davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
Preparing Land for Wheat.

AS the time is nigh for fall plow-
ing and preparing the ground for
wheat, l wish to impress upon far
mcrs the Importance of thorough
surface drainage, and the keeping
of the wheat lands free from stag
nant water. In the reports about
the wheat crop which are coming
in, l notice frequently that wheat
on fiat land is failure. Is not that
the complaint every year? l have
seen fields that ought to produce 90
to 80 bushels to the acre abandoned
as not worth cutting. Now, the
remedy is in blowing property
Flat land that is in corn had better
not be sowcd to wheat. Better
keep it to be sowed in oats in the
spring or wheat the next fall,
| will now describe the way
pillow fiat land for wheat, and new
err yet missed having a fair crop,
even on thin and poor land, too
poor to raise good corn. I pillow
fiat land by laying off Glands" Is
feet wide. If the ground is inclin-
ed to be very wet, ! lay off these
lands only - feet wide. Use three
poles or rods, in order to lay the
first furrow straight. In running
the two burrows which are turned
toward each other, let them just
meet; if you put one on the other
you make the ridge too high. The
next round. Plow not over deep;
now for four or five rounds pillow a
little deeper; when you come to the
last two burrows, pillow one thin and
the other not over deep; then come
down and take another fnrrow be-
low the thin one. In this way the
land lies round when finished. O.
course it should be laid off in the
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
On in the Harm.

Old farmer Joe steps through the doors.
AS wide to him as the gates OF Thebes;
And thoughtful walks across the floors,
WhereOn are piled his winter stores,
And counts the profits of his globes.
Ten tons of timothy up there,
And four of clover in the bay;
Red-top that's cut well, middlin' fair;
And bins ofroots oblong and square,
To help exc out the crops of hay.
A dozen head of cattle stand
Reflective in the leaf-strewn yard
And stalks are stacked on every hand,
The latest offspring Of the land,
To labor long maintained and hard.
Cart loads Of pumpkins yonder lie,
The horse Is feeding in his stall,
The oats are bundled scaffOld high,
The peas and beans are heaped hard by,
AS If there was some festival.
At length old farmer Joe sits down
patch across each of his knees;
+. He crowds his hat back on his crown,
Then clasps his hands so hard and brown.
And like farmer takes his ease.
''How fast, how fast the years do go!A
1t seems in fact but yesterday,
That In this very barn we three
David, Ezekiel and me
Pitched in the summer loads of hay!
And Ezekiel died in Mexico:
Some one must stay to ride, to plow,
Get up the horse and milk the COW,
And who, OF course, but little Joe!
II might have been-I can't tell what:
Who knows about it till he triess
might have settled in some spot
Where money is more easy got:
Perhaps beneath Pacific skies.
II might have preached, like Parson Jones,
Or got living at the law;
might have got to Congress, sure!
might have kept water curei
might have gone and been-but pshaw
''Far better is 1t as it is;
What future waits him no man knows;
What he has got, that sure is his;
1t makes no odds if stocks have riz,
Or politicians come to blows.'
Content is rich, and something more.
think I've heerd somebody say;
If it rains it's apt to pour;
And am rich on the barn floor,
Where all is mine that can raise
I've plOwed and moved this dear old farm
Till not rod but what I know;
I've kept the old folks snug and warm,
And lived without twinge of harm,
don't care how the storm might blow.
''And on the same old farm I'll stay,
And raise my cattle and my corn;
Here shall these hairs turn wholly gray:
These feet shall never learn to stray;
But will die were was born"
And farmer Joe pulled down his hat,
And stood upon his feet once more.
He would not argue after that;
But like born aristocrat,
Kept on his walk across the floor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
The Farm.

