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The Fargo Family.

In the Philadelphia Press Joe Howard
thus gossips auent the Fargo wedding
at Buffalo: The old Fargo whose Keen
appreciation of affairs, whose subtle
knowledge of human nature, whose
sturdy industry and ceaselcss economy
secured the vast wealth upon which the
present Fargo relatives base their arts
tocratic pretensions, was man of very
humble origin. Doubtless he knew his
father, but he never knew his grand
father. All he cared to know or to re-
member of his origin was that he was
thrown upon the streets like an Arab
before he was the age of an average
Arab colt, and told to pick his fields
and find his pastures fresh as best he
could. Accident led him into the vOca-
ton of messenger. He was bright
quick-limbed, little lad, always ready to
earn an honest penny. and il he made
two one at least was saved and put
away for a rainy day. He was like the
late p. Cooper, Esq, who died ut the
phenomenal age of So or 81, bequeath-
ing to his '.aristocratic relatives . some
thing like $4,000 900. and who. in en-
couraging me few months prior to his
taking off, said: My son. never went
to bed without saving. half what my
days profits were. If made u dollar.
half a dollar was put away. | carried
that rule into active life when became
a merchant and never departed from it.
You do the same, and, although You
may not become millionaire. you will
in old are have deposit from which
to draw" The late Fargo was just that
kind of hair-pin. At first his makings
were small Little by little his patron
ace was extended, and lettering his
condition. he started regular express
age corporations. in which the name Of
Fargo appeared. sometimes rs presi-
dent, always ~ director, and d:ing, he
left his prc,,y-faccd widow with his vast
possessions. don't know exactly how
much be left; but it is safe to say he
left all he had Naked came he into
the world. and naked retired therefrom.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22

On railway train. "- '"hind a
plainly dressed, mothrrN p"aing wo-
man. accompanied by - n..-, boy, sat
two fashionably dressed l:,4 rs. The boy
was given to asking all Kinds OF foolish
questions, and occasionally e would
whine like cub bear and twist himself
around and fret.
If had hold of him for Il minute
I'd blister him till he couldn't stand
up said one of the ladies.
Here then" replied the motherly
old lady, 'you may take hold of him.
If you want to slap him. slap him. |
/ haven't the heart to do ii.
Excuse me- faltrred the annoyed
lady. Il did not think that YOU could
/ hear my remark"
"Oh, no harm done, for know that
he is enough to annoy anyone, and it
may seem strange to- You that | do not
slap him, but can't. Once had n lit
tie boy that slapped. Every time he
would ask foolish questions or whine,
I'd slap him. was determined to
bring him up rightly. so that he would
please everybody. He was the idol of
my life and did so much want to see
him respected. Everybody said that |
was 4 model mother aud that my son
would be great man, and was so
ilattered by these remarks that | was
even more strict than ever with him.
One night just after | put him to bed,
company came and while we We're talk
ing, the little fellow awoke aud began
to cry. told him to hush. and when
/ found that he did not intend TO obey
me, | went to the bed and spanked him.
That's what | call discipline, one OF
the company remarked, 'auI assure
you that in after years you viii not re-
gret the strict measures which YOU have
adopted.
1.-The next morning my little boy was
too sick to get up, and all day he lay in
bed At night sent for a physician,
but before morning he WIS dead.
don't think that there was n more miser-
able woman in the world. took his
little boots-boo,s which few days be-
fore had whipped him for getting
muddy, and put them on my bureau.
| could not bear to live in the same
house where both my husband and little
boy had died. and moved away. One
evening while walking along n lonely
street, ! saw Il little boy--a very small
boy Standing among some tall weeds,
| asked him where he lived and he
pluckcd blossom and held it out to
.mc. | asked him where was his moth
CT and father, and with curious intelli-
gence he replied that some big men
took them away in boxes. knew then
that he was awaf. and | took him home
with me. In the night he cried, and
got up and sat by the fire with him and
rocked him. He was very delicate, but
he was light that shone on my withcr-
ing soul. This is the child, and he's
wearing the little boots that | put on
the bureau. You may slap him, but
can't. "-ArkaRSdW Iracc'cr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22
Flying Down a Mountain.

