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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11

abundant, are nevertheless bony,
and not inclined to good beef points,
although the climate is mild and
food abundant. They are half wild,
and need care and breeding. But
care and breeding would unfit them
for taking care Of themselves.
We cannot let our stock run wild,
and therefore it is the province of
the good farmer to use every means
in his power to improve his stock
50 that they may repay him for his
extra care and trouble. The three
principal points for him to meet are
care in selection, good shelter, and
plenty of high feeding. 1t is the
basis of former success, and may
not be departed from without seri-
Gus loss. There is money in the
breeding of good stock for indeti-
mite years to come. Good beef, NUT
ton, poultry and pork, will never go
out of fashion. We are requiring
more and more each year, and the
further the farm lies from the mar
kets, the greater the necessity that
the owner make his money from
fattened stock. Selling grain i'm
poverishes country. Fattening
tening stock makes it richer.-J.
Periuu, IN the Interior.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11
A Steam.Plow,
From the Rochester {Minn. Post

From the Rochester tMinn-) Post.
Col. Clark Thompson has Just re-
turned from the East with novelt,
in the way Of a motive power fo1
propelling farm machinery, viz: s
Road Steamer. Col. Thompson ha.
1900 acre farm in Wells, and this
steamer is used on it for the present
and during the breaking season, te
break up his prairie.
The steamer, itself, is similar ii
principle to the steam road wagons
i'll use in England, with various
notifications >and improvements
more especially in the rim and tire
of the wheels, which are contracted
or shod with rubber. so as to enable
the steamer to pass, with equal IA
Gritty, over hard or soft, smooth OF
broken ground. With the trials thus
far made with it at Wells, the
steamer traverses 4 soft, muddy
road, or freshly plowed field,
without difficulty, and, in one in
stance, during the trial, the machine
passed over piece Of sloughy
ground, which a team was obliged
to go around, on account of the
horses sinking into it.
The total weight of the steamer
is six tons, and it cost 5000 at the
shop, in Paterson, n. J. 1t will
draw loaded train of lumber
wagons, of fie.N tons, along a mod
erately retcl road, or twelve to
twenty tons up grade, according
to its steepness. At the shop,
where it was tested, it drew 4 gang
plow, containing seven plows, at a
speed of two and one-half miles per
hour, cutting seven burrows Of eight
inches depth, and fourteen inches
width.
AT the trials made at Wells, last
week, Col. Thompson's steamer
drew gang of five plows, going up
and down hill, over the prairie, at
the rate of four to six miles an hour,
and cutting and turning five turrows
each twenty inches wide, or a swath
Of 100 inches width, and three or
four miles long, in one hours
time.
The plows used are twenty-inch
breaking plows, made at Rushtord,
this State. They are without han
dies, the arrangement for drawing
them being triangular frame, set
on three wheels, the front part be-
ing parallel to the rear of tho steam
cr, the rear part running back from
the ri ght hand forward wheel to the
one hind wheel, so that when the
plows are hitched to it, they follow
each other in drag fashion, each
pillow being just far enough in the
rear Of the preceding one to throw
the sod clear Of it and lay it over in
the furrow
The utility Of the road-steamcr is
not to be confined to breaking up
the prairie sod, but it is capable of
drawing four or five reapers through
an immense field of golden grain
four miles an hour, or half dozen
mowers at the same rate; to say
nothing Of the threshing machines
it will run, the loads it will draw to
the barn, the wood it will saw, the
feed it will grind, and, if necessary,
the "long trip it can make over
those immense prairies and not get
tired.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11
Sowing Clover Seed in August

