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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-01-25

States Of America and the Grand
Hesse, on the sixteenth OF June, n
mains in force, without change.
ARTICLE w.
1sa Hessien, naturalized in Anss.
originally a citizen of the parts Of n,
Ducny not inclnded in the North h
Confederation, renews his residencs
parts without the intent to return n
lea, he shall be held to have renouD,
naturalization in the United States
Reciprocally: If an American, nai,,
in the Grand Duchy OF Hesse, (WIs;
sbove described parts, renews his ~
in the United States without the M
return to Hesse, he shall be held ,oS'
nOunced his naturalization 10 al
Duchy.
The intent not to return may BE- i
exist, when the person naturalizea
one country resides more than iva I
the other country.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
The Field-Rol1or.

1t is rare to find a ficld-roller upon
the farm, and yet upon many farms
it would pay for itself every season.
The implement as turned out from
the factory is rather expensive, cost
ing about $50. This is a large sum
to pay for an article most farmers
have never used and never felt the
need of. The necessity Of it is not
so obvious as that of the moving
machine, and yet it has it's place in
the routine of our labors. 1t is the
best implement for making smooth
surface for the meadow; matter
OF great Importance for the moving
machine. 1t should follow the bush
harrow always in the Spring, when
the land is laid down to grass. And
if the land is wet, and the grass
roots has been thrown out by frost,
the roller will press many Of them
back again and make smooth sur
face. 1t is also of great service in
breaking hard Jumps, when the land
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
The Bible as n Law Book.

From the Chicago LEGAL N,ars
We have received several letters
from ministers of the gospel, asking
us to give the verse in Exodus, up
on which our Supreme Court Jecid-
ed the ease referred to in our notice
of the new Supreme Court room in
this city. 1t was the ease of Stumps
rS Kelley, reported, in 22nd volume
of ''lllinois Reports" page l42.
brought by the plaintiff against the
defendant, to recover damages oc-
casioncd by the defendants COW
hooking the plaintiff. Judge Walk
cr, who delivered the opinion Of the
court, after stating the facts, said:
"An appellant failing to restrain
this animal, after knowing its pro-
pcnsity to hook persons, is liable
for the injuries that may result to
persons by her running at large.
But if the OK were wont to push
with his horns in times past, and it
hath been testified to- his owner,
and he hath not kept him in, but
that he hath killed a man or wo-
man, the OK shall be stoned and his
owner shall be put to death When
it is thus commanded by the Great
Jehovah, when he made his law
known to man in the midst of thun-
ders and lightnings, and the deep
cloud that enveloped Sinai, attesting
his visible presence, We have no
right to disregard the principles of
divine justice thus announced. The
principle contained in this rcvela-
ton, applies with its full force to a
ease only resulting in injury, and
unquestionably requires that it shall
be compensated by payment of dam
ages by the owner of the animal, to
the person injured"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
Land Troubles.

The Fort Dodge -NorthmeSt, OF
the sth instant, gives the following
incident Illustrative Of the hardships
which will be wrought upon farm
ers in that vicinity by the recent
decision of the United States Su-
prcme and Circuit Court. General
Clark, United States Marshal, had
a very unpleasant duty to perform,
which brought him to Fort Dodge
on Friday last, in the serving of a
writ Of ciectment obtained by Sena-
tor llawley against Peter Miller.
About five years ago Peter Miller
settled on an eighty just south of
Fort Dodge, claimed by Mr. Stykcr,
the notorious ''lobbyist" who figured
so conspicuously in Washington,
some years ago, in behalf of the
River Company. Miller built a log
house, broke up and fenced about
thirty-tivc acres, and has lived on
his claim until Friday of last week,
having pre-cmpted the land in 1868,
at the Fort Dodge land office.
About three years ago Senator IIaw-
ley and Judge Merservey bought
Stykcr's title, which came from the
River Company, ana proceeded to
get writ of e.jectment against Mr..
Miller. On Friday last, accompa-
MED by the United States Marshal
and some assistants, they went down
to Miller's, and upon his refusing to
leave the house, proceeded to pull
it down over his head, completely
demolishing it. Miller had no title
Of the land, under the recent deci-
sion Of the United States courts,
but it seems rather hard to pull
down a house at the beginning of
winter, and turn family of small
children out of doors.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
From the Atlantic Monthly for January.
Dorothy GA Family Portrait.
BY o. ". HOLMES.

