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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

enemy off, could not dislodge him:
and finally gave up the fight, laying
himself down on his belly in Il sub
missive attitude.
The rat was set at liberty, and Civ
en- the run of all the drugs and med
icines, while the poor alligator was
doomed to disgrace and ridiculc.
His master no longer feels proud OF
his rough pet, and offers to go in
bathing among Il thousand full
grown crocodiles, without the least
DANCER.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
A Railroad Scene.

"Burleigh" writes from Washing
ton to the Boston Jom,aal:: An
amusing incident occurred the other
day on one of the trains from Bos-
ton to this city. The cars were very
crowded. An elcgantly.lrcssed wo-
man occupied an entire seat. Her
bundles, bandbox and bag were piled
artistically. She was oblivions to
the fact that passengers were rushing
back and forth To- obtaif sittinKs,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

The T., ,idity with which the Min.
ncsota grasshoppers do their work ot
destruction is showed by an account
in the Minneapolis Tridn"e of t'eil
ravages on a single farm. In tw,
hours they had devastate the whole
crop, consisting OF forty-cight acres
of wheat that was out III ear, and
would have yielded twenty-five bush
els to the acre, corn, oats, potatoes
everything. Not even grass and the
leaves of trees were lett.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
Naturally Indignant.

A writer in the Portsmouth, (N.
H. Ghronicle says: ALLOW me 10
express my disgust ut the new issues
Of the ten-cent and twenty-tiye-cent
sc,.ip, and the errors into which All
honest man may be inveigled BY
their close resemblance in size and
appearance 10 the new iitfy-cent scSil'.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

READING PIcKwicK TO HAYMAK-
ERs.-I remember month or two of
summer spent at farmhouse in
Vermont where Dickens ''Pickwick
Papers were read aloud at the dim
ncr-table. 1t was i'll ''haying," too,
so that | know these things can be
done in tarm-houses at any time and
nobody come to grief The reading
began when the table was being
cleared for dessert, and continued
for an hour or so remember we'll
the enthusiastic laughter with which
Mr.. PickWick'> ridiculous adventures,
and sam N.,iIer's drollefies were
greeted. do not believe that mimi
table book was ever more thoroughly
appreciated or enjoTel. had tried
to read the work once myself, AMI
found il 50 stupid that ! laid it aside;
but in this sympathetic audience,
with capital reader, who entered
spiritctlIy into all the scenes, the
whole thing caine to me in new
light remember that atter-dinncr
hour now rs the pleasantest and most
social part OF Il very pleasant sum
mer. and | do not til TX that any one
of the circle regrets that he had that
restfnl chat with Dickens. that gem
al laughing time with his friends,
instead of another hour each day in
the hav-ficld.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
A Cool Fisherman.

Il met the other day" writes for<
eign sportsman, "with an English
man who travels some hundreds of
miles every wear to indulge in his fa1
voritc sport Of trout fishing. | be-
lievc, provided his f.voritc stream
was mdisturbed, this enthusiastic
fisherman would be but little con-
ccrned if the whole world was sub
merged in secoud deluee, as may
be judged by the fol owing asiecdote:
One day he was exploring the banks
of his favorite stream accompanied
by the landlord Of the inn at which
he was stopping. The latter happen
lng to come too close just at the mo-
ment when his guest was throwing
his fly, the hook caught the poor
wretch's eyelid, causing him intense
pam. The sportsman coolly took
out the hook, re-adjusted the fly, and,
as the inn-kecper continued howlirg
at the top Of his voice, You car
said he, in whisper, put your e.. e
down in Your bil', but I'll trout
You to stop that noise, so as not to
tii@htcn my fish.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND REAL ESTATE
n Agent. Office over Rhodes saloon Main St.
Independence Iowa. 33-tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
L. w. HART,
JAMES M. WEART,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW. NOTARY PUBLIC AND
"A Claim Agent Office in Clarkes building. up
stairs west side.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14

W,G.&J.B. DONNAN.
r AW CONVEYANCING. WAR CLAIM, AND
II Land Agency Office. Office in First National
Rank building. Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-08-14
COY c1e "EBSTEF
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES and PROVISIONS

