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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-27

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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
Big Horses.

The public have been advertised
that q number Of Pcrchcron stations
OF enormous weight have been re
Gently introduced into Illinois, and
as some of them may possibly be
brought to Wisconsin, it may be
well to examine into their general
character and comparative value.
The Pcrcheron is said to be near
ly or quite identical with the Nor
man, and the English dray horse,
though larger than the average of
the former III size, having been en-
couraged and developed in their
breeding. They are extensively
used in Europe rs dray horses for
which purpose they are chiefly val
liable. \ cross between horse of
smaller size and Il Pcrcheron mare
might be tolerated, and would doubt
less result very t;tvorably, while the
use OF a Pcrchcron horse in the case
of a small or moderate sized mare
would be violation Of the laws of
good breeding" repugnant to com
mon sense and probably result I'M
favorably if not fatally to the mare,
while the progeny will generally be
found to be a clumsy, ungainlv, loose
iointed animal of little value.
Several years ago an enormous
horse was brought into the eastern
part of this State, and patronized for
one season as a means of producing
a larger size stock. n considera-
bic number of the mares persisted,
while those that survived raised
colts not worth the powder requisite
to blow them up.
Extraordinary size is never desi-
rable i'll either domestic animals,
cheese or pumpkins, and while Go
liah, Tom Thumb, Daniel Lambert,
or a Percheron horse, being mon
strosltleS, may excite our wonder,
they fail to secure our admiration
or our approval We do not freeze
to them, and instinctively carry a
stick OF some sort upon opening an
acquaintance with them. \ noun
tain of horse-tiesh may be useful for
the slow movement Of 4 dray. and
may possibly become so for the
shamblcs when we shall have be-
come sufficiently Frenchiticd to pat
ronize horse beet, yet it is probable
well fattcned medium sized horse
would be prefcrable.-W. W. +. IN
Western Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16

THESE are days of gigantic mo-
nopolies. While we Americans are
rejoicing over the decay of the teu-
dial system in Europe, and the gen
eral distribution of land among the
people, by which the power of the
old landed proprictors on the conti-
nent has been cut down, we are
creating landlords here ut home,
more powerful than any in Europe
in the palmiest days of chivalry.
No English duke ever controlled as
much soil as the individual dircc-
tors in some of our railroad corpor-
ations. Yetthc pcrilous endowment
continues. The railroads keep gain
ing land and powex. Think of a
railroad corporation getting II grant
of land as large as the kingdom of
Prussia! Yet the grant oftcrritorv
to the Northern Pacific railroad
varies but a very few acres from the
amount Of territory owned by Prus-
sia.
The people of this country may
well be alarmed at such develop
ments as this. They demand that
Congress shall make no more land
grants to railroacs; and the demand
is the dictate of the plainest com
mon sense IHico0o Post
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
Hints to Farmers.

The Fat Contributor of the Gin
cinnati Times, contributes the fol-
lowing hints, which may not be OF
any use to our agricultural readers:
Now that winter is approaching,
it would perhaps be as well to dis
continue haying, and turn your at
tention to getting in your fall saw
logs. No farmer can consider his
fall work complete until he has his
cellar well supplied saw-logs. Seat
ed around the blazing hearth on a
winters night, there is no fruit more
delicious.
A correspondent asks us what we
think of late plowing. Flowing
should be discontinued later than
10 or II O'Clock at night. 1t gets
the horses in the habit Of staying
out late, and unduly exposes the
plow. We have known pIows to ac-
quire spring halt and inhamatory
rheumatism from late plowing.-
Don't do l..
To another correspondent who
us to suggest good drain on a
farm; we would say a heavy mort
gage at 10 per cent. will drain ii
about as rapidly as anything we
know Of.
When you make cider select moth
ing but the soundest turnips, chop
ping them into sled length before
cradling them. In boiling your ci-
der use plenty Of ice, and when boil
ed hang it up in the sun to dry.
A pick-axe should never be used
III picking apples. 1t has a tendcn-
cy to break down the vines and dam
age the hive.
In sowing sowing yonr winter APP
pie jack a gorsc-rake will be found
preferable to 4 step-ladder. Step
ladders are liable to freeze up, and
are hardly palatable unless boiled
in sugar.
In cutting down hemlock trees for
canning. select only the largest.
Don't throw away the chips, as they
make fine parlor ornaments, encascd
in rustic frames in salt and vine
gar.
The coming cold weather should
suggest to the humane farmer the
necessity of Il new cow-shed. The
following is a receipt for making a
good cow-shed: Pour a pailful of
boiling hot water on her back, and
if that don't make good cow-shed
her hair we arc no prophet, to
anybody.
Now is the time for planting your
winter hay. The pink-cyed South
down is probably the best variety,
as it don't need polling and begins
to lay early.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
A Worthy Example.

