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Ne PerSon can take fhcse Ditters accord
ing to directions and remain long unwell, pro-
iyided their bones are not destroyed 6y mineral
poison or other meanA and vit01 organs wasted
beyond the point of repair. zss,s
Dyspepsia or Indf9est1on, Headache, Pain
In the Shoulders, Coughs, Nehtness o. the Chest,
Dizziness, Sour ErnctatiQns q the Stomach Bad :.
the Heart, Inflammation Of the Lungs Pain In tho
region Of the kidneys, and hundred other painful
symptoms, are tho. Onspfings OF DyApepsIa- One
bottle viii prove better guarantee OF tts merits
than lengthy advertisement.
Fer Female COnnDlaintos In young or old,
married or single, at the dawn Of wOmanho0d, or
the turn of lfe these Tonic BitterS display 20 de-
ceptble.
Fer InAammatery and Chrenfc Rheu-
matism and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and inter-
mittent Fevers, Diseases Of the Blood, Liver. Kid
neys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal
Such Diseases are caused by vitiated Blood.
They are = sensle Purgetiye as we'll -
. Tonic, possss.tng the merit ne g acting ! e =
nation ofsthe Liver and TisceFals Organs, azd in
S W sis1 SET Disesses, Eruptsohs, rsttsr, sa,t
Rheum, sBlOtche1, Spots P1mple6 Pp1tuIea, Boil1,
Carbuncles Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes,
Eryspelas Itch Ecurfs Discolorations Of the Skin,
Humors and Diseases Of the Skin Of whatever name
or nature are literally dug up and carried out Of the
Grateful Thousands proclaim vnsEGAK BIT
TIERS the most wonderful Inytgorant that ever su6-
tained the sinking system.
~ =. N. MCDONALD q co.
Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Cal, i
cor OF washington and Charlton Sta, n. 7.
s. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS + DEALERS.
Aug lily.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Climate Changed by Man.

1t Is well known that many parts
of Greece, Palestine, and Asia Minor,
which were once luxuriant in fertility,
are now barren. The change is sup.
posed to be owing to the loss Of for
ests, which has lessoned the amount
of rain, and dried up the fountains
and streams. The frequent drouths
in our own county are, probably,
owing to the same cause.
In Egypt a change for the better
is going on, as Bayard Taylor states
in his 'sLetters," just published. The
opening of canals, like the Suez
Canal, the extension of railroads and
the planting Of trees, have produced
a double change of climate. Rains
have become more frequent. Form
erly in Cairo there were only four or
five rainy days year; now the aver
age number is twenty-one. In the
Delta there was formerly about eight;
now they average forty. This in
crease of rain has led to the cultiva-
ton of large areas of land formerly
barren; and the gains amount to
twenty or thirty per cent, adding
largely to productive wealth. An
other change, not so agreeable, is i'll
temperature. The rains bring cooler
weather, and there are many days
when fires are almost 4 necessity,
which were formerly unknown.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
The Cardinals Hat.

Anne Brewster writes from Rome
to the Philadelphia Bulletin: ''The
cardinals hat, that is the cappellone,
is never worn on the head; it only
appears on great occasions, such as a
fiesta for q canonization, the opening
of the Porta Santa in the year Of
Jubilee, and on the festival of Corpus
Domini, when it is carried by the
cardinals chief officer. After the
death of cardinal it is often sus-
pended over his tomb. In the thir-
tcenth century it was worn, and, by
the way, it was first bestowed on car
dinals at the thirteenth Ecumenical
Council, 1245, held at Lyons. Pipini,
the chronicler, tells droll story
about it. He says a Countess Of
Flanders gave the first suggestion
for the costume that distinguishes the
princes of the church. The Pope of
that date was Innocent ~. (the Gen
oese Fieschi; he reproached the
Countess for falling to greet car
dinal with proper ceremony whom
she met in public, while she treated
lordly abbot who was with his EN-
inence with great respect. Her reply
was, that there was no distinction Of
dress she concluded that the Abbot
was the great parsonage of the two.
The Pope then concluded to give the
cardinals an especial dress. When
his Holiness Innocent w. bestowed
OH them the red hat he made little
speech, in which he informed the car
dinals that the red color implied that
they should be ready to shed their
blood for the church. In 1877 the
cardinals were first allowed to wear
scarlet (Porpora). Legates alone
wore the scarlet uD to that time.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

