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On and after MONDAY, October
esss.> IN Sd, the Steamer New England
4 nakTS Capt E. Field. and the steamer
ter, will leave Railroad Wharf, loot
ofState street, every MONDAY and THURSDAY,
at O'Clock p NJ tor Eastport and st. John.
same days
~ Connecting at Eastport with Steamer
QUEEN, tor St. Andrews and Calais and with
stations.
Connecting at st. John with the Stsan er EN-
PRESS for Digby and Annapolis, thence by rail to
Windsor and HALIFAX and with the f. N N. A.
Railway for Sehediac and intermediate stations, and
with rail and steamer tor CharlOttetown. T. K. l..
80 Freight received on days OF sailing until o
clock P. NJ.
sep2listo3oct then os AR. STUBBS, Agent.
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OUR LEcTURING SEASON,

To those who are fond of attending lee
lures, the coming season in this city will be
one of delights. We are to have three sep
arate courses-the Parker Fraternity, the
Bay State, and the Boston Lyceum-beside
half dozen independent courses, and occa-
sional ones before associations. Among the
speakers announced are Thomas Hughes, NJ
F., Curtis, Morley Punshon. Beecher, Anna
Dickinson, E. Fl. Chaplin, Collyer, Banks,
Wendell Phillips, and others.
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Established yune e3, 1862. V0L 8.
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TO LET.

House to Let in WestbrOOk.
A FIRST CLASS French Roof house, containing
"A TOY ten o0ms, (stable coDnected) On Pleasant
street. WoodlOrd's Corner. Horse Cars pass the
House, Apply at Office of Winslow, Doten q Cos
Planning Mill Cross street. Portland. sep29tf
The Portland daily press., 1870-10-01

For SAFE or Lease.
.,.,a an ross street. Enquire OF Edward
a u. o Nn " " Danior street. or OF ID; y. Liooy'
,tc yiddle street. hiey 49,
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FOR SALE

st'WO large, good Horses, one double harnes and
=. one Gig, will be sold. A GOOD bargain to the
pscndser. Please call on ELIAS IiOUIJTFORT
Wcstb-cok, aoE- & ne~ : Cs-rs-. 80
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Farm for Sale.

FHfIH IOr SdICs
offered at great bargain; IN
A<SN-N Lamb Homestead farm in West
&nrf s3r&n brook, three and half miles tIom
Fl lgEIAM Portland on the road to Saccarappa
Ss4E3l- Said excellent farm consists OF
about seventy five acres conviently divided into
moving, pasture and wood land has a good well OF
water large barn ,convient house and out buidnes
has also valuable orchard OF 100 young trees in
good bearing condition. Another valuable OF
profit belonging 10 the farm is an excellent gravel
oed,the only one in the vicinity, and from wheh
the town buys largely. Situated so near PortanI'
upon the main road from the countrv TO me Guy,
offer 10 any one desirno ltm either for profit. or
' Ao' f" ~ * 3. r. WARREN,
,c,,. Saecarappa.
The Portland daily press., 1870-10-01

Are mostly open again after the summer va.
cations of their pastors. Last Sabbath sew
eral star sermons were preached by MEM
bers of the Boston clergy, which plainly
showed the Strengthening effect upon the in
tellect of six weeks sojourn with nature.
There is nothing like turning an overworked
minister out to pasture, and congregations
are beginning to find it so.
The Portland daily press., 1870-10-01

The work on the bridge connecting Water
vile with Winslow, is progressing rapidly and
is already passable for persons on foot. It will
be fully completed and ready for general trav-
within two months G.
The Portland daily press., 1870-10-01

6OSSIP.
A letter was yesterday received by a gentle
man of this city from Charlotte Cushman, an
nouncing the early return of that lady to this
city. Her health, which for the last two
years has been in precarous state, is grow
ing better.
Fanny Fern, with her husband, was in town
yesterday, on their way from Maine to New
York.
Kate Field is now at her residence in this
city, ready for her winters work. She has
already number of lecturing engagements
and yet, like Oliver Twist, "asks for more.n
President Grant, who visited this city on
Monday, for the purpose of leaving Ulysses
Jr., at Harvard, left here at three O'Clock this
afternoon, for New York. The party stops
over night at Hartford, where Miss Nellie will
be dropped at a boarding school. Evidently
the President believes in Yankee education
a certain proof of the level condition OF his
head. CARL.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
How to Eatten a Poor Horse.

