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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
Bees Deserving their Hives.

Frequent complaint has been
made about bees leaving their hives
and uniting with others. l have
been asked to give the cause and
preventive, and have replied to ma.
ny that it was Pouerty, poor queen
or no queen. am still in doubt,
however, as I have had them leave
when none of these conditions OK.
listed. had frst-class swarm, in
good clean hive, with plenty OF
honey and brood, come out and
unite with other swarms.
have new idea-at least it is
new to me-and ! want to know
what others think of it. 1t is this:
The queen never leads swarm
anywhere, and yet the bees will
never leave the queen unless they
lose her accidentally.
During the first warm days after
bees are set out of winter quarters,
they fly wonderfully; the queen
hears this commotiOn and naturally
thinks they are swarming, and Of
course goes out to accompany them.
Now if there was but one hive, she
might return to it, but as there are
a number, and she finds no cluster
or swarm to unite with, she goes
where she sees the most bees
This is ottan the entrance of some
other strong swarm where she
would soon be destroyed. The bees
will not return to the hive without
her, and SO they unite with others.
Now if this is not the correct idea,
l would like to know what is, and
It correct, what is the rcmcdy?-
The loss in this way is immense. 1
hear it in nearly every letter. Some
lose more, some less. One man lost
twenty-five choice queens, another
ten, another fifteen, and so on.
think the trouble is over for this sea
son, bnt give us a remedy for the
future ". Uosnser, IN Bee
Keepers Wagazine.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
Interesting to Dairymen.

Cows are sometimes very annoy
ing to mixers. They will keep hirt-
ing their tails in ones face in their
endeavors to drive away flies, and
how an Oberlin, o., milkman at
tempted to obviate this difficulty,
the Lorain County Meas tells:
One rainy evening, Mr.. Jones went
out as usual with pail and stool to
milk the cows. The animals were
not in the clcanest condition, and
when the wet muddy narrative" Of
one was provokingly dashed across
his face once or twice, Mr.. Jones
got his "dander" up. lie was mad,
and he vowed he would fix that
COW so that she couldn't lash him
for once, at least. So he carefully
tied her tail to his boot strap.
Everything went on smoothly for
time, and Mr.. Jones congratulated
himself Oh the success Of his expert
mcnt. lie was feeling pretty well,
and perhaps would have sang u
hymn or psalm if he had known
one, when the COW took notion to
lash a fly that was biting her. Mr..
Jones chuckled some when. he felt
the pull at his boot strap, but his
chuckling was soon cut short, for
"Bossie," finding she could no,
touch her tormentor, suddenly start
ed, and as Mr.. Jones was not pre-
pared for such a demonstration, liz
was upset, with the contents of tho
pail distributed over his person
The COW stopped for q moment, and
in that time our hero had gained his
feet; a moment after, he was seer
with his hand Oh the hip Of the
cow, making a tour Of the tarmyard
with prodigious hops upon one foot
the other being suspended by the
boot strap which was still attached
to the cows tail. At every hop lie
would calculate, $50, boss, so, boss
but "Boss" didn't "so'' worth a
cent, until, almost used up, the boo,
attachment suddenly broke, and Mr..
Jones was free. He returned to the
house, a wiser if not saddcr man
and has never repeated his move
experiment.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
Profits of Farming.

