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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

TowN COrIE. rDa'- TAX EE'EIIT,-T"Nu col
lcCtbr- eau ind 40 size of tax receipts. printed
on good prp,-. %. p,'HnU X Haro'a1n'-
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9,Jak BOoNs, Stationery and Printing furnished
mae
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

osman * Ha?cman's book store j. full Of pref
Is things for New Year gifts.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

Furs away down below all former prices At
Prescott. AID al iran lrw and IN the latest
sfv-r-
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Remember that tho est place in Ottawa to get
book, of all sorts, ana every variety Of holiday
presents such you would expect to tfnd in
a tirst.clas, book store, is O-man " Hapcman'-.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

Get your oysters and candies for New Year al
II. Walthcr's
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

Ford III Main St, has the best violin, in town
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

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Best fresh candy for New Year at Walthcr's.

CyTTING Observation-Disclosures adycrtiscs
for $50 mothcr,-m-law aud 1000 babies. This
would b. two babies and thi'ty-cght fifth, to
each mothcr-in-luw Now lets sec Bowman di-
vide the children! T}i- is reducing babies to an
Objectionable vulgar fraction, and proves what q
bloody -miuded party Bowman j.,
80 cans the best fresh oyster, for New Year at
II. Walthcf'-.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

At O-man az itaprman'- you 80 md all sorts
ri parlor game and uum,rDu, other thing that
ar very nice aaI gTropratc 1rNcw Year -jfi..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-27

an acceptable New Year present. ca al o..
man X Hapcmau,
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Iru MICA ur ig.-A friend al Serena -gnd, Us
,..l. .a-r- e.. closely written manuscript on q
humping hur-. 1orlo-, who recently exhibited
Utn.e'i at THAI place. We regret that the sub
f... M,- not un. 10 -G.N Importance, a- TO Justify
CID. .un..l;.uuo. Iae article. shoot at higher
...r.. r...' .n.. NJ >escng."
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ru. u.... arl nn.nd beautifully Illustrated
,ruE- .,r Nun N.ar', -.'t- 90 Co O-ta.u X IIapc-
IMAM. .n,..rurr.
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Osmau ~ Hapcmau, Stntoners and Booksellers,
Is La Sale street, west Of the Court House, have
one Of the largest a,-ortmcnt- Of Fine Holiday
Goods in the city, at lcw price.
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Cali at Ford taracco-lean.-jlI Nstn -,
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...-.... .-,'- choice Cur, ato,.,
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Tarna.rormm, m-, - Prescott, a' en-'.
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For pianos, organs and stools, call at Ford'-.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Sheep Management.

a correspondent of the Monroe,
Mich, Commerciul, says: "rhe in
quiry is often made to me how
manage my sheep to obtain so large
a yield of wool from year to year.
Some say you must feed large
amount of grain, and when | tell
them | fed no grain to my sheep in
the last three or four years, they
seemed surprised; but such is the
fact. Ii grain is fed corn is best,
and should be fed in the months of
November and December, assisting
nature (the anima) in its effort to
clothe itself with a heavy warm coat
preparatory for winter. 1t is IN
these months that wool grows the
fastest, for the re son above stated
"My sheep are pure bred Spanish
Merinos, and | raise no ticks. A
sheep that is infested with ticks
cannot produce heavy fleece Of
wool. A sure AMI cheap preventa-
tive is to feed once in two weeks
one-twentieth part of sulphur with
their salt; it not only prevents ticks
but also the various skin Diseases"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Insects.

AS the suns heat increases from
week to week, and the ground thaws
during the middle of the day. the
cankerworms will ascend the trees
and deposit their eggs for the Brood
of caterplllars to be Matched next
June. 1t is not too early now to
take precautions to prevent their
ascent. The numerous contrivanc-
es, patented and otherwise, all have
some good quality to recommend
them to the orchardist, but the sim
plest and cheapest is band of tar
red paper or printers ink. The
caterpiIIars' eggs can be easily seen
and removed by long-handled
pruning shears, and the eggs burnt.
Their destruction is much easier
now than when the eggs have hatch
ed and the caterpillars build their
nests later i'll the spring. Lately
we received specimens Of small
beetle known rs the Apple-twig
Borcr, from Kentucky. These in
sects, though very numerous west of
the Allegheny Mountains, do but
merry little injury to large orchard
trees. They are most injurious to
nursery stock, the small branches
OF which they penetrate, causing the
twigs to wither and the leaves to
turn brown. The only remedy is to
cut off all infested twigs and burn
them.--1nericun 1gyicuHuriSt.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

