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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
Western Patents.

The following Western patents were
issued from the United States Patent
Office for the week ending November IL,
1872, as reported by Gridley 4 Warner,
Patent Attorneys and Solicitors of
Patents, No. l35 South Clark street,
Chicago, ILL.,: %
Bottoming shot-mstai ware William G. Bru-
PrintinE telegraph in'trumsnt-E Elisha Gray.
Portable fsnce-Jossph J. McMakin. Middle
Construction Of step-lsdder- Calvin @. Udell.
Harvestsr-william Low. Sandwich:
Machine for tapping gas s-6ttinss-Riohsrd 7.
Uterine Importer Dirkin. frsepoEt.
Wheel for vehicles William A. Lewis. Chi
Reversible pinion for watches - Nicholas
Stanip. Chicago.
MICHIGAN.
Rail way cross-tie- Daniel G. Kallsm. Pontiac.
Grain thrasher-Frederick Leadbetef. Ypsi-
Washing fluid Martha A. sanderson. FRI
mont
Hub for carriage wheels-Joseph Ridge. Rich
mond.
Hand I'm n-shsllsr-Julius o. Fra,ier. Worth
cateher-Char!s Z, Penny. Fsrt wayne.
Baby-jumper-Seth G. BigeloW. Silver Lake.
Corn pianter-Jame Rioe. Prairie Creek.
MISSOURI.
Washing ns-machine-WiIliam Parker. Rolla-
Steam wash boiler -ttsas Josa O. MOBILES, Lawrence.
Girder and cord for iron bridges-Theodore b.
MILL and Byron M. Smith, lois.
Vault light-Thsdaeus Hyatt. Atchison.
Fruit-knifs gaugs-Chariss il. Howe. Min.
neapolis.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
Buried by q Bear.

A gentleman from the lower country,
where grizzly bears help the herders to
take care of the sheep, relates curious
which occurred to an Indian
herdman in his employ. He sent the
man to o distant portion of q large
rancho to look after a herd of sheep.
The Indian at nightfall got under
shed with roof of branches, but open
on all sides, and lay down in his blank
ets. After few hours sleep, he was
awakened by feeling the hot breath of
some animal on his face. He moved
his arms, and at once understood the
huge bear was snufing him.
The man, with great presence Of mind,
determined to keep perfectly still, for
he knew if he moved or cried out, one
blow Of those huge paws would break
his skull like walnut. Bruin scratched
off the blankets and seized the Indian
by the leg. Though suffering terribly,
the brave fellow did not allow groan
or cry to escape him. The bear dragged
MIN from the hut for some distance and
then commenced to dig hole TO lay
the Indian in and cover him up from
the coyotes. After the grave had been
dug deep enough the bear (contenting
himself with about q pound of flesh from
the victims thigh) moved the body to
the hole and covered it up. The In
dian managed to keep the earth over
his face loose enough to allow him to
breathe, and when the bear retired, he
crawled out toward the mustang, which
was picket.d some yards outside the
hut. With great difficulty he mounted,
and then rode toward the rancho house.
A doctor was sent for, and pronounced
the wounds, though severe and painful,
not likely to prove fatal. The next day
hunt was organized, and the grizzly
was killed in the neighborhood OF the
spot where he had slowed away his in
tended NEAL Calf fornia paper.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
The BOy's Version.

n may be that you passed her, Sir,
When coming Gown this lane?
Avomau bent, with tired look.
Her clothes. yen know. are plain
And coarse. but clean and tidy-like-
There's coming mp rain!
I've brought her out this old amberell
She is my mother. Siri
And though she washes, is not well.
But I'm her comforter:
II Pd grown up like other boys,
I'd have supported her.
But since I got that awful fall
I've been q cripple quite,
And mother has to work 30 much
Her face Grows thin and white.
It's hardest pain have to bear
To see her sew at night
Yes. Sir; We manage vory we'll.
IL ladies only d pay
Last week. new customs for the church
Took their spare chanse away;
The ladies said, our little bile
- They'd pay them all to-dayi ,
Is'pose, Sir. ladies never think
How much . collar III buy
Tier never get an ounce Of fca,
Ny mother says that's Why's. f-
Do you suppose that fhep could guess
How "hunEry days" drag byi
Nv mother. Sir. 3 lady, too;
Shes gentle. and polite.
she avs our griefs. If brsvely borne.
Are like tie rtars at night
When shiriug thro' the deepest gloom
They show their sweetest ilgnt.
She's never cross. bat slvays kind.
And hopeful all the while.
Oh. there she comesi III hobble on,
10 see me II make her smile.
by, Sir: Just see how Spy she walks
Two dollars quite pilel
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
After Ball Run-A Reminiscence Q
Horace Greeley.