Grandmother's mother: her age guess.
Thirteen summers or something less;
Girlish bust, but wOmanly air,
smooth, square forehead with uprollcd hair,
Lips that lover has never kissed,
TAPER fingers and slender wrist,
Hanging sleeves of stiff brOcade
So they painted the little maid.
On her hand parrot green
Sits unmOved and btOOds serene,
Hold up the canvass full IN view
Look! there's Il rent the light shines through,
Dark with century's fringe of dust
That was Red-COat's rapier thrust!
Such is the tale the lady old
Dorothys daughters daughter told.
Who the painter was none may tell
One whose best was not over well;
Hard and dry, it must be confessed,
Flat as a rose that has long been pressed;
Yet in her cheek the hues are bright,
Dainty colors of red and white;
And in her slender shape are seen
Hint and promise of stately mien.
Look not on her with eyes of scorn-
Dorothy q. was a lady born!
Ay! since the gallOping NOrnans came,
Engands annals have known her name;
And still to the three-hlled rebel town
Dear is that ancient names renOwn,
For many a civic wreath they won
The youthful sire and the gray-haired son.
o Damsel Dorothy! Dorothy O.!
Strange is the gift that owe to you;
Such gift as never king
Save to daughter or son might bring
All my tenure of heart and hand
All my title to house and land
Mother and sister and child and wife
And JOY and sorrow and death and life!
What if hundred years ago
Those close-shut lips had answered No
When forth the tremulous question came
That cost the maiden her Norman name,
And under the folds that looks SO still
The bodice swelled with the bosom's thrill?
Should be l, or without it be
One tenth another to nine-tenths me?
Soft is the breath of maiden's YES;
Not the light gossamer sirs with less;
But never Il cable that holds so fast
Through all the battles of wave and blast,
And never an echo of speech or song
That lives in the babbling AIR so long!
There were tones in the voice that whispered the
You may hear to-day in Il hundred men.
O lady and lover, how faint and far
Your images hoyer,-and here we are,
Solid and stirring in flesh and bone,
Edwards and Dorothy 's-all their own,-
A yoOdly record for Time to show
Of a syllable spoken so long agO.-
Shall bless you, Dorothy, or forgive
For the little whisper that badc me live?
II shall be blessing. my little maid!
l will heal the stab Of the Red Coats blade,
And frcshen the gold OF the tarnished frame,
And gild with rhyme your household name;
So you shall smile on us brave and bright
A first yOn greeted the mornings light,
And live untroubled by woes and fears
Through second youth of Il hundred years.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23

is plowed for hoed crops, or for
Spring or Winter grain. These
Jumps are severe obsticle to the
progress of crops in the soil, and
whatever aliment they contain is
lost to the growing crop. The roll
er is good pulverizer. Then in a
dry time it greatly assists in the
termination of seeds. Wheat, rye,
and other grains, come up much
better for the pressure Of the soil
around them. Then the labor of
cultivation is economical by having
the field laid as smoothly as posi-
bic. You can see the rows very
distinctly, and begin the cultivation
sooner, and bring the cultivator
much nearer the growing plants,
leaving much less labor for the hoe.
This makes a large saving in the
item of labor. 1t is Of still greater
service i'll disposing of the small
stones in the gravelly loans on
many fields; it will bring all of these
on level with the surface and put
them below the cut of the moving
machine. This saves the disagreca-
bic labor of picking stones, which
has probably weaned more boys
from the farm than any other work
We have found SO great advantage
from the use of the roller, that we
should not know how to dispense
with it. If a man has capital, let
him by all means get the best pat
tern, with cast iron cylinders. If
not, he can make a wooden roller
that will do good work and last
many years, with very little outlay
of money. From large tree, three
feet through at the butt, cut off a
section of eight feet, make it as near
cylindrical in shape as possible,
drive i'll two large iron pins exactly
in the center, hang it in frame and
put on a pole for the team. A roll
cr made of hewn stone is still better
for it is heavier and more durable
Get roller if you have to make ii
with your own hands.-41merico1.
Igricu/taHist.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23