A party of English tourists who had
assembled Mount McGregor, near Sara
toga, complained to Mr.. w. j..
ArEell, the manager of the inclined rail-
way, that they had not had sample of
speed in any of their travels on this side
of the water. Mr. Arkcll volunteered
to satisfy their desire. He disposed OF
them in an observation car. to which
was attached an engine. What happen
ed is recorded in The Saratogian:
Gentlemen, you will be in Saratoga
or somewhere else in ten minutes, "
said Mr.. Arkell, rs he waved his hand
to the engineer and said: Let her
slide"
Nobody in that crowd to this day can
tell just exactly what happened. Per-
sons who were in the neighborhood of
Mount McGregor state that they saw n
streak OF lightning climb down the
mountain side and 90 plunging in the
direction of Saratoga. Persons who
were down mt the McGregor depot in
Saratoga were greatly surprised by the
sudden appearance of n dusty little en-
CINE and single car in which were five
human beings. One of them sat on the
brake calmly picking his teeth with u
silver tooth-pick. This was Mr. Arkell,
did you enjoy your little trip, gen
tlemen?" said he rs he stepped of the
brake and searched under the seats and
looked out of the window for what was
left of these four Britishers. The rem
nants of the four answered fecbly:
care we still alive, sir?'
IL don't know" said Mr.. Arkel. Il
know that it is twelve miles from the
end of the road at the top of the noun
tain to the end in town. We were just
six minutes and half coming that dis
lance, and pledge you my word, gem
tlemen, we didn't turn curve on the
whole trip. We went on Decline, and
where the tracks were out of dead
line we simply cut over the country till
we struck the tracks again. 1t was q
reasonable speed for n first trial, gen.
tlemen; but if you will come up again,
now that we have had little expert
ence. | think we can beat the last rec
ord by minute and n half.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22
Thought Out by French Thinkers.

Women of the world never use harsh
expressions when condemning their ri
walls. Like the savage, they hurl ele
giant arrows, Ornamented with feathers
of purple and azure. but with poisoned
points.
Love is always seeking after the I'm.
known. The great art is to be impene.
trable. When the mask falls the car.
nival ceases.
The women who raise only eXclama,
ton points in our heart are like Ra,
cine's tragcdics-too perfect. We like
best those who raise points of interro-
CATION.
Happiness is the best anodyne for the
violent passions.
For women, the enjoyments of the
heart are the all-important things OF
life; for most men they are only com
penSation.
Much intercourse of mind or society
is not to be expected between two class
es of different education and fortune,
but there is nothing in our code of NOR
ais or in our religion to justify either
one in treating the other with unkind-
ness or incivilitv. True dignity has no
need to stand on the defensive. A per-
son who has little of this quality will
always be most afraid to compromise i,
by vulgar associations; it is right to bs
economical of what we have little
Translated by Boston Courier.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22

The other daya fend went into the
hat room at the Palace Hotel dur.
ing dinner hour and folded strips OF
newspaper inside the sweat-bands OF
every hat on the rack. Every guest in
sisted that somebody had stolen his hat,
and the exercises wound up with forty
two scrapping matches and free fight.
Never say Mrs. So-and-So's young
ones, " said n Philadelphia lady to her
young hopeful; ''rats have Young ones,
people have children " That may be
all right about Mrs. So-and-So," an
swered the boy; 81 don't know her; but
Mrs. Smith has young ones. for heard
her call one of them ''little rat"
She was in the dimly- lighted recep-
ton room of city dry-good store, and
walking up to tall mirror placed
against the wall, remarked: "Why, how
came YOU here?" Then, observing
some surprise, not to say amusement,
on the faces of the other occupants of
the room, she saw her mistake and eX-
planned in great confusion: Il thought
it was my sister; we're twins
A White Mountain episode: Mrs. A.,
who is of n jealous turn, to Miss b., who
is no longer in the heyday of youth:
"Why, Miss b., was it you saw talk
ing so conidentially to my husband on
the piazza this morning? | thought
it was some young lady, and began to
be quite jealous, but | feel quite re-
lievcd to find it was only you?' Boston
JoarRGi.
The Society of Friends has repealed
the prohibition Of the marriage of first
cousins, and now for the first time in
nearly two hundred years Il bashful
young Quaker can enjoy the placid and
uneXciting stagnation of marrying one
of the family. Young man, no matter
how much the law may permit it, don't
do it. Think of an aunt for n mother
in-law.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22