Being constant reader of your
valuable paper, and feeling a deep
interest in agricultural pursuits, |
wish to learn Of Your patrons the
best mode Of growing clover, and,
therefore, would be glad to exchange
thoughts on this subject with differ
cnt agriculturists.
have lived twenty years in this
region, and have raised clover here
for sixteen years of that time. |
have sown the seed in mid-winter
on the snow, in the spring, in the
summer, and in the fall, and have
had the seed fail of catching in all
the seasons, except when sown in
the month Of August. | now settle
down upon the opinion that this is
the proper time to sow the seed,
more especially in this climate, as
three years out of four we have
drouth between April Goth and the
lst Of July, lasting, many times, for
months, and entirely burning out
'lN SI'So 'ild' > ihSS nun W lHtcT
or spring seedlings. These drouths
are not so common in the Eastern
States, where spring sowing may do
well.
NV mode is to SOW in the month
Of August, and put no crop with the
seed, except it is for protection
when sown after raising a crop of
oats, enough oats will come up from
the stubble for protection. Corn is
n sure crop for clover to catch with,
if sown between the rows; even then
| should SOW oats with the seed.
find the effect Of plaster on my
clover to be good. In 1869 we had
IA good grass season. That year |
did not use plaster, but in 1870 |
moved the same ground that | had
mown the year before, and my hay
was increased one-third over the
previous year. In 1870 used plas-
ter, yet this year was not so favora-
bic for grass as 1869 was. The in
crease ! credit to the use Of plaster.
tor. Western Eirmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11

Vinegar Bittcrs are not vile Fancy Drink.
Made Of Poor Rum. Whislxcy, Proof Spirits
and Refuse Liquors, doctorcd, spced and sweet
enei 10 please the taste, called Tonics" Appctizers
"Restorers. &C. that lead the tippler to drunken
and rain but true y ,iicine made from tho
Native Roots and Herbs Of California, free from all
Alco oiic Sfimuinnt-. They the GREAT
BLOOD PURIFIER and \ LIFE GIVING
PRINCIPLE. perfect Rcnovator and lnvsor2tor
OF the System. carrying of all poisonous matter and
restoring the blood to healthy condition. No person
can take these Btters according to directions and
main long unwell, provided their bones not des-
troyed by mineral poison other MEANS and tho vital
organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
They are Gentle Purcntivc we'll a
Tonic. possessing also the peculiar merit ofactns
powerful arent in relieving Congestion Indamma-
ton of the Liver and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS. whether In
young old, married or single at the dawn of
hood at TIE OF life, these Tonic Bters have
equal.
For lnlammntOry or Chronic Rheumatism
and Cont. Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Bill
iOus. Remittent and Intermittent Fcvers,
Diseases of the Blood. Liver. Kidneys and
Blndder. these Mtiers hive been most successful.
Such Diseases caused by Initiated Blood. y
which is generally produced by arrangement OF T.
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Heau .
ache, Pain in the Shoulders Coughs Tishtness Of the
Chest Dizziness, Sour Eructaons of the Stomach Bad
Taste in the Mouth Bilious Attacks Palpiation of tho
Heart. Inflammation Of the Lungs Pain in the regions
Of the Kidneys. and hundred other painful symptoms.
are the oifsprinss of Dyspepsia.
They invicorae the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels which render them of uneluaed
efficacy in cleansing the blood Of all impurities and i'm
parting new life and yigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptons, letter.
Salt Rheum, Blotches. Spots, Pimpes Pustules Boils
Carhuncles, Ring Worms. Scald Head. Sore Eyes.
Erisipelas, Iteh Scurfs DiScoloraions of the Skin.
Humors and Diseases of the skin. of whatever name
nature. literally dug up and carried out of tho
system in a short time by the of these Biters One
bottle such will convince the most incredulous
Of their curative effect.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever Won find Its i'm
puritics bursting through the skin IN Pmpcs Erupti"ns
sluggish in the veins: cleanse il when il - foul. and
your feelings will I'll you when Keep the blood pure.
and the h ath of the system will follow.
PIN, TAPE. and other WO1t MS. lurking in
the system of many thousands effectualy drS-
troyed aud removed For full directions read carefully
the circular around eacl bottle printed ia four
languages En-lish, German, French and Spanish.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. X. IL. Nc DONALD & CO.,
Druggists ard Gen Agents, San Francisco. Cal. and
- and 2. Commerce. Street, New YORK
~ SOLD Bi Ny. pRUGti IT'S tNn pE>LrRs
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11

a Pennsylvania farmer sows
six bushels Of salt to the acre on
his oats, and saws it makes the
stalks broader and the grain better,
besides advancing maturity.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11
Two Styles of Horse Powers.

