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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
The Early Trials Of Horace.

The outlines of the biography of
Horace Greeley give but a faint
idea of the privation and suffering
of his early life. His personal his
tory is the most interesting, the
most strange, the most romantic Of
any, man who ever figured on the
American historical stage. 1t ex-
ceeds even that of Benjamin Frank
lin. His trials somewhat resembled
those Of the famous DR.. Samuel
johnson, attcrward so celebrated in
English literature. In the first few
years Of his existence his father was
a well-to-do farmer in New Hamp-
shire. Horace exhibited such un-
usual precocity for books that at
three years Of age he could read
any Of those prepared for children,
and at four almost any other. At
the age Of seven his father was
utterly ruined and driven from his
home in New Hampshire on account
of his Endorsements for another
party. He cmigrated to Vermont,
one sleigh being sufficient to con-
vey all his family goods and chattels.
When they arrived at Westhaven,
in the latter State, they were reduced
to the last stages Of poverty, and for
some time it was severe contest
for existence. Horace's taste for
reading continued to grow. AT the
age of six he read the bible, the
Arabian Nights at eight, Robinson
Crusoe in his ninth, and Shakespeare
in his eleventh year. At twelve or
thirteen he read Mrs. Hcmans' and
Lord Byron's poems, and they made
a profound impression upon him.
He has been so long political
character that it is not now gener-
ally known that, when editor Of the
Neac Yorker, he himself wrote some
of the most beautiful poems that
have ever been written by any
American poems that will not
suffer by comparison with those Of
the standard English poets. Atthe
age Of IA he saw an advertisement
that an apprentice was wanted in
the Spectator, published at Eas'
Poultney, eleven miles of. He
walked over there saw the editor
who, after some conversation
agreed to employ him. His pay
was twenty dollars year in ad
dition to his subsistence. When ht
was eleven years old, he, with
scven;y-five cents in his pecket
with = bundle of provisions and :
stick over his shoulder, walked
from Westheaven, Vermont, te
Londonderry, New Hampshire,
hundred and twenty miles distant
and after staying there two or three
weeks walked back. After hi
father had removed to q place neal
Erie, Pennsylvania, six hundred
miles distant, Horace paid him tw'
visits, nearly all the distance being
performed on foot. At the age 0
seventeen, at the conclusion of on
of these long and tedious journeys
he was back at his fathers log hu
in Eric for good, the paper witt
which he had been connected hav
ing "bursted up" Hearing h
could get employment at Lodi, |
place fifty miles distant, in New
York, he walked over there and Sc
cured situation on countr
paper. At the end Of six week
he left, finding that it was impossi
Bile TO get any pay. He next obtain
ed a position on the Erie (Pa,
Gazette, whore he received twelv
| dollars : month and board. Afle
seven months on that paper, .
.IGreat was hia lfngality, he h.
e: e n, 3
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
THE COUNTS LITTLE DAU0H.
TER.


A Legend of Nursaberg.
Ger the gray old German city
The shadow Of mourning lay;
More tenderly kissed each mother
Her little child that cay.
With deeper prayer each father
Laid his hand on his hrst-bofn's head,
For in the castle above them
Lay the Counts little daughter, dead.
Slow moved the great procession
Down from the castle gate,
To where the black-dfaped cathedral
Blazed In tunereal state.
And they laid tho little child down,
In her robes Of satin and gold,
To sleep with her dead foreiathers
III the stone crypt, dark and cold.
At midnight the Countess lay weeping
Meath her gorgeous canopy,
She heard az it were rustltug,
And little feet come nigh.
She started up in the darkness,
Aud with yearning geature wild.
She cried: "1as the Father heard met
Art thou como back. my child?"
Then ch'ld's voice soft and pleading,
Said: 'I've come. 0 mother dear,
To ask II you will not lay me
Where the little birds can hear;-
'sThe little birds IN their singing,
And the children In their play,
Where the sun shines bright ON the flowers
All tho long summer day.
''In the stone crypt lie weeping,
For cannot choose but fear,
Such wailings dire and ceaseless
From the dead Counts cofliuy hear.
"And I'm all alone dear mother,
No other child 10 there;
Oh, lay me to sleep In the sunshine,
Where all IL bright and fair.
" cannot stay, dear mother.
/ Imust back to the mOans and gloom;
Imnst lie there fearing and weeping,
TIL you take me from my tomb"
Then the Countess reused her husband.
Saying: '.Give to- me. Ipray,
That spot Of green by the fosae,
Where the children love to play.
''Tor our little one liee weeping,
And asks, for Chrisl's dear sake.
That mid song aud sunlight and flowers,
Near children her grave we make"
And the green spot was made . garden,
Blessed by priests with book aud prayer,
And they laid the Counts little daughter
Mid flowers and eunlight there.
And to the children forever
The Count and Countess gave,
As playground, that smiling garden
BY their little daughters grave.
., r. 3. GrstaOu0h, Ia ScyjbHer's for UScsSat<r.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
LAWS OF IOWA.
[rUBLIsnED Ey AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER s3.