A New York paper has the foliO"luR'
A drive through the wood trimmed by
Mr. Greeley, and the reporter returned
to the depot and bad an interview with
the Hon. Isaiah T. Williams. Mr.. Will
lisms has been Mr.. Greeley's legal ad-
wiser for twenty years. He Was also an
intimate perronsf friend, ard could give
q correct sccount Of Mr.. Greeley's i'll
ness after the battle Of Bull Run, about
which there has been 30 much specula-
ton. Mr.. williams reluctantly gave the
following account:
at was on Sunday morning after the
first battle Of Bull Run. How we'll !
remember it. was then living at AZ
West Sixteenth street, New York. Mr..
Greeley called at my house very early
in the morning. Iopened the door and
walked into the par5or. i noticed that
he was very melancholy. There was
none of his usual vivacity. l knew
what the trouble was. and RETAINED
from mentioning our defeat, hoping to
distract his thoughts. He said little or
nothing. He seemed absorbed in
thought. In about an hour the break.
fast bell rang, and We walked In to
breakfast. The same depression con,
tinued. He sat with his head bowed
and said nothing, refusing to eat Tor
about ten minutes. Then he said, in
his usual pleasant voice, Can l 80 to
your study and lie down. ! replied
YES and he went out. / found him
there . few minutes later and saw that
he wns suffering intense mental anguish.
I rallied him on his melancholy, and he
looked up at me and said: l fear all is
lost; the country is gone ] endeavored
to cheer him, but it seemed impossible
to rally him. felt that his heart had
been crushed. Once in while he ex-
claimed: 'Oi OF OF The country II
gone Isgain sadeavored 70 console
him, and 10 distract his thoughts sent
for Isaac Sherman, also personal friend
of Mr.. Greeley, and We consersed cheer
fully in his presence about the defeat,
taking the most hopeful view Of affairs,
until dinner time. We all went to din.
ner, but Mr.. Greeley ate nothing. l
advised him to take . cup Of tea, but he
refused. Sometimes, when weak and
nervous, he would drink cup of weak
tea, and felt better afterward. He left
the table before dinner was over and sat
in the parlur. In the afternoon some
more friends called, and I called
coach and We took ride through the
park. That night Ar. Greeley went to
his lodgings. I called on him next day
and found him little, if any, better. |
advised him to 60 to Chappaqua and
take the country air. He went up there
and remained two weeks. John G. Fer
guson went with him. For several days
ne did not sleep fifteen minutes at q
time. Mr.. Ferguson would walk out
with him aud keep him out until he be
came exhausted. Then he would sleep
. few minutes, and in that way he final.
ly regained his normal condition. On
the seventeenth day he returned to New
York greatly benefited, and the people
of the great city thought Mr.. Greeley
had been only ordinarily ILL.,"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20

