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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
ABOUT FAIRS.

We find a very sensible article on
agricultural fairs in the Crawford
vile (Indiana) Journal. The editor
pleads for improvement in these an
nual exhibitions, and cites some feat
ures which could be greatly improv-
ed; be thinks it silly to offer pre-
MUM for the best bushel OF potatoes
or corn, as any farmer can pick out
bushel of big potatoes or large ears
of corn, from an average crop. lie
ks, why shouldn't the premium be
given to the man who will raise the
greatest quantity of any given varie,
ty, from given quantity of ground.
Who can tell the difference between
two bushels Of potatoes when they
are both Just alike :? There is no
merit whatever in being able to
pick bushel Of good potatoes ont of
a ten acre patch. But to produce
potatoes at the rate of eight hundred
bushels to the acre, requires skill and
Judgment. Skill is what ought to be
encouraged-not mere power OF pick
ING good articles from heap,-apy-
BODY can do that. So with corn and
wheat. The premium should be CIV
en- to the man whose skill and indus
try produced the most of good,
merchantable quality from a given
quantity of ground, and then there
are no hard feelings about the award.
It is decided by the scales, and not
rar,ialities, whims and prejudices of
men. And by the way, there should
be some method Of deciding all cases,
as far as possible by weight or meas
urement, or both together. All would
then would be obliged to be satisfied
with the decision. There no grounds
for complaint. Instead of giving the
premium to the best hog, let it be
piveu to the man who will produce
The most pork from given quantity
of grain, potatoes, etc. Let the per-
sons competing select their own hogs,
the kind of feed, and the method OF
feeding it, whether cooked or raw.
# a premium is offered for the best
draft horse, let them pull tor it. The
best draft horse is the one that can
null the most, just as the best race
horse is the one that can run the
fastest. The best mich COW is
the one that gives the most good;
rich milk, and makes the most butter.
Our Fair men should put their wits
to work to bring out the resources Of
our country to the greatest degree,
and induce general competitor
among the people for premiums. Pro
gress-improvement-shouldb be their
motto.-Ioar0 Homestead.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
An accurate farmer has furnished

An accurate farmer has furnished
a statement OF his experiments with
feeding cut feed and meal to his
horse, accompanied with weighing
end measuring. He cuts out straw
about an inch long with rawbide
cylinder machine, and this chopped
straw is then treated with corn meal
and bran mixed in about equal qanti.
ties as to weight, so that each horse
has about a bushel of cut feed, and
three quarts of the meal and bran,
twice in each day. Sometimes hay
is cut instead of oat straw, or both
are mixed. 1t is found that 200
pounds per week of this mixture OF
corn meal and bran, added to the
cut feed will keep a pair Of working
horses in the best condition. This
he is satisfied from experiment, is
less than tive thirds the cost of keep
ing them on uncut dry hay and whole
grain. The corn meal alone is not
so good for horses, as when diluted
with bran. An excellent meal is
made of ground oats. The fodder is
cut by horse power, on stormy or
spare days, and stored in large bins
so to furnish always a suplus on hand.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
Training Horses to be Safe.

