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One time there was Teller bot dog OF
man in the market, and the dog it was bitter
After il had bit the Teller tour or five times he
threw closelIne over Its neck and led it back
to the dog man in the market and he said to
the dog man, the Teller did: cole man, dident
you use TO have this dog" The dog man he
luked at the dog and then he thot while, and
then he said "Xell, yes, l had him bout hat
the time, and the other haf he had me-"
Then the Teller he was fewrious mad, and he
said: "Wot did you sell me sech dog as
thisn for!" And the old man he spoke up
and sed. For $475, loffie money" Then
the TELLER he guessed he wude go home if the
dog was willing.
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From Minnesota.

MINNow LAKE, MINI, June 25 1881.
TO the Free Trader. / presume by tins time
the farmers in Illinois are beginning their
harvesting especially in the southern portion
of the state. In this region the LIST OF August
is usually the commencing time; but owing
to the latencss of the season there will be but
little grain cut here before the 10th or 18th of
August. Many of our farmers did not get
through sowing before the 9Th of June. Usu-
ally the Goth of May is considered as late as 1t
is safe to put in wheat or oats. But owing to
the immense amount Of snow and depth of
frost In the ground large tracts of land con.
tinued too wet and soft SO long that it was i'm.
possible to seed them until the frost left the
ground and the water settled down. In the
lower lands this did not occur until late IN
May. To SOW them after that of necessity
carried the work into June. This late sowing
to grea. extent is experimental. The grain
looks we'll now and is growing rapldly-stool-
ing out as we'll as the earlier sown. 1t main
tains good color, and it is reasonable to pre-
dict that Ii will ill out and make good crop.
All the wheat, oats, barley and fax sown
previous to the Goth of May looks extremely
promising--much better than it did last year
At this time. There u a much better stand.
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,From Our Regular Correspondent


PARIS, France June IL, 1881
Efforts have been made during the past year
or so to diminish clerical influence in the hos.
pitfalls Chaplains have been dismissed while
sisters belonging to the various charitable con.
gregations have been replaced by lay nurses.
The Paris municipal council, always foremost
In every work of this character, has displayed
unusual activity of late, the result being a
complete transformation of the old order of
things. Cardinal Guibert, Archbishop of Pa.
ris has at last taken the matter up, and In the
very temperate letter which he has lust ad.
dressed TO the council he expresses doubt
whether the public really approves of these
wholesale changes. He invites the council to
investigate the question thoroughly and pre-
diets that it will then be found that It has been
mistaken IN its belief that its so.called reforms
have been acceptable to the majority of the
population. The archbishop observes:
at is not without risk that men interfere
with institutions which concern the peace and
consolation of those who suffer, and may add,
the eternal salvation of their souls, for nearly
all the sick and infirm belong to the Catholic
faith. should be much grieved, gentlemen,
il my words were to wound the feelings OF
anyone among you, but yielding to the dc
taes of my conscience l must tell you that
experience the most profound regret
1t is impossible that the salutary and elevat
Ing practices of religious worship may not be
In harmony with the personal convictions OF
several members of your council and admin.
istration. Everyone is free to discard them
but all ought to respect the convictions OF
their fellow citizens"
Monslgneur Guibert concludes by remind
ing the council that the origin of these hos.
pitals was purely Christian, and that the funds
at their disposal have been accumulated to
great extent by Christian charity. NJ. Jules
Roche. prominent member of the municipal
council replying to the archbishops letter,
says:
u shall not follow you in the developments
OF your exordium Rest assured.
monsieur, that the liberty of conscience of the
SICK runs no risk In our hospitals. Whoever
asks for priest be he chaplain, minister, rab.
bi, marabout Bonze or Brahmin Is certain to
obtain HIM provided that the sanity person.
age Is TO be found on the Paris market. What
more do you want TO assure the complete ex
ercise of liberty of conscience-that we ia
vor those who torment the dying, the holy
snatchers of corpses! If that be the case, mon.
sieur, you must not reckon on u.s."
This afternoon the preliminary meeting Of
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he promoters of the scheme for erecting a
statue to Victor Hugo was held IN the Sale
Philippe Herr, and a committee was formed
Of one hundred members, comprising repre-
sentatlvcs of political bodies, the academy,
the International Literary Association, and the
foremost poets, painters, musicians and jour
nalis,s of France. Sculptors and architects
were necessarily excluded, because they will
be called to compete for the monument to be
erected, and they cahnot be expected to vote
on their own work understand that Mr..
Tennyson will be invited to lend his name to
the scheme to do honor MS great contempora.
rv
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Fair PLAY Out West,

