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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02
W1lkinson.

When, after the unauthorized
suggestion of Grange candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
BY Jerry Bradley & Co., at Water
loo, few weeks ago, some of the
papers began to speak of Jas. Will
kinson, who was named for Lieu
tenant Governor, in contemptuous
terms, as an "old sardinc," a iva
grant who has not done a days
work in forty years." and the like,
we RETAINED from copying these
free opinions, presuming that they
were unjust and slanderous. But
the following series of resolutions,
passed by Grange No. SO at Tama
City, the home Of Mr.. Wilkinson,
and sent for publication to the State
Register, would seem to indicate
that "Wilk." is not Just the timber
from which to construct a Licuten.
ant Governor:
WHEREAS, 1t has come to the
knowledge of this Grange that at a
Convention of Oranges held at Wa
terloo, March goth, 1873, resolu-
ton was adopted naming individu-
ais they would support for the Off
ces Of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, and
WHEREAS, The good of our Order
requires that IN the selection of can
didates for Office, regard should be
had not only to the ability but to
the integrity of the parties selected;
and
WHEREAS, Said Convention nam
ed for the Office of Lieutenant Gov.
ernor James Wilkinson, State over
seer, a citizen of our immediate
vicinity,
RESOLVED, That although we rec
ognize the services and ability of
said Wilkinson, we exceedingly re-
greet that his antecedents are such
that we cannot give him our sup
port without a violation of our sense
of propriety and right.
Resolced, also, That to protect
our Order from the impositions OF
designing men, it would seem prop
err that those desiring Office should
make the first movement at home,
thereby securing an endorsement of
their fitness from those who should
know most of their past record.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02
Liberal Terms.
LAND FOR SALE.

LNORTY acres OfimprOved prairie land and five
Il acres of wood land, upon which is situated
dwelling hourse and stable. Said land s in
Como township, Buchanan county, on section 81,
near the Grim school house, The wood land IL
On section %. Price $500. half cash. Address,
FREDERICK X. KNEES,
39-W6. 35Ol Race St, PHILADELPHIA. Pa
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02

Hon. John Tcesdale, late editor
of the Washington Chronicle, is
visiting Des Moines. Mr.. Teesdale
has, we believe, returned to Iowa
to live.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

OFFICE REPUBLICAN STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
DUBUQUE, April 49, 1878.
A State Convention Of the Republican Party OF
Iowa will be heldat
. Dcs Moines, Wednesday. june 2Sth.
commencing at II O'Clock A N, for the purpose Of
nominating,
| A candidate for Governor.
| A candidate for Lieut.. Governor.
| A candidate for Supreme Judge.
A candidate for Superintendent of Public In
etrucion.
The ratio of representation will be, one dele.
| gate for each organized county in the State and
| In addition thereto one delegate for every two
hundred votes or fraction over one hundred votes
cast for Josiah T. Young for Secretary of State at
1.-THE last General Election. JACOB RICH,
Chairman Committee.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02

Mr.. Dysart has some very strong
endorsements of his ability, and
soundness upon subjects which are
agitating the minds of the people.
He is a practical farmer, identified
with their interests, has had the
advantage Of legislative experience,
and his record is faultless. With
these qualifications it will not be
strange if he make strong run
for the nomination. and an accepta-
BILE officer if elected.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02

Hon. JAS. Brooks, Represent
tative in Congress from New York
and one of the editors and proprie.
tors of the New York Express died
at his residence in that city, or
Wednesday evening. in his card
year. Mr.. Brooks was an able mar
and for some time has been regard
ed as the Democratic leader in the
House. His death was hasteneG
by the effects of fever which hi
contracted while travelling in Asia.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02
Wood and Hard Wood Lumber
for Sale.