1t is easy TO train horse not to
be dangerous. 1t is easy, but it re-
quires patience and good sene in the
trainer, and good sense in the colt
too, Some colts are natural fools and
can never have sense trained into
them. It's not at all difficult to train
a young horse to be gentle and quiet
under almost any circumstances and
if something unusual should territy
him, he would run to his master SOON
er than run away from him. A horse
properly trained will always look to
the rider or driver in the time of fright,
for protection; and instead Of kick
ing and tearing everything pieces,
when scared, he will, when he sees
you standing by him, and feels your
hand on his head or on the rein, put
his trust in you, as his only hope in
time of danger:
This was often illustrated during
the war. All who served in the cav
airy or artillery force have seen how
terribly frightened a horse appeared
the moment the rider tumbled from
the saddle. 1t mattered not how
loud the thunder of the guns roared
in the battle, nor how great the con-
fusion in the hour of deadly strife
the horse seemed unconscious Of dan
ger until left alone, without rider or
attendant. The moment the riders
hold was released and the steed found
himself separated from the one he
was trained to regard as his prctec-
tor, that moment he became furiously
wild, and would begin to neigh and
run in every direction, oftentlmes
pressing into the group in the front
rank, seeming to find comfort by rub
bling his sides against the legs OF the
riders of other horses:
Every farmer who raises colts,
could, with a little care, make them
familiar with the saddle and harness
on their back or under their belley,
and also teach them to hold back
carriage on down hill grade, by
bracing their hips againstit. A horse
taught In that way, will not be scared
if the rotten breast-strap should give
way or the pole break, and let the car
riage against him.
Educated horses will always be
saleable and bring a paying price. A
really serviceable and valuable horse
is seldom seen on the maj ket, in any
of the large cities. Those that are
free from blemish are generally un-
educated, and as dangerous at times
as if they had never been hitched to
a carriage. Farmers can raise colts
that will pay well, by giving some
attention to educating them tor the
various purposes horses are used for.
-Rural World.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17

A WAY TO PURIFY C1srERN WA
rER.-Wsrd Billiard, of Weybridge,
Vermont, gave the following as:
in his opinion, the best method OF
keeping the contents of a cistern from
stagnating and becoming offensive !:
Let the spout RIM to the bottom Of
the cistern. You will then have new
water every time it rains. The old
water will be buoyed or borne up and
thrown off. Sometimes single rain
will throw off all the old water and
give entirely new. If you have any
doubt Of this, fill pail with water,
run tube to the bottom Of it and
by means of a funnel turn more wat
er into it by way of the tube, and you
will see that the water you turn into
the tube will 60 to the bottom Of the
pail, and the water you put in first
will be thrown off.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
How to Get and Keep Good Farm
Helm.

The complaint of the want of good
help il very general, If not unniver-
sal. Mike hires out tor six months at
$50 a month and board, and works
we'll until haying time, when he hears
that Pat is getting So day at neigh
boris. He gets uneasy and quits. As
consequence he is out of work in the
fall and winter, and barely gets
enough to pay Lis board. The far
mer has to get new man in the place
of Mike, on such terms as he can.
We have several suggestions to make
to parties wishing good help on the
farm. Hire by the year. There is
nothing so much needed on the farm
as more labor With that we can
make more manure, and more manure
means larger crops, better dividends,
and capacity to keep more cattle.
There is no difficulty in keeping three
or four men busy the year round,
upon 2Oo-acre farm, and if we have
faith in our business, in finding mon
ey to pay them. tits better for hired
men to keep constantly employed,
and better for their families. Take
an interest in their welfare, and build
cottages for them near the farm, or
upon it. Encourage them to save
something of their earnings to buy a
home with. Men with families make
the best laborers, and are most con-
tented. Take an interest in their fami-
lies see that the children 60 to school
and when the boys are big enough,
see that they have chance to work
and earn money for themselves. Help
your help, and, as rule, they will
help you. They will see that their
interests are identified with yours.
Treat them as strangers or brutes,
and they will leciprocate your inciv-
lilies. Even COW will not give down
under the cudgel.-America" Agri-
cuLuralist.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
4 word about Fair Grounds.

One great expense Of fair grounds
is the cost of making and keeping
the outside fence in repair. To save
this cost, the first thing should be the
planting of hedge for this purpose.
The next thing in order is shelter
helt entirely around the grounds, not
less than four rods in width; this
I~iil serve the double purpose of a
shelter from the wind, but a more
admirable picnic ground for families
lin attendance. No doubt much is
due to this feature at the St. Louis
Fair, we're one may see thousands Of
families taking their dinner under the
Numerous shade trees. In case of a
windy day, these belts are a great
comfort, keeping off the cold. and
preventing the wind from kicking up
a dust. After the belt is planted,
clumps of deciduous and evergreen
trees should be planted. But what
bs of as much or more Importance
than the planting is the culture of
LHGSC lICeS 1OI loul vi HNC NNIi
The planting of trees in the turf is of
no use whatever, as every tree planter
ought to know. Such a lesson in
tree-planting as above proposed
would be of value to the country, as
well as to strangers visiting the
grounds. Then, again, a fair ground
$50 near the center of population
would at all times be available for a
public drive, and, instead of being
used for week each year would be
a source of pleasure to the citizens
tor all of the Spring, Summer, and
Autumn mouths.
The State Agricultural Society
should offer premium of $500 for
the best plan of improving County
Fair Grounds.-"Rural." in Chicago
Tribune.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
Corn Shrinkage.

