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Dear Sir. When about six years old was vac
cnuted. The parties who were vaCcinutcd from the
same virus died from the humor. The humOrspread
over ng' to such an oXtsnt that rolled I'm bran
TO prevent me from Scratching my person, The dis
ease finally settled I'm my head. remained In this
condition about twenty years. troubled all the time
with sores breaking ia my head and dlschargng cor
ruptiOn from my ear. At this time Il small Kernel
appeared on my neck, gradually increasing In size
until tuNOr formed Of such an immense size could
see It by turning my eyes downward. All this time
was taking various remedies for my blood without
any substantial benefit.
| then went to a prominent physician in Boston
who. during his treatment OF SIX nOHthS anced the
tulnOr eight times, which cost me nearly siOn This
left me with rOu H. aggravated sore without at all
diminishing the size Of the tumOr, and siCkly fee
bic condition. IcOusulted another physician In Nat
ick whO after considerable time, succeeded in heal
ing the sore without reducing the size At this point
| commenced to use NEGETfSE, through the earnest
persuasion Of friend. After had taken this mcdi-
cine about one week experienced wonderful sensa-
tOns My whole body S cmcd to be undergoing
radical change, until finally, the tumOr broke and
discharged trighttul quantities. From Ills time II
decreased In size until the bunch disappeared, but
my neck still bears the ugly sears of Tie sore ana
lance. am now healthy and strong and able to
work every day.
/ VIII also mention that have been an acute suf-
fercr from inllalnatUry rheumatism ever since can
remember, until commencing the use OF NEGETlNE,
when almost Immediately all rheumatic pains ceased.
This st tement volunteer for the purpose Of buuc-
favor By giving It as much publicity as thought
proper.
Very gratefully,
o. NJ, SANEIS, Ashland, Mass.
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THE COLUMBIAN
HOE PRINTING
Columbia County Official Directory.

