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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
Women Lecturers.

Yet there remains in many gem
crous and courteous minds the old
prejudice. A woman should not
speak in public, they say Go if
You will, and enjoy listening if you
can; but we will stay away, for we
do not think it feminine. Yet the
good friend who said this went with
delight to hear Jenny Lind; and
pays for himself, Mrs. Friends ,and the
two Misses Friend, sixteen dollars
to hear Nilsson; carriage, four dol
lars; gloves and incidental expenses
five dollars-a neat sum total Of
twenty-five dollars. He likes music,
she is sweet singer, and it is coD.-
me IL .taut to hear famous rrima
donna. Certainly the Easy Chair
does not quarrel with those who
like to hear music and hear sweet
singers. But we were speaking Of
propriety. Now why is it not as
untcmininc for woman to sing up
on platform in public hall as it
is to speak upon the same platform?
If she sings badly, certainly she
ought to be severely discouraged;
and if she speaks badly, let her
we say it Gin a spirit oflove'-hold
her tongue. But then in the same
spirit, we say the same thing to
singers and orators who are not
women. Is is proper and manly and
becoming to his sex that man
should sing or speak who has no
talent for singingor speaking? 1t is
not this Easy Chair which asserts it.
But when the woman has noble
talent for song, exquisitely cultiva-
ted-when Jenny Lind stands be-
fore us, with her hands resting one
upon the other, and with her very
soul sings, 81 know that my Re-
deemer liveth"-is it improper?
Is it mbecoming? Is it untemi
nine? Why, our good friend him
self goes home a better man. be-
cause more believing; for that
marvellous song. But suppose that
instead of singing those words she
had read other words from the BIZ
bic, with such carncstness and con
viction and power that they shone
with new light, and Illuminated
your duty, would it be unfelninine
and improper that she should do it,,
If 4 woman is evidently shallow and
vain, and is plainly more concerned
with the effect that her toilet viii
produce than with that Of her words
if what she says is evidently said
for sensation-no man and no wom-
an will care to hear her. But there
are women as intelligent, who think
as much and feel as deeply, as the
best men; and when one of them,
feeling the influence of certain Gus
toms and laws in society as no man
can feel them, appeals soberly and
eloquently to the Judgment and con-
science Of society, it is peculiarly
becoming, an especially feminine,
duty that she does.-EDIToR's EASY
CHAIR, in Harper's -Noya=i,,e for
March.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
A Giant Inventor.

On Friday, January 81, the floor
of our office trembIed under the
tread of the largest client that ever
pressed its boards since Mum E
Co. commenced business. Seating
himself at our desk, on q chair
las much out of proportion to his
bulk ss an ordinary baby's chair
would be to common-sized MANI
this huge individual explained to us
the nature of an invention for which
he was DESTROYS to secure patent. 3
Having transacted his business, and
created a very unusual sensation
among the numerous clerks and at,
tachcs of the office, he rose to de-
part. On his way out, our associate
editor adroitly approached him, and
succeeded in gaining from him the
following statement, the publication
of which, in our sober columns, will,
we are sure, minister to that love Of
the marvellous, trace of which al
ways remains, even in the most
philosophic bosom.
The name of the individual re-
ferred to is Colonel Ruth Goshen,
and he is a resident at present in
Algonquin, Illinois. lie is native
Of Turkey in Asia, and was born
among the hills ofPalcstine. He is
the fifteenth, and last child (the ba-
by) of a family of titteen-ten sons
and FIVE daughters-sired by a pa
triarch now 80 years old, living in
the valley Of Damascus, and by oc-
cupation a coffee planter. This
venerable sire weighs, at the pres
ent time, $50 pounds avoirdupois,
and his wife, aged 81, weighs $50
pounds. s'
The entire family are living, and
net one of them weighs less than
500 pounds. The oldest son weighs
$50 pounds, and the Youngest. our
huge client, outstripping them all,
weighs $50 pounds. Not one afthe
family is less than seven feet in
height, and the Colonel is - strip
ling of only 7 feet 8 inches in his
stockings. lie is not an a,itaiy fat
man, is merely what would be cali
ed moderately portly, and is aa
years old.
He was colonel in the Austrian
army in 1859, and a colonel COM
manding in the Mexican army at the
battle Of Puebla, May 5th, 1862, in
which the Mexicans We're victorious.
His father at one time resided in
Leeds, but returned to Turkey in
| 1s45. ~.
The colonel states that there has
never been any sickness in the FAM
ily to speak OF, and that all are---so
far as he knows-well and hearty.
It was at Leipsic, Germany, that
the colonel met his fate in the per-
son of a fair madchen, weighing 100
pounds, and feet 8 inches in
height, and the union has been
blessed with two sons, who give
| promise Of rivalling their father in
stature. Scientific Amersena. y
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
The Modern Clergyman.

