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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

The CURRANr WoRM.-We are
informed by DR.. E. Worcester, of
Waltham, Mass, that the currant
worm, so destructive to a favorite
fruit, may be fully and almost imme-
diately destroyed by the use Of car
bolate Of lime. The doctor tried
the powder in many instances during
the past summer, and found that
while it was fully as effective as
hcllebore, it was less disagreeable,
less costly, and perfectly safe. The
method Of using it is to sprinkle it
over the vines as soon as the worm
makes its appearance, bringing it
well in contact with the leaves, and
soon the insect is destroyed. 1t
will need but two or three applica-
tons, and the work is done. In this
way, for few cents, large quantities
of currant bushes may be saved, and
the fruit allowed to mature, and no
danger whatever incurred. Neither
the foliage nor the fruit is in any
way injured by the carbolate Of
lime.-Journol Of Chemistry.
A friend who tried caobolate of
lime last season, tells us that he
found it quite etfectual as long as
the worms were young, but not after
they had attained their full growth,
while the hellebore seemed to be-
certainly fatal in all cases. Hd
found that it was not necessary for
the hellebore to come in contact
with the worms, but when some
was placed on the upper>surface of
a leaf, it not only caused the worms
on the under side to fall off, but
killed them. Still, we should pre-
fer to use the carbolate of lime, and
we advise our readers to destroy afl,
the worms with it before they get
large.-ED. jour. OF HORT.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

FEED FOR Cows.-Immediately
after calving, at this time of year,
COWS should be fed with a pail of
slop made Of warm water with two
or three quarts Of bran or middlings
or of light meal in it say twice Il
day, in addition to the ordinary fod-
der in moderate quantity. High
feeding at this period tends to cause
milk fever and garget. 1t would be
well to continue the bran for weeks
as it is one of the best milk produ-
GERS; but gradually other and strong
err food, as corn or barley meal, may
be given. Moderate, regular feed
ing and clean, comfortable quarters,
with pure air and water, are the
chief requisites. Before calving,
any food will do, that will keep them
in good medium condition. The
same general rules will apply to
breeding swine.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16
Evergreens In Orchards.

Mr.. F. r. Elliott advocates the
planting Of evergrecns in orchards.
He says:
Of the advantages accruing to the
orchardist who mingles evergreen
trees occasionally with his pears,
apples, ETC., l have before written,
and it is l rejoice to know, gradual
ly becoming an acknowledged item
toward success. The ameliorating
influence of the evergreen extends
really but about fifty feet, yet with
in that distance the bodily action of
man feels it perceptibly, and SO, rea-
soning with careful observation of
animal and vegetable life, each year
tells me more and more that to in
sure success and perfect develop
ment of either, certain warmth and
shelter, ETC., must be had. In the
animal it is by means of artificial
shelter and clothing in which they
can be placed; but in the vegetable
it must be by the subduing action
of one plant upon another, and the
evergreen, from long experience is
proved the safeguard, and anchor
ating nurse Of the dcciduous tree.
1t has been during the past year
asserted that evergreens soon grow
so large as to displace other trees;
let me say that if they are pruned
each year from the time they are
three feet high, by cutting out in
spring time the heading shoot of
each branch, there will be no trouble
in growing the White Pine, Nor
way Spruce, ETC., in and among pears
or other trees at distances Of twelve
feet each; but should it ever occur
that the evergreen overspreads its
bounds, it will bear the shears, and
not object to having its head shear
ed from bottom to top, SO that it
shall resemble a cone of six feet at
base and fifty feet high, provided
the cutting be done in April or May.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

FAST TIME AND SPECIAL FAST TRAIN
ONLYs0 HOURS no NEW YORK!
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

HINTS ABOUT FLowERs.-House
plants ought to be stimulated gent
ly once or twice week. Rain wa.
ter, so refreshing to summer flow
ers, always contains ammonia, which
also abounds in all liquid manures.
Ii You take an ounce of pulverised
carbonate Of ammonia, dissolved in
one gallon of water, it will make
spring water even more stimulating
to your plants than rain water. II
you water your plants once in two
weeks with guano water Zone table
spoonful to pail of water) they
will grow more thrifty. Chickens
manure dissolved in water is excel
lent. Always keep the soil in your
flower pots loose. A common hair
pin used daily will stir the earth suf-
tlciently.-Bostom Jo,trmalet Chem
ist1'y.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16
Two Styles Of Horse Powers.