President Iudge-Wllliam Elwcll.
ts.urlate Judges Iran Dcrr, Isaac &. Monroe.
prnthnnotary, Nc.-B. Frank Iarr.
Rrrlstpr & Recorder amsOn II. JacOby.
district AttuImcy-Juhn NJ. Clark.
ShrrllC-Michacl Grover.
suryc, Or-lsaac Dewitt.
TranslIrcr--Iohn snyder.
Commissioners William tawton John lIcrncr,
John Ent. ,,,,,,,.- ,.,.,,
AuItOrS-I. j. Campbell, 5. T.. Smith, David IOst.
toroncr- Charles q. Murphy.
Jury uommisslOncrs-,a II. Fritz, william II.
ut. - . - Co.,,
Bloom Poor District -DirectorS-O. T.. Eht, scott,
win. Kramer, bloomsbury and Thomas Crcyeling,
,;eutt q. T.. Ent, Secretary.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH. asieaea'
Rev, r. Tgs'n lsupply) .,c,,
sunday Servlces-l'l ~ Il. IN. ana OZ p. M
PRAYER Meeting Every wednesday evening at g..
sea 5 free. The public are invited to attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Minis cr--Rev. j. McCrOn.
sunday ScrvlccS-i0i4 a. IN. and GE p. IN.
sunday SChOOl-9a. IN.
PRAYER Mcchng-Evcry Wednesday evening at o.
clock
seats free. Nopews rented. All are welcome.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Minis cr-Ilcv. stuart Mitchell.
sunday Seryces-lO% II. III. and G% p IN.
sunday SCHOOL, a. m.
seas free. No pews rented. strangers welcome.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Presiding Eder--Rey. n. s. buckingham.
MinIStcr--Rcv. J. IL. McGarrah.
sunday SCrviceS-1lL ~ and 6E =. In.
nible ClasS%Every Monday evening at 81 o'clock.
Young Mems PRAYER Meedng-ENery TUESDAY
evening ~ az o'clock
General Prayer Meetlng-Eyery Thursday evening
REFORMED CHURCH.
Corner OF Third and Iron streets.
PastOr-Rey. r. 4. IIoiGmcer
RcsldenCe-East street, near Forks Hotel.
sunday ScrvccS-lOh H. III. ana 6h p. III.
Sunday Schools a. IN.
Prayer Mccting-Saturday, p. m.
All are invited There is always room.
Services every sunday afternoon at o'clock at
HellcrS church, Madison township.
ST. PAULS CHURCH.
ReCtOr-Rcv John Hewitt.
Sunday ScTylCcS-tO6 Il. m 6E p m.
sunday Schools Il. m.
First sunday in the month, Holy Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
evening before the st sunday in each month.
PcNys rented; but everybody welcome.
Persons desiring to consult the Rector on religious
mat tcrs will ind him at the parsonage ON Rock
Street.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Presiding EldCr-Rev. A. l.. RcCscr.
MlniStcr-RcV. j. A. Irvine.
sunday Services p. m, In the Iron street Church.
praN or Mcctng-Eycry sabbath at 2 p. IN.
All are invited. All are welcome.
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biiuSN'
As the boat shoots under the arches and
up the river, the bridge comes into view
the busiest place in all busy London. About
eight thousand people on foot and nine hun
dred vehicles pass over it every hour in the
day. The rumble Of the traffic as it comes
to us on the boat is like the roll Of distant
thunder. / can compare it to nothing else,
trite as the simile is. In the background
you can see the Tower in which offenders of
the Government were imprisoned i'll the bar
barous times of old and Billingsgate, the
largest fish market in the world. The dealers
and their customers are notorious for their
use of bad language, and the word Billings
gate" is commonly accepted in writing and
conversation as meaning abuse and pro-
family.
The bridge has been rebuilt several times,
and the present one cost ten millions of
dollars in god 50 you may imagine how
substantial it is. In the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth there were stores on each side,
with arbors and gardens and at the south
end there was Il queer wooden house, brought
from Holland, which was covered with cary
ing and gliding. In the middle ages it was
the scene of atirays Of all kinds, and it was
burned down several times, three thousand
persons perishng in one fire alone. The
heads ofrobes were stuck on the gate-houses,
among Others those of Jack Cade, and of
Garnet, who was concerned in the gun
powder plot to blow up the Houses of Parli-
ament The heads of good Sir Thomas
More, brave Wallace of Scotland, and the
pious Bishop OF Rochester were also placed
there, and until a comparatively recent date
such CHASTITY trophies glanced down on the
passers by. They were fastened on iron
spikes, and in Il gale of wind they some.
times rolled to the ground or into tbs
water.
Three hundred and fifteen years ago til,
Lord Mayor of London was Sir william
lIewet lived in a house on the bridge, anC
had an infant daughter named Anne. Th
current of the Thames was then very strong
as there was a fall of several feet underneatl
the arches. One day nurse was playin
) with baby Anne At a window overlooking
the river and in a careless moment she lC
her little charge fall. a young apprentic
= named Osborne plunged into the boilin
J stream after her, and with great difficult
saved her, thus earning the lifelong graf
u tude Of his master, the Lord Mayor. Ann
: grew to be beautiful woman, and, as he
Is father was very wealthy, many noblemel
81 including ears and baNnets, sought h
: hand. But she loved Osborne the best, al
= to all other suitors her father said "N,
P" Osborne won her and Osborne shall Ia
y her" So he did, and he atlerward becar
~ the first Duke Of Leeds.-From "a Loa&
d ChHfs HoHdoy," ST. Niclo'os for Sept
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06
REPUBLICAN STATE PLAT
FORM.lS75.

We. the representatives of the Republican party
of the State Of Iowa, in convention assembled, do
adopt the following platform Of principles;
Resolved, :. That We ueclare II cardinal prin-
vipie of Republican faith that the Republic is a
nation, one and indivisible, within which the CON
stitutional rights of the States and of the people
to local self-government must be faithfully main
tanned.
, That we favor the early attainment of cur
rency convertible with coin, and therefore advo-
cate the gradual a res.m9tion OF specie payments
3. That we are in favor of tariff for revenue,
SO adjusted as to encourage home industry
4. That the earnest effort of the government to
collect the revenue and prevent and punish frauds
has our unqualified approval
5, That We are opposed to further grants of
lands to railways or other corporations, and we de-
tlement under the homestead laws and for other
bon fde settlers.
g. That we demand such revision of the nat.
ent laws as will relieve industry from the oppres
Z. That we cordially approve the policy of the
present administration in the settlement of diff
culties between ourselves aHd other nations by
bitration instead Of appealing to arms.
8. That the Republican party Of Iowa is oppos-
ed to third term in the Presidency.
o. That we demand that oil railway and other
corporations shall be held in fair and lust subjec
ton to the law-makng power.
10. That we stand by free education. our pub
lie school system, the taxation Of all for its sup
port and no diversion of the school fund from the
public schools,
II. That our National and State administration
of public affairs has our hearty approval
II. That we cordially invite all who are oppos-
ed to the restoration of the Democratic party to
power to forget all past political differences and
unite with the Republican party in maintaining
the cause of true reform.
10. That the persistent and tyfannical efforts
of the enemies Of the Union. by murder and Ill,
timidation of the newly enfranehised citizens, and
the ostracisms and prescriptions of the white Re
pubicans of the South for the purpose OF render
inc mill and void the CoDStitu ti0nal Amendments,
merit the CONDEMNATION OF every honest man.
That we heartily endorse the action of President
lirSnt in enforcing the laws when called upon to
DO so by the proper authorities Of the State.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06
Seed Corn.