INDEPENDENCE, : IOWA.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE paid for all kinds of
Country Produce.
sx a wagon always in attendance to Deliver
Goods. Free of Charge.
lndependenCe June 1856 51-tf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

A WANTED FIRST OLA LADIES FOR OUR
~. suits, underwear, lace AMI 'ancv goods depart
ments good salary 10 those aying ti experiencr.
SrEkS BROS, 3oI 9th av
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

OFT PACIFIC r.. BROOKLYN, SECOND FLOOR
leI pcctabe girl seek a home in a respectable
milily as eleIr seaInstress; IS whiting help With
my otner mort; can "ait Oh young or oil ladies or
:cun ~; bes. city re.crence Uaii address Tor Two
la
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

A n AGREtABLL YOUNG LADY HAVING THE DIS
~ posai OF her time and movements, amanuer 81.
ana companion. Address EDWARD. box lo3 herald Of
fee
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

A -wANTED, TRIAMSR FOR THB FALL SEASON
"A. one acc tlstomQl 10 the best city wOrx; capable
person can obtain long engagement an goou snin y
Address MILLINERY. hvraAl Brooslvn Branch office.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

kOO HUDSON STA RESPECTABLE WOMAN As
DCc dressmaker an seaustress in respectable
amiiy; would MAKE herse generally ul and
Vi housekeeping ecti0n 10 the country; cry rel
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

AN IHrELiTG Mt MAN on Roy WANTED-TO
N take charge OF an ottawa lccr fountain; no pre-.
vious know cage OF the business necessary; deposit oil
$l5J required. Address TEMPERANCE, Herald office.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14
HELP WANTED-FEMALEs.

A WANT d, FIRST GLASS OPERATORS On
"A. wheeler Wis MA TO work on ladies' suits; alst
first nshers; poul wages and s,eaay cni Ioye NJ
70 gOOa hands. n0ne .. hers y. ed apply.
sTSnNa 1 uElLBMUN, al Canal st
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

COLORlD MAN WOULD LIK; A SITUATION
n Janltor or messenger or In any capacity whcr
he coul O honest living: .erence gwen Ca
On or adj r. 81 W. g., % Lewis st.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14
YORK HERALD SUNDAY JUNE -QUADRUPLE SHEET
HELP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

AN OPERATOR WANTFD-ON TUE DOMESTIC
n sewing machine who make automobiles
prefer-.d Also drcssmakers wsnsed. LIES broadway,
perr 18th st.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-14

DO EAST 3,Sr TIA GOOD DIRE SNEAKER Will
OlO SO 10 ladies' by the day. terms SO. Apply Tor
Wo days. Mrs. X NAN.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12
A WOman's Wills and WOn'ts.

THE two leading features in Il woman's
karacter are her uiis" and her g ,oonts"
When she makes up her mind she will
do Il thing, yu mite az well undertake to
dam Niagara Falls with sawdust az to
stop her, and when she aoont she IL az
balky az six mule team that wont
bulge bit.
When a woman makes up her mind
that she will hav 80 dollar bonnet, i
would just like to see the husband who
could head her off. l wouldn't give him
Il cent yard for his peace ov mind until
she gifts the bonnet.
| admire this trait in the wimmin
folks; it shows they mean bizness and
kant be phooled with.
If it want for this live coal in their
natures they would be burnt to ashes in
this overbcaring world in less than six
weeks
The wills" and the "wonts" are ust
what men admire in their wives after all
and ii IL just what makes the world pay
them so mulch Difference.
hav sed-but i don't kno whether it
IL a falshood or not-that wimmin are
controlled hi their wills, and men hi
their opinyuns.
In conclusion, / say to all women
dear girls, hang on titc to yure wills
and yuTc "wontS." Iurc own good
sense will teach you to cover them with
velvet and wreath them in flowers; but
don't yu ever swop them oph for emmy
thing else, however fiattering Il trade yu
are offered Josh Billings, in ". y.
Weekly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12
CANTON MISS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

share of work directed toward him was
Il little healthier than he would have de-
Herald.
l LIKE the English habit of naming
their houses; it shows the Importance
they attach to their homes. All about
the suburbs of London and in the out
lying villages | noticed nearly every
house and cottage had some appropriate
designation, as Terrace House, Oak-tree
House, Ivy Cottage, OF some villa, etc,
usually cut into the stone gate-post, and
this name is put on the address of the
letters. How much better 10 be known
by your name than by your number? |
believe the same custom prevails in the
country, and is common to the middle
classes as well as to the aristocracy. 1t
is good feature. A house or farm
with an appropriate name, which every
body recognizes, must have an added
value and importance.-JohnB Burroughs,
IN .ScriJner's for September.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12
Social FallacieS.

