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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-05

ed than the conauerer of battles, the which
draws all men to the feet of the hero who
dare aim at such bountiful benefits re-
gardless of self-"Ercelsa0ri
As the third year drew to close, Mat
thew took advantage of a rainy day to
meet Deacon Rowland in the sitting-room
for the purpose of getting the old gentle
mans advice upon project he had long
had in mind-the purchase or rent of a
neighboring farm. The meeting was
purely incidental, as Matthew had not
dared to decide for himself 1t was short
and to the point-as our hero Immediately
broached the subject by saying:
Deacon, l am desirous of having the
benefits of farm, or so much so as posi-
BILE for my own use. Shall | buy or hire
one?"
What farm have you in view?" asked
Rowland.
"Southold's-fifty acres at one hundred
dollars per acre, or one half for working, "
answered Matthew.
LET it alone" curtly said the Deacon.
"Why so?" asked Matthew
Take mine on halves, and do twice as
well as the whole of that"
Il will take it, and the verbal agree
ment was finished as the parties separated
The first of April-three years from the
time he came there, an idiot in agricul-
tural matters-found Matthew to all intent
the master ruling spirit of the place, com
priSing 12Q acres of as fertile land as could
be found in the country about. Subsoil
ing, draining and skillful feeding the soil
for two years more, enabled him to meet
his friend Harry Thomas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-05
VOLUME XXVI.
Poetry.
LEFT ALONE AT EIGHTY.
BY ALICE ROBBINS

BY ALICE ROBBINS.
WHAT did you say, dear breakfastf
Somehow I've slept too late;
You are very kind. dear Effe,
Go, tell them not to wait.
III dress as quick as ever can,
My old hands tremble sore,
And Polly, who used TO help. dear heart
Lies tother side O. the door.
Put up the old pipe, deary,
couldn't smoke to-day;
I'm sort o daZed and frightened
And don't know what TO say.
It's lonesome in the house here,
And lonesome out o. door
never knew what Lonesome meant.
In all my life, before
The bees go humming, the whole day long,
AND the first June rose has blown,
ANA am eighty. dear Lord, to-day,
Too old TO be left aIonei
q. heart of lovel so still and cold,
precious lips so white
For the first sad hours in sixty years,
You were out Of my reach, last night.
You've cut the flower You're very kind
She rooted it, last May.
1t was only slip; pulled the rose,
And threw the stem away;
But she, sweet thrifty soul. bent down.
And planted il where she stood;
Dear; maybe the flowers are living she said,
Asleep III this DIT Of wood
/ can't rest, deary-I cannot rest;
Let the old man have his will,
And wander from porch to garden post
The house Il so deathly still;
Wander. and long for sight Of the gate
She has left ajar for ne
Nc had got so used TO each other, dear,
So used TO each other you see.
Sixty years and so wise and good
She made me better man,
From the moment | kissed her fair vnrEr face
And our lovers life began
And seven fine boys she has given me,
And out OF the seven. not one
But the nobles father in all the land
Would be proud to call his SON
O. wen, dear Lord, I'll be patient,
But feel sore broken up;
At eighty years it's awesome thing
TO drain such bitter cup.
know there's Joseph and John and Hal,
And four good men beside.
But hundred sons couldn't be TO me
Like the woman made my bride.
Ny little Polly-so bright and fair!
So winsome and good and sweet!
She had roses twined in her sunny hair,
White shoes on her dainty feet:
And held her hand-was il yesterday
That we stood up TO be wed?
And-No, | remember, I'm eighty today
And my dear wife, Polly is deadl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-05

