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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26
The Cincinnati Gazette holds out

THE Cincinnati Gazette holds out
an encouraging prospect for the
army of Federal Office holders. 1t
says, if Grant is elected they may
expect to be retained during good
behavior and efficiency. If the OPP
position succeed, they would still
remain in their places, for the plat
form of the reformers, as the new
party love call themselves, provides
that no removals shall be made on
political grounds. This is truly .
rosy view for the ''ins," but what q
blank prospect for the "outs."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

THE speck Of war in France has
become q cloud a good deal bigger
than q mans hand. M. Theirs bra
vado, at the adjournment Of the As
sembly, has, together with his war
like policy in the recruiting Of an
army of 10000 men, and 2,7Oo
pieces Of ordinance, had its natural
effect, and brought down Bismarck
with an ultinatum of a very posi-
tive nature. The Prussian Premier
informs N. Thiers- very cu-tly that
he must reduce his army to 225, 900
men or he will put q Government
in charge Of France upon whose
good faith he can depend. This is
very bold and positive, and evident
ly intended to bring about war. At
least it is difficult to see how any
nation having any spirit and sinews
left can brook its tone for the sake
of peace.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

THE State Register suggests that
the Liberal Republicans OF Iowa
will probably follow the example OF
other States, and present name
for the Presidency at the Cincinnati
Convention, and thinks that }. B.
Grinnell may be the man. Such q
suggestion would have the merit OF
appropriateness. The utter folly OF
the whole movement could not be
better ipersonated than by the dumpy
malcontent named.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

THE reports from the Iowa Libcr-
al Republican Convention, which
met at Davenport, on Tuesday, rep.
resent it al not an entire failure,
but yet not quite success. It was
not powerful in numbers, twenty
counties being represented by about
one hundred delegates, nor over
whelming in enthusiasm. The Con-
vention was permanently organized
by the election of Fitz Henry War
rem, President, with six Vice Pres
idents-E. P. Greeley, Of Chicka-
saw, being the only one from this
section of the Statc-and three Sec
retaries. The Convention then pro-
ceeded to name $50 delegates to
Cincinnati, elect State Central
Committee and adopt a platform,
after which speeches were made by
Gov. Brown, of Missouri, j. d.
Grinnell and others. The following
is the platform:
"Wo, the Republicans of Iowa,
believing that the present Admins
istration, and the office-holders
throughout the country, have as
sumed unconstitutional authority,
and are endeavoring to subvert the
Republican party to their own per-
sonal interest for the retention of
themselves, their relatives and per-
sonal friends in Office, and make the
best interest of the country second
airy and subscrvient to party, and
believing that the people Of the
country are on the eve Of demand
ing an honest Government, and
sympathizing with the Liberal
movement throughout the country
for reform, hereby declare:
LIST. That we are opposed to the
denomination of U. S. Grant to the
Presidency, and will not give him
our cordial support.
2nd. That we will support any
one of the many good and able men
of the party for the first place in
the gift of the people, nominated
upon a platform declaring in favor
Of honesty and economy, amnesty,
thorough genuine reform, and the
ONE term principle for the Presi-
dency. -
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26
w. w. JUNKIN, PreSt.
FRANK HATToN, Sec'y.

On the morning of June 18th the
Association will start on an excur-
sion to Ogden and return. The
Burlington & Missouri River Rail-
road and the Union Pacific Rail-
road have generously given free
transportation over their lines
Sleeping car accommodations have
been engaged on the Union Pacific
Railroad at reduced ratc-$5O per
car.
In this connection it will be
proper to publish few rules. The
Excursion is to be considered
secondary matter, and editors must
attend the meeting to cntitle them
to 60 upon the Excursion, or pre-
bent a very substantial excuse
Joining the Excursion ut various
points on the line will not be per-
mitted. One editor and lady to
Weekly papers and two editors and
two ladies to Daily papers will be
allowed, but the gentlemen mnst be
BONA F1DE editors or publishers Of
newspapers. Editors Of monthly
advertising sheets cannot join the
Excursion. No representatives 9th.
er than those mentioned will be
permitted. 1t is the intention of
the management to make this en-
phatically an Editorial Excursion.
The expense attending the entire
trip viii be from 475 to 500 for
each person. Editors who contem-
plate attending the Association and
joining in the Excursion are urgent
ly requested to communicate imme-
diately with Frank Hatton, Sccreta-
ry, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and inform
him Of their intention, and whether
they will be accompanied by ladies
or not. It is important that this
should be attended to promptly
Further particulars will be publish
ed in short time, as details are
now being attended to.
w. w. JUNK1N, Prest.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

