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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Process OF Making tho Now Hitch-
cook Cannon.

From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
In the fabrication of the large
Hitchcock cannon, about to be man
utactured at the water-shops, it is
necessary that the iron should be
heated in a reverbera,ory furnace,
to avoid its contact with sulphur
and other impurities of coal. The
gun is to be formed of rings of
wrought iron or low steel, made
without YIELDS, the rings so formed
as to be united first in the centre,
that the supertluous cinder NAV be
squeezed out. The anvil which is
to receive the blow of the steam
hammer is to be seated on the pis,
ton Of hydrostatic press, SO as to
be low cred as each successive ring
is added to tire gun, during the pro-
cess OF forging. he furnace is to
be situated between the anvil and
steam hammer, and SO arranged
that the rings project into it from
below, and the hammer drops into
it from above. The ring to form
the muzzle of the gun is laid upon
the movable anvil and is projected
sufficiently into the furnace to allow
the flame to raise it to welding
heat. Meanwhile, in another part
of the furnace, the rings are heated
to welding pitch at the same time
by proportioning the heat by means
OF hampers to the relative bulk OF
the two parts. Without removing
the parts from an atmosphere in
which there is very little if any OK
ygen, they are laid together and in
sthntly welded by few strokes of
the steam hammer. The anvil is
lowered the thickness of the ring
Just welded on, and the same pro-
cess repeated until the entire gun is
forged. One advantage Mr.. Hitch.
cock has in his plan over all others
is, that he never over or underheats
the metal; the temperature being
regulated in either furnace by the
turn of the hand, SO that an even
temperature may be maintained for
hours if necessary, thus avoiding
oxidizing, as the welding surfaces
are not exposed to the atmosphere.
The plunger or ram is to be made
of cast iron, eighteen inches in di-
amcter when turned, and fourteen
feet long, with the head fitted to re-
ceive the anvil block. This plung-
er will weigh five tons. The anvil
block proper will consist Of solid
casting, weighing eight tons. Over
the top of the anvil block will be
placed several loose blocks, which
will weigh 5000 pounds. The rings
with which the gun is to be built up
are to be made at Pittsburgh, Pa,
and shipped to this city.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

have thrast Shallow into an eel-skin.
1t is the same Shakespearean tone
and style which we have all inherit
ed. Sometimes this breadth of i'm
agination produces the effect of wit
by bringing two incongruous ideas
under one statement. During a
political process. ion remarkably
dirty man stepped in front of a
small boy sitting on a fence, expect
ing to have some fun by chatting
him. He said: "How much do YOU
weigh?" The answer was, "Well,
about as much as you would do ii
you were washed" The boys wit
recalls to you Charles Lambs re
marks to another person: "Martin,
if dirt was trumps, what hands you
would hold" l have always noti-
ced that American Imagination
would be quite capable Of compos-
ing fables in the spirit of the East.
Like, for instance, a handbook
which attributed to animals the
possession Of the motives of men.
just as a man was writing his name
on the register Of Leavenworth
hotel, certain insect took its way
across the page, Laying down the
pen the man remarked, II have been
bled by Kansas City spiders and
interviewed by Fort Scott gray
backs. but d. me if ever was in a
hotel where these insects look over
the register to take the number of
your ROOM"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

be such thing as too much celeri-
ty; but she did not seem inclined to
carry on the conversation, and l
started for my office.
Right in front of me, on the slip
perry sidewalk, strobe two indepen-
dent Knights of St Crispin. They
were talking over their plans for
the future, and, as overlook them,
l heard one of them say: 81 have
only my two hands to depend upon;
but that is fortune enough for any
man who is not afraid to work. |
intend to paddle my own canoe-I
believe can make my way through
the world;" his feet slid out from
under him, and he came down in
the shape of a big V. told him
he could never make his way
through the world in that direction,
unless he came down harder, and
that if he did he would 60 through
among the "heathen Chinee," and lie
was really grateful for the interest
| manifested. He invited me to 20
to place where ice never forms on
the sidewalk.
Then l slid along behind loving
couple on their way to hear Madame
Anna Bishop. Their hands were
clasped together. Their hearts beat
as one. Said he: "My own, shall
think nothing Of hard work, it | can
make you happy. 1t Shall be my
only aim to surround you with com
fort; my sympathy shall Tighten
every sorrow, and through the path
Of life l will be your Stay your sup
port; your" he stopped. His
speech was too fowery for this eli
mate and as | passed them she was
trying to lift him up.
Two lawyers coming from the
court house next attracted my atten-
ton. ''Ah," said one, "Judgc Fos-
ter wonld rule tina, out. We must
concede the first two points. We
can afford to do it if the evidence
sustains US in the third; but on this
position we must take our firm stand
his time was up. lett him NOV
ing for "A new trial"
| mused. What a lesson that ice
teaches us. How easily is humani-
ty controlled by circumstances-and
the attraction Of gravitation. What
a sermon might be based-I got up
and took the middle Of the street to
prevent further accidents.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Episcopliians."