People who think farming is a
poor business for young man to
engage in do not always figure cor
rcctly. 1t is true, rs compared with
the successful merchant or specula-
tor, the profits look small. Am
bilious young men, in hot haste to
be rich, consider the slow process
of making money by the growth OF
the soil far too dilatory. Allowing
the farmer to take out Of his pro-
duce reasonable wages as COM
pensation for his labor, and his per
cent. Of profit on the valuation OF
his land, implements, ETC., will not,
probably. in Ohio, exceed three per
cent. per annum. "That is a very
poor business" says the merchant
and the banker, 81 expect to make
fifteen or twenty per cent. on my
money" Let us look a little into
this fifteen or twenty per cent.
Every man cannot be a banker, OF
a merchant, simply because, if no
body tills the soil, the merchant
will have no one to buy his goods,
or the bank to borrow its money,
Every one has not the capital to sci
up a store, or a bank, and, there
fore, he who commences frequently
does it by borrowing and paying
interest-six, eight, ten, or perhaps
fifteen per cent.
We do not propose that every
young man should try farm, either
Farming requires special qualifica
tons, the first Of which is good
constitution; the next, good judg
ment. 1t also requires capital; bu,
the above qualifications constitute
the principal part of it.
1t is found by statistical data thai
Of so many merchants who count
upon sudden wealth, ninety-sever
| out of every hundred fail in tho
course Of their lives, and bccom.
bankrupt. This process is by ne
means an agreeable one to g
| through. Only seven out of every
hundred die rich. With most men
| the principal object in acquiring
| money is to leave something. Thu
farmer may not be able to die rich
he must be content to live comfort
ably, and to die in comfortable cir
| cumstanccs. But to return to thu
profits.
Suppose it is only three per cent.
that is, he has a tract, say, Of on
hundred acres of wild land, tina
cost IS per acre, and the clearing
of one-half of it $40; his buildings
implements, stock, ETC., sl,5Oo-i,
all 50, 500 or $4,000. After paying
himself wages, and supporting hi,
family, he makes three per cent. OF
| his investment, or 500. This does
not look very imposing, but this
little sum he can loan at ten pei
cent, making it 500; and adding
the next years profit, there is sls9
loaning this the third year, it swells
to 1927; and by the time his child
rem grow up there is quite snug
little sum sailed away for them
Ohio Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
much more profitable than wheat

much more profitable than wheat.
Corn, oats, clover, timothy and
the root crops all do well in this
section and the farmer who raises
only what wheat he needs for his
own use and aims mostly to sell live
stock, wool, butter and cheese, We
believe chooses wisely White.
acater, JVis., Registey.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27


l, Small farms are cheaper and
easier to manage than large ones
and pay better for capital invested
Therefore, small farms are best.
2. If you want to make your farm
pay, you must give it your daily
personal attention. But if your
farm is too large you cannot do this;
hence, as said above, small farms
are best.
3. If you don't want your farm to
run away, you must stop the little
leaks. We may expect fewer leaks
on small place than on a big one;
hence again, small farms are best.
4. Feed your land well, and it
will feed you. 1t takes less to feed
a few acres than great many. So
you see small farms are best.
5. If You would live long and en-,
joy life, work little, then rest a
little. But if You have a large farm
you must labor all the time. Here
again, small farms are best.
6. 10 raise big corn, You must
keep small grass. To make small
grass you must cut often. SO in
this, we find small farms the best.
Z. II you have good fence you
need fear no loss by stock. But
fences arc costly. Thus once more
we find small farms are best.
8. If you want good roads and
plenty Of schools, churches and
mills, you must have a dense po-
pulation. If farms are large, this
is impossible. Therefore, l declare
small farms to be best.
9. Farms should increase in value
year by year. 1t costs less to i'm
prove few acres than a great many.
Here, as before, small farms arc
best.-B. w. J. in Rurul Nuroli,s-
AN.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

II. d. Rice, of Linn county, Iowa,
raised 85s bushels Of wheat from
thirty bushels of soca, and John
Rubell, of lie Mars, raised SOC
bushels of wheat from forty-two
bushels of seed.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

For removing greasy spots from
any fabric, use ammonia nearly
pure, then lay white blotting paper
over the spot and iron, lightly. In
washing lace put about twelve drops
in pint Of warm suds. 10 clean
silver, mix two teaspoonfuls of am
monia in quart of hot suds. Put
in your silverware and wash, using
an old nail brush or tooth brush for
the PURPOSE
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

The California wheat crop, if
mistakes have not been made in the
estimates, must be enormous. In
stances are noted of seventy-five,
eighty, and in one case 100 bushels
Dor acre.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

Honey stored III small frames that
will hold from one to three pounds
each, sells more readily, and is in
better shape for the groceryman to
handle, there being no cutting,
waste, or brcakagc of comb in re-
tailinr.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

The Cincinnati Times refers to a
farmer who fired his rifle at rats
under the barn. "The fire engine
did not arrive in time to subduc the
flames. Loss, $4,000. No insur-
ance.'
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

in Pennsylvania the average
wealth to tho population is $l,osl
to each inhabitaat, It ID sid that
good many have not got the share
but are anxious to have itpaid oyer,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
A0rienltMral WolMwn

The reading columns on this page will be devO-
ted mainly to topics pertaining to the FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLE.
TIN are cordially invited to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

AGENTS Wnntca.-Agents make more money
IL ut srk for than at any thing else. Business
| light and permanent. Particulars free. G. SrlN.
} son 8 Co., FINE ART PUBLISHERS, Portland, Ne,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
Sidewalk Notice.

