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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
Coon Hunting.

The historian ofthis affair locates
it in Sugar Hollow. The heroes are
two colorcd men who have been on
a foray for coons, and, having ex-
pended their powder and ardor with
out success, are on their return home
in very sick and depressed mood.
During the transit through the Hol-
low, one Of them detected a coon
perched on the limb of a wayside
tree. This was II very fortunate oc-
currence, but as the party was with
out ammunition, it seemed as ifthey
would have to take out the chance
in observation and a few dcsultory
remarks. But one of them offered
to go up the tree and shake the coon
out, while the other remained on the
ground in charge of the dog. He
accordingly asccnded. When he
reached the limb the coon had gone
out to the further end, and there
awaited the attack. He moved out
on the limb as far rs he dared, and
proceeded to shake it. While thus
engaged there was sudden snap
between him and the trunk, and he
just had time to note this and hung
to the limb when he went down,
and after being raped against the
tree, swung out again and remained
suspended, with the coon below
him. Looking down to see where
the coon was, he was somewhat
startled to find that excellent ami
nal making movement upwards.
With hands engaged in keeping
himself from being dashed to
pieces, he was no sort of foe for the
coon. Thus situated lie cried to
his companion for help, but that
gentleman was powcrless, and be-
ing himself in q position Of safety,
very naturally suggested to the man
up the tree that he pray. "Pray?"
said the victim, to whom the propo-
sition apparently appeared more
surprising than comforting. "Of
course" said the man on the
ground, becoming more confident
in the artiticc as he more fully real
izcd his own safety. "What shall
| pray?" cried the victim. "Any-
thing" said the other-sNow l lay
me down to Sleep" he suggested;
and n very remarkable. and appro-
pirate suggestion it was, too, to a
man who was glued to a hanging
limb twenty feet from the earth,
and expected every minute to lose
the calf of his leg. So he screamed
out, "Now l lay me down =" then
there was another snap, and he had
just time to add, "Look out for that
ID dog, Phineas," when he and
the limb and coon descended, and
went bounding off the bank into the
road. The dog escaped, we are
glad to say. But the coon was Sc
cured. And at its discussion as a
pot-pie the next day, the cause of
its death lost sight entirely of his
precarious condition and wonderful
MISUNDERSTANDING Ners.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
Ec:nc0ine Annoyances in Paris.

A Peris correspondent writes that
when pretty woman goes out alone
in the streets of Paris the chances
are that she will be accosted by some
gallant, especially if she loiters to
look in at the shop windows. There
is exemption in homely face and
torbidding exterior, also age. 10
the pretty young American this is
one of the greatest drawbacks to
her enjoyment, accustomed as she is
to out-of:door freedom, and to attack
the rude sex rather than to be at
tackled by it. Thus that serpent,
man, prevents our daughter Eve
from wandering through her para
disc. Freedom from the annoyance
may be purchased at the price of
green goggles and corkscrew ring
lets, but the price of liberty in such
a case is exorbltant and not to be
thought of. An exasperatcd beauty
the other day said that "man is a
hateful creature anyhow, and it's a
pity we cannot do without him."
and all those who have been subject
cd to the same street attacks doubt
less repeat the same thing in Choir
us. There is safety only in being
conveyed; the pretty woman must
put herself under the flag of the wo-
man-of-war called the bonnie, for this
flag is recognized and respected by
all the piratical cruisers about the
streets lying in wait for booty. And
as the American woman is superior
to any other in personal attraction,
she stands moro in need of protec-
tion than any other. 1t would be
well, therefore, when she comes to
Paris, to recognize existing institu-
tions, and procure a donne of moral
aspect, and of sufficient patience to
wait by the hour while her mistress
goes through the Bon lNarche and
tho Paldis Royal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28

OWNERS of thrcshing machines
which do no have the tumbling rod
boxed cannot sue for threshing done
by such machine, and arc liable for
all injuries done by such exposed
tumbling rods. Eighty-threo per-
sons in Illinois have this year been
killed or MANNED for life by neg
lect of the act of March 2l, 1869. A
few more suits would make this class
of accidents less frequent.
AN Episcopal clergyman, who OBJ
jccted to the singing of the John
Brown song on board a Cunard
steamer because there were south
erners on board, was politely re.
minded of his own indiscretion in
urging the claims Of the Savior upon
the congregated passengers, large
number Of whom were Jews.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
w. H. BARTON.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Attorney at Law,
u Collecting Agent and Conveyancer Will
perform Marriage Ceremonies anywhere within
ten miles of town. Office over Edwards store,
corner Main and Walnut Streets, Independence,
Iowa. 30-y1.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
Ahstraft,
Look to Your Titles !

