i. sag Pledged but to Truth, Liberty and Law j No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." M'HENIIY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1875. NO. 7. £•/ Published Every Wednesday by J f . V i m W l y k e , Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside Block, Over Smith Bros, k Co.'e Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: On* Tear, (in Advance,)..................--$1 50 If not Paid within Three Months,..........® TO Subscriptions received for three or six months in the same proportion. BUSINESS €ARDSi H. T. BROWN,M. D. "DHYSICIAN and Snr-oon. Office in Brick JL Block over F. G. Maves Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry 111. E. A. BE KltS, M. D. )HY8iCf AW and Surgeon. Office at residence, two doors west Of Post Office, McHenry O. J. HOWARD M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surjreon. Office at. the store of Howard A Son, McHenry, 111. F. G. MAYES. MERCHANT Tailor, and dealer in Ren<lv Made Clothing, Cloths, Oassimeres, Vesting Ac., One door north of Colby's Drugstore Mcllenrv I1L MURPHY & BISHOP, BANKERS. Office North Side of Pnblic Square, %OODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. H. C. IRISH, ^TTORNEY AT LAW, McHenry, I1L RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in rear of Murphy & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BITClvLIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and Insurance Agent. Office at Bucklin & 8teven's Store, near the Depot, McHenrV> 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract'of Titles" to land in McHenrv County, Illinois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. D. A. RICHMOND, ILL wvancer, V Collecting Agent. POTTER, , Notarv Public and Con- G. A. CANFIELD. HOUSE, Sign and Carriage Painting, Paper Hansring, Calcimining, &<•., Mixed Paints of all kinds constantly on hand. All ortlers promptly attended to'. McHenry UL ' Fit IIECIITLE. HOUSE, Sitrn and Cfftriaare Painter. McHen-ry 111. Will do all work promptly and at reasonable fates. , GEO. SCIIRE IN ER. SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenrv III." JOS. WIEDEMANN. SALOON and Restaurant. Near the Depot McHenrv 111. Bor rders bv the day ov week at reasonable rates. Wapi and cold •®*Goorl Stabling for Horses,jg# MCHENRY LIVERY STABLE. GST. at reasonable >IITMAN, Proprietor. First class ith or without drivers, furnished ^sonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. W. W. ELLSWORTH. ' BREEDER o the Celebrated Magie Hog. Also Light and Dark Brahma Fowls. Pigs shipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad dress, Woodstock, I1L> H. D. HOLMES. BILLIARD Rooms, in Howe's Block, McHenry III. New Billiard and Pool Tables of the latest stvle just put in, and rooms newlv refitted. Call and see. II. D. Holmes Propri- etor. PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, clocks and 'Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the west possible manner, on short-notice and at rea- "" " for Sale. Shop sonable rates. Also V llrst door North of Riv 111. ort-Mo 'ioliup crsiae e Block, McHenry :" - M. ENGELN, GUN AND LOCKSMITH. Scale Repairing done promptly at short notice. Keep on hand a good stock' of Guns, Revolvers, Pow der, Shot, Gun Material, Fishing Tackle, Meerchaum and Wooden Pipes. MCHENRY, - - - - - ILLINOIS. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Proprietor. Good accommodations for all parties. Samplerooms for Salesmen. Livery Stable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, Shows &c., RIVERSIDE HOUSE. MCHENRY, 111., H. Wheeler Proprietor. Newly furnished and refitted. Splendid hunting and fishing on Pistaqna and Fox Lakes, a short distance above. Boats and Oarsmen furnished at reasonable rates. Liv ery in connection with the House. Free "bus to and from thecars. Large and airy apart ments; for families during the summer. The splendid side-wheel Steamer will make trips to and from the Lakes during the Summer months. No-pains spared to promote the com fort of guests** Terms, $2.00 per day. I. C. RICE. A. A. RICE. ^ L. C. RICE & SON, D E N T I S T S . NUNDA, ILL. Satisfaction Guaranteed on all work. Teeth Cleaned, Filled and Extracted, in a careful Mid skillful manner. Artificial Teeth inserted in full or partial plates, on all the basesknown to the profession.. Call and have your teeth examined. "•"* OFFICE of L. C. Rice, West Madison St., Chicago. Office of A. A. Rice, second door North of the M. E. Church, Nunda, 111. REFERENCES. -- Wm. Archdeacon, Nunda; Rev. Frank Burr, Green St., Chicago, I1L •3" Will visit McHenrv every Saturday. Rooms at the