A German Psychologist asserts
that animals which are being fatten
ed, particularly oxen, should not be
encouraged to drink much water
for the reason that, as has been
found by experiment, the absorption
Of water generates carbonic acid to
excess, and trammels the formation
Of fat.
A correspondent has been made
satisfied by experiment, that "to
destroy Canada thistlcs, you must
not pillow in the fall or early spring,
but wait until the thistles are in
bloom, and then pillow as roughl y
as possible, and never harrow until
after the second blowing, thus keep
ing the land in condition to admit
Of the greatest quantity Of surface
exposure to the sun and dry wind -
The evil of overbearing is par
ticularly apparent in dwarf pears
and grapes. As general thing
there is rarely grapevine but
would be benefited by having halt
its punches cut away, and some OF
the fruit-bearing dwarf pears might
have from one-third to one half.
Grapes may be cut away as soon as
they can be seen; but pears should
be left until somewhat grown, az
they often fall after they are pretty
we'll advanced. 1t not only helps
the size Of the fruit left, but is a
gain to the future health of the tree.
Here is the theory Of D. B. Wier,
of Illinois, regarding the means
necessary to avoid black knot:
''Nevcr plant plum trees on too
heavy and wet soil; look over the
trees in May or June, and cut the
knots before they ripen their spores
covering the wounds with a thick
paint Of white lead, turpentine and
oil; and never plant any plums ex-
cept the miner and wild GOOSE
Major Freas think if we are to be
restricted to the two varieties
named, the black knot might as well
be permitted to have full sway.
OF all the dreary places, says
Colonel Curtis, deliver me from the
farmhouses which SO many people
call home. Bars for a front gate,
chickens wallowing before the door,
pig pens elbowing the house in the
rear, scraggy trees never cared for,
or no trees at all, no neatness, no
trilnness. And yet lawn and
trees and neat walk and pleasant
fence don't cost great deal. They
can be secured little by little, at
odd times, and the expense hardly
felt. And if the time comes when
it is best to sell the farm, $50 to in
vest will often bring back $500.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25

now numbers of the farmers are
feeding all the corn they possibly
can to cattle and hogs. Others of
them are determined to store it
away, trusting to better prices in
the future. Such operations of the
producing community are among
the causes which are producing the
present remarkable monetary strin-
gency. The corn, which would fur
nish exchange on the East, which
in turn would pay off Western in
debtedness, is made to 60 through
a more heightened process before it
is turned into currency. This, of
course, requires time and capital
The farmer is thus putting not only
his own capital, but the credit
which the merchant is compelled to
accord him, into processes which
consume time before the property
can be realized upon. The high
rates of railway and other transport
alton are, to certain extent, re-
sponsible for the untoword moneta-
ny stringency. The country mer-
chant cannot collect the debts the
farmer is owing him until his cattle
or hogs are marketed. But the
farmer must turn his corn into pork
or beef at the present time or vir-
tually lose it. So the banks in the
great centers are being drawn upon
in order to enable the farmers to
neutralize the effects of high rates
OF transportation on the part of the
railroads.
The question will naturally arise:
Are not the railroads standing in
their own light? This turning the
corn of the country into less bulky
articles of transport must certainly
lessen their receipts for freight
for in railroading, as in every other
business, a large and constant trade
in staple articles is the most rclia-
bic and the most profitable Of all
besides, this monetary stringency,
which the high rates Of freight have
helped to bring about, must serious
ly affect the value of railroad stocks
in the market, and thus depreciate
property which the high freights
were meant to make still more val.
liable. 1t is an old saying and be-
lief, that every benefit has it's com
pensating disadvantage, and every
disadvantage its compensating ben
eft. We believe that it will be
found true in the case of the rail
roads, which are putting up treights
to such figures as must eventual
ly result in reducing their profits.
Another view Of the subject is
very important to the railroad in
terest. The public will, sooner or
later, get so reused up to the evils
of the present system of railroad
management, including its "stock
watering" "cornering," and combi-
nations generally, as to call for the
interference of the General Govern
ment in tones so loud and threaten
ing that no party, in or out of pow
err, will feel itself strong enough to
refuse them hearing.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
A correspondent writes us that i,

A correspondent writes us that in
April, 1850, he built post and rail
fence at Mayville, Wisconsin, in
which the posts were soaked in a
solution Of copperas and blue vitriol;
and cuiled sap shingles were also
soaked in the solution before using.
That these posts and shingles are
now entirely sound, and apparently
as good as when first used, while
sound oak posts set since without
the use of this solution were decay
ed. The same difference was found
in the shingles in favor Of the poor
est quality soaked in the solution,
while A shingles not soaked in the
solution were decaying.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
FEVER AND AGUE.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF IOWA. ! .