DURING the earlier visits of the royal
family to Balmoral, Prince Albert, dressed
in very simple manner, was crossing
one of the Scotch lakes in a steamer, and
was curious to note everything relating to
the management of the vessel, and among
other things, the cooking. Approaching
the galley" where brawny Highlander
was attending to the culinary matters, he
was attracted by the savory odors of a
compound known by the Scotchmen as
hodge -podge," which the Highlander was
preparing.
What is that?" asked the Prince, who
was not known to the cook.
Hodge -podge, SIR was the reply.
How is it made?" was the next Ques-
ton.
why, there's mutton intil't and turnips
intift, and
''Yes, yes" said the Prince, who had
not learned that "intilt' means Into it."
expressed by the contraction 'intil't,n "but
what is intil't?''
"Why there's mutton intil't, and turnips
intil't, and carrots intil't. and"
"1es, see; but what is intilt?"
The man looked at him. and seeing that
the Prince was serious, replied;
There's mutton intilt, and turnips in
tilt and
Yes, certainly, know" urged the in
quirer; ''but what is intilt-intit?"
"Ye daft gowk!" yelled the Highlander,
brandishing his big spoon, lam | na tell
in you what's intilt? There's mutton
intil't, and"
Here the interview was brought to
close by one of the Princes suite, who
was fortunately passing, who stepped in
30 ,--I IL
raped over the head with big spoon, in
his search for information from the cook
MEN are what Women make Them"
is the singular title Of new book. 1t may
be true, but we have seen some dreadfully
poor specimens of the manufactured arti-
Gle, which fact reflects either upon the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-05

Which shows my own earthly possessions
to be two thousand two hundred and
eighty-seven dollars, with a few small
items of liabilities | have not enumerated,
but which are overcome by bills due not
counted in this statement. | can safely
say | have in my own right over two
thousand"
"Then the little difference in results
thus far appears to be on your side; but if
we consider that my property is secure
from all liability, while yours is encum-
bered by entangling alliances that may at
any time cause you trouble, if not loss,
| must claim that my exemption from
debt weighs heavily in my favor" replied
Matthew.
After many interchanges Of personal
experience, and planning for the future,
the two friends separated.
Thomas pored over his ledger few
years, when failing health caused by too
close confinement and debilitating habits,
forced him to retire upon capital of six
thousand dollars-sufficient if judiciously
handled, to enable him to eat without the
sweat of his brow.
Bernard returned to his plow, and by
hard labor and careful expenditure, in less
than five years more he was able to, and
did, purchase Deacon Howiand's farm
free from encumbrance and well stocked
receiving as free gift Bertha Rowland,
who made him, as he was wont to say,
feel richer than all his acres could. )"
StudiOus TO a degree, he added fertility to
his original and later purchased acres, un-
til now, in the full strength of manhood
he is counted as the wealthiest man in
town-all brought about by Hammering it
Through.-Rural Nelo YORKER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-05
PART IV.-BAI.ANCE SHEET.

Give years up today, Harry, and bal
ance sheets ready, eh?'' was the salutation
of Matthew Bernard, as he walked into
the establishment of Harry Thomas.
"Halloa, Mat!-that you? You are
punctual, but l am ready" replied
Thomas, as the two friends shook hands
Business first, pleasure next, is my
MOTTO" answered Matthew, drawing a
chair beside his friend. This is my bal
ance, and it reads as follows:
12 months service at S15. 5................S 1S0 90
"a " - Observation-Disclosures. 800 90
;. receipts for working farm two years.. 1850 90
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S2,032 20

''Thus you see my net profits for my
five years services amount to two thou
sand, thirty 1.-TWO dollars and twenty cents
every cent of which l have in cash to
substantiate my statement. Were | to go
over the same field again. with the knowl-
edge l have, l could have shown much
better. Now for yours" called Matthew,
contemplatively.
my account it somewhat lengthy, but
for simplicity have bulked it down, and
will say that the savings | made while at
Bnnings amounted to nine hundred dol
lars, which is now merged in my stock.
The account stands as follows:
Stock hands and bills due .............S $3.50 90
Cash - - Observation-Disclosures. 307 90
Total assets. ets..-..-........-......S4.9 .9S7 90
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-06

is the faircst he ever saw, without
any exception-he meant the baby
i got twenty-five dollars to boot,
not on the baby though, for in its
case the boot is on the other foot
and two or three sizes larger as near
as | can find out. ! am going to
harness the horse now, and go after
mother, she was born last night at
twenty minutes past ninc-I hope
you don't think | mean mother or
the horse, l mean the baby. She is
as hearty as q pig; eat an egg, a
biscuit, and drank three cups of tea
! mean Addie-she is getting
along nicely and if she don't have
any bad luck she will get along first
rate. She is subject to disorders Of
the stomach and they say that is q
sign of colie-I mean the baby-1
hope it is, for the nurse says colicy
babys never die. She talks about
her nose as she takes snuff mean
the nurse. I am going to name it
Edicma-I mean the baby. There,
Ive been reading this over and see
plainly that l amt fit to write. The
amount of it is, l am illustrated; |
am happy daddy, and that accounts
for it, so you must excuse me this
time.-R,uW Neac Yorker.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-06
A Happy Daddy.

