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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20
saOw 10 Keep "a Cow sn tao Cssy or
village.


All agree that really good fresh
milk, from healthy and properly fed
cows, is the best possible food For
children and youth. But ho,c asks
Our city friends shall we get ii:
This question has been asked many
a,n ,s. we would say, keep your own
This is, perhaps, not SO dlmcuI,
aud expensive matter as yon may
imagine even good COW costs
comparatively little at first. She re-
quires less room than one would SUP.
pose; and she will almost invariably
pay her keeping and & prof, in milk.
1t not short of Storage room, procure
a small load of loose hay, rs brought
10 market on wagons the quality ca,
be better seen than when compressed
into bales. Il cramred for room, get
few bundles Of haleI hay. A straw
or hay cutter o. moderate size cost.
ing from SO to s6, will be requisite
Straw or corn stalks will answer very
well as an occasional substitute toi
~ I ~ q
ProonreS a, f3.d s.,ro f.v
,,rs ooch If Ground feed Ic,rn and
oats ground to@e'hcI,) ;nd m1ci'
,,n ,l,,t - na...s.,,.,. !, !, ,.,,.s,,
,.,,nnns :, VIVA };,,,. a,,.. ,,,~d
sch * ,nrT;,s o, n,,,,tors orco.;..n.
.,u,. Sow , ,,,r,i !, -, r., .
..n;,,,,, afhn~o, ana :, ,,;x ,o3 ,.,n
n,hhr - ,oe5 - C,t - n,,,",;l, If
,,r .n., nv .ho,, 5ajf1 5.,,lIy #
,..;.i, tl,.a@ o,,a,f, -, tho ,,ro,,o.
tcei. md as much pftf2 si."rjs, VIZ,
inc il u,.,j! II, meal a.hcrrs to
Aay, Ia yery cola weather ii ia bet
Ter 70 heat the water - little. Feed
:. smes.,' Of tbs kind and amount 10
the COW in tie morning, and as much
more at ,eni,ig. Gha fodder with dry
uncut hay at noon.
Give as much par" soft water TO
the animal twice day, as She will
.,,ink. II ottan happens that q
.,uan,,ty of turaips, carrots, ,,arsnips
calbaces. or bees. ave left on tie
( \ l., ! 49, I 7
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20
Izo.g 10 ksreaA Steers.

Seine time since saw the question
asked through tie F'trner, il, there
was not some better way OF breaking
steers than vokIng ihcm, and IMP,
ping ard pounding them ,miil they
were brokeu IN ambition, co. stlH'ion
aud everything that goes 20 make ~
good work X. Now, | pro oso 10
give 4 method that | have praciicad
for thirty Years. In The first
place, make a yard forty fee SOU re,
with srrai ght fence, and SO high
that the widest steer will not think
of getting out. Now, put two or four
steers into the yard then take some
corn, aud cord, and pc, them until
they are not afraid Of you. Then
take your whip, stalk live or six
feet long, with a ash three or four
! feet long, and start one of the steers.
He will go next to the fence; when
he comes TO the cornor, put out your
whip and cry, "whoaW He mast
stop, for his head is against the feuc9.
Now, pet linn little; then d'op
your lash lightly OF his left car. and
| say, CLAW !" which he has to do j!
he goes along. Keep on in this way,
and III a short time yon can claw"
i,i.n around under the whip. Now,
! 'G-e' hin around in the same way,
IA you can "Ilaw" and gee" at viii.
Then, step OF 4 few feet, and call one
, by name, and with motion Of your
whip briag him to you. Tnvn, step
ii'ti further of, and continue TO do
20 Hnti! yoFl can fetch him 70 you
an, here in The yard.
Wliie IL work Wiih one, fine gets
excited, leave ilm ani take another.
Then take your yoke; take out the
mean bow. AID lie rope iilieen or
twenty feet long III the near bow -hoit;
pat lic yoke on him, and keep hold
Of the rope, SO ha; he stall not hurt
himself or the Others. he is afraid
q it, let Iim work whit til he gets
over it. The" rn; it on another, AID
let thum draw tach other around.
Let them ali have q turn At it. Then
oke thrin together; fs'ch them TO
you to yoke yoke and nnyoke, and
yoke on either side drive them IN the
yard uniii you can back, gee and
haw them at will Which you can
do, If yon Keep cool and osorh nsi!l}y
~iih hght blows, till lie lta'o2cs aehat
y0u scaAt Then, Il YOU have an old
yoke OF oxen, brig them iuto the
yard; hitch them together, and drive
t>ctn around the yard few times
then open your gate, and take them
out. They may bound a little at first
but will soon mind you as we'll out of
rs in The yard.
Try II, farmers, and my word for
it if you want yoke Of gentle, quick,
lively cattle (if you are MILD, and iol-
low the directions), YOU are sure 10
nave them.- ". {. Dall, Kansas
Furmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20
. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES,