Many good horses devour large
quantities of grain and hay, and still
continue thin and poor; the food
eaten is not properly. assimilated.
If the usual feed has been unground
grain and hay, nothing but change
will affect any desirable alteration
in the appearance Of the animal. II
oil meal cannot be obtained readily,
mingle a bushel of faxseed with a
bushel of barley, one Of oats and
another of Indian corn, and let it be
ground into the meal. This will be
. fair proportion for all his feed.
Or the meal of the barley, oats or
corn, in equal quantities, may first be
procured, and one-fourth part of oil
cake mingled with it when the meal
is on cut feed.
Feed two or three parts of the
mixture two or three times daily,
mingled with peck of cut hay and
straw. If the horse will eat that
greedily, let the quantity be gradu-
ally increased until he will eat four
or six quarts at every feeding three
times day. But avoid the practice
of allowing horse to stand at a
rack we'll filled with hay. In order
to fatten a horse that has run down
in flesh, the groom should be very
particular to feed the animal no
more than he will eat up clean and
lick his manger for more.--lmeri-
can Stock journal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
Chalk for Calves,

When an animal is found licking
his fellow, it is proof that uneasi-
ness is present in the stomach, and
the licking of his neighbor is hab-
it contracted by instinct, with a
view of removing the unpleasant
ness. Unfortunately instinct is not
at all times sufficient to avoid dan
gerous practices, and if we take it
for granted that the stomach is at
all times fully charged 9TH acid
matter, we shall without hesitation
find a remedy. 1t is only necessary
to place within their reach shallow
troughs, in which is kept a supply
of common chalk. If an animal has
a superabundance Of acid secretion,
it will most certainly swallow some
of the chalk, which will as certainly
ncutralize the excess of acid. If an
animal has not acid in excess, and
partakes of the chalk, it will do nc
harm. 1t is often too late to admin.
lister remedies to young stock, and
the placing of chalk within their
reach cannot be made too early
Eng. Agricultural Gazette.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
Clean Milk.

A correspondent of the Congrega
tionol;st communicates to that pape,
the following plan for keeping milk
perfectly clean:-"Having recently
commenced selling milk, l find i,
requires much care to keep the cows
perfectly clean, and have adopted
some new measures which may be
of interest to other mixers. In tho
first place, the floor on which the
cows stand is raised so that the wa
ter will run back into the trench
which is about six inches lower than
the floor. Before begin to milk, |
take hoe and clean this floor.
then take bucket large enough tc
hold COWS bag. fill it with cold
water, with which | wash their bags
thoroughly, which not only makes
them clean, but prevents their teats
from becoming sore.
"Sawdust is then spread on the
floor, and as | have some COWS that
arc inclined to brush my face when
milking: take cord, pass it over
n pulley which is fastened overhead
behind the cows; attach a weight to
one end of the cord. slpnoose the
other end around the end ofthc cows
tail, which prevents her from brush
ing dirt into the milk. | then brush
the cows and begin to milk where I
began to wash. | milk into wood
en- pail, turn into tinstrainer pail,
and then strain it into tin can
through cloth straincr, which is
attached TO the can By wire, and
We hear of no complaint Of dirty
milk"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
COOKING FOR HOGS.