A writer in the Davenport Gazette
says: In November, 1867, receiv
ed as my share of the crop of one
Of my tenants, two hundred bushels
of corn, then selling in Davenport at
forty cents per bushel. The corn
was put in weli-protected crib, and
was in excellent condition when sold.
1 have just had it hauled to town and
sold at seventy cents per bushel. The
total present weight is exactly one
hundred and fifty-two bushels, show
ing shrinkage Of forty-eight bushels,
or twenty-four per cent. discount from
the original amount. There was no
unusual exposure to rats, bad wealth
err etc., the corn was first quality, and
l think the experiment was in all re-
poets a fair test of the profit and loss
Of holding over.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
GRAss FOR BEDDING Hoes

GRASS FOR BEDDING HoGs.-A
writer in the Western Rural says =
"A good supply of grass for breed
ers is of untold value. They should
be put on pasture two or three weeks
before breeding time, as it increases
the milk greatly. Breeders, on a
good supply Of grass, with some corn,
will not only retain their flesh, but
grow continually, and be easily fat
tened in the fall or winter, while the
pigs will be large and healthy, and
their growth will not be checked du-
ring the winter. If breeders, with
their pigs, arc confined in small yards
during the summer, and fed on grain
alone, it will take two Of the former
to make shadow in the fall, while
the latter will be small and poor, and
60 into winter quarters good subjects
for food"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17

Every man who has mich cows
Should endeavor to be sure that they
lre not run or worried by the boy
|wbo drives them to and from the
! milk yard. Very few dogs are fit to
! 5e used for this purpose. Both the
|,uantity and quality of the milk are
Effected by improper driving.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
A writer in the CO,tutru Gentle1sn,,

A writer in the Country Gentleman
says: l raise a few strawberries on
my place, and have found it rather
fatiguing work to clip the runners
where l raise them in hills. So
went to work and made an Imple-
mcnt thus: purchased a common
choppiug- knife, such as women have
in Kitchens, and inserted the same in
an old rake handle, which finished
the machine. The advantage OF
this, over shears, is you can stand
erect while at work, and cut about
in any direction as far as the instru.
ment will reach, the knife being
rounding.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
A Proposition q the Ladies'.

We propose to show better assortment Of
Hoop Skirts, Hosiery and Corssts and at cheap.
or prices than were ever before offered in indie
pendence, allowing tho ladies to be the judges.
First door wost Of Montour House.
TURNER 4 MELLISU,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in
IN terested, that on the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1869, the undersigned was appoints
ed by the Circuit Court of Buchanan County,
Iowa, Administrator Of the Estate of Lewis
Morgan, deceased, late of said county. All
persons indebted to said Estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned, and those having
claims against the same will present them To-
gally authenticated to said Court for allowance.
J. c. NEEDY, Admir-.
Dated Sept. Is, 1869. l2>4w
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-17

Alcohol.
For Medicinal, Mechanical, Culiuaty, and
saeramental purposes only, cen be purchased
there.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-26