Burns. following is said to be
m excellent remedy for a bnrn
Take a tart apple and simmer IN
lard until it forms saive; 1t Will
heal burn quickly, and always
without scar.
Neao England Home Pudding
Six crackers powdered fine, one quart
of boiling milk, one spoonful OF flour,
nne cup Of brown sugar, six eggs,
raisins, currants, and mixed spices TO
taste. Bake, and serve with sauce.
transparent .Soop.-Shave IN tim
slices one pound Of brown bar soap,
and put, it in junk bottle with halt
a pint of alcohol. Without corking
the bottle, place it in basin con
tanning water, put the basin on the
stove and boil ten minutes ; then re-
move the bottle from the water, and
turn ont the liquid to cool. Before
cold, add few drops OF oil OF berg
amot or lemon to scent it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20
Now TO Make Spruce Icer.

AS TUE season IS at hand when
pleasant summer drinks, free from
| alcoholic influence, are frequently
bcewed by the housewife, or the well
brought up daughters, who ought to
| be Taught little OF everything i'll he
| way OF household duties-we append
the following receipts, which ale
claimed to be excellent:
l. Take three gallons Of water
Of blood warmth, three halt pints of
molasses, 3 tablespoonful OF essence
| Of spruce, end tho like quantity OF
ginger mix well together with a
gill Of yeast; let stand over night,
and bottle III the morning. 1t will
be in good condition to drink III
twenty-tour hours. 1t is paiatable.
wholesome beverage.
9. Those WHO prefer mead have
only to substitute honey for the mo-
lasses named above, and Tor one
third the ginger use anspice. Halt
The quantity of yeast vii be sufiicien.
and the bottliag should occur the
second day instead Of the next morn
ninr. 1t viii be fit to drink in tonr
days after being bottled, and will
keep fer many weeks. A small
quantity of alcohol is formed during
the fermentation, and this prevents
the acetous fermentation so common
to spruce beer. The essence OF
spruce Is of course left out in the
making OF mead. The alcohol form
cd from the fermentation of honey
resembles that sound in metheglin.
while the alcohol formed from the
terment, ton Of 'molasses is rum.
Those who imagine that they can
make either spruce beer or mead
without entirely forming any alcohol
are mistaken; but it is present in so
hight proportion as not to be sens
ible to the most delicate temperance
nerves.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20
Ia PrGrellt tie U0ir fron1 Edllinl

To Percent the Hair fran Failing.
-Boi! very slowly in gallon OF milk
two pounds of honey, handful OF
rosemary, and twelve handlnls OF
curtis rs or tendrils OF grape vines.
When boiled down to two quarts and
allowed to cool, the liquid is ready for
use. A small quantity rubbed every
morning into the roots of the hair
prevents it from falling out, and
strengthens IT,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20

Every man who has mich COWS
should endeavor to be sure that they
are not run or worried by the DO.
who drives them to and from the
milk yard. Very few dogs arc fit to
be used for this purpose. Both the
quantity and quality of the milk
given is affected by improper driving.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20

A storr is told Of a German shoemaker
Who. having made pair of boots for . gen.
.leman Of whose financial integrity he had
considerable doubt, made the following re-
ply to him when he called for the articles ;
aaDer poots ish not quite done, but der bee'
ish made out
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20

Four villages in Maine make two-thiFds
If the spools for the whole country. The
snools are made from tie white birch Sc
common in New England, and the "scarfs'
of the trees are used extensively in the cities
f,r kiudling wood.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-08-20
FAkgHs ErebEs SALE.