1t was useless. Uncle Stuart told
him so along in the springtime, and
advised him to take a trip abroad
shake off his infatuation for Minnie
or come back in a year if he felt nc
better, and try his fortune again.
The year has passed. John came
back a month ago. He is fat and
brown, and wears his moustache
waxed at the ends. But Mamie has
not changed. The wonderful meta
morphosis of my cousin from mar
vel Of passionate affection to aprodigy
Of unreasonable dislike becomes all
the more wonderful by its persist
ence.
Last week, after / knew that Johns
fate was irrevocably sealed, | deter
mined to brave what / had never be
fore dared, and put my own fortune
to the test. Before / had half begun
my confession Mamie's quick wits
recognized my drift, and thus she
closed my mouth:
81 shall never forgive myself:
Frank, for what happened last year,
though couldn't help it, and cart
help it now. But haven't yet for
given you for your part in it.''
Unreasonable to the last. We are
all victims together.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Brindle's Leap.
Advance

Years ago, while working at home,
| went one day to tie up my fathers
cows. l opened the stable door, and
the queen Of the yard-old Brindle--
started in, but stopped just inside the
door and would 90 no further. Think
ing it was because the stable was so
dark, l urged her, but to no purpose.
[ kicked, and found that two could
play at that game. Her conduct was
so unusual that l began to investi-
gate, and found that sunbeam came
through Il crack and reached across
the stable just before her, making the
little dancing notes plainly visible,
and looking for all the world like a
bar newly put up, over which she felt
it impossible to crawl. Enjoying her
perplexity, now that its cause was
plain, | waited and laughed to see
her lift her head evidently compar-
ing the height of the supposed OBJ
struction with some fence over which
the mischievous creature had broken
in past days., and then gave it up, as
was plain from the fact that she be-
gan to calculate the chances of crawl
ing under, and shook her head at it.
Explanation was useless, as it is in
sundry like cases in more intelligent
animals, and the fun was too good to
spoil by coercion. At length l went
round and poured the sliced turnips
slowly in the manger. This was too
much. Old Brindle evidently made
up her mind that she must risk every
thing for the mess. SO, with sud
den leap she cleared the obstruction
acithout tomching-though she came
down Just where it would have been,
a feat which evidently astonished her,
and took her place at the manger.
She looked as if she could not see any
reason for the shout that greeted her.
1t was serious business to her.
And ever since, if I see any one
delaying to do plain duty for vari-
Gus reasons which seem real and for
midablc to linn, but are only sun
shine--ormoonshine-to anyone else,
l always think of old Brindle, ani
endeavor to find out what is turnlp
to him, in order to coax him on with
it. But many a man makes as un-
necessary and ludicrous a leap in get
ting clear of imaginary distractions
as old Brindle did.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Job Dow1ing's Funeral.

Hon. s. S. Cox in Harper's Magazine for May.
Many years ago l was one of a par
ty in Washington City, when South
and North We'd with each other in
convivial life. Another of the party
was General Dawson, member from
Western Pennsylvania, whose home
stead was Albert Gallatin's old home.
He was an admirable story-teller. |
recall, somewhat sadly, now that he
is gone, how well he illustrated the
laziness of a class of Virginians. The
story was a part of his Congression-
al canyassing. On one occasion he
got across the Pennsylvania line into
a village of Virginia. He was in the
midst of a group around the tavern.
While treating and talking, process
sion approached, which looked like a
funeral. He asked who was to be
bured.
"Job Dowling," said they.
"Poor Jobw sighed the general
''He was good-natured, good-for-
nothing, lazy fellow, living on the
few fish he caught and the squirrels
he killed, but mostly on the donations
Of his neighbors."
$50 poor Job is dead, is hep"
"No, he amt dead, 'zactly," said
they.
sNot dead!-not d Yet you are
going to bury him?"
"Fact is, general, he has got too in
fernal, ALFRED lazy to live. We
can't afford him any more. He's
got so lazy that the grass began to
grow over his shoes-so everlastin'
lazy that he put out one of his eyes
to save the trouble of winkin' when
out a-gunnin'
"But," says the General, "this must
not be. 1t will disgrace my neigh
borhood. Try him a while longer,
can't you?"
"Can't; too late-cofiin cost $l.25.
Must go on now."
"About this time the procession
came up and halted, when the Gen
eral proposed, if they would let Job
out, he would send over Il bag of
corn. On this announcement the
lid of the coffin opened, and Job Ian
guidly sat up; the cents dropped from
his eyes as he asked:
"Shelled, General?"
sNo."
"Then," SAID Job, as he lazily lay
down, ego on with the funeral,
boys"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
The Honey Bee.