Gerrit Smith, in order to remove
the temptation and ruin Of liquor
selling, bought the only hotel in the
village Of Pcterboro, and changed
the bar-room into a reading room,
which he keeps beautifully supplied
with papers, at his own expense.
This is a practical way OF carrying
forward the work Of temperance,
and successful way, too. Young
men will have some place Of resort
some spot for evening association
and take the bar-room for the want
Of better. Had Mr.. Smith pur-
chased the hotel and shut it up, he
would have not accomplished the
end to be sought. 1t would have
been only driving the young men
out Of one customary haunt to seek
another, perhaps but little less OBJ
.iectionable; but by putting read
ing-room in place OF the barroom
and still leaving it open for the ac
customed evening gathering, he met
the demands Of the case fully; and
his act is both worthy Of great
praise and Of being copied by 9th
ers. AS friends of temperance, we
have something more to do than
simply to shut up dram-shops; we
are to open, in place Of dram shops,
places for an evenings entertain
ment, where yonng men can asso-
ciate together untempted by the
wine cup. To do away with saloons
and bar-rooms is but half the work
necessary to be done. Places for
free and easy socialitics must be
provided. What precise form or
character these should take is to be
determined only by further inycsti-
CATION and experiment.
Speaking Of Mr.. Smith, it may be
interesting to our readers to state
another of his noble deeds. Near
the hotel building are two snug little
cottages, standing side by side, each
with its garden. In these live two
sunny faced women, though silver
haired, wrinklcd and old-"Aunt
Betsy" and "Aunt Laura" as they
are lovingly called-one of whom
was housekecpcr in Mr.. Smiths
family for more than forty years,
and the other nurse to all his chill
dren. In their old age they are not
forgotten, but tenderly cared for, by
him whom they have SO faithfully
served. Nothing can be more beau
tiful thaA the tender care on the one
side, and the reverence and love on
the other. 1t is a setting of a beau
tlful picture Of true life, lived with
true a"ection.-Patiot.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
Taste in Dress,

We have plenty of flippant denun
ciations of fine clothes, and an ahun-
dance Of grave animadvcrsions on
the sin and folly Of extravaganza in
apparel, but scarcely an essay can
be found touching the aesthetics and
morale of dress, as constituting a
study worthy to be ranked among
the fine arts, not less than architect
urc, music and sculpture. 1t was an
observation of Lavater, that persons
habitually attentive to dress. dis
play the same regularity in their do
mestlc affairs. Young women"
says he, "who neglect their toilet,
and manifest little concern about
their apparel, indicate, i'll this very
particular, Il disregard of order; a
mind but little adapted to the de-
tails of housekeeping: a deficiency
of taste and of qualities that inspire
love. The girl Of eighteen who de-
sires not to please, will be aslut and
Il shrew at twentytivc." 1t is u
great HllStdht III W OIiitl 10 suppose
that they may throw off all care
about dress with their celibacy, as
if husbands had less taste than suit
ors: or as if wives had less need
than mistresses of the advantage of
elegant and tasteful apparel. An
old writer says, with a heavy en-
phasis: at is one of the moral du-
ties of every married woman to ap-
pear well dressed in the presence of
her husband" 10 effect this, how
ever, expensive attire is by no means
essential. The simplest robe may
cvincc the wearer's taste as truly as
the most costly gown of moire an
tiquc. But how rare quality is
good taste! In the mere matter Of
propriety and harmony of colors,
there is room for treatise which
has yet to be written by some one
thoroughly proficient in the 1sthet-
les of dress. Even the simpler laws,
though pretty generally understood,
are constantly neglected.-J. q.
ISfrf.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
TOpha1n, the Strong Man.

