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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-29
miscellaneous.

A FAMILY of culture who have q pleasant
IA home n the country would like take for the summer
longer child girl Pefere between SIX and eight years
wishes 10 part with child for time, wOuld find this arrange
ment desirable Tho best references given and To-
CURED Address r. o. Box 1913. CITY.
ITO COMPOSERS
THE MEN DLEsSoHN 0LEE CLUB
Offers following prices for musical compositions to be
written for m 10 chorus;
LIST prize For piece Of the length aud character Of the
800. i"sOns OF Art" Dy Aendelssohn,
ID prize. piece of length character OF
$50. ana Wine" by Mendolssohn.
Sd prize piece tho ionh and character Of Fare
s25. iwel 70 the Forest" BY Mendelasohn-
For further particulars Apply 70
8. q. BEARD secretary, 40 puaneet.
FCHAs. IT, SCOTT. Treasurer. III FFuatstS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1880
the Dalrymple farm for 1880 will net $500, OOO."

the Dalrymple farm for 1880 will net $500, 600
But will not the land wear Out-and what Is
it good for then? Yes any land will wear out
il it IS not renewed occasionally; but expert.
ments which are now being made have alrea-
dy demonstrated that the soil Of this valley
has wonderful amount Of endurance. Mr..
p f. Swift, an early settler of Ottertail coun.
ty, has, by way of testing the durability of the
soil, raised fifteen successive crops of wheat on
the same piece Of ground "a 10 acre LOTT and
he reports the last crop as being above the av.
erage, yielding 90 bus. and 10 lbs. to the acre
while the average for the previous IA years
was 90 bus. and 45 lbs. During the Is years
he gave the field one dressing of stable ma.
nure Peter Swenson, in Big Stone CO., is ma.
king similar experiment. He gathered his
tenth crop from 10 acre field last harvest and
reports it as full average crop. Four to six
successive wheat crops are common every.
where in the valley where the land has been
that long under cultivation.
The fear that the opening up Of so large an
area of wheat lands will so glut the market
that the price of wheat will sink below the
cost Of production Is, think, without any
foundation Charles Worthington, statistican
of the department of agriculture, in one of his
recent crop summaries, demonstrates the fact
that the consumption of not only wheat but all
kinds Of cereals is increasing more rapidly
the world than their production -
that the world is much more IN danger of a
famine than plethora. NJ
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25
The Greatest Remedy Known.

DR.. Kings New Discovery for consumption Is
certainly the greatest medical remedy ever
placed within the reach of suffering humanity
Thousands Of once hopeless sufferers, now loud
ly proclaim their praise for this wonderful Dis
covery, To which they owe their lives. Not only
does it positively cure consumption, but coughs
colds, asthma, bronchitis, hay fever, hoarseness
and all affections of the throat, chest and lungs
yield at once to its wonderful curative powers as
If by magic. We do not ask you to buy a large
bottle until you know what you are getting. We
therefore earnestly request you to call ON your
druggist, E. Y. Griggs, and get trial bottle for
ten cents, which will convince the most skepti
cal OF its wonderful merits, and shew you what
regular one dollar size bottle will do for sale
by E. Y. Griggs. (2)
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25
sun Harp,ng on C,vn Service Reform.