care there any Episcopalians in
this vicinity, MADAME" asked Il tall,
thin stranger of Mrs. Artemus, as
she stood in the open door, in an
swering to his knock.
"Any which?"
''Episcopalians."
Now, if Mrs. Artemus had a fail
ing, it was that she never would adj.
nit that she could possibly be ig.
norant of any thing. She always
knew all about any subject mention.
ed. So she answered.:
"EpIscopalians! Wall, we don't
exactly know. Ny John-hc's my
son-he see somethin' out'n the
corn field yesterday He didn't re-
ally know what it was, but l told
him guessed it was a chipmonk.
But now You speak ont I'll bet it
was Il Episkerpalium. And my next
neighbor, Farmer Hawkins, he said
he shot at something the same day
that John see his strange crittur,
and Hawkins he thought it was some
wild crittur that had got out of some
managcry somewhere. Anyhow, I
think that's Episcopaling, toe.
Be they bigger'n chipmonk?"
"You misunderstood me, mad
am"
"Wall, you needn't feel oncasy.-
Eff there's any Piscomaliums in this
here neighborhood, you can jest
make up your mind that they'll get
shot! We are too feelin' com
munity to let things run at large
which mout destroy and devour
somebody. Come IN, won't ye?"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
eignest thing on earth" for weak d (
gestion and hard-breathing. If 7
wonld cure as effectually a wea
m' rtl sense and hard swearing
would tap many politician on II
shoulder and say:
Come, rise up, William Riley,
And come along with me :,

Some one has written beautiful
to the boys in the following name
Hero is whole sermon in a fe
sentences: "Of all the love affaiI
in the world, none can surpass IT
true love Of a big boy for his mot
er. 1t is pure and noble, honorab
in the highest degree to both. Id
not mean merely a dutiful Affection
| mean a love which makes a be,
courteous and gallant to his mothe
saying to everybody plainly that /
is fairly in love with her. Next /.
the love Of her husband, nothing {
crowns a woman's life with hone
as this second love, this devotion ,
son to her. And l never y
knew a boy turn out bad who b
gan by falling in love with h
mother. Any man may fall in 10,
wltha fresh-faced girl, and the ma
who is gallant with the girl ms
cruelty neglect the worn and weal
wife. But the boy who is love
to his mother in her middle age
true knight, who will love hi
wife AS much in the sere-leaved a
tumn as he did in the daisied sprin.
time"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Calling tho Boy.

Calling boy up in the morning
can hardly be classed under the
head of "pastimes," especially if
the boy is fond of exercise the day
before. And it is a little singular
that the next hardest thing to get
ting boy out of bed is getting him
into it. There is rarely mother
who is a success at rousing a boy.
All mothers know tLis is so; so do
their boys. And yet the mother
seems to go at it in the right way.
She opens the stair door and insin-
uatingly observes: "Johnv-
There is no response. "John-ny. !"
Still there is no response. Then
there is a short, sharp "John," fol-
lowed moment later by prolong-
ed and emphatic "John Henry" A
grunt from the upper regions signi-
ties that an impression has been
made, and the mother has been en-.
couraged to add: "You'd better be
getting down here &c your breakfast,
youhS hAuS UCkOic L COuIC up tuCTc,
an give you something you'll feel"
THIS so startles the young man that
he Immediately goes to sleep again.
And the operation has to be repeat
ed several times. A father knows
nothing about this trouble. He
merely opens his mouth as a soda
bottle elects its cork, and the "John
Henry" that cleaves the air of that
stairway goes into that boy like
electricity, and pierces the deepest
recesses of his very nature. And he
pops out of that bed and into his
clothes, and down the stairs, with a
promptness that is commendable.
A boy rarely allows himself to dis
regard the parental summons
About once year is believed to be
as often as is consistent with the
rules Of health. He saves his father
a great many steps by his thought
fullness.-Danbury Nescs.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
The Mystery Of Editing.

