The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-06-25

youth, the making OF the men themselves small
land proprietors, and the Offering OF Inducements
to them to sell for a fair compensation the lands
they do not cultivate. Next acaustic writer gives
the views OF "A Yankee Farmer" on "Thc Reli.
gious Conflicts Of the Age" to the discontinue
of the modern Agnostic, Moraist and Evolution.
list. Another trenchant article is "'rhe Power OF
Public Plumber" by James Parton, which appeals
! TO the sons OF our men OF character and wealth,
on patriotic grounds, to enter into politics, and
/! become the safeguards Of their country against
rings and bosses. Mr.. George dwels on "The
Common Sense Of Taxation" "Thc Cost Of Cru.
city" is presented by Mr. Henry Bergh, and "a
Study Of Tennyson" comes from the pen OF Mr..
Richard Henry stoddard.
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