You must have meat every day of
the year. Your children should
have some animal food during the
autumn, winter and spring. But
meat is very high. A sirloin steak
costs in our market from thirty-tive
to forty cents a pound. And even
this is not the most expensive part
of the animal.
But do you know that in an OK
which, dressed, weighs 500 pounds,
only a very small part brings this
high price? And do you know that
that small part is neither the most
nourishins nor the most palatable?
While certain portions of the animal
sell for thirty to forty cents pound,
there are portions, not one whit less
palatable than the tendcrloin (whcn
properly cooked), that can be
bought for very small price. Take,
for example, what is called the
shank; the very best can be bought
for three cents pound, and a single
pound cooked in a stew, with dry
bits of bread, will make a meal for
yourself and your entire family.
The French soldier understands bet
ter than anybody else the secret of
getting much out Of little.
When You 90 to market for meat,
don't buy tenderloin, but buy what
are called coarse meats. Purchase
for your dinner five to eight cents
worth, say ten cents worth Of the
cheap, coarse bits. Among our
foolish people the competition is so
slight over these coarse meats, that
the butchers have to put all the
price on the small part that is
in active demand, and sell all the
rest for a mere nothing. | can
not 60 on to tell You lust what
pieces you should buy, but buy such
picccs rs are sold in the Boston
markct-the highest market in the
United Statcs-tor three, four, five,
or six cents pound.
Good solid meat is sold for these
figures, and only needs to be steam
ed, or to be made into a stew, to be
rs tender and delicious rs the ex-
pcnsive parts Of the creature. The
neck of the chicken is the most de-
licious part of the animal. The
neck of a beef, when made tender,
comes near being the most delicious
part of the animal.
Leaving the meat, let us speak of
the vegetable food. Oat meal, in
the form Of porridgc, or in the form
of cakes, is one of the most nut,i-
tious of vegetable foods. 4 pound
of oat meal is worth, as nutriment,
six pounds of superfine white flour,
and pound for pound costs less than
wheat flour. 1t is most substantial
and nutritious food.
Cracked wheat, or whole wheat,
when properly cooked, is really one
of the most delicious articles offood
ever eaten by man. One pound of
cracked wheat will give as much
strength of muscle and nerve as
seven or eight pounds Of common
bakers bread. Hominy, samp, aud
hulled corn are among the most
substantial and lasting Of human
foods, and are very cheap compared
even with wheat.
One pound of cheap meat boiled
to rags, with quart Of white beans.
and eaten with brown bread, will
make dinner that a king might
luxuriate upon. Your family of
seven persons would not be able to
consume such dinner.
Butter, poultry and potatoes are
most expensive articles of food. A
single bushel of beans, properly
cooked, with condiments, will fur
nish not only more palatable food,
but will furnish more nutriment than
ten bushels of potatoes.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
TEE HCOSAC TUNNEL.
How the Ends will be EIade to Meet.

The progress at the tunnel for
the month Of October was as follows:
East end heading, advanced 127
feet; central shaft heading (east),
advanced, 81 feet; central shaft
heading (wes), advanced 81 feet;
west shaft heading, advanced 1875
feet; west end completed, brick
arch built, "a feet; with the
usual amount of excavation and en-
largement made at the different sec
tons. The New York UoiIy Bui-
/etin has the following respecting
the difficult work the engineers have
in hand in making the headings of
the different points Of excavation
meet at the same time:
''Beforc the work from the shaft
towards the ends can be undertaken,
however, certain accurate mathe-
matical calculations must be made,
which involve the successful dis
charge of the most delicate, rcspon-
sible professional duties which any
engineer was ever called upon to
pcrform-it being necessary to lay
down 4 line less than 27 feet in
length at the bottom of dripping,
dark shaft, 1000 feet deep, so that
both ends of the line, being project
ed, shall coincide with the terminal
points of the tunnel, each being dis
tant over $4,000 from the center of
of the shaft. To increase the initial
difficulty, the top Of the shaft is on
summit of rugged mountain.
from 1900 to 1880 feet above the
grade of the tunnel at its termini.
1t is, therefore, no slight response
bility that is incurred by the cngin-
ecr who assumes the charge of this
delicate operation. To facilitate
the correct performance ofthis duty
a colossal transit instrument has
been constructed at the cost of the
State of Massachusetts, which is
the most perfect ever made. The
most accurately verified lines have
been laid down over the mountain,
extending long distances beyond in
both directions to the tops Of fneigh.
boring mountains. BY the accura-
cy of this instrument and its manip-
ulation the line of twenty-seven-
the transverse diameter of the shaft
will be permanently defined, re-
quiring wonderful exactncss, and
from its extrcmities the "plummet"
alone can reach the bottom of the
shaft. These pluumets must, Of
necessity, be heavy and beautifully
poised and will require to be sus-
pended in oil to produce perfect rest
and protection from the taintest vi
bration of the air. The most deli
cate cords, consistent with strength,
must be used to suspend them; and
after all is done that science can
sugeest-bcing absolutely correct
as to the theory-it is easy to see
how delicate and difficult will be the
practical part of the operation, and
what grave consequences would fol-
low the slightest error Of alignment
on so small base. 1t is quite pos
sible that such an error will be in
evitablc, as the motion of the earth
may affect the plummct to an extent
sufficient to disturb the calculations;
but this fact has not been demon
strated, and scientific authorities
differ on the subject"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23