Thomas Topham, the "strong
man," was born in London, in 1910,
and was bred carpenter, and after
wards ''travclcd on his muscle"
He was a quiet, peaceful man, of
middle size and weight, made like
other men, except the usual cavities
under the arms and hands were, in
his case, filled with muscles. The
wonderful stories Of his teats are
well authenticated.
He could hold under perfect re
straint, and with ease to himself, the
strongest horse. He lifted Il table
six feet long, with fifty pounds on the
end of it, with his teeth, and held it
in horizontal position considera-
bic time. He rolled up a pewter
dish weighing seven pounds, with
as much apparent ease as the reader
would piece of paper. He held =
pewter quart pot ut arms length
and squeezed the sides together like
an eggshell.
He lifted two hundred pounds
with his little finger and waved it
gently around his head. He lifted
Mr.. Chambers, 4 clergyman, who
must have lived on the fat of the
land, for he weighed three hundred
and sevcnty-eight pounds, with one
hand, Mr.. Chambers head being
placed on one chair and his feet ON
another. At a blow he struck a
round bar of iron, one inch in diam
eter, against his naked arm, and
bent it like a bow.
One night, observing watchman
asleep in his Matchbox, he picked
up box and watchman, carrying the
load with the greatest ease, and
dropped them over the wall into
Tindale burying ground.
A butcher once passed a
window at which Topman was sit
ting. He stopped down and took
half an OK from the fellows should
ers with so much ease and deXterity
that the man swore that the devil
had flown away with the beef.
At a race man insisted on driv-
ing on the track; so Topman took
hold of the tail Of the cart and drew
it gently back, the driver whipping
the horse like madman all the time
When he kept a public house two
men were determined to fight him:
so, to satisfy them, he seized them
by the nape of their nccks and
knocked their heads together till he
knocked all the tight ont of them.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
CORN SONG.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.


Heap high the farmers winter hoard!
Heap high the golden corn;
No richer gift has Autumn poured
From out her lavished horn!
Let other lands, exulting, CLEAN
The apple from the pine;
The orange from its glossy green,
The cluster from the vine.
We better love the hardy gift
Our rugged wales bcstow,
TO cheer us when the storm shall drift
Our harvest fields with snow.
Through wales of grass and flowers,
Our plows their furrOws made,
While on the hills the sun and showers
OF changful April played.
We dropped the seed DER hill and plain,
Beneath the sun of May,
And frightened from our sprouting grain
The robbing crows away.
All through the long bright days Of June,
Its leaves grew bright and fair,
And waved in hot midsummer noon,
Its soft and yellow hair.
And now with Autumn's moOnit eyes,
Its harvest time is come.
We pluck away its frosty leaves,
And bear its treasures home.
Then richer than the fabled gifts
Apollo showercd of old,
Fair hands the broken grains shall sift,
And kncad its meal of gold.
Let vapid idlers loll in silk,
Around the costly board;
Give us the bowl and samp and milk,
By homespun beauty poured.
Then shame on all the proud and vain,
Whose folly laughs to scorn
The blessings of our hardy grain;
Our wealth of golden corn.
Let earth withhold her goodly root;
Let mildew blight the rye:
Give to the worm the orchards fruit,
And wheat fields to the fly.
But let the good old corn adorn
The hills our fathers trod;
Still let us for His golden corn
Send up our thanks to God.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
IOWA, FRIDAY, DECEN
The Lost MAJ, OF the Yellowstone.

