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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

kept her wakeful for hours. Treas
ures Of fancy work, were forgotten,
and the old plain life seemed very
fair as she awoke to it the next
morning, and remembered that it
was still her own, unchanged.
1t is strange how, sometimes, that
which would only move us to
laughter one hour, has grown sud-
denly pathetic the next. That poor
owl was certainly a comical look
ing object-legless, eyeless, a huge
patch of green sealing wax on its
back, its feathers scorched on one
side and soaked with kerosene on
the other-but Mrs. Gurney scanned
it with fearful eyes and laid it away
tenderly. She threw the old par
lor open to the sunlight, and for
that day, at least, it lacked in her
view no. ornament while the five
boys were there, though Syd's hair
was singed into a curious style
about the temples, David had one
burned hand bandaged up, and
Mark wore a strip of court-plaster
on his forehead, where fragment
of the flying brass had struck him.
"Humph! an OWL" soliloquized
Nancy. "What on earth would she
want of another wild critter in there
when she's got so many Of 'em
now?"
But Mrs. Gurney's heart was
counting them, and she said stoutly,
,,Half a dozen, lacking one, and |
wouldn't mind If it didn't lack any"
Hrarth and Home.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

A lady correspondent who lives
in a manufacturing town in Rhode
Island was recently the victim Of a
surprise party, and relates her cx-
perience as follows, 81 have never
imposed upon any of my friends or
ncighbors by attending surprise
party, and as long as l remain sane
I never will. But I have been the
unwilling recipient Of one of those
social nuisances dubbed silver
wedding. Isaac and I knew as well
rs anybody that we had been mar
ried twenty-five years, but we did
not wish to celebrate the event, for
numerous reasons. We did not
wish to beg for presents. Our
house is not large enough to accom-
modate all we could wish to invite
on such an occasion, and we could
not bring ourselves to slight any;-
and not being partial to large par
ties, Judge of our CONSERVATION
when we were overwhelmed by a
mob consisting of some of our
friends, and many who were not
our friends, or even our acquaint-
ances. Tom, Dick, and the dragon,
any one who could be induced to
sign their names to paper and
pay their money to help buy tea
set, under the promise of coming to
our house and having a gay time,
just as they would have paid to go
to any place of public amusement.
The presents were very nice in
deed, but l shall never use them,
and for them we are put under OBJ
legations to class Of people whose
acquaintance we did not desire
They rummaged and ransacked the
house from garret to cellar, looked
into my closets and bureau drawers
and even counted the blankets on
my own and my servants beds,
smashed my pet cast, wore holes in
my sitting-room carpet by dancing
on it. and have made capital for
gossip out of my household ar
rangements generally. There were
even people present to whom was
not introduced"
We have always been indepen-
dent; retained our old friends and
made few new ones. Now I am
expected to call on Mrs. this, that,
and the other, and to speak to their
husbands and brothers when I meet
them on the street, for their names
are on that paper which accom-
panied our friends among the list
Of doners. l put down my veil,
hoping one of these new friends, who
is somewhat intoxicated, will not
recognize me, and as l get past hear
him say: "Proud old vixen-wish l
had the dollar l throced away on
her table tea-set!'' I have lost my
independence and self-respect, and
am quite miserable under all this
obligation, which l can never hope
to repay. And l look upon the
whole affair as an unwarrantable
piece of interference for which l
shall never pardon the idle busy
bodies who, for want of something
better for excitement, set it on foot.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

Lady Holland once sent her page
round the table to Macauley to tell
him to stop talking. She told Ro-
gers: "Your poetry is bad enough,
SO pray be sparing Of your prose-"
At a dinner in South street, she
fidgeted Lord Melbourne so much
by making him shift his place when
he was seated to his liking, that he
rose, exclaiming, "I'll be-if !
dine with you at ALL" and walked
off to his own house, fortunately at
hand. She requested a celebrated
dandy to move a little farther of,
on the ground that her olfactory
nerves were offended by his black
ing; the blacking which hc vowed
was diluted with champagne. Short
ly after NJ. Van dc Weyer's arrival
in England as Belgian Minister, he
was dining with a distinguished
party at Holland House, when Lady
Holland suddenly turned to him,
and asked, "How is Leopoldp"
.sDoes your ladyship mean the
King Of the Belgians?" 81 have
heard" she rejoined, sof Flemings,
Hainaultcrs and Brabanter; but
Belgians are new to me-" His re-
ply was, my lady, before I had the
honor to be presented to you, / had
often heard you spoken Of, not only
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
Sailing the Seas Over.
From Summer Saunterings.