400 Cords Of Hard and Soft Wood. Also 25-
HUI 600 feet of Hard Wood Lumber, suitable
for light and heavy wagons, and farm utensils
also large quantity Of Sawed and Split Fence
Posts. at the City Wood Yard, on Canova Street
second street east Of Court House.
JUDSON J. TRAVIS.
Independence, March ~, 1873.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02

Hon. JOSEPH DYsART, of lama
County, in letter to the editor of
the Vinton Eagle, not designed tor
publication, consents to enter the
lists for the Republican nomination
for Lieutenant Governor. Mr.. Dy-
sart says:
Without any motion of my own,
or even a thought of ever offering
for SO responsible position, a ma
jority of those in the General AS
sembly who fought hardest to Sc
cure the passage Of a railroad tariff
law, before we left Des Moines, re-
quested me to be a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, before t, e
next Republican Convention. Had
the fact not found its way into the
newspapers, I think l should not
have consented to enter the field
Unless some ADLER advocate of this
most important issue, now before
the people of Iowa and the whole
North west, should be brought for
ward, l shall be a candidate.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-02
MONEY TOLOAN,

VuONE1 ~
Enquire Of
35-tf. CD. JONES,
TO OUR FRIENDS.
Which l wish to remark
And my language is plain,
That my days were burden,
My nights full of pain,
The world was failure
Ami life was bore,
Till l found out the way
To the "New York Store"
My wife asked for money,
And couldn't plank it;
The baby would cry,
And then she would spank it,
But now all our troubles
Are happily DER,
Since found out the way
To the "New York Store"
One night in my dreams
I beheld in vision,
The glimpse of a life
That was full Of Elysian
Where pleasure and wealth,
In a happy procession,
Passed out of my reach
And Beyond my possession.
l woke from my dreams
With terrible snore,
And started at once
For the "New York Store"
/ found that by buying,
Exclusively there,
I could save just a cool
Five Hundred a year.
LAYTON g. POST.
THIRD YEAR
ARTHUR BAKER & CO.,
DEALERS lie
PIANOS, ORGANS,
General Musical Merchandise
MAIN 9TREET.
INDEPENDENCE, iowa
~ Hi k
RRADRIIRY PIANO
Stands pre- eminent for its adaptation to tn,
human voice as an accompaniment, owing to it
peculiar. sympathetic, mellow. yet rich and pow
erful tone. They are very desirable for the par
lor.
ARTHUR BAKER & co.,
N a." N"-
FOR NORTHERN IOWA.
--o:O--
We have lately added to our Agency the Cele
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
Raising Onion Sets.

W. G. Pelham, Maysville, Ky, writes to
the American Agricuturist Of his method
Of raising onion sets: He selects lev.
Ell and dry piece of ground. His ground is
rich alluvia loan, but the character of the
soil is Of no special importance Beds are
formed two feet wide, with path of one
foot between The "beds" are excavated
to the depths of two inches-or, in other
words, the path or alley between is two
inches higher than the beds the bottom
Of the beds is nicely smoothed with the
back of a spade, so as to present a leve
surface wherein to SOW the seed The
seed is sown so that from fifteen to twenty
seeds will cover a square inch.
If the surface of the beds was sprinkleC
with plaster or white sand, the seeds, which
are black, could be sown more evenly. AZ
ter sowing, the seeds are covered with tw,
inches Of pure clean sand, which brings tn,
beds and paths to the same level Th
whole is then rolled with light roller o
patted down with spade The advantage
Of this plan are, that there being no weed
in the sand, the labor of wedding is entire
ly saved, aud the sets when matured are ia
more easily harvested from the clean, sof
sand, than from the hard baked surfac
which most soils present after season'
rains and SUI on surface that cannot b
stirred.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
Shrinkagc Of Fruit in Drying.

In the letter from Charles Alden, which
was read before the late horticultural meet
ing at Rochester, n Y, he states that a
bushcl Of apples weighs fifty pounds; that the
cost Of cutting and preparing a bushe for
drying is about fifty cents; and that a
bushol will yield nine dried pounds, two
pounds Of which are cores and skins, which
when dried, find ready market at six cents
per pound for making Jelly without sugar
or boiling-a new product. One bushel
gives seven pounds Of good dried apples,
which willsell regularly at twenty cents per
pound making after drying sl.25 per
bushcl Of apples, with cores and pairing
Tomatoes, being very watery, yield only
three pounds dried per bushel; but two
dried ounces are found to be equal in sub
stance to ono quart can, and will make as
much by adding one quart of water and
stewing properly. The evaporated tomatoes
sell for seyenty-Gye cents per pound
Peaches yield seven pounds from bushel,
one pound Of which is skins.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
Why Eggs are Spoiled.