nay, lectured him for this and
scolded him for that, until he: be-
came poor, trembling, shivering
object of pity; until he came to ex-
hibit all that peculiar pussillani-
nous infirmity that characterizes .
hen-pecked husband. have seen
. Senator vote "aye' ON the ques-
ton Of an adjourned session because
he thought it right, but before the
vote was announced the faces Of his
bellicose constituents doomed mp SO
big before his imagination that he
changed his vote to "no."
If, as has been asserted, the leg
islature has incompetent members,
if rs . whole it has shown itself in
efficient, the dear people and nobody
else is to blame for it. The people
Of Iowa have abdicated their high
est duty. Instead of selecting their
representatives, they allow the rep
rcsentatives to select themselves
Senator Bemis and . half-dozcn
others will cover the entire excep-
tons to this rule in the dominant
party. In general, this is the way
that members of the legislature OBJ
tain their seats. Some man in the
county conceives the idea that he
should like to so TO Des Moines.-
He possesses towering ambition,
an infinite supply of brass and q
tongue that viii! wag untiringly,
harmonious to the prejudices of the
present listener, and with little
money in his purse and his pockets
filed with candy, he is equipped
for the campaign, and he suits ev-
cry farmer in the county and caters
to his whims, and if he is a hog
man the candidate is hog all over;
if he is an anti-mason the candidate
is most violent in his denunciations
Of the "ancient order," and if he is
a cattle man the candidate will
spout cloquence for hours on the
glory of the short horns, and expa-
tate till the sun goes down, on the
beauties of somebody's big bull that
weighs thirty-fivc thousand pounds.
He will kiss the babies and ply
them with candy. He will praise
the housewives bread and then he
will wrestle with tho farmer rs ia
cob wrestled with the angel, and,
like Jacob, he will not let the angel
go till he has granted him the bles-
sing he asks promise to vote for
him. And when he is gone the
farmer is ashamed of his easy vir-
tue; but he has given his word, and
his word is as good as his bond
The candidate swings around the
circle with similar experience with
the farmers generally, and when he
gathers his sheaves in the fall he
has majority for himself in the
nominative convention.
And thus is man sent up to the
Capitol who, according to every
rule of political science, should
have been permitted to repose with
in the county limits. And the ag-
gregate of such individuals makes
up Legislature far below what the
great and intelligent State Of Iowa
is entitled to. But the remedy is
with the people, and if they desire
to use it, nobody can interfere to
compel them to do their duty.
JONES.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

jections present themselvs, further
notifications will doubtless be
made, in tho interests Of justice and
the public service, until . practical
BILE, if not perfect, system shall re-
anti u6uuaxe, Times. n
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

nsJ scso1eS run through nom st. Louis to ST
iSSSs RSloeD sleeping cars owned and opsfatAd
81 ~ ~. aeeoMpspy ~ might tisias. sas.
~. r.. R1rTIBONE, tWA. 0RI4NE.
NM 0en'l Sap. Q4AI Sept.
" =. CedSSAsblAs, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

IHE Liberal RcpuDIlcah leauerS
in Iowa are cunning fellows. They
certainly ought to be, for MAORI
ty of them are office seekers of long
standing, profession which is sup
posed to be peculiarly favorable to
the development of fncssc and
trickery generally. They assem-
blcd at Davenport, the other day,
with all the ostentation possible
with their paucity Of numbers, and
proceeded apparently to place them
selves outside Of the Republican
party with which they have hereto
tofore acted, and whose favors they
received, and to make new de-
parture in the direction of "reform,"
which means new deal of the Off
ces. The uncritical readers of their
platform will ut least assume that
they will never, necer support Pres
ident Grant for reelection. But
such assumption would be unwar-
ranted by their declaration. They
are too cunning to thus close their
line Of retreat. They resolve that
eve are opposed to the re-nomina-
ton of U. S. Grant to the presidcn.
cy, and in no event will give him
our cordial support" The qualify
ing adjective was insertedto provide
for the foreseen contingency, when
the whole movement, distracted by
the differences of its incongruous ell
elnents, and repudiated by the De-
mocracy, will exhale like the base
less fabric of dream. That con-
tingency will find these Liberals,
honest men and time serves alike,
turning again to the Republican Or
ganization, the first to reform
abuses from within the party, and
the latter hoping to share in the
cnoils If victory.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