They give man chance out West. In
Deadwood, Custer, or any of those new West
ern towns, the spirit of fair play crops to the
surface even IN judicial proceedings. In
March last, a Michigan man who keeps an
clearinghouse ut Gunnison was overparticulaI
about taking a counterfeit halfdollar, and in
the row which resulted he was considerably
battered. He therefore called upon the Jus
tlce OF the Peace and stated his case and asked
for warrant
81 guess wouldn't make fuss over il, re-
piled the official
But he meant to kill me-"
Eyes, presume so, but he'll leave town and
that will end It,"
But he's dangerous man"
"Ges, they say so; but no one is afraid OF
him"
Judge, do you know what he SAID about
you when | told him I'd have him arrested 81
"No."
swell, he said you were a blamed grass
hopper eater"
Eyes, but he didn't mean it,"
"And he called you reptile"
"Well, he was mad, | suppose"
Yes, and he was mad when he said you
didn't know enough to write your own name
and therefore couldn't issue warrant"
Odd he say that"
"IIe did"
Then I'll issue on him like a ten ton avail
anche on yaller mule! The man who sneezes
at my larnin must have a contempt for the
judiciary"
The warrant was Issued, the party arrested
and tried, and the verdict of the court was
"Gunnison William, the verdict of this cour,
is that you are guilty, and the sentence Is a
fine of S25 in cash. This court can't get over
the fact that you viified its mental calibre
1t Is also aware of the fact that you haven't a
red to pay your fine with. Now, then, If you
will meet this court back Of this building on
the level it will either git away with you in
six and half minutes or remit the fine.
want to prove to the citizens Of Gunnison that
IN eecting me to the judiciary they have cast
their votes for man who can spit on his
hands IN six different languages and git away
with hog-pen full of roughs without having
an ear scratched. Prisoner at the bar, have
you anything to say?"
The prisoner had He said he'd rather &c
to Jail, and to jail he went.-Detrot Free Press
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4 pretty well authenticated case is reported
in a dispatch to the Characterization Jack
son county, Tennessee, of a woman having sew
en- children at birth. The little ones weighed
from three to tour lbs. each at their birth, are
all females, well developed and healty, all have
blue eyes and 50 closely resemble each Other
that it is hard to tell "tother from which
The father Is described AS being of small stat
ure, in fact exceedingly thin, while the mother
is said to be strong and healthy.
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The latest exemplifcation OF civil servic,
reform al Washington is the removal of Com
missioner Bentley, of the Pension Bureau, al
officer Of exceptional competency and faith
fulness, to make room for Marshal Dudley, OF
Indiana, whose only strong point is that he
was an efficient aid of Dorsey IN distributing
the star route fund by which Indiana was
bought up last October for Garfield. Another
reason for Bentley's removal is said to be thai
he refused to allow claim agents and pension
LAWYERS to run his office.
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CHASE FOWLER,