Mr. Hayes continues to talk about the civil
service reform. He improves the occasion of
his last message to repeat the plattudes he
has heretofore uttered on the subject
Mr.. Hayes might be credited with more
sincerity if the clerks IN the several depart
ments at Washington had not been turned
loose, with his consent, last November to go
to Ohio for the purpose of influencing the
election there-yes, for the purpose cf electtng
to the office Of Vice President Of the United
States the very man Uhom Mr.. HAYES, under
out Of tie COllectorship Of Ne.o York as until
10 administer to that Office
A vice-presidsnt may become president
Such thing has happened more than once
and may happen again. And Mr.. Hayes
solely for party reasons, brought the whole
influence of the Administration to bear in
favor of the election of a man to a position
where lie might become president, a man
whom, according to his own promulgated doc
trines, it would have been a violation of his
duty for HIM to leave in the office of Collector
of Customs! Talk about civil service being
made non bipartisan does not come with very
good grace from a man whose practice has
been what Mr. Hayes's has been.
Looking at the thing in practical light
there can be no such thing as non-partisar
appointments to Office,
1t is generally cold and clustering weather
about the fourth of March. The temperature
is too low for hornets to be active. But on OF
about the fourth of March next let James A
Garfield announce one thousand appointment
to office, one-half the whole number, being
democrats Why, all the rooms in the Whit
House would not hold the hornets that woult
be buzzing about his head.
| STILL it serves as sort of soft Sunda,
school topic for Mr.. Hayes to pirate upon Il
the credulous.-iSaa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

Six reputable girls, ranging from IL to ~
years of age, engaged In desperate street tight
at East Boston, ana were all arrested. The re-
port describes Miss Crowley, who was one OF the
yanquished, as appearing in court in stylish
black velvet costume, with banged hair and eyes.
A strange, sad case Of mental alteration has
been brought before the physicians OF New York.
A country editor has suddenly fallen the helpless
prey to the wild Naturalization that he has bank
account The medicine men say there is no hope
for him, and he will probably be shot by the chief
of police.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25
"They shall come from the West on the ocean
WIZ siars tbeir prows adornIng:

crest,
With stars their prows adorning;
And the thunder's roar on the MayOs shore
Shall proclaim my Erin's morning"
This fragment has been sung for centuries
by every turffre in Mayo and Is much fan
cied by the fishermen along the coast who
sing it as a boat song rs they fight with the
surf on the way TO the Arran and Claddash
Reefs. They believe that the good st. Mala'
chy, at a time when America was lost as a
pearl 10 the waters, saw an American fleet sail
ing toward the shore with the stars and stripes
at the masthead. on a mission Of good deliv-
erancc for Ireland; and the faith that this will
come about is strong within them. They have
watched for hundreds of years, but their eyes
are not yet dim nor their hearts faint. 1t is
misty tradition, but 1t Is about all they have of
hope in this world, and let iconoclasts keep
their hands off
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

The ONLY MAN ON HIS SIDE.-ln one OF
the Western States case was tried, and at it.
termination the judge charged the jury, and
they retired for consultation. Hour after hour
passed and no verdict was brought in. The
Judges dinner time had arrived, and he grew
hungry and impatient Upon inquiry he
learned that one obstinate juryman was hold
ing out against eleven. That he could not
stand and ordered the twelve men to be
brought before him. He told them that in his
charge he had so plainly stated the case and
the law that the verdict should be unanimous
and the man who permitted his individual
opinion to weigh against eleven men of wis
dom was unfit and unqualified ever again to
act IN the capacity of juryman, AT the end
of this excited harrangue little squeaky
voice came from one of the juTymen. He
said: Judge, will your Honor permit me to
say wordy" Permission being given, he ad
ded: MAY it please your Honor, l am the
only one on your side"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25
The Dismal Swan p.