supported of Civil Rights bill which went
further than any other measure we. pass
ed, and he comes here and reproaches us
for encroaching and arbitrary power,
because we followed the Chairman If the
Committee on the Judiciary,
Now there xr0 charges made ofcorrup.
ton. a. il this was the m0st corrupt Ad'
ministration known in tho history Of our
Government. believe. and I say it
here upon my responsibility as . man
and Senator. I believe there has never
been, all things considered, more faith
ful and honest Administration. Ap-
plausc.
Mr.. Wilson continued ct length, de-
uouncing corruption Of al kinde. and
aaid Grants Administration has tFied
and convicted moro thieves than all the
administrations Of the Governmeut from
1859 down.
Mr.. wilson concluded 90 follows: II
there Is combination In Cincinnati. I
don't care on whom they make Il. they
win take more Democrstic votes than
they will take Republican votes. The
nominees at Philadelphia will be elected.
TApplause.] make that prediction hero
tonight, and, say to every man In Amer
lea that my voice can roach through the
prsss. Join hands and lot each one Of ~
do our whole duty. Let Us be.as Arm
a tho eternal hills, and lot W be kind,
conciliatory, and treat our erring friends
% errins friends until after they choose
to take farewell Of ~ and 90 away, and
then. gentlenasn, they win be WHARF Man
who have deserted ~ fir the lat twelve
Years have put themselves, out o. the
howsr, ouI Of the control Of tAs A&Aifs,
and proved eAlsG a1d recfeans 70 tAsll
owa selvsA [Applaass.l
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26
Chr 8nlletin.
FRIDAY. APRIL Is. 1871.


The Iowa Legislature adjourned
on Tuesday to the third Wednes-
day of January, 1873, at which time
it will again convene, and address
itself exclusively to the considera'
ton of the new code. The Four
tcenth General assembly has been
neither better nor worse than its
predecessors. 1t has enacted some
wise and judicious laws and failed
to enact others of equal Importance
and necessity. Among its acts OF
commission is the passage Of the
numerous brood of legalizing acts,
seemingly growing evil which, if
not corrected, bids fair to make u
farce of Legislation and entail I'M
numbered abuses upon the State
It has wasted much valuable time
over matters of minor or doubtful
Importance, or specious schemes OF
what was called economy, prevent
ing the proper consideration of
business of weight and imminent
moment. Much buncombe has been
expended, demonstrated by the sig
nificant fact that Of over five hundred
bills introduced in the House, and
over three hundred in the Senate,
less than 24O became laws, and
some of these are regarded of doubt
full utility. Most of the RESPONSE
billty for this is with the people,
who in many cases chose to be
represented by selfseeking aspi-
rants for office rather than solid
worth and experience. But as be-
fore observed, this Legislature is not
notably worse than those which
have preceded it. 1t contained
many men of character and ctfi-
cheney who intelligently and con-
scientiously labored for the best in
terests of the State and its people,
and whose restraining influence
upon the mere politicians was most
salutary and valuable.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26
IOWA PRESS CONVENTION AND
EXCURSION.
Call for Conven ton. and Programme
FOR Excursion.
FAIRFIELD, April 10.