Buchanan County. -
NOTICE is hereby given that on the 26th day Of
IN October, A. D. 1872 at2 o'clock, p. NJ, ut the
Court House, in the City Of Independence, and
county aforesaid, will be sold at Public Auction,
to the highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribed Real Estate, levied upon and taken by vir-
tue of a General Execution, issued from the Of
flee Of the Clerk of the District Court, within and
for the county Of Buchanan, State Of Iowa, in IA
vor of j. S. Waterman, for the use Of Samuel
Hussey, and against the property of c. Aborn,
to-wit
The ca Of lot No. in block No. s in Indepen-
dence, Buchanan county, Iowa, to satisfy said
writ Of execution and all accruing costs.
Sheriff s Office, Independence,
s450l Sept. 94th, 1872. 19w4
GEO. .. FAIR, Sheriff.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
AarieMltMral GolMt1tl .

The reading columns on this page will be deyo.
ted mainly to topics pertaining to the FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BuLLK.
TIN are cordially invited to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
Halls Patent HuSkin6


The very best thing ever invented for husking
corn. They Give Universal Satisfaction.
man can husk from one third to one-haf faster
with them. They absolutely prevent sore and
cold hands. The HALF GLOVES cover the
parts of the hands which usually become sore.
made of the best tanned calf and buck-skin
Price $3.50. Both styles have claws attached,
and are made in three sizes, large, medium and
small, for both right and left handed persons.
Sent, prepaid, on receipt of price. For sale by
dealers generally. Address HALL HUSKING
GLOVE CO. AS SOnth Clinton ST Chicago Ill
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25

BE of good cheer, there is life and
health for you yet. So those that
have taken Simmons Liver Regula-
tor attest.-Sold by TABOR & Son.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-10-25
THE INGENUITY OF BEES.

A Curious Illustration of Their Glow
erueSS,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02
THE SAITH VOLUMEf
For 1sszs -
The ILLUSTRATED ssi
Physiological journal,
1850 A FIRST=CLASS
FAMILY MAGAZINE.

PHREkoLoGy.=-The Brain and its Functions:
Location of the Organs, with directions for cul-
tureand training, and the relations Of Mind and
Body described
PHYsIoGNoMY, or the Signs of Character with
illustrations, and how to read them il spe>
cial features. s4sfs 5fS -
/. ETHSoLoGY, or The Natural History Of Msa.
illustrated, will be given.
PHYSIOLOGY AND AEAToMY.-The Organise
ton, structure and functions of the human boz
dy; With the laws of life and health. What ne
should eat and drink, how clothed, and how %
exercise. sleep and live, in accordance with hy.
gienic principles.
PoRrRltrs, sketches and biographies of Lead
ling men and women in all Departments Of life.
are special features.
PARENTS, TEACHERS AND OrHERs-Asa euids
in educating and training Children, this maya.
zine has nc. superior.
Much general information on the leadina
topics of the day is given, and no efforts ara
spared to make this the most interesting and
Instructive as well as the Best Pictorial FamilT
Magazine ever published.
EsrABLIsHEo.-The .EauraoS has reached I'm
54th Volume. Ithas steadily increased IN fsvoa
during the many years it hes been puhlished.s
and was never more popular than now.
TEaNs.-Monthly, at S3 rear, 10 advances,
Single numbers 90 cents. Clubs OF Ten -
more. 50 each, and an extra copy 10 Agent.
We are oHeriag The most liberal Premiums.
Inclose Is cents for sample pumber wisb new
Pictorial Poster apd Prospectus, aud . complese
~ " address, ): R. Wells, rubri.h.. az p
$50 Broadway, New Ycyt.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02
WILMER & sLAYMAKER,

IS and ~ King Street, Corner of Royal,
Alexandria, Va,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, &C.,
Have Just Returned from the Market with Q
very large stock of
FALL GOODS.
And would invite particular attention to their
DRESS GOODS, embracing all desirable styles
in Yelours, Poplins, Reps, Serges, Alpacas,
Plaids, &c.
MOURNING DEPARTMENT.
Double Warp Alpacas, Reps, Australian
Crepe, Mouslins, Crepe Wells and Collars, Eng
lish Crepes, Shawls and almost everything in
this line that can be ed for.
GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Cloths and Cassimeres of every variety. We
are prepared to furnish business and dress suits,
made and trimmed in the best manner, guaran-
teeing satisfaction. Gents, and Boys Shirts
furnished by measure, ofthe best materials, and
fit guaranteed.
CARPET ROOMS.
English and Domestic Carpets of all kinds,
Oil Cloths of all widths, cut to fit any room or
passage without extra charge. Rattan, Cocoa
and Chinese Mating.
AS we buy almost all imported goods direct
of the importers and domestic goods from Fac
tories, or of their agents, we are prepared to
sell all goods in our line as cheap as they can
be bought.
M9e Samples sent on application. Orders to
the amount of $40 and over, accompanied with
the cash, or sent G. o. D., will be forwarded
freight paid.
statesmen:
A. H. Slaymaker, II. G. Slaymaker, ]. Marion
Hart, w. d. Wood, G. G. Wilmer, Alexan-
dria; Eli Janney, R. P. Janney, Loundon, Va:
A. H. Morehead, Fauquier, Va; w. Ludwell
Baldwin, Winchester, Va, and J. Adams
Speake, Charles county, Nd. [sep %
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02
BRIGGS g. BROTHERS
Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable
SEEDS,
summer Flowering Bulbs. for 1874