An excellent farm. hnnwn ns the Reeves
Farm, three miles north cast Of the City of In
dependence. 100 acres of Prairie and so acres of
Timber about ere mile from the prairie land.
The farm is well watered and is a superior stock
farm, a good share cultivated and fenced; a
house and barn, and good well near the house
with grove, fruit trees and shrubbery. For par
tcuars enquire on the premises, OF the widow,
or of W. II. Bar on, Independence, or of Geo
w. Ruddick, Wavcrly Rremer Co.. Iowa
GEORGE W. RUDDICK,
Executor.
Jndenondeuce, Mavch 20, 1869, 40-tf
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
poffry.



r,.ht SNEAK very softly; fasten the door;
Tvi,b a liz lit tread step ON the cre2king noor
Thora,s \ raaged hand erchief on the face;
Iifttt mn oentlv a. II it were lace. - -
-. orix last night little Elsie died;
I,1st onef.ed her eyes. then shivered and sighed
Though rubbed her hands, wrapped hei III my
cloak,
Now the parish cOtiin lies on the chair;
Though shut my eyes, still see II therf'
It's unpainted-rude; but then, you see,
She I used to the cOsrse things OF poverty.
She had grown thin; dim. suns were her eyes,
As she looked at me so wistful ana Wise;
.sPm not hungry now: there'n be more ior you
Ks-sasl lasts unch longer for one than for two.
Rieb e;adi she'll be rich with thee. Well mind
Uovv she raised her head last night. 81 shall nhu
And see God soon' she smiling said, by streains
Spackling and clear, as I've seen them IN dreams
NV IOrd-he's the same SIS Jesus, you Know
Will lead me. and shall be rested so;
And I'm sure he'll let me run TO the gaze
when think YOU'RE coming-sO don't be Iate-
She said something else: but the din anu the ioar
In the great streets without came more anu nors
Through the broken panes OF ,ue ~lnuow . .neie'
a1d 2 ,nIfn 4 tell what her other words were.
ssnre it's well with her oughtto be glad;
~ her riches. rich; yet poor, empty. sad,
I am sit,;ns here: while the children creep
ss0ftiv mn 10 the door to catch peep
I,va NJ, lowers, except this daisy found;
n was hidden beneath rubbish mound.
Like Elsie, though crushed, downtrouueh oy niAii
came from God, and rest with her IL can
Is IL time 10 90 The rain has come on;
Vet will be the earth that she ii lie upon
YET whene 'er kissed her she always smiled;
So this must be only what was my child
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
C.re for Hydroabobia.

franklin Dyre, a highly respectable and
intelligent farmer of Galena, Kent county.
Md, gives the following as sure cure for
the bite of a mad dog. As will be seen, he
has tested 1t, with the most gratifying re-
suits:
Elecampane is plant well known to most
persons. and is to be found in many OF
our gardens Immediately after being
bitten take one and half ounces of the
root OF the plant the green root Is perhaps
preferable, but the dried will answer, and
may be found in our drug stores. and was
used by me-siice or bruise, and put into
a pint of fresh milk, boil down to half
a pint, strain, and when cold drink it.
fasting at least six hours afterward. The
next morning repeat the dose fasting, using
two ounces of the root On the third morn
ing take another dose, prepared as the last,
and this will be sufficient. Ii is recon-
mende. that after each dose nothing be
eaten for six hours.
/ have q son who was bitten by mad
dog eighteen years ago, and four other
children in the neighborhood were also
bitten; they took the above dose, and are
alive and well to this day. And have
known a number of others who were bitten
and applied the same remedy
1t is supposed that the root contains a
principle, %hich being taken up by the
blood in its CIRCULATION, counteracts or neu-
tralizes the deadly effects Of the virus OF
hydfophobia.
I feel so much confidence in this simple
remedy, that am willing you should give
nv name in connection with this statement
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
Personal Items.

