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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10
Disastrous Effect or the Union of
the States.
To the Editors Of the Evening Post

10 the Editors Of the Evening POST
That free trade is disastrous policy,
and cannot be otherwise, is proved CIV the
miserable condition of the people Of
these United States under the Union
which binds them together.
If there were no Union, each state
would be free to enact such laws as it
might deem expedient for the protection
of its own industry, by laying tariff on
the products of every other state, precise
ly as the general government now does
with reference to the products of foreign
countries.
lfthere were nounion, the New England
and Eastern States could levy tariffs upon
Werstern wheat, corn, beef, pork, and
other staples, and by making the rates
high enough induce the resilient farmers
to produce these things at home, sustain
ing their own people, and not relying for
the necesiaries of life upon the pauper
labor of the West The Western States,
IN their turn, could also
levy tariffs upon Eastern cot
ton and wooden cloth, boots, shoes,
hats, tools, and Yankee notions generally,
and by making the rates high enough,
promote the production Of these things
among themselves, and not rely upon the
pauper population of the East.
The effect, also, would necessarily be a
constant aow of gold from every state to
every other state, because every govern
that adequately protects its own labor
against the labor of other countries is
sure to have flow of gold into it.
Another advantage resulting from
there never having Been a union Of states
would have been the, large number of
custom-house officers and other officials
almost without number) who could have
been furnished with offices upon tat
salaries
These blessings, however, are all pre-
vented by the national government,
which is clearly chargeable with the un-
happy and impoverishing consequences
resulting from free trade between the
states.
For one, must ever protest, in the
interest of humanity, against any further
extension of our territory. So long as
we can prevent union with the British
possessions on the north, SO long each
party must add to its wealth by enacting
stringent tariff laws against the other,
and by that other magical panacea, i'm
porting gold" from each other; but let
us become united, and the people on both
sides must inevitably become impoyer
ished
In these changing times is it not posi-
bic to go back to true principles, and
permit each state,each county, each town,
to protect itself against the pauper labor
of every other9
Perhaps Mr.. Greeley or Mr.. Carey can
point the way. W. d. j.
New York, February 81, 1870.
(Our correspondent apparently forgets
that JEFF. Davis tried to point the way,
few years ago. Mr.. Greelcy's readiness
to let the South go arose from his convic-
ton OF the advantage of spreading the
protection system.-EDs. EVENING PosT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

A family of garbage pickers in New
York have $4,000 in bank.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

The Tailoring Department will be
under the direction of that competent
Professor of the Shears, Mr.. JOHN
SMITH, who will be supplied with
a New Stock in his line throughout.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

The above establishment will be
conducted the coming year under
better facilities for accommodating
the wants of its Friends and Patrons
than ever before.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10

The terms of the cold Reliable
will always be Reasonable, but
GreenbackS will be taken at Par.
d3.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03
EARLY ESisEAkEAsT.


xIOlu tuS AuIti
A bad Gu tom is prey alent in many
families, especially among farmers.
of working an hour or two before
Breakfast, attending to "chores,"
hocing in the garden, cutting wood
moving, etc. This is convenient on
many accounts, but it is not conduc-
tive to health. The prevalent opin-
ion is tina, the morning air is the pur-
est and most healthful and bracing,
but the contrary is the fact. At no
hour OF the day is the air more filed
with dampness, fogs and miasmas,
than about sunrise. The heat of the
sun gradually dissipates the miasma-
tic influences as the day advances.
An early meal braces up the system
against these external influences.
Every one knows the languor and
faintness often experienced for the
first hour in the morning, and that is
increased by want of food. We do
not agree with the boarding school
regime, which rrescribes long walk
before breakfast as means ofpromot-
ing health.
Probably the best custom would
be to furnish every member of the
household, especially those who labor
out of doors, with a single cup OF
warm coffee well MIXED, Immediately
after rising from bed. Then let
them attend to their chores or now
ing hoeing etc, for an hour or two,
while the teams are feeding and the
Breakfast preparing. They will feed
better and do more work.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03
THE WAYT TO HARNESS A HORSE.