Rod. Hickey, noted liveryman of
this CITY, sold his wonderful mare Nance
some time ago. Hearing of the reputa-
ton Of Nance as q beef.drinker, | in.
terviewed the celebrated horsemap.
Said he:
"WelI, she was the straugest horse
ever owned. ! used to give her stock
ale fol the colo. It's one Of the best
things for horse colic ye ever knew, and,
by goeh, that old mare Nance got 80
that Ill be hanged if she didn't used to
have the collie near every day. She was
o regular old hummer. used to stop
at Jim Dougrey's, ON the avenue, once
in while. Once when l stopped Nance
got the collie, and l had 10 give her q
half pailful of beer to set her straight,
and I'll be hanged if she didn't have
the collie every time passed Jim Dou.
grey's place. After that she got to be .
reg'lar old bum. Shed stop at Dougreys
and kick and hang her head, roll over,
any thing, until l got out and brought
her some beer. Then she'd start up
and 60 on like little man. She could
go in 2:4O any time. She was as mild
and gentle a. child, but she got to be
reg'lar old hummer, and l had to sell
her. One day let Dorry Byram take
her. He came into the stable, and says
he, 8 want TO take out Nance Says I,
Take her long Well. he got up on
the avenue, and Nance begun to have
the collie. She stopped up in front of
one of the taverns, and oh! she was
awful sick. Dorry did not know what
the devil to do. He thought Nance was
gone, sure. Old Finch, the barkeeper,
comes out. Says he. whats the mat
terri 'Lordr said Dorry, Il don't
know, but she's awful sick Finch
looked at her. Says he, Why, that's
old Nance, amt it7 Obi | osn cure
her. So he goes into the bar and he
fetches out about three quarts Of beer
| in . pail. Nance drank it down like an
old soldier, pricked up her ears, shook
her head, and went in like hghtnin'.
Well, it got to be 20 bad that couldn't
keep her. She'd stop at every tavern
on the road. She got 10 be q reg'lar
old bum, 50 sold her to farmer from
| Hoosick. One day he came in town.
Says he, was Nance ever sick when
you had herr Ssys !, 'Oh, yes, she
used TO get sick pretty ofen.' Says he,
well, she's been . pretty sick horse
since / had her. Says !, You go home
and give her half . pailful Of beer and
she'll get over it darn quick and darn
certain 'Beerr says he. 'Yes, beer
says /. So he went home and gave her
beer, and she get well. He begins "a
understand her now, and guess he
wants to sell her,
Charley Defreest, another livery man
Of this city, has horse that chews TO.
bscoo. Whenever Charley takes out his
paper for chew, if he happens to be in
the stable, and around this particular
horse, she comes up to him with q
knowing look in her eye, rubs her nose
against his shoulder, and begs for q
chew. He generally gives her the old
"cud" and tAkes . fresh one. She swal
lows it down with apparent gusto, and
then retires to her stall satisted. Thi,
is fact-7Icy Cdre,pondsnee Nep Horl
Sn.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
About Oar Bees.

Uncle Sam has bees enough to give us
all stingi There are two million bee
hives in the United States. Every hive
yields on an average little over %
pounds of honey. The average price at
which honey 10 sold is Is cents pound.
So that after paying for their own board.
our bees present us with . revenue OF
over s., 500, 900. To reckon it another
way, they make a clear gift Of over 3
pound of honey to every man, woman
and child in tho vast domain of the
United States. In 1860 over %, 800 800
pounds of wax were made and given to
US by those industrious workers. The
keeping of bees is one of the most profit
able investments that our people can
make Of their money. The profit arising
from the sale of surplus honey averages
from 50 to 200 per cont. of the capital
invested.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
NsMspaper Enterprise.

The enterprise Of New York journal
lists seems to be illimitable. One of
them having discovered the long-lost
Livingstone in the interior Of Africa,
another, bent on rivaling that explicit,
is now attempting to hunt up the myth
ical Cuban republic. A third lately
broke into q lunatic asylum, that he
might be able to tell the werld how 9
man feels when he is crazy, aud how
maniacs are used. And now q Times
reporter mas gone to . gambling den
aud got himself robbed, in order to
work up "sensation" about the mys-
teries and rascalities of gaming houses.
We don't see how the other papers are
to get ahead Of this, unless they can
find reporter whose devotion to the
profession would impel him to murder
his grandmother, for the purpose Of
preparing himself to write "What l
Know About Homicide" with an addi-
tional chapter, perhaps, entitled "Hang-
ing Played Out,n
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
Winter Butter Making.

