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tors meant it only In Pickwckian sense, and
thought they were saying something witty
The mental plight of men who can make such
jokes on such subject in an official report to
the most august legislative body m the world
can be but a few removes above that Of the
occupants of the ordinary idiot asylum
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

The EFiCiNe Leader Is the name of a paper
the publication of which has recently been
commenced at Earlvllle, IN this county, by
Ezra c. Cass. 1t Is 1 page paper, 7 columns
TO the page, got up on the patent innards'
plan, two pages beng made up and printed at
home. 1t is quite an improvement ON the
EarlvIlle Gazette, and will probably before a
great while swallow up that feeble concern
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22
Democrat,c County Convention.

The Democrats of LaSalle county are requested
to meet in their respective townships ON Satnr,
day, the Goth day of May, 1850, at the hour OF !
p NJ. of said day Cunless a different time be APP
pointed by township committees to appoint dc,
iegates to attend county convention To DC hclu
the county court house in Ottawa, on Friday,
the 4th day of June 1880, at 2 o'clock p NJ, OF
said day, for the purpose of selecting fifteen de-
legates to represent La Sale county III lhe 2IaIc
cnnvrntinn AZ Springfield, on the 10th Of June
A. D. lSSO. and to transact such other business
AS NAV be deemed appropriate for the good Of
the party. -..,,, .,o,. ,.,,,,
shin. at their meeting to appoint delegates TO
the county convention (wherc they have not al
ready done so), select local committee OF I'VE
If The most active democrats Of their respective
townships to serve as such committee for the en-
suing two years, and that such comHlillec Wneh
appointed Immediately organize by the election,
of a chairman, secretary and treasurer, ana
that the chairman of said local committee be
selected a. one OF the delegates to the county
convention. ?,
rTbo s,vnraI toyus will be entitled 10 the fol.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

The Virginia Democratic state convention
met on Wednesday to appoint delegates to the
Cincinnati convention. The convention seem
ed to be divided in its preference for presl'
dental candidates between Bayard and Justice
Field but instructed its % delegates to vote
for the "bcst man"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

The me county democrats, at their conyen.
ton the sth inst, unanimously adopted
stror solutions urging the nomination of the
Hon. John +. Farnsworth as the democratic
candidate for governor. Our impression is
that TIE democrats Of La Sale county will
unanimously instruct their delegates to the
Springfield convention in the same way.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

President Hayes has nominated the rebel
general James Longstrect to be minister to
Turkey in place of Horace Maynard, appoint,
ed postmaster general.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

The President on Tuesday informed his Cab.
met that he had decided to appoint Horace
Maynard, at present L. S. minister at Constan
tnoplc, to succeed Judge Key as postmaster
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

State Trcasurer-Edw. Ruiz, of st. Clair
Atty General--Jas. NJ Nc Cartney of Wayne.
The convention adjourned last evening, hav-
ing been in session three whole days and the
best of two nights
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

The action of the Springfield convention
seems to indicate that Illinois is greater state
than Cook county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

BY the way, what has become of the bloody
gb
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22
WHITAKER.