We are not obliged to tell how
the following funny letter fell into
our hands the reader has to do is
to read it and langh att. We CON
graduate the new made pa-rl-ent,
and hope he will get over his con
fusion of ideas shortly, so rs to be
able to tell his baby from his horse:
DEAR SISTER EMMA:-I now take
my seat and sit down to take this
opportunity, to inform you thal am
daddy at last;Ythat is, suppose
| suppose l am, for Addie has got
nice, fat baby as ever made up
faces. We hope that these few lines
may find you enjoying the same
great blessing. Now this is to be
strictly business letter. Firstly,
as l said before, Addie has got a
nice baby. Nextly, have swopped
away old John and think I have got
pretty nice horse, it is girl
and weighs niEe pounds-1 mean the
baby-it is just as fat as butter, and
has a good strong PAIR OF lungs
She is rcd and has a bobtail-tho
horse l mean-and a white stripe
in her face, and is a good driver;
she has got blue eyes and dimple
in her chin-I mean the baby-and
just the prettiest mouth that ev-
or opened to receive pop; judging
from her teeth l should think she
was about six years old mean the
horse now-she is sound, smooth.
kind-I mean the horse or baby
either now-and the doctor says she
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-06
Trouble with the Post al Cards.

From the Springfield Mass, Republican.
The alacrity with which the
American mind soizes upon the
postal cards, wherever they have
penetrated, as cheap and safe
method Of rending the peace Of
happy families, shows that there is
fun and misery ahead. There was
a young man of Utica, nice young
fellow, just home from college for a
little vacation; his father destined
him for the ministry. Well, pos
tai card came to him, the other day,
on which was bill for wine, gin,
and cigars. The father got hold OF
it, of course, and how much stock
does he take in his sons piety now?
A Philadelphia gentleman, of
known probity and correct bust
ness habits, was pleasantly inform
ed, the other day, by postal card,
that: "Unless that small bill Tor
washing was settled, Mrs. Mulloney
would bring suit before an alder
man. OOI luali, ~ WV iAiHA w UAS
heart, for his clerks saw it, and he
feels like sheep thief. Another
Philadelphia man received this sug-
gestive epistle:
DEAR GUs:-I will be on hand at 6
PM. Put bottle of RGdercr on
ice. Yours, j. L. V.
"Gus'' is church deacon, man
of stainless reputation, and an ex-
emplary Christian; he doesn't know
"Rederer" from fuscl oil. But the
postoffice clerks, the carrier, and
his family saw that card, and it is a
thorn in his side that they think he
is accustomed to drink iced 'R@der-
err with 81. Il. "" And a man is
SO helpless, too. He may get a
bushel of cards every day, each one
containing a villainous libel, but he
has no redress. A population that
will stand this sort of thing is a
good property just now.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-06
20 Catch a Canary.

