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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12
DR.. Bodeii's Medicines.
FARMERS AND OWNERS OF HOR.
SEES LOOK TO YOUR INTERESTS.

rT,HIS is to certify, that we have used DR.. R.
i W. Bodell's Horse Medicines for several
years. and can SAT ~ add our testimony to their
! merits. We chce.tuily recommend them to the
public containing more medicinal virtues
than any other we have ever used and can war
rant his Condition Powders to be the best the
market affords.
J McG0wen, Hearv Swartzel,
S Pearsall. & Newell,
II Markham, N D W Talley,
David Guthrie Samuel Caskey,
Thomas Digg ms, W Eddie,
L Singer, l. J Dunlap.
Curtis Morgan, John Merrill,
J Neidy. James Bcdiuger,
d Hastings, NJ d L W Hastings, Druggist
Mart Kuhn, A Crooks.
Chas E Kent.
This is to certify. that |, George Rice, of
QuaS9ucton. Iowa, have been troubled with
pain in the Breast and Lungs for some time
and could not get anything to he'll me until l
was induced to try Dr.. BodclI's Challenge Lin
iment. which entirely cured me with three APP
plieations ! oan recommend it to the public
as being one Of the hest ms icncs for man or
beast in use. | have known Dr. Bodell for
several years. and can recommend him as
skillful Veterinary Surgeon,
GEORGE RICE
This is to certify that l. VIM Manson. of
Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa. have had
a my leg for some time, and have tried
all the physicians to get cured but failed until
1 tried DR.. Bodell's All Healing Ointment.
which cured it up sound and well. | think it
is the best ointment for beast l ever
saw: WIN. MANSON.
This is to certify that !, John Canedy, of
Winthrop, Buchanan County, Iowa, had my
feet frozen the winter of lS6S-69 until they
were perfectly black, and by using DR.. Bodelfs
All Healing Ointment have cured them. have
known it used il ngmber Of eases with sue
cess JOHN CANEDY
I, Edward Mesjar. have used Dr.. Bcdcl's
All ieshn. Ointment sol wogld not hr with
out it at twice ii. cos, + M0rIER
We, the undersigned, arc personally ae-
quanted with the above named citizens Of
Buchanan Co.. Iowa. and they among the
best men in the County.
JED LAKE.
J. II. CAMPBELL. Asst. Assessor.
Il. b. OLDER ex- Go. Treasurer.
J. A. DAVIS. Sheriff.
ID. L. SMITH. Clerk D. c.
EDWARD BREW Err, ex -Cl'k D. C.
25-tf1 JOHN H0LLETT. Recorder
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12
TIE SLUhTLOM.

Continued wet weather during and afte
harvest. made il impossible 70 secure the crops
in good order. The light yield, interiorqual.
ity, md remarkable low price at which it wa
forced upon the mark"t, paid very lit lie mort
than the actual expense of harvesting. Tht
cor sequences are, farmers generally cannot
meet their promises 70 pay disappointment
is chiselpd upon every countenance. The
manufacturer who having built their ma
chimes on credit SO ! them to the dealer on
credit, and the dealer in turn sold 10 The far
mers on credit. The farmer relying solely
upon boun,iful harvest and good prices for
his crops. and thought he ran no risk in buy
ing literally, agreeing t" pay after harvest.
The time for pay ment is ut hand The man
ufacturers clamor for their pay, their very ex-
istenceas manuaci nr.rs depending III on the
PROMPT receipts of their dues from HE ii, alers.
The dealers in turn dun. tease. beg of, and fl
nally are compelled to force by law the pay
mcnts due from farmers, ther Only Deepen
dence 1t is Il hard thing for dealer, who
eyrCc'- 10 cuntinuein business, 10 be compell-
ed TO 'ofc his friends 10 pay at any sacrifice
the law may compel them to make
Self Pre- rrvation (tnancia4ly) is our only
excnse ffI the mgii course taken III pushing
our collections.
We presume some Of cur friends feel injured
and have promised Us no more patronage
This we forcsaw, but like 4. Ward we are
willing to sacrifice our friends and relatives
first.
BY this course alone have we survived the
,torm and now we hope to run the race of
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12
Start the RlOSvS.