They are now every mans friend,
and they have to pay the dues Of
friendship. A clergyman Of the
city once stated--and we have ev-
cry reason to believe without exag-
eration-that the amount Of writing
done each year by the pastor of
large parish, having two sermons
to prepare, and few exchanges, is
surpassed by the amount produced
by no author-that the number Of
parochial calls made, all requiring
tact and sympathy, equals that OF a
physician in good practice-that the
amount of general advising done,
touching schools, property, quarrels,
questionable action, and thousand
things, equals that of lawyer with
fair business; and that the other
duties, school visiting, lecturing,
making brief addresses, writing ar
ticles, serving on committees, and
doing "every body's work." would
employ another man still-not to
speak Of the student function, that
which makes our clergymen the
best patrons Of our book ores, and
the most thorough readers of our
best books. Few people ever know
of these things; fewer still stop to
think Of them.
The hardest part offs clergyman's
life, as it is of an editors, is the
necessity of producing without the
time to produce. Good thoughts,
whethe; in the paper, the volume or
sermon, need time to grow up leis-
urely, TO mature in calm resttul-
ness, and to be produced when, and
only when they are SO far ripe that
they need expression. Once in a
while we hear a sermon which We
know is the fruit of leisure; it must
have grown, to be the rounded, bal
anced thing it is. We feel instinc-
lively that such paper could not
have been thrown off at the rate OF
two a week, with hundred other
distractions and cares added there
to. But there are few or no minis
ters who can give their people such
kind of fare; college professors may;
but happily or unhappily, our cler-
gymcn cannot; they must write on
the jump; the Sundays whirl around
in amazing swiftness, ana the week.
| ly grist Of thought, sensibility and
reflection must be ready.
If it were not too delicate and
personal a matter, We could write
freely regarding the tremendous
| strain put upon editors; but that is
foreign to our talk. We merely
want to indicate from our point Of
view, what we think the public
should expect and demand from the
| ministers of religion; how torbear-
ing men should be to a class OF
educated gentlemen who, although
obliged to wear clothes which do
not show the stains Of labor, are
among the most intense and unwea-
ried workers among us.
In the general andindiscriminate
mixing up Of professions and occu-
pations, the clergyman is not spared;
he takes his chance with the rest,
and enjoys no immunities, no un-
taxed dignities. He is simply q
man among men; enjoying peculiar
privileges indeed, having the key "a
our homes, and sometimes to our
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
NEHEMIAH DOOLITTLE.
How He Kept Cincinnati Newspa-
per Alive.
From the Louisville Courier journal.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
About the year eighteen hundred
and sixty odd, Mr.. Nehemiah Doc
little, an enterprising citizen of
Boston, in which city he was born
and raised, came out West in search
of something to do, and having a
natural tondness for newspapers,
concluded after a while to rent a
quantity of second hand material
and start tne of his own. One of
the easiest things in the world is to
start newspaper; one of the hard
est things in the world is to keep it
from stopping, especially when it
has once made up its mind to stop.
At the time to which we refer Gin
cinnati seemed, as it does now, to
be an excellent field for the starting
of a tirst-rate live newspaper, and
the thing having struck Mr.. Doolit-
tie in that light, he determined to
stop there and start one, which he
accordingly did, bringing out the
first number on the very day that
the press of that city accidentally
failed to print column or so OF
news that had appeared in the
Louisville papers a week or two be-
fore.
But Mr.. Doolittle's enterprise
failed to pay, rs such enterprises
sometimes will, and after running
the concern for few weeks against
wind and tide, he became convinced
that he must either get up a co"p
de- etn to retrieve his fortunes, or
leave town without going around to
say good bye to his friends, the
most of whom, for reasons not Who'll
ly unconnccted with matters of pc
cuniary character, would, he knew,
be very sorry to see him 60 in that
way. Therefore he made up his
mind to stay and bring to the front
that Down East genius he had bro't
with him from home, but which
hitherto, he had held mostly in re-
serve. He had n little money laid
away as provision against the wet
spell which he felt in his bones must
come at no distant day, and he de-
termined to throw the last red cent
Of it into one desperate attempt to
put himself through.
One fine morning Mr.. Doolittle's
paper failed to make its appearance
as usual. The next morning, how
ever, he issued an extraordinarily
large edition, containing standing
"notice to subscribers" of which he
probably had as many as two dozen
and a half, wherein they were re-
questcd to call at the office any time
within the next few days and re.
ceive five cents each as a reimburse
ment for the loss of the paper the
day before. OF course everybody
who saw the notice resolved on the
spot to consider himself subscri-
ber-for this was in Cincinnati, re-
member-and to call around speedi-
ly and secure the price Of a glass Of
beer. Having scattered this edition
promiscuously oil over the city, and
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24