could be easier. Dick in his closet,
which shares one thin wall with the
other, discovers the point of the
long nail upon which the Profess
or's treasure hangs. BY daylight
and opportunity, he loses it; the
closet button, too, needs a little
manipulation; unconscious Goggs
goes to sleep with the door-.just-
fastened, with the skelcton-juSt-
hanging behind it. One good blow
from Dicks side of the dead man,
sends nail, skeleton, door, and all,
in and down together. Excellent.
'Dick," said Goggs, reverential-
lv, "you will turn out Il New York
Congressman vet.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23

JULIET PORTER tells us about a
wealthy New England lady, who
has made single institution other
parlor and kitchen. She will have
no servants in her house who are
not intelligent and refined. When
her maidservants have finished their
work for the day, they put on their
pretty clothes, and 60 into the par.
lor to entertain and be entertained.
They sit at the same table with their
mistress, and are treated in every
respect as her equal. If this exam
Pile could be generally followed,
thousands of educated girls would
accept domestic situations.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
40 Acres Of Heavily Timbered Land,
ll-2 Acres Lime Stone Quarry

On Main Street, independence; a good cellar wall
thereOn with good will of the leading lime b.si
ness within % miles or more-capable OF great I'M
prOvement and extension under information gain
ed in the present business of subscriber who rep
resents kns with capacity of 700 bushels of lime
per day. If not soon sold the opportunity viii
not be lost by the present managers. The only
Also for sale seosii Foifies Of ce sifnafed Land.
improved and 46 acres with 1871 improved. exccl!-
ent botto ON land and some lots In Oterville: All
offered at low valuation and on ACCOMMODATING
terms. Apply to S. ii. Stannard my agent at OF
tervile, or by mail to ,
1s-am fucsMhoe, ". Y.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
DR.. DiO Lewis on Meats.

IN his recent workrtouching food,
on the subject of meats he has the
following paragraphs. They are
very suggestive and will answer for
our latitude, as well as that Of Bos-
ton:
Meats are very high in the Boston
market. The other day l devoted
an hour or two to inquiries of the
leading market men about the prices
of different parts of the animal.
They generally agreed on these fig
ures: That an OK which, when
dressed, weighs 800 pounds:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23

MEssRs. BENNETT, ELDRrDeE & Co.,
Grocers, Burrs buildings, Chatham street,
are now doing good, brisk business des-
pite the tghtncss of the times. Since
opening last May, their trade has steadl'
ly increased, for the simple reason that
they have squarely earned 1t. Every ef-
fort has been made by them to secure the
best quality of Goods, and to put their
prices at the lowest possible limits. Pay
ing less than half the rent given by some
of their competitors, doing all their work
themselves-thus saving the very consid-
erable item of clerk hire-and by utterly
refusing to credit, losing nothing on bad
debts, they can and do fix their prices at
figures, below which it is not possible for
legitimate trade to go.
Below will be found list of their prices
on few staple articles:
A set of Cups and Saucers. ........S 30
A Glass Table Set. t................ 80
615 lbs. Dried Backberries. LOO
lbs Dried Peaches. es.............. LOO
5 lbs. Coffee. l.Vo
81 lbs. Sugar. l.oo
13 lbs White Fish l.oo
A tip-top Pair of Farmers Boots. :. 400
In Table Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,
Tea, Coffee, Syrups, &c, they feel very
confident they can offer special induce
ments to those who pay down for Goods
swCash Paid for Farm Produce
BENNETT, ELDRIDGE & co.
92-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
INDEPENDENCE NURSERY.