L. w. Langhorne writes from
Boxeman, October 90, to the Helc
ma (Montana) Herald:
"Since nv last to you, Mr.. Evcr'
has arrived in Bozeman, and have
had several interviews with him
AS his many friends will peruse
with interest anything connected
with his loss and recovery, l will
endeavor to relate, as near as | can.
some few incidents of his life,
thoughts, and feelings during those
terrible days when he wandered
over the mourtainor country so lit
tie known to man. During the ter
rible storm which prevailed few
days after he was lost, he remained
near some warm springs, and at
night slept on the incrustation
formed between two of the group,
with his head near one and his feet
close to another, his body resting
on the formation between. Where
his hip lay it broke through, and he
was severely scalded. He remained
twelve days without a fire, subsist-
ing ON the roots of the thistle, and a
few small fish caught with his hands
and handkerchief. He boiled the
roots in the hot water of one Of the
springs and then grecdily ale them.
He was unfortunate in losing both
his pocket and butcher knives, Eut
after he resumed his journey he was
fortunate to find fork at Cne of the
camps that had been occupied by
his comrades, which proved of
great service; also a yeast-powder
box, which he jocularly calls his
camp kettle He went all the way
round the lake and part way down
Snake river, and then rctraccd his
steps, endcavoring to reach Bottel-
er's ranch, on the Yellowstone. He
would have accomplished the trip
successfully, but lost several days
in getting on the trail. Had it con
tinucd warm, he thinks he could
have reached there in four more
days. AS it was, however, he does
not think he could have lived anoth-
er night.
Mr.. Barnett says he killed a
mountain lion near where he found
Mr.. Everts, and thinks the beast
was on his path. His account Of
his finding differs somewhat from
Mr.. Barnett's, as he thinks Mr..
Barnett did not see him until he
was quite near; but | think Mr.. +.
may be mistaken as to whether Mr..
B. saw him as described. He does
not admit of the idea that he was
deprived of sound mind, but at the
same time tancied that he had plcn-
ty Of company; he thought his right
leg was one man, his left lee anoth-
er, his arms two others, and his
stomach 4 tifthl.; thought they were
good fellows, and was sorry he
could not give them all they wanted
to eat. He WAS surprised that when
thistles were to be dug, fires made,
wood brought and meals cooked,
they would not help him. Every
thing he ate tasted good except
grasshoppcrs. His stomach had
not been educated up to that point.
He frequently ate fish raw and cs-
tecmcd them dclicious; caught one
snowbird and had rare meal;
chased a toad two days, but without
capturing it. In his dreams he used
to cook some of the most delicious
meals he ever ate in his life 1t is a
great pleasure to hear him talk, and
he tells you 50 many little incidents
that YOU cannot remember one-half
of them.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
A Sunlav n1. f1un Sinnn an inni i ont

A Sunday or two since an incident
occurred in an Episcopal chapel,
which had the scene been elsewhere,
would have evoked considerable
merriment. The incumbent had
commenced his discourse, when 4
gentleman entered the chapel and
stood respectfully and attentivcly
listening inside the door. No soon
er had the preachers eye lighted
on the new conner, than, dropping
the thread of his sermon, he said to
him, "Comc in, my friend, come in;
we are always glad to see those
here late who can't come early"
Thus addressed, the unknown indi-
vidual stepped forward and coolly
took his seat, and then us coolly
asked the preacher: "Would you
obligc me with the text" Ser
tainly,' was the reply, and the re-
quest having been complied with,
the sermon proceeded.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
kalky,1ashuns Eot.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

When yu see Il flok Of geese all
standing on one leg, except the gan
der, and he chawing hiz cud, look
out for a southwest wind tew-mor.
row, or the next day, or the day af
ter that, or at sum fewter time
Whenever dogs are seen travelling
around with nothing to do, and old
maids refuse their tea, and hop vines
wont klimb, and grind stones wont
grind, then yu may eXpcxt lite
crop ov oats, and beans wont pay
| for harvesting.
Wanted-Wanted several fust-
class yung men with mustash, tew
hang around vestivules ov different
churches in amerika and stare at
females as they pass out. Yung
men who understand the use Of to-
bacco preferred No yung man ac-
cepted who cant stare the brass
buttons oph of a military coat at
twenty PAGES. This IL rare chanc
for ynng men ot,rcal genus. Salary
payable weekly. References ex-
changed.
1t IL human to err but devilish to
brag on it,
A gentleman IL gentleman the
world over; it IL only the loafers
that differ.
TO lern dog to foller well, tie
him to the hind end of an express
train.
Tcw cit rid ov cockroaehes, sell
yure house and lot and flee tew the
mountains.
A dog IL the only thing on this
earth that luys you better than he
luvs himself.
Opinyuns are like turnips, worth
what they will fetch.
When you find man who liz very
soIisitus about the welfare oy every
body VI kan safely put him down az
one who liz hunting for 4 misfortune.
Gravity iz no more postiif evil
dcncc ov wisdum than paper col
lar iz ov shirt.
Every time man laffS he takes 4
kink out ov the chain ov life, and
thus lengthens it.
l don't kno ov anything more re-
morseless on the face ov the earth
than 7 per cent. interest.
Three skore years and ten is
mans turlo, and it IL enuh-ifa man
kant suffer all the mizerv he wants
in that time he must be numb.
Whenever minister haz preach
sermon that pleazes the whole
congregation, he probably haz
preached one that the Lord wont
endorse.
SeNrciS are kussed poor property
emmy how; if yu cirkelate them yu
loze them, and if yu keep them yu
loZc the interest on the investment.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16