Riverside House. For Sale, a Good Farm. Of Eightv Acres within one hundred and sixty rods of Crystal Lake Crossings, on easy terms. For further information applv to • R. BISHOP, Attorney,' At Murphv & Bishop's Bank, Woodstock, 111. Dated July 23d, FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -AND- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. o. W. OWE f ATCHIAKER & JEW MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds of American Watches, Clocks from the best factories in couatryv Silver, platedware, Silv and Swiss \ ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE • Estey Orj^an ! Which we believe to be the best Organ market. We think we know ence, and the VVe think we know that by experi- we believe it, for it is backed up by Best Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs at le-ss pri< the Estev, but ;:in't reccominesid the m to be July O. W. OWEN. TRANSACTS a General Ba change Business. Deposits and Ex-teceived.-- Interest allowed on Special Deposits. Buy and sell United States Bonds, Gold, Gold Exchange, etc. * Exchange on all principal cities in Europe for sale. Woodstock. 111. OWENS MILLS, McHenrv - • -- - Illinois. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. CUSTOM GRINDING Done promptly, and satisfaction guarantee ! Thankful for past favors a continuance nf patronage is respectfully solicited. Owen Bros. McHenry'Aug., 2 1875. HENRY COLBY, --DEALER IN-- JsLv4s.'»i PAINTS, OILS, Painters Brushes, Dye Stuffs &c., &c. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. -- « -- . . . 8 SPECIAL PRICES GIVEN OS WHITE LEAD AND piL. Scrictly Pure 8ts Louis White Lead, $10,no per hundred. . Boiled Linsdfd Oil, Eighty-five cents tier Gallon. * , All Goods Warranted As represented and Satisfaction Guarantee !, Patronage Solicited. H. COLBY. ~ McHenry, July 27tli, 1875i M A R K I T ' S GERMAN Antwer to Correspondent s. I These bitters are manufactured by the pro prietor from GEHMAN ROOTS, imported bv him. The receipt of these Bitters was obtained bv the propriety^ in 1845 , from an old and experienced physician (then a phy sician in the Prussian arinv), and a graduate of the highest medical colleges of Germany. These Bitters are Guaranteed to cure the se verest cases of DIARRIKEA, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, and are a certain preventative of FEMALE SICKNESS, CHI! I S AND FEVER, AND AGUE. Diarrhoea is a disease characterized by an increased discharge from the Bowels, usually in a very liquid state, and sometimes contain ing a large quantity of Bile. Besides the vari ous purgative medicines, undressed or indi- gestable food, or vegetables, acid fruits, oily or putrid substances frequently cause Diarr. htt*a. Phvsiciaijw distinguish various kinds of Diarrlura, as (erapulosa) when the forces pass off ordinary quality; "biliosa" when the bile i> more abundant than natural; "miicosa" when the excrements contain a quantity of mucus: "serosv" in which tbev a^re almost entirely liquid and waterv; and "licuteria" when the food passes through the body in an almost un altered state. There are frequently, also nausea and vomiting, $ bitter taste in the mouth, a furred ami vellow tongue, dry ami harsh skin, a full or sallow countenance, and if speedly checked, great emaciation. This «s one of tuose diseases by means of which na ture strives to get rid of impurities, and re store the system to its natural condition. Hence, when it i» not very violent, «n<i tue patient is strnntr, it is best to let it take its course for a short time, and bv taking only two wine glasses full of the Bitters lor the llrst ten hours. For violent cases live wine glasses full per day, one lie fore each meal and two between meals. In any case great c;.re should be taken not to stop" it too suddenly. The treatment thift in all Cases depends upon the cause from which it sprang, tor Indiges tion and Dyspepsia take one wine glass full, of the Bitters before each meal. No family should be without a bottle. Price uer bottle, large 80 cts., small flOcts. Manufactured bv F. MARK US, WOODSTOCK, ILL. RIVF.RWOOD DAISX FARM, Nashville Tenn. I am !n daily receipt of so many let ters, that I have not time to answer* from old friend!! North, anctthose wl»6 have read my letters in the Cincinnati Gazette, and in several other papers North, and in Tennessee, that I am un der the necessity of using a printed letter, thk may touch most of the ques tions take d. Yet I will, as far as pos sible, take the time to answer any questions not satisfactorily answered! in the following: . * Myself and family never had better health than we have enjoyer* here