To al tchOhs 1t may Concern:
Notice Is hereby given, that at u regular meeting
OF the City Council of Independence, Iowa. held
September 9th, 1872, the resolution passed August
18TH, 1872, ordering sidewalk buili on the west
side OF Chatham street, from Greene street to the
depot grounds. was rescinded, and the following
was passed In lieu thereof, viz:
ReSolced by tie CITY Council of Xa,Irueni<ar>
IOecd, That the owners OF the lots AUDITING on 81
lying along the west side of Chatham street. from
Greene street to the depot grounds of the Illinois
Central Railroad, he and are hereby required 10
construct sidewalk five feet four inches wide
OF two-inch pine plank. laid crosswise upon three
strngers not less than two by four inches in front
OF. or along side OF. their respective lots. said
sidewalks to be laid to correspond with the street
as now graded. Said side walks to be laid under
the supervision Of the Street Commissioner and
to be completed within the time and in the man.
ner required by van ordinance to regulate the
paving Of sidewalks" approved April 4th. lSSh
Now, therefore,. notice is hereby given that
unless said sidewalks are built within sixty dsvs
from September 9th, 1872, the Stpeet COmmissiOn,
or will bnild the same, and the cost thereof will
be charged to, and collected OF the lot or lOtu in
front of, or along side of which he shall Law the
same 49,
In witness whereof have hereunto sat
us. my hand and seal. this 10th day OF senten.
. Der, 1871 JAMES N. WEARr.
IUiS City Clerk
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
Dr., Wells Extract Of Jurubcbd,

IA " U1iD OAt1u Ut VI Jul uuUUus
retains all the medical virtues peculiar to the
plant and must be taken as Il permanent curative
agent.
Is there want of action in your Liver T.
Spleen: Unless relieved at once the blood be-
comes impure by deeterious secretions, prOduc-
ing scrofulous or skin diseases, Botehcs, FclOns,
Pustules Canker, Pimples, &C, &c.
Take Jurubcba to cleanse. purify and restore
the yitatcd blood to healthy action.
Have You Dyspeptic Stomach;
Unless digestion is promptly aided, the system ii
debilitated with loss OF vital force, poverty Of
the Blood. Dropsical Tendency, General Weak
| ness or Lassitudc
Take it to assist Digestion without reaction, 1t
will mpart youthful vigor to the weary sufferer.
Have yOu weakness of the lniestimcs:-
You are in danger of Chronic Diarrhoea or the
| dreadful Inflammation OF the Bowels
Take ii to allay irritation and ward off tendon
| cy to iniiammations.
Have yOu weakness of the Uterine or Cri.
nary Organs: You must procure instant
| lief or you liable to suffering worse than
| death.
| Take il to strengthen organic weakness or life
| becomes burden.
| Finally it should be frequently taken to keep
| the system in perfect health yon are otherwise
| in great danger of malarial. miasmatic or cOnta
| ciOus diseases
| JOHN q. KELLOGG. is Plat Street, n Y.
| Sole Agent for the United States
Price One Dollar per Bottle. Send for Circular.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27
Original Notice.
ASSignee'S Notice in BankruDfcy

DISTRICT OF IOWA, IS:
The undersigned hereby gives notice Of his ap-
potntment ~ Assignee Of the Estate Of Robert
hiddeil and Rufus Brewer. copartners composing
the firm Of Riddell \ Co.. of Independence, in the
county of Buchanan, Iowa, who has been nd.
judged a Bankrupt upon Creditors petition by
the District Court Of the United States for said
District. ALoNzO CRAGIN, Assignee.
Dubuque, Iowa. July ", 1872 i1-aw
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-09-27