The true sentiment Of the follow
ing lines, ring with the clearness of
4 silver bell, and tells an unvarnish-
ed tale which all should know. Let
the intelligent reader, as he or she
peruses the following, ponder upon
its true meaning and remember it..
These thoughts emanate from the
pure and fertile brain of Henry Ward
Beecher. Let the mind drink them
in and be wiser.
The world at large do not under
stand the mysteries of a newspaper;
and, as in a watch, the hands that
are seen are but passive instruments
Of the springs, which are never seen,
SO, in 4 newspaper, the most worthy
cause of its prosperity are often last
observed or known. We suspect
the benefits which the paper derives
from the enterprise, the vigilance,
and the watchful fidelity Of The pub
Usher? Who pause to think how
much of the pleasure of reading is
derived from the skill and care Of
the printer? We feel the blemishes
of printing, if they exist, but seldom
observe the eXcellences.
We eat u hearty dinner, but do
not think of the farmer that raises
the materials thereof, or the cook
that prepares them with infinite
pains and skill. But cook Of veg
etables, meat, pastry, and infinite
bonbons has paradisical Office in
comparison with IN editor! Before
him pass all the exchange newspa
perS. He is to know all their con
tents, to mark for other eyes the
matter that requires attention. His
scissors are to be alert, and clip
with incessant industry all the little
items that together form so large an
interest in the news department.
He passes in review each week
every State in the Union through
the newspaper lens. He looks
across the ocean and sees strange
IanIs, and following the sun, he
searches all around the world for
material. 1t will require but one
second for the reader to take in
what two hours search produced.
BY him are read. the manuscripts
that swarm the Office like fl es in
July. 1t is his frown that dooms
them. 1t is his hand that condenses
! hole page into line. 1t is his
discreet sternness that restricts sen
obituaries, that give poets
Il twis on which to sit and sing their
first lays.
And the power behind the throne,
in newspapers as in higher places,
is sometimes us important as the
throne itself. Correspondents oc
caslonal or regular, stand in awe at
the silent power which has the last
glance at an article, and may send
1t forth in glory or humility. And,
in short, as the body depends upon
a good digestion, so the health OF
newspaper depends upon the vigor-
GUS digestion which goes on by
means Of the editor.
Ought they not to be honored?
And since little fame attends them
they should at least have their crea-
tnre comforts multiplied. From that
dark and dismal den they are at last
translated.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

ulations has been variously estimat-
ed at from ei i.ht to ten million dol.
lars. How much of this he has lost
in the recent fluctuations in Pacific
Mail is yet unknown.
In personal appearance Mr.. Stock
well is medium sized, and possesses
a penetrating blue eye. He wears
a mustache and flowing English
side whiskers of red color. He is
very quick and decided in his man
ner. His house on Madison avenue
corner of thirty-ninth street, is one
of the most elegant and costly in the
city. 1t is furnished in a style of
the greatest grandeur Even the
Tenders around the CRATES in the
drawing-room are OF gold. Mr..
Stockw ell lost his wife about Il year
ago, and it is now reported in fash
ionable quarters that he IS engaged
to a well known New York belle.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
The Prototype OF American Wits
Weiss's Lectures on Shakespear,