THE NEW FIFTEEN CENT NOTES.-The
United States Treasury has issued but Q
small amount of the new fifteen cent
notes as yet, and as our readers have
not seen them, perhaps, we give de-
scription of one shown US by w. F
Goodwin. of the Mcclure House. They
bear some resemblance to the new ten
cent note, though they are nearly an
inch longer. Ia the left hand upper
corner is fine vignette of the head OF
the Goddess Of Liberty, with head
dress something like that on the bronze
figure surmouuting the Capitol dome.
This is surrounded by wreath with the
fasces at the base. In the right hand
hand upper corner are the figures 10
legibly printed. The face bears the
words, Fractional Currency, United
States, fifteen cents; furnished only by
the Assistant Treasurers and designated
repositories of the United States" In
the lower margin are the words, "Na-
tonal Bank Note Company, New York"
The back is green, and has the figures
Il, while the usual conditions of ex-
change for larger United States notes
are printed with two segments of cir
Gle, nearly enclosing blank space, in
stead of being printed ia the middle OF
a circular space, as on the other notes.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-26


LIVELY TIMES.-Things were pretty
lively round the city on Saturday night
and the calaboose received some six or
eight illustrious dodgers. As we gazed
upon their fairy forms stretched out on
the benches of the cells, we could not
but think that if there were no trans
there would be no SIeepers.
One party, on Market street, express
ed his desire so tickle the heart, liver
and other internal arrangements of an
other party with knife he had. We
have grave doubts whether such tic11ne
would prove beneficial to ticker or tt
tiCkelee.
Billy Carney got in too much benzlne
and, armed with dray-pin, he made
times pretty lively in the ighborhooe
of Fulton and John streets, East Wheel
ing After smashing in door or two
and soaring two or three families hal
to death, he felt too much exhausted
for further amusement, and went to hi
bed like nice little man.
Others of them were shouting at 9 o.
o'clock, 1--WE won't go home till morn
ing" and they haven't gone home yet
Judge Goods permission will be neces
sary before they go.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-26

A GROwL.-We told our readers the
other day how i'll we were. We haven't
got over it. We are as cross as a bear
with sore head-yes, as several bears
with several sore heads. We amt used
to being sick, and we don't like it as lar
as we have got. If we felt that it were
absolutely necessary for teaching the
present and all future generations the
sublimity of patience under suffering
we might be content TO endure three
moro days like the three last. Nothing
but n feeling that it would be our duty
to make a sublime spectacle of ourself
under such a condition of affairs, would
prevent US from making our quietus
with bare bodkin, knitting needle
sabre, bowie-knife, pistol, gun, poke
cannon, or some other deadly engine
4 hundred FOUNDER Parrot guu would
be our selection, for then We could heal
a good report of our own death. WI
didn't want to be walking round thi:
way looking like chap who was keep
ing out of the grave merely to save fu
neral expenses. We haven't time to &c
to bed and have fair and square "ras
sic" with sickness like other folks. Sc
this foolishness has got to be stopped
Anyhow, we musts ask our readers tc
bear with our shortcomings until W,
have taken the pound or two of blue
mass, aquafortis, nox vomica and ASA
i@tida we are to take to fix us up Al
right again. Fully satisfied they viii
0o It, We remain theirs, exactly.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-26
A SMART TRIck-How7 TIE BOYS

!. A SMART 7TRIcK-How TIE BOYS
WERE wa ECAuGaT.-There was considerable
interest manifested by our citizens II
the game of base ball to have beer
MAYED in Pittsburgh on Saturday be
tween the Atlantics, of that city, ano
the Battles, of Wheeling, and a GOOD
many inquiries were made at our of1oe
if anything had been heard from 1T
About 6 o'clock news came that 1t mad
rained there all Saturday afternoon and
conseo uently but one inning was played
When aIl the persons about our Office
had gone to supper some persons, mean
enough to steal the aeorns from blind
SOW, pasted the following dispatch on
the door post of the REGISTER counting
room:
y. 6P. NJ. July "a, 1869.
To Thos. NJ. Darrah, Wheeling, ". Va:
Game closed. ca Seven innings played.
Score, Battles (2s) twenty-eight, Attain
tics (2O twenty. Brosier pitched.
T. s. ACHEsoN.
Satisfied that the dispatch was bogus
because we had every reason to believe
our first information correct, and also
because it was written on the blank
form used for sending and not that used
for receiving telegraph dispatches, we
determined to detect the youths who
would commit so fragrant forgery,
and then use newspaper Office, where
it is always expected to find authentic
news, to give currency to the lie. We
had bulletin prepared and posted and
then sat down in the doorway to watch
the faces of those who came up to read
it. In about ten minutes, two young
men came up, whose movements salts
fed us we had the clue we sought. The
moment they left the dispatch was
taken down. Yesterday we made other
and further inquiries and are satisfied
that we now know who prepared the
bogus dispatch. We at first thought to
give their names to the public, but with
hold them, and will give them and the
dispatch to the Battles on their return
home to-day. The boys thought they
were playing a smart game, and per-
haps it was. The next time play one
they must find some other place than
our Office to bulletin their efforts, or
they 'uiN hear it thunder.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-26
TueSday, the I7th Day OF Au-
gust, 1863,