tHdHcSFU
MA STEERS SALE.-.STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Nl COUNTY OF LA SALLE.-6Tcuh court Of said coun'
ty.-In chdncerU
Mary Ann Staufer. complainant James Heslet exec
of the last will of Joseph Heset, Cora Heset william
A. Heset Nancy Junk The American Board of Commits
sioners Foreign Missions and The Trustees of the Con
gregational Church of Earyllle defendants
Public notice is hereby gven that In pursuance OF ne
entered in the above entitled cause at the June term
said Circuit Court VIII the seventeenth day of June
D. 1884, Chase Fowler, Master in Chancery OF said
court will Tuesday. the NTH day of July A. D. 1881,
the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon of said day
OF the office OF the Circuit Clerk In Delanos
Block in the city of ottawa county OF La Sale state OF
lowing described premises to wit Lot OF the
north range of the third principal meridian
more particularly described follows Commencing on the
south line OF said quarter section twenyfour and sixty
Onehundedhs chains west of the quarter section corner
the side of said section twenty thence north twenty
and ten hundredths chains thence west four and seven
hundredhs chains thence south twenty and
chains thence east four chains to the
place of begnning situate in the county OF La sale anu
state of Illinois CHASE FOWLER,
Dated June Is 1891 -Sw Master in ChancWy
II. u. SNOW, Complts SOlr.
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ARMSTRONG & CHAPMAN,
CTAT EOF ILlIIN<DI LA SALE

CTAT r OE'ILLINOIS,L La SALE Co.'S
- In the Circuit Court October Term, ISL
Thomas j. Moore Us. Lewis Smith.-In Chdncery
Affidavit OF the residence of Lewis Smith, the above
named defendant having been hed the clerks Office of
Circuit Court Of said county notice is therefore hereby given
the said nonresident defendant the complainant filed
his bill of complaint in said court the chancery side
thereof the h nay of June 1884, and that thereupon
pending returnabe the second Monday in the month OF
October next as is by law required.
Now unless you the said nonresident defendant above
named shall personally be and appear before said Circuit
Court the first day of the next term thereof to be holden
at Ottawa in and for the said county, the second Monday
in october and plead demur to the said
plainants bill of complaint the and the matters and
things therein charged and stated will be taken confessed
and decree entered against you according TO the prayer OF
SAID bill W. W. TAYLOR, Clerk.
Ottawa. Illinois, June o. 1881.
ARMSTRONG & CHAPMAN, Complt's Solrs jun25
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B. F. LINCOLN,


CON SFRNATOR'S SALE OF REA l.
y ESTATE.-By virtue of an order and decree of the
County Court of La Sale county, Illinois, made the petit
ton OF the undersigned, william Casey Conservation of
Christopher Bailey ter leave to sell the real estate herenaf
described OF said ward at the June term 1881 of said
court wit the twentieth day OF June 1881 shall on the
eighteenth day Of July next at the hour of two O'Clock In
door of the County Court oom in the city of Ottawa in
said county the real estate described follows to wit The
half OF lot four in lot thrtynne, in Assessors Subdi
vision of the Southwest Quarter of Section Eleven In town
ship hryhree north three east Of the third prin
cpa meridian, in the city of Ottawa, In the county OF La
Sale Of Illinois Said real estate Is the property
said ward and the will be sold for the purpose of
loaning the proceeds thereof ut interest
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash; the same to be paid upon con-
hrmaOn Of sale by the court. WILLIAM CASEY.
Dated this 2]th day Of June A. II. 1884, ConseryaOr
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Relief from sick headache, drowsiness, nau.
sea, dizziness, pain in the side, &c, guaranteed
to those using Carter's Little Liver Pills. These
complaints are nearly always caused by torpid
liver and constipated bowels. Restore these or.
gans to their proper functions and the trouble
ceases Carriers Little Liver Pills will do this
every slime. One pill is dose. Forty in vial
Price p cents
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Frightful Misery.