The Dismal Swamp, says an exchange, is
not a vast bog sunk low IN the ground into
which the drainage of the surrounding COun-
try flows. On the contrary, 1t 10 above the
level ground some fifteen or twenty feet as
was demonstrated by actual surveys. Instead
Of being a receptacle into which rivers and
streams enter and flow, it is in reality, an i'm
mense reservoir that, IN its vast sponge-like
bulk, gathers the waters that fail from the
heavens and pours them into five different
rivers, which flow onward to the sea. Any one
would imagine that the Dismal" was verl.
table charnel house that spread Its miasma
throughout the country. On the contrary 1t IS
the healthiest place upon the American CONT
neat The swamp is formed entirely of green
timber There is actually no decomposed
wood one sees large trees lying all around in
the forests and swamps. The two principal
woods that grow in the place are jumper and
cypress, which never rot. They fall prone to
the ground like other trees, but instead of the
wood decomposing it turns into peat and lies
indlssoluble by air and water for ages, per
fectly sound. There Is nothing in the swamp
to create miasma; no rising of the tides and
decomposition Of rank vegetables; no marshes
exposed 10 the burning rays of the sun. All is
fresh and sweet, and the air Is laden with as
sweet odors us The fragrant woods III May,
when the sweet odors of the flowers minglc
with the pungent scent Of the pine and dog.
wood. In the dRteGeIlum days all the planters
were anxious to hire their slaves TO single
makers in the swamps on account of Its
health. Mr. Reddick, wel.known contract
or, says he worked gang Of fifty hands fifty
years in the Dismal getting shingles, and in all
that time there was not a single case of fever
and ague. | have seen numerous ailidayits of
ovcrseers and contractors who have lived in
the swamp their whole lifetime, and they have
never knew Il death caused by miasma, or a
solitary instance Of ague and fever. The air
Is pure and sweet, and the water tinged to a
faint wine hue by the jumper, is as potent q
medical drink rs are the famous watering
places Of the Virginia mountain pass" 1t
is often used by naval vessels gong on a long
foreign cruise, on account of the healthful pro
perties and also because 1t keeps fresh and
clear for years 1t is a strong and invlgorat-
ing tonic, with a very pleasant taste
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

MAsAM DEMoREsr's PATTERNS, new fall style,
have just been received at Osman & Hapeman's-
Catalogues furnished free on application.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25
Mr.. NOBODY.


know funny little man,
As quiet as mouse, s-
Who does the mischief that is done
In everyb0dy's house.
There's no one ever sees his face,
Aud yet we all agree
That every. plate and cup was cracked
BY Mr.. Nobody.
Ills be who always tears our books.
Who leaves our doors ajar,
He pulls the buttons from our shirts.
And scatters pins afar. .,.-
That squeaking door will always squeak.
For, prithee, don't you see,
We leave the oiling to be done
- BY Mr.. Nobody
The hnger-marks upon the doors
BY none Of US are made;
We never leave the blinds unclosed
To let the curtains fade.
The ink We never spill; the boots
That lying round you see
Are not our boots; they all belong
To Mr.. Nobody
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

nR. Nj. GENDER, homeopathic Physician OF
~ aws H. Offers his services to the friends Of the lo
meopathc system In Ottawa In all branches of his profss
soa Particular attention give. he treatment OF women
and children. Office In Glover & Cooks Block. febl6
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25
ST. MALACHY's VISION.

Il was on the Reck, so tradition says, that
ST. Malachy saw his vision. He was the saint
whose predictions with regard TO the Popes
have excited so much wonder and quite As
much controversy. There il to this day a
stone wall round It, and the soft, messy earth
and big bonlders for many yards about are
Uttered with the crutches and bandages
those who have washed and been cleansed in
this humble pool Of Sloan. Well. St Mala'
chy, in the course of his travels through Ire
land, visited the Reck and prayed at the well,
and looking out over the roaring ocean at his
feet delivered himself of a prophecy, of which
this is pretty accurate translation of the Irish
version:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

III M. GODFREY, Nj. De-, /, Il. C. $: Edin
IL. burg. Office, In Armour's new building on Madison
street. Residence II Webster street. augllU
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PhvsIcIANs.

NR. II. M. MICA F2THUJE, Ottawa III. Office
- in the Opera House Block Open from O'Clock A. NJ
to o'clock NJ. Residence Benton street. south Of Hi
nois Avenue. an22'76
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G. BOYLE. Attorney at Law. ONCE with NJ I
d. Moloney In Sale street, ottawa Illinois. feb2 80
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II Is. SNOW. Attorney and Counselor at Law. VIII
ties Once Rooms and Arm0ry Block, ottawa, III.
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Professional GarDs.
At TO r n e Y 8 Il.