NINE-TENTHS of all the Threshing
~ Machines 10 use in this country belong to tho
"ENDLEsS APRON" GLASS; l. e., they have tho
arrangement Of the Endless Apron" or "Canvas
Grain Carrier" "beaters' and " pickers' in COM
mon. Machines of this style. having the same
general form and somewhat similar appearance,
arc made in nearly hundred different factories,
large and small. Yet machines from those differ.
emit factories differ much in real qualities az do
different makes Of wagons, CLOTH leather. cutlery,
toatches engines. Hence the importance Of care
on the part of the farmer and the thrcsherman In
making their selections Some are practically
cheaper at a thousand than others at three hun.
dred dollars, yet thcre is not more than hundred
dollars difference between the prices Of tho best
and the poorest.
G. Aultman 4 Co.'s "Sweepstakes'' il
the accredited head and front Of this great class.
and it's superior strength, durability, simplicity
ease or draft, style Of finish, and capacity for
threshing and cleaning grain are acknowledged.
It has been for eighteen years favor.
lite, and for several years without peer.
It has led the van of improvement
and revoutionized the style aud quality Of work
bestowed upon threshing machines.
Y is more widely known and esteem-
ed than any other. The names Of &C. AultInan
Co." and "SwEEPsTAKEs' are household words
from Maine to California.
Our circulars contain the names of
over i've thousand i've hundred men in the North
west alone who have purchased it and used tan
OVlu0nco OF ITS 6tAnuAru character which ohOul0
not be- overlooked.
The great reputation achieved by this
favorite machine has led several INSCRIPTIONS
manufacturers, ard numerous agents, to attach
the name SWEEPSTAKES" in way and
another, to their machRss and advertisements to
mislead and deceive.
To avoid deception, lool for the card
&C. AULTMAN Co., Mdnufaa ssrs, CANTON,
Ono" in gilt letters, conspicuousl both sides
Of the machine.
# you want to buy spur GUS Sweep
stakes, because you can set It kr "poor pay"
or on "long time" do 1t with sonr s,.s open.
That is the way they get rid Of iI.cror machines.
The genuine "Sweepstakes con.
tains many valuable peculiariies Of construction
q we'll q Patented improvements not to be found
In any other machine whatever
It is the acknowledged Leader Of the
great " Endless Apron" or Canvas Grain Cal.
Ter" branch OF the threshing machine family
which has for more than thirty years thEcshed aud
cleaned the grain Of the country.
More SWEEPSTAKES are beng
built for this year than before. Improve
men:s have been added, and its Acknowledged
position at tho head Of its ass will 10 fully
maintained in the future as in the EAST.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

YELLOW CLovER.-Mr. G. r.
Blake, an officer of the Newton
Grange, sends us a stalk of clover
on which the blossoms are yellow.
He says he found it in his door yard,
being one of a solitary bunch pro-
ducing perhaps fifty to one hundred
heads, or stalks. He asks whether
1t is distinct species or cross, or
something entirely new? We hope
some OF our readers will let us know
whether they know anything about
yellow clover. The leaves of the
specimen sent us are somewhat less
than the leaves of white clover
/oaru Homestead.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

1t is said to be an excellent prac-
tice to boil clothes-pins, and clothe
lines a few minutes once or twice q
month and dry them quickly. The
former becomes more flexible and
durable and the latter kct p in better
order for wash day service.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

4 N unanswcrable argument, historical, .philo.
~ sOphical and theoretical, by member Of
the New York Bar of high standing. i is one OF
ished' 4 careful perusal will convince the most
skeptjcal that too many doubtful. questions have
herot0fore been taken for granted.
G. NJ. VANDERVOORf, Gen. Agi;,
81 Park Row, Now York City.
Prices in paper 50 cents. and In cloth 70 cents.
Sold by all booksellers. Sent free to any address,
upon receipt oi price. -. .-.r
u r. Liberal discount to the trade. 3s.I
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-16