Alter the Danburlan.
At this season Of the year, when
it behoovcs us to scrub and re-gray-
ell our bird cages, it's more than
likely that your canary will get out
In such case prompt and decisive
action is required. 1t is useless for
the whole family to collect and
shout at the canary and make des-
perate attempts to watt pocket-hard-
kerchiefs over him. Life is too
short to be wasted in this way.
And maddened efforts to clap hats
over him generally amount to very
little, especially when he is up a
tree.
And just here we may remark that
there are few methods of taking
exercise that may be relied upon to
hold ont like that Of following a
loose canary around village,
reaching out at arms length towards
him good-sized bird-cage, and en-
deavoring by series ofmonotonous
and irrelevant chirps to make him
believe he wants to go in.
Sugar and cuttlc-fish bone, as en-
gines of seduction, are not to be de-
pended upon. The-average coaxation
into cages by sugar Of the ordinary
canary Of North America is IN the
proportion Of q wheelbarrowful of
the one to = feather of the other.
We will state in this connection
that man with new shoes on, and
a big cage in one hand, can furnish
an interesting spectacle to over forty
bystanders by simply climbing a
tree to offer wiry Establishments to
an enfranchised canary.
The real way to catch loose can
airy, and the only way which can be
warranted for term of years, is to
collect all your friends and family
and post them around the tree OF
fence where the canary is at bay.
Let them all furnish themselves
with plenty of bits kindling wood,
sods of grass, Jumps of dirt, hunks
of bricks, curry-combs, booUacks.
porter bottles, and other handy mis-
siles, and let them fire away boldly
at the canary. fthe bird cowardly
turns tail and flies off, let everybody
follow and slam-bang at him with
thier utmost vigor. twill be hard
to confne this entertainment to youi
immediate circle. No boy whose
heart is in the right place and who
has any legs will refrain from the
pursuit, and there are men who
would leave dentists char tc
mngle in the fray. There are
cases, too, where funeral would
hang by thread, as it were, in the
vicinity of a canary-hunt. Even
from the windows of upper rooms
where sickness or dishabille may
detain unfortunate enthusiasts, there
viii come, ever and anon, q frantic
wash bowl ora whizzing lamp-chim
ney to testify the universally OF The
public interest. Of course, in this
rapid free distribution of fire-wooo
and paving material, it will not be
long before several ofyour relations
will wish they had brought tin um
brella along. But considerations o
mere personal comfort must not b'
allowed to interfere If you keel
this thing up long enough, and yo'
all fire pretty straight, you'll b'
sure to get your canary. And thel
you can have him stuffed. Beauti
i'ul glass eyes can be had for twent..
cents pair; but you had better bu,
your glass eyes by the dozen, for o
course you'll soon be getting anoth
er canary, so as not to waste IN
coon -SrriLuer'S for ,Juae.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-06
THE WHITE FLAG.

In OX1OrQ, Eng IdsL May. tnClo was ~"
perplexlty and surmising among the inhabitan
regarding the appearance of a white flag, hoatll
from staff on the top of the jail. 1t appeare
that the flag was hoisted by the governor OF u
prison, to denote the extraordinary fact tnat, Il
the first time in many years. he had no prisone
under his charge. According to a ilme-hohort
custom the prison doors were thrown open, al
all persons were allowed to pass in and out Il
cordng to fancy.-LOadon Daily Neps.
Upon the cold gray prison walls
The yellow sunshine lies;
Up to the cold gray prison walls
Men lift their wondering eyes.
For there against the English heavens
OfsOftly cloudcd blue,
Borne by the spring winds gallantly,
banner floats in view.
And men breathe freer as they gaze,
And women shed glad tears,
And little children toss their hands
With shri'' si,, GlamOrOuS cheers.
The be- I'D bars are all flung back,
IL ascp rs lounge and sleep,
Will. through the gates and empty cells
Great tides Of people sweep.
o, generous hearts, blind eyes, look forth!
To-day fiings wide und free
colder, darker prison door,
Yet no man turns to see!
This very day on English hills,
Ger English rocks and crags,
Futter unnoticcd in the wind
million snowwhite flags.
Hung out along the verdant slopes
They wave in hush ofnoon,
The Iris's proud gonfalOn,
Herald of coming Juue.
The clustered pcnnons of the rose.
Which float in stainless calm:'
The brier's long budding streamcrs.
The lily's orifamme;
The wait of tender lilac blooms,
Rined by humming thieves:
The beckon shy of violets
Couched in their hiding leaves;
The waving arms of Clematis,
Poised on its airy seats,
The shining signal lamps which light
The disks of Marguerites:
While in the deeper valleys
Where soft, warm brcezes play,
A myriad tiny semaphores
Flutter and dance all day.
But few men guess for what sweet sign,
Thus flung against the sky,
From top of Natures Businesses
The nOwery banners fly.
Few hear the fragrant speech, which tells
Ofliberty like air,
OF a thousand prison cells thrown wide,
For lack OF prisoners there;
OF q grim and sleeping warden
Whose hand grasps fetters still;
OF open doors, where a great tide
OF merry folk at will
Sweep in and out, and spurn the bars
Which once their strength deled,
And spurn the jailer where he lies
His frosty chains beside.
oh, lily, faunt your hammered SHOWS,
Wave, roses! never cease!
All beautiful upon the hills.
Sweet publishers peace!
Wave till the dull eyes laugh with glcc,
The heavy hearts all sing,
And the wide world with rapture halls
The liberator, Spring.
G.. iI,ln, fDa INN
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-06-06
THE GREAT RED RIVER RAFT.
Operations for its Removal by Lieut..
e. A. Woodruff.