rs beacon at the entrance to the port
of New York. From eighty to ninety
artisans are kept constantly employed
upon the work. The statue is already
completed to the chest. Perhaps in its
present condition it can be seen to the
best advantage. Its extraordinary pro-
portions can be viewed, and rs it is not
completed, it is possible to take in all
of the construction of this gigantic
work, which will probably remain up-
equaled among the works of bronze.
The plaster molds OF the enormous
limbs thrown across the yard, and the
busy workmen covering them with in
Vulnerable pieces of wood that repro
duce all the contours and lines, remind
one of the well-known scene of CULVER
at Liiliput. The men look like tiny
dwarfs endeavoring to bind giant.
And, if by miracle that great hand
could become alive and simply open its
closed fingers, all that solid woodwork
would fly in splinters, and the immense
scafloldin~ would come down like n
castle of cards.
The first model was enlarged four
times. Then it was cut into slices, and
these slices are taken one after the other
and again enlarged to four times their
original size, and thus the dimensions
of the colossal statue are obtained. At
present the workmen are engaged upon
! the portion that forms the chest. The
model of it can be seen in the shed. 1t
looks like little hill. over which the
men are constantly crossing. When
the draught or model of n portion of it
is made, impressions are taken of it. In
order to do this, it is necessary to gather
| together hundreds of little planks, cut
precisely upon the outlines of the model,
and in this way a mold is obtained, that
is divided into as many fragments as are
necessary. Upon these fragments the
copper is cut and hammered until it
copies the precise forms. Ten Chinese
gongs would not make Il greater noise
than is made all day long in the corner
of the shed where the copper is ham
mcred. and this continuous and deafen-
ing noise contributes not little to the
strange impression that one gets from a
visit.
When the shaping of apiece of the
copper is completed it becomes part
of the statue, and there is nothing fur
Their to do with it except to put it in its
place. just now they are engaged in
the work of finishing the left hand. The
nail of the first finger would make n
goodsized shield. The top of the finger
would make helmet for the largest
head, and, in default of better cuirass,
William the Conquerer, who passed for
the biggest man of his time, might easily
get into one of the phalanges.
In six months the whole work will be
finished. There remain only the chest
and the left arm to complete. The
head, which is large enough to contain
forty people has already been exhibit
ed, in 1876, and the right hand has just
come back from America, where it was
sent to give some little idea of the size
of the statue. After the Parisians have
had ample time to admire the work, it
will be taken down and sent to New
York in more than SOC pieces.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22
Twists and Tinges.

MY brethren" shouted DR.. 1almage one bright au-
tumnal Sunday. here is lesson from the cornteld
God has Rcd that the ear and the husk shall he
parted Every rheumatic pain INT the thrust of the
huskingpcg. and every neuralgia wingc is only a wist
Of the husker."
Possibly; hut nobody wants To be husked, for AL
that. and nature teaches 10 resist the process
Therefore, we accept with gratitude whatever helps rs
suppress those very twists and lwlnges
From his pleasant home Gtcenmont, sing
Sing ~ Y. NJ Alfred Bacr a French gentleman
writes;
II have suffered almost ntoleraOle tormcnrs from
rheumatism for many years. or The numerous RENE
dies which | have tried, none benefited me But
PARkERs Tonic gave me great satisfaction. certify
with pleasure that IL restored my health. Youarc
WELDON TO publish this and use my name"
Mcssrs HlsCoN Co. call especial attention ~ he
fact that this preparation, which has been known as
PARSER's GINGER Tonic, will hereafter be adrer-
Used and sold simply under the name of PARKER's
TOXIC. As unprinciped dealers are constantly de-
cciyng their customers By substituting inferior art
ces unter the name of ginger and ginger is really
an unmportaut Ingredient, drop the y slcadire
word.
Thets e. no cbdHg-. h0,cer'r. IN tie preparation
USER and all bottles remaining in the hands Of deal
ers, wrapped under the name of PAEkEK'o GINGEE
TOXIC contain the genainc medicine If the fac simle
signature Of ,scoN ~ CO. is the bottom Of the out
side wrapper. scp22
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22
Jaw Gould's Family.