The hunny bee is about 10 times
the size of tho house fly never
meazured them-they won't stand
long enutf, but think got their di
menshuns about right.
If have made blunder in this
matter i am ready to repent and be
forgiven for it.
l don't kno as we kan blame them
for this, for if beefsteak lay hot and
well buttered bi the roadside all the
time, and bivalves were running
around on the half shell, peppered
and salted, crying "Who will eat
me?" would like to see the man you
could hire to thrash out rye that was
wet in the bundle for 10 shillings a
day.
Hunny bees are built with 4 sting,
which is quicker than ghost when
good bizness chance offers itself,
but never knu one to use it just for
the devlltry of the thing.
These little workers travel about
five miles a day during the sweet
seazon, and bring their hunny home
stuck unto their legs. If there IL a
lazy one in the hive, he gets lynchcd
at once. Lynch law IL the hunny
bees justiss.
Man stole this code from the hunny
bees, Just az he has stole pritty much
everything else that he haz got.
Killing oph the lazy may look a
little tutf, but, after all, there's sum-
thing like mercy in it, for it is the
only way known az yet to put an end
to their torments.
Hunny bees have a queen but
never a king; this IL great kompli-
ment to the sex, and IL an argument
for " 1Vimmin's Rights" which the
bcleavers in this doctrine are welkum
to use without giving me kredit for
it.
The hunny bees are the only nation
i kno ov who have always had a
queen for a ruler, and who hav been
more prosperous and have existed
longer than any other people we kno
ov.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

An equestrian, travelling over an
old turnpike, drew rein at midday
before an extensive, dilapidated pub
lie house, heraldcd by lofty sign
bearing in faded letters the inscrip-
ton, Entertainment for Man and
Beast" To a tow-headed urchin who
was swinging on the front gate, he
addressed himself:
'Boy, will you take my horse, and
give him half peck of oats?"
"Don't keep no grain"
'No grain! Well, then, give him
some good hay"
''Don't keep no hay nuther."
'No hay nor grain. What do you
feed your horses?"
''Don't keep no horses"
81 would like some dinner. Can
have meat and potatoes without de-
lay?"
'Don't keep no meat barrel since
we don't keep no hog.
"Then / will take lunch of bread
and milk, or bread and butter.''
"Don't keep no butter nor milk,
since we don't keep no cow"
Gin the name of Heaven, boy, what
do you keep"
"Keep tavern"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

JUDGE EDWARD S. PIERREPoNT,
the new AttorneyGeneral of the
United States, was born in New
Haven, Connecticut, in 1917, and is
now therefore in his fifty-eight year.
He graduated at Yale in 1887, and
from 1910 to 1s45 practiced law at
Columbus, ohio. He moved thence
to New York City, where he assumed,
and has since maintained, very ex-
alted rank in his profession. He was
Oh the New York Supreme Bench
from 1857 to 1860; was a member of
the Constitutional Convention of
1867, and was United States Attor-
ney for the Southern District of New
York in 1869. Judge Pierrepont
was formerly a Democrat, but joined
the Republican party and supported
Mr.. Lincoln in 1861. He was warm
friend of Mr.. Lincoln, until the death
of the latter, and has since been a
Jealous defender of Gen. Grant
The President would have undoubt-
edly conferred the Attorney General
ship upon HIM some time since, if he
had had any assurance of its accept
ance.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
MR.. WHITTIER'S POEM.
Lexington-1775.