j, Weiss's Lectures on Shakespeare.
Falstatf may be regarded as the
mighty progenitor OF the American
knack OF fexaggerating in such way
rs to make thing ridiculous. In
deed, am of the opinion that emf
grafton, which has impaired his
physical fullness to man, has also
impaired his humor. We have not
fallen away vilely. We do not
dwindle. Mr.. Dickens declares that
the national habit of expectoration
is on the scale Of the country's
streams. The flashes of saliva flew
out of the car windows in way
that looked as though they were
ripping open feather beds. There
is genuine descendant of Falstatf
who must always have lived at Gad's
Hill. You recall when Grip was
sick: "Toward IL o'clock he was
50 much worse that it was found
necessary to mutflc the stable lock :"
That is very simple compared to
our way. We have made improve
ments in the Falstaffian system. AL
most any newspaper might furnish
examples. We are told Of grass in
Colarado SO short that you have to
lather it before you can NOW it. !
heard of q man who moved about 50
leisurely that when he works in the
garden the shade of his hat kills the
plants. Another man wakes up in
the morning after a day spent in
hunting strawberries. He finds he
can only use one eye, the other be-
ing engaged in holding his cheek,
which had marched over it. 1t was
a case of dogwood. There was
man once who stood on his head to
have pair of tioht boots driven on
his feet. He found himself shortly
after in China, perfectly naked, and
without a cent in his pockets
There was Capt. Jones on board of
his schooner, one summer afternoon
observed heavy cloud rising from
the land. Before he could take in
sail, millions Of mosquitoes broke
upon his vessel, and part of the
flock went through the sail, leaving
nothing but the ropes. Another
skipper who heard the story com.
pared dates with Capt. Jones. The
skipper declared that he was board
ed by the same flock, two days af-
terward, and they all wore canvas
breechcs. Apropos of this, recall
a pair of pantaloons which was dis
tributed to one Of the sufferers by
the forest fire. 1t was found upon
trial to be ridiculously small. The
mans wife wanted to know if there
lived or breathed q man who had
legs no bigger. II there did, he
ought to be taken up for vagrancy
as having no visible means Of sup
port. 1t was discussed in the fami-
ly whether or not to use them for
gun.cases. Falstaff says you might
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
back had been worn bv Judge B.

back had been worn by Judge B
before me. We were not able to
hire a servant. We had to serve
ourselves. 1t was study every
day how to get along on our small
it was study never to
be forgotten. l owe many of the
pleasures which have run through
my life to being willing to begin
where l had to begin, and to fight
poverty with love, and to overcome
it, and to learn how to live in SER
vice and helptulness, and in all the
thousand ingenuilies which love
sweetens. and makes more and more
delightful"
Is there another clergyman in the
country, Of any degree of promi.
ncnce, who would stand up in the
pulpit, before a fashionable audi
ence, and say that the very clothes
he once had on his back had been
worn by Judge B before him?
Is it any wonder that Mr.. Beecher
is beloved by the pcople?-N Y.
Ledger.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
On the Ice.

Maria Ann went to the front door,
last evening, to see it the afternoon
paper had come. She had been de-
livering short address to me con-
cerning what she was pleased to
term my "cold molasses style" of
moving around. AS she opened the
door she remarked, 81 like to see a
body move quickly, promptly, en-
phatic;" that was all; bu, heard
some one humping down the stairs
in a most prompt and emphatic
manner, and reached the door just
in time to see my better half stretch
ed across the sidewalk, in sitting
posture. l suggested as she limped
back to the door, that there might
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
An Old Lady Who Dandled Wash
ingtOu.

San Francisco has the honor OF
being the residence Of Mrs. Mary
Thompson, q lady eighty-three years
of age, who an remember when
George Washington edandled her
on his knee" Up to two years ago
Mrs. Thompson was under the I'M
preston, and often stated, that she
handled George on her knee, but
the excessive mortality that broke
out among this peculiar class of old
people about that time, combined
with frequent remarks by her nu-
merous male progeny of the third
generation that this statement was
not of the required thickness to be
believed, caused her to go over her
memorandum book, where she found
that it was George who was the
Chandler" and she the "dandled."
She was only seven years Of age the
last time Washington called on her,
and of course does not remember
many OF his sayings. She distinctly
rccollects, however, OF hearing him
remark to her father that "eggs
would be cheaper as soon as the
hens began laying" and she thinks
there was some talk about Chicago,
being the great entrepot for the hen
product of the West, especially the
added portion. She remembers
that the back of Washington's coat
collar looked soiled at times, where
his queue rubbed against 1t, and of
seeing her mother benzine the
grease-spot for him on several occa-
sions. She also noticed, among his
other traits, that he had q decided
weakness for mush and milk, and
as the "Father of his country" grad
ually filled up with this cheering
but not inebriating combination, he
would unloose the buttons of his
weskit, and smile sweetly upon
those around him.
Now that Washington's cooks,
body servants and eoachmen have
become nearly extinct, we are glad
to find new class of beings SPRING
ing into existence, like Mrs. Mary
Thompson, whom we should cherish
tendcrIy, for in a hundred years or
SO they will have been thinned out
by the remorselcss reaper with the
pruning hook, and we shall be COM
PEELED to fall back upon those who
knew those who were personally &C.
quainted with Washington; and
when such a period arrives, we are
ready to 60 West.-&. Louis Dem.
Ocy0t.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
What tho Choir Sang About the New
Bonnet.