FAIRFIELD, april IL.
The Annual Meeting of the Iowa
Press Association will be held at
Mt. Pleasant, on the 18th and 18th
of June, opening at 300 P. NJ. on
the 18th. Every editor in the State
is cordially invited. The meeting
is for business that concerns every
member Of the Press, and it is hoped
that the attendance will be large
A full programme will bepublished
in due time.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

as In the leRlSl8tUT0 Oh iowa.
A petition signed by the three
ops" will accompany the bill, in
which they will ask to DO restored
to tie status from which they lapsed
by their. "slight irregularity." OF
course old Brown will demonstrate,
and ask the legislature to allow
the law to take its course; but he is
but poor minority, and his prayer
will go as did the prayer Of the re-
monstrants in the city Of Nashua
straight to the pigeon box in the
State archives.
1t would seem rs though the leg.
islature of the great State Of Iowa
could always find better business
for the exercise of it's talents, but
to be plain. tho people are moro to
blame than their representatives.
they almost invariably strain at 2
gnat and swallow . camel, They
do not refrain from the exercise
Of the supreme prerogative Of an
American citixen-the right to
grumble at those in station, but
there has been SO much injudicious
grumbling, aud gru,nbling at the
wrong place, that the whole bust
ness has become demoralised, 30
that the loudest grumble now con-
yeys to The poor representative but
. erscked and pncertain sound.
/ have seen , membov whose con
stituents had blstned him foy voting
yea and censured him for voting
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-07
Country Newspapers.

Few people appreciate the value
of the village papers which gather
up the news of a county and advO-
cate the interests of locality. And
few understand the amount of abili-
ty required to edit such a paper
where one man must be editor, pub
Usher, printer, book-keeper, and all
Ina CINE how much the intelligence of
the country would suffer by the blot
ting out of the country papers,
which treat the immediate interests
of the people and thus come in con-
tact with their minds.
The true country editor under.
stands that his paper thrives by be-
ing intensely local; that it is not by
learned editorials on tariff and in
come tax, but by articles in favor of
the new railroad, by descriptions of
the new factory, by advocacy of the
new bridge, that he must succeed.
People look into his columns not
only for The latest general news, but
for q mention of every interesting
fact, of every curious matter of Cos
sip, in his county. And thus the
paper becomes the reflector of the
current events and the public senti-
ment OF his section. Nothing is too
small to be itemized if only it is OF
interest. A country editor advertis.
ed the other day that he would in.
sert a list Of the names of all the PEG
pie who had joined the churches in
the county in a recent revival.
Which showed that he understood
his business. He proposed to chron-
icle every event of interest occurring
IN his Jurisdiction.
Every intelligent family should
give a cordial support to the local
newspaper. It is one of the great
educational infuences.-HeaTtb and
Home.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-07
PhOtOgraphing the Pulse.

The ingenious apparatus invented
10y De. Ozanam, of Paris, for render
ing the variable bealings of the pulse
visible, is already proving itself of
practical value. 1t consists of q
comera lucia, about ten inches wide,
in which a piece Of mechanism, mo-
wing at a uniform rate, pushes a
glass plate, prepared with collodion,
in front of very narrow aperture
exposed to the light In this aper-
ture is a glass tube, in which a col
umn of mercury may rise or fall, as
IN thermometer. BY attaching to
the wrist a rubber tube, filled with
mercury, in connection with the tube
of the apparatus, the beating of the
pulse is received on this artificial ar
terry, and the pul-ations are trans
mitted to the recording apparatus.
As the column in the tube acts as q
screen, light can penetrate the aper-
ture only where the column is def
cient; consequently the prepared
plate becomes black under the influ-
ence of light everywhere except at
such places as the column intercepts
it. As the column rises and falls
with each pulsAtion of the heart,
these black lines on the prepared
plate, pushed regularly forward, will
be longer or shorter alternately, and
will be successfully photographed as
being lines PERI endicular to n com
mon base, the heart being thus made
to register photographically it's own
pulsations. These Photographic rep
reservations can be so magnifed as
TO be rendered visible across a large
amphitheatre; and such is the pecu-
liarity OF the apparatus in its adap-
tation to different uses that it MAY
be modified so as to register the va,
riations ofrespiration, the irregular
action of coughing, and similar
physiological and pathological phe
! nOmenaS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-07
Why Steam Boiler Explosions Occur.

