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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
Ladies as Bce.Keepers.

A Des Moines lady, writing to the
Department Of Agriculture at
Washington, says the following
upon this subject: "NVithin the last
four years many women have turn
ed their attention to Bookkeeping as
an occupation-pleasant, easily man
aged and remunerative. We are
glad to know that in every instance
which has come to our knowledge
success the most marked has at
tended the undertaking. From re-
ports that have been made to US we
condense the following instances:
One young lady who had been
teaching for several years, and
whose health had failed, undertook
the care Of her fathers bees, twelve
colonies in number, that had never
been profitably managed. Under
her care the first year increased to
thirty colonies, and the third year
after she took them in charge she
sold $1,000 worth of honey, and had
in the fall fifty four strong colonies
in good hives. She says: "The
time | devoted to them I did not
miss, and the pleasure afforded by
the work was SO great that would
enjoy it even if no profit were de-
rived" A widow of scanty means
invested $50 in ten poor colonies,
and about as much more for ten
good hives for her bees. She got
her money back the first season,
and S36 over. The second year
she received 5000 for her honey
sold, and had thirty strong colonies
in the fall. The largest apiary in
all the West is managed entirely by
women, who rear for market italian
queens at a large profit, besides pro-
ducing honey in wholesale man.
ner. A lady at Jefferson Wis, man.
aged one of her fathers apiarics Of
$50 colonies, which soon doubled
in number, and sold 81, 033 worth of
honey one year and sl,694 worth
the next. She is school teacher,
and says from her experience a per-
son can earn ten times rs much by
keeping bees rs by teaching
school,"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
New Apples Wanted.

Much attention has been given Of
late years to raising new grapes,
new strawberries, new peas, and
other sorts of fruit, but why is the
apple so nearly neglected? 1t is
the most valuable fruit of the North,
all its excellent qualities considered,
and yet less attention is given to
crossing and raising new varieties
than with fruits of much less value.
Old men can remember the Rhode
Island Greening, Baldwin and Rox-
bury Russell when they were boys;
but where is the new apple that is to
superceed any of these! If some of
our enterprising pomologists would
plant only dozen trees of the best
sorts, so that the branches would
intermingle, as in the case of DR..
Kirland's cherry trees, quantity
of crossed seed might be obtained
in a few years that would plant q
specimen nursery or orchard of
seedlings 10000 or 10000 in num-
Der. Cross the Baldwin with the
Swan, the Esopus Spitzepburg with
with the Belmont, and the Rhode
Island Greening with the Wagner,
and there is no doubt that among
SO many new sorts there would be
some of them that would combine
the vigor and productiveness of one
with the excellent flavor of another.
A thousand trial trees might occu-
Ply an acre till the period of bear
ing, and nothing could exceed the
interest with which these new sorts
would be watched as they redeemed
into beauty and excellence for the
first time. The most promising
might be grated into old trees,
twenty sorts or more into one tree,
and the period of bearing thus &C
CELEBRATED. Who is there that has
enough enterprise to undertake the
task on large scale?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15

Our county cannot boast of hay
ing a Chicago or New York within
her border and she has but 80 rods
OF railroads, but of one thing we
can justly boast, and that is, that
for extensive farmers and big farms
she has no peer in all the broad
State OF Iowa. The following is a
list of our heaviest men, with the
number OF acres owned by each:
George Wells, Shiloh township,
5000 acres.
Aaron Cole, Palermo, $3.50 acres.
Duncan McMartin, Clay, 1000.
Horace Boies, Palermo, 1900.
Ransom Bailey, Lincoln, 1900.
elias Marble, Colfax, 1900.
II. ii. Rogers, Palermo, 1860.
Ethan Akin, Palermo, $40.
Edwin Hillyer, Palermo, 1,1GO.
q. w. Warner, Colfax 1920.
M. l. Townsend, Clay, 1,o4o.
Lyman Cole, Palermo, 1000.
John Hichens, Palermo, 500.
While there are a number of such
men as Clarkson, Beckman, Court
right, Rugg, Meisner, Sheratt, Will
loughby, Tewksbury Bros, Henry
Johns &c, who farm from 400 to
$40 Grundy County 1tlas.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
King of tho Blood.