One of our farmer readers hands
us the following communication, con-
tanning timely hints concerning the
raising and care of seed corn:
Every farmer should see that at
least part of his corn is planted
very early; and for this, he should
select his best land, so that there may
be reasonable certain of it's getting
fully ripe before any killing frost
GENES. From such corn he will be
safe to select seed any time during
the fall or winter, provided it be kept
dry. My practice for a number of
years past has been to select seed
when I gathered my corn in the fall;
for the reason that l could gcta much
finer quality of seed with less trouble.
Seed corn should never be put over
any other grain, unless there is Il
tight floor between them, otherwise
the corn is liable to be damaged
The writer has tried keeping seed
corn by throwing it on top of wheat
or oats, loose; also by laying loose
boards Oh the small grain, thus pre-
venting contact; also by hanging the
corn up over the small grain, with
injury to the seed corn in every case
But no harm resulted from throwing
the corn on the floor, beside the bins
of small grain. Corn ripens from
the tip of the ear, therefore in testing
your seed shell from the butt.
TO Judge of seed corn, examine the
sprout, and if it is of light yellow
tingc, and small, it will be good; if
Of dirty oily yellow, reject it. y
little practice in this will make any
one expert in selecting seed.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06

THE following from the Burling.
ton Ha,ckeye, is capital take off on
the cpithct "Wampus Sam" bestowed
on Gov. Kirkwood, by the Dubuque
Herald, and other organs Of slang
and Democracy:
The Sioux City Journal thinks Mr..
Letter must be very particular man
in his dress, and the Democratic pa
pers all over the state are expressing
the gratest contempt for such acoun-
trificd garment as a wampus. Bless
your soul, yes. That's the very
kind of Il farmer Mr.. Letter is. When
he raised those famous thirty-tive
crops of corn, he always followed
the plow in an evening suit, claw
hammer broadcloth coat, white vest,
lavender necktie, patent leather
pumps, white kids, stovepipe hat and
a buttonhole boquet. And when Sam
Kirkwood rode past the field with a
wampus on, Mr.. LETTER tainted at the
horrible sight, and was only revived
by copious applications Of cologne.
Nice? He wouldn't wear coat
with wrinkle In the back, no, not
to be President, and he gets up in
the night to shave; has his coat gorcd
to fit his waist, and thinks a wampus
is "oh, puffickly hawwld; positively
hawwible, you know" Oh yes, he's
nice; too nice to be Governor of a
state where SO many Of the voters in
the country still wear those "hawwid
WampuseS."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06

The annual meeting OF the Iowa
Press Association this year, bids fair
to be one of the most thoroughly
agreeable sessions in the history of
the organization. 1t will be held at
Clear Lake, Aug. 3Oth, and continue
five days. The indcfatigable secre-
tary of the Association, Mr.. Neidig,
of the Marshalltown Republican, is
sparing no excrtions to make the ar
rangements perfect, and the occasion
one of genuine pleasure to the frater-
nifty. The business meeting will be
held on Tuesday, August 3lst, and
the rest of the time will be spent N
seeking all the health, enjoyment,
and rccuperation possible to be OBJ
tained in this most delightful Iowa
watering place. Mr.. Neidig, in his
circular to the quill driving fraterni-
ty, says:
1t might also be important to know if
you intend to shoot game while at Clear
Lake; and, if so, state Low many guns,
dogs and traps you will take with you, in
order that sufficient transportation may be
provided Positively no more than two
carloads of dogs will be taken Oh any
one train. If more than that number are
taken with the special train, long ropes
must be attached to tight collars, and the
dogs tied behind the cars
Will Neidig please put us down
for Il long pole, line, bob, and sinker,
lots of bait and life preserver, and
if not too much trouble, procure ex-
act and reliable information of the
locality where "tEey bite the best?"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06

The Keokuk Constitution, one of
the three or four Democratic papers
of prominence and large influence
within the party in Iowa, gives the
following advice to its party friends
as to the manner in which they shall
conduct the campaign. We ask any
honest man to read this unblushing
avowal ofa purpose to sail under any
and all colors, so that votes may be
gained by deception and trickery,
and then say if the party that acts
upon such advice-which the Demo
cratic party is doing in this campaign
is either honest or safe:
If our friends in Henry county can do
this most efficiently under the name of
Anti-Monopolists, let them 60 ahead with
the good work. If in Jefferson, they pre-
fer Liberal Republican, let them turn
neither to the right nor the left. If in
Lee, Dubuque or Wapello, the name OF
Democrat is most potent, let every hand
be put to that plow, with no looking back.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06
Gov kirkwoOI Oh tho Eorei..n-Eoru
Citizens.