From Summer Saunterings.
l have listened in my time, with
more or less pleasure, to very rollic-
king songs about the sea, the fash
ing brine, the spray, and the temp
est's roar, the wet sheet and the
flowing sea, a life on the ocean wave
and all the rest of it. To paraphrase
a land proverb, let me write the
songs of the sea, and l care not who
goes to sea and sings 'em. A square
yard Of solid ground is worth miles
of the pitching, turbulent stuff. Its
inability to stand still for one Sec
ond is the plague of it. To lie on
deck where the sun shines, and
SWING up and down while the waves
run hither and thither and. toss their
white caps, is all well enough; to lie
in your narrow berth, and roll from
side to side all night long; to walk
up hill to your stateroom door, is
like lifting up a trap door in the
floor; to deliberately start for some
object, and before you know it to be
flung against it like a bag of sand;
to attempt to sit down on your sofa,
and find you are sitting up; to slip
and slide and grasp at everything
within reach, and to meet everybody
leaning and walking on slant, as if
a heavy wind was blowing, and the
laws of gravitation were reversed;
to lie on your berth. and hear all the
dishes on the cabin table 60 sousing
off against the wall in. general
smash; to sit at the table holding
your soup plate with one hand and
watching for chance to put your
spoon in when it comes high tide on
your side of the dish; to vigilantly
watch the lurch of the heavy dishes
while holding your glass, and your
plate and your knife and fork: and
not notice it when Brown, who sits
next to you, gets the whole swash
of the gravy from the roast beef on
his light colored pantaloons, and see
the look of dismay that only Brown
can assume on such an occasion; to
see Mrs. Brown advance to the table
suddenly stop and hesitate, two
walters rush at her, with whom she
struggles wildly, only to go down
in a heap with them in the opposite
corner; to see her partially recover,
but only to shoot back again through
her stateroom door, and be seen no
more; all this is quite pleasant and
refreshing if you are tired of land,
but get quite enough Of it in q
couple OF weeks"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
Excellent Advice.

Look most to your spending. No
matter what comes in, if more goes
ont, you will always be poor. The
art is not in making money, but in
keeping it; little expenses, like mice
in barn, when there are many,
make great waste. Hair by hair
heads grow bald; stsaw by straw
the thatch goes off the cottage; and
drop by drop the rain comes into
the chamber. A barrel is soon
empty if the tap leaks but = drop a
minute. When you mean to save,
begin with your mouth; many
thieves pass down the red lane.
The ale jug is great waste, In all
other things keep within compass.
Never stretch your legs farther than
the blankets will reach, or you will
soon be cold. III clothes, choose
suitable and lasting stuff, and not
tawdry fineries. TO be warm is
the main thing; never mind the
looks. A fool may make money,
but itnecds . wise man to spend
it. Remember, it is easier to build
two chimneys than to keep one 60
ing. Ifyou give all to back and
board, there ls nothing LEFT for the
savings bank Fare hard ~ Wofl
4! As,'s .,,| I ss II
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
CHAPTER 151.