From the Shreveport Qa.) Times.
THE RED RIVER PROPER
rises between latitude "a and 35 de-
grecs north and between 100 and
Io1 degrees of longitude west from
Washington. Some Of the tributa-
ries on the north side take their
rise as high as a5 degrees north lat
isudc. its general course is from
west to east and southeast until it
reaches Fulton, Arkansas, when it
takes southerly course to Shreve-
port, and then southeast course to
it's mouth, when it empties into the
Mississippi river about two hnn-
dred miles above New Orleans, by
the course of the river. 1t drains
very large area of country, probably
the richest for agricultural purposes
in the world. A glance at the map
will show that it is the dividing line
between the State of Texas on the
north, and the Indian Territory un-
til it reaches the State of Arkansas,
then passing through portions Of
that State and Louisiana. Nearly
it's entire course is confined to the
cotton-growing belt, and, as we said
before, the fertility Of the soil
drained by this river is unsurpassed
by any on the Globe. There has
never been any actual survey made
Of this river, but its estimated
length is 1000 miles. In many re-
spects it differs from any other river
we know of. In the first place it is
considerably wider at it's head than
at it's mouth. Capt. Marcy, in his
report to the War Department,
makes it's width "six miles from it's
source, where it issues from the
Llano Estacado, 2,7oo feet; just be-
low the mouth of the North Fork,
1000 feet; and fifty miles below,
2,1OO feet" At the mouth it is 1900
feet, at Alexandria 100 feet, and at
mouth of Black River 7s5 feet. The
narrowest part of the river is just
above the mouth Of Twelve Mile
Bayou, where it is not much over
100 feet. From the mouth of Twelve
Mile Bayou to Carolina Bluffs the
width varies from 100 to 200 feet.
Above that point to Dooley's Bayou
the bed of the river increases in
width, and above the latter point it
expands out to 400 or 500 feet, and
gradually increases the higher we
90. Where the steamer Aid now is
it is probably GOO feet from bank to
bank.
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w. H. BARTON,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Attorney at Law,
81 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, 3O-y1.
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n w RRuCK ART.

A TrORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW Inde
N pendence, Iowa. Office i'll WILCOX New
Block over Tabors Drug Store.
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w. q. q J.B. DONNAN,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Independence, Iowa
n Office with W. II. Joslin, in WILCOX BLOCK
Consultations in Euglish and German. 19-y1
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r, e. HASNER,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public and Land
~ Agent Office in G. w Taylor's new build
ing, opposite the Post Office, independence,
Iowa.
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Business Cards
Atiprueus.
D. S, LEE,

D. 5. LEE,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, and
N Justice OF the Peace. Office, south side oil
Main St, over King & Kenyon's hardware store,
Independence. Will lmake collections, pay taxes,
take Acknowledgements. buy and sell Real Estate,
and do all other business required of an Agent
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L. w. HART,

AW CONVEYANCING, WAR CLAIM, AND
land Agency Office Office in First Nation
Al Bank i building, Independence, Iowa
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OUTLETS.

Another of it's pcculiarities is its
outlets, 500 and 600 miles above the
mouth, which accounts for its
shrinking propensities, or the mar
row parts of the river. Some Of
these outlets convey off more water
than the main river. For instance,
Red and Dooley's Bayou, above
Shreveport, carry off more water
than the main river, and are the
prime causes Of the narrow river
between Dooley's Bayou and the
mouth of Twelve Mile Bayou, where
the water again returns to the main
river. Tones Bayou stands affected
in the same way to the narrow river
below Shreveport. There are also
other outlets between Loggy Bayou
in Louisiana, and Spring Bank, Ar
kansas, but none Of them affect the
river to the extent of those men,
toned. Another one OF its features,
and the most remarkable, is
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M. WEART,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public and
n Claim Agent Office in Wilcoxs New Block
mn stairs independence, Iowa. 71y]
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T. s. WOODWARD,
u. ID. HOLDRIDGE,

A TTORNEY AT LAW and General Land Agent
N Independence, Iowa. Office in WILCOX BIN
Particular attention paid to Collections, and he-
mittances promptly made,
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Paper barrels are the latest.
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LAKE & HARMON,

A TTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Agent.
n Office over King and kenyons Hardware
Store Main St., Independence, Iowa. 33-tf1