,.A.rsa,,sr from day to day until completed
ana ,h.,r Zach day al eleven o'clock, A NJ.
,,',III1 auction upon the land 10 be sold
SCI. -; ~. nIintafiou OF estate mentioned IN th'
tle III, DI,,s. of the will OF Moses Shepherd dc
uu.LI IN divisions los and coal fields as specl
.t1 I'N ,E. rrpur. and plat OF James Gllchrlst
.,,-,svor ON ri.e m said SUIT
'"ITEBNS-Each purchaser TO pay IN hano no.
- ana, fourth of the money due upon Ms
ts' "a '-. hrf 70 have the privilege TO pay IN
III any Greater proportion or the whole there
maui ~ Inc rr.idue, ii any 10 be paid in three
% ,r.' ,lu,rnts bearing interest from the DAY
..,i and rayablc respectively in six, twelve
W .,.,Ffe-n months thereafter bond and SO
a- IN the satisfaction OF the commissioners
.-'1.! Zen for the deferred instruments, snG
nj "a be retained rs further SECURITY until
P"ffIS-. trboI. tract contains ABOUT I've hundred
- twenty-five acres, and IL situated 10 OmC
AD- W.; Virginia. along the Cumbel land
- ii.,rnsrt railroad and Wheeling creek
.'o., hy rbr cumberland road about SIX miles
en- Wheeling. A plat of the divisions, lots
nd coal frlls may be seen at the BANK o'
W..,,'r, and also at the Clerks office OF the
Int tonr'oi ohio county.
DANIEL LAMB,
DANIEL G.. LIST,
Commissioners.
.g.Hs-4Wa
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-26
Saturday. the 9th day Of July
A ID. 1869,

4, r.,. front door OF the Court House Of Ohio
lggr.. state OF West Virginia, at 10 o'clock a.
II proceed 20 sell At public auction, to the high;
- and best bidder the following described real
estate situate IN the said county of Ohio, that Is
10 ,..y. Two certain half lots or parcels OF lanI
situate ou Coal street, on the iarm OF Joseph
Caldwell deceased known and designated on
thrplat a. the south half OF lot numbered forty.
uz aiU az rhr north half OF lot numbered forty
nv, ttn sch half lot containing twenty-five
90 Goa. street ami running back one hun
Jr,d lr,' -:- The same two hall let's Whlch
were conveyed 90 stephen Ralph and the said
Philip Ralph by Joseph Caldwell and wife by
deed dated ,le "a day OF November A. d. l,j2,
recorded iu .Gc Recorders Office of Ohio county
20 1rr! book No - tulius % and !, (the right
oimu.u. aud digging for coal ON said half lots
Bee ~ reserved TO said Caldwell and his heirs)
Terms OF ~llr Cash.
GEORGE w. JEFFERS,
u.gItd Special Commissioner.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-26
NITED.
4 MARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING

4 NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.
While little boy about ten years of
age, named McAdams, whose parents
live in East Wheeling was bathing in
the river with several companions he
was taken with fit and sank twice be-
heath the water, when he was caught
by little hero, not bigger than him
self and kept from drowning until a
man went in and got him out. We are
sorry we could not learn the name of
the brave lad who 50 nobly saved his
playmate. The half-drowned lad was
taken to his home in an express wagon,
and was yesterday nearly, if not quite
recovered.