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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Wheat.

Those eastern papers which have
wisely rcfiaincd from attacking our
estimates and calculations on the
wheat crop, base their expectation Of
low prices upon Il presumption that
farmers are obliged to sell their
wheat whether the price is rcnuncra-
tive or not. They are sadly mistaken
here. For the sake Of brcvity, we
will catalogue our reasons for belicv-
ing the farmers Of the northwest
able to hold their wheat.
/. Farmers have of late years had
good crops and good prices, and are
better off than they ever were before.
9. Farmers were never before so
little in debt. They have been econ
omizing for a y"M or more; as the ex-
perieLce of New York merchants in
all trades will testify. The best work
of the grange has been to teach them
to go without, and to keep clear of
debt.
3. Farmers are now realizing re-
markable good price on all the coarse
grains. What debts they have, they
can pay.
4. Farmers have learned also from
the grange movement the power OF
association. They will stand to-
gcthcr. The rich farmer will help
the poor farmer to hold his grain for
a paying price. AS we lately stated,
it is common to country banks just
now for accounts from rich farmers
to be transferred to poor farmers to
enable them to pay their store bills
and to hold their wheat. SO what
debts they have they are paying and
will pay without using their wheat.
5. Farmers as q matter of fact are
paying their debts about as freely as
usual. Reports to the contrary arc
false. Country merchants who have
obtained full stocks of goods, for
which they find little demand are un-
justly throwing the blame on the
farmers. The Farmer is not to blame
for not buying what he does not
want or what he cannot pay for.
6. Farmers, rs n matter of fact,
arc amply able to carry over the
whole crop Of 1874 for year or for
more than year. During the past
spring and summer they lave dis
posed of about 100000 bushels
Of corn--thc bulk Of three years
crops-at about so cents at the crib.
They are therefore rich. Further
more it stands to reason that a com
munity which was able to carry over
l,lOO,OOO,OOO bushels Of corn from
1871, and l,OoO,OOO,oOO from 1872,
to sell at an advance of over 800 per
cent in 1874, is able enough to carry
3Oo,ooo,oOo bushels of wheat one
year.
In view of these considerations we
are satisfied that the only way is for
the few powerful spectators who have
tackled the wheat market on the
wrong side to throw up their game.
The cards are too strong for them,
and the farmers hold the cards.
4uilwouAee Jo"rmuI Of Commerce.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
70 KeepEss. over Winter.

The Farmers .1dvocate, London,
Ontario, recently offered u prize for
tic best method Of keeping eggs
over winter. The first recipe given
below took the prize:
Whatever excludes the air pre-
vents the decay of the egg. What |
have found to he the most success
tul method Of doing SO is to place a
small quantity Of salt butter in the
palm of the left hand and turn the
egg rom Il in it, so that every pore
of the shell is closed; then dry
sufficient quantity of bran in an oven
(bc sure you have the bran well dri-
ed or it will ruSt.) Then pack them
with the small ends down, Il layer OF
bran and another Of eggs, until your
box is full; then place in a cool, dry
place. If done when new laid, they
will retain the sweet milk and curd
Of Il new laid egg for at least eight
or ten months. Any oil will do, but
salt butter never becomes rancid,
and very small quantity of butter
will do Il very large quantity of
eggs. To insure freshness | rub
them when gathered in from the
nests; then pack when there is
sufficient quantity.
+. ALEXANDER.
Mrs. William Church says the
best way she finds is to take pct
or pail, or anything convenient, PIT
about an inch or two OF meal or any
kind of bran Il generally take shorts
from tiour-being farmers wife, l
have it on hand in it, put Il layer of
eggs, either end down, q, sc toget,-
or; then cover with meal, another
layer of eggs, and SO on until the
box is full, occasionally giving it 4
shake to fiji! well between the eggs.
This plan have adopted for years
with success, and the last, when
uscd-which is often the end of
April Or the beginning Of May-arc
AS good as the first. commence to
pack in September. The secret lies
in carefully selecting fresh eggs,
packing on cad, "ni keeping the air
from them. Keep in Il tr:, cool
place"
J. b. Strathnairn says: 81 take q
tub of any size and put al layer Of
common salt about an inch deep in
the bottom. Then grease the eggs
with butter, and place them in the
salt with the small ends. down, so
that they will not touch the wood of
the tub nor each other; then fill the
vacancies with salt, ard cover them
again about an inch deep. as before;
then place another layer Of eggs as
before; then salt alternately till the
tub is filed; then cover the top with
salt, and put them where they will
not freeze. l have kept eggs in this
manner from September to April, as
good AS fresh eggs. The grease on
the shells keeps the salt from pene-
trating, thereby keeping the eggs
fresh, while the saving qualities of
the salt keep them from becoming
putiiN. Ahlo IcCipc Is UotH cHca
and good, as the salt can be fed to
cattle afterwards"
Emily Audinwood, Stanstead
Plains, p. G., says: 81 have tried
several experiments, but find none to
answer SO well as the following: |
have kept eggs for two years, and
found them perfectly good when
used. Two lbs. coars salt boiled
ten minutes in one gallon rain water;
pour off into an earthen jar. When
nearly cold, stir in five tablespoons
Of quick-limc; let it stand till next
day; then put in the eggs and keep
them tightly covered until wanted
for use"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
c.. b. HANDY,