1t is not physc which may give temporary re
lief to the sufferer for the first few doses, but
which, from continued use brings Piles and kim
bred diseases TO aid in weakening the invalid, nor
is it a doctored liquor, which, under the popular
name of "Bitters' il SO extensively palmed OF on
the public az sovereign remedies, but it il most
powerful Tonic and alternative, pronounced
so by the leading medical authorities of London
and Paris, and has been long used by the regular
physicians OF other countries with wonderful
d;a1
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25

THE late interview between the three
Emperors of Russia, Germany and Austria
really meant coalition Of the East of Eu-
rope against the West. II means the
counting out Of Great Britain and France,
heretofore two of the leading powers of the
Continent. In important matters they are
not TO be consulted. The material force OF
the three Eastern powers, SO long as they
eau agree with each other, is supposed to
Ice sufficient TO dominate over every thing
without any body else's consent. No mat
Ter how smoothly and diplomsticaliy the
courts of London and Paris may receive
the intelligence Of their intention, their
statesmen at heart can not but be offended
by it. They know well that it is blow
struck against them. We look, therefore,
TO see a closer union between Great Britain
and France and the lesser powers, such as
Holland, Turkey, Portugal, Sweden, Den
mark and Belgium, against this tripartibe
league. Italy and Spain, being at present
under the thumb of Prussia, will probably
hold aloof from theIsmaler powers until re-
lieved of their present anomalous position
BIZ either revolution or reaction, the Inter-
national or the Bourbon.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25
WHAT Ii MEANS.

MI. voorhees, when introducing Mr..
Greeley to the people of Indiana at Indian
spolis said:
"His election signifies peace and recon-
Citation, signifies love among the sections
where hate has prevailed, signifies purity in
every department of government"
These are truths which should be re-
membered by every voter, certainly by every
Southern voter, especially by every Tennes-
see voter where the reign OF hate prevailed
from the close of the war till the end of
Radical rule. The election of Mr.. Greeley
does not mean that old animosities are to
be revived; it does not mean that the South
ern people or any portion of them high or
low, rich or poor, politicians or eoldiers,
officers or privates shall be branded with
treason, but it signifies peace and reconel-
ialiou; it signifies love among the sections
where hate has prevailed-aud that too is
what Frank Cheatham's election signifies.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25
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A FRENCHHAN,s PLAN.

An ingenious Frenchman has invented a
scheme for preventing the political cOnvul-
sions and revolutions by which the modern
world is d istracted. He holds that the in
satiable thirst and morbid craving for polit-
cal excitement, through which the public
brain is diseased, may be subdued by bis
scheme SO that reason shall regain its
sway. lie would establish asy1ums for the
Incarceration of rabid and persistent poll
ticians. Into these asylums such persons
may be either placed by thei: friends or
voluntarily retire until their cure is per-
fected. Any habiJual politician who is
public nuisance may, on the certificate of
two competent authorities Of different po-
litical persuasions, be confined for period
not exceeding two years. The treatment
to be pursued is to administer to them i'm
mense doses Of political economy, public
Speeches, treatises on the rights OF man, the
wrongs of women, etc, Iaud thoroughly to
fatigue and disgust them with politics until
they gladly tarn to occupations of more
harmless nature.
The Cincinnati Commercial says it might
be desirable to establish such institutions
in France; but we must protest against
their introduction into this country. To
Americans politics are the spice Of life. a
few people 60 crazy with political excite
ment, and a good many get half crazy with
it; but the great mass Of men are never
in any danger of losing their wits on &C
count of Il.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25

DISPATCHES ffom Alask report mat
teIs in a very unsatisfactory condition. The
steamer Rose was seized at Cross Sound by
the Indians, and the vessel, passengers and
crew were TO be held as hostages for the
payment of damages for the killing of In
dams by the garrison at Sitka, some time
AGO, but the steamer made her escape and
arrived at Sitka. The Hudson Bay Com
pany secure ali the finest furs from Alaska
oy means of their native agents, whom the
company furnish With blankets, etc. For
these goods they get in return the choice Of
the market. The only place where there is
anything like government in Alaska is in
the immediate vicinity Of Sitka. Elsewhere
life and property are at the mercy OF the
Indians. The soldiers on San Juan Island
are to be removed to Fort Townsend,
Washington TerritOry.-Erchdage.
Had Secretary Seward given the Emperor
of all the Russias seven million dollars to
keep Alaska, he would have made probably
a much better bargain for his country.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25