OWNERS OLA
Complete stract
OF ALL
Titles Of Lands and Village Lots In Bu.
chanan County, Iowa,
Are prepared to give prompt and reliable infOr.
nation relating to the title Of any real property in
the County.
Several thousand acres Of wild land and several
VALUABLE IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALEi
different parts OF the County. Alec number
OF Lots and Dwellings, in the city of Independence
Pensions and all kind Of War Claims attended
to promptly
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
Business Cards
Attprneus.
n r. p ROSZET.r.


4 TTORNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTING
n AGENT, will practice in the several Courts
of the County and District SPECIAL ATTENTION
GIVEN TO COLLECTIONS. Office over King & Ken
yom's Hardware Store.
Independence, Iowa, Jan. l, 1873, 2j-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
D. w. BRUCKART
w. G.. q j. b. DONNAN,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Independence, Iowa
"A Office with W. II. Joslin, in Wilcox Block
Consultations in English and German. 19-y1
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
l.. w. HART.

+ AW CONVEYANCING,W WAR CLAIM, AND
IL Land Agency Office. Office in First Nation
al Bank building, Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
JAMES M. WEART,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public and
~ Claim Agent. Office in Wilcox's New Block
up stairs, Independence, Iowa. 7-1yl
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
!. S. WOODWARD,

4 TrORNEY AT LAW and General Land Agents
IN Independence, Iowa. Office in Wilcox Brk.
Particular attention paid to Collections, and Re-
mttances promptly made,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
ID, d. HOLDRIDGE.

4 TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public and Land
IA Agent. Office in G. W. TaylOr's new build
Ing, opposite the Post Office, Independence,
Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28
e. E. EASNER

E. E. HASNER.
4 TTORNEY t. COUNSELLOR AT LAW Inde-
N pcndence, Iowa. Office in Wilcox New
Block over Tabors Drug Store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28

4 TTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Agent
N Office over King and Kenyon's Hardware
Store, Main ST., Independence, Iowa. 33tf]
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28

A score OF years had come and gone
Since the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth stone,
When Captain Underhill, bearing scars
From Indian ambush and Flemish wars,
Left three hilled Boston and wandered down,
East by north. 70 COchecO town.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28

A philosopher remarks that there is
something peculiarly instructive IN stand
ing upon street corner in large CITY,
and watch the men all rush around try
ing to make money, and the women all
floating around to spend it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-11-28

A recent English writer says that
drunkenness is an affair of climate; the
people of all the damp and cold countries
are apt to drink more than is good for
them, and a geographer might divide
map of the world into temperate" and
intcmnerate zones
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04

that as the Emperor was TO enter
toward evening, no one need be the
wiser, and the lad must certainly
fall before morning. The two ac-
completes did their foul work, and
their intended victim, finding his
way down again barred, was con
fronted with the alternative ofcling-
ing to the spire through cold, Win
try night, with his feet resting on
a surface hardly ten inches in cir
cumference, or ofprccipitating him
self to the pavement at once, and
thus ending the matter. Gabriel
was youth of firm viii and hardy
constitution; he elung to the cold
column till morning. But the story
goes that his rescuers were amazed
to observe that his curling locks
were white as snow; his wonted
rosy checks were yellow and wrin-
kled and his eyes, before SO bright,
were now sunken and dim. One
night of horror had placed him for
ty years nearer his grave.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
" A Blessing in Disguise"

The New Orleans Herald, under
the above heading, referring to the
financial crash east says ait will
serve to illustrate the value to this
people and nation of the great
principles proclaimed and carried
out by the democracy in like cir
cumstanccs in 1885," 1t then pro-
ceeds:
The loss will fall mainly upon
classes which have heretofore trad
ed upon q false basis and have tax
cd the productive industry Of the
country for their enrichment, with.
out labor, or skill, or merit OH their
part. Ii was this class which Jack
son, in 1885, declared sought to
break" 1t was essential to relieve
the people from the oppression OF
those bloated operators in paper,
and fttitious capitalists, and TO
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
The Curiosity of a Fly.