Light Brahmas, Dark Brahmas. Partridge Coch-
ins. Game Bantams, Houdons, White Leghorns,
Golden spangled Polands, Golden Pneasants, and
IlarG ,ieh
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

When an interviewer calls upon
Gen Sherman, the general places a
bottle OF brandy Oh the table, says he
has got to step out for II moment, and
is not seen again until the next NOR
ming. This arrangement, however,
has never been known to stop the
progress Of the interview.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09

A wealthy English girl has just
written and published u cookbook.
She undertook the task in order to
convince her lover, who is a poor
man, that she is good for something
besides fashion and show, and could
help along in time Of need.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
Column.

The reading columns on THE page will be dcvot
ed mainly. to topics pertaining to FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLETIN
are rogue stcd to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-10-09
GRANGE DIRECTORY,

RESENT GRANGE. No. 1512.- Regular meet
ings Ell the last Friday before the full moon Of
each month. Place: Meets at the +, sdehce OF
II. $. Stone. three mills south Of J.sup. and
nine miles southwest OF indie pcndence.
s. u. MASON, Seer, tarv.
WINTHROP GRANGE. No. Meets Mt Win
throp on Friday on or before the full moon OF
each month.
s. q. PIERCE, Master. S. ". RICH, Sec.
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE. No. i2l6. Meets
Tuesday, on or before full NEON
J. ID. RUSSELL. Master.
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE. No. ST, Meets on
Wrdn. sday. on or before full moon
b. DU BU.S Master. f. j. WIGG, Sec.
SUPERIOR GRANGE. No. 352- Meets Saturday
on or before full moon. At No. school House
HH ,etou twp. G.. NJ. MILLER.
n MERSENGRR, Secretary. Master.
BYRON GRANGE No. 267. Meets At Justun Dur
kee's. on Tue sday evening, On Or before IA new
NOON. EDW AkD GlIEASON, Masttr.
A. KNOWLES. Sec.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07
Personal and Literary.

Grandma Victoria toddles twenty.one
grand chicks.
DR.. Mary Walker has had to sell her
watch to pay her board bill, but she's
going to stand right by until that pen
sion comes.
--" Mack" is going to lecture next win
ter on THE Mysteries and Miseries of
journalism" and thus add one more TO
the miseries of the public.
1T il claimed for Mr.. s. o. Taylor, of
Brooklyn, that he IL the oldest living or.
ganist. Mr.. Taylor is ninety.ive years
of age. and is blind, and more than sixty
years ago conducted the same choruses
as now.
The oldest railroad conductor in New
York, and probably in the United States,
is James Marshall, conductor on the Hud
son River Railroad. He commenced on
the Harlem Road in the year 1888.
The blowing anagram is among the
curiosities of the Tichborne case: The
letters forming the words, "Sir Roger
Charles Doughty Tichborne, Baronet,'
may be transposed, without addition or
omission, into the sentence, Yon horrid
butcher, Orton, biggest rascal here"
Prof. j. Laurence Smith, of Louis.
vile, Is said 10 have been the first person
to bring the subject of cremation before
the American people. He delivered a
lecture In New Orleans twenty years ago,
In which he favored cremation, and de.
scribed plan for furnaces in which TO
burn the dead.
Ann Eliza Young is playfully stated
by Washington reporter TO wear large
locket suspended from her neck contain.
ing scraps of hair cut from Brigham
scalp, but whether obtained in moments
of peaceful submission or snatched ia fits
Of Indignation at his treatment Of his
nineteenth mother-in-law Is not revealed.
The "Gilded Age" which bears the
names Of Mark Twain and Charles bud.
ley Warner, is confidently asserted TO be
gigantic practical joke. 1t Is said that,
wishing to test the credulity OF the pub.
lie, these two authors had the book pre-
pared by several obscure newspaper local
reporters. The covenant was solemnly
made that the joke was to be kept pro-
found secret till 100000 copies Of the
work were sold.--N. r. Graphte.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07
A Patent Piano Player.