Mr.. Vim. Pomeroy, Bangor, Me-, writes: l
have for a long time suffered from continual c9n-
stipation, making my life misery and causing
headache and frightful cramps. MI Ihomasen
who has been lately visiting In Buffalo) induced
me 70 try the Spring Blossom. II has perfectly
cured me. Price, 50 cts; trial bottles, 10 cts.
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TOnica.
ToNICA, H., june

TONGA, ILL.,, June ~, 1881.
Edttors Free Trader: Saturday afternoon,
June 25th, 1891, a meeting was held in Tonica
to protest against the laying of the corner
stone of the new court house by the Free Ma
sons. Delegates were present from Streator,
Grand Ridge, Lostant, Mt. Palatlne and Toni
ca, and after speeches were made by promi-
nent men of the county and resolutions passed,
protest was circulated which Is herewith in
closed. The paper was only presented to those
on hand, but general sympathy has been ex-
pressed by others in the county would sign it
if opportunity could be gwen In behalf OF
the signers respectfully ask you to publish
the protest and thus oblige us, and as we be-
lieve, many other citizens. Yours truly
s. }. WHITE, Sec'y.
To tie Bodrd IF Supervisors Of La Sale
County: The undersigned, having heard
through the newspapers that the laying of the
corner stone of the new cour. house had been
taken out Of the hands of the citizens of the
county and given TO the Free Masons, desire
respectfully to enter an earnest protest against
allowing one society, and that a very objec-
.ionable one, to enjoy this prominence at the
public expense and we respectfully ask that
you reconsider your action in this regard and
thus respect the wishes of the citizens of the
county. We also ask that this protest be de
posted with other documents In the corner
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Some OF the best physicians say they depend
wholly upon Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment in
Kidney, Liver, Bowel and Lung diseases. Any
one can apply il.
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Farms for Sale.

The Southwest Quarter of Section Twenty-Five Township
Thirty North of Range Three in the Town of Dayton
containing one hundred and sixty acres
Also the Southwest Quarter OF Section Thrtyhye. In
Township Thirtyhree North of Range Four in the Town
Of Fall River
For terms Of sale and information enquire thc
office of LELAND GILBERT in the Opera House Block
Ottawa. Illinois, jun4
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zRgal.

NOTICE.-EsTATE OF ALBERT G. REFS, SR., DECD.
~ Notice hereby given that the undersigned Executors
of the last will and testament Of Albert c. Rees late OF
the county of La Sale and state of Illinois, deceased will
pear before the County Court of said county the third
Monday bene the 18th day of August 1884, AT the County
Court ROOM In Ottawa in said county. when and where ai
persons having claims demands against said
notified to attend and present the in writing for ad
Dated this 23d day of June D. 1881.
ALBERT &. REFS. JR.,
WILLIAM =. REFS.
iun2S -3w Executors
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Chcoae the Reat

Is II not better TO choose the best? II so use
Halls Catarrh Cure In preference 10 any other
Ssld BY Forbes & Lorrisux.
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farm FOR SALE.

One Of the finest and most desira.
Bile farms In La Sale Co.; the Clark
Farm, IL miles south Of Ottawa.
Apply to Z. ID. CLARK, or L. N.
WATERMAN. Sls
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THE wOMEN's HOSPITAL
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

ST. Collage Grore Are. Chicago. NJ
charitable institution: Incorporated Sept ist ISL; and
devoted exclusively TO the treatment Of the diseases and
cidents peculiar to women. Provided with full corps
competent surgeons For admission. circulars containing
further information etc address DE- ELEANOR NJ Stall
LARD, Resident Physician. novS
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MiLARIOUs FEYERS,
Dyspepsia, Mental Depression, Sick Head
ache, Jaundiee, collie, COnstipa-
tiOn and BiIIiouSness.

Buy only the Genuine in White Wrapper
with red z, prepared only by J. H. zeilT& Go
nav 'S1-Iv
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Breeding Butter StOck.