the last four years. Society here, as in all other States, has some rough spots, but we are frank to say that Tennessee shines with golden letters upon the generous, free, open countenances of her native-born citizens, as would even make a Western "yarikee" feel better by being in their presence. Churches qf all denominations are numerous and well attended. Tennessee seems to fully appreciate the innumerable blessings to a State or community that follow in the school^of religious training. It is not in tire conversion of pinners alone that it does good, its effects can be seen upon all the people. It opens the hearts of church members and others alike. It makes, the one ask himself if he has been true to his professions, and if his exatfipl# has been such as it should be. It causes the other to stop and ponder as to whether or not he has not something else than his own Selfish ends to live for. In fact, whatever makes men pause in the great battle of life and think of the. future, is something thatf •mustinu^e to their benefit: is some thing that inspires them with better and nobler feelings; is something that commends itself to every one who lias at .heart the good of his fellowman. The State has a good free school law and a host of noble advocates that will in time insure its complete supcess. The success ||ms ,far. has been better than \v<> ex pooled. The colorefl chil dren receive an. equal portion of the school funds. They have seperate school-"'. ITio!|(schools, seminaries ami i-ujloges are <|iiite numerous ovef the- State,- Nashville is destined to be the centM^of the grandest systeuyt of ittgfow" ffilmiT aii^wtieTF fni" flic Sous u. III answering your questions in regard to farming 1 feel at home. Not that I ever expect to know all about farming, fori have learned no little since 1 came toTeunesse, If a man wants to farm for profit a#d pleasure, Tennessee is just the pi a OP where it can. be done. If lie wants to raise stack for the profits, let him-lot-ate where the climate does all the hard work in producing fine pas- tnrov. a-- !! here? nearly the year around. You may talk about your Yanl-.ro saving implements until you get hoarse. t?nt they never will change your long, cold,rough winters through which you have to feed your s>tock bountifully. This StMe wants two or three hundred thousand good farmers mixed up amongst them. They are good,-v.lever people, and would soon learn to imitate a better system. We might write lesson after lesson demon-' s«rating facts that would open the eyes of the blind, but what would be the use. They don't take and read the papers. The best farmers here as elsewhere, are reading and thinking men. The free school system will finally reach those that are not. But we dislike to wait so long when a few live Northern ers intermixed would answer as an ob ject lesson that would work wonders in so much shorter time. Lands here are cheaper than western lands, if they were to come as a gift. It is the value of the products raised on the farms that makes them valuable. Farm hands are cheap. This is a fine wheat State. The yield, by good farming, Mould average twenty bushels ot verv choice quality per acre. Then it ripens early enough to be put on the market before Northern wheat is cut. This secures the best price. In fact, there is not a product raised by the Tennessee far mer that, does not have the advantage in the market, except cotton. She. should raise twenty-five million dol lars worth of surplus early vegetables and frnits, and ship to Northern mark ets every year. This class of farming is increasing very fast near Nashville, and we may look for its rapid ii)cre;;s(i to continue, as there is no other branch of farming that will pay half so well.. Fruit of every kind does well. We commence, eating the strawberry in April., raspberries next, blackberries, grapes, plums, pears, peaches, and end Sy picking the apple in December. Seven to eight months we eat the fruit fresh from the tree. I ask. where on this earth is there so favored a spot as this, where such lux uries run over so many months in each year. We very much doubt if the garden of Edeu could compare with it. Water power is in abundanoe. Soft and hard timber of the best quality for manufacturing purposes: The demand has been but small and the prices are low. The mi neral we alth of Tennessee is wonderful. Her mountains are store houses filled with the richest of ores. Her railroad facilities are godd. The raising of early vegetables aild fruits for northern markets, will pay a much greater per cent, on two hundred dol- lais per acre than the present mode of farming does