An Eastern Pennsylvania farmers
wife thus gives, in the Rural NeO York
er, the result of twenty-five years' ex-
perience.
Commence to heat the milk when the
COWS are Arst given corn fodder, which
l manage in this way Strain the milk
in tin pans, filling only half full-a lit.
tie more or less will make NO difference !;
then as soon as convenient set the pans
of milk ON the stove, where let them re-
main until roughness or wrinkled ap-
pearance on the top Of the milk is
noticed (if the milk gets too hot the
only harm will be less cream then take
it in the milk room or cellar, in good
place until next morning, when bring
it up in . warm room md let it stand
until the next day, when It. is generally
ready to skim. When treated in this
way it will not do to skim much under
forty.eight hours. My plan is to skim
morning and nights milking both at the
same time in winter.
1t does not hurt butter for the cream
to sour-rather aids in churning. making
butter come sooner. The cream kettle
l keep in the cellar until the day or
evening before wish to churn then, if
convenient, set near . coal stove or one
that FIRE is kept in all night. In the
morning, before churning, try with
thermometer it should be at the tenn.
perature of 60 degrees. 1fnot convent
emit to set the cream near . warm stove,
setting the kettle in hot water will
answer every purpose.
Many persons object to heating the
milk because the milk some times burns
to the bottom Of the pans. To avoid
this, set pans with water on the stove
and place the pans with milk in these,
and the difficulty ID At once avoided.
If butter needs oolorine, l would pre-
fer carrot, which il prepared by scraping
of the outside and washing; then CRATE
into small portion Of the cream and
strain this into the whole. For churn,
Spaine's is . good one, with large open.
ing for putting in the cream and taking
out the butter also can take the dashers
out, wash and clean moro easily.
would say, never wash butter; use
as little water about butter as possible.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
Steam on Canals.

The New York Herald is encouraged
to believe that the problem Of propell-
ing canal boats by steam is virtually
solved. A steam canal boat has now
made two trips from Buffalo to New
York city. Or the second voyage, which
terminated few days ago, it had car.
20 of over 1000 bushels Of corn, and 20
complished the entire distance through
the canal and down the river in . few
hours less than six days. If the diff.
culties of applying steam to canals
without injury to the banks and locks
have been overcome in the construction
Of this boat, doubtless . very oonsidera-
BILE increase of speed will be realised, in
improvements that will Immediately
suggest themselves. But it ID not only
the saving of eight or ten days in time
that is promised by the success Of this
experiment, but also . coniderable re-
duction in cost a. compared with horse
power.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
Varieties.

Sic rIANsIr-That across the ocean. :
IT takes three springs to make q leap
gear.
In st. Louis they vasoinate serenaders
with brickbats.
MARa1Acr-An altar on which man
lays his pocket book, and woman her
love letters. s21nte
An Alabama editor mildly alludes to
his rival as "a reservoir Of falsehood and
An aqueduct of mendacity." {.i5{
A LIrvrNwoRrH editor sat down in q
reserved seat already occupied by .
hornet. lie stands up when scissoring
his editorials nov,
aA1s'r it wicked 70 rob dis here roost
Jimf' 'sDat's q great moral question,
Gumbo; we amt got time to argue it
now-hand down another pullet."
"Ir's forty years, my old friend John,
since we were boys together" "Is itf
Well, don't speak 50 loud there's that
young widow in the next room I"
"THr company shall never get an
Quiet C0ut 81 NY AsOAey3- csA>. - '->.o~J
lady on . railway train. How then
will you travel7" asked the conductor.
"pIl pay my fare to YOU" 3 it
A SYMPATHETIC Norwich man stopped
in Boston, on learning that to cheek tho
Ere . great many buildings must be
blown up, at once offered to contribute
his mother.in-law for the purpose.
IT requires more delicacy of touch, q
better acquaintance with the inner emo
tions of heart, and grander pathos Of
sentiment to make . declaration OF love
than it does to put up q stove.
An Indian chief, in tslegraph-ofice
in Montaas, being told that the operate
was stalking with q white brother two
thousand miles distant" gave it as his
opinion that it was the "longea tsik' he
had ever witnessed.
A sHoRnAKsR with one eye, who works
in this nei2hborhood, complained that
one Of his lamps did not burn. One of
his shopmates, who 10 genuine son of
the Emerald Isle, ' IA astonishment ex-
claimed: "Faith, End what do ye want
with two lamps? Ye haven't but one
eye."
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20