Talk about the curiosity of wo-
men. We will back n fly against
any woman. Just watch him as he
gayly traverses u bald mans crani-
um, halts on the eyelid, and, taking
a cursory glance around him, waltz.
es Oves to the end of the nose, peeps
up one nostril, and having satisfied
his curiosity there, curvettes over
the upper lip and takes a glance up
the other. With satisfactory
smile at having seen all there is to
be seen there, he makes a bec-line
to the chin, stopping moment to
explore the cavity formed by the
closed lips. Arriving at the chin,
he takes q notion to creep down
under the shirt-collar, but suddenly
hesitating, he turns around as if he
had forgotten something, aud pro-
ceeds to an exploration of the ears.
This concluded, he carries out his
original intention, and disappears
between the neck and shirt collar,
emerging, after the lapse of some
minutes, with an AIR seeming to say
he had performed his duty. What
matters the frantic attempts to catch
him, the enragcd gestures and the
profane language? They disturb his
equanimity not moment. Driven
from ono spot, he alights on anoth-
er; he finds he has got duty to
perform, and he does it.-Laurence
american. ......f.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
Ready Wit.

There is good story told of II
J. Byron, the English dramatlst,
which serves to illustrate the readi-
ness of his wit. He was invited on
one occasion to the house of +. G.
Burnaud. also playwright, to par
ticlpate in some charades, to be Civ
en- for the entertainment of a large
number of fashionable people. By
ron was announced as third on the
programme, but when the first act
was over it was discovered that he
had as yet made no preparation for
his part of the show. Therefore
Burnand went to him and said,
" come, Byron, hurry and arrange
something; we will be ready for
you in q few minutes" Byron
started out of the room to "look
something up" He proceeded to
the nursery, whore he found q
child's rocking-horse made of pine
wood, or, as the English call it, deal.
This he ordered to be taken down
stairs, and placed on the stage, i'm
mcdiately behind the curtain, as the
second piece was already over.
When the curtain was rung up.
there he was standing beside the
horse in an attitude that would have
done credit to clrcus-mastcr. ala
dies and gentlemen" said he, point
ing to the horse, "this represents
one of the islands in the Greek ar
chipelago, Det-os." Then the cur
tain came down and the audience
/" convulsed." But this was not all
the curtain went up again, and By
ron, steppins forward, said" Ladies
and gentlemen, another island in
the Greek archipelago, Sdm-os." "
AS an example of unprecedented
wit this would be hard to beat.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
Growing Old in One Night.

The sexton Of st. Joseph's Cathc-
dral, Vienna, being a man of extra
ordinary nerve and boldness, was
accustomed to stand on the pinnacle
ofthe tower whenever the Emperor
made grand entry to the city, and
waive a flag as the pageant passed
by. When, however, Leopold, who
had just been chosen Emperor at
Frankfort, was about to enter the
city, the loyal sexton, still anxious
to be true to the old custom, but
finding that years had told against
his nerve, declared that any one
who would take his place success
fully should win his daughter. Ga
briel Petcrsheim, who was disliked
by the sexton, but loved his daugh-
ter, at once accepted the offer, TO
the disgust Of the sexton, who then
arranged with two villains to close
the trap-door Of the upper stairway,
while Gabriel was above, thinking
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
NO. &c..
False Pride.

A lack of money is hard to bear
in all cases but the poverty which
tries to conceal itself under a cloak
Of shabby gentility is the worst OF
all poverty. Contrast the hard
working mechanic who tolls unrc-
mittlngly to keep the wolf from tho
door, that wife and little ones may
be neither cold nor hungry, and
who, being not ashamed to acknowl-
edge his hand-to-hand fight with
poverty, has little else to trouble
his mind-contraet him, say, with
the poor victim of shabby gentility,
who would rather surrender his
poor, empty, false existence, than
admit that he often suffers for the
bare necessities OF life while he and
his show genteel" surface to tho
eyes of the world, and say, truly,
which life you would prefer? Never
be ashamed to pass for just what
you really are, and try to be as
worthy as possible Once establish
yourselves, and your mode of life
as what they truly are, and you arc
on solid ground. A man is already
of consequence in the world, when
it is known that we can implicitly
rely on him-that when he says hc
knows a thing, he knows it; and
when he says he will do thing, he
will do it. Such reputation will
give man moro real enjoyment,
and is of far greater value to him,
than all the results which display
and prctcnsion can compass.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
JEFF Davis as Jack in the Box"