on ten dollars per acre. There seems to be no such thing as supplying the demand. The soil and climate here produces these crops ear ly in the spring to perfection. This gives the man without capital a chance to make money fast. I know of no oth er locality that has such advantages- |f the man has skill and energy. The cheap labor is here, but the skill, energy and snap is woefully lacking. Why will men who have these qtialities stay in the North aud merely make a living when they could come here and soon make a fortune ? There never was a lovlier climate. Many make stock-raising a paying business. It costs less to'raise a sheep here than it does a chicken in Indiana. And here I will tell what a noted di vine said to me; I think it was in the spring of 1845. Ilenry Ward Beeeher was then stationed at IndianopoH&. He came to our settlement and staid ggveral days, making my hou.ve his home, preaching several times in a log school house. Every day he would spend sojyp-**imc with my cattle, horses,slieep, etc.. he said:4*Brother, if I was a farmer and loved the stock- raising business as much as I think I should, 1 would go at once to Middle Tcnuessee, near Nashville for instance." I have thought of this conversation since I came here, llis idea was that it would be so much more pleasant to be where the grass grows nearly every day in the year, tints saving so much la bor. All this shows that some men's judgment is good on almost any sub ject. '« While I lived in Wisconsin my aver age weight was 17f> pounds. It Is now fully 225, aud vegetables form fche bulk of my i'ood the year round, with fruit. 1 have scarcely felt a pain since I came to the State, and there is no place on this.earth where a farmer *ean have liKwe real enjoyment than in the State *51. «V(;, if teyMefevs a hay farm 1^0 ~ will produce a large yield of all grasses. The mar||et is the best. If he prefers a stock farm, there is lathing he could engage in that would yield the same amount of profit with so little labor. We may all boast of our industry, but when the Northern farmer sees, as I have, what a mild climate, where the grass grows nearly the year rouud, °df>es in the way of saving labor, he will say, "Industry, you were my main stay up North, now my cattle, horses, mules, sheep, hogs and fowls, can make a bet ter living on my blue grass, rye and wheat fields, than (hey could up North with all my Industry and, ha-d labor in raising provender, and feeding through long cold wintei-s. lint as you liave stood by us through thick and thin, .until we, through your agency, have landed where the same eftort and labor will make this a little paradise here below, we fool,thankful to industry and |»ope we never wiH disgrace you *that followed us. by day aud by night, laud ing us on Kiverwood Dairy Farm,one of the lovliest spots in Tennessee.'" Then if he shoidd pret?'i- to iai^ vegetables and early fruits for Northern markets, there is no place bo favorable as Ten- nesiee. llerCeiitrallocation, and her quick warm soil that will mature these products one to two months earlier than they can. is an advantage of the greatest magnitude. This advantage insures to this class of producers here a net profit, oil every acre thus cultivated frtfin $100to $500 per acre. To show that this branch of farming would be so diversified, that in no con tingency could there be more than a partial failure, I will name the princi pal products to be raised. Irish and sweet potatoes, green peas, snap beans, asparagrass, pie plant, water and musk melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, straw berries, raspberries, blackberries, peach es, pears, plums, grapes and apples. As ^t would only be the early of each kind that would be grown for that market, their growth would be at the most seasonable part of the year, Spring. Then if he was a manufacturer, Of the many branches that might be carried ou with great profit hero, it is as clear in my mind that here is the place, as Is the difference in raising a bullock until he is three years old ou grass, rye and barley, grazed in the ileitis, or raised ais they have to be inthe North. His help can live so much cheaper here, fuel, clothing, the raw material, either of lumber, iron ores, stone,marble, cotton, wool, hides, tan bark and grain, are in abundance at a mere nominal price. Water power of superior magnitude, where there is no ice to causa stop pages, delays, etc. Stone coal of the best, aud without limit. In a central location, with railroads and water trans- portation to all points of the Compass, with a home mArket, almost without competition. It does seem to me that