AN ACT to provide for an allowance t04
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Count
for clerk hire
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gem
eral Assembly Of the State Of lows, That
from January Ist, 1879, to january 1st,
1874, there be allowed to the Chief Jus-l
tice of the Supreme Court the sum Of one
thousand dollars per annum for clerk
hire and incidental expenses
The allowance aforesaid shall be paya-
bic in monthly installments.
Sec. 2. This act being deemed Of inn
mediate Importance, shall be in force from
and after its publication in the Daily State
Register and the State Leader, newspa-
pcrs published in Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved April 9, 1872.
thereby certify that the foregoing act
was published in the Daily State Register
April 12, and in the State Leader, April
IL, 1879.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary of State.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17

idiom. On the contrary it is good
Shakspearean English. In"Antony
and Cleopatra" Antony says:
"When late I spake, like boys
under q muss, Kings would rush
forth;" and the word is used by
both Massinger and Fletcher.
LAM,
to beat, is another American word
which claims English parentagc.
Sir Walter Scott says, in "Peveril
Of the Peak" tn 1t the phrase was
in common use in the time OF
Charles H.; and asserts that it was
derived from the fate Of one Doctor
Lamb, an astrologer, who was
knocked on the head by the mob in
the preceding reign.
SICK,
which is universally used in the
United States, in the sense in which
the word i'll is employed in England
was, it need scarcely be said, per-
fe. tly good English in the time Of
James l.; the expression "ill," in
the sense we now understand It, not
once occurred in the authorized
translation of the Bible.
BUG,
again used in America as a general
term for every species of insect, is
a good old English word. "a bug
hath bussed in my ears" says Ba-
con in one Of his letters; and the
word will be frequently found in
contemporary literature. At the
present day, it is SO completely OBJ
solete in England that when, a few
years ago, an edition Of the late
Edgar Allen Poe's works was pub
lished in London, the editor was
obliged to alter the title of that
very clever little story, "The Gold
Bug" to ''The Golden Beetle" in
order not to give offense to English
ears. Of American idioms proper,
two Of the most curious are the
words,
CLEVER AND SMART
smart, throughout the United
States, meaning clever; while clever
is used in the sense of good-natured.
Why these two words should have
lost their original Specification, it is
not easy to conjecture; though a
parallel may be found in England
in the sense Of the expressions let
and prevent, which, in the course
Of the last three hundred years, have
interchangcd meanings.
LoAFER AND ROwDY.
Loater, \ 'zy, idle, vagabond, and
rowdy, Il quarrelso,ne, troublesome
fellow, are American idioms.
Lord Bnlwer, therefore in his come
dy Of "Walpole, or every Man has
his Price," has been guilty of a
slight anachronism in putting the
latter word into the mouth of Sir
Robert, who speaks, on one occa-
sion, Of "rowdy electors There
are, OF course, numerous other ex-
pressions aud phrases in use in the
United States peculiar to the coun-
try; but it does not come within the
scope of this paper to treat Of them,
my Object having been simply to
give few dcsultory examples of
American idioms.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
Mrs. Livermoro in the pulpis
Cor. OF the N. Y. World.