=
Now ready. Consisting of over 100 pages, on
rose tinted paper, with upwards of 400 separa ate
cuts, and Six Beautiful Colored Plates -
Cover, a beautiful design, in colors. The rich
est Cdtalog ue ever published. Send 25cents for
copy, not half the value Of the color ed plates,
In the first order, amounting to not less than
1. the price of Catalogue, Csc, will be refund
ed in seeds. New customers placed ON the same
footing with old. Free to old customers. Quail
ity of seeds, size of packets, prices and preni
uins offered. make it to the advantage OF all to
purchase seeds of Us. See Catalogue for extra
ordinary inducements.
You will miss it if you do not see our Cata-
legue before ordering Seeds.
Either of our two Chromos for 1872, size l9x24
-one flower plateof Bu:bous Plants, consist
ing of Lilies, &c.-the other of Annual, Biennial
and Perennial Plants, guaranteed the
MOST ELEGANT FLORAL CHROMOS
ever issued in this country. superb parlot or
nament; mailed, postpaid, on receipt of 75c.;
also free, on condition specified in Catalogue.
Address BRIGGS x BROTHER,
Established 1851 Rochester. N. Y.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02
THE MARKETS.

GRAIN
WHEAr-Sales of I, 500 bushels Pennsylvania
red at l5sal60 cts Maryland do. at l65al68
ets.; do. white at l65 cts; do. amber at $50
ets.; Western do. at l85 cts.
RYE-We quote rye at l0Oal05 cts.
CeRs-Sales of ID, 900 bushels at 66a69 cts.
for white; yellow at Sc cts; Western mixed at
10 cts.
OArs-Sales of 500 bushels at 57a5s cts.
T0BACCO.-Receipts small and business, as
usual at this season, suspended upon the part
Of shippers. Nothing of note in Maryland leaf
and holders very firm. Of Ohio, we report
sales of 100 hhds. new crop for France at STA
So 80 % 100 lbs. Two N. G. briggs have been
chartered to load tobacco for Marseilles and
bordeaux. Virginia and Kentucky remain
nominally unchanged in absence of transac-
finna.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02

and kinds of gums for Children and Infants.
All orders entrusted to me will be carefully
and promptly attended to under my personal
supervision. ALI articles mentioned in Price
List are constantly kept on hand, and goods
shipped exactly according. The safest way in
ordering goods is by Post Office Money Order,
Registered Letters, Fund by Express G. O. D.,
or by Draft on any Bank or Banker in Balti-
more. Any goods purchased of US which may
not fit orplease will be exchanged.
L. WEINBERGERsS
BOOT AND SHOE HOUSES.
IO3 w. Baltimore ST.. near Holiday Sc, and
Corner of Eutayy and Saratoga ST..
BALTIMORE, nd.
Sep. 8. 1871. sla.ss -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02
SPECIALTIES OF THE ECLECTrC,

sPECIALTIES OF THE ECLECTIC.
SCIENCE. =
1t is believed that in this department the
ECLECTIC is more comprehensive and complete
than any other Magazine in the world net.ex-
clusively devoted to the subject. ss.zs.s
BIOGRAPHY. -
There is no department of Literature more
important, and at the same time more general
ly interesting than Biography. In this depart
ment, therefore, will be found sketches of most
of the famous men of present and past times. =
BELLIES LETTnEs.S
Polite Literature in all its branches is repre-
scented by the best selections which can be
CLEANED from the whole field of periodical liter
ature abroad.
FICTION.
In this department the best Current bitera-
ture of its class is found, comprising occasional
Serials by the best contemporary novelists but
chiefly the short stories for which the English
Magazines are deservedly celebrated.
GENERAL LITERATURE.
Under this head are embraced all those SUBJ
iects which elude special classification, for in
stance, the fine Essays on Periodical, Social and
Literary Topics. which fill the English quarter
lies and monthliess
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS.
The Editorial Departments are Literary No
tees, Foreign Literary Notes, Science. Art and
Varieties They have been remodelled and ex-
tended, so as to embrace every possible topic,
and there is no other eclectic publication which
even attempts such synopsis.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A very fine Steel Engraving on some subject
of general interest, either Historic, Portrait or
Ideal, embellishes each number. These engrav-
ings are executed in the best manner and by
the best artists, and are of permanent value.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02