The editor OF the American Farmer i:
Of the opinion that a great deal of the
money spent by farmers for fine stock
with view to improving common stock
is toollshly, owing to prevailing igno
rance of even the elementary principles
OF breeding. Investments are often
made in fine stock and the stock is
turned footloose on the farm to receive
no further attention until the farmer
gets ready to make up his report that
all hne stock Is humbug and failure,
and all dealers in fine stock are swind-
lers.
No one should undertake to breed fine
stock, or from fine stock. until he has
studied the art sufficiently to entitIe
MN to the claim of being stock breeder.
lie must clearly understand that the
art of stock breeding consists in cbanp-
ing the conditions of life, and regulat-
ing the production of animals, etc. and
that no one is entitled to be called a
breeder who does not seek to regulate
this change for some good end, either
for fancy or economy.
The two great laws of hereditv and
variability are just so fixed and deter
mined as to enable man by selection to
build up what he wants, to very great
extent Let him first fix on his ideal
and then turn his attention to variations
in that direction, and by careful selec-
ton and mating much may be done.
The building up Of Il great race of butter
ylelders seem to be the end to which
much time and money is now being de-
voted. The breeding to this end is much
more difficult than in many other di-
rections.
The breeder whose ideal is a peculiar
ity iii plumage Gas in certain varieties
of the pigeon or fowl; or of form las in
the shorthorn or other fesh-forminc
catde); or in producing sheep with a /
peculiar fleece or shape, or the race
horse, can select animals for crossing
from both sexes having the desired
peeuliarities, whilst the breeder of but |
ter COWS is almost entirely at sea as to |
the selection of his males. This rule
that has been formulated for him-toI
select males good as individuals. and
from great performers lis good enough
as tar rs 1t goes, but as it is well known
that the daughters of great performers
are frequently anything else but great
performers themselves, it is reasonable
to suppose that it is the same with the
sons. Let breeders select the best they
can according to the rule, and then wait
until his daughters begin to come in and
then subject them TO some careful sys-
tenn of testing, and if they are better
than their dams be has a prize in his
bull, and should by all means hold on
to him as long as he is useful.
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& J 5Aeea,s. % Quit dd1 free e. pI Adde'S ;,
ID 3 3 sP. Q, vIckERY, AUeusrA-
Maine. TsapS. silly.
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When to Feed Corn for Fattening Hogs.

I The above question recurs frequently
every season. The results vary, &C
cording to breed, care, shelter, etc.
Store hogs that are of a good breed and
healthy, should, according to expert
ments repeatedly tried, lay on a pound
of additional weight for every five
pounds and six-tenths Of a pound of
sound corn they eat. A contemporary
has verified this estimate to be true
Thus one bushel of eorn-a part meal
and fed as slop, and part in the ear
or shelled-all the animal will eat,
should make ten pounds additional
weight, and ten bushels of corn will
represent 100 pounds of pork. Upon
this basis the following conclusion is
reached; 1t pays when corn is 80 cents
per bushel, to convert it into pork
when it sells for So per 100 pounds, as
the manure viii abundantly pay for the
care, when properly saved. When corn
is 40 cents, pork should sell at 81 per
100 poands corn at so cents, pork So !;
so cents, pork S. corn IS cents, pork
should sell at $3.50. When corn is
worth $50 pork must sell at SIS per
100 pounds. IF the pork sells for less
than is represented By the correspond
ing price of corn it is fed at a loss /; if
more, the advance is profit-in each
case regarding the manure as pay for
the trouble.
Fattening IS accomplished most profit
ably as the cool weather of autumn adj
yances, with good shelter and warm
quarters in which to lie. The feeding
place should be kept clean, and corn il
the ear or shelled fed night and MORN
ing, as much as they viii eat up clean,
and slop of meal at noon with pure,
clean wgter night and morning The
fatter they become, the closer their
quarters may be. In the early stages
Of fattening they need room for exercise,
with wheat bran, charcoal aud sulphur
occasionally 70 keep them ID condition
and increase the sizeof bone and muscle,
for when quite heavy they need only
rest. Prairie Farmer.