During late conversation with one Of
our egg dealers, he advanced the theories
that eggs spoiled because the yellow or yolk
came in contact with the membrane between
the white and shell, and if eggs were turned
occasionally they would keep for an indein-
lite length of time. lie further states that
if a sitting hen did not turn her eggs every
few days, they would invariably spoil and
fail to hatch His theory was, so long as
there was a portion of the white or albumen
between the yellow and shell, the shell was
practically air-tight; but when the yellow
came in contact with the she'll it adhered
to it, and allowed the access of air
Journal Of The Farm.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
Cucumbcrs for Pickling.

Cucumbers arc q very easy crop to raise
on account Of their quick growth, and if
planted either on freshly plowcd sod, or
in deep, sandy, but well MANFRED loan,
they will bear abundantly and will repay
the cultvator, particularly II he lives near
large city and can market the green crop
at least twice a week.
The chief work in raising this crop con-
sists in gathering il, and from five to six
weeks after planting it commences. Small
girls and boys can do the work, however,
il once taught what to pick, and not to
step upon The vines They should be gath
cred every second or third day, aud the
chief care is to see that all the cucumbers
Of the proper izo--that is from two and a
half to three and half inches are picked
at the same time, because if left on the
vines, they not only become too large to
pickle, but also exhaust their strength for
naught. Pick them all, therefore, as soon
as they are the size Of your little finger
and il Is well to look over the vines your
self after the labor is done, to be sure that
all are gathered After they are picked
they should be put into tubs or barrels Of
water, and kept fresh until morning, and
then taken to market, and sold either by
/ the hundred or bushcl.
Those farmers who i've alta distance from
city market can salt down their pickles
and then soak them out in the winter. and
sell them at a good price at some neighbor-
ing town, or else dispose Of them in the
saltcd condition.
10 salt them down, take the cucumbers
as picked from the vines, and wash of the
grit or sand which encumbcrs them then
put a layer Of coarse salt at the bottom Of
the tub or barrel now lay in the cucum-
bers about three inches thick, and cover
with an inch or more Of salt. Continue
this process every time the cucumbers are
gathered. aud when the barrel is filed, lay
stone on top Of il, TO keep the pickles
under brine head up the barrel, and keep
in q frost proof cellar until needed.
In gathering The cucumbers, 1t is better
to use o sharp knife to sever them from the
vines, because much handling is apt to rub
of the prickles on the skin, and this causes
them to decay and short stem should be
left upon every pickle. Early White Spine
snd the Long Green Prickly are both desir-
able kinds to cultivate for pickles.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27


The Scientific american says: flake 4
potash kettle or large tub, and put into it
one barrel of wood ashes lye, five pounds Of
white yitriol, five pounds of alum, and as
much salt as will dissolve in the mixture.
Make the liquor quite warm, and put as
many shingles in it as can be conveniently
wetted at once. Stir them up with fork
and when well soaked take them out and
put in more, renewing the liquor as neces.
sary. Then lay the shingles in the usual
manner. After they are laid take the
liquor that is left, put lime enough into it
to make whitewash, and il any coloriug is
desirable, add ochre, Spanish brown, lamp
black, etc, and apply to the roof with a
brush or an old broom. This wash may be
renewed from time to time Salt and I've
are excellent preseryatiyes of wood. 1t is
well known that leach tubs, troughs. and
other articles used in the manufacture Of
potash, never rot. They become saturated
with the alkali, turn yellowish inside, aud
remain imperyious to the weather"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27

! have made an excellent preserve from
unripo melons, the green part Of water
melons aud citrons, in imitation Of presery.
ed ginger. | have not the receipt here
but am pretty sure it is this Boil in alum
Sater--a tablespoonful to about two gal,
lons--pare, cut in pieces, lay in the water
for one or two days TO take out the alum
taste. The pieces should not be quite soft
but like sweet cucumber pickle Drair
well, make a syrup Of sugar, a pound tc
each pound Of melon, pretty strong favor,
ing Of ginger, as hot as may be liked, re.
membering that when boiled il will taste
hotter little mace, and some lemon peel
or essence Of lemon to taste. Boil the piece.
in this till clear. Unripe melons are soak,
ed for some days in brine, cut up, and
freshened in cold water before boiling il
alum. This preserve requires watching be-
ing very apt 10 mould.--Exehange.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
Ton Dressing for Grnss.