For LIVER COMPLAINT AND SCRo-
FULA. Case.-You doubtless remem-
Der recommending your medicine,
King of the Blood, to myself and
wife, and that we took six bottles
on your advice. | can now say that
what / have of health is attributable
to your medicine. 1t cured my wife
of Scrofula and myself Of Liver
Complaint. Send me six bottles by
express, c. 0. D. Yours truly,
NJ. V. 3. FISHER,
Petroleum Center, Pa.
See advertisement in another col
umn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15

Coal OIL LAMPS INJURIOUS TO
M1LK.-One of our dairymen, whose
butter has high reputation in this
market, informs us there had lately
been some complaints about it. the
cause of which he was unable to
discover, but finally traced it to the
fumes of coal oil lamp, used in
lighting the milk room. 1t showcs
Gf such word is proper) the ex-
IRENE constituencies of milk to the
least impurity in the atmosphere,
and its rapid power of absorption.
The difficulty was entirely remed-
led by putting in tin ventilating
tube, leading from the top of the
chimney to the outside Of the roof.
The butter was not afterwards CON-
planned of.-Practical Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
A Receipt for Using Lemons.

Take three dozen good sized le-
mons, cut each in halves, and draw
out the inside pulp without break
ing the rind. Strain all the juice
through flannel bag. To the juice
add two quarts of granulated sugar.
In a porcelain kettle let it Just scald,
but not boil. Bottle and seal for
syrup. 1t will nearly fill three pint
bottles.
Fill each half Of the rind with
common table salt, and set them
upon platter, where the sun will
shine upon them during the day,
but bring them in at night. After
drying in this manner two or three
weeks, they will be very hard and
dry, but will not mold. With fork
remove as much of the salt as posi-
bic, without breaking the rinds, and
soak the rinds three days in cold
water, each day changing the water,
then pour off the water and cover
them with vinegar. Into the vine.
gar put three quarters of pound
Of graduated sugar, also muslin
bag containing one-eighth of q
pound of each Of the following whole
spices: Cloves, maces, mustard
seed, allspice, pepper, stick CHINA
mon, and stick horse-radish; boil al
fifteen minutes and remove to al
carthcn jar. 1t makes most delic
ious sweet pickle.
Immediately after shower, sprin
kle the salt taken from the lemon
rinds upon the leaves and aroun(
the roots of the currant bushes. l
will effectually drive the curran
worms from bushes.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15

LAZY FARMERs.-Laziness pre-
vents a man from getting off his
horse to putt up the first trail that
gets knocked off the fence and
through this lazy neglect whole
field Of corn is seriously damaged.
Laziness keeps man from dirty
ing one nail when one would do, and
finally costs carpenters bill for
expensive repairs.
Laziness allows gate to get of
the hinges and lie in the mud, or
stand propped by rails-or stable
or barn to leak and damage hun
dreds of dollars worth of provender.
Laziness, in short, is the right
and proper name for nine-tenths of
the excuses given for bad farming.
But by the most prolific of the many
wastes that are due to laziness is
the waste Of ignorance. But this
waste is in itself so great, and has
SO many qualifications that we shall
have to defer it's discussion for
another time.-Dirie (zenn.) Far
naer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15

DOES SHEEP RAISING PAY?-T.
II. Laird and Charlie Wendell, of
this vicinity, answer in the affirma-
tive. The former wintered 1874,
sold Sl22.50 worth, and yet the in
crease leaves him 1876 on hand. On
Tuesday last he brought to town
and sold 1,o1o pounds Of wool, av-
eraging 5 pounds to the sheep, for
s37s.75, thus netting him the hand
some sum of S5O1.25 for one season,
and more sheep than when he start
ed. Mr.. Wendell had 43 head, the
fleeces averaging 81 lbs, the old
buck turning out eighteen pounds.
This is certainly great deal better
than raising wheat and corn at pres
ent prices.-MaquoAeta Sentinel.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
PRICE OF TICKETS.