| The Whitaker investigation at West Poin
had "a curious dcnouement last Saturday Tho
Eve experts, to whom specimens of the hanC
writing of all the cadets had been submitted
for comparison with the note of warning that
had been sent to Whitaker the day before the
Outrage" to which he had been subjected
unanimously agreed, though there had
been no communication between them that
the writer of specimen No, Is had written The
note of warning N question, and it turns out
that No. - is Whitaker himself 1t was fur
thcr proved that the slip of paper on which
the note of warning was written was torn
from sheet of paper found in Whittakcr's
room on the morning of the outrage and upon
which, the night before, he had commenced a
letter 10 his mother. The proof Is thus conclu.
sivc that Whitaker wrote the letter of warn.
ing himself, and also jusifes the Inference
that he himself was the author of the alleged
COURAGE" upon himself
Indeed the examination of Whitaker from
TIE beginning has steadily pointed to this con
clusion. Though lac told his story with as
tonishHg COolncss and lEposSesslon-qultc
eyccntIonal IN fine case af y man gn,Itv or do
lbcra,e falscbood- story involved 50 many
improbabiliticsa and contradictions that 1t would
long since have been secuted had !, heen tl,t If
anv other cadet than 81 MORO II wos IN s,b
stance that the night after receiving the note
Of warning written hv bimselr) his room had
been entered bv three men IN tdispuisn who
"iumned right ON him" in hrs he'd and chol,od
him until he was "almost sudocated" mo
marks AN his necLl Then he was struck "a
heavy blow ON his left temnle ~ mo marks
therol. also son tho nose" mo marlkl with
sometime hard and next the mon emf his
ears with a knife Thc,, thon tied hi. feet and
hands and laid him o, ,br floor with III. fee,
toward, the ned -, me WAS r,pp1 mex, loy
He w,s hit nm thc b..od with ,n Indian cInh
and ON the nose and thcn ~ l,ray rothirr
more until Won found me althouoh after he
was stretched ON the Hoor and ,ind no "os, ed
thcm mt q niIlo,v urlcr,bi h.od which
they did When IN the same Insens,hIc con.
dition he also undertool, to rnaw thc STRAINS
from, ma hand. lpo narl,s an the stro,,s from,
his teeth and shouted for helm. obut NOT very
loudn for fear his tormentors mirht return he
also heard cadet Burnett in thc morninc lstill
ms tomeptors On another occasion he sand
he was Inn with 4 fist and on another thot he
,,,, l., ,,.,tl, l,.I-,rr ,rI,-g ,,... ii;
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-05-22

Ia suite Conty Deo'ocra''c cc"trai co"""'oe.
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al towns will be entitled to the fol

J.. w. BREWER,
W. K. MiLLIGAN,
ALIEN. NAUGnEY,
4. j. O'CoNog,
j. l.. MCCORMICK,
:. c, WILEY,
VIM. GRAHAM,
WALTER lIOGE,
PETER DONAHUr,
w. GENTLEMAN,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

Our exchanges in the Red River
region are full of complaints
in regard to the ifregularity of their
mails. We once had the same COM
plaint to make. With q daily mail
from the city, about twice a geek we
got none. The FARMER adorned it
self with war paint, and the war
club was brandished around the
head of Postmaster McAIillen in
such way that = new departure
was taken at once. Now we do not
miss our daily mail more than once
a month, and we have Christian
grace enough to stand that. Post
master McAIillen is off in Ohio
toadying al oand Garfield, while the
people of the Red River country
ure waiting for their mails. Breth-
rem of the newspaper band, come
down on him and let him know
that the day of judgment is at hand,
and that the Postmaster at New
Orleans and his employees have
other duties to perform besides
drawing their psy. Follow THIS up
for four weeks. sending marked
copies Of each issus to Postmaster
McMillen and to the Postmastes
General at Washington. BY that
time you will get your mails regu-
larly, and be better Christians
thereby.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

The New Orleans Ledger has for
some time failed to reach this office.
Tie FARMER is regularly mailed as
an exchange. and while it is great
deal better paper than the Ledger,
we are willing to trade even, pro-
vided we can get the Ledger. The
Ledgeris not Of much account, be-
ing too long winded and wordy for
this nineteenth century, but as it ia
the only straight Republican paper
in the State, we have some curiosity
TO see it. Barnum's woolly horse
was valuable because it was the
only one Of the kind. We want no
one-sided exchange with anybody,
for we can't afford it, and We are
glad CT it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

Gen. Butler is not a popular man,
but he is not recognized by the
world as fool. From a stalWart
Republican, he has gradually found
himself squarely in the Democratic
party. In recent speech in Bos-
ton be arraigned the Republican
party for its bad faith to the negro,
and said that hereafter the Demo-
cratic party would have the care of
the black wards of the country.
Gen. Butler is evidently a practical
man, for he clearly sees that the
black vote of the South is hereafter
to be Democratic. The Republican
party has lost its grip on the blacks,
and their destiny, for veal or woe, is
now and henceforth in the hands of
the Democracy.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

Now. iona, Gaetla may be big
ger town than Covington, and the
Courier a better paper than the
FARMER-though we don't believe
either of these propositioas-but
when you cannot get credit for a
new suit of clothes, that is one
thing. and our getting q new suit is
another.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04
4 DETECTIVES STORY.