N1NE-TENTHs of all the Threshine
~ Machines in use in this country belong to the
ENDLESS APRON" class, l. e., they have the
arrangement of the Endless Apron Canvas
Grain Carrier" "beaters" and "pickers' in COM
mon. Machines of this STYLE having the same
general form and somewhat similar appearance,
are made in nearly hundred different factories,
large and small. Yet machines from these differ
emit factories digr as much in real qualities as do
different makes of Wagons, cloth, feather, cutlery
patches or engines Hence the Importance of
on the part Of the farmer and the threslerman IN
making their selections. Some are practically
cheaper at thousand than others mt three hun
drcd dollars, yet there is not more than hundred
dollars difference between the prices of the best
and the poorest
G. Aultman & Co.'S "Sweepstakes" is
the accredited head and front of this great class,
and its superior strength, durability, simplicity
ease or draft, style of finish, and capacity Tor
threshing and cleaning grain aro acknowledged.
It has been for eighteen years a favor
ite and for several years without peer.
It has led the van of improvement
and revoutionzed the style and quality OF work
bestowed upon threshing machines.
It is moro widely known and esteem
ed than any other. The names OF &c. Auithan
4 CO." and SWEEPSTAKES are household WORDS
from Maine to California.
Our circulars contain the names of
over five thousand five hundred men in the North
west alonc who have purchased it and used tan
evidence of its standard character winch shonio
not be overlooked.
The great reputation achieved by this
favorte machine has led several interruptions
manufacturers, aud numerous agents, to attach
the name "SwEEPsrAKEs, in ono way and
another. to their machines and advertisements to
mislcad and deceive.
To avoid deception, loof for the card
&C AuLTMAN a. Co., MtnWfaG Fers CANTON,
Ono" in gilt letters, conspicuous on both sides
of the machine.
If you want to buy spur GUS sweep.
ktakes, because you can set 1t Er poor pay,
or on "long time" do it with ,"nr e,Vs open
That is the way they get rid OF IL eror machines.
The genuine Sweepstakes con-
tains many valuable 1'ecuiiartits OF construction
as we'll as Patented improvements not to be iound
In any other machine whatever
It is the acknowledged Leader of the
great Endless Apron" or Canvas Gram Car
Ter" branch of the threshng machine iamiiy
which has for more than thirty years thrcshed ana
cleaned the grain Of the country.
Moro SWEEPSTAKES are beng
built for this year than ever before: Improve,
mems have been added, and its acknowledged
Dosyio at tho head of its ass will 10 tuiy
maintained in the future rs in the Tast.
i, l.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11
Aoritultuyal Column

THE reading columns on this page will be devot
cd mainly to topics pertaining to the FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLETIN
are cordially invited to write for il
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-11
ann CORDS OF W00l For SALE.

OnA Cords of Hard and Soft Wood for sale.
sD\I\I Also LARGE quantity of Sawed and Split
Posts in lots TO suit purchasers. at the wood yard
on Canovia St I'd street East Of the Court IIonsc.
ICDSON y. TRAVIS
n B.-AFarmcrs supplied with Fence rosts NJ
reasonable rates. fnt
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

culties by acts of violence that should be
| adjusted in lawful and a peaceful way;
terrible to see the lifeless form of one that
has been slain in this way. AS shocking
as occurrences of this kind are, the sad
sight, of them has proved no barrier
against new repetitions.
The laxity OF the law has served to in
crease the disposition of men to settle their
difficulties on our streets, and homicides of
this class have been too common for this
boosted age of civilization. If the laws
had been more rigidly enforced by the
men called in the past to sit in the jury
box and determine, according to the law
and the evidence, the guilt of men charged
with criminal offenses, it is believed men
would not have been so ready to take the
law i'll their own hands; would not be
armed with concealed weapons, ready to
at the imminent peril Of passengers in our
streets. If it had not been the custom
to settle difficulties by acts of violence, it
is highly probable that Mr.. Henry Switzer,
a good and useful citizen, and the head of
an interesting family, might now be alive,
ministering to their comforts, and in the
performance of his usual duties, instead
of being consigned to an untimely grave.
And DR.. Eyeritt, the unfortunate man who
was driven, as is appears from the evil
dence to take his life under the plea Of
self-defense, would not now be anguish
ing in prison cell, deprived Of his liberty
and the comforts of his family and home.
Mr.. Switzer undertook to redress a sup
posed wrong in his own way. He, in
company with his brother-in-law, met DR..
Eyeritt on Canal street at q time in the
evening when that greatest thoroughfare
of our city is apt TO be thronged with
women and children as well as men. They
questioned the doctor and threatened him.
He denied having done what they accused
him Of This did not satisfy them, and
they threatened to cowhide and publish
him as coward if he did not publicly re-
tract what they accused him of. This he
declined doing, because he said he was
not guilty Of writing the letter to Mrs.
Switzer. Mr.. Switzer and his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Steinhardt, were, lno doubt, gov
erned good deal in this matter by what
had been the customary mode of redress
ing difficulties of this kind. If DR..
Everitt had acknowledged writing the al
legged Objectionable letter and refused to
give satisfaction there might have been
some excuse for an attack on him with a
cowhide in the minds of those approving
of that way of obtaining satisfaction.
But as the doctor denied writing it. it de-
prived them of alHexcuse for making the
attack that unfortunately resulted il the
death of Dir. Switzer, thereby adding
another homicide to the long list Of homi-
cides that have disgraced the good name
of our fair city.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

The Shreveport Sou h,cesteJn is informed
that the indiscriminate use of such words
as "iar" and ''slanderer" toward Mr.
Greeley does not elevate its scribbler into q
great editor, simply because Greeley uses
these words himself. When Ixion seized
upon the chariot of the sun and drove
the steeds of Jupiter at random through
the planetary system, be did not make
greater failure than the Shreveport editor
does when he seized upon language which
Greeley can use with perfect prorriety,
because he knows exactly where to apply
it. Mr.. Greeley is not responsible for
every statement that appears in the Til
bltne, and this is another fact that the
editorial profession should remember with
some degree Of respect, and that Mr..
Greeley does not hesitate about visiting
the South in the interest of peace is evil
denced by his trip to Richmond when he
signed the bail bond of Jeff Davis. If
all these minute suggestions are cut out
and pasted up in the village newspapers
the moral may free them from many
fault
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

nothing. The case was one of extraordi-
nary features, and there were no prece-
dents to assist in its solution. As circum-
stances developed, the power of the coun-
try had to provide for their protection or
suppression.
| What did the Democracy do when it
was thus fairly trusted by the country ?
Mark, we say the Democracy, because the
| Southern people are not to be held respon-
sible for the course which their seH-ap-
pointed leaders invented for the occasion.
The Democracy, by which term we mean
the bummers who never fought, and the
spread-eagle orators who got up the fight
without intending to engage in it, at once
organized league that it was entitled to
the public offices in the South. 1t sue
ceeded in carrying this point. Next, it
legislated that as the labor of the country
had escaped from slavery, the best alter
native to be adopted as a substitute was
to institute peonage for the negroes. With
all its love for the people, the Democracy
has always manifested disposition to
live off of the wages of honest people.
When local dissatisfaction was manifested
at this programme, the Democracy organ
lied murderous riots to suppress the free
dom of opinion. Men who had re-estab-
lished the government were denied any
part in its functions, and people who had
color that was not orthodox were denied
recognition as human beings. Caste as
serted itself in ostracizing whites and
blacks alike.
Under these circumstances Congress felt
called upon to interfere in behalf of re-
publican government Its right to do 50
was fully recognized at first, but Jchn-
sons mistake had impaired the prerogative
of victory. Outcry was made by the De-
mocracy that the South was being abused
when it was simply being restrained from
doing itself an injury. Resistance was
threatened, and the frightful problem was
originated that the unoffending negroes
were beyond the pale of any and every
protection. Congress insisted on its rights
and the Democracy contended for its plum
der. The South was thus again
dragged into fearful conflict with
the nation. The power which had
beaten the rebellion in the field was
now reduced to the necessity of suppress
ing political heresies that were irrecon-
cilable with liberty. This was the origin
of the reconstruction laws. They are the
legitimate children of the Democratic
party. 1t is just as certain that the South
would have escaped from the annoyance
that Congress has imposed upon her as it
is that she. would have escaped from the
if it had not been for the
Democracy, which is a party of plumber
in times of peace and party of bum
mers in time of war
Probably these are the ideas that General |
Sherman had in his mind when he adj |
dressed the American Union Club. We |
give him the credit for good sense enough |
to know that reconstruction, as pursued |
by Congress, was forced upon the country,
and that the really responsible party is
the Democracy.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02
ABSURD.

The Times is responsible for the follow
ing:
In the recent murder of poor old woman
for comparatively small sum of money.
we have evidence of the lack Of discrimina-
ton manifested by the police board of
radical partisans in the selection of white
members of the Metropolitan police force,
etc.
Does this mean that it is the special
duty Of the "white members of the
Metropolitan police force" to prevent
murders? If not, what does it mean .?
We have always thought the duty of the
police, irrespective of color, to consist in
the detection and arrest of criminals
The prevention Of crime is problem
quite beyond their sphere. Indeed, it does
not appear that its solution has ever vet
been accomplished, to any considerable
extent, by any efforts in the power of legis-
latOrs or officials. If 1.-THE police board of
radical partisans, whatever that may be,
have it in their power, by the exercise of
discrimination, to select men capable Of
preventing murders, it is unquestionably
their duty to do so. VIII the Times in
form this strangely named board how such
"white men may be recognized from Or
binary individuals? The public is inter
ested in the matter
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

Governor Warmoth yesterday made the
following appointments: Administrators OF
the charity hospital at Shreveport, G. C.
Antoine, William Harper, DIR. j. S. Moore,
James McCleary and Thomas w. Land
Police jurors for Pointe Coupee parish
Jonas Platt, Heluter Tournier, T. S. Clai-
borne, james Yignes and George L. Balsley.
Police jurors for Terrebonne parish: Robert
Verret, Alexandra Lirette, James Ridman,
f. Duplantier and Frank yarise. Police
jurors for st. Mary parish: Thomas J. Fos-
ter, John A. Smith, john p. Verdunn, Isaac
d. LIE. burn and John p. Walters.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

it, until by force of repetition we produce
some effect. Once let the matter be taken
up by the right kind of men, andwe have
such in our midst, and the business may
be considered almost accomplished. Well
begun is half done,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

We are under obligations to Mr.. II. L.
Shropshire, chairman of the committee of
arrangements, for complimentary invita-
tons to attend the grand soiree dansante,
the closing of the fete champetre at Carroll
ton Gardens, this evening. 1t will be the
browning glory Of the festival for the bene-
fit of Calvary church
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

A letter from Chester county, South Caro-
lima, the alleged Ku-Kluy region, says that
during the last two weeks affairs have been
very quiet there, and that it is owing to the
speeches Of the two Senators from that
State in favor of universal amnesty this bet
ter feeling prevails
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

The Morning Star seems to feel sort of
religious exaltation asst contemplates the
possibility that the four thousand thieves
who have gone from London to Paris may
return to England fully instructed how to
create disorder in the name of republican
ism for purposes of plumber. It is hard
to select which side of this suggestion to
adopt for reflection. Considering the
strictly religious form of government
which has existed in France for hundreds
of years all one sided, we might have been
excused if we had believed that the thieves
of Paris were not so well posted in villainy
as their partners in London, seeing that
London has been free port where rel-
gion Of any and every kind has been
tolerated since the days of that old Nor
mon, Henry VIII. 1t appears that the
biggest rascal is raised under the strictest
sect
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

At a meeting of the BoIrd of Trustees o.
the Peoples Insurance Company of New
Orleans held last Saturday, the following
persons were unanimously elected officers
of the company; r, NJ. Davis, president:
Charles Kerr, vice president; A. Granger,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

The jackson Pilot of Sunday says: We
learn that the track of the Vicksburg and
Meridian railroad has been so badly torn
up by the late heavy rains, that trains only
can run as far as Newton. There are sew
eral breaks in the track between Newton
and Hickory, and between Hickory and
Meridian. Through trains, however, will
soon be enabled to run, as repairs are now
being made as fast as nnssihle.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02

The New York Tribune correspondent
telegraphs from Washington that it is au-
thoritatively announced that successor
has at last been found for Mr., Fish; that
the next Secretary of State will either be
ex-senator Morgan or ex-Attorney General
Evarts; probably the latter. The change
viii not be made Immediately.