Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-08-13
At Brandon.


Brandon is somewhat more unfortu-
nate than her sister towns, as regards
mention in the county papers, and as
We have had the pleasure Of short
visit here, we think it no more than
simple justice to h>r business inter
ests, to give her short notice. To
give the location of Brandon, would,
no doubt, be but repeating that which
all your readers are familiar with,
and we will pass that by by saying
if she had been laid out one mile
farther south, Benton county would
be one bright little town ahead Of
what it now boasts of. The farm
ing section about here is as fine as
any in the State, and as for farmers,
they are as intelligent and obhging
citizens as can be found anywhere.
But to speak more particularly, of
Brandon, we will say a few words
about those doing business.
First, we find J. N. Bissell, Esq, up
to his ears in business, which makes
him pleasant and agreeable. Mr..
B. keeps a general stock of dry goods
notions, groceries, &c, which he re-
tails to his customers at a bargain.
In addition to this he has the post
Office under his charge, and executes
the duties of his office with credit to
himself and perfect satisfaction to
public. Mr.. Bissell is well known in
Independence having been a former
resident Of that place, and all the
people in this vicinity will be pleased
to hear of his success. He is soon to
commence the erection OF new
building, the ground floor Of which
he will occupy for his mercantile
stock, and the upper story will be ar
ranged expressly for hall. This is
a much needed improvement, and
one that will be appreciated by the
public. The size of the building will
be, if we remember right, lsx36.
J. NJ. Romig, Esq, deals in all
kinds of dry goods, groceries, no
tons, boots and shoes, hats and caps,
in fact he keeps general mercantile
stock. and is selling at extremely re-
duccd rates. Mr.. Romig has been
in business here for some time, and
has made for himself, through his
indomitablc perseverance, a splendid
patronage.
DR.. b. =. Muchmore, is doing a
good business in the drug, medicine,
paint, oil, hardware, and yankee no
ton business. The DR.. has quite re-
Gently built him new storc-build.
ing, and is now putting him up an
office, in connection with the same,
All calls by day or night, are prompt
thy attended to; but Doc. says he had
a leetle rather be called up during
the day, than to be pulled out in the
"wee sma' hours o the night. y
However, he is ever ready and capa-
BILE Of going at any time when need.
ed.
Fred. Fowler does all the buying
and killing Of cattle for this market,
which is by no means light bust
ness. Besides running meat market,
buying cattle, hogs, hides and tallow,
Fred. is a clipper as an auctioneer,
and attends to all sales where he is
needed. Those in the vicinity of
Brandon who are in need of 4 sales
man will be sure to engage Fowler,
as it is worth half the commission he
asks to hear him s'hcllo."
Nathan Fritsinger continues in dat
hodel, and presides with all the Dig.
nifty of a high-blooded foreigner, and
is as genial and obliging as any land
lord in the west.
John Balm, Jr., is the only first
class blacksmith in town, and as he
is a gentleman, besides being an ex-
pert at the anvil, is doing a splendid
business.
There are two splendid churches
here, one the Methodist Episcopal
and the other German Reform. They
are the finest buildings of the kind OF
any town in the county, with the OK.
ception of Independence,
N. Miller, Esq, a gentleman IN
every respect, has blacksmith shop
about two miles northwest of Bran
don, and has more business than two
men can do. His shop is located on
the corner of the Brandon and Jesup
and Brandon and Sunnyside roads,
and rs there is a great deal of travel
over these roads, besides being the
best farming region anywhere about,
he gets large patronage.
As we stated above, there is but
one tirst-ckass blacksmith in town,
and we mean it, too. But notwitl
standing this fact, it was our mi>tor-
tune to meet with a ''loggerhead' sort
Of chap, who terms himself II black
smith,, and has hls single hing out
as such. This individuals brains are
weak (if he has any; there is some
thing lacking. Some say he is ignor-
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