russian will seize the fly, masticac it.,
and pitch The beer down his throat.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
Correspondence.

We shall be glad to receive, for publication
in this department, short and pointed commu
nicationS from farmers, gardeners, stock-rais-
crs and others, ON any topic of general inter
est 10 agriculurist>. The name and postolce
addrcs, should accompany each letter not
necessarily for publication, but as guaranty
Of good faith. II Is our purpose 10 open TINS
column to n free exchange OF experience and
opinions between its readers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29
Hog Cholera,

f. r. Moody, a prominent breeder of Ken
lucky, writes to the Indiana Farmer as follows
concerning his treatment of hogs: my stock
has been bred by me for twenty years, without
losing one by cholera. My mode of treatment
is simply to furnish clean, well ventilated quar-.
tiers, fresh running water, plenty Of green food
in summer dense forest for range in winter
My principal food is soaked corn, with rye
and corn-meal slops, slightly sourcd. Give
sulphur twice week; stone COAL salt, and
ashes are kept in the lots | avethought that
| could take many hogs sick with cholera, that
otherwise would due, and feed the disease out
Of them with sour Stops and sulphur. This is
the only remedy ever used, and it always
proved cfectual, and have had a number of
sick hogs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

The Pullman Palace Car Co, in defiance Of
both law ami public sentiment, have turned
their cars into place. of temptation and dan
Ger and drunkenness.
Think of riding from st. Louis to New ! ork
with crowd Of crazy, drunken, swearing, dis
So,utc men.
Who will feel safe to send wife or Children
over thI> line, subject to their insults and bru-
falliie>s
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

This is the season for lousy calves and colts
A weak solution of carbolic acid or coal oil,
applied three times q week, has been found cf.
fcctual. But he careful ofthese articles, for if
used too strong they will iniure the stock as
vol rs lice
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

1t is said that the immigration from Eng.
land to this country during 1873 exceeded that
from Ireland by several thousand, and was
greater than the number arriving from any
other country except Germany.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-29

WILL A VILLAGE Cow AY:-"Will it pay
TO keep COW in Il village or city, asks II
reader of the .Ame,tcaH AgricuLturist, Il profes-
slonal man, living in village He has a
stable. can get pasturage during six months at
3715 cents Il week; II boy will drive the COW
to and from pasture, and milk her night and
morning, and feed and milk her in the winter
for one-slXth other milk. Hay costs $l2 a ton :;
bran, Il cents per pound. | can buy milk at
4 cents per quart, or sell surplus to neighbors
ut same price"
A fair COW ought to average 10 quarts day,
30 days in the year, or 2700 quarts. Rcduc-
ing one-siXth, or, say, 800 quarts for the boy,
leaves 92OO quarts, at cents, equal 10 SIS.
Six months pasturage, $40; about 3 tons of
hay, $3G; 1000 pounds of bran, or 6 pounds ii
day for months, $l3 Total cost, sos Profit
$50. The value of the calf, and especially Of
the manure, should be worth much more than
the risk and any depreciation in value. At
these figures the COW would pay eight dollars
profit, reckoning the milk at only ) cents per
quart. The best profit would come thus, Buy
in spring fresh mich cow Il far mixer Of
common breed keep her from breeding; milk
her or s months, or until she ceases to give
quarts or more IA day then dry her quickly,
feed her few bushels of corn meal until she
gets IN good condition for beef and sell her to
the butcher. Farrow COWS, thus treated, take
on flesh very rapidly, and make very good beef
if only to years old. They will sell for
nearly as much for beef as they cost in the
spring and the winters keep, and loss ofthrcc
months time are saved We much prefer
good farrow cows milk, especially for younger
children. \ fresh, good mich COW, bought in
the autumn, will yield fairly during winter,
and though farrow will keep up milk on sum
mer pasture and can be beeied in autumn. or
II, ~. l.. |. A.. kr..
should keep our own tarrow cow even ii COM
PEELED to reside in "a city, hire u stable, and
feed hay, meal and bran through the year
lmey1cIU .1gricUtUyia
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Stationery Supplies.

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Favorite Cook Stove

Has equal IN the market. We warrant il 70 work wei
win either hard or soft coal. or wood.
Can ana "NgW.rnI
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SOLD 81 ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Iar ai ParlHr stove b. too extensively known 10 reQu
an endorse 81" sell IT, know ug That Il j. al right.
OCT. 49, HINLET & SBEETOA
The New York herald., 1879-10-10
JOHN CANNON CONVICTED.