Mr. Joseph Dunbar has tried a success
ful experiment in raising grass, which de-
serves a few lines Of comment, He has an
acre Of grass land which has not been
broken with plough in over twenty years,
from which he has cut from ten to twelve
hundred in season. A year ago last
spring be spread upon it about forty cords
Of manure, and then sowed and brushed in
clover and herds.grass seed Last year he
cut ton Of foe hay, and this season two
tons, with prospect of a good second crop,
The land did not suffer from the drought,
TAUNTON Gasette.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
horticultural.
JOHN.


old frmcr rcttinein one day.
Incoming tirud of rakirs has.
Went early TO HE toa.
And there he found his hired man John,
How o. ~ people thus tale ont
A huggIng Mrs y
Tlio mrmor was SIN Old chap.
Aud 30 laid down and took nap,
AZ though al things were we'll
And after sleeping very sound,
lie wanted John, who wns not fnuudi
Whore was he'll none could tell
At last DC sought his room and there,
ilo found him kneeling-nut IN prayer
But packing " I've gone
" Nnw whai be mp said farmer T.,
"lm sure that YOU and agree,
Now what's the matter, JohnW
John blushcd nnd rather hung his head,
And turning 90 the farmer, said,
"fTis what you saw to-day
You caught me hugg|ng Mrs. r.,
Aud after that think you'n sec
hadn't better stay"
Opshnw," snid farmer pcitinrill
" Put mp your things, stay with me stllli
And hug her all You can
Aud I will Try and hug her too,
II she needs more than We can do,
I'll hire another man.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27

Some doctor has accidentally discover
ed that water in which potatoes have been
boiled is excellent for cleaning silver ware.
A fine deposit Of potatoe -four gives the
ware high polish.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27

4 The best, ncatcst quickest, and most durable
article for printing visiting cards that has ever been
on the market With il anaZout can travel from town
10 town, printing visiting cards in various Hes.
business at which card writer's are now mixing from
t0 10 por day and have done for years past and
now not beginning 10 supply the demand, ns only the
best writer's can do the wort, bat with the above
printer boy twelve years Of age do work hotter
and more accurate than the most experienced card
writers. fiity we'll printed cards with your name.
a. samples post paid, so cents.
Send for our Suiy.four Page Illustrated
CdialQgc Seai Frec
nnNn MARTIN 4 90 snrirnn.LI 49,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
NEW ENGLAND CHEMICAL
FIRE ENGINEt
A coMMoN-sENsE MAcuINEi


va clam Mat name fer he foiorHg reasons
t. II can be supplied with water from wells or els
could not be- aud therefore would onen be- useless
when the little engine would be at work.
% Being small, 1t can De started much quicker than
any large engine, and small stream applied DO the
carly stage Of fire Is of more practical value than
i1ge one after the fire has gained considerable head
way.
s. Half q dozor Of these engines easily moved,
parts Of a small village, one Of them would bee very
near any fire that might occur, ana tho noghbors
could az once make good use Of 70, with without
chemicals and nip the fire In the hud,n 10 could
be got on the ground ready for hrcmen 20 take ia
charge. IN o short time the whole number would DO
Working and their combined efforts would stop a
large fire.
put out small fires, which Is not cummonense, but cx-
plains In part, the not very credtahe fact that soy-
onty-ivo per cent Of the FIRE losses SO called, are
caused by water alone.
One Of these engines, making Of chfuic1s has a
power capable ut eNuuguishug, In a Gw miunfss, q
fire OF fifty tar barrels, thoroughly gnited, which
clearly indicates how far 10 would SO likely 10 e eff
cctiyo 10 the carly stages Of FIRE II s an evident
fact that largo fires might ice prevented by putting
out the small ones and 10 accomplish thatresuit with
almest absolute certainty except in the of uu-
usually comhustihle huldnrl an that would he Te-
Qufcd would he To- have sufficient number ol these
engines distributed m village or town.
PRcr, Complete, with my feet Of Rubber Hose.
four Buckets and one hundred pounds Of Chemicals
delivered IN Boston, $3.50
STILLfAN CHASE. Montpolier,
General Agent for Vermont and Now lIampsi ire.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27