Important advantages are gained
by blowing stubhle ground soon at
ter the crop is taken off The weeds
and stubbie will decay very rapidly
during the hot weather, forming ali
excellent manure; many weeds Will
be prevented from maturing their
seeds, and some seeds that have re,
manned dormant in the soil will be
brought into condition to terminate,
so that hey may be killed by the
fiost or by a later blowing.
Another great advantage is, that a
fresh stratum OF soil is thrown to the
surface to absorb the ammonia from
the atmosphere, and to be acted on
by other gases floating in the air
1t is a maxim with the best farm
crs that stirring tile soil enriches IT.,
whether there be growing crops
upon it at the time OF not-hence
the plan of Summer following.
/ stubble ground is plowed noe
rather shallow again. little deeper,
about the tenth Of September, and
Gerry deep about the twentieth of No
ycmber-it would probably produce
a better crop of corn next year than
it would ii it were left unplowed till
Spring and then fair coat OF ma
nure applied. &
We ale aware that the scattered
grain i. of some importance, and
many farmers commence tat;eniug
their hogs by turning them into the
stubble field ; but with proper care
in harvesting, there will be very little
grain left on the ground, to justify
the delay Of the rlow.
tfhowever, poor machinery and
carless workmen have been employ
ed in a harvest, horse rake, work
ing while the dew is on, will gather
up nearly all that it of any value, and
it may be fed to the hogs aa Hbit,tn
Bat if, as we suggest, the first
blowing be shallow, the hogs may be
turned in, and they will find por
ton, at least, of the grain that is
plowed under, and enrich the soil by
roofing it over. What the hogs do
not obtain will grow and form a
green crop to lie plo"ed under III
September. aN
Owing to the dry weather which
sometimes prevails at the time and
some weeks after harvest, it IN ht.
iltficnl to adopt thi pla' il III is
details ; bat it is very seldom that
he ground is baked when The gram
Is cut, and if the plow Is started i'm
mediately, there will be no trouble
from A"on'h.-.N. Louis Journal Of
Igriculture.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12
COiiC IN Horses.

Treatmeptof collie in horses is not
always such is will lead to cure.
aud there is no disorder of the horse
that more frequently leads 20 loss OF
the ANIMAL than an attack OF colo.
DR.. J. A. Hopkins, Ill the Tur,
Field and Farm, refers 70 snme sinh
pie rem edies which may be used by
any one with effect, i'll sudden attacks
of this disease. He saws:
There are, Of course, various forms OF
collie. aud a protracted attack will
often produce complications which
require ski.ltul treatment, and The
presence of a veterinary surgeon.
The remedies here offered are for
he most sreqaent and easily dislIi-
gui>hrd cases Of colo.
One simple remedy frequently very
etfectuai is, two ounces OF tour table.
spoonfuls Of saleratus in pint of
strong gingcr tea another, a pint OF
warm salt water, with an enema OF
tho same the injections will often
bring away large Volumes Of wind ;
another, one ounce Of camphorated
spirits in pint Of sweetened water.
These may be attained in town or
country at almost every house, when
other prescriptions requiring prepare
ton may not be easily got. l add
these drenches, al of which | have
used with good result: y
/. Sulphuric ether, one ounce ;
laudanum, two ounces; compound
decoction of aloes, five ounces. Mix
and give every hour until relieved.
2. Spirits Of turpentine, two ounc
es laudanum, one and a hall ounces:
one pint of sweetened water. Mix
and give every hour.
/ 3. Aromatic spirits of ammonia.
one and half ounces; laudanum, two
ounces; tincture Of ginger, one and
a half ounces; one pint of warm ale
Mix and give every hohr.
The above are what might proper
ly be termed allopathic remedies
The usual homeopathic treatment
for collie is two or three doses Of. &C
onite, followed by arsenicum. After
attacks of collie, great care should al
ways be taken OF the horse, in order
that a RELAPSE does not occur, proper
attention being given to the food anc
water, warm bran, mashes and water
from which the chill has been taken
only being allowed.
Charles Carlisle, Of Woodstock
VT, writes to the New York Farm
ers' Club that he experimental last
year with ashes on corn, to which he
applied a shovelful of rotten manure
in the Hill. Fifty bills were left with
out the ashes a handful being pu'
with the manure on the other part Of
the field. He weighed the product
on the SO hills unashed, and a cores.
ponding number of hills with the ash
es. The grain on the part ashed was
estimated to he equal to bushel OF
corn for each bushel of ashes used
He asks, is it not possible that tbs
corn is bencfited by the mixing, If we
cover with the mellow soil to receive
the liberated ammonia.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12
Poultry Keeping as n business.