7 There is a story told of a lady and
gentleman travelling together on M,
English railroad They were stran-
gers to each other. Suddenly. tho
gentleman said:
"Madnme, I will trouble You to
look ont Of the WINDOW for n few
minutes; | am going to make some
changes III my wearing apparel"
Certainly. sir" she replied, with
great poli:eness, rising and turning
ner back upon him.
In a short time he said:
Now, madame, my change is
completed. and you may resume
Your seat"
When the lady turned she beheld
her male companion tran sformed
into dashing young lady, with a
heavy veil over her face.
Now, sir, or madame, whichever
you are, / must trouble you to look
ont of the window" said the lady.
''for also have some changes to
make IN my apparel"
Certainly, mat'a me,"-and the
gentleman in ladies' attire immedi-
ately complied.
Directly she said:
Now, sir, You may resume your
seat"
To his great surprise, on resuming
his seat, the gentleman in ladies
attire found his lady companion
transformed into man.
He laughed and said;
1T appears that we. are both
anxious to escape recognition. What
have You done9 7 have robbed n
bank"
"And |, said the whilom lady as
ne dexteriously fettered his COM
panion's wrists with pair of han,
cuffs. Il am detective j of
Scotland Yard, and in female apparel
have Swallowed you for two days-
now" drawing q revolver, keep
still"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

The human body weighs pound
in the water, and sin le chair will
carry two grown persons that is, it
would keep the head above water,
which is all that is necessary, when
it is question of life or death. One
finger placed npon stool or chair,
or upon small box. or a piece of
board viii easil, keep the head
above water, while the two feet and
other hand may be used as paddles
to propel toward the shore. 1t is
not at all necessary to know how to
swim to be able to keep from
drowning in this way. A little ex-
perience of the buoysnt power of
water and faith in it are all that are
required,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04
OUR PRESIDENTS.
IGretne Courier.l


This being the year in which thnt
noble Pennsylvanian, Gen. Hancock.
will be called npon by the free and
enlightened people of this model
Republic, to assume control of tho
reins of government from and after
the 4th of March next, q list of the
Presidents FROM the formation of
the Government down to the pres
emit time may not be out Of place,
particularly to the rising generation.
We trust onr readers will pardon us
for compiling, by States, the names
of the few great men 7ho have been
chosen to preside over the destinies
of America during the past ninety
odd years--from 1897 to 1880.
Here they are:
VIRGINIA.
Geo. Washington, from 17S5 to
1897.
Thomas Jefferson, from 1901 to
1909.
James Madison, from 1909 to
1877.
James Monroe, from lsl7 to
1926.
John Tyler, from 1871 to 1916.
MASSACHUSETTS.
John Adams, from 1897 to 1901.
John Quincy Adams, from 1925
to 1929.
Andrew Jackson, from 1929 to
1887.
james h. Polk, from 1916 to
JS49.
Andrew Johnson. from 1865 to
1869.
NEW YORK.
Martin Van Bnren, from 1887 to
184I.
Willard Fillmore. IRONY 1850 to
1853.
OHIO.
William Henry Harrison, ono
month. 1871.
Rutherford B HAYES. from 1877
to 1881.
LOUISIANA.
Zachary Taylor, from l646 to
1850.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
franklin Pierce, from 1853 to
1857.
PENNSYLVANIA.
james Buchanan, from 1857 to
1861.
ILLINOIS
Abraham Lincoln, from 1861 TO
1865
Ulysses S. Grant, from 1869 to-
1877.
Nineteen in MI, and Gen. Han
cock. the coming man, frum Penn
sylyania, will make the both; and
his term will commence on the 4th
of march 1881, to cohtinne for four
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

1t is said that Morris Marks and
Don A. Pardee will be applicants
for Attorney General under Gar
field. Morris will doubtless base
his claim on the solemn fact that he
was defeated for Congress, aud
Don Augustus will rely on his sue
cess collecting the voluntary politi-
cal assessments made on the Gus
tomhouse employees. Virtue must
have its reward.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