WE commit the still greater error of
plunging into ice water every morning,
then scrub all the skin off with Il horse
hair brush or "A coarse board towel; sit
down to breakfast of oatmeal sawdust
dine Oft tablespoonful of wheat and
two berries, and make supper on cat
nip tea, then be put through IA Russian
bath of 800 degrees; sleep under an open
window when the thermometer is at zero
wear long hair; dress the women in pam
falcons; make all our property over to
them, then sit down in the kitchen cor
ner and nurse the baby, and when it is
asleep wash up the tea things and go to
bed at nine o'clock to be "out of the
way" What will become of us men?
Surely we have fallen on evil times. A
better and trucr mode of life is to have
plenty of everything that is good to eat
and drink, which imparts nourishment
and strength, and as much of it as you
want. The idea of getting up from the
table hungry is unnatural and absurd and
hurtful, quite as much so as getting up
in the morning before your sleep is out,
on the mischicvous principle that ''early
to rise makes man healthy, wealthy
and wise
Early rising, in civilized society, al
ways tends to shorten life. Early rising
of itself never did any good. Many a
farmers boy has been made an invalid
for life by being made to get up at day
light, before his sleep was out. Many Il
young girl has been stunted in body and
mind and constitution by being made to
get up before the system has had its full
rest All who are growing, all who work
hard, and all weakly persons should not
get up until they feel as if they
would be more comfortable to get up
than to remain in bed; that is the only
true measure of sutficiency of rest and
sleep. Any one who gets up in the morn
ing feeling rs ifhe would give anything
in the world" to remain in bed while
longer does violence to his own nature,
and will always suffer from it-not i'm
mediately, it may be, but certainly in
later years, by the cumulative i'll effects
of the most unwise practice. In any
given case the person who gets up in the
morning before he is fully rested will
lack just that much of the energy requi-
site for the pursuit.
AS a people, we do not get enough
sleep, we do not get enough rest, we will
not take time for these things; hence our
nervousness, our instability, our hasty
temper, and the premature giving out of
the stamina of life. Half of us are old
at thrce-score, the very time man
ought to be in his mental moral and
physical prime. Half of our wives, es-
pccially in the farming districts, die long
before their time, because they do not
get rest and sleep proportional to their
labor. Nine times out of ten it would be
better for all parties if the farmer should
get up and light the fires and prepare
breakfast for his wife, she coming di
rcctly from her toilet to the breakfast
table, because it almost always happens
that she has to remain up to set things
right long after the husband has gone to
bed, when really he has nothing to do
after supper but to 90 to bed. This is a
monstrously cruel imposition on wives
and mothers.-HaWs JoufndL Of Health.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12

FALL bonnets are large, with faring
fronts, not coronets, but with the front
of the bonnet turned upward and out
ward. There are both still and soft
crowns in these combinations of velvet
and gros- grain. The new shapes come
sufficiently far forward and extend back
ward, being made with reference to the
new low couture that has very little on
top of the head and Il long loose loop be
hind, called the Catogan loop, tied up be-
hind in the way horses tails are often
seen, There is still much face trimming
in the way of ruchcs of tullc or lisse and
twists of ribbon. Outside trimmings are
massed in the front and down the middle
of the crown. Partisan ladies wear com
pact bonnets without any drapery, but
some imported bonnets have ribbon
streamers behind and wide strings
of silk. More colorcd bonnets are
brought out than usual, as the white chip
bonnets of summer will be abandoned
early in September, and ladies will want
a colorcd hat before putting ON the black
velvet of midwintcr. The refined choice
lies among such colors as seal-skin brown
with reddish cast, dark steel dark gray,
and marine blue. Experienced millincrs
have little faith in any new shades this
season.
Flowers are massed in clusters in the
front, and have branches passing down
the middle of the crown. Roses prevail,
as they always do. The dark red Japan
csc rose, with its ilutcd petals, is the nov
city; there are also many pale pink roses
and dark crimson ones, though but very
few tea-roses. Those colorcd japanese
leaves which florists now cultivate in odd
gray shades, and dark reddish maroon
tints, are the fashionable wreaths and
half-wrcathS for face trimming.
Birds, above everything else, are used
on stylish Partisan hats. The whole bird,
with even its feet perfect, is perched on
the side of the hat, or appears To he
flying down its front. Black birds, with
red tipped wings and red breast, are evil
IDENTIFY most popular. The taNidcrmist's
aid has been called in to designate the
startling, the lophophore, and the maroon
tanager which are found among fash
ionable millinery. There are also many
humming- birds; some with sapphire,
some with emerald, and others with
topaz throats. Two tiny hummers,"
with their long bills and spread wings,
nestle in the diadcm wreaths of gray
leaves Sometimes half a dozen sharp,
slender wings are stuck IN Il single
wreath.-Hdtp,y's Bdzar.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12