THE latest invention calculated 10 do
away with human skill is patent piano
player, by which an aspirant for musical
distinction can perform the most difficult
pieces without the preliminary torture
known as practicing, or those terrors to
the infant mind called scales. This Won
derful machine owes its birth To Paris 1t
occupies position in front of the key
board Of the piano, and extends from
above the key board 10 the Il ,or. Over
the keys of the piano are keys correspond
ing to the keys beneath them. These are
the fingers Of the machine, and they have
this advantage over the human hand, that
they have finger for every note. The
top of the machine is about one foot in
width 1t has In the center two rollers
which are moved by crank. These carry
the music through, and as It passes the
piano plays It, The music is on paper
and the notes are made by cutting holes
in squares. As these notes pass certain
point they allow hammer 10 pass
through, and the stroke of that hammer
is communicated TO its own key on the
piano. Each key has its hammer. 1t
only requires that these holes be cut at
proper intervals to strike any number Of
Keys in any given series. The machine
can be adapted to any instrument with
keys.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07
The Royal Road to Marriage.

HERE is a good story which has not
yet found its way into print, but for the
truth of which | can vouch. Lord George
Gordon, young man Of four and-twenty,
wishing to marry certain young lady,
went quite recently 10 ask the permission
of his father, the Duke Of Argyle. The
Duke, pompous little man, replied In
effect, my son, since our house has been
honored by being united with the Royal
family, have thought it right TO delegate
a decision on all such matters TO your
elder brother. the Marquis of LeFHe- Ge,
therefore, and consult him." The Marquis
OF Lorne, on being applied to, said: My
dear brother, in case Of importance like
this should think it right TO ask the
decision of the Queen, the head of the
Royal family, into which have married"
The Queen, on the motter being laid be-
fore her, declared that since her terrible
bereavement she had been in the habit of
taking no steps without consulting the
Duke OF Saxe-Coburg, the brother OF her
deceased husband. To the Duke, then,
the mater was referred, and from him a
letter was received, telling his dear sister
in-law that recent political events had in.
duced him TO do nothing, even as to the
giving advice, without The express con-
currence Of the Emperor William, before
whom he had laid the matter. The
Emperor William wrote long letter, de-
claring that though he was surrounded
by counselors there was only one who
had on all occasions proved himself cor
rect, loyal and faithful, and without whose
advice he (the Emperor would give no
decision. Therefore he had referred the
matter to his faithful Minister, Prince
Bismarck.
And it is narrated that when Prince
Bismarck was made acquainted with the
subject he roared out, "Good Heavens,
what fuss about nothingl Let the boy
marry whom he pleases, so long as she Is
young and pretty. "-L0,sdon Cor. N. T.
HSrolH
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07
CT RRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.