The Suffolk Herald, paper of
very decided conservative tenden-
cies, has the following about JEFF
Davis:
"This distinguished gentleman
reminds us of toy we possessed
IN childhood. 1t consisted of %
small box, with hinged top fastened
down by clasp; when the clasp
was pressed, up few the top, and
out popped an old man, his gray
beard streaming over his breast, his
eyes flashing fire and every feature
expressing determination to do
something; what it was we never
asccrtained. Our business and
pleasure was to put him back every
time he popped up, and his business
was to pop up every time we put
HIM back. We went off to school,
and left him fastened up securely
on the parlor table; we returned to
spend vacation; n friend was with
US; he took up dusty box from the
parlor table, touched a clasp, and
up jumped the old man, as intent
as ever upon something. We pre-
sumo he is somewhere to-day doing
the same thing.
When the war ended, Mr.. Davis
was considered as eflectually boxed
up as if he had been in his coffin,
but the first time an opportunity
offered, up he bounced to do some
thing-nobody knew what. His
friends and his enemies seized upon
him at once, and pressed him back
into his box and begged him to lie
there, but as soon as their attention
was drawn in another direction, up
he jumped again. They went for
him this time with oaths and fear
ful imprecations, demanding that
he should stay down and keep qui-
ct; but at Montgomery Springs, a
few days ago, the Southern Histor-
ical society, in looking over the ar
chivcs of the dead confederacy,
came across dusty old box F; they
handled it carefully, for fear it
might contain nitro-glycerine, but
a member thoughtlessly touched the
clasp, when up sprang the lnevita-
bic Mr.. Davis with speech; as
usual, Characteristic, but useless" l"
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
The Ruling Passion Strong in
Death.

A reformed gambler was about
to die, and sent for minister, when
the following conversation occur
red: s'I a oqnt
Pastor, do you think that / am
near death 7"
Il regret to say l believe you
are"
"Do you think, since am con.
vertcd, will so to heaven :"
al do"
"Do you expect to 60 there
too 2"
Yes, / believe l will"
"Wcll, we'll be angels, wont we,
and have wings to fly with r " -
Yes, | am sure we'll be like an
gels"
Well, them" said the dying
man, "PII bet you five dollars |
beat you flying"
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04

bring the country back to Just and
honest laws of trade, that these
people should break.
And then, when they and the in
stitutions by which they were hahn
tanned, were suppressed, that great
measure of reform and Of true de-
mocracy, the separation ofthe gov
ernment from the banks, was etfec-
ted, and the currency Of the nation
became exclusively gold and silver.
This was one of the most brilliant
and benign achievements Of the
old democracy. 1t saved the re-
nublic, and created solid and se-
cure basis of credit and wealth.
Eternal honor and glory to Jackson
and Martin Van Buren for this H.
lustrious service.
And now the opportunity has
been created by like circumstances
for movement in behalf Of the
same great idea. The enormous
evils the demoralization, corruption
and extravaganza, resulting from
the governments connection and
Identification with the banks and
and bond holders, must now be ap-
parent to the whole world. The
vast power arrayed and consolidat-
ed to defeat, control and influence
political results, has rendered the
popular suffrage mere mockery,
and placed the administrators of
the political powers, which ought
to emanate from the people, under
the absolute sway OF rings and huge
corporations.
The governments own pet bro
ker and trusted agent leads off in
the dance Of bankruptcy. The
others will follow, and even if the
government is involved in heavy
loss, it will be a blessing in disguise,
if tho people are wise, firm and true
to themselves in rising en- m,asse
against the whole gigantic system
Of fraud, corruption and demorali-
zation.
Let now the old democracy rise
from Its ashes and unfurl its old
banner, inscribed with the words
Separation of the government
from the banks; return to specie
currency prohibition of all issues
of bonds, and the abolition of all
monopolies." BY Il return and ad-
herence to these principles and
policies alone, can We ever hope
to save our republic and maintain
it on q solid and secure basis.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
Queer Retribution.