Referring to the lying charge, made
out of whole cloth, by the Dubuque
Herald, that Gov. Kirkwood some
where-the place and time the Herald
is very careful not to specify-made
use of the expression. 1--WE must
give the Dutch their Stops in order to
keep their votes," the STATE Register
says:
Now, we desire, speaking for Gov.
klrkwood, and without the least eva
sion whatsoever, to say that never, in
any speech or conversation, or writ
ing or print, did Gov. Kirkwood ever
make use of the expression quoted
above, or anything Ike it. This de-
NAL we put in its strongest, broadcast,
and most sweeping form, without
evasion, bubble, or reserve. We do
not believe there is Il living man who
knows Gov. kirkwood personally, or
who knows him by the public and
private record he has made, who
honestly believes that he ever made
use of such a coarse, idiotic and in
sulting expression. Even if he is not
gentleman enough never to have used
such Il phrase everybody knows he
has always had too much sense to do
it.
AS to the charge that Gov. Kirk
wood was a Know Nothing we make
the same positive denial, on the same
authority-tbe same as Gov. Kirk
wood, when he gets Oh the stump,
will deny roundly, wholly, and total,
ly, both this and the other charge
He never was member of the Know
Nothing order or lodge and he never
had and never expressed any preju
dice against any class of foreign-born
citizens. And it seems foolish for
any paper or person to be asserting
these things in his behalf. His pub
lie record is too well known to make
it necessary, as everybody in Iowa
knows he has been extremely liberal
III his sentiments toward the foreign.
born people living in Iowa. No class
of people know this better than the
German and Irish citizens who lived
III Iowa before and during the war.
1t is only the new corners of that
class who can be deludcd into believ-
ing Democratic stories Of this sort.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06

We can always tell when We have
sent a ranking shaft through the in
iqnity-indurated hide of the Dubuque
Herald. On such occasions it is
sure to hurl at us that stupid epithet
of its own invention stupid because
it implies nothing dishonorable -
"Hundred Dollar Toman." We know
that the Herald, like its weakly echo
here, regards the refusal to take a
bride as among the mistakes that
amount to a crime. But fortunately
honest people view such matters in
another light; and if the Herald can
get revenge by constantly reminding
the public that we made such mis-
take, we can afford to be complacent
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06
smiths shop over which he presides

smiths shop over which he presides
and does his work in a commendable
manner. Repairing and horse-shoeing
is specially and he does it in a
satisfactory manner.
There are agricultural warehouses,
wagon and blacksmith's shops, &C.,
in number, which we failed to get the
required information, and consequent
ly cannot give them proper mention
this time
The public school is presided over
by Mr.. Parker, who has been resi-
dent here for some time. Under the
charge and direction of Mr.. r., the
Quasqueton school has advanced in
educational matters to be second to
no other in the county.
In taking leave Of Quasqueton we
drove to the farm of X. /. Wright,
situated one mile north of the village
and met here one OF the most enter
prising and energetic farmers that
buchanan county can boast. Mr..
Wright has an extensive brick yard,
in splendid order, aud from which he
is constantly turning out q quantity
OF tirst-class brick. He has also Il
lime kiln that has been in running
order for three or four years, which
has recently been put in excellent
repair, and is now ready to furnish
lime III any quantity ut very low
prices. In addition to these branches
ne has now in running order Il butter
and cheese factory. This department
of business, Mr. Wright informs us,
receives his special attention, and
those OF the farmers OF the neighbour
hood who desire to have their milk
made into butter or cheese, will do
well to give Mr.. Wright a trial, as
he is an experienced and expert
workman in the manufacture Of either.
Mr.. Wright is the kind of farmer
that we like to meet with, and such u
one that deserves the patronage of
the people of his vicinity and the
cooperation of the farmers of Buchan-
an county, to encourage him in the
several branches of industry that he
is so extensively engaged in.
PIERCE.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-06
over it.

WHAT Mr.. Letter said in his speech of
acceptance was that he desired to see the
South restored to her former position of
prosperity. -Du6uque Herald.
The Herald knows very well that
that was not what Mr.. Letter said in
his speech of acceptance. His exact
language was: 81 want to see the
South restored to her former condi-
ton in this Union, and again made
Free" He said not word to indicate
that he was thinking of the material
prosperity of the South. The former
condition of the South was that of
slavery, and this undoubtedly was
the meaning of his aspiration. The
freedom he would have for that Sec
ton is the old fashioned freedom to
wallop niggers and hang abolition
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