Gen. Magruder is leeturing on Maxi
milan in Boston.
-Itis proposed to erect statue TO the
late Hon. William Pitt Fessenden IN Port
land.
The workingmen's nominee for Gov
ernor in Massachusetts, is a Boston Hotel
Keeper.
The wife of mail clerk in the Louis
vile Courier-Journal office has fallen heir
to $500, 900.
Mr.. Berghis down on pigeon-shooting.
and will not consent TO match coming of
within his jurisdiction.
Two of Gen. Buffers children have
sailed from New York for E 1rope, and viii
be educated in Germany.
Mrs E Golden, of New Orleans, be-
fore the war one of its wealthiest bellies.
in the st. Louis poorhouse.
John Hayward, author Of "The New
England Gazetteer" died at Boston, last
week, at the advanced age of SO years and
nine months.
Mr.. Eliot is the seventh President
Harvard University has had in twenty-five
years. Four of them-Quincy, Everett,
Sparks and Felton-are dead.
Ex-Governor Aiken, of South Carolina
was fined $50 by the Mayor of Charleston,
on Monday, for neglecting to pay taxes on
two horses and two carriages
MIR. Francis Hill, of Exeter, Maine,
who is now between so and 80 years old,
purchased tract of land for farming pur-
poses about sixty years ago. He lives ON
the same farm today, and in that time he
has never boIght pound of flour or meat
of any kind, kernel OF corn or grain,
potato or apple, pound of cheese or but
ter, of pork, beef, or mutton, or any other
namable thing which farmers in Maine or
dinarily produce from their farms. He has
one of the best farms in his town, and
works it yet himself.
Miss Nellie B, rosy checked,
bright-eyed, dashing farmers daughter.
living in Independence. Oakland county
Mo-. has not soured her temper IN signing
over fancied wrongs, nor does she bewail
her sad estate because, having been born
woman, she cannot act the part of a man.
When her fathers 80 acres of grain, how
ever, was spelling to be cut, and there were
menSo bind it, but no one to drive the
4 team, she tied her Newport hat down under
her chin, donned her garden gloves, mount
ed the seat and drove and worked the reap
er over the whole thirty acres. She comes
of good stock, her mother having helped
to make the first grain stack in the county,
nearly 30 years ago.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
Effects Of HaShiSh.

A writer in the last number ofAppletons'
Journal says Of hashish:
l have often taken the drug, rather for
curiosity to discover what its attractions
might be than for aught of pleasuIable ex-
citement / ever experienced. The taste of
the potion is exactly what mixture of
milk, sugar, pounded black pepper and a
few spices would produce. The FIRST result
is contraction of the nerves of the throat,
which is anything but agreeable. Presently
the brain becomes effected; you feel an ex-
traordinary hghtness of head, as it were
your sight settles upon one object, obstinate
ly refusing to abandon it; your other senses
become unusually acute-uncomfortabl
sensibie-and you feel tingling, which
shoots like an electric shock down your
limbs till it voids itself trough the extremi-
ties. You may stand in the burning sun
shine without being conscious of heat, and
every sharp pain is instantly dulled. Your
cautiousness and your reflective organs are
painfully stimulated; you fear everything
and everybody. even the man who shared
the cup with you, and the servant who pre-.
pared it: you suspect treacie1y everywhere,
and in the simplest action detect objects the
most complexedly villainous. Your thoughts
become wild and incoherent, your fancy
runs frantic. If you happen to exceed q
little, the confusion of your ideas aud the
disorder of your imagination will become
intense.
L recollect on one occasion being per-
suaded that my leg was revolving upon its
knee as an axis, and could distinctly feel as
well as hear it strike against and pass
through the shoulder during each revolu-
tion. Any one may make you suffer agony
by simply remarking that particular limb
must be in great pain, and You catch al
every hint thrown out to you, nurse it and
cherish it with morbid eagerness that
savors strongly of insanity. This state is
a very dangerous one. especially toanovice
madness and catelepsy being by no means
uncommon Examinations to it. IL an as
sembly are under the influence of the
drug, and single individual happen tc
cough or to laugh, the rest, no matter how
many, are sure to follow his example. The
generally used restoratives are wineglass
full of pure lemonade juice, half dozer
cucumbers eaten raw. and a few puffs o.
the hookah; you may conceive the state o
your unhappy stomach after the reception
of these remedies. Even without then
you generally suffer from severe ipdiges
tion; for, during the intoxlcation, the nat
ural hunger which the hashish produces
excites you to eat supper sufficient fo
two days with ordinary circumstances.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