III LEON COFFEY, Counselor at Law and So
IL. lCtor in ChsnCery. Office VITA V. b. Weeks north
OF Court House, Ottawa, Illinois. rs. decli
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

~ n. AHMaPRoNG. G. CHAPMAN.
4 RMS'rRONGf 81 CHAPMAN N, Attorneys
IA and COulselors At Law, Ottawa ILL., M. N Armstrong
Notary Public. Office In Gedneys Block, Ottawa un5 sc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

SAMUEL RICHOLSON, Attorney and Coun
y selor At LAW. VIII practice In the courts OF La Salt
and adjoining counties Ofcs west Of Court House oa
III, novl4
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

T w. BREWER, Attorney and Counselor at Law
-. Notary Public Rooms No. H. II and ID, Opers
House Block, Ottawa, III. jan4,19
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II McDOUGALLI,(s successor to Cameron & NJ
-. Dougail,) Attorney and Counselor at Law. ONCE
Glover Cooks Block. Ottawa, Ill. Also United State
Commissioner. decgT6
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

4. LELAND. HIRAM T. GILBERT.
I ELLA ~ ID ~ GII-ISEIST, Attorneys at Law
IL Office In Operu House Block Ottawa, Ill Junl4,'9
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-25

w BUSH Attorney at law, Ottawa III.
w. win practice In any of the courts In this state
Close paid collections Conveyances carefully
made and abstracts prepared with &C. Notary public
Once west OF Court House. ]anl,19
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-09
An Eauine Monster.

From the N. Y. Times, June %.
There arrived in this city yesterday by
way of the Hudson River railway from
Albany, and was conveyed directly to
his quarters in Houston street, what is
believed to be the largest horse that has
ever fallen under the eye Of anatomist or
jockey-a veritable equine monster-be-
side which animals of the ordinary
height are dwarfs. The animal was bred
in Ohio, from our native draught stock,
and certainly no region except one of
the limestone bases could have developed
such an enormous equine anatomy. His
registered height is 20 hands and inch,
or 81 inches, being foot taller than an
average man. His weight is stated to be
2,45O pounds; but all these points will
probably be verified to-day by competent
veterinary surgeons. As standing in the
stable the color of the animal appears to
be uniform dark bay, without spot or
blemish. 1t should not be judged that
this height, although extraordinary, is
altogether unprecedent in horses. At
the centennial exhibition in Philadelphia
in 1876 span of horses was placed on
exhibition, each of which was 18 hands
and l inch high. The animals were bred
in Canada, and became the property of
Philadelphia brewer when the exhibition
closed. A veterinary surgeon in this
city formerly owned horse that was -
hands and l inch high-a giant in ana
tomical structure-but he found it i'm
possible to correct certain tendency to
emaciation, and the creature was useless
for draught or road. The late Pope Pho
Mono was the fortunate possessor of one
of the largest horses in European ami
NAL Is hands and l inch high, and the
Hanoverian stables formerly contained
another of nearly equal height. So far
as can be judged the Ohio monster is in
perfect health and physical condition,
and may live to good old age notwlth-
standing his abnormal proportions. One
of the famous European animals men,
toned was living Mt 80 years of age-a
longevity not often attained by horses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-09
Church Bells.

There is something beautiful in the
church bells. Beautiful and hopeful.
They talk to high and low, rich and poor,
in the same voice; there is sound in
them that should scare prideand envy and
meanness of all sorts from the heart of
man-that should make him look on the
world with kind, forgiving eyes; that
should make the earth itself seem to him,
at least for some time, holy place.
Yes, there is whole sermon in the very
sound of the church bells, if we have
only the ears to understand it. There is
preacher every belfry that cries,
"Poor, weary, struggling, fighting crea-
lures. poor human things! take rest, be
be quiet. Forget your yanities, your
follies, your weekday craft, your heart
burnings! And you, we human vessels,
gilt and painted, believe the iron tongue
that tells ye that for all your gliding, all
your colors, We are the Adams earth with
the beggar at your gates. Come away,
come" cries the church bell, "and learn
to be humble; learn that, however
daubed and stained, and stuck about
with jewels, you are but grave clay!
Come, Dives, and be taught that your
glory, as you wear it, is not hat so beau
tiful in the eyes of heaven as the sores
of accomplishing Lazarus! And We,
poor creatures, livid and fatal-stained
and crushed by the pride and hardness of
the world, come, come" cries the bell
with the voice of an angel, "come and
learn what is laid up for We. And, learn
ing, take heart and walk amongst the
wickedness and cruelties of the world,
calm as Daniel among lions"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-09
4 STRAPPED Bridegroom.