The boiler attached to a saw-mill in
Washington, Ind, recently exploded, de-
molishing the mill and killing the fire.
man.
AT st. Joseph, H., few days since,
child of Mr.. VIM. Springer, absent from
It's mother but moment, fell into an
open slop- pail and was drowned.
Peter Walsh was recently killed at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, by the fall Of an enor.
nous mass of slate from the roof of the
drift he was working in coal mine.
"A little boy named Geo. III. Thirsk
while playing in the yard attached to his
fathers residence in Chicago, the other
day, fell into a cistern and was drowned
before assistance arrived.
S. w. Mathews, prominent citizen
OF Irbana, ILL.,, recently fell under loco
motive, at the depot in that place, and
was instantly killed, the engine passing
over the whole length of his body.
Robert Armstrong, a flagman en-
ployed by the Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad, at Milwaukee, stumbled and
Tell before an approaching engine, the
other day, and was crushed to death.
The tug boat Ida III. Lee was recently
towing the schooner Ida into Milwaukee
narDor, when by some means the boat got
foul OF the towline and capsized, carrying
down the engineer. The remainder of
the crew escaped.
A little girl named Anna M. Heliyer,
three years old, living in the southwest
ern part of the city of Chicago, while
playing near hot stove, allowed her dress
hpa had b,.r al
that she died three hours afterward.
A few days ago, Theodore Marone
committed suicide at Scranton, Pa, by
leaping into furnace containing seeth-
ing mass of molten iron. He was taken
out, few minutes afterward, charred,
disfigured and unacceptable mass.
- Recently, the boiler of freight loco
motive exploded at Dubuque, shooting
the smoke-stack 100 feet in the air, and
throwing the bell halfway across the
Mississippi The engineer, Charles Fales,
and his fireman were both in the cab, but
marvelously escaped unhurt
"A three-story frame structure in
Brooklyn, n. Y, while being lately raised
fell 10 the ground and buried seven or
eight workmen beneath the ruins. Two
men were killed outright and four more
were so seriously injured that death was
momentarily expected. Only one man
escaped unhurt.
"A little three-year-old son of Horatio
Ball, of Boylston, Mass, was drowned
lately. Thrice before he had gotten into
the water, and each time was saved by a
large mastitf belonging to the family,
but the dog was unable to save him the
last time, as the steep and stony bank
prevented his getting footing.
"A disastrous explosion occurred in
Louisville, Ky, a short time since, at the
chemical works, during the distilaton of
a quantity of ether. A leak in the re.
tort allowed some of the escaping gas to
come in contact with the fire in the fur.
mace and terrific explosion resulted.
The building was leveled TO the ground,
and the workmen sustained severe and
permanent injuries.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07

A gentleman at Laramie, Wyoming,
has invented car to be propelled like a
ship, and made thirty miles an hour with it
on the Union Pacific few days ago.
The Garden relates that cuttings have
and worked with success nine months af-
ter they were separated from the parent
plant
The Washington bricklayers want
$500 per day and eight hours labor, and
say they will not work unless their de-
mands are acceded to. Last year they
worked ten hours for $500.
One pound of cheese has as much nu-
tritious food as two and one-half pounds
of meat. The foreign market for Ameri-
can cheese is such that the demand will
always be equal to the supply If the quail
ity is maintained.
The Denver Neics calls upon the farm
ers of Colorado to plant largely the COM
ing season, and thus keep at home the
So ,000, 900 annually sent away for the pur-
chase of supplies which may easily be
produced within the Territory.
The ship carpenters of Buffalo to the
number of 800 have now been on strike
for long time. Their aggregate loss in
wages is over S2S 5000. Besides this loss,
it is stated over 100000 has been lost to
the city of Buffalo in repairing and other
work that has been taken to Tonawanda,
where there is no strike.
The Boston free-stone cutters have a
regulation that all members of their
organization must have $500 per day.
Against this regulation the employing
stone-cutters have demonstrated, and here.
after propose to pay only "a. SO for skilled
men, and others according TO their capac.
ity. The members OF the Free.stone Cut
ters' Association refused to accept this
proposition, and are now on a strike.
There are now in Philadelphia about
$50 carpet factories, with 1000 looms, and
before the strike the production averaged
1900 pieces of 125 yards each, or !, 750, 900
yards, per month, or Ia, 100000 for the ten
months that the factories are in operation.
In the busy season about 5000 persons
are employed In the factories directly,
independent of the Overs and others re-
motley interested, involving monthly
outlay for wages of about $4,000 The
amount of capital invested may be esti-
mated from the fact that the yearly sales
of carpets alone reach over $l5,000,000.
In the erection of the Insane ASYLUM
at Ngpa, Cal, small hydraulic elevator,
similar in principle TO the continuance
used To move sewing machines and for
other light work, is 10 be employed for
hosting all the brick, mortar and other
materials. Water under pressure of $50
feet furnishes the motive power. The
aperture through which the water enters
the machine is only about five-eighths of
an inch in diameter The saving of labor
and expense will, in building of such
magnitude, amount to many thousands of
dollars. No doubt the same inexpensive
power will also he found conven lent for
many purposes after the buildings are
completed.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07