The French historian Mezeray
used to put black ball into the
ballot box whenever a new member
of the Academy was voted for: and
when asked for reason for such
proceeding replied that lie was de-
termined to show that the elections
were perfectly free, and that any
man had a right to do just rs he
wished to. There are some people
whose religion is of similar char
acter. They seem to think it neces-
sary to do just as they wish to in
order to prove man is free agent,
1t never occurred to Mezeray that
he could prove the freedom of the
ballot by voting for instead of
against candidate, and it never
occurs to a man who rails at religion
and then does what he wants to do
that he can just as well prove that
he is free agent by sustaining from
indulgence as by rushing into all
sorts of vice. The advanced thinker
is always under the impression that
he can't be thoroughly Independent
unless he deaes the moral law.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

own flag full of bullet holes, in or
der to establish is character as a
war relic. These, of course. are
SURPRISES of oar own. The solid
facts age that the flag of Garfield's
regiment was fearfnlly and wonder
fully battered, while only one lone
solitary officer went down to his
tomb, covered with glory, and
..by all his countrys wishes niest.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

These is, or was, a fsbeliion in
Amite City. The Town Council
passed an ordinance requiring the
citizens of that town to work on the
streets fou.: days in the year. The
citizens held mass meeting and
declared they wouldn't work, and
thereupon the Council repealed the
obnoxious ordinance, and peace is
the result.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04
NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY.
SCHEME THAT HAS FINALLY CRYSTAL
lied INTO FACT.
New Orleans Daily Sta. es. ]

New Orleans Daily Sta-es.I
Ever since the departure from
New Orleans of those prominent
railroad magnates, Messrs. Woolfe
and Hardie, who visited New Or
leans in the earlier part of last July
in the inteses. of the projected
North Eastern Railway Company.
matters concerning the road have
remained apparently in allegiance.
As tar as this city is concerned. this
was fact; yet quietly but efeetaallS
the gentlemen having the matter in
hand have been pushing things with
firm and vigorous hand, and now
it can be safely said that all arraRge-
ments have been perfected and the
road is an established fact rs far
as money. brains and muscle can
propose.
L glish capitalists have signified
their intention of lending their
means to the elimination of the
project, and it is said will send an
eminent engineer to this country
in the early part of October to assist
in the surveys which will then be
assuredly commenced. The end of
October will witness the completion
of the surveys and the beginning of
November is the time fixed fog
breaking ground. BY that time oil
the officers of the road will be in the
city, and every detail concerning its
construction vii! be made public.
A saying of so miles in the dis
to New York. and n still greater
saving to Cincinnati and all points
West, will be made by the eontem-
plated route ria Meridian. As far
as known now, the road will cross
Lake Ponehartrain. starting at
LpciAs s0ne~u e between West End
and Spanish Fort. After crossing
the vast bridge, % miles in length,
Lewisburg or Vaudeville will be the
north lake terminus. From thence
as direct line as possible will be
followed to Meridian, where branch
roads East and West will diverge.
The advantages by this runte over
others it is asserted will be mani
fold, otherwise than the saving in
time and distance. One of the OBJ
jections advanced against the pro-
posed route is tie obstruction to
navigation bridge across Lake
Ponchartrain would offer, but this
difficulty will be partially if not en-
tirely obviated by the construction
of a sufficient number of large COM
modious draws. well marked by
lights in the night time. and it is
even claimed that instead of being
a drawback the bridge will prove
a benefit, acting rs an effectual
breakwater.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

Garfield, Pardee and Sheldon
are the illustrious trio that COM
posed the roster of field officers of
the For!y-second Ohio Volunteers,
which recently held reunion at
Ashland, where, of course, Garfield
made a speech. He alluded to the
colors of the regiment, which the
boys had carried through fire and
smoke and fog, and which came
back unstained with anything but
honor, but fearfully riddled with
brush and bullets. It occurs to us
that the flag must have been in some
tight places-by itself. perhaps
for history solemnly records that of
the gallant officers of the Forty-sec-
ond, only ons fell in battle, In all
the three long years Of service,
while the flag was literally shot full
Of holes. tue officers were not per-
forated to any mournful extent.
This may have been because the
field officers were such careful CON-
manders, or perhaps they were not
close enough to the "rebels" to get
hurt; and perhaps they shot their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