An old man of Michigan recently
asked the American Institute Farm
ers' Club for information upon poultry
raising. He said :-''Failing health
and declining years make it neces-
sary for me to give up the more
laborious pursuits of life, but some
light exercise for mind and body is
absolutely indispensable. Would
the raising of poultry near Or within
100 miles of city market afford a
profitable remuneration for the time
and proper management required for
the business Being quite unaclua-
inted with the rationale of this mat
ter, prefer to submit it to the Club,
thinking that the experience Of some
one of its members might furnish a
solution to the question. How much
land, and of what kind or soils, sandy,
gravelly, Or clay mixed, would be
required for 100 fowls (hens and
cocks)? should it be adjacert to a
stream Of water, or would living
spring do as well ? What portions
Of grounds should be in trees, shrubs.
and grass? How many could two
aged persons care for, and what re.
turn might reasonably be expected
from 100 fowls in chickens and
cggs?"
Warren Leland replied to these
inquiries, as follows, as appears by
tic reported proceedings in tie n. Y.
Irihune:
Ii this Old gentleman will come up
to nv place, rs miles north Of New
York, at Rye Station, l will show him
how l manage my poultry ya'ds. ]
have found that for every hundred
fowls must give up at least an acre.
But rough land is as good as any.
Hens naturally love the bush, and |
Top young trees, but leave a shred by
which they live year or more.
These form hiding places and retreats
for them, In such places they pre-
fer to lay. have great success, and
it depends on three or four rules, by
observing which | believe this old
gentleman in Michigan can make a
good living by hens and turkeys.
I. l give my fowls great range.
Eighteen acres belong to them exclu-
sively. Then the broods have the
range Of another big lot, and the
turkeys 90 half mile or more from
the house. The 10 acres of poultry
yard is rough land, Of little use for
tl'lage. 1t has a pond in it and many
rocks, and bushes, and weeds, and
sandy places, aud ash heaps, and
lime, and bones, and grass, and a
place which | plow up to give them
worms.
Q. When hen has commenced to
sit, I take her box. throw out the
straw and earth, let it be ont in the
sun and rain a few days, and give it
\ rood coat of whitewash on both
sides. In Winter, when it is very
cold, have an old stovel in their
house, and keep the warmth above
freezing. There is also an open fire.
place where l build a fire in cool wet
DAYS. They dry themselves, and
when the fire goes out there is bed
Of ashes for them to wallow in. Sum-
mer and Winter my hens have all
the lime, ashes, and sand they
want.
g. Another reason why / have
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12

such luck is because my poultry
yards receive all the scraps from the
metropolitan hotel. Egg making is
no easy work. and hens will not do
much Oft without high feed. They
need just what d man who works
reqnires-wheat, bread, and meat.
Even when wheat casts two dollars,
| believe in feeding it to hens. As to
breeds | prefer the Brahmas, light
and dark. | change roosters every
Spring, and man on the farm has
no other duty than to take care of my
poultry. l often have 5000 Spring
chickens.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12
DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS,

Call for or send and get Descriptive
Circulars and Factory Price Lists. giving full
particulars concerning 'CoMPLETE TllRESH.
ING ESTABLISHMENTS" as well "SEPARA-
TORS" alone. and the ele CANT, lght-drat and con.
vcrtible MOUNTED and DOWN and 10 Horse
POWERS (Which are sold separately, when desired,
and "speeded" to run other machines), together
with reports from multtudcs Of practical Thresher-
men and Farmers who have purchased and used them.
Notwithstan a.ins their marked sue.
cess, many well considered and amply tested M
PROV EAlENTS in details, for convenience and effect.
iseness, have been added since last year. For
lis. of them see Circulars.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12