counties in which the same may be
situated, but such highways shall
be treated i'll all other respects
as provided in this title. Substitute
Req. s 779.
The folio wing section is new:
Sec. AZ. If the same has not
been heretofore done, in any other
manner. the County Auditor shall,
within six months after this code
takes effect. cause every highway in
the county, the legal existence of
which is shown by the records and
files of his Office, to be plated in
book to be obtained and kept for
that purpose, and known as the
highway plat book" Each town.
ship shall be plated separately on
scale OF not less than four inches
to the mile, and each Auditor shall
have all changes in, or additions to
the highway legally established,
immediately entered upon said plat
book, with appropriate references to
the files, in which the papers rela-
ting to the same may be found.
Chapter 2 concerns working
highways" The changes are for
the most part immaterial. Work
is required to be done between the
first days of April and September,
instead of August. The ages are
twenty-one and torty-five, instead of
fifty.
The following section is new:
SEC. 81. 1T it appears from such
report that any person has failed to
perform the two days labor re-
quire, or any part thereof, and that
the Supervisors have neglected to
collect the amount of money requir-
ed to be paid in case of SAID failure,
it shall. be the duty Of the Clerk to
add the amount required to be paid
in case Of such failure to such per-
sons property tax, and certify the
same as required in Sec. IL, and the
Auditor shall enter the same on the
proper tax list, and the Treasurer
Shall collect the same as required in
said section eleven.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

These few general directions, if fol-
lowed, will'put one on the right path
to raise cucumbcrs under glass;
Those who enjoy cucumbers and
cannot afford the time or expense of
forcing them, can, by little troub-
lie, have cucumbers fit for table use
at least month earlier in the gar
den then when grown in the ordina-
ry way. For this purpose a single
sash and frame, with or without bot
tom heat, in which to SOW the seed
will be all-suflicient. Shallow drills
one inch deep should be made, and
the seed of the Early Spine, sowed
'hinly, and then covered, pressing
the soil down firmly over the seed.
This may be done the last week in
March, and by the time the weather
is settled and the ground warm
enough in the open ground to plant
cucunbers, tho plants in the frame
will be two or three inches high,
with the first rough leaf well deveI-
oped. These young plants may then
be lifted without disturbing tie
roots and transplaDted into the open
ground without checking their
growth in the least. BY following
this simple plan there is no danger
to be apprehonded from the striped
bug, for the plants are already far
enough advanced to be proof against
such attacks. In the space eot' a
single sash, 3x6, enough Of plants
can be started in this way to plant
seventy five hills-twice the number
usually planted for family use at
any one time.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Asparagus Culture and Manure.

| have tried all kinds of manure
for asparagus plants, and all sorts
of treatment. Nothing, however,
produced such rank growth and
thick crop rs fresh COW maunre.-
We have often used horse manure,
well rotted, and salt and various
other applications. But the pure
COW manure, spread over the bed
about three inches thick, proved far
the best. The year before last we
had 4 most wonderful growth, and
rs we believe, entirely from this
cause. We always leave our stalks
until they are about one foot high be-
fore cutting them; we fancy they are
much better, and we know we ge,
three times as much vegetable food
fit to eat. If we cut them just as
they show above the earth, and to
get sufficient length, point the knife
somewhat diagonally downwards,
severing the plant about three inch
cs under the soil, we only get an
edible portion of about two and a
half inches in length; whereas, if
we wait one or two days more for
increased growth, and cut just at
the surface, we get nearly or quite
nine inches of excellent food, and
we think our bed yields more of
this long kind than the short, and
that the plants really thrive better.
After the first cutting being thus
delayed, there is no more lost time,
as all future growth, by being al
lowed to flourish 4 little longer be-
fore cutting, comes in rotation the
same as if cut earlier; but, as | be-
fore said, we think better and NOR
crop can be obtained by this treat
ment.--T., IN Farmers Union
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Basement Stables.