You can hardly imagine how it could
take Il lifetime, but that's because you
haven't seen the books.
In those days, you must know-if you
don't alrcady-many a man was Il knight,
prowling around the world in search of
adventures, or II monk, dreaming his life
away in "A monastery.
Books are rare and precious, and it
was the favorite employment and only
delight of these learned refuses Chat
means only shut-up rise nten) to copy and
ornament books.
To their loving labor we owe rare
treasures of books that | hope you'll see
some day when you'll travel about the
world.
They had no type, as I said, so every
letter had to be printed with pen. The
capital letters at the beginning of chap
tiers and paragraphs were beautifully
painted in colors and Gilt, and all through
were scattered lovely little paintings in
stead of the cngravings we have in our
books.
No wonder it took a man a lifetime to
make one, and no wonder, when done, it
sold for a small fortunc.-Harper's Bazdr.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12

was forced to let the mare go, and then
he made his way back to the poolstand,
where he presented his ticket and de-
manded the return-Of his 5000.
1t is needless to say that n number
stood ready to take the ticket off his
hands, and having received his 5000
back Mr. Rodman took his departure.
He would not stay to witness the trot
even, but left ut once, thoroughly dis
gusted and stigmatizing the entire crowd
as lot of swindlers. He made his way
home safely, related his story to his
ncighbors in tones of deep Indignation,
and to this day imagines that he bought
Goldsmith Maid for 5000, and that he was
unjustly swindlcd out of his bargain
Eruacis s. Smith, IN ". Y. Weekly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12

AMONG the guests AT one of our well
known summer resorts is Il wealthy bach
clor, whose bank account is much better
than his photography. a partyo guests
were PLAYING II game where II ball made
of Il handkerchief is thrown from one to
the other with the salutation of " Here
comes ship laden With; each sue
cessive receiver being obliged to name n
commodity for cargo beginning with the
letters of the alphabet in turn. When
the kerchief alighted III the letter X in the
bachelors lap he shouted krockcryN'
which excited "A smile, and the game
hastily proceeded when it was found
that the word was given in good faith
and not as joke. The ROBUSTNESS of a
young lady, however, caused the flying
messenger to alight in his lap the second
time at the letter :. whcreat the receiver
shouted "Sinnamon'" so triumphanily
that somehow or other there was 80
much laughing that il was thought best
to try another C0mmerctM BUl-
ietiB.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12

One of the students at Davidson Col
lege, who was too lazy to do anything
right, was in the habit of cleaning out
his lamp chimney by running his finger
down it as far as he could and twisting
it around. After he had cleaned il out
in this partial manner one day not long
ago, "A fellow student took it up and car
ried it to the residence of one of the pro
fessors, with the inquiry: Why is 1t
that this chimney is smoked Just up to
this point and no farther" The learned
gentleman entered into AN elaborate sci
entific explanation of why it was, argu-
ing with great lucidncss and citing va
rlous authorities to show the correctness
of his reasoning When he had finished
the student said 10 him. No, sir, You
are wrong" Why il it, them" in
quired the professor. Because the fell
| lows finger wasn't long enough to reach
| any farther" replied the student.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12
Selected sWiseella,,y.
SONG OF THE FLAIL.