The Maine Board Of Agriculture
are authorized to specify to what
purpose one half Of the State aid to
County Agricultural Societies shall
be supplied. 1t is decided that one
fourth should be expended in estab-
fishing and supporting Farmers
Clubs, and one-tourth in premiums
to encourage wheat growing. AS
a consequence, says correspondent
of the country Gentleman, the num-
Der Of Farmers Clubs has very
greatly increased, and four times as
much wheat was grown in the State
in 1870 as in any two OF the preccd-
ing ten wears.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16

An eastern exchange remarks that
it is common opinion held by
many intelligent farmers, that the
seeds of pumpkins are diuretie, and
consequently diminish the milk of
cows. The experiment is easily
tried, by setting apart two animals
which give as nearly rs may be the
same quantity of milk, and feeding
one with seeds in the pumpkins and
the other with the seeds taken out,
for one week, and measuring the re-
suits daily. fla single experiment
is insufficient or unsatisfactory, il
should be extended, repeated, OF
varied.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16
TRIALS or THE YOUNGEST Boy OF

klAl.S OF IHE OF INCEST DOY OF
THE FAMILy.-'He's only a boy, he
can 90, or he can do or he can wait, )"
was always the award otmy sisters.
My individual pursuits and my own
little stock of interests were of
course of no account. | was re
1uired to be in perfectly flee, and
disengagcd state of mind, and ready
to drop everything at Il moment's
warming from any of my halt-dozcn
seniors. ''Here Hal. run down Gel
lar and get me dozen apples" my
brother would say Just as had
half built a block house. Harry run
up stairs and get the book | left on
the bed--Ilarry, run out to the barn
and get the rake l left there-Here
Harry, carry this up garrct-Ilarry
run out to the tool shop and get that
were sounds constantly occurring
breaking up my private cherished
little enterprises Of building cob
houses, making mill dams and
bridges, or loading carriages, or
driving horses. Where is the ma
ture Christian who could bear with
patience the Interruptions and cross
es III his daily schemes, that beset
4 boy! Then there were for me dire
notifications and bitter disappoint-
mcnts. If any company came and
the family board was filled and the
cake and preserves brought out, and
gay conversation made my heart
bound with special longings to be
in at the fun, | heard them say, "No
need to set 4 plate for Harry-he
can Just as well wait till after" l
can recollect many serious depri-
yation Of mature life, that did not
bring such bitterness of soul as that
sentence of exclusion. Then, when
my sisters admirer, jim Fellows,
was expected, and the best parlor
fire lighted, and the hearth swept,
how l longed to sit up and hear his
funny stories, how | hid in dark
corners, and lay off in shadowy
places, hoping to escape notice and
so avoid the activity OF the domestic
police. But no, 'Mamma, mustn't
Harry 60 to bcd?' was the busy
cry of my sister, dcsirous to have
the deck cleared for action, and the
surperfuous members disposed of.
Ny Wife and I, By Mrs Store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16

The report of the United States
Department of Agriculture comes
to the startling conclusion that such
is the wholesale destruction Of
American forests, there will be an
actual famine for wood in this coun-
try in thirty years, unless immediate
measures are taken to supply their
places by new plantations. 1t is
estimated that from 1850 to 1860,
20,OOO,OO0 acres Of timber land were
brought under cultivation, and that
in the present decade no less than a
hundred million will be so reclaim
ed. We see but one remedy for
this:-Let the Government offer
large primiums for the cultivation
of forests.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-16

The suggestion has been made,
in view of the high prices ofbutter,
that some one sh Ill devise a good
vegetable oil which may take the
place, upon the table, Of that pro
duet of the churn. Why not? In
some parts Of the South, during the
war. where cows were as scarce as
white swans, peanut oil was used
instead of butter, and it was very
palatable. In point Of nutrimcnt
oil is the superior Of butter.