Washington Cor of the N. Y. World.
Old men and women, young men
and maidens, from all quarters Of
the city, filled Masonic Hall to over
flowing, to listen to the brightest,
most eloquent and charming OF all
talking womcn-Mary A. Liver
more. Sho was to preach. Her
husband had preached to y very re-
spectacle audience at the same
place in the morning, and opened
the evening service with prayer
Next to seeing and hearing Il IA
nous man or woman is to see and
hear their helpmcet. 1t is y very
miserable curiosity, no doubt, but
we all share it in common. How
ever well yoked and adjusted peo-
pie begin life the burdens and trials
are very apt to become lily bal
anced, and one pair Of shoulders be-
gin to droop and 60 down AS tho
other rises up and develops. And
to be frank, / think the women's
shoulders usually bear the morV
grievous burdens, and when it is so
it proves a most tremendous mis-
take on the part of the men.
The Rev. Mr.. and the magnificent
Mrs. Livermorc, are admirably ma
ted physically and emotionally
while she is head and shoulders his
superior intellectually. But when
they were married no one probabl..
thought SO of the last. Mr.. Liver
more has large, commanding
physique, q genial, good-natured
Christianly face, honest, frank and
| wholesome. He has blue eyes and
sandy complexion. Mrs. Liver
| more is a brunette, with command
ing figure, full Of strength and
grace. She was dressed in blu.
silk, and wore fine point lace col
lar at her throat.
Before Mr.. Livermorc began t.
pray the. ushers were busy packing
The people away on chairs in th'
aisles. ana it was during this hub
| bnb fhst be began. And he prayed
"a nrayed and did continue /,
Srsy "a ~ noise vent on and Oh
/ 4 = " = y u j. ~ ~ l.o sl)d tq ~
Il " / 4 I! q
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17

The symptoms Of Lave
Complaint are uneaeinesr
and pain in the side
Sometimes the pain is In
the shoulder, and is mis-
taken for Rheumatism. =
The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and
,cral costive, sometimes
The head is troubled with
nsatioD, considerable loss
d with painful sensation
|ot having left undole
something which ought
TO have been done. Often
complaining of weakness,
debility, and low spirits.
Sometimes many Of the
above symptoms attend
the above disease, and at
other times very few OF
tho nrtron most
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
Ayacrican.sais.
From Chambers Journa

From Chambers journal.
1t is curious fact that tho ollgi-
nal language Of a people is, not un-
frequently, preserved in greater
purity in the colonies than in the
mother country. Thus, the descen'
dents of the Greek colonists Of Asia
Minor speak language much
nearer, in all respects, the ancient
Greek than is that in the cities Of
Greece proper. Spanish more
closely resembles Latin than does
Italian. Dutch has greater siini-
larity to the old German than the
dialect now spoken throughout Nor
thern Germany. And tinally-odd-
ly as the assertion may sound in
English ears--the inhabitants Of the
New England States Of America
speak a language bearing greater
affinity to that OF England in the
time Of Charles L., than does mod
crn English. Not only have words
survived, but forms of expression,
Iuu cScu PIOuuHCiuGtouS navy OSSH
preserved in New England, which
have become obsolete in Old Eng
land. Indeed, many words, now
considered purely American, were
in common use two and half CEN
turics ago. Thus,
PRINK,
to deck, to adorn, is still used in
the Eastern States in the sense in
which it was employed in the reign
Of Queen Elizabeth by both Spenser
and Shakespeare. One Yankee girl
will say to another. whose toilet
may appear to have taken some
time: "Oh, you've been prinking;"
OF, "What q time you've taken to
prink!e In fact, the verb is used
In I'LL its moods and lenses.
MUss, +.
1 confused enconnter (possiblY !
serz1fsiee q { ~ Z 9! gsse q z = &
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17

A preparation of roots and herbs, warranted to
be strictly vegetable, and do no injury to any
one.
II has been used by hundreds, and known for
10 years as one of the most reliable, effcacious
and harmless preparations ever offered to the
suffering. Iftakcn regularly ard persistently, it
is sure to cure
kas.'<l'a go Az Dyspepsia, headache, jaun-
Edice costiveness. sick head.
tache, chronic diarrhea, af-
Elections of the bladder, camp
sR eCi1l lnTnr sdysentery, affections OF the
NAS~ s~S' W. Kidneys, fever, nervousness,
] ts----,a-------~~H Hchilis, diseases of the skin,
bimpurity of the blood, mel
-~7e,s~ ,s~~,s-4-esrss.asancholy, or depression of
spirits, heartburn, collie, pains in the bowels,
pain in the head, fever and ague, dropsy, boils,
pain in the back, SC.
Prepared only by :. II. IEILIN & CO.,
Druggists, Macon. Ga. j; and 3s9 Arch St., Phila.
dc!pha Fe: sale b. p TABOR, Independence,
Iowa. Price, 81; by mail, $1.a5 22-y1
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
STXTE ENTH YEAR.
Look til setss 'sa'isIeS'
w. q. & J. B. Donnan,