Steam will be found much the
best; because meal boiled in ket-
tie requires constant stirring to keep
from burning on the bottom; besides
steam from small boiler will cook
more food at time than can be got
into the largest kettle. 1t is now
conceded that cooking hog food
makes a difference of from so to 100
per cent. Thos. J. Edge, detailed
an experiment in the Practical Far.
mer, in which one bushel of whole
corn made nine and one-half pounds
Of pork, and the same weight of meal
well cooked made sixteen and three
quarters pounds. f. w. Stewart,
in a paper read before the St. Louis Far
mers' Club, gave an experiment where
| one bushel of whole corn made eight
pounds, one bushel of raw meal ten
pounds, and one bushel of cooked meal
nineteen pounds of pork. The expert
| ments are numerous and all one way. No
man can afford to fatten hogs on raw
food; therefore every feeder of hogs should
provide himself with good pen and a
convenient and economical steamer for
cooking. 1t will pay the whole expense
in fattening Is hogs. With pumpkins,
| carrots. or refuse potatoes, cooked with
small amount of meal, pork can be made
very cheap. 1t can be made at a greater
profit than any other meat, for it brings
more in proportion to its cost than beef
or mutton.
speak from personal experience, hay
ing fattened hogs for many years, and
have been able to make II hogs, at Is to
1S months old, average 600 pounds each
l am well satisfied that / have not gener.
ally used more than one bushel Of meal
with pumpkins, to make 20 pounds OF
pork in the fall or winter; for my pen is
warm in winter-never freezing inside OF
it, unless left open. Bnt I could never
feed hogs satisfactorily without cooking
| food A PRACTICAL FARMER
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

How LITTLE LAND WILL KEEP A
Cow-A correspondent sends the
following admirable statement: l
wish to give the result of expert
ment in soiling. On the lst day of
June last / commenced cutting clio
yer for one Cow confined in yard
inclosed by high tight board fence,
With stable attached in which she
has been fed. She has had no feed
but freshly cut clover from the first
Of June to the 18th Of October, and
all taken from one fourth of an acre
of ground. She has averaged eigh-
teen quarts ofstrained milk per day,
from which my wife has made eight
pounds of butter per week, during
the four and half months. The
COW is five years old, and cross of
the Ayrshire and Durham. She has
given more milk, more butter, and
of better quality, than she has ever
done on pasture. On another fourth
Of an acre, by moving four times, l
have secured two tons Of good hay.
On one-eight of an acre have raised
$50 bushels of sugar beets and car
rots, which with the two tons of hay
will keep her handsomely through
the balance of the year. The labor
of cutting clover for the COW is less
than that Of driving her three-fourths
of a mile to pasture; besides the
manure saved is quite an item. In
the dairy districts the usual estimate
is four acres to the COW, on the hay
and pasture system, whereas by
soiling and raising roots tive-eights
of an acre is found to be sufficient.
| will state further, what believe
from nearly thirty years experience
in farming, that there is no crop so
valuable for soiling as clover, no
crop, so many pounds of which, and
of equal value for milk and butter,
can be produced from an acre of
ground. Sweet corn is good crop
for late feeding where clover will
not grow, but not profitable for win
ter feeding.-1merieoa Stock Jour-
nal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
A Crover Eating Cattle.

Mr.. Bella S. Hastings, who is one
of the leading drovers from Yer
mont, in supplying cattle for the
Boston market, gives his experience
and observation in relation to fatten-
ing stock, at late meeting of the
Caledonia County Farmers Club:
He said the main object of the
farmer was to get the most ont of
his fodder.-It does not pay to feed
grain to poor creature, one that
does not take on flesh rapidly. Far
mers will do better to dispose Of
such stock for what it will bring,
and ntecWe animals Of good style.
He befie1l that one-half of the
grain fed vas wasted 10y not being
fed to good cattle. Another i'm
portant point is, farmers do not feed
heavy enough. He would commence
with as much feed as they could
bear at first, and then increase. In
feeding II quarts of meal, the last
four quarts are worth twice as much
as the first four for fattening pur-
poses. Some farmers complain that
they do not get pay for the grain
they feed out, but he had noticed
that it was only those that fed light
thus complained. Whether the an
imaI was to be fed long or short
time, he would recommend heavy
feeding. Mr.. Hastings said that he
knew nothing better than corn
meal. The cob is not worth much
if anything. Those persons of
whom he purchased fat stock, who
were the most successful, and made
it most profitable, were those who
fed meal largely. If farmer has
patatocs or other roots, it is well
enough to feed those in part, but a
farmer will do better to exchange
some of his roots for corn than to
feed roots altogether. 1t is impor-
tant to feed regularly and not too
often, as the stock will eat and lie
down and ruminate. 1t is better to
feed cattle but three times day,
and sheep but once.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