when he went to Joe to beg few days
of grace that exemplary business man
insisted upon immediate payment
TWAS easy to see by Sans hopeless eye
aid strained features that he had not
come to pay-he was staring ruin in the
face, and felt as uncomfortable as if the
amount were millions instead of q horse
and wagon, his only means of support.
As for Joe, he had got that hundred dol
airs and horse and wagon mixed up in the
loddest way with what he and his partner
had been talking about. 1t was utterly
unbusiness-like-he knew 1.-THE tried to
make business business and religion re-
ligion, but he could not succeed. Joe
thought Driskly; he determined to try an
experiment.
SAM" said he, "got the money!
NO." Sam replied; "luck's agin me
I've got to stand it, suppose"
SAM" said Joe, an give you all the
time you need, at legal interest"
Sam was not such young man as SEN
timental people would select to try good
deeds upon. But he was human, and
loved his wife and children, and the sud
den relief he felt caused him TO look q,
Joe in manner which made Joe find a
He hurried into the little office, and when
his partner looked up inquiringly Joe re-
piled:
ave got dividend, Squire lone OF
those we were talking about"
How's that?" asked the old man,
while Joe commenced writing rapidly.
"Ill show YOU" said Joe, handing the
Squire the paper on which he had just put
in writing his promise to Sam.
"Joseph, +" said the Squire, after reading
the paper several times, to assure himself
that his eyes did not deceive him, ait
beats the widows mites; she gave the
Lord all she had, but you've given Him
more than you ever had in all your life
until to-day"
Joe handed Sam the paper, and it was
to the teamster the strongest evidence OF
Christianity he had ever seen in Bung-
field. He had known of some hard cases
turning from the saloon and joining the
church, but none of these things were SO
wonderful as this action of Joe Caters.
Sam told the story, in strict confidence, to
each of his friends, and the good seed was
thus sown in soil that it had never reached
before.
1t would be pleasant to relate that Joe
forthwith ceased shaving notes and SELL
ing Anticipated grease for butter, and that
he devoted the rest of his days and
money to good deeds, but it wouldn't be
true. Those of our readers who have
always consistently acted according to
their own light and knowledge are, OF
course, entitled to throw stones at Joe
Cater; but most of us know TO our sor-
row why he did not always act according
to the good promptings he received. Our
only remaining duty is to say that when,
thereafter, Joe's dividends came seldom,
he knew who to characterization Union.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07
their lips are the greatest wretches in the

world"
The annual report of the Michigan
State Superintendent of Schools shows
that the number Of children in the State
between the ages of and 90 years is AGO.
$40, of whom BOG, $50 have attended school.
Besides these, there have been 1888 in at
tendance who are under or over 90 years
OF age. The total value of the school,
houses and lots is $S,093, 1859, and 5,563
school houses were built last year. The
average wages per month were, males,
$619O females, $2713.
During the past year the New York
Methodist Church Extension and Mission
airy Society has met with great success in
its work. 1t established sixteen new
stations, twenty-three Sunday schools,
with an attendance of over four thousand
pupils, and appointed twenty-four pas
tors and assistants. The years expendi-
ture of the society were over eighty-five
thousand dollars. 1t is the hearty sup
port given to such agencies as this one
that gives to Methodism its "pushing"
Observation-Disclosures Union.
The Methodists of England have
1000 churches, valued at $50, 000, 900, gold;
1900 ministers and $4,000 local preach
ers, and between 100000 and 400,0
church members. Upward of 100000
persons attend their ministry, 600, 900 chill
dren attend their Sunday schools and $780,,
600 attend their day schools and other ed
ucational institutions. Wesleyan Meth
odism employs more missionaries abroad
than the Church of England, the indie
pendents and the Baptists put together.
American Methodist missionaries are do
ing some good work in India, and the
English authorities appreciate it.