ALL
Titles OF Lands and village Lots in BM.
ckannn County, Iowa,
Are prepared to give prompt and reliable inf0r-
nation relating to the title Of any real property in
the County.
The Abstract consists OF set of books which
show the Original Entry of each separate tract of
land, and every subsequent conveyance of the
same, the kind of Deed, whether fall Warranty.
Special Warranty or Quit Claim. with. any and all
imperfcctions in description, form oracknowlcdg-
ment carefully noted; also all membranes, in
Gliding Mortgages, Bonds Trust Deeds, Life
Leases, Tax Titles and Tax Sales, and Judgment
Liens 1t is surely wisdom on tle part of the pur-
chaser, to know what the title OF his land is before
he purchases and thus avoid any trouble in the
future.
Several thousand acres of wild land and several
Valuable Improved Farms For Sale,
in different parts of the County Also a number
of Lots and Dwellings IN the City of Independence
w. q. d j. B. DONNAN.
Pensions, and all kinds of War Claims, collected
promptly. n1tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
sIM1loNS'

NRAlsSaklk.Xkszx21z6EE1kExA
sickness, bowels in ge
alternating with a lax.
pain. and dull, heavy 81
OF memory, accOmpani
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17

,,,,n,. i. ii. DICKINSON.
raEsz5Ng HOUSE,
rN:yS,bN IL SON, rro2ricters,
DUBUQUE, IOWA.
central fae;,r the Post Office. General
Cor. stIi and Iowa Sta.
b9. 'H
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17

CURGEON DENTISTS, Independence
" Iowa, Office in Wilcox Now Block
/. Up Stairs. 1911
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
w. Z. SPENCER,
AL DEALER.

rds east OF Winegar's elevator,
Independence, Iowa.
inois snd Pennsylvania Bitaminus and
Goals constantly on hand and deliver
23.4m
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
LIVER
DR.. SIM M CMS'
Liver REGULATOR,

them; but the liver is generally the orga
iuyaiNnd Cnre the Liver with
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
T. NJ. HUNT,

A TTORShY ATLAW, Notary Public and Land
II Agent. O.fice in c. W. Taylor's new build
Ing. opposite the Post Office, Independence,
Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
cu.I. A. NICHOLSON.

!. MALCCM GRAHAM,
N AND HOMEOPATHIST, Office at
nee opposite the Methodist Church. Z
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
,c Fl. II. rfIINT. M. D..

r LICENSED AUCTIONEER, Independence, To-
i wa. Will sell Real Estate and Personal Prop
,rty OF every description. Satisfaction Guaran-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
i. S W WOODWARD,
u. u. HOLDRIDGE,

A TrTORNET At LAW ana General Land Agent
~ Indepentcdcc, Iowa. Ohlce in wilcox BIk
.Articala- attention given to Collections, and Re
nittaneas promptly made.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17

: DR.. Fl. Fl. kfUN MI. w. d..
0FFICls and Residence Ct Aof Court and
} Blank Sts.. north of Cathoi 9rch. 41-tf I
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-17
Business Cards

AYLsWORTH s. BUGEEE.
A TTORNEYs AT LAW. No,ar;es 'Pntilic and
~ Land Agents, Winthrop. Iowa. . aa-H
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22
re WISE IN TIME.

The delegates appointed to the Ma
tional Republican Convention assem-
Bile in Philadelphia next month, to
nominate candidates for President and
Vice President. But the work ex-
pected of the convention is by no means
accomplished when the presidential
ticket is placed in the field; other mat
tiers of equal Importance to the interest
of the party and the nation at large;
should receive the earnest and deliber-
ate consideration of those in attendance.
The convention must remember that
the present campaign cannot be fought
on the issues and questions that have
agitated the past. There are matters
of vital Importance to the country with
which the Republican party has not
yet grappled, which must be net. A
platform must be adopted that will
suit the demands of the people, and in
the ex: ression of views OF the party,
through its assembled delegates, should
show bold front and speak out openly
on all matters of paramount Importance
to the country. There should be no
quihbling on any point, nor double
meaning phrases used for the purpose
of confusing and leading estray, and,
above all, it must be understood from
the outset that the adoption of plat
form means its performance. Unless
we mistake the feelings of the people
greatly, civil service reform is called
for, and this President Grant has pro-
posed and is heartily in favor Of Gen
era amnesty, We believe, would be
generally accepted measure by the peo-
pie, and its adoption is certainly desired
by General Grant, although, we are
sorry to say, some of his best friends
oppose it.
We believe, also, that the popular
chord would be touched if the conven-
ton declared in favor of the principle
of Mr.. Summers bill, securing equality
before the law for all classes. With
these principles inscribed on our ban
ners, together with the past history
and noble works of the Republican
party to inspire US, We feel confident
that another substantial Republican
victory awaits US. Let us be wise in
time, and make due preparation for
such glorious result.
UNDER WHICH KING Wv hat is
particularly nauseating and distasteful
to many of the true friends Of Greeley
is the unpleasant feeling they have that
in case of the election of Greeley and
Brown, the influence of the Blair fami-
ly is sure to be felt in the government
through the success of Brown, one Of
the Blair stock. Many of the true
friends of Greeley will, we think, hest
tate about taxing a step which, under
certain circumstances, might result in
placing Frank Blair virtually in the
presidential chair.
SoUND.-The President Of the Uni
ted States, last week sent to Congress
a special message urging the necessity
of Legislation for the protection of
immigrants arriving in this country
against swindlers and extortioners.
General Grant has proved the true
friend of the immigrant by this action
and it is to be hoped that congress will
take some measures upon this impor-
tant matter before the final adjourn
ment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22