ORDERED this 4th day of January, 1872,
by George A. Hunt, Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Charles County, sitting a Court of
Equity, That the sale made and reported by
john w. Mitchell and Frederick Stone, Trus-
tees for the sale of the real estate of Thomas o..
Bean, deceased, be ratified and confirmed, I'M
less cause to the contrary be shown on OF before
the third Monday of February next; provided a
copy-uf this order be inserted in some newspa-
per printed in Charles county, once in each of
three successive weeks before the fist Monday
of February next.
The report states the amount of sale to be
GEORGE A. HUNT. Clerk
True copy-Test:
GEoRGE A. HUNT, Clerk.
ofC. c. for Charles County.
Jan l2-3w
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02

ened, falling hair checked. and bald
ness often. though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use viii prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous, and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. IF wanted
merely for
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02
PERSONAL.
NOAH WALKER & co.,
THE
Celebrated Clothiers of Baltimore, Nd,
Announce the introduction of plan of ordering
CLOTHING & UNDERWEAR

81 LETTER,
to which they call your special attention.
They will send on application their improved
and accurate
RULES FOR SELF-MEASUREMENT +
and full line of samples from their immense
stock of CLOTHS, CASSIfERES. COAT
INGS, SHIRTINGS, sc J, &c., thus enabling
parties in any part of the country to order their
Clothing and Shirts direct from them, with the
certainty of receiving garments of
The Very Latest style
And Most Perfect Fit
attainable.
Goods ordered will be sent by Express TO any
part of the country
As is well known throughout the Southern
States they have for FORTY THREE YEARS
ExCELLED
in all departments of their business, which is a
substantial guarantee as to the character of the
Goods they will send out.
A large and well assorted stock OF
READY.MADE CLOTHING
always on hand, together with full line of
FURNISHING GOODS
Including all the latest Novelties in Design and at
POPULAR PRICES
When Goods are sent per Express c. o. D.,
there will be no collection char ge on amounts
of 800 and over.
RULES for Self Measurement, Samples CT Goods
and Price List sent free on application.
The attention of the Trade is invited to our
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT which is al
ways kept up to the highest standard.
NOAH WALKER & CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in Mems and Boys
Clothing and Furnishing Goods either
ready made or made to order.
165 and ICY Baltimore street.
ap lily BALTIMORE. MD.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-02-02
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
New Volume January lst.
THE ~
Scientific a M erican,
FOR 1922.
lTwENTY-sEvENTH YEAR

TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
--- &c.
LIVERY NUMBER is printed on hne paper,
Il and elegantly illustrated with original IN.
cravings representing ss
NJ, In,.u,;o,. No,e1t,;.s :, aE.5c.:~.
1se.e A"s."sso"s, :"
Manufactures, Z henistry. i1hotn9-H
= saphy, Architecfxre. AgrfcNl- -
f.re ENGINEERING. Science
~, sss.s = -. , sss.,s -
una AIs. ~.
Farmers, Mechanics, Inventors, Enginesrs,
Chemists, Manufacturers and Peopls of al Pro-
LESSONS or Trades will find the
800 xrssSNr,rrr ..srprraw
= - -
81 great yaiue ana interest.
Z Ts @s,.s ~ ~ ~ VI ~ 49,
ap a. naslne
aI ~ -, ' .l az snu - ~.
lcl soeIpaas =. .ls sns coun,as o.-sae
&c. naze
VIC 0Iasi ~ -. ,s sI...
INV ne " an sne a'enls assusu ~
Ti,s 49,, = Nn,st 80 a.. c.:....e. 80.
ny, s,.,.,s;5 $500 81 49, -
S M .na Do, a, g.un':s =. neaIly ons
housa,,d = 81 SIZE y four
inousanu orelnafysD ooA pagess
@THIs NEW VOLUME ~