AN ACT providing sor the payment Of bonds here
after issued 1nds. Chepter be cf the Lava Of the
Fourteenth General Assembly.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gem
e-al Assembly Of the State Of Iowa, That
section FIVE OF chapter 1f.y-four Of the,
Jaws of the Thirteenth General Assembly
shall be, and is hereby, made applicabie
to any bondc hereafter issued by towns,
cities o. counties, under chapter fifty
eight Of the laws Of .he Fourteenth Gen
eral Assembly.
SEC. 2. Section siz Of said chapter
fifty four Of the laws of the Thirteenth
General Assembly is hereby repealed
Sec. 8. This act being deemed of i'm
mediate Importance by the General As
sembly, shall take effect from and after its
publication in the State Register and
Leader, papers published at Des Noines,
Iowa.
Approved April 10, 1872.
thereby certify that the foregoing act
was published in the Daily Iowa State
Leader, April %. and in the Daily Iowa
State Register, April "a, 1871.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State. !
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
LAWS OF IOWA.
PuBL1sHED EY AurHoRrrY.1
CHAPTER 1W.

AN ACT making appropriation for the psymleti
General Assembly. -
SECTION /. Be It enacted BIZ the Gen.
sraI Assens5ly Of TIE State Of Iovo, That
The following sums of money, or 20 much
thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
appropriated for the purpose hersinafter
designated.
SEC. 2. Fo- the payment Of the mile.
age OF the members of the Senate, inclu-.
ding the Lieutenant. Governor, the sum
of two thousand six hurdred and forty
eight dollars.
SEC. 3. For the payment Of the mile.
age OF the members OF the House Of Rep
resentatives. the sum of 1--WE thousand
two hundred and twelve dollars and
eighty cents
Sec. 4. The Auditor shall issue war
rants upon the State Treasurer for the
foregoing sums in favor Of the members
Of the respective yousee, and deliver the
same to the State Treasurer.
SEC. S. The Treasurer of State upon re.
ceipt Of said warrants, shall pay to each
member scck amount az shall be shown
to be mis- due by reports Of the COMMITTEES!
on mileage ss adopted by each House,
and it is hereby made the duty Of th(
President and Secretary of the Senate
and the Speaker and Clerk Of the Houa
to furnish the Treasurer of State certife
copies of said reports so adopted by the
respective Houses
SEC. S. This act being deemed Of i'm.
mediate importance, shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publica-
ton in the Iowa Resieo and Daily
Leader, newspapers published in Des
Moines, lowe.
Approved April 18th, 1879.
thereby ce.sify that the foregoing act
was published n the Daily Iowa State
Register April 81, and IN the Daily Lead
er, April %, 1872.
ED WRIGHT, sec'y Of State
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

whitlaw Reid in the June Galaxy.


The great newspapers are those
which look for news, not advertise
ments. With the news comes
circulation, and when circulation
commands, the advertisements seek
the paper, not the paper the adver-
tisements. Make your newspaper
SO good, SO full of news, so truth
ful, so able that people must take it;
make its circulation so great that
advertisers will plead for the privil-
ege of getting into it-those seem 10
me the two great business COM
mandments of our better journalism.
When at last we get our feet planted
On this solid ground, no newsp aper
can afford to suppress or soften the
truth in any business interest. More
and more the trade of selling adver-
tisements is getting to as plain a
basis as the trade Of selling -four or
potatoes, where the money paid
over the counter represents the
exact selling price of the article
bought, and there is no dream Of
further obligation on either side.
BY and by we shall see all reputable
journals stop depreciating their own
wares by admitting that it is neces-
sary to call attention to an adver-
tisement in the reading columns, to
get 1t seen; treat as preposterous
the request that there shall be some
notice of theater or lecture, '.just to
accompany the advertisement, you
knows" take as an insult the sugges-
tion that if. an editorial could be
made speaking well of the capabili-
ties OF region and its need Of a
railroad, there would be a heavy
advertisement of railroad bonds;
utterly refuse, on whatever specious
plea Of public as well as private
interest, to suffer one line to appear
as reading matter which the editor
did not select because he thought
it of more Interest than any other
matter it might displace, and the
paper did not publish without
penny of pay. Some of the reforms
in the case Of any but the strongest
journals, will come slowly, for they
amount to revolution; put come they
will-not because publishers will be
more disintcrested than now, but
because, looking to the rights of
readers, their paramount Importance
to the newspapers they support and
the imperative need Of keeping faith
with them, publishers will see such
reform to be sound business policy,
and any other course to be business
quackery.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
SIGN OF
The Big Hat I!
SIGN OE

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it land
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
of Chicago.
To the Ladies Gas usuaD, we
solicit a share ofyour patronage.
To the Gents ts-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small; consequently our
prices we guarantee.
Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
CHAPTER 15e.