hearts, but not standing a point
higher than other men. And this
is the best thing on the whole in
American society, that in whatever
profession or calling a man is, he
passes for just what he is and just
what lie is worth. No matter what
lie wears-for " take it for granted
that a gentleman will not forget
himself and dress like jockey-no
matter where he lives, no matter
whether tradesman or ''profes-
sional" man, if he has native digni-
ty, truth, and noblcness Of character
they will be found out. If he has
not these, his being a clergyman
will not help him, if he has
them, his not being clergyman
will not hinder him.--XurVord
COuront.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
Heavy Verdict against Liquor Sell
ler--$2, 500 Damages.

A case was tried in the Guernsey
(Ohio) Common Pleas, week before
last, wherein Mrs. Francis Watt
was plaintiff, and Samuel Boyd,
defendant. The Cambridge Times
in reporting this case, says:
The plaintiff is the widow of DR..
S. W. Watt, at one time prominent
physician and surgeon, and an ex
representative Of this county who
died about the 18th of September,
1869, from the effects Of intoxication.
She set forth in her petition that
her husband had an extensive and
lucrative practice, which enabled
him to provide a comfortable sup
port for his family prior to the
time of the grievances by the dcfen-
dant. That since about the first of
April, 1865 her husband was in the
habit of becoming intoxicated, and
so continued until the time of his
death. That the defendant continued
during all of this time to sell and
deliver to him intoxicating liquor
in quantities from one pint to one
quart, causing him to become an
habitual drunkard and incapable of
attending to any kind of business;
and that the plaintiff was therefore
compelled to attend upon him, nurse
him, and provide for the support of
herself and family; and the same
caused his estate to be squandcred,
and resulted in his death, and there
fore the plaintiff, the widow of the
deceased, has been deprived of the
means of support for herself and
minor child, and that she has been
compelled to resort to daily labor
for the same, and claimed that she
had been damaged to tie amount Of
$4,000, for which she asked judg-
ment at the hands Of the jury.
After argument by able counsel
on both sides, the case was given to
the jury on the charge of the court.
The jury, after an absence of about
thirty minutes, returned with the
following verdict: eve, the jury
in this case, find for the plaintiff,
and assess her damages at $4,000.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
A Fighting Parson--D:sorder in a
Po8nsyivnnia Revival Meeting.

Lancaster Pa, Correspondence Of the Sun.
Not far from here is II little cdi-
fee called the Octorara Methodist
Episcopal Church, over whose con
gregation Parson Gregg sometimes
presides. Parson Gregg is man
who fears the Lord, but never stands
in dread OF man, be he ever so
mighty. The Octorara Church, gen
orally known as the "Gray Horse" "
stands in a sort of desert, and lies
one-half in Pennsylvania and one
half in Maryland; that is, the old
Mason and Dixon line cuts it in two,
and leaves the sacred building
equally divided between the two
States. Whenever there is revi-
val, the ungodly from the southern
side of the line come over and raise
Cain among the faithful. They con
gregatc around the door, and issue
cat calls, and they swear and cut
up generally like barbarians. When
meeting is over they force their at
tention upon the young ladies of the
church, and make love to them in a
highly indecorous manner, and, on
meeting the parson, always insist
upon his taking drink. This in
variably otiends the good man, and
excites his wrath against the
wretches, the more since they are
almost always tipsy, and invariably
blasphemous.
Last night party of them came
over the line and disturbed the
meeting. Parson Gregg paused a
moment in the delivery Of his ser.
mon (which, by the way, was from
the 9Th chapter of st. Matthew, and
rolling up his sleeves, uttered him.
self as follows:
"Young men! If there's another
disorderly sound from among youl
disreputable crowd, I'll come down
from this sacred desk, and, in the
name of the Lord, put = head on ev.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
INDEPENDENCE NURSERY.