You may laugh. gentle reader, as
heartily as you please, at the idea
brought out in this caption. But
how many men that are accustomed
to use horses from year to year can
harness one correctly Not one in
ten True they may get a harness
on the horse, and it may fit aceN, and
it may fit like fathers boots on his
little son eight years of age. There
is more science, after all, in harness
ing horse correctly that we are apt
to suppose. Let su mention the
principal and important points
The collar is the first thing of i'm.
portance. That large thing that will
admit a mans arm between it and
the neck Of the horse is very unfit
for horse to work in. The collar
should fit as neatly and closely to the
neck as a pair of boots that fit well.
Then if it be soft and supple. as it
should be, it will seldom gall the skin
it the names are properly made and
correctly adjusted.
The names should fit the collar
well, and should not be too far apart,
as they often are. The staples which
hold the side straps are almost always
attached too far up from the lower
ends. A horse cannot draw well
when the traces are attached near
the top of ais neck. If horse is
apt to gall near the top of his neck,
take out the staples and put them
lower in the names.
II the back bands ale just right for
wagon they will be too short when
blowing, and will gall the backs of
the team For this reason, some
horses always have a sore back as
soon as they commence blowing.
Let the hip or "lazy straps" be adjust
ed of the proper length, lest they
gall the rumps if too short, and lift
the pow out when it should run ill.,
S. e. T.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03
W HEAT PROSPECTS IN CALlFOE.
MA.

The San Francisco Bulletin just
received says 1.-The condition of
the California wheat corp is beginn-
ing to excite alarm. After making
due allowance for the usual amount
of croaking incident to the season
and to those interested in the matter,
We find it TO be generally conceded
chat the present prospect for gather
ing a crop as large as the last one
is exceedingly slim. There are those
who aver this 70 be already impossi-
bic, no matter how much rain may
be received, as the crop in some
localities is utterly past redemption
this season. Notwithstanding the
increased area under cultivation,
some parties think that if we get
threeiourths of a crop we shall do
well; others fix the quantity at half
crop, and still others at one-fourth.
In some localities the fears of a
failure are SO strong, that farmers
have already sent to the city to
secure seed for next fall, under the
impression that if the crop turns out
Us short as they think it will, seed
can be secured now on much more
favorable terms than when wanted.
A gentleman who has been threshing
extensively in Yolo county during
the past four years, gives a gloomy
account CT the wheat crop in that
county, and says that his services
will not be needed there this season.
The crop in Santa Clara and Alameda
counties, and in a portion of San
Joaquin county--all large wheat
growing districts-is generally adj
mitted to be unusually light and in
some places is already being cut for
hay. The rains received last winter,
though nearly up to the average in
some places, were exceedingly de-
Rcient in others, while in very few
counties was the ground moistened
to any great depth. In the less
favored counties, the surface mois
ture has been generally absorbed,
and the healthy growth of the
EIGSsGs duu u lh has USSh SuouSuIS
checked. A continuance Of season.
able showers during the past six
weeks would have put an entirely
different aspect on the present con-
dition of the crops. Quite an interval
has elapsed since the last general
rain !; and the appearance of the
country, even in the most favored
spots, IS beginning to show the effect
of the summer heat. The season is
now too far advanced to expect
much rain, or to anticipate much
good to the crop from rain in the
districts where its absence has been
most severely felt In the northern
and some Of the northeastern coun-
ties seasonable rains will be Of great
service. A letter just received from
Napa states that the W, eat crop in
that county is looking line. Advices
from the adjoining county of Sonoma
are also favorable. That section can
generally be depended upon for good
crops, for it always has its full share
OF moisture. Since the above was
written, we have seen letter from
Salinas valley, which gives a doleful
account of the present condition and
future prospects of the crops in that
section, predicting absolute distress
as the result"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03

LAWTON & CURTISS.
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03

The New England Farmer says
CYRUS Smith, one OF the old farmers
OF Victory, VI, till recently, never
owned hen. Dogs, cats, and poul-
try, he always regarded as nuisances
about farm. He married a young
wife few months ago who had the
hen fever, and persuaded the old
gentleman to invest. He has a hand
some flock Of hens now, and his
neighbors do say that when he starts
for the barn to hunt eggs, he carries
with him the zeal and pride ola boy
who has just arrived at the egg hunt
ing age.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03

An Ohio hog raiser advocates the
system of pasturing on clover during
the Summer. He presents, as the
advantages Of this plan, the state
ment that an acre OF ground in clover
will pasture five hogs four months,
and that it will take the corn from
half an acre to feed them the same
time. The cultivation OF the corn he
counts equal to the rent Of the other
half acre. He further claims that
hogs pastured on clover are in far
better condition than if fed on corn,
as they are better framed, healthier,
and eat better and also states that
the land is enriched by the clover
pasturing.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03
THE SITUATION.