The brilliant success of these Im-
proved Grain-Savfng and Fime-Saving
Threshers Is without parallel in the annals Of Farm
Machinery.
More than twice as many were made
and sold last year before made and sold
by any other Threshing Machine in the same
period of its existence.
They went into every State from
Pennsylvania to Kansas, and from Minnesota to
Georgia, and met with their most marked sue.
cess In the very states, and even in the very
apron" st1i,e are nade-OIIIO, the nursery Of eie.
giant Farm Machinery leading the van in the number
purchased.
Largely Increased earnings are re.
ported by Thrcshermcn who have used, and great
saving of grain by Farmers who have onpoyed them.
They commanded n choice of jobs,
and usually from one-half cent to two cents per
bushel EXTRA above other Machines, and had plenty
of work long after other kinds were s'laid up be.
cause they saved the Farmers grain from going
Into the stra.v-pilc; cleaned it fit for mill.
for their horses.
Their capacity $ remarkable. NOT
only in ordinary conditions of Wheat, outs, Rye and
their advantages are peculiar as well as In limo.
thy and other light seeds.
In FLAX they are unrivaled, even
oy expensive machines made purpose for Flax and
nothing else.
Ing and cleaning result from the admirable and
effective plan of shaking the grain out
of the straw. and great capacity of the clean.
Ing apparatus.
Their Ease of Draft, Cheapness
Repairing, Ease of Management etc, from their hav-
ing no Beate,s, no PiG.ers no Ctfaras Grain Car
riers, no Rlddies, md oily about haif as many
Belts Gear Whec2s Boses, JoNrmals SHAFTS, Pulleys
ETC.. to CLOG, WEAR OFT, WASTE GRAIN, ADD TO DRAFT
or to be kept IN REPAIR as otter kinds.
Every Thrcsli er,nan should hesitate
before investing in the old style Of Machines, which
going out Of date, because he get them
"long windcd" terms, or poor pay, or at little less
price. The difference in price between the best and
the poorest is only about fifty to hundred dollars
while the dj6freace in The first seasons earnings
may be Seccrdt hua3red dollars, to say nothing Of
the satisfaction of running tie teS or its Salableness
after one, two or three seasons use.
Farmerss who EMPLOY, can decide,
II they choose, ,chat KIND Of Machines sd be uSed
in their neigAboyhO01S and should investigate their
merits. If one kind will save enough grain than
another to pay the thrcshing bill they
should know It.
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.Negrov or "Colored Race,

e
By what rule of propriety do the Rad
icals justify their excessive care in avoid
ing the use of the word "Negro? p The
phrase "colored race" may appear more
delicate and respectful, but it is very
inexact: 1t does not distinguish the Ne
gro from any of the other colored races.
The Indian is "colored race" but
no euphemism for that name has come
into general use. IL it be claimed that
NEGRO" is corrupted and vulgarized
into ''nigger," it may with equal force be
claimed chat s.Indian" has been corrupt
ed and vulgarlzed into sInjnn."
If there be any disrespeet in the name
"NegrJ" that disrespect is wholly the
result of the inferiority Of the race. 1t
is therefore not the name but the people
who must be changed in order to remove
the grounds ,of complaint. So long as
the race is generally regarded as infe-
rior, just so long will every successive
name applied to it fall into the same dis
repute.
In our opinion the name "Negro" is
no reproach unless the raceis reproach ;
and any attempt TO avoid this supposed
odium by change of the name is puer-
lie affsctation, worthy only of sickly Sell
timentalists.
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Congressman Dawes.

DoSN PIArr, in his letter to the Gin
einnati Commercial, January 26, says of
DAWES expose of Radical corruption.
DAWES is Radical Congressman from
Massachusetts,:
II wish some of the good fellows out
West, who edit the county printing for
the Republican party, and exhaust the
vulgar tongue upon I'D. p" for his com
ments and criticisms could have been
present when Mr.. Dawes read his indict-
ment of the leaders and law-m makers of
our organization. Their faces would
have been an amusing study. Here was
a man possessed of official recognition,
and standing on a record no one could
dispute, pouring out, after mature
thought and preparation, charge after
charge of profigate expenditure and
corruption.
..Well, my Christian friend, what are
YOU going to do about it? Denouncc
Dawes as YOU do mc9 Read him out OF
the party? Certainly. And, when you
get him out, count noses and see what is
left of the organization, and how much
county printing you will have to edit
The editors of the "county printing
in Washington, Athens, Meigs, Noble,
Morgan and GUERNSEY Counties will take
notice and govern themselves according
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Ths negro eovernmont Of Hayti.

-
The revolution in Hayti has resulted
in the complete triumph of the rcvolu-
tionists but this gives no assurance OF
q months peace
HaFti issonc oflthc few countries
wberc tho Negro has had fair open field
in which to test his capacity to govern
For half a centiiry that race has had sole
coatrol OF the entire island, and nov the
San Demingo half of it is being sold to
the limited States 10 pay its debts; and
the Hayti half Of it is SO VIGOROUSLY
worthless that it cant get in dcbt-the
last quotations of its currency being 3d.
600 IN paper forone in gold.
Afcw years ago SsLoCqUE was empe-
ror of Hayti; GErrRAnD drove him out
and established what he called repub-
lie: SAIxAyE drove out GEFFRARD, and
a few days ago SALNAyE was driven into
the woods and shot.
The principal employment of thc,em-
perors and presidents Of that sample OF
Negro craftsmanship has been TO behead
wealthy citizcns and coniiscstc their
property. For some years past the man
who owned a valuable estate has been in
much greater danger of capital punish
ment than the outlaw who committed a
murder.
SAaEr is TO have the next turn at be-
heading asd confscating.
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when tlc Cats Away, the Mice
WIFI fsiay