DISCOVERY AND REMEDY

Extract Of Roots and Herbs which almost inyaria.
bly, cure the following complaints
DYSPEPSIA, Heart Burn. LIVER Complaint. and
Loss Of Appetite cured by taking few bottles.
Lastudo, Low Spirits, and Sinking Sensation cured
at once.
ERUPTIQNS Puplcs, Blotehes, and all impurities
Of the blood bursting through the skin or otherwise
cured readily by following the directions on the bot
tie,
For KIDNEY, BLADDER and URINARY derange-
ments Il has no equals ono bottle will convince the
most skeptical.
difficulty iow bottles are sufficient for the most Oh
stinate case
PILES one bottle has cured the most difficult case
when all other remedies failed.
NERVOUS DIFFICULTIES. Neuralgia. Headache.
&C., eased Immediately.
RHEUMATISM, swelled Joints, and ali Scronilar
Affections removed or greatly relieved by this inyal.
liable medicine.
BRONCHITIS, Catarrh, Commissions and Hyster
cs cured or much relieved.
DIFFICULT BREATHING. p in in the Lungs.
Side and Chest almost invariably cured hy taking a
few bottles of tho Quaker Dittors.
FEMALE DIFFICULTIES, so prevalent among
American ladies, yields readily 10 this invaluable
medicine, the Quaker Bittors.
BILIOUS. Remittant and Intermittant Feyers. so
prevalent In many parts of our country cOmulctely
eradieated by the use Of the Quaker Bi,ters.
THE AGED find ia the Quaker Bltters just the ar
tlcle they stand IN need OF IN their declining years
Il quickens the blood and choors the mind and payos
the passage down the plane inclined.
NO ONE can remain long unwol tunless afflicted
With an ncurahlo diseased uiter taking few bottles
Of the Quaker bitters,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-27
cory OF THE OFFICIAL REPORT TO THE SEC.
RErARY OF THE NAVY.
As to the merits Of tho
~ n Il NJ Y ~ AZ II " ~ ~ l.
CHEMICAL ENGINE
o., S. NAVY Yam, NEW YoaK

NAVY YARD May 7th, 1879
Tioe dimiral S. c. Koran, u s. ", Commanding, efe.
SIR In obedience to your order of the goth utimo,
We have made such experiments with the Chemical
Engine brought TO this yard by Mr.. o. c. Gibbs on the
lsl Inst as were convenient and necessary 10 enable
US 20 judge Of rs merits.
We dnd It's efficiency readily recommends II and
gives IL preference over ans thing Of the sort depend
Ing upon the agency OF Carhonic Acid Gas which we
have seen IN use.
rs action israpld and continuous, It's construction
six men are sufficient to keep II IN operation viz
foura the break, one 70 attend the hosopipei and
ono to supply the chemicals.
The use of the chemicals may DO suspended at any
moment, and stll there remains the stream ~ water
in full force, for any length Of time, long the
supply may be Kept up by the simple use Of buckets
Anything more Intensely comhustihle than either
Of the piles on which we experimental could hardly
be contTlvod.
One Of those, uncovered, consisting Of sixty tar
barrels, with light wood shavngs strewed around and
over IT, and the whole bcsprnkod with spirits Of tur-
pentine, were allowed to become thoroughly cnyel-
oped In flames, when by stream, about one quar-
tor of an inch in diameter, it was subdued in one
minute and thirty seconds twas then allowed to re
ignite and to burn urousy four minutes and by the
same stream was completely eNtngulshed In two
minutes.
The other pile Of precisely similar materials aud
construction, was enclosed by ffane house built for
Itwas allowed TO become thorouahlv In n blaze.
throughout, and burning Hereby when three streams
wero put upon Il, two of the size aforementioned,
and another from similar engine but somewhat
larger.
This FIRE was under control 10 three minutes the
use Of chemicals was dispensed with IN six minutes,
aud twas completely eXtingulshed IN fourteen min
utcs.
We are, sir, very respectfully,
Your Ohodient servants,
GEORGE NJ. RANSOM Captain
W. ID. WHITING, Captain,
l. W. HALLluAN lst Asst Engineer.
Approved
S. c. ROWAN, Yee-AdmIal Commanding
n. D.-Thls engiuo is not the "Babcock Extin-