There is general impression that
jay Gould has only one son, because
his wife never appears in society and
his children are almost unknown. II
has got abroad that his son George is
his solitary offspring. But he has a
large and interesting family. His daugh-
ter Nellie, who christened his yacht,
promises to pe beauty and will be Il
great catch when she goes into society.
She is slim girl, neither light nor
dark, with charming manners and stu
dous habits She has been under the
charge of governesses all her life.
There is son Edward who is older
than Nellie and younger than George.
| imagine he may be seventeen. He is 9
shy, studious sort of n boy, well bred
and respectful. He thinks of becoming
a civil engineer and has the self-con-
tanned manners of his father. Howard,
who is fourteen years old, has been in
delicate health for u long while. He
knows nothing of books and his father
keeps him in the open air of their beau
tiful place at lrvington. Belle, who is
in the neighborhood of ten or twelve
years, promises to be the beauty of the
family. She very much resembles Mrs
Gould, who at one time was something
of Il beauty. The "baby" is Frank.
All the children are living at Irving
ton and Gould goes up there every night
from his financial cares. 1t is said that
he is boy among his boys when he i:
at home. He drops all business thoughts
and goes into any sort of recreation
that may be proposed, with as much ar.
dor rs his youngest son. The grounds
are secluded and the millionaire can
jump fences, turn hand-springs, go in
swimming, indulge in game of lone
old cat" or play the cornet without any.
body but his own family being the wis
Ell. Brooklyn Eagle.
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What an Englishmau Saw at Chicago.

]
A letter to the London Daily NelOS
says: OF course | went to the stock
yards at Chicago. A lively piebald
porker was one of number grunting
and quarreling in pen, and | was
asked to keep my eye on him. And
what happened to that porker was this:
He was suddenly seized by the hind leg,
and jerked up on small crane. This
swung him swiftly to the fatal door
through which no pig ever returns. On
the other side stood man
That two-handed engine at the door
Stands ready TO smic once, and smic no more
and the dead pig shot across trough
and through another doorway, and then
there was splash. He had fallen head
first into vat of boiling water Some
unseen machinery passed him along
swiftly to the other end of the terrible
bath, and there water wheel picked
him up and flung him out on to 81 siop-
inc counter. Here another machine
seized him, and with one revolution
scraped him as bald as a nut. And
down the counter he went, losing his
head as he slid past man with Il
Ratchet, and then, presto, he was up
again by the heels. In one dreadful
handful man emptied him, and while
another squirted him with fresh water,
the pig-regisiering his own weight as
he passed the teller's box-shot down
the steel bar from which he hung and
whisked around the corner into the ice
house. One long cut of knife made
two ''sides Of pork" out of that piebald
pic. Two hacks of Ratchet brought
away his backbone. And there, in thir-
ty-five seconds from his last grunt,
dirty, hoi-headed, noisy-the pig was
hanging up in two pieces, clean, tran
quill, iced.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22
Baked Eagles.

Lieut.. Derby, the celebrated John
Phoenix, " was great practical joker
in private life, as is well known. The
following story is told of him by one of
his oldest friends: He once stopped a
bakers wagon on Kearney street, and,
hailing the driver, pulled out his purse
and told him he wanted to buy baked
eagle. The Infatuated Dutchman told
him to 90 about his business and not
fool with men who had work to do
But if YOU don't give me baked
eagle said Derby. you're liar and
4 swindler and common thief This
was too much for the German, and,
rolling mp his sleeves, he prepared to
get off the wagon and mop the pave
ment with the Lieutenant. just as he
was getting down the author of the
Phoenix Papers yelled: Hold on. my
friend, perhaps I'm wrong. but if you
don't sell baked eagles, what in thunder
do YOU nave Eagle Bakery written all
over your wagon for?" This was too
much for the Tcuton, and what might
have ended in blood terminated in beer.
San Francisco Newsletter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22

Some of the actors on Union Squar,
are about to organize a Divorced Mems
Club. 1t is reasonable to suppose thai
position in this club will be governed by
the number of divorces an actor has 90
tanned. and as these honorS are scarce
II man who has been divorced more than
twice will be selected president. 1t is
also proposed by this club TO furnish
medals or decorations to divorced men,
SO that they can be recognized and ap
preciatcd.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22
BARTHOLDrs GREAT STATUE.
A Frenchman's Description of it, and the
Process Of Construction.