UN1MpREGNATED EGGs.-There seema to
be sufficient evidence that eggs from hens
that do not have the cock, keep much
longer In a fresh condition than impregna-
ted eggs. Geyelin. 10 Flint edition Of
Poultry Breeding, says:
sThe shell OF the egg being porus, to ad-
init air to the chicken during the process
of incubation, allows also part of the liquid
to eyaporate. and the air TO permeate when
they are not used soon after being laid, anu
the air acting on the animal matter pro-
duees early decomposition and putrefac-
fsction. particularly so in formulated egg.
in which the germ is first deccmposed.
Clear eggs. the produce of hens who have
not been with cock, keep fresh much
longer. This can easily be exempted by
putting an old fecundated egg and an old
clear egg under hen whilst sitting. when
it will be found that after the twenty fret
day the fundated egg is putrid, and the
clear egg fit for use" - f
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE There is
great lamentation in Roxbury, Mass, over
the cutting down of an old elm on the
Warren estate 1t is supposed to be the
identical tree on which General Warren
hung his scythe when he left the bayfield,
for he battlefield. But the tree was de-
cayed. unsafe, and might tumble down any
day. aud hence the removal of the Warren
elm, though lamentable, was varrantable
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

A curious suit is ar sut to be tried be-
fore Memphis justice Of the peace. A
white man has q young bull pup. The pup
bit barefooted negro in the heel as he
was passing. The negro jumped, and two
of the pups teeth wer thereby extracted.
The negro sues the white man for allowing
the vicious dog to run at large. The white
man files cross-cut saw bill, and sues the
negro for having q heel tongh enough to
draw dogs teeth.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03
A REVEREND RASCAL.
Perhdy and Viilainy Of Meth odist
Preacher.


Holly Correspondence Detroit Free Press, Oct. Is.
One of the worst cases of crime that has
ever transpired in our midst, or, indeed,
that has ever come under my notice, is
that of a Methodist clergyman by the
name of Washington w. Welch, who is
now under arrest and examination before
Justice Baker, of this village, charged
with having committed rape upon the per-
son of Louisa j. Green, wife of Elder o.
III. p Green, of this township, also
clergyman of the Methodist persuasion,
and man of property and average stand
ing in community. As this matter is the
all-absorbing topic of conversation here
abouts, unusual publicity has already been
given to it, and there is no reason why the
facts as they ale alleged. or as they appear,
should not be legitimate matter for publi-
cation IN the journals of the day.
1t seems that the defendant, Welcn, met
and became acquainted with Elder Green
in Pennsylvania, where he, Welch. resided,
and being a man of some property, and
having ready money to invest. was induced
by Green to visit Holly for that purpose.
He came here some time last spring, be-
came acquainted With Elder Whitcomb,
then pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in this village. and divided his
time in visiting among them. 1t is stated
that he and Elder Green were associated in
certain business transactions, and Welch
himself claims that Green owes him So, 600.
When Welch left here on the 18th of Sep
tember last, he had, previous to that time,
been stopping for some time at Elder
| Green's house, about six miles from this
village, in the northwest part of the town,
and i. is alleged that the crime was com.
initted on the morning previous to his de-
parture. He left here ostensibly to attend
The Conference held at Grand Rapids, but
was arrested on Friday last by officer Ell
Sattles, of Pontiac. and Nj. NJ. Burnham,
Of this place. at White Pigeon, in the south
ern. part of the state. He was arraigned
last, and put in plea of not guilty.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-03

No STRONGER testimony could be given
than the following from the News" Ship
pensburg, Pa.
A WORD To THE AFFLICTED. desire
to bring to the notice of the afflicted as well
as to all persons who are anxious Of pre-
serving their health unimpaired, the mer-
ITS of Hoofand's German Bitters. This
medicine has been before the public for
many years. 1t has withstood all tests to
which patent medicines are exposed, and
instead of being driven out of the market
as most ofthem are, it has continued to
gain favor with the people, until it has be-
come the most popular medicine in the
country. Our observations as to the merits
of this Bitters. warrants as in recommend
ing it toall. 1t will invigorate the whole
system, giving tone and healthy action to
all its parts But more especially would
we recommend 1t to all persons afflicted
with Dyspepsia, most of cases of which we
believs it will speedily cure, if the direc-
iions accompanyingthe bottles be compiled
with. Try it at once. This bitters is en-
tirely free from all Alcoholic admixture.
Hoofiand's German Tonic is combina-
| ton of all the ingredients of the Bitters
with pure Santa Cruz Rum, orange, anise,
&C., making preparation Of rare medical
value. 1t is used for the same diseases a
the Bitters, in c .es where some Alcoholic
| Stimulus il necessary.