Lexington-1775.
No maddening thirst for blood had they,
No battle-jOys were theirs who set
Against the alien bayonet
Their homespun breasts i'll that old day.
Their feet had trodden peaceful ways,
They loved not strife, they dreaded pain;
They saw not what to us is plain.
That God would make mans wrath his praise.
No seers We're they, but simple men;
Its vast results the future hid;
The meaning of the work they did
Was strange and dark and doubtful then.
Swift as the summons came they left
The plow. md-furrow, standing still,
The half ground -grst in the mill,
The spade in earth. the aX in cleft.
They went where duty seemed to call;
They scarcely asked the reason why;
They only knew they could but die,
And death was not the worst of ALL
Of man for man the sacrifice.
Unstained by blood save theirs, they gave.
The flowers that blossomed from their grave
Have sown themselves beneath all skies.
Their death shot shook the feudal tower,
And shattered slayery's chain as well;
On the sky's dome. on a bell.
Its echo struck the worlds Great hour,
That fateful echo is not dumb;
The nations, listening to its sound,
Wait. from a centurys vantage ground,
The holier triumphs yet to COME
The bridal time of Law and Love,
The gladness of the worlds release,
When. war-sick, at the leet of Peace
The hawk shall nestle with the dove
TO-
The golden age of brotherhood,
Unknown to other rivalries
Than of the mild humanites,
And gracious interchange of good.
When closer strand shall lean to strand.
Till meet, beneath saluting flags,
The eagle of our mountain crags,
The lion of our Mother land.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
j. A. WHITE.
q. BOGART

physician AND SURGEON. Office ovel
/ c. W. Taylors Hardware Store. DIR. will bt
found at his Office at night. All calls from towI
and country promptly answered. day or night
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. INDEPEN-
i dence Office and residence east side OF
Walnut street north of Mott. 34tf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
9husifians.
DR., H H HUNT
HOUSE & WILSON.
Mr.. LOOMIS. Mn.

OFFICE on Main ST. door west Of Mer
~ chants Hotel, in Morses brick block hide
osndence. Iowa
Special attention given to Obstetrics and the dis
ease of women and children.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

4 TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. In
~ dependence Iowa. Office over Planes Hard
ware store, opposite head Of Chatham st.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

A heavy buslness-lmporting ele-
plants.
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W. q. az. b. DONNAN,

A TTORNEY AT LAW. Independence, Iowa
~. Office over Morse & Barnett's Store. Con
sultations in English and German. [19y
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Attorusus.
T. WOODWARD
d. ID. HOLDRIDGE
z E HASN'T

A TTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC AMI
~ Land Agent. Office over Taylor's Hardware
Store. Independence. Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
D. W. BRUCKART

LAKE & HARMON.
A TTORNEYS AT LAW. independence, Iowa
n Office IN Munson's Block, Main st.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

r AW CONVEYANCING WAR CLAIM, AND
IL Land Agency Office. Office in First National
Bank building. Independence, Iowa.
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I.
No maddening thirst for blood had they,
No battle joys were theirs who set
Against the alien bayonet
Their homespun breasts in that old day.
The farmers' vindicator., 1875-05-14
NOS 80.
A Model Farmer.

MAJOR WALL: On the I'd instant.
l had the pleasure of visiting Colonel
Peter G. Quin's farm, which lies
about three miles below Holmesville.
the ancient capital of old Pike. We
should judge from the appearance of
everything about Colonel Quin's
place, that he is one among the best
farmers of our county. | saw on his
plantation the best prospects for good
crop have seen this spring. His oats
are very fine, all headed out as nice as
could be. His corn is excellent, being
much larger than any we have seen.
He has a large potato patch, filled out
with draws from the Kentucky yam.
/ think his garden superior to any in
this vicinity. As to Colonel Quin's
cotton, 1 neither saw nor heard any
thing Of it, only that he had just got
home with bushel of extra fine seed,
with which he is going to try an ex-
pertinent. The Colonel is also trying
his hand with bee culture. He has
several hives, one Of which is glass
house, from which we could see the
little architects working away, regard
less of the Sabbath. Major, if you
could take peep over the fence into
the Coloneps poultry yard, and see the
goslipgs, little chickens, and young
ducks and other poultry, you would
take the Colonels wife to be one of
our best Matrons. Well, Major,
need not tell you that the Colonel and
his wife are both prominent members
of our noble Order, and that they at
tend all the regular meetings of the
Grange, hence their success. May
others follow their example.
Yours fraternally,
GRANGER.
Carriers Greek, May 3, 1875.
The farmers' vindicator., 1875-05-14
For the Farmers Vindicator.l
Pamela County.

1t seems that no one else will take
up the pen for Panola county, that as
feeble as mine is ] will do the best
that | can with it, but will assure you
that my hand is more skillful at hold.
ing the plow-handles or the ak, or any
other implement Of husbandry than
the pen, but if you can find an idea
in this worth putting in print you are
welcome to it.
The spring has been very backward