r the Independence Nursery. one mile west OF
n this CITY can he found good assortment of
the most hardy varieties of Grated Apple Trees;
also Seeding Apple Trees: Early Richmond and
MOrello Cherries: Flemish Beauty Pears: yellow
Egg. Lombard. Columbia Minor and Blue Plums ::
Red and Yellow Siberian. Transcendent. Sonard,
Hyslop Forbs and Tetopsky Crabs; iloughton
Seeding, Scotch and English Gooseberries' Doc
little Black Cap Purple Cane and Catawina Rasp-
berries: Concord and Clinton Grapes: Wilson's,
Russell's Lannng's White and French's Seeding
Strawberries: Currants Roses, Flowering Al
monds. Snowballs. Gladiolas Lilies, Dahas,
Flowering Shrubs Weeping Willows, Evergreens;
Verbenas. Sweet Potatoes. and in fact any and
everything in the Nursery line cheaper than can
be had from any other Nursery will also order
on short nolice anything in the green house line,
from d. Wilmot Scot. of Gaena. Illinois. at cata-
logue prices freight and express charges exceptea
Almost all of the above were grown ana accll-
mated here on our own grounds.
j. s. BOUCK.
sS-tf Proprietor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
ANOTHER SKELETON STORY,
BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS,

By ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
We have all heard a great many;
but this one is too good and too true
to lose.
know that it is true, for Goggs
told me so himself, and Goggs is a
Professor in theological seminary;
his hair is little gray, and he wears
spectacles; he breaches sermons at
inaugurations, and dedications, and
installations, and celebrations, and
anniversaries, and Thanksgiving
days, and funerals, and on a great
many other pleasant occasions; he
lectures on total dcpravity, and
and writes his name with a d. d.
So, of course, the story must be
true.
When it happened, Goggs was
not a professor in theological sem
mary. He had never lectured on
total depravity. He had never
preached at an inauguration, or a
dedication, or an installation, or Gel
ebration, or anniversary, or Thanks
giving day, or funeral.
He was a little curlv-haired col
lege boy, seventeen years old. He
was tirst-rate ''tirst-catch," and the
best "grasshopper' in the Gymna-
SUM.
He could tie sheep into the Pres
idcnt's chair, and hide the Janitor's
matches, and put a COW into the
chapel beltry, and stick in a venti-
lator three hours and Il half, to hear
what was going on in secret socic-
ty that he didn't belong to. He
knew how to put the undertaken 5
sign on the doctors door, and lager
beer advertisements in the minis
tcr's hat; he knew how to haze
Freshmen and dodge policemen, and
trip tutor in ''rush;' he knew
how to translate Virgil, and-a lit
tle-Anabasis.
He could prompt and "skin," "ninc
times out Of ten without being found
out, and the tenth time apologize
for it with such a story from Punch
that the Professor had to laugh
and consequently to forgive him.
Everybody forgave him, everybody
bore with him. The worse hc be
havcd, the better everybody liked
him. At least that was the ease
with the Professor, and that seems
to be how he came to hVe the skel-
eton. 1t certainly couldn't have
been on account Of the marks
against his name in the anatomical
class-books, which ran somewhat
like this:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
A SURE THING.

Y1HE undersigned having removed from Buchan.
i an county (his place Of residence for 1s years
to N Y, is desirous Of concentrating his resOur
other solid chances Otterville Lime business
with Pages Patent Kiln, and the patent right fol
II wears to come for Buchanan and WtnneshieI
countless (there's no better process OF lime burn
ing than this in usc, the leading concerns OF the
II s use IL together with
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23

A seeming contradiction: Mon
ey which is got extremely easily,
may be said to be hardly earned.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23

Tn u game Of cards a good deal
depends on good playing, and good
playing on = good deal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-23
Jesup Cards.
j. H. HAWKINS,

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
"A Jesup, Buchanan Co., Iowa. Collection
promptly made and remitted. Real Estate bo"gh
and sold
Jan. D. 1869. ouu