AN ACT providing for the organization OF indie. 4
pendent School Districts.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Iowa, That
the sub-districts of any district townahip
may be constituted separate and indie
pendent school districts, in the manner
hereinafter provided. fSE
Sec. 2. At the written request Of one
third of the legal voters residing in any
district township, the board Of directors
shall call meeting OF the qualified elscYs
tors Of the school-district township, at
the usual place Of holding the annual
meeting of the board Of directors Of such
district township, by giving at least tea |
days notice thereof, by posting threoS
written notices in each sub-district IN thAN
township, and by publication in news
paper, if one be published In the town.
ship. at which meeting the said electori
shall vote by ballot for or against ! sepa;
rate organization.
Sec. 8. Should majority of the votef
be cast in favor Of such separate organsS
zation, the board of directors shall cal1s
meetings in each sub -district Of the town.
ship, of the qualified electors thereof, inE
the manner and.for the purpose - pro.
vided in section three. chapter eight, efl
the laws of the Thirteenth General Any
sembly.
PROVIDED, That II the number Of inAdks
itants of any such sub -districts does no
exceed five hundred, then but three dt3
rcctors shall be chosen, who shall hollA
their Offices one, two and three years. ~
spectively. the length Of their respectlSS5
terms to be determined by lot, and ~
one director shall be chosen annu6IYs
thereafter, who shall hold his oflce thfG9|
years. Y
SEC. 1. At the meetings Of the electoss
of'cach sub-district, ~ provided in ~
last section, they shall also determine "
ballot tho name to be given 70 their d.
trict, and each district, when 90 osnAns
ixed, shall be body corporate, ana ~.
name % chosen shall be it, corpoeAte
name; PROVIDED. That the board of Nls
rectors Of any district oTganinsd un10e]
the pfovi1ions Of this sct may elonge ~
name, II any other district n a \
ship sAall have chosen the saz1
&c. & ullesicts oreanlled
provIstoas x Ill aef, shan ~ S0
ana tronAed n eyety reGocl = ~
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
CHAPTER 1SS.

AN ACT to amend section three, chapter one
hundred and nfty-eight, Of the laws OF the
Thirteenth General Assembly, In relation to
reading Wills.
SECTION l. Be it enacted BY the Gen..
eral Assembly Of the State Of Iowa, Ts+
section three, chapter one hundred (
fifty eight, of the laws of the Thirtee1
General Assembly, be, and the same
hereby, amended to read as follows:
Any person having the custody of
will, shall at the first stated term of u
court after being informed of the deaf
of the testator, bring the same into open;
court, where it shall be publicly read; or
such will may be filed with, opened and
read by the clerk in vacation.
Sec. 2. This act being deemed Of i'm
mediate Importance, shall be in force and
take effect from and after. its publication
in the State Register and the State Lead
Leader, newspapers published at Des
Moines, Iowa.
Approved, April 10, 1872.
I hereby certify that the foregoing act
was published in the Daily Iowa State
Register April "a, and in the Daily State
Leader, April %, 1872.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
CHAPTER 1874.
ED WRIGHT,
Secretary Of State.

AN ACT to amend section twN, of chapter one
hundred and seventy three, OF the laws of the
Ninth General Assembly.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of the State Of Iowa, That
section two, Of chapter one hundred and!
seventy three, of the Ninth General As-3
sembly, be, and is hereby, amended, byj
adding to the said section the following, /
to-wit:
"Prorided, That II an additional As-i
SCISSOR is elected by any incorporated city;
the assessor for the township in which
such city is situated shall be elected BY
the qualified electors residing in sai..s
township outside the limits Of said city"
Approved, April 10, 1879.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