Continued wet weather during and after
harvest, made 1t impossible to secure the crops
in good order. The light yield, inferior quail
ity, and remarkable low price at which it was
forced upon the market, paid very little more
than the actual expense of harvesting. The
consequences are, farmers generally cannot
meet their promises to pay. disappointment
is chiseled upon every countenance. The
manufacturer who having built their ma
chimes on credit, sold them to the dealer on
credit, and the dealer in turn sold 10 the far
mers on credit The farmer relying solely
upon bountiful harvest, and good prices for
his crops, and thought he ran no risk in buy
ing literally, agreeing to pay after harvest.
The time for payment is at hand. The man
ufacturers clamor for their pay, their very ex
istence as manufacturers depending upon the
prompt receipts of their dues from the dealers.
The dealers in turn dun, tease, beg of, and fl
nally are compelled to force by law the pay
ments due from farmers their only Deepen
dence. It is hard thing for a dealer, who
expects to continue in business, to be compell-
ed to force his friends to pay at any sacrifice
the law may compel them to make.
Self preservation financially is our only
excuse for the rigid course taken in pushing
our collections.
We presume some of our friends feel injured
and have promised US no more patronage.
This we foresaw, but like A. Ward, We. are
willing to sacrifice our friends and relatives
first.
BY this course alone have we survived the
storm, and new we hope to run the race Of
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03

New York Store.
In Just about the smartest town
That ever you did enter,
Along the banks of the Wapsipinicon,
Exactly in the centre,
You'll find spacious edifce
Known as the "New York Store,
Where choicest goods are sold ut cost
And Just trife more,
We've Cotton, Silk and Linen Goods,
And notions by the score,
With many other fancy things
Which ladies do adore;
We've Cloths, Clothing, Caps and Hats,
And Furs too by the score,
Suspenders that will stretch rod
And Just q triie more.
We've many good and civil clerks,
As ever measured tape,
To wait upon our customers
And keep the shop in shape,
They are just shout the finest class
That ever "tended store"
We're sure you'll find them so
And just a trife more.
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We've good mechanics here in town
Asever trod the soil,
And well content to earn their bread
By industry and toll,
They'll make or mend you anything,
Plow, counter, hew or score,
And charge exactly what is right
And Just trifle more.
We've lawyers, doctors, poets, priests,
Odd Fellows, Masons, sons,
Hucksters, Hawkers, Hoosier-men,
And everything that runs,
A Mayor, too, and Aldermen
OF most portentOus lore,
Who make us all the laws we want
And Just trife more.
And here we've got the best of schools,
For great as well small,
Where learning can be driven in,
In just no time at all
Here girls and boys a numerous throng,
At least some forty score,
Learn English, Latin, Greek and French,
And just q trife more.
Then come out to the 'New York Store"
Good friends, from far and near,
You've everything to hope for there
And nothing sure to fear;
Well show you goods and sell them cheap,
most abundant store
Of everything the people want,
And just trlhe more.
A word now to on: enemies
Who deal in rOrdy ,car,
The steam is on, don't waste your wind
In hopes to stop the car;
All enmity and pickering
We honestly deplore,
As much as any other man
And just a triAe more.
HH
But if they think by clustering
To drive us from the field,
They'll find that We are cup to snuff"
And don't know how to yield;
But trough and ready" dare to meet
Opposers by the score,
A match for each and all of them,
And just trife more,
LAWTON & CURTISS.
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03

The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times
proposes that Congress take in hand
the division Of all the public lands in
to farms of rs acres, furnishing each
farm with a house and barn, and
giving free transportation to all who
wish to settle thereon.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03

Hundreds of miles Of Usage Or
ange fence are being set out in Atch-
ison and jackson counties, Kansas.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-06-03
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
A Drover on Fattening Cattle.

Mr.. Bella S. Hastings, who is one
of the leading drovers from Vermont,
in supplying cattle for the Boston
market, gave his experience and OBJ
servation in relation to. fattening
stock, at late meeting of the Gale
donna County Farmers Club:
He said the main object of the far
mer was 10 get the most out of his
fodder. 1t does not pay to feed
grain to poor creature, one that does
not take on flesh rapidly. Farmers
will do better to dispose of such stock
for what it will bring, and procure
animals of good style. lie believed
that one-haH of the grain fed was
wasted by not being fed to good cat
tie. Another important point is, far
mers do not feed heavy enough. He
would commence with as much feed
as they could bear at first, and then
increase. In feeding twelve quarts of
meal, the last four quarts are worth
twice as much as the first four for fat
tcning purposes. Some farmers COM
plain that they do not get pay for the
grain they feed out, but lie had no.
ticcd that it was only those who fed
light that thus complained. Wheih-
er the animal was to be fed a long or
a short time, lie would recommend
heavy feeding. Mr.. Hastings said he
knew nothing better than corn meal.
The cob is not worth much, if any
thing. those persons of whom he
purchased fat stock, who were the
most successful, and made it mos
profitable, were those who fed meal
largely. If a farmer has potatoes or
other roots, it is we'll enough to feed
those in part, but farmer will do
better to exchange some OF his roots
for corn than to feed roots altogether.
It's important to feed regularly and
not too often, as the stock will eat and
lie down and rulninate. 1t is better
to feed cattle but three time day,
and sheep but once. ,fs. ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27