Neos 0k - cS - commerce
Vinegar Bitters are not vile Fancy Drlnk.
Made Of Poor Rum. Whiskcy, Prsof Spirits
and Refuse Lismors. doctored. spced and sweet
ened to please the taste, called Tonics"' Appctisers
Restorers, &c, that lead the tipplcr to drunke.
and ruin but true Medicine. made from the
Native Roots and Herbs Of California, free from all
Alcoholic Stimulnnts. They are the GREAT
BLOOD PURIFIER aud 4 LIFE GIVING
PRINCIPLE, perfect Renovator and Inveorassr
of the System carrying off all poisonous matter and
restoring the blood to healthy condition. No person
take these Btters according to directions and re-
main long unwell. provided their bones mot des
troyed by mineral poison other and the vital
organs wasted beyond the point Of repair
They nrc n Gentle Purgntivc we'll ~ 4
Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit ofaetn.
powerful agent in relieving Congestion Innanma-
ton of the Liver and all the visceral Organs
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In
young or old, married SINGLE at the dawn of woman.
hood the life, these Tonic Btters have no
equal.
For InAammntory or Chronic Rhcnmasisas
and GOut, Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Bill.
ious. Remittcnt and Intermittent Fcvers.
Diseases Of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
bladder, these Bitters have been most successful
Such Diseases are caused by Initiated bleed.
which is generally produced by arrangement Of the
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ache. Pain in the Shoulders Coughs. Tghtness Of the
Chest Dizziness Sour Eruc,ations 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 cffsprinss of Dyspepsia
They invgorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels. which render them Of unequalled
efficacy in cleansing the blood Of all impurities and Inn
parting new life and yigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. letter,
Salt Rheum, Botches Spots Pimples Pustules, Rolls
Carbunces. RinsWorms. Scad Head. Sore Eyes,
Erispeas, Itch. Scurfs, Dscolorations Of the Skin.
Humors and Diseases of the Skin, Of whatever name
nature literally dug and carried out Of the
system in short time by the Of these Bittcrs Ono
bottle in such cases will convince the most increduoss
Of their curative effect.
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever you ind ita Inn
pures bursting through the skin Pimpes, Erupti0ns
Sores cleanse It when You lind obstructod and
sluggish in the veins: cleanse when 1t ie foul and
your feelings will tell you when Keep the bod pure,
and the health Of the system will follow.
the system Of SO many thousands. eectually dos
troyed and removed For full directions real carefully
the circular around each bottle printed. IN four
lAnguaSes-Enylish German, French and Spanish
J.wALKER. Proprietor. R.H. MCDONALD 4 CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco CAL, anil
~ and u Commerce Street. New York.
NJ SOLD ny ALI DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11
Chr slarietta Sunrnal.
Marietta, Georgia, August IL, 1871.
ROPER pRoLIFTc CORN

Much has been said about the best
kind of corn to plant, and the above
has been alternately condemned and
approved, according to the circum-
stances attending its cultivation, but
in this section. at least, it has not
had fair trial, or we are quite sure
it would long since have superseded
every other for feeding stock. We
have no personal interest in recon-
mending this corn at this time, for
we possess too small quantity of it
for remunerative sales, but when we
have discovered a good thing, we
like for our neighbors to profit by it..
We planted three acres of Roper's
Prolific Corn last year, but the long
drowth and poor land made it fail
ure. We gathered a few bushels
however from which we planted the
present year about four acres. Plan
ted the same poor land without a par
ticle of manure, but had better sea-
sons and better cultivation, 1t was
planted during the month Of April
from the first to the last week at in
tervals.
We suppose it to have yielded
without measurement, about fifteen
bushels per acre and the first plant
ed, is now July 24th) thoroughly
dry on the stalks and ready to be
garnered. 1t is, therefore at least a
month earlier than any other corn
We have, and if planted the LIST of
March it will be two months earlier.
Is not this a great advantage among
farmers who have to buy corn at 81,
so per bushel? If they plant this
corn they will have none to buy after
the first of August at farthest.-
Another advantage we claim for this
corn is, that it is prolific, aud will
yield from three to five ears to the
stalk in rich land. Fhis would much
more than double the quantity per
acre than the farmers now make
The third and last great advantage
we shall now claim for it is that the
Roper Prolific is a very hard solid
corn and is not so rapidly destroyed
by the weaviIs as the common corn
cultivated among us.--Thomas0ille
EnteypriSe.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11
A STRANGE PREsENTMENT