From the independents
\ foolish little maiden bought foolishplittle
bonnet,
With u ribbon aud feather and bit of lace
upon it;
And that all the other maidens of the little town
might know 1t,
She thought shed 90 to meeting the next Sun
day, just to show it.
But though the little bonnet was scarce larger
than dimc
The getting OF it settled proved to be work OF
time;
So, when twas fairly tied, all the bells had stop
ped their ringing.
And when she came to meeting. sure enough,
the folks were singing.
SO this foolish little maiden stood and waited at
the door,
And she shook her ruffles out behind and
smoothed them down before.
"Haleluia! halleria!' sang the choir above
her head.
Hardly knew yon! hardly knew you y were the
words she thought she heard.
This made the little maiden feel so very, very
cross
That she gave her little mouth twist, her little
head a toss;
For she thought the very hymn they sung was all
about her bonnet
With the ribbon and the feather and the oit of
lace uponit.
And she world not wait to listen to the sermon
or the prayer,
Bnt pa,tered down the silent street and hurried
up the stair
Till she reached her little bureau, and in
bandbox on it
Had hidden safe from critics eye her foolish
little bonnet.
Which proves, my little maidens, that each cf
you will find
In every sabbath service but an echo Of your
mind;
And that little head that's filled with silly little
airs,
Will never get blessing from sermon or from
nrayers.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Henry Ward Beecher ON Old Clothes

In referring to the happiness of
early housekeeping, Henry Ward
Beecher recently said in the pull
pit:
81 would not give up the first two
years of my married life for all l
have now. live in a big house,
with a brown stone front, and very
fairly furnished; but after all, among
the choicest experiences of my life
were those which ! passed through
in Indiana, where l hired two cham
bers up stars; when all my fnrni-
ture was given to me, and was sec-
ond hand at that; and when the
very clothes which l had on nv
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
L, W. HART.

r AW, CoNVEYANCING, WAR CLAIM. AND
~ Land Agency Office. Office in I.eytze $
Block In dependence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
J. S WOODWARD,

A TToRNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Agent.
n nee over King & kenyon's Hardware
store, Main Street, Inde )endence, Iowa. 33-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

India got away with over s,oo0,-
900 lbs. Of opium last year.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
Business Cards
w, H. BARTON.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Attorney at Law;
81 collecting Agent and coaveyancer VIII
perform Marriage Ceremonies anywhere wWntn
ten miles of town. Office over Edwards store
corner Main and Walnut Streets, lndenendence,
Tn,rn 30-y1.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04

4 TrJ4NEY AT LAW and General Land Agent,
n tllepel lie Ice, Iowa. Ofice in WILCOX Blk.
'Artic liar attention given to Collections, and Re-
nttances prompty made.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
JAMES NJ, WEART.

A TT03NEY AT LAW, Notary Publc and
n Claim Agent. Uhce in WilcoX's New
lock, up stairs, independence, Iowa. 71y
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
E,HKE 81 HARMON
w. G, 3 J. 3. DONNAN.

A TTORNEYS At LAW, Independence, Iowa
\ Once in Munson's Block, Main st. 2-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
D. w. BRUCKART,
d. S. LEE,

. TToRNEy AT LAW, Independence, Iowa.
y OH with w. H. Josln. in Wilcox Block
Cons ltations in English and German. 19yi
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-04
E. M. BIsSELL
n II D RNSZELL.

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTING
"A AGENT. will practice in the several Courts
of the County and District SPECIAL ATTENTION
GIVEN TO CoLLEcrIONs. Office over King i Ken
yon's Hardware Store.
Independence, Iowa, Jan. l, 1873, 2o-ti.