The Opeiousas, La, Journal, OF
the 18th, is responsible for the fol-
lowing: "Down in the parish OF
st. Martin an old widow lady,
whose children had all married off
and left her alone, had been persua-
ded to sell her little place and live
with them. She sold her land,
buildings and improvements one
day for two thousand dollars, and
received the money in cash on the
spot, in her own house, where the
act OF sale was passed before two
witnesses, the number required by
law, and who witnessed also the
payment of the money. In short
time she was to give possession, but
she remained in the house the night
following the sale all alone, or with
no masculine adult inmates, as was
her custom. That night two negro
burglars broke into the house and
demanded her money or her life.
She gave it to them, but begged
them to let her keep one hundred
dollars of it, as she owed that amount
and wanted 20 pay the debt, when
she would be satisfied. They final
ly consented to let her keep the one
hundred dollars. They then order
ed her to make some coffee for them
to drink. In doing SO, she be-
thought herself of some strychnine
she had in the house, and quietly
dropped it in the pot of steaming
coffee, and placed it on the table,
with cups, spoons and sugar, for
them to pour out and sweeten to
their taste. This they did, and
drank in a jolly mood, each one
having nine hundred and fifty dol
lars in his pocket. But in few
minutes the tables were turned.
One gave up the ghost where he sat
at the table in his chair, and the
other got up, staggered off few
feet, and tumbled over into eterni-
ty. The good old lady recovered
her money, and on examining the
persons Of the black burglarious
robbers they turned out to be the
two witnesses to the act of sale,
both white men blackened for the
occasion-both her neighbors, and
one of them was her cousin"
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04

What a conglomeration Of re-
ligious bodies a great city is, Is
clearly illustrated by the latest sta
tistic of Paris, which, it seems con-
tains l,732,529 Catholics, 3O,420 Is
rnelites, 1881 Calvanists, l9,94O
Lutherans, 9,s42 Anglicans, Mctho-
dsts and quakcrs, 1872 Mahomedans,
Budhists and Brahmins $500 per-
sons who declare that they belong
to no religious sect, and two only
who had the courage to confess
that they were free thinkers.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04

"A Kentucky editor received
the following note from a subscr'-
Der, asking that false notice OF his
death might be corrected: "Sir, /
notis few erors in the obituary Of
myself witch appeered inyourpapcr
Of last wensdy, ! was born in green
up co. not caldwell, and my retire.
ment from bisness in 1850 was not
owen to il helth, but tn little trub-
bic had in connection with horse,
and the cors Of my de,h was not
smallpox, please make correction
for which enclose so cents. 9d
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
-Pu6lic sentiment signifies tho

Public sentiment signifies tho
march of good mems thoughts. 1t
should be dut q road marked plain,
that men may know the way to
travel but, instead Of this, public
sentiment is employed, sometimes
as u brIbc to stop free thinking, as
an intimidation to check free acting,
as q bauble to lure approbativcncss,
or as threatened FOOLS cap with
which to terify it. The virtues
which public sentiment drills into
towards may be of great benefit to
the men upon whom they arc dra-
goon.-IH. w. Beecher.
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
What shall be said Of that be-

What shall be said of that be-
nighted bachelor who, being called
on for toast, gave "Onr future
wiycs-distancc lends enchantment
to the view" And that other one
il possibly a shadow more repro
bate, who proposed, "Woman tho
morning star of infancy, the day
star of manhood, the evening star
of age; bless our stars and may
they always be kept at telescope
distance" u1f ar N
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04
Laws Governing Subscribers.

II subscribers order the discontnuancc Of their
ncwspapcrs the publisher may continue 10 send
ahem until all arrcaragcs are paid
II subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
newspapers from their Office to which they are
objected they are held responsible until they
have settled their bills and ordered the paper dis
continued.
Ii subscribers move to other places without in
forming the publisher and newspapers are sent
u the nrrner direction. they are held resp0nshle
The Osceola times., 1873-10-04

"A worthy old farmer, who was
being worried in his cross examin-
alton by a lawyer, set the judge,
jury, and audience in a roar by
suddenly saying to his persecutor
in a simple, appealing way: See
here squire, don't you think you're
asking lot Of precious foolish
questions I"