almost any species of manufacturing has as great advantages as farming. Now, if I am correct In these premises, as I know I am, atfTar as tilling the soil and raising stock arc concerned--for raising one hundred and fifty head on grass, barley and lrye fields, is the best of evidence--why woa't these lands become very valuable? It Is the im poverished condition that the war left these people, wiih the estates of buny dreqs of thousands that were killed during the war, whose estates have to be settled up, with tiie changed con dition of labor, that has forced so Much land on the market, with no home buyers. The consequences would not surprise any one, where forced sales are made, when the best of farms so'I for much less than the improvements cost. How could it be otherwise under the circumstances. Now, certainly, is the time for our Northern friends to secure them a good cheap home, in a healthy State, well watered and with a market by her side, superior to New York, because every product that can be produced the Guff or Cotton States want. I have never met a people more friendly. The Northern imigrants meets with a hearty reception. If you w'sh to come before purchasing, come right to my house, aud If your family and friends come With you, they too, a-e invited. I will aid you all in iny power, My house is large--if it will not hold you all, my "door yard" embraces broad acres, with blue grass and splended forest trees--camping grounds for all you can bring. At the bridge at Nashville* inquire for Biver- wood Dairy Farm. We have no other interest than a desire to see skill and enterprise come here to eii--h;h them selves and make thisJ State become {what it will be in time) the garden spot of this country. YouwJTru^^STEPHBN OOLUNS. IABOR. "Everybody can contribute 40bi»» thing towards the relief of the tinies by endeavoring to give some ntedy person an additional day's work instead of curt ai 1 i ng a day. More labor for the unemployed is one of the necessities of the tinies."--Exchange. There has never been a time in the more iinportant ihaFeverybody should be at work than at present, yet large masses of meu are idle. .The amount of enforced Idleness is greater now than ever before; in most of the cities it is impossible to procure work at any? price. The word of advice of our exr change is timely and should be heeded by every employer. Still, with all the enfoiced Idleness, there is, especially in the country and manufacturing towns, much idleness which is volunta ry. In many places men are on a strike because of the disagreement about wages, or because they insist upon ad- he ring to organizations which their employer will not recognize. To this cause niuch of the stagnation and de pression business may be attributed. Lav.-s cannot be enacted which will remedy this ev!l. This desired end can be brought about only by the exer- cise-of fairness by both capitalists and laborers. The evil grows wholly from a mistaken idea of what their interests demand. Let the laborer but under stand that he is to be dealt fairly with, let him but carefully study the problem of the co-operation of capital and la bor, and lie will readily see what his best interests demand, and will act accor dingly. Organizations for the purpose of conducting strikes will no longer exist. It will be no longer possible for a few unprincipled leaders to gain such a control that the whole mass of labor- eilfor any considerable part, will fol low blindly their leadership. Strikes always come in hard tinies, to make them worse, aud they have worked and are now working an immense injury to this country. In so far as the present idleness is a result of controversies about wages, we may be assured that it will result in no advantage to either employers or workmen. We have been prosperous for years; we have had plenty of work, high wages, and high prices. Things have greatly changed. Our long, long day of prosperity has gone. Evil times, that is, compared with a few- years ago, have come upon us. The decline of business dates from the pauio of *73, Why this decline, at present, it matters not. It la a fact beyoud dis pute that unaided fey "a good Fairs work the poor of the country would find it extremely hard to withstand another winter like that of *74-5. It is now to late iu the season for much to be done towards advancement, and it is not too muoh to say that it may take five or ten years to bring the country back to where it was two years ago. llow is this to be brought about ? How is business to be revived? Will idleness do It? No I Idleness makes more distant the time when prosperity shall return. We