A steam boiler inspection and in
surance company in Hartford, Conn,
recently reported the results of ex-
aminations of boilers made by its
agents in that vicinity. It seems
that 745 visits were made, and 1, 534
boilers examined-1,4 43 externally,
and $40 internally; 1914 tested by by
draulic pressure. Defects discover
ed, 794198 dangerous. In detail
as follows: Furnaces out of shape,
81 dangerous; fractures, 79-39
dangerous; burned plates, 53-29
dangerous; bhstered plates, 95-12
dangerous; sediment and deposit,
ILL., dangerous; incrustatiOn and
scale, 1913 dangerous; external
corrosioD, 2O-G dangerous; internal
growing, 23-3 dangerous; water
gauges defective, 29-12 dangerous,
safety-valves overloaded or out of or
der, 24-12 dangerous; pressure
guages defective, 1O4 10 dangerous,
varying from 6 to II; boilers without
gauges, 30 dangerous; deficiency of
water, 90 dangerous; braces and
stays loose and broken, 24-15 dan
gerOus; boilers condemned Z.
Many cases of glaring neglect are
reported showing great want of at
tention by those in charge of boilers,
and by owners and users. If some
responsible person would give few
moments attention each day to the
boilers and their connections, many
disasters might be prevent d.
Among the carelessness met with
are: A leaking safety-valve, found
with a plank across the lever, and
loaded down with bricks three hun
dred pounds pressure would moi
probably have raised this valve. IL
another, the boiler was in a building
with fiat roof; the safety valve lev
er was found wedged under one o
the rafters, This was regarded az
an economical arrangement, ODE
cause it saved steam"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-07

the causes producing the effects cons
family presented to tiller of the soil.
True, there is muscular labor con-
nected with the mental and some of
it quite laborious. But are not our
muscles furnished for use as we'll as
our brains, and are not both improv-
ed by exercise? play they not work
tremendously and to II utual advan-
tage? We answer, most assuredly
they may.
Instead then, of spending all our
substance upon the one member of
the family, give all an equal chance.
Let the boy who chooses to be a far
mer comprehend that the calling is
one of as high honor as is the PROBES
sional life; and furnish him the
means To improve and cultivate his
mind, as he improves and cult Yates
his land. When the idea becomes
thoroughly instilled among our far
mers that their occupation is as hon
orable as any that boy can be train
ed to; when they see the necessity
and act to it, of educating the farm
er as well as the physician, then viii
agriculture advance in proper ion to
other industries, which it now can
scarcely be claimed to do.
Our farm labor must be better ed
ucated. The hand that holds the
pillow, that scatters the seed, must
be directed by intelligent thought.
An ignorant man may Dig living
out of the ground; but in doing so,
unless by accident, he robs the soil
of fertility which a more intellig gent
course would compensate.-Farm-
e7~s AdUocate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-06-07
How to Economic Labor.
This is the way MIR. Harris wor

This IS the way Mr.. Harris would
economic labor on the farm: Our
profit or loss depends a good deal
on the kind of men we hire, and
on our ability to plan work, and TO
see that it is executed without loss
and labor. Whether we had better
take hold with our own hands de-
ponds a good deal on the character
of the work and the number of men
employed.
A farmer who knows how to do all
kinds of farm work, and knows what
Il good day IS work is, if he has a large
farm to manage, will seldom find it
profitable to take team and pillow
all day, or follow the harrows. He
will do bettcr TO attend to the little
details of the work, and keep an eye
on everything that is going on. He
should be able TO detect the weak
spots and lend q hand there. For
instance, if you are drawing manure
with three teams there will be one
wagon at the heap, with The man be-
sides the driver to fill, another wag
on unloading in the field, and one
going back and forth. The ramdity
of the work will be determined at one
point, just as the strength of the
whole chain is determined by the
weakest link. If you see that the
empty wagon gets to the heap hefore
the other is loaded, take hold and
help to fill load, and put little
spirit IN the men. II, on the other
hand, the load is ready before the
wagon returns, the weak spot is in
the field. Take hold and help to pull
off load or two.
In drawing hay or grain with three
wagons, have doubled tn speed of
the whole force by getting on to the
wagon and helping to unload. We
unloaded in half the time, and yet
the next wagon was there in time
for us. Sometimes it will be the
pitcher that cannot keep Hp-then
help him. You will accomplish far
more by looking out for the weak
spots than by doing steady work. Il
a man has hard row 10 hoe, none
of the others will help him. They
will keep up with him, or if they
should by any mischance go ahead
will wait Tor him at the end. That
row is the weak spot. Take hold and
help. We must study how to econo-
mize labor.