Canadian law requires the previous
announcement in church of every mar
riagc, or license from county clerk,
and the latter procedure costs about 81.
The consequence is that numerous cou-
pies cross into the United States to be
united. Detroit clergymen and justices
do great deal of this business. The
Hcr0td of that city says that half dol
lar WIS the fee formerly, but now 81 is
usually demanded. The following is n
reported conversation after knot had
been ticl: "Now, 81 if you please" re-
marked the justice urbanely to the bride
groom. 1--WE no money" said that in
dlvidual, turning to his love; "you pay
the gentleman. The lady turned upon
him with fire in her eye. "Pay him
yourself. No money, did you say?
You've got plenty of money, and / know
it." "Come, now, Sally, stop that nom
sense, and don't be givin' the gentleman
SO much after he's done so much for We;
give him the So" "For me, is it? 1
guess it's for you, too, and you'll pay
him if he's paid at all" But the groom
continued to insist that he was penniless,
until finally the bride reached away down
into the folds of her voluminous dress
and produced the 81.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-09

glowed through and through me, and /
felt as if Susie's smile came down in the
sunbeam. irradiating the whole scene,
ptd blessing the new part was to take
in. the lives which her aestl, bnd left
wrecked and stranded.
Aunt Urania came TO meet us as we
returned to the farm house, putting on
her spectacles of discovery ms she came.
But it needed no glasses to see what had
happened. Dewey eyes, dishevelled
tresses, happy agitated faces, told the
whole story, even without the help of
the ecstatic child in a wofully torn blouse
growing over his victory, and hardly
waiting to get within err shot before be-
traying the secret in his clear high voice:
"She's going to marry ME, Miss
Scuddymore; she promised she would"
And then, as an after thought, he added,
"Oh, and papa, too"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-09
The Ideal Boy.
From the New Haven Register. ]

Did you ever notice the little rag
muffin in the street with supremely
dirty face? Tafy, bread aud butter and
molasses form the groundwork for the
accumulation of dust and CRIME, and his
cheeks look like twin maps of the oceanic
archipelago; his hands and wrists look
like animated three roots, they are so
dirty, and his feet and ankles partake of
the mud they come in contact with. OF
course you've noticed him. And he is the
ightest-hearted bunch of human nature
you ever saw. Dirt doesn't strike any
deeper than beauty, and within his heart
is Us clean little soul, and great deal
freer one, as ever grew inside the neatest
and slckest young devotee of soap and
water that ever lived, washed and suffered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-09
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
An Old Love SOng.

An Old Love song.
by AMBRosIus METzGER, 1912.
Before my true loves threshold
needs would up and ride g.
he saw me from afar of,
And ioSftlly HlIe cried:
any heats delight ] bee;
Now trots he here 10 tiie.
Trot, good steed, trot-
Trot speedily"
Then let loose the bride,
And few my love 10 meet;
And greeted her so gaily.
And said in accents sweet:
"My pretty love, so fair,
What dost ut threshold the e.?
1rot, good steed, trot-
Trot now to her."
on sptang from my steed, tbsn
To the door I hound ID fast,
And kindly embraced her;
Nor slow the moments passed.
To the garden then went we,
All filled with loves glce;
Trot, good steed, trot-
Trot silently.
And pleasantly together
In the green grass sat We then;
OF oldcn times the love songs
We sang once and again,
Till we TO weep were fain,
For the hate Of scornful men;
Trot, good stsed. trot--
Trot home amifn.