The following curious dog story is
for by paper in Montreal:
A gentleman owns dog that has
some remarkable. instincts. On week
days he has all the passions and pro-
pensities of other dogs, but on the
Sabbath his peculiarities and sectari-
an sentiments come out. He knows
when this day comes. lie is not the
same deg as on other days. He in
dulges in no pastimes, encourages no
company, and seems to say, i'm actions
louder than words six days may we
play and do all our sports" The fami-
ly are Presbytcrians; the dog is a
Methodist. On Sunday he attends
the family to the Pre- sbyterian church,
and then holds OH bis solitary and un-
broken way until he comes to his own
church, which is little further on.
lie has a particular place upstairs
where he sits. No belle or madam
of fashion, who sweeps up the aisle
of popular church, and finds a Pile
bian in her pew, can give a more de-
cided expression of displcasure than
this dog if he finds anybody in his
seat. He seems to attend to the SER
vices and give dogmatical heed to tine
words spoken. An example to many
protesting christians, he may be seen
on his way to church i'm foul weather
as in fair: not a half day nearer, elth-
er, while his UNCONVENTIONAL prefer
ences are as well known as arc those
of any one in the city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
The Oldest City in the World.

Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crum-
bled on the shore: Baalbcc is ruin;
Palmyra is buried in a desert; Nine
veh and Babylon have disappeared
from the Tigris and Euphrates. Da-
mascus remains what it was before
the DAYS of Abraham-a center OF
trade and trayel--an island of verdi
ure i'm the desert-"a presidential
CAPITAL" with martial and sacred as
sociations extending through thirty
centuries. 1t was near Damascus
that Saul of Tarsus saw the light
above the brightness of the sun: the
street which is called Strait, i'm which
it was said she prayed" still runs
through the city. The caravan comes
and goes as it did a thousand years
ago: there is still the sheik, the ass
and the water wheel; the merchants
of the Euphrates and the Mediterra-
mean still. occupy" these with the
multitude of their wares" The city
which Mahomet surveyed from
neighboring height, and was afraid to
enter because it was given to man
10 have but one paradise, and for his
part, he was resolved not to have it in
This world is to-day what Julian
called the "eyc of the East" as it was
i'm the time of Isaiah "the head of
Syria"
From Damascus came the damson,
our blue plums, and the delicious april
cot of Portugal, called damasco, dam
ask, our beautiful fabric of cotton and
silk, with vines and flowers raised up
on a smooth, bright ground; the da-
mask rose, introduced into England
i'm the time of Henry VIII, the DAM
ascus blade, so famous the world over
for its keen edge and wonderful elias
ticitv, the secret of whose manufac-
ture was lost when Tamerlane car
lied off the artist into Persia: and
that beautiful art of inlaying wood
and steel with silver and gold, kind
of MOSAIC engraving and sculptural
unitcd--called damaskening-with
which boxes, bureaus. swords and
GUNS are ornamented. 1t is still a city
of flowers and bright waters: the
streams of Lebanon and the 'silk OF
gold" still murmur and sparkle in the
wilderness of the Syrian gardens.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-27
COfnS.

Hard corns are caused by too much
pressure of the shoe, or by lis being
SO loose as to slide back and forth On
the SPOT where the coru afterward
shows itself. Medical books record
several cases where pairing hard corn
has caused a bleeding, which no
known means could arrest, and death
cnsued. Nothing harder than the
finger nail ought ever to be allowed TO
touch a corn, which can be always
cured or kept from causing inconven-
fence, by simply bathing the part in
warm water for half an hour for sew
eral DAYS in succession; often sin
gle bathing will accomplish the OBJ
ject of SO softening the parts adjacent
to the actual corn, that it can bepicked
out with the finger nail, and the shoe
can be instantly worn without dis
comfort, which an hour before gave
great pain; it may return in week,
or a month, or year, but the same
treatment will always avail. Paring
them causes them to spread and take
deeper root.
Soft corns are very troublesome,
but are sometimes removed by pa
tiently bathing or soaking them IN
strong alum water night and morn
ing.
1t is SO much better 10 know safe
and inexpensive way of doing things,
that it is really worth while to teach
these methods to every child in the
Observation-Disclosures journal 81 Hedtth.