THE advantages of being The father-in-
law ofthe brother-in-law of Grant are illus
trated in the case Of Maj. Isaac Lynde, l.
S. A. This officer was dishonOrably dis
charged early in the war by President Lin
coin for cause. When the war was over
Maj. Lynde applied to his son-in-lsw, Cen
Dent, Grants brJther-IG-law. Dent applied
to Grant. On Grants al-powerful recon-
mendation Lynde was appointed on July
%. 1866, Major of the Eighteenth Regiment
United States Infantry. On July %, 1866,
again on Grants recommendation, he was
retired on full pay, so that he was pensioned
on the people for life.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25


THE Administration organs assure US
hiatt the S2OO,OOO defalcation of johnson in
the New York Sub Treasury can be made
good out of the bondsmen of Assistant
Treasurer Hillhouse. The latter official,
however, does not fully accord in this view
of the case, and the Tribune asks peril
nently:
When are the bondsmen Of Joshua +.
Bailey to be prosecuted for the amount of
his defalcations 1t is about three years
since he ran away, not dollar has yet been
collected, and il one step has been taken
toward collection, we are unAdvised OF It,
Are the public to conclude that nothing is
TO be collected because Mr.. Henry Clews is
on the bond? VIII the Treasury Depart
Ineut EXPLAIN
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25
eENTLEMENis CLOTHING
-1uOON<NINo>NN(>NO1NNo sN,NNN">0>0SN>,,NN-No
WHAT KNOW.
Deafcaied Co Tire Star Clothing Store
Gk ~ corner Market street and
PubIic SQuare.


Deafcaied Go the Star Clothing Store,
a III corner Market street and
Public square.
On the Public Square and Market street.
Is a stock of CLOTHING that can't be beat
OF every fabric, cut and style,
You can buy a fine suit for very small pile.
To be business man You must wear business
SO shed of your old clothes and step in and re-
OF, If YOU want Sunday suit to meeting for to 20.
just call ON Mike Power, he's the cheapest one
l know. ~ cl1t q L-l t1l glc
A large and complete stock there you will al
At prices not exerbitant, so worry not your mind
And when he rigs you out, in promenading the
street, - - * ~ z. axe Z -,
The ladies viii compliment you as you chance
them to meet szr sla glsllt ~
And If YOU have any little boys, and want to
+. dress them cunning,
Just ten them of his BOYS CLOTHES, know
! they'll come running; 81
And IL your boys are not handsome, you ought
2 to dress them fine, E
SO when they get with other boys they win them
Outshine. t-t F5+3f
Now do not think this is written for q puff
For the stock of goods in Mike Powers store
b cannot say enough; etfs a--4-
So to convince yourself just call in and price,
His clerks are attentive, and they viii treat YOU
very nice. BY ONE WHO KNOWS.
sep15 I'm .rl 81
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25

The above distribution will take place Al
the Fair Grounds on FRIDAY, 0CTO-
Der II, 1872, in the presence of everybody
attending the Fair that day.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-25
STORAGE AND COMMISSION.
Wheat! Flour! Cotton!

WE ARE PREPARED, IN EVERY way, for
w carving Wheat, Flour and Cotton in large
lots Can receive or discharge ten to ffteen cars
per day. Our charges for wheat are less tnan
hear of in the United States. Flour and Wheat
stored ost OF the reach of the smartest NASH
vILLR RATS. Money always on hand for loan on
merchantable Wheat, Flour and Cotton IN large
lots, on the best terms Such produce insured
at market value on receipt of same.
We offer to our planters only, thousand BUSH
els of prime AMBER SIZED WHEAT, weighing
sixty-eleht pounds to the stricken measured
bushels, the very best thousand bushels We
have seen this season. They will please tle APP
plicatiOns promptly, as mlllers want It al, az q
high price for making their best hour.
sepf I'm DOUGLAS, SON & co.