Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-12-06


Ed. BULLETIN While people east, west,
north and south, are vexing themselves and
neinhbors with questions Of Reconstruction,
Tariff, Free Trade, Universal Suffrage and
Amnesty, National Finances, ct ~cetera, we
Jesupites "pursae the even tenor Of our
way" devote ourselves to business, and
"Let the wide world wag as 1t will,
Well be gay and happy STILL"
Yes, gay and happy For if two singing
schools in full blast, a slip top Lyceum,
numerous private parties, and a protracted
meeting asd Christmas and New Years
Balls in prospect, don't constitute gaiely,
what does?
The frost>king gave Us a passing call, last
week, just to remind us that the season for
bis southwark travels.is near at hand. FAR
mers should, and probably will, profit by the
hint thus given, and prepare their houses,
crops, stock, and themselves, for the ap-
preaching winter. The pleasant days we
now have must be " put i'm to the best I'D.
vantage, for they are but short lived, and
soon We shall have the bowling winds, and
frost and snow Of winter.
The absence of the usual fall rains is
causing much inconvenience h~ereabouts,
many wells having failed entirely, while 9TH
ers don't even favor the i" eigbt>hour' system,
but suspend operations at an early hour in
\ sh~ vro~ooc D., g. -,.a unoloI "a
plenty Of it,-snd We still hope-almost
against hope-shat the weather may moder~
ate sufficiently to give US a supply.
Our district school opened again last Mon.
day, with . good number Of pupils, under
the control Of Mr.. NJ. s. Hole and wife, with
Miss Baldwin As assistant. As q resident Of
the place, and one who may, At some failure
time, have occasion to p~stronize its schools,
l must protest against the way in which they
are At present conducted. The teachers may
be good, the textbooks may be all that can
be desired-(they should be, since the recent
changel-b but the school rooms are not what
We ought to have, and what the number of
pupils in the place demand. The present
school house cannot accommodate the pu>
pills, and both it and the private room rented
to furnish increased Accommodations, are
inconyenien., poorly furnished, and, in fact,
not at all what is needed by the place. We
cannot expect, nor DO we need, such a mag
n~iticeni school building as Independence
nov boasts, but we can and should have one
that would not be to our village what the
JAN in your city il 10 Buchanan county,
disgrace.
While speaking Of the jail, l beg leave to
suggest 10 the honorable Board Of Superyi>
sors that q thorough cleansing inside aud
out, two weeks fumigation, . liberal use Of
Liquor Sodii Chloride, with suficien, repairs
to prevent the " birds" from escaping, would
render the institution passatle IS hen
or Pig on house : but il seems to me that the
farce of using the thing as a jail ought to
have been played out" long ago. / hope,
Mr.. Editor, that the powmd Of prevention,
furnished by your city, in the shape Of an ed
ucasional institution. has not so blinded the
eyes of our honorable Board by its beauty
Of design and finish, IS to render them OBJ
l%ivious TO the necessity of making proper
provision for the osnee Of cure, in the shape
Of !. safe and decent place for the confne>
ment of criminals.
Trade is improving here, and people who
have heretofore been in the habit Of going to
Independence or Waterloo for every spoolof
thread or dress pattern they CHANGED to want,
begin thus tardily to realize tLa, they can
do fully as well nearer home, and are com>
ing to Jesup TO do their trading.
II people living in this vicinity would only
took ahead, they would readily discover that
its for their own interest TO patronize and
build up a v here for just as surely rs
the place grows in size and importance, and
becomes all that i desirable as . market
and trading center, just so surely will the
value Of their property increase, and in the
same ratio.
Mr.. Harrington opened his large stock Of
goods to the public last Monday, having
been employed during the whole of the pre-.
ceding Seck in unpacking and arranging
them. Madam Rumor Las it that his stock
is worth from twenty to thirty thousand dol
lars also, that Messrs. C. o. Marsh L Co.
are about selling their stock and store, and
retiring from the dry goods business.
New buildings are constantly springing
up in varioas parts Of our village. workon
the Presbyterian Church is being rapidly
pushed forward, and its frame looms up
agains, the sky like some gian. skeleton.
The contractors, Messrs. Stevens L Greeley,
are evidently determined to have it complies
ted in the shortest possible time.
Our Lyceum is increasing in interest.
The paper, published once in two weeks, has
thus far been ably edited, and contributions
have been liberal-many Of them we'll writ
ten-while the debates call forth cousidera>
bic talent in argument and oratory. "Mine
host Of the " National Who Is an active
member Of the society, is especially happy
in his manner Of speaking, and never fails
to keep the audience in a roar Of laughter.
The question Of teachers for the singing
school, mentioned in my last letter, has been
settled BY employing both, and organizing
two classes. Mr.. Chccny's class will meet
Monday and Friday nights, and Mr.. Laud>
erdale's on Wednesday nights, probably,
which will give US three classes per week.
REcULvs.