4 T the Independence Nursery. one mile west Of
n this City, can he found a 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 Plnms;
Red and yellow Siberian. Transcendent. Souiard.
Hyslop. FOrhs and TetOpsky Crabs; lioughton
Seeding. Scotch and English Gooseberries; boo
little Black Cap. Purple Cane and Catawina Rasp-
berries: Concord and Clinton Grapes: Wilson's.
Russell's Ianning's White and Frenchs Seeding
Strawberries: Currants. Roses, FlOwering Al
monds. Snowhalls. G'adiolas. Lilies. Dahiias,
Flowcrinr shrubs. Weeping Willows. Ever-reens.
Nerhenas, Sweet Potatoes. and in fact any aud
everything in the Nursery line cheaper than can
he had from any other Nursery will also order
on short noice anythin" in the green house line,
from d. Wilmot Scot. of Galena Illinois. at cata-
Ogue prices freight and express charges excepted.
Almost all of the above were crown and accli-
mated here on our own grounds.
j. s. BOTCK.
2S-tf Proprietor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24

tie while, for you see l had rot the
gag loosened, tried to get into
conversation with him, and then he
said: you don't seem to be easy,
you are trying to get your handouts
off, for you see | had been testing
to see how tight they were; l said:
l am not doing anything of the kind;'
he responded: i will be- if I
don't shoot you;' l answered: 1T
would not be of any consequence to
do that;' and then we had a good
bit of talk in that way, when he all at
once broke out: 'You have got this
thing loose on your MOUTH l said:
Yes, and l think you might as well
take it off; it is disagrecable, and of
no consequence his reply was:
well, l guess l will;' and he took
it off and threw it down on the floor;
he asked me: DO you want a drink
of water?' and l said yes, and he
got me cup, saying: There is not
much in it; you can have what there
is;' took a swallow, and my captor
seemed to be more quiet; l asked
him if he would not give me some
tobacco, and he took out his box and
put into my mouth good chew;
l said: 'That is clever in you,' and
he then, further to please me,
brought the cashiers broad-back
chair, and got something for me to
put my feet on"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24

Has In twenty years of close personal application
to the Indispensable qnality Of extreme hardness,
collected the LARGEST stock of Russian and Siberian
Apples to he found on the American Continent.
now offers TO the public These indispensable var-
ties, the plaMtin@ of which insnres success IN thi-
climate The Grounds of my customers hear
abundant evidence of the fruitfnesS of these
Russian and Siberia" varieties. all of which can he
Obtained at low and reasonable rates. to"ether
with lar-c and varied stock of all varieties of
nursery products, especially adapted to Northern
Iowa.
FRANK CARRELL and p. HINMAN. Agents in
Buchanan County.
H. g. SARIN. General AGENT for Central Iowa
may he found at the office Of I'nn. n. s. Lee. In
depeuden"e Iowa. For further particulars ad
dress fhc proprietor
J. s. SlIEARMAN.
1-tf Rockford. H., Box IS.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
Jesup Cards.
T. H. HAWKINS,

TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
IA Jesup. Buchanan Co., Iowa. C0iiecnons
promptly made aud rcmittcd. Real Eststc oougn'
and sold ~
Jan. q, 1859. ~"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
NJ. r. EASTMAN,

A rrORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
n and Land Agent, Jcsup. Buchanan County
- aa;o;n;no Counties Stiff
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
[By Request.l
A Wife to Her Husband.

The following lines were written by Mrs. Mehet-
abel Wright, sister of John Wesley. She mar
teligence. who proved unkind to her. The plain
tive beauty Of the lines below 10 attributable to
that carlse.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
RATHER ODD.