are now living upotf^! the savings garnered during the years of < unprecedented prosperity which fol lowed the war. Every day of Idleness* whether enforced or voluntary, makes f the return harder. Like a baneful hab it, idleness is not only weaving ita ̂ u hands more firmly, but is weakening us,'; ] and rendering us less able to cope wifchSJ adversity. , J Labor unemployed is a total loss. produces nothing; but that is not the only loss, for the product of labor in one form instantly creates a demand for the products of all other kinds of labor, and > 4-j thus idleness in one place produces^eon-- , sequences which are widely injurious. / Again, the unemployed not only pro- | dnce nothing, but the amount of their consumption is materially, lessened and in this Way again the, injurious oonsd- i-w que nee s are wi dely spread. Let any Sj great manufactory stop operations and the shock is felt more or less vividly every occupation. It is plain then that ' all are interested, more or less, in the '-":0 revival of all classes of business. This '-4 needs no illustration. Eve ry one knows that if any project is [being] pushed in iny neighborhood, the result is to give an impetus to all classes of business. As has been said, there is Idleness in the country which is compulsory, and it is deeply to be regretted. There is more idleness which is voluntary, and it • is putting it mild to stigmatize it as a crime. If every man in the Uutted States who can get employment would go to • work to-day, we would soon see a . change in our business prospects which would astonish us. New life would be infused at once in every branch of trade. New demands would spring up;., new capacities would be unfolded; one thing would start another into life, and that would help a third, and so on, till those who are wait lag for Congress tiV lift the country out of the rut of inac tivity would be left far behind, if they were not wholly lost to a degree of prosperity which they oould neither comprehend OT understand. Work and?' not legislation is what is wanted. Work may be aided by coin and hin dered by currency, but of the three, work Is the prime requisite, and can make the cctantry prosperous witheitb- coin or currency. ©M-son of MPI I*--^rornwii! well, Alden, while playing around ail - elevator used for raising liopsvlast Sat-' urday, took hold of a rope and his hand being drawn into a pulley, was severely injured. ® --Mr. J. A. Day, Sweeny, Day CO.. has withdrawn from the firm. John is a whole souled fellow and a good business man, and weora-sorry to- have him leave. Success to him wher ever he may go. --The Belvidere Index of Sept. 1st, is full of curses towards Shreve, the man who gave the editor a sound drubbinff for publishing some articles derogatory to liis character. The Index man in vited Shreve around to lick him and it was done. --L.^Mason, for several yaars post clerk at the Walker House, Harvard, has been appointed route agent on the Kenosha road in place J. Disbrow, pro moted. Mason is a tip-top good man aud'well deserving of his good fortune. His commission came Tuesday. --Last-Wednesday afternoon a scaf folding on Ezra Sinitirs new house gave way precipitating to the ground . iii a very unceremonious manner J. Maxwell, H. Meg ran and B.. Degraw. Mr. Maxwell had two of his ribs broken and wac considerably bruised. Mr. Me- gran had his left leg broken below the kneel Degraw escaped without any in- ju/ie?. At the time of the accident they were standing neat* each other on the scaffolding, and without warning the structure gave way, letting them to the ground a distance of M or 20 feet. Both of the injured men are doing as well as could be expected.--lulependr ent. TRAIN NONPLUSSED.--Somebody in terviewed George Francis Train, and the latter said: "Do you see these hands? See the blood runs into them! There's health for you? All comes from vegeta ble diet, sir. No meat for me. I eat nothing but vegetables. Vegetables make muscle,sinew, strength, manhood* 4*Yes, George," said his auditor laugh- ing, "you're right; meat is weakening; I always notice all the strong animate live on vegetables. There's the weak lion aud panther, they live on meat; and there's the sturdy sheep, the goose, the calf and the jackass, they live <m vegetables entirely There--." wIt al ways makes me mad to talk to an infer-» nal fool!" said Train, coloring up, while lie turned on his heel aud left in a huff. •A lady correspondent, who *»•> sttmes to know how boys ought to he trained, writes as follows: **Oh, moth* ers! hunt out the soft, tender, genial side of your boy's nature."--Mothefl often do--with an ojd