Two acres of ground near Indianola,
Iowa, yielded 500 bushels of sweet po.
tatoes.
CALIFORNIA claims that the Cashmere
goat does better in that State than in
India.
A 1O7 pound pumpkin at Prairieton,
Ind, has been scraped out and used for
a rain-water barrel.
TIE culture of wheat in America dates
back to the time of Cortez AID the con.
quest of Mexico.
IT is estimated that the present cot
ton crop of the South will not amount
to more than one-balf of the ordinary
yield.
TEE Shakers at South Union, KY,
have raised o pumpkin vine measuring
474 feet and bearing $50 pounds OF the
"fruit."
Juri, planted on the 4th Of April,
within few miles of New Orleans, has
grown, Notwithstanding the drought,
from eleven to thirteen feet high. The
yield of fiber is estimated at 1900
pounds per acre.
TIE density of wool depends moro
upon the food and the general care than
upon peculiarities of breed. To pro-
duce dense wool, keep the animal in
good condition.
The California wheat crop is 90 large
that, If mistakes are not made, 1t has
never been equaled in any country.
The papers talk of seventy, eighty, and
in one case 100 bushels per acre.
FARMING pays in Lancaster county, Pa.
One gentlemen raised on twenty acres
of land, 1850 bushels of shelled corn,
and made from the milk Of one COW and
two heifers, from May TO November 8,
$50 pounds Of butter, which sold at an
average Of forty cents per pound.
The catalogue of fruits of the Amer
lean Pathological Society gives list Of
niuety-one varieties of pears, with their
adaptation to different partslof the coun.
try. The Bartlett leads the list with
votes from thirty States and Territories.
Beurre d. Apjou comes next With TWEEN.
ty.six votes the Seckle third with
twenty five votes, Flemish Beauty, Ouch
ess d. Angouleme and Bloodgood stand
nearly as high.
Nh. G. G. PRINDLE, of Chittenden
county, VT, has made an experiment
designed to ascertain how far soil is pro-
tected from cold by snow. For four sue
cessive winter days, there being four
inches of snow on q level, he found the
average temperature Immediately above
the snow, thirteen degrees below zero ;
Immediately beneath, nineteen degrees
above zero under drift two feet deep,
twenty.seven degrees above zero.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20

There is . difference of opinion among
good farmers q to whether the wheat
field should be rolled before or after
drilling in the seed. There il no doubt
that rolling, if the ground be dry enough,
either before or after sowing, is As ind
portant and beneficial an operation as
narrowing. It crushes the lumps, COM
pacts the soil and smooths the surface.
Those who favor rolling after sowing
contend that BY thus smootbing the sur.
face, the water passes off dat land M re
rapidly in the winter and spring, and
that ice will not form over the wheat TO
smother it. Thi, il undoubtedly true
on fat land, bur wherc it is rolling, the
drill ridges serve rs a great protection TO
the wheat, and the water passes of
readily enough.
So a. to the time Of rolling the wheat
field, the grower must be governed by
circumst .nces. Water standing still is
. great enemy to the wheat crop. If the
soil holds it, drainage is needed before
the crop can be made certain. Under.
drainage is best; but in the absence
of this, q great deal can be accomplished
by judicious surface drainage. Surface
bitches are barriers 70 the reaping ma.
chine, which no good farmer likes to
have in his 6eld, but in many cases
they must be endured. However, the
drain may be made of very easy slope
by blowing out two or three furrsws
each side, and smoothing the bottom so
that the reaper will have but little
trouble in passing. But this work must
be done either before sowing or before
the grain has sprouted.
In many instances the roller may be
substituted in place of the plow, in sur
face draining the wheat field. Pass this
once or twice along the hollows and
runs, 30 as to form smooth passage for
the surface water, and it will take the
place of furrow very we'll.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-20
VANITY Of Nan.

At length it il proved that man has
more vanity than woman. This is tho
way that it came to pass: A curious IN.
yestigator watched while . thousand
men passed Q looking g-glass used a
sign on the sidewalk in Broadway. The
result of his observation showed that
nine hundred and ninety.nine men
glanced complacently at their image -
they passed. The other man was blind.
Four hundred and ffty.two women
psssed during the same hour and hall,
and none of them looked in the mirror
all of them being engaged intently
examining each Others appearance and
dress.
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Cure for Earache.

There is hardly any ache to which
children are subject SO bad to bear and
difficult to cure as the earache. But
there is a remedy never known to fail.
Take bit of cotton batting, put on it .
pinch of black pepper, gather it up and
tie it, dip it in sweet oil and insert it In
the ear. Put flannel bandage over tho
head to keep it warm. 1t will give i'm.
mediate relief. of