MEssRs. BENNETT, ELDRfDGE & Co.,
GrOCers, Burrs buildings, Chatham street,
are now doing good, brisk business des-
pite the tightness of the times. Since
opening last May, their trade has steadi-
~ 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 ut 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 60
Below will be found list of their prices
on u few staple articles:
A set of Cups and Saucers. ....$ .35
A Glass Table Set ............ .85
611 lbs. Dried Blackberries s. -. 100
lb Dried Peaches. s.............. 100
5 lbs. Coffee ........ 100
s1 lbs. Sugar loo
IL lbs White Fish. ............... LOO
A tip-top Pair of Farmers Boots. 4.5O
In Table Cutlery, Crockery, Glassware,
Tea, Coffee, Syrups, SC, they feel very
confident they can offer special induce
ments to those who pay down for Goods.
R-Cash Paid for Farm Produce
BENNETT, ELDRIDGE & CO.
00.tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24

A TTORNEY AT LAW. Once on corner OF
n Main and Willut Streets. oyer Clbses store.
General Collections and matters before the ITO
bate Court. ''-'
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
r M HUNT.

r licensed AucTlONEER. Hazleton. Iowa.
viii attend Sales of Real and Personal Prop
erty on short noce. in this aad Fayette conn'ies.
Satsfsction Guaranteed. ''-F
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
7 & Er,yAR.

r LICENSED NCTIONEER, independence: To-
l wa win seU Real Estate and Personal Prop
srty of every des :ripiion. Satisfaction Guaral-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
nr Il y. HUNT. NJ. D..

r LICENSED ArCTIONEER, Qaasqneton, Such
anan County. Iowa. l3-"hi
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
Business Cards.
LEE & WEART,
L s W0ODWARD,
w. H. BARTON,

A TTORNEY AT LAW aud General Land Agent,
n Iidepenie Ice, Iowa. Once III Wilcox 81 X
Particular attention given 20 Collections. ana se-
nittances promptly made.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24
n II. HDLDRIDGE,

A TTORNEY tT LAW. Notary Public and Real
N Es.ate A-eat. win rive espe.lal attention
to Collections. pay Taxes. Examine iities' touec'
Rents aud sci. Real Estate Also. Licensed Gov
>rnmc 1t Clai n 4 cent. viii prosecute an1 colect
All claims .ailst the Government, including Pen.
sions Back Pay. BDaniy. &c. Once III the Ia'iali
RlOck over Glass store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-02-24

ROBERT GRESSI Err.
VIyATCH MAKER. opposite the presbyterian
w Church west side river, near MILL Nam
Street. Independence. Iowa. Clocks, Matchcs.
lowest prices. Having learned his business IL the
watch factory in Switzerland. and being well pro
vided with tools aud material. ne Is prepared 10 u"
work in the best manner quickly and cheaply.
SI3ii-tf
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-03
Cotton Statement.

NEW YORK, October 1.-The cotton move
ment shows large increase in receipts and
expo, Is as compared with last week. The re.
celpts at all ports for the week are 34.O73
bales, against 20, SOC bales last week, l2.16l
tue previous week, and 9I37 three weeks
SINCE: The total receipts since September |
are 't,3 bales, against l24 6i9 for the cor
responding period Of the previous year.
showing decrease of 48. BOG bales. The ex.
ports from all ports for the week are j.. Alb
bales. against 10, l63 for the same week
last year. The total exports for the ex-
Plred portion of the cotton year are 43O7
bales, against 1913 for the same time last
year. The stock at all ports is $3.50 bales.
against l6,4l9 for the same time last year
Ihe stocks at interior towns are l6. COZ
bales. against 1888 last year. The stock
IN Liverpool is 423,O0 bales, against 52l 900
last year.
The following is a statement Of the
american cotton afoat: Great Britain
o4,eOO bales, against $4,000 last year In
dian cotton anOat: For Europe, IL. .332
bales. against 395.l4O last wear. There
has been marked improvement in the
condition of affairs at the South during the
week. The weather has been cool. aud
very little rain has fallen. Picking u pro-
crossing with vigor. and there are few com
pla'uts of the caterpillar.
Cotton was heavy and lower early N the
week, but sfterward became firm and i'm
proved slightly. The sales for the week
reached 10000 bales Of which $1,000 we're
Tor future delivery and 1900 on the spot
and to arrive. Of spot cotton exporters took
about 49, 900 bales. spipuers 800 bales. and
spectators 730 bales