The immense scafolding that can be
seen in the direction of the Rue de
Chaselles, reaching over the highest
houses in the neighborhood, on close ex-
animation displays the lines of human
form, and the gigantic folds of the robe
that Grapes it. 1t is in truth statue,
the greatest that was ever constructed
up to the present time-the statue Of
Liberty which the sculptor, Bartholdi,
conceived and which is destined to serve
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22

In wagon in which j. w. Mcdaniel
and wife. of Jacksonville, Fla, were
riding was 4 large harrow with iron
teeth. In passing = tree Mrs. Mcdaniel
and the harrow we're thrown from the
wagon. The iecihof The harrow pierced
the wOmans head. causing instant
death.
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legpI.
D, y. SNOW,

NOT1CE.-EsTATE OF WILLIAM SrADDRS DE
~ cEAsED-Notce is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned, Administrator OF the estate Of lillian
Stadden late of the county OF Ia Sale and state Of
Illinois deceased VIII appear before the Probate Court
Of said county on the third Monday (beins the 18th
day. OF October 1883. at the Probate Cour Roon in
Ottawa, In said county, when and where all persons
having claims or demands against said estate no.
tined TO attend and present the In writing for ai.
justment.
Dated This ID day Of September \. D. 1883.
HORACE b. GEORGE.
sepS-3w Administrator
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22

Rochester has horse with n man'
three feet and ten inches long and tai
that sweeps the ground.
well. may | hope then. dearest. tnat
at some time | may have the happiness
of making you my wife?" Yes. | hope
so, / am sure, she replied; IL am get
ting tired OF suing fellows for breach of
promise. - Boston Journal.
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SAMUEL RICHOLsON,

Attorney at Lar.
NOrICE..-FsTATE OF ToRKEL H. ERICKSON.
~ DEC'D.-Notce is hereby given, that the under
signed. Administrator of the estate of Torkel H. Erlck
SON. late OF the county OF la sale and state OF I
nOis deceased will appear before the Probate Court
of said county on the third Monday tbeing the NJ
teCnth day of October 1883, at the Probate Court
Room In Ottawa, in said county. when and where all
persons having claims demands against said estate
are notified TO attend and present the in writing
for adjustment.
Dated this it day of September A. d. 1883
GEO. ". ERICKSON,
sepS,3S Administrator.
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The debt of the District of Columbis
s $25, 600, 900.
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BLOOMINGTON Law School,

Law Department Or Illinois Wesleyan University
For circulars address
I'm BENJAMIN. LID Dean,
sep22-Iw Bloomington, H.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-16
GROCERIES RECEIVED THIS WEEK.
JOHN G.. KUYKENDAL.
FACTS.


A fact that is not self-evident, must be estab-
lished by investigation for ones self, or by the
testimony Of witnesses. After it has become
fact there is no getting around, under or over it,
That Wizard Oil has had an immense sale here is
Il fact and that it possesses great potency in re-
lieving and curing rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Head-ache-sick or nervous contracted tendons
and muscles, Pain in the back, Collie, DC, &C., is
fact likewise, that may be proven by the mouth
of many witnesses, and accounts for the great de-
mand. From what we have seen and heard OF it
we think it is worth the price, viz: ST. bottle
Always on hand ut the York Drug gStore.
The principal adulterants found in Baking
Powders are Alum, Starch and Gypsum or Plas-
ter of Paris. We guarantee that Prices Cream
Baking Powder the sale Of which we control in
this market, is an absolutely pure Cream OF Tar
tar Powder, and therefore fills every want OF the
housekee and cook. We furnish free, Re-
cept Book that tells how to make all kinds OF
Cakes, Pies, Custards, Puddings, Pastries, DC.
Call for the Book, and for Prices Cream Baking
Powders, and take no other.
Some months ago, we contracted with the agent
Of n manufacturer to make especially for our
trade large lot of Cigars. AS had long enjoy
ed the reputation Of selling The Best Cigar in
Town for cents, the conditions OF the contract
were that our character should suffer no violence
in this particular, and that this new Cigar should
surpass in excellence anything we had hitherto
handled. They were to be as good as Cigar
could be made to retail with profit for 8 cents.
We were to be the judge Of its qualities, and If
not satisfactory, the whole lot was to be returned
at The expense of the shipper. We have 5, 900 OF
the lot now in store and respectfully ask the
smoking public to give them trial;
JOHN G.. KUYKENDAL.