Whole tickets $50; Halves $25: Tcnths. or each
coupon, So; Eleven Whole Tickets for $500; 22l:
Tickets for 81 600; 113 Whole Tickets for SIS 900
227 Whole Tickets for $4,000. No discount on
less than $500 worth of tickets at time.
The unparalleled success of the Third Gift Con
cert, we'll the satisiactio given by the Firs
and Second, makes 1t only necessary to announce
the Fourth 10 insure the prompt sale of every
Ticket. The Fourth Gift Concert will be con
ducted-in all its details like the Third, and full
particulars may be learned from the circulars
which will be sent free from this office to ali who
apply for them.
Tickets now ready for sale, and all orders &C
companied by the money promptly filled. Llber
al terms given to those who buy to sell again.
THOMAS T., BRAMLETTE,
Agent Pub Lib. Ky. and Manager Gift Concert,
Public Library Building, Louisville XIV
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
Sweet pickied Cucumbors,

Pare one peck of ripe cucumbers,
quarter them lengthwise and simmer
them in slightly-salted water until
you can stick a straw through them
easily. Then take the fruit out of
water and put it in jars. Have a
syrup made of a pint and half of
good vinegar, four and a half lbs. of
sugar, and spices to taste, and pour
it hot over the cucumbers; cover up
and set away in Il cool place. In a
couple of days pour off the syrup,
heat up again and pour oyer the
fruit as before. Be careful not to
have too much salt in the first pro-
cess. The rule is, pound and a
half Of sugar to every half pint of
vinegar, for the syrup.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15

LIST OF GIFTS:

Total, 600 Gftsa cash. amounting to. 81 500 OOC
The distribution will be positive, whether all
the tickets sold not, and the II 900 gifts all
paid in proportion to the tickets sold-all unsold
tickets being destroyed at the first and second
concerts, and not represented in the drawing
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
Aorifnltnral Column,

The reading columns on this page will be deyo-
ted, mainly, to topics pertaining to the FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLETIN
are cordially invited to write for it,
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VT CK,s
II 1oRA1 6urDn

For. 1879.
TUE GUIDE is now published Quarterly, and 25
i cents pays for the year, four numbers, which
is not half the cost. Those who afterwards send
money to the amount of 81 or more for Seeds,
may also order Is cents worth extra-the price
paid for the GUIDE.
The January Number is beautiful, giving plans
for making Rural Homes Designs for Dining
Table Decorations. Window Gardens, &C., con
tanning a mass OF Information invaluable to the
lover of flowers.
One hundred and fifty pages, on fine tinted pa
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ready to send out. "-N
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15

Better not start an object if it's
pursuit is to be abandoned at it's
first difficulty.
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Su bscriuti0ns.
TRY PARSONS
KEY CITY BITTERS,

and you will buy no others, af-
ter using them once. AS a cure
and preventative of all Skin Dis
eases, they stand without a ri
val. They regulate the bowels,
restore energy to the system,
aid digestion, and give new life
and vigor to all who use them.
Try ONE bottle Of the Key City
Bitters; they are for sale by all
first class druggists, and at
wholesale only by the proprie-
tor, O. Nj. PARSONS,
l4-ly Dubuque, Ia.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
"a Repository Of Fashion, Pleasure ant
Instruction."
Harper's Bazaar.

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
The Bazar is edited with a contribution of tact
ord talent that we seldom find in any journal, and
the journal itself is the organ of the great world
Of fSshio n.-B0stOn TrdUetef.
Va The Bazar commends itself to every member OF
tho household-to the children by. dolls and pref
tv pictures, to the young ladies BY It's 1ashlon-
mates in endless variety, to the provdent marion
bv its patterns for the childrens clothes to pder
f3m;I;Gs by its tasteful designs for embroldered
SINNERS and luxurious dressing gowns. But the
reading matter of the Bazaar is uniformly OF great
excellence. The paper has acquired VIDE pop,
ularity for the freside enjoyment 1t ahords.-N.
Y. Egening Post.
Subscriptions.-lS73.
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The five volumes of Harpers Bazaar, lor inc
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green morocco cloth, will be sent by express pre-
The hostage on Harpers Bazaar 20 cts Is year,
which must be paid at the subscribers pOstomce
address, HAhfhn q Di'oe - -
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1873. 1Rza
THE
Iowa State Register,
DAILY AND WEEKLY,