INSURANCE LAVA case is now on
trial brought by the assignees of VIM.
Lewis's estate against the Missouri Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company, to recov-
er a life policy for $4,000 in favor of
Lewis, who died on the 18th day of No
Yember, 1870.
For answer, the company admit that
they issued the policy, but with the
express condition that should Lewis die
by his own hand or by the hand ofjus-
Size, or in consequence of duel, or
the violation of the laws of any nation,
State or province, the policy was to be
void and IN support of such violation
of contract it is claimed that Lewis,
during his lifetime, in the county of
Bolivar, Mississippi, posted one John
Harris Of that county as coward and
poltroon, intending thereby to bring
about breach of the peace between
himself and Harris. 1t is further
claimed that from the 7th of Novem
Der uutil the day of his death, the 18th
of November, 1870, Lewis in various
places threatened to kill Harris, that
the deceased, on the day of his death,
assaulted Harris, with a pistol, with
the intention of effecting his death, and
that L arris then shot and killed Lewis
wherefore they pray that the petition
of plaintiff be dismissed with costs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22

PRUssTA's New ARTILLERY. Ger
man papers say that the majority of the
European States have now adopted the
Prussian system of breech-loading can
non. Before the war this system was
already in use in Russia and Belgium !;
France adopted it in the course of the
war and it is now about to be adopted
in Austria and Italy. England alone
still adhears to the muzzle loading sys-
TEN. Meanwhile Germany is busily
occupied in making improvements in
its artillery which proved deficient in
several points during the war The
Kreiner double weIge shaped bolt, for
instance, became unselv iceable aft er
the gun had been fired certain num-
Der of times, and it is now found that
the Krupp bolt of 1867 is better adap-
ted for the purpose. Trials have been
made with gun of construction which,
it is said, has produced extraordinary
results. This gun, which was construc-
ted by Krupp, fires projcctiles distance
of from 5000 to 1000 PAGES with
scarcely and deviation. This is due
mainly to the immense rapidity of
flight given to the projectile. The
gun is made entirely of cast steel, that
being the only material capable of re-
sisting the enormous charges ofpowder
which are used 10 it.
Red Cloud, with twenty-five of his
tribe, left Pine Bluff, Wyoming Ter
ritory,y last week, for Washington.
They are accompanied by DIR. Daniels,
Indian Agent and Interpreter.
Horace Greeley's new work entitled
what I know about running for Presi-
dent, is expected to be ready for the
market about the middle Of November
! next.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-22

IMMENSE CoNFLAGRATIoN-YoKA-
HAMA, Japan, april %, via SAN
FRANCISCO, CAL, May ia fright
full confagration occurred at Yeddo
during severe gale, which destroyed
a space of two by three miles, original
ing from one of the Princes late pala-
ces, in which the troops were. The
fire leaped the whole block, burning
places mile from the beginning. An
immense amount of property was des-
troyed. Where the wounded and
lame were unable to escape the officials
slashed right and left with swords, and
thus by instantant death saved many
from more awful one by fire. Thirty
thousand people are houseless, but the
Government opened rice storehouses
and fed all who applied.
This fire has led the Government to
permit forei gners to lease land in Yed-
do, by the owners making monthly re-
ports, and will cause foreign money to
be invested there to i'm prove the city.
A new plan of the burnt district will
be made out to build upon, and the
widest streets and substantial buildings
will only be allowed.