When the bill for the admission of
Virginia was before the House, our Con-
grcssman, Mr.. MooRE, voted to sustain
the Committee bill, which annexed
tyrannical and llumiliatin3 conditions to
the admission of that State
Subsequently, in the absence of But
LER, Mr BINGHAM succeeded in having
his substitute passed. which provided for
unconditional a,lmissiolh Mr.. MooRE
was among the II Radicals who voted
for BINGuAM's substitute.
Just ut this time certain Radical pa
pers, some of them in this part of the
STATE, discovered that '.thc time for vim
dictiye legislation had gone, by" and
WARMLY commended the Liberal con
gressmeh.
Stih later The Senate passed the bill
with the conditions annexed, and sent it
hack to the House for concurrence in
the amendments. Did the House net
consistently and reject the amendments
1t is a full answer TO this question to
state that h9TLER was absent when
BINGMaM's bill passed, but was not alb
sent when the bill returned from the
Senate He Negotiated BINGHAM so ter.
riBly that he brought the whole AZ,
MooRE included, back under BUTLER s
black flag, leaving the DEMOCRATS only
to oppose "vindictive legislation"
JonN A. LOGAN, in BUTLER's absence
loftily proclaimed that the faith of the
nation was pledged to the unconditional
admission of Virginia; and he, LOGAN
was prepared to suffer martyrdcm before
he would aid in violating that phghted
faith. But when BUTLER fixed that stra-
bismic eye upon him he crouclled Us
meekly and submissiyely as did MIR
Moons. - ss''' 2.
The proverbial difficulty OF serving
two masters docs not seem to cmbarrass
our Congressman. When BINGHAM is
temporary leader he votes with BlNG'
HAM and when BUTLER orders him to ea'
that vote, and vote the other way he
o. =
cheerfaHy obeys; allowing all inconsis-
tencies to take cafe Of themselves.
Our Congressman, like our President
seems to have "no policy of his own" to
interfere with any party leaders, however
antagonistic they may be-
And now won't our Radical cotempo
rarics give us some more pleasant read
ing about abandoning "yindictive legis
Iation p
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THE SUEZ CANAL.


M. de Lesseps-as noticed in cable
telegram-ln reply to the letter Of con-
graduation recently addressed to him by
Lord Clarendon on the subject of the
Suez Canal, says that that letter has af-
forded him much qualification. 81 have
long been aware" he adds, 'of your
personal sympathies for the success Of
my undertaking, but the testimony you
have been good enough to give me in
the name of the Queens government,
and as an expression of the sentiments
of your fellow countrymen, is doubly
precious to me- On the one hand it in-
dicates that England will derive great ad
vantages from the Suez Canal, and will
thereby benefit the company am at the
head of; on the other hand it shows that
the public opinion of Great Britain and
France. shared'by our two governments,
will serve to consolidate an alliance which
ought to be the basis of every policy of
civilization, progress and liberty"
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That Girdled Orchard Again.

The Detroit Free Press of the 9th
says: "Last summer large and very
thrifty peach orchard, owned by Martin
Green, near the town of Benton Harbor,l
in this State, was almost destroyed one
night by girdling, the villains endeavor-
ing to make sure work by injuring the
trees SO that further life seemed impos-
sible. The next day the citizens of the
town turned. out en- naasse, and, by the
aid of salves and rags, saved the major
ity of the trees, so that they bloomed
and bore a large crop of fruit. Scarce
had the fruit been gathered when the
6ends went at their work again, this,
time more thoroughly; but again the
citizens turned out, and saved good
share of the orchard. That section Of
the country was highly excited, rewards
were offered for the perpetrators, sher-E
ifs hunted for the wretches, but all was
in vain. Some time ago Mr.. Green sold
out, believing that he had contracted
the antipathy of some of his neighbors,
although he was known as a mild, quiet
man, and good citizen. His place was
purchased by Mr.. Hunter, of Chicago;
but the change of proprietors did not
stop the work Of destruction, three huhs..
dred of the best trees being girdled anew
on last Saturday night week The citi-.
zens are now wrought up to that pitch
that will result in lynch law if the das-
tards are discovered, although there
seems to be, at present, little chance of,
unearthing the scoundrels."