The Scranton PENN Republican
tells the following sad story of one
of the victims Of the late Pittston
disaster;
civilian James expired about 3
o'clock on the afternoon of the Tues
day following the catastrophe, and
was the last added to the list of those
upon whom the death angel laid his
hand in that awful havoc. He was
a Welshman, and had been in this
country about seven months. On
the morning of the dreadful day in
question he had taken his breakfast
and his wife had made ready his dim
ner and set the pail beside him.
For some time he sat wrapt in
thought, his arms folded, his eyes
fixed vacantly upon the stove, and a
deep melancholy apparently brood
ing over him. He was aroused from
his reverie by his wife telling him
that his dinner was ready and that
he would be late, as the bell had
rung. He started to his feet, and
gazing upon her for a moment with
a look full of tenderness and signif-
canoe, said to her, IF ! should not
come back alive would you be in
such hurry in getting me out p
The wife answered No. but re-
marked that If he was going at all,
it was time he was gone He lift
ed his pail without saying word,
and after kissing his wife, and his
four little children, who were sitting
playing on the door step, left
When he had got about fifty yards
from his home, he returned again,
kissed his wife and children with
great fervency. His wife noticed
that he was the victim Of gloomy
forebodings, and as he turned away
she was about to ask him not to go
to work if he apprehended any dan
ger. But hope and courage and the
pressing necessities of their family
overcame her intention, and she let
him go. She stood in the door and
watched him on his way to the fatal
pit. When at a point where he
turned out of her sight, he paused
and cast wistful look towards his
home and little ones, and seeing his
wife, waved with his hand a last
adieu. He parted with his loved
ones forever"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11
INFLUENCE OF BAD COMPANY

One day Roberts father saw hin
playing with some beys who were
rude and unmannerly. He had OBJ
served, for some time, change for
the worse in his son, and now he
knew the cause. He was very sor-
ry, but said nothing to Robert at the
time.
In the evening he brought from
the garden six rosy-cheeked apples,
put them on a plate and presented
them to Robert. He was much pleas
ed at his fathers kindness and thank
ed him "You must lay them aside
for few days that they may be-
come mellow" said the father; and
Robert cheerfully placed the plate
with the apples in his mothers store
room.
Just as he was putting them aside,
his father laid on the plate a seventh
apple, which was quite rotten, and
desired him to let it remain there.
"But father" said Robert, "the
rotten apple will spoil all the others.
"Do you think so -? Why should
not the fresh apple make the rotten
one fresh ?" said the father, and with
these words he shut the door of the
room.
Eight days afterward, he asked
his son to open the door and take GU
the apples. But what a sight pre-
scented itself! The six sound apple
which had been SO sound and rosy
checked were now quite rotten, ant
spread a bad smell through the room
"Father !" cried he, "did mot tel
you that the rotten apple would spot
the good ones ? You did not lister
to me-"
"My boy" said the father, "hav,
| not told you often that the compa
ny of bad children will make yol
bad, yet you do not listen to me-
See in the state of the apples, tina
which will happen to you fyou keeE
company with wicked boys"
Robert did not forget the lesson
When any bad boys asked him tc
play with them, he thought Of the
rotten apples, and kept himself apart
from them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11

GOOD CoUNsEL.--No young man
can hope to rise in society, or per-
form a worthy part in life, without a
fair moral character. The basis of
such a character is a virtuous, fixed
sense of moral obligation sustained
and invigorated by the fear and love
of God. The youth who possesses
such character can be trusted
Integeity, justice, benevolence, truth
are not with him words without
meaning; he feels and knows their
sacred import and aims in the tenor
of his life, to exemplify the virtues
they express. Such man has de-
cision of character; he knows what
is right and is firm in pursuing it;
he thinks and acts for himself, and
is not to be made the tool of unprin-
cipled and time-serving politicians
to do the dirty work of party
Such a man has true wsrth Of char
acter; his life is blessing to him
self, to his family, to society, and to
the world; and he is pointed out to
the future generations as proper
example for the rising youth to emu
| late.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11