AS the time arrives for stabling
cattle, we desire to say a word on
the location OF stables.
Formerly it was the custom to
place barns but little above the level
Of the ground, with the stables in
one side or end, provided with
small slide WINDOWS Of wood for
throwing out the manure, which lay
under the caves, exposed to the de-
teroraling effect of the Clements
Farmers who build at present seek
to elevate their barns, SO as to allow
of basement, or 'ccllar," as it
should often be called, and many
old barns are raised So as TO pro-
vide a basement story, which is, in
many cases, formed in part 10y exca-
vations from hillside, with cellar
walls on one or more sides backed
up with earth.
These easements, when properly
constructed, are of great value for
some purposes, but very few OF
them can be converted into suitable
stables for cattle.
When one side is walled up with
stone, supported by earth on the
outside. there is constant moisture
on the walls which communicates
dampness to the atmosphere. In
winter, when the nights are long,
and the power of the sun is feeble,
the effect of such walls on the air is
extreme, and when more than one
side is furnished with stone walls
the difficulty is increased. The cir
cuIation of the air is usually delec-
tive, 50 that the poisonous gasses
generated by the breath of cattle
are not carried away. These, with
the foul air resulting from the damp
walls, combine to produce n condl-
ton of the air that is very destruc
tive to the thrift and health of the
cattle. The air they breathe is
poisoned, and consequently the
blood is not oxydized. The effect
of this is to paralyze, in 4 measure,
every function of the body. The
flesh OF beef cattle in this condition
is unhealthtul food, and the milk OF
COWS is exceeding impure and inju-
rious.
The effect of this condition of air
upon the skin is also very serious.
Its pores are chilled and closed; 8
the perspiration is checked and all
waste matter which in healthfuI
condition OF the skin is being con
stantly thrown Off through its pores,
is retained in the circulation, and
goes round to the heart, the lungs,
the brain and the organs, to give
them it. poison in the place of
nourishing TODD.
We have had frequent occasion
o. observe the effect on cattle of the
removal from stables entirely above
ground to those in Easements, and
in every instance the results have
proved that the theory advanced
above is sustained by facts. The
growth and Improvement in condi-
ton is impaired if not stopped
We have seen animals wear their
old coat all summer until Septem-
Der, i'll consequence of being tied in
basement stable for four weeks in
spring.-&ock journal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
SIGN OF
The Big Hat F!

As the sign denotes, it is tru-
~ 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 (and
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assert
ment as can be found in any
store Of our class Of goods west
of Chicago.
To the Ladies Gas usuaN, we
solicit a share Of your patronage.
To the Gents -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, 1873-04-04
Easy Way to Get Early Cucumbers.

Easy Way to Get Early CucuMbers.
2. L. Quinn, Of Essex county, n.
Y, gives these directions in the
New York Tribune for obtaining
early cucumbers: Cucumbcrs for
early use may be forced in hotbeds.
For this purpose the beds need not
to be started until the middle Of
March, for when the young vines
are above ground they will require
an abundance of air daily, which
cannot always be given if started
earlier in the season, on account of
cold weather. There have been
many attempts made among com
merclal gardeners around New York,
who have vegetable forcing houses,
to start cncumbers as early as Jan
uary in these houses; but every such
attempt has so far proved unsuccess-
full. But when the forcing beds are
started as late as the middle Of
March it is quite as easy to raise
crop Of cucumbers as it is a lot of
egg or tomato plants. To save
trouble in watering the beds more
soil may be used than is needed for
raising plants. When the bed is
ready for planting two "hills" may
be planted under each sash, putting
six seeds in each hill of the, White
Spine, one Of the best varieties, Ell
ther for forcing or garden culture.
When the young plants are IN inch
or two above the ground they should
be thinned out, leaving only three
in one and two vines in the other.
or two in each, in case the plants
are strong. AT this stage Of growth
the Important point is to give air
freely every day, without checking
the growth, until the second week
in April. Straw mats should be put
over the sashes at night to pro ect
against frost. When the viues be-
gin to "run," pinching off the end
OF each at the third joint will en-
courage more stocky growth, and
if pinched a second time at the fifth
joint thevine will not only be strong
er, but the cucumber will be borne
nearer the hill. Whenever the sur
face soil in the beds becomes dry.
then tepid water should be given in
quantity enough to moisten the soil,
but not enough to saturate the bed.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
An Important Fact in Grape Call
tuPe.