The proprietors of THE REGISTER. having learn
ed from experience what newspaper should be
to suit the people of Iowa, enter upon the new
year with increased facilities for the collection
and distribution of news, from all parts of Iowa
and all quarters of the world. In all the general
features of a modern Political, News, Literary,
ana FAMILY journal, THE REGISTER is now able
to compete, before the Iowa public, with any
paper published.
We need not say that Politically it will be Re.
publican Its record is its promise here. All
its powers shall be lent to the aid of pure, old
fashioned Republicansm, which never changes
any more than liberty changes. Devoted to the
party, will yet preserve the free agency of hon
est opinion, and the right of frankly expressing It,
We know of party; we know nothing of party
DAILY REGISTER.
Now, as always before, THE REGISTER IL frs
and pre-eminently Newspaper. No paper in
Iowa has the facilities for SO completely and
quickly gathering and so rapidly distributing the
news OF the State. As to General News, it has
the control at Des Moines of the Associated Press
Dispatches, and 1s the only paper at this point
publishing said dispatches in full, and ali the
market reports accurate and complete-and the
only ReFubica" Des Moines paper publishing the
Associate Press Dispatches and markets at all
In other features miscellany and literature, it
gives more and choicer reading than any other
Iowa daily.
Located at the Ca.'ital, The REGISTER gives the
FULLEST Legislative ports of any paper, and also
the latest and most curate reports Of the decis-
lons and opinions OF all the many Courts center
| ing in Des Moines
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a Complete Pictorial History Of the
Times" "Ihe Best, Cheapest and
most Successful Family Paper
in the Uni0n"
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Subscri TONS
TER MC.

Harper's Weekly, one year -. 81 90
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or Bazaar will be supplied gratis for every club of
Five Subscribers at 81 each, in one remittance, or
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* 81 per vol, freight at expense of purchaser
The postage on Harper's Weekly is 90 cents per
wear which must be paid at the subscribers post
''N''' HARPER 6 BROS, New York.
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$4,000 for 20 cts,

Before YOU start on journey, buy an Accident
Insurance Ticket of the Railway Passengers
Assurance Company, of Hartford, Conn. Tick
cts for sale at railroad stations. Ask for an In
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,ePLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
The Weekly is the ablest and most powerful IL
lnstrated periodical published in this country. Its
editorials are scholarly and convincing, and car.
nv much weight. Its illustrations of current
events are full and fresh, and prepared by our
best designers. With a circulation of 100000, the
Weekly is read by at least half million persons
and its influence as organ of opinion is simply
tremendous The Weekly maintains positive
position, and expresses decided views on political
and social problems .-L0utSgHe C0ufieF-JouTndl.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15

Machine Poetry.
DRY GOODS TO RHYME.
Oh, have you heard the cheerful news,
That has magic power to dispel the blues,
About the goods of different hues,
That's arrived at the N. Y. Store?
Flowers & ribbons & bouncts there are
With yankee notions far above par,
That have just arrived on the r. r. car
AT the popular N. Y. Store.
Now don't you think it is.splendid to know
When you want hat, you've only to 90,
10 find one for USE as well as for show,
10 our Fashionable N. Y. Store?
Aud here would not have you forget,
Arc gentcel clerks who never fret,
But are prompt as any you've ever met,
Away from the N. Y. Store.
The best dress patterns of every kind,
Which will please the most fastidious mind
Ii you choose to inquire, you will always
find,
.t- Are kept at the N. Y. Store.
Conc one, or two, or by the load,
From every way, from every road,
And they will dress you up a Ia mode,
At the stylish N. Y. Store.
We have no disposition to boast,
But are simply telling the truth at most,
To prove it inquire of LAwToN &c PosT,
OF the famous N. Y. Store.
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~ We cure the habit PERMA-
III NENTLY, CHEAP, QUICK, with
VI out suffering or inconven-
VI fence. Describe your case.
Address s. G. ARMSTRONG
s. MD, Berrien Springs, Mich.
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aarper's Magazine.

oe OA -
NOTICES OF THE Press
The ever increasing circulation of this excellent
monthly proves its continued adaptation to popu-
lar desires and needs. Indeed, when we think
into how many homes it penetrates every month.
we must consider II one OF the educators as
well US entertainers of the public mind. for lis
vast popularity has been won by no appeals TO
prejudice or depraved tastes.-BCStOh GlObt.
The character which this Magazine possesses for
culture, that has kept pace with il il has not led
the times. should cause its conductors to regard
It with justfable compacency. 1t also entities
them to great claim upon the public gratitude.
The Magazine has done good and not evil all the
days OF its life .-Breokiyn Eagle.
ubscriuti0ns.-lS73
TERMS:
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huntington. Cedar Rapids s.
Minnesota R'y.

On and after August 4th, 1872, Passenger trains
on this line will run as follows:
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'n9aestiondbly the best sustained Work
of the kid in the World"