IN the autumn, when the hollows
All are filled with flying leaves,
And the colonies of swallows
Quit the quantity -stuccoed caves,
And n silver mantle glistcns
Over all the misty vale.
Sits the little wife and listens
To the beating of The fail,
To the pounding of the fail
BY her cradle sits and listens
To the Tapping of the fail
The bright summer DAYS are over
And her eye no longer
The red bloom upon the clover,
The deep green upon the trees:
flushed the songs of finch and robin,
With the whistle of the quail;
But she hears the mellow throbbing
of the thunder of the fail.
The low thunder of the fail
Through the amber air the throbbinS
And rcycrberating fail.
In the barn the stout young thresher
Shopping stands with roliedup sleeves,
Beating out his golden treasure
From the ripped and rustling sheaves:
Oh, WIS ever knight in armor-
Warrior all in shining mail
Half 50 handsome a. her farmer
As he plies the living fsil.
As he wiclds the flashing fails
The bare-throatcd. brown young farmer,
As he swings the sounding fail:
All the hopes that saw the sowing,
All the sweet desire OF gain
All the joy that watched the growing
And the following of the grain,
Aud the love that went to WOO her.
And the faith that shall not fail
All are speaking softly to her
In the pulses of the fail,
Of the palpIrating fail
Past and Future whisper TO her
In the music of the hail.
In its crib their babe is sleeping.
And the sunshine from the door
All the afternoon Is crecpin.
Slowly round upon the hoor:
And the shadows soon will dsrken.
And the daylight soon must pale.
When the wife no more shall hcarkeu
To the trampiu- o. the fail
To the dancing OF the fail
When her heart no more shall hcarken
To the football of the fail
And the babe .hall grow and strengthen.
BE maiden. be a wife.
While the moving shadows lcn-thcn
Round the dial of their life:
Theirs the trrst of friend and neighbor.
And an age serene and hale.
When machines shall do the labor
OF the strong arm and the fail.
OF the stout heart and the fail
Great machines perform the labor
Ofthe good, old-fashioncd fail.
But when. blessed amonewomcn,
And when, honored among men.
They look round them. can the brimming
of their utmost wishes then
Give them happiness complete?
And can ease and wealth avail
To make any music swceter
Than the pounding of the fail.
Oh the sounding of the fail.
Never music can be swceter
Than the beating of the haili
u +. Tro,c1ridge. in Hdrpers Magazine
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12
NO.. 81.
Om Roys and Girk.
TIT, TAT, TOE.

RoGUIsH little heads together,
Bending DER the slate;
They are making, one by one,
Till the merry game il done,
Striving to keep straight,
Saughts and crosses: this You know
Is tit, tat, toe.
Little fellow speaking wisely,
Tells the other there,
: If the game you want to win.
Mark right when Won first begin,
This your only care:
Then all right you'll surely 70
In tit, tat, toe.
They were playing by the fircsidc
All the evening long:
And thought of life's slate, then,
Where we mark. as boys and men,
Our path, right or wrong.
Mark right. straight thro life we'll go
And tit. tat, toe
George cooper. in Little corporal
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12

Americans are a reading people, as
the following statistics Will show; With
in period of thirty days there were sent
through the PoStofliCc 2S 2o6 books from
New York, 1,3SS from Philadelphia,
9,5S2 from Boston and 1,S95 from Chica-
go, not to mention smaller numbers from
other cities. During the same period OF
time also $40, $50 transient newspapers
were sent from the New York PoStotliCe,
239,O66 from Philadelphia, l?5, o39 from
Boston and 1l6,9i2 from Chicago
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-12

An exchange asks; How long
should man Sleep" That depends. If
he has Il smart wife he should sleep until
the fire is started and the next door
neighbor's boy has gone to the meat
markct-COur{eT,TO
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-27

The President says the party
must unload" Particularly, it
must unload of the Louisiana out
rage, unload of the Civil Rights
outrage, unload of the disreputaable
custom of appointing partisanS to
seats upon the Supreme Beuch.-
This looks very much Ike the
President is unloading for All effort
to climb to a creditablc niche in the
temple of fame, but we warn him
that if the radical party should I'M
load, it would cease to exist, aud 1t
has not yet made up its mind to
die