One of the city dulles gives as a
reason why we should be afflicted
with an extra session of the Legis-
lature, that it would save money to
the city of New Orleans. This
might result, and it might not; and
if it did SD turn ont, the country
parishes would have to pay their
share of the costs, and it would be
the old game of robbing Peter to
pay Paul. There is no prospect
that au extra session would do the
city any good. The rings that
manage that city want no reforma-
tory legislation. They want no new
city charter. They want nothing
that is right, and if an extra session
was called the hoodlums and the
fire department of the city would
invade Baton Rouge by battallions
to influence the Legislature in be-
half of their jobs, and for their re.
wards for carrying their ward clubs
for their partisan friends. Last
winter New Orleans had an oppor-
tunity to have something done for
its benefit, but the hoodlums tri-
umphed, as they will again, if an
extra session is called.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

The Chicago Inter Ocean says
"the Southern States are to be
counted for Hancock" This is an
easy way for the Republicans to ac-
count for the loss of votes, but 1t
is not true. In this State there is
hopeless division of the Republican
party, with Warmoth and Taylor
Beattie rs commanders. Warmoth's
electoral ticket contains the name
of one black man and two white
colored ones, who were free born.
There is no colored mau on the
Congressional ticket and win not
be. He is left out by the party that
claims to be his friend. Dumont,
free born black, who during the
war must have passed himself for
a white man, as he was registered
enemy of the United States, is in
the Naval Office, in the place of Jim
Lewis, who is black freedman. A
few white men who, during the
war, were mostly "ossifers" i'll black
regiments. have the management
Of the Republican party in this
State, They are generally as desti-
tute of brains as they are of the re-
spect of decent people or the conf
denoe of the blacks. Under these
conditions we see no need of
wrong count to carry the State for
Hancock; but if the Inter Ocean can
excuse the rascalitles of its own
party by charging cheating in the
count" we don't care much,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04
You CAN'T Do IT.-You can't get

You Can't Do Ir.-You can't get
paid for what you haven't done. You
can't build up a reputation by loaf
ing around the streets and being q
setter is a saloon. You can't satisfy
thirst and keep off the headache by
drinking too much liquor. You can't
get rich by squandering. These aud
a thousand other little things are
"agin nature and can't be did,"
and the sooner you settle your mind
to the fact the better,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

and alligators Of the Right Bank
will not be as kind to you as the
whale was to your namesake from
Nineveh, who was boarded and
lodged three days and nights as q
d. III.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

There is . great deal of talk about
the business boom in New Orleans.
As long as a daily paper has time
and space to devote a column to a
game of base ball, it appears to us
that there is not much of Importance
TO do.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

The next Legislature will be ask
cd to make Gretna a part of New
Orleans. A tiourishing little town
like Gretna will not be allowed to
stay where the big bankrupt cor
poratiol can not get hold of it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

Postmaster McHillen, of New
Orleans, is earning his salary of
four thousand dollars year bv
drinking buttermilk in Ohio, and
following Garfield when be goes to
snake shows and county fairs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

If our friends don't crowd us too
hard to aet as President of the
Baton Rouge Press Convention, we
shall vote for the sugar plum ST the
SUGAR Planter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

In New Orleans dogs bite the
people, and when the peelers try to
shoot the dogs they shoot the peo-
pie. 1t would be a good thing to
discharge all the peelers who shut
both eyes when they shoot at dog.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

The Ohio Republican Committee
recently paid the advance in wages
demanded by 10, 900 coal miners in
that State, SO as to retain their votes
for Garfield.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

Tina Morgan City Free Press has
changed its for9x, enlarged and
otherwise imported, until il equals
the FAaaiER in appearance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

The New Orleans DAILY States has
increased its size. by adding a
column to each page.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04
CONVICTION, LA:
SATURDAY.. September 4, 1880.

The LIST of September edition of
the New Orleans Democrat weighed
six tons.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-04

People might avoid a great many
grieyops "Providential" affections
If they would avoid taking the
poker by the hot end.