Mr.. Beecher Sunday morning
preached a sermon on Progressive
Christian Manhood, taking as his
text the first eleven verses of the
first chapter of the second epistle of
Peter. In the course of his sermon
he thus alluded to what is known
as the Darwinian theory: 1t is of
little consequence to me where l
came from; it is of a great deal Of
consequence to me to know where l
am going. There are great many
men at the present day investiga-
ting the road which has brought
man up to the present state, and l
confess to a curiosity in the matter,
and do not say that these research
es may not be of benefit. l regard
the labors Of Mr.. Darwin with pro-
found interest, believing that the
world will in time accord him
great deal of credit. Although l
am not prepared to accept all his
speculations, thank him for all his
deductions of tact. l do not partici-
pate particle with those that dread
the idea of mans having sprung
from some lower form of existence;
all that ask is that you show me
how got clear from monkeys and
then l am quite satisfied to have
had one for an ancestory fifty cen
turies ago. Laughter. Only make
the difference great enough and l
am content. l had just as lieve
spring from a monkey as from some
men l know around here. Renew
ed laughtcr.] look upon the
Patagonians or the miserable crawl
ing Esquimaux and l don't see much
to choose between them and any
latent animalhood. don't care so
much about that thing, for l have
never been there. l had no early
associations great while ago. l
have not the least recollection of
what happened million years ago.
All my life is looking forward. |
want to know where l am going; /
don't care where / came from,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
SIMMONS
LIVER
DIR, SIMMONS
Liver Regulator,

preparation of roots and herbs, warranted TO
be strictly vegetable, and do no injury to any
one.
1t has been used by hundreds, and known for
40 years one of the most reliable. efiicacious
and harmless preparations ever offered to the
suffering. Htaken regularly and persistentiy, II
;s tI.r
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

DR.. A. EOBBIE,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN s. SURGEON
Il Independence. Iowa. First door east Of Jas
IAmiaOn's - Office Soft
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
Filling, Cleaning and Preserving

The natural teeth Artificial teeth inserted on
Gold, Silver or Rubber plate in the most thor
ough and skillful manner. Ether, Cnroioiorm,
or Nitrous Oxide Gas given when extracting teeth,
when desired. All operations performed in n
careful and skillful manner, and with as little
pain as possible.
ronage of the public. Office over Mans Il Baum's
store first door east Of Bazaar. 22tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

s~n..1Dyepepsia, headache, jaun-
&iice, costiveness, sick head
3ache, chronic diarrhga, at
Elections of the bladder, camp
.Uncn11 1atynr sdysentery, affections of the
Jaw 8 e*S WA fkidneys, fever, nervousness,
achills, diseases of the skim
Simpufity OF the blood, mel
D-.--~rr,uuxrx xrxss.su.aaancho or depression OF
spirits, heartburn, collie pains in the bowels,
pain in the head, fever and ague, dropsy, boils,
pain in the back, &c.
Prepared only by ]. II. XEILIN Il CO.,
Druggists, Macon, Ga; and 329 Arch St., Phila-
delphia. For sale by 2. TABOR, Independence,
Iowa Price, 81; by mail, s1.25 as-y1
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

The symptoms of Live
3Complaint are uneasinesr
land pain in the side
Sometimes the pain is in
athe shoulder, and is mis-
3taken for rheumatism.
8The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and
neral costive, sometimes
The head is troubled with
,nsation, considerable loss
ed with painful sensation
aof having left undonc
something which ought
: to have been done. Often
complaining Of weakness,
: debility, and low spirits.
2Sometimes many of the
dabovc symptoms attend
athe above disease, and at
sother times very few of
generally the organ most
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

r LICENSED AUCTIONEER, Independence. To-
VA Will sell Real Estate and Personal Prop
sPty OF every description. Satisfaction Guaran-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31

DR.. H. HI. HUNT. M. D..
nFFICE and Residence Corner of Court ant
~ Blank Sts. north of Catholic Church. 41-f
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-05-31
n HOIDRTDGE.

A TTORNEY ATLAW, Notary Public and Land
IA Agent. Office in C. w Taylor's new build
ing. opposite the Post Office, Independence,
loWA.