PURIFICATION OF WATER BY
FREEZING. - Careful experiments
have recently been made in regard
to the solid constituents Of the ice
Of certain lakes compared with those
Of the unfrozen water beneath it:
and a very decided difference was
found to exist, the residium from the
evaporation Of the melted ice being
much less than that from the same
weight of the water in question. In
one experiment in the Lake of Zu-
rich, while the water furnished .12s
of a gramme of solid matter to the
quart, the melted ice yielded only
.02G of gramme. 1t, therefore,
would seem that the freezing tends
to reduce the hardness of water, and
possibly by successive repetitions OF
this action water might be brought
to a state of very decided purity. =
EDIToR's SCIENTIFIC RECORD. in
Xo,per's Nagnzine for Nocember.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

FEED THE FRUIT TREEs-It must
be apparent to every rejecting per-
son that the material round about a
fruit tree, which renders important
aid in the production of fine fruit of
any kind, must necessarily be more
or less exhausted after a vine, bush,
or tree has produced abundant crops
for several successive years. For
example: A large pear tree or APP
pie tree will frequently yield from
ten to sixteen bushels of fruit an
nually. Many trees have produced
more than twice these quantities at
one crop.
After few seasons, the material
that the roots must be supplied with,
in order to develop fruit, will be
more or less exhausted. For this
reason, fruit begins to fail; and the
failure is often attributed to an east
wind, or some mysterious atmos-
pheric influence, when, in reality,
the sole cause is starvation, arising
from an impoverished soil.
The remedy is to feed the roots of
all kinds of fruit trees with lime,
wood ashes, gypsum, chip dirt,
bones, fishes, and anything that will
renovate an impoverished soil. 1t
is evident that fruit trees cannot
produce fine fruit out of nothing, or
out Of such material as may be de-
sirable for some other purpose
Erchange.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
The Ballad Of King Corr,
NJ @. II. BARNEl

passed By fed where the royal Com
III, hundred emerald flags unfurld.
AgluW with the CHANGING beams of morn.
With the crystal drops Of dew iupearled,
And waved them out TO the free winds play,
And tossed his feathery plumelets high;
And heard the monarch proudly say,
In strain Of rustic melody:
10! am king Of the fruitful farm!
I'm rightfEl lord of the cereal band.
sway the sccpter of my strong arm
In majesty over the fallowed land!
The farmers eye is alight with hope
When his shining plOwshare turns the mold
And the glowing gates of promise ope
When he hides in the ground my germ o.
The heart Of the husbandman trils song
When my green blades pierce the mellow
ground
He delights to see me, tall and strong,
In the maize -month. cast my shadows round
And. watching the August eunbeams fall,
And matchless sheen to my beauty bring
tie cries, Behold my stately Saul
Ny Corn, over all his brethren kingl'
"Ay.1 was born to rule iu the field;
My banners wave on hill-sides and plains;
The world. for my glory and bounteous yield
Proclaims me by right. King of the grains +.
make the laborer's ireside glad
With abundant gifts from my full hand;
And the toilng millions, hunger sad,
Would welcome my reign in every land.
when the cool and soft September days
Bring ripeness to my golden ears,
III furl my flags in the autumn haze,
unplnme my helmet and drOOp my spears
Then. as bow to the reaper's hand,
In the dew hours of harvest morn,
I'll hear tie shout of the harvest band:
Room for the king: the great King Conn.,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

a lady writer in the Chicago
Jouynai is severe upon cruelty to
horses. She says, ga thousand
shames upon the brute who would
lash a terrified horse! Go whip
your wife-you are fully capable of
it. Tell me young man will make
Il good husband ifhe will abuse a
dumb beast! / tell you ! would
rather marry Sepoy. Take my
advice, We young maidens contem-
Stating matrimony! Never marry
4 man who is impudent to his
mother, snubs his sister, helps him
self to the largest piece Of cake, or
takes the under t'apjack at the table,
~ beats his wife carelessly in sud-
cen temper. "-ErchGnre.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
From the Western Rural
How to Fattcn Hogs Probably.