We would mention fact which
has come within our observation
and experience, which If generally
true is Of some importance. 1t is
this: That the fruit bud from tie
base of the last years cane throws
out larger and better developed
grapes than either the first or sec
ond. The grapes from these bids
seem also better favored, and gen
orally superior to those on the first
or second. In accordance with this
hint, we have adopted the plan of
cutting the cane ut such length as
to leave the third bud generally,
and sometimes the fourth, when II
good strong one, and then rubbing
Off the first and second buds, and
leaving the third and fourth for fruit.
Ii the vines are strong and vigorous
ut three years, from two to three
bunches of grapes may be allowed
to mature on each without injury
Rural Rucifc Press.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Subscriptions. 1873.
TER MS.

Harper's Bazaar, one year 100
An extra copy of either the Magazine, Weekly,
or Bazaar will be supplied gratis for every club OF
Five Subscribers at "a each, in one remittance, or
six copies for $50 without extra copy.
Subscriptions to Harper's Magazine Weekly
and Bazaar, to one address for one year, $40; or
two OF Harper's periodicals. to one address for
one year, 81.
Back Numbers supplied at any time.
The five volumes of Harper's Bazaar. for the
years 1868, %, 10, VI, w, elegantly bound in
green morocco cloth, will be sent by express pre-
paid for 81 each.
The postage on Harper's Bazaar is 90 cts q year,
which must be paid at the subscribers poetoifice
Address HARPER II BROS, New York,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
TRY PARSONS
KEY CITY BITTERS,

and you will buy no others, af-
ter using them once. As q 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 yigor 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 propric-
tor O. NJ. PARSONS.
Idly Dubuque. Ia
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

HoLLowAY's PILLs.-Let the pal
lid, broken down, spiritless martyr
to- dyspepsia aud liver complaint
hasten to obtain these pills. There
is health and life in them for all
thus afflicted.
Sold rs Maiden Lane, N. Y. Price
25 cents per box. Ask for new
style; the old is counterfeited. AZ
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
VT q A75
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r1NHE GUIDE is COW published Quarterly. ana IS
/ cents pays for the year, four numbers, which
is not half the cost. Those who afterwards send
money to the alnount Of 81 or more Tor Seeds,
may also order cents worth cXtra--thc price
paid for the GUI,a.
The January y mber is beautiful, giving plans
for making Ruri Homes, Designs for Dining
Table Decorations. Window Gardens &C., con
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
The Bazaar is edited with contribution of tact
and talent that we seldom find in any journal, and
the journal itself is the organ of the great world
of fashion.-B0stOa TruUeter.
The Bazaar cOmmends itself to every member of
the household-to the children by dolls and pref
ty pictures, to the young ladies' by its fashion
plates in endless variety, to the provident matron
by its patterns for the childrens clothes, to pae-
ffniltts by its tasteful designs for embroidered
slippers and luxurious dressing gowns. But the
reading matter of the Bazaar is uniformly of great
excellence. The paper has acquired wide pop
ularty for the freside enjoyment ii atfords.-N.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
AAritmltmral Column

The reading columns on this page will be devo.
ted mainly to topics pertaining to the FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers OF the BuLLE,
TIN are cordially invited to write for it,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
FARM FOR SALE:

100 Acres of Land in the southwest corner
IF Madison township, Buchanan Co., Iowa, 30
n:Ies of which are timbered-the rest, prairie
ailsunder good fences, and the prairie improved
frait: good we'll; house 1924, good basement
and cellar; barn 16x44; granary 1sx24 Terms:
5000: one half cash, the balance on Time 10 suit
A House and Two Lots
In FarIo's Addition to Independence. Terms
a. mn. one half cash balance on time to suit the
purchaser Inquire of E. II. ELY, 1ndep.snd
nee, iUwa.