TACTICS OF HIS COUNSEL FOR THE PROCURING
OF NEW TRIAL-THE JUDGE TO RENDER A
DECISION TO-DAY.
PHrIADRLPHIA Oct o, 1879.
At the opening Of court this morning the case Of
John Cannon. charged with negotiating stolen bonds
was called. The prisoners counsel asked for short
delay, so that certain witnesses from New York
could be produced. The District Attorney objected
and when the Judge finally determined to go OH with
the trial. the prisoner counsel refused to take part
in It, The trial proceeded, and when the testimony
for the prosecution all In tho prisoners counsel
refused to address the jury. Cannon then asked
TO examine witnesses himself. but he remained mute.
Finally Judge Briggs charged the jury. and in ten
they returned verdict OF guilty OF uttor-
ing and publishing the forged bond, and Of having
forged coupons his possession with intent to sell
them.
The prisoner counsel i'm IN mcdiatey made q motion
for trial, the groun1 that tho prisoner had
been improperly tried, without being given All op-
portunity to obtain his Witnesses.
Judge Briggs said that he not the slightest
In the trial. but would give tho prisoner until
two oclock to show, by affidavit, that he had wit
he desired to have examined. before no would
pass upon tho motion.
Tho District Attorney asked that tho AFFIDAVIT, IL
any should be made, should DO in writing that q
prosecution for perjury might be insti upon It,
Finally Cannon made affidavit that certain wit
nosscs could bo produced IL proper time wero
based The Judge will deliver q written opinion
IN. mn
The New York herald., 1879-10-10

called on Mr.. Williams the latter made the
following formal reply:-"Mr. Lawson he
said, ''has no wish to take Mr.. Labouchere's
life and he does not intend to risk his own. Mr..
Labouchere has for months persistently libeled
Mr.. Lawson and at last ended by libelling Mr..
Lawson's dead uncle. For that Mr. Lawson
has thrashed Mr. Labouchere like a
dog, and if the attacks are repeated
will thrash him again. If Mr.. Labouchere
is not satisfied, Mr.. Lawson refers him to the
nearest police court" The reply was the open
letter published in Truth and printed above.
Mr.. Labouchere has written another letter, say
ing that as Mr. Lawson refused to fight he
should henceforth go armed. He intended to
repeat his former statements, and if Mr.. Lawson
molested him would shoot him ON sight. Be-
sides these letters Truth contains a column of
violent language, but does not repeat the ibels
on Mr.. Lawson's uncle.
The New York herald., 1879-10-10
WASHINGTON,
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON. Oct. Q. 1870
pANIEs AND THEIR AaENrs-rHR RECENT
rosr oYFIcE RULING STRICTLY ENFORCED.
Tho ruling made by tho Post Office Department
last Saturday. that all letters addressed to lottery
companies to persons agents Of such COM
panies must be treated unavailable. has not been
rescindod. nor has the enforcement of the accom-
panying order been suspended. seems to be sup
posed in quarters. On the contrary, IL is
being rigidly enforced. The Postmaster of Louis
VILE. KY. was to-day informed by tho Postmaster
General that no should refuse TO deliver any
such letters and should send them all to the
dead letter Office. The Misunderstanding In rc-
gard to tho matter appears to have arisen from
tho fact that no authority has yet been given to
postmasters to detan letters mailed sto persons
known to be lottery agents but not addressed "a
such. The department is, however. pursuing an in
to tho extent of the business done and
tho methods by which the statutes and the recent
order are ovaded by tho lottery companies. with
view to determining whether any postmaster at an
Office OF delivery. who has Judicial notice Of the
business engaged in by company and its agents.
can hold letters which arrivs in large numbers ad-
dressed 90 All individual whose connection with tho
lottery company is not openly stated.
THE NEW DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT.
For some years past tho business of the circuit
branch OF tho Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia has beon Increasing rapidly that. not
withstanding tho strenuous efforts made by Bench
and Lar. the calendar OF each successive term has
grown larger than the preceding one. To expedite
business at the last session OF Congress act
passed authorizing Circuit Court. and ycster-
day afternoon the Justices OF the Supreme Court Of
the District had u consultation the subject at
which all wore present, and the result that an
order promulgated in General Term this morn
ing, announcing the establishment of new court
TO be known as Circuit Court No. q.
FALLING orr IN THE MEXICAN REVENUE
The United States Minister to Mexico. in q report
TO the Department of state tho financial affairs of
that country. states that there has been consider
able decrease in the receipts especially tho Gus.
tom House. amounting to s2.i36.602. during the
fiscal year ending July, 1879. The chief source of
revenue n from customs. IL would seem that the
commerce OF Mexico has very ally declined or
that. "a the papers say, tho contraband trade has
very much Increased. Probably both causes have
contributed to the large diminution OF revenue