The rearing and fattening of hogs
is one of our great farm industries
propose to make few points
which may be useful to my brother
farmers. Pork has been in shor,
supply for several years, and the
price advanced accordingly. The
prospect appears to indicate that
prices will keep up for years to
come.
The hog, like other animals. has
been much improved by judicious
selections and crosses in breeding:
but several points in every good
breed depends upon the swill pail.
High feeding is required to do the
hest with any animal Of any breed.
There is no such thing as making a
600 pound porkcr on scantv food.
When 4 man pretends that his breed
of hogs can be made large, rangy,
and fat, on a small quantity Of food,
you can set him down as one that
has reckoned without his host.
The first point to be made is, that
the pig should be kept cowino
thrifty, and charging his skin,
from the first to the last day of his
life. The hog is kept as a machine
to work up food into pork, and the
more he works up in month, the
greater the profit. 1t costs twice as
much to make a hundred pounds of
pork upon stunted, haIfstarved
pig, rs upon one that has always
kept growing thriftily.
Pigs can be kept growing in Sum-
mcr, upon the refuse of the house
and clover, if you have enough Of
them. But be sure and keep them
growing if you feed grain. In the
Fall, sweet apples Tor even souri,,
potatoes, beets, pumpkins
are all good for growing pigs, and
very little grain is required.
The second and important point
n successful feeding is good
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
Collie in Horses.

Treatment of collie in horses is
not always such as will lead to a
cure, and there is no disorder of the
horse that more frequently leads to
loss of the animal than an attack OF
collie. DIR. J. A. Hopkins, in the
Turf, Field and Farm, refers to
some simple remedies which may
be used by any one with effect, in
sudden attacks Of this disease. He
says:
There are, of course, various forms
of collie, and protracted attack will
often produce complications which
require skillful treatment, and the
presence of a veterinary surgeon.
The remedies here offered are for
the most frequent and easily distin-
guished cases of tiatulcnt collie.
One simple remedy frequently
very effectual is, two ounces or four
tablespoonful of saleratus in pint
of stronS ginger tea; another, a pint
of warm salt water, with an enema
Of the same; the injections will oft
en- brin" away large volumes of
wind; another, one ounce of cam
phorated spirits in a pint of sweet
ened water. These may be obtain
ed in town or country at almost
every house, when other prescrip-
tons requiring preparations may
not be easily got. | add these
drcnchcs, all of which / have used
with good results:
l. Sulphuric ether, one ounce;
laudanum, two ounces; compound
dccoction of aloes, five ounces. Mix
and give every hour until relieved.
2. Spirits turpcntine, two ounces;
laudanum, one and a half ounces;
one pint of swcetened water. Mix
and give every hour.
3. Aromatic spirits Of ammonia,
one and half ounces; laudanum
two ounces; tincturc of ginger, one
and half ounces; one pint of warm
ale. Mix and give every hour.
The above are what might prop
ly be termed allopathic remedies.
The usual homeopathic treatment
for collie is two or thee doses of ac-
onite, followed by arsenicum. AZ
ter attacks Of collie, great care should
always be taken of the horse, in or
der that relapse does not occur,
proper attention being given to the
food and water; warm bran mashes
and water from which the chill has
been taken only being allowed.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
Aarifllltnyal Golumu.

THR reading columns on this page will be devpt.
Cd mainly to topics pertaining to the FARa and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers OF the BULLETIN
are cordially Invited to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
COU G II NO MO Il Z;
WIN Il OF LIFE.

The great Blood Purifier and Delicious Drink,
Wnrncr's Vinum Vita or Wine OF Lie, is
free from any poisonous drugs or impurities, heing
prepared for those who require n stimulant. II is
a splendid appetizer and tonic, and the finest thing
IN the world for purifying the blood. II is the
most pleasant and delicious article ever offered TO
the public. fur superior to brandy, whisky, wine,
bitters, or any other article. 1t Is more healthy,
and cheaper. Both male and female, young or
old can take the Wine of Life. II is, in fact, life
preseryer. Those who wish to enjoy good health
and free flow of lively spirits, will do well TO
take the Wine of Life. 1t is different from any
thing ever before in use. II Is sold by druggists:
also at all respectable saloons. Price One Dollar,
n quart bottles.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21

A writer in Country Gentleman
thinks that horns upon cattle are
useless, and desires to see breed
Of cattle originated possessing all
good points, and having no horns.