1t can only be found in the con-
temptation of the good, the beautiful
and the true.
In goodness, because it brings
with it its ewn reward. We are al
ways happy as we make others so
goodness stripped of all externa
contingencies, Invested of all foreign
attributes and restricted to its owl
native and intrinsic worth, is Away
pleasing and grateful, 1t cannot bC
measured by comparisons. That
goodness is itself mean, that is good,
simply because surrounded by mean
ness. But that goodness, pure as
the pearl in its own dark shell,
which depends for its reward, not
upon the gratitude of its beneficiar-
les, but its own conscious sense Of
right, is an ever bubbling fountain
of joy, and its possession may defy
the frowns of fortune, the taunts of
ingratitudo, and the SCOTS of society,
for he carries within his own breast
a talisman that opens even the doors
of happiness.
OF the beautiful, the young and
gifted, but Inflated Keats has said !:
"A thing of beauty Is a JOY forever
1t must be heart dead to every
emotion of joy that can contemplate
the beautiful without feeling in its
Utmost depths grateful sense Of
love and of joy rising up and driving
out the colder thoughts of life. The
harmonious blending of the light;
and shadows Of an evening picture
the crimson tints of the setting sun
the soft grey of the coming twilight
and the sombre gloom of some noun.
tain shadow stretching far over the
fields below, all melting into one
beautiful perspective, may well call
up, in the appreciative soul, feeling,
at once so varied and as happy.
The rich and varied beauties of
the garden are pleasing alike in Isve-
illness and in odor The triumphs
of art, and the treasures of statuary,
the matchless work of Angelo, of
Reynolds, of Rembrandt Peal, and
of Bierstadtn, who can gaze unmov-
ed upon them, and not feel a 10Y
beam in his heart.
And the true, not the good alone,
not the beautiful, but the true as
well. These three are inseparable
in their effects. If goodness works
a happiness, if the love of the beau
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11

ECCENTRIC REQuEsT.--The daugh-
tiers of the late Henry Morris, of
Philadelphia, have lately received a
legacy of bonds and stock shares
amounting to $4,000 from Mr..
Horatio Ward, an American long
resident in London. The will says /:
"As these ladies are the grand
daughters of the celebrated Robert
Morris of the Revolution, it will not
be difficult to ascertain their actual
residence. 1t will doubtless sur
prise them to get legacy from
person they never knew and perhaps
never heard of, therefore, it seems
but proper they should be informed
that the bequest is made through
compassion for their misfortunes, and
in return for the kindnesses shown
me by their father when was boy;
and it may be as well that Miss
Amelia Morris should be informed
that it was who sent some money to
her and her younger sister, under
the name of her fathers FRIEND a
few years ago"
Mr.. Ward also devised 100000
to the National Soldiers Home, in
State bonds. He also gives $780,
900 in railroad and Southern city
shares to the various Soldiers Or
phan Home Asylums in the United
States.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11
Marietta. Georgia, Friday Morning, August 1871

tiful fills the soul with pleasant emo
tions, so does the love of the true.
Not only pleasing, but ennobling,
the true man is a nobleman. No jew
ell in the crown Of monarchs shine
with brighter lustre than truth.
Pope truly says:
"An honest man is the noblest work of God
To be honest one must be true,
with the good to SAVIOR our character,
the beautiful to adorn, and the true
to establish, one may well afford to
despire the aauntings of wealth and
to pity the disquietudes of fame.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-08-11

VoUDooisM.-The Memphis APP
peal reports case in that city as
follows:
According to the witness, the sor-
ceress had sprinkled some "curious
dust" in the yard of the sick mans
dwelling, said dust being composed
of "dead mems bones and finger nails
and something else, all beat up fne,'
forming spell of tremendous power.
The bottle containing this mixture
was discovered in the house, and
with fear and trembling taken to the
river and thrown in, "cause you
know de spirits can be drowned."-
but still the patient became no bet
ter, and am unwise woman gave this
prescription. "Cut chip outen de
top of de door bar, and put one piece
on lef' one on de right, and move his
pillow and bed outside de house, and
and he'll git easy by de hour of
twelve" This also proving ineffica-
cious, a Voudoo doctor was called in.
His experienced eye led him directly
to the pillow Of the sick mans bed,
from which he extracted some halt a
dozen fetcihes of hair and feathers
but the sufferer was too far gone, and
even this relief could not prevent his
death. Naturally, such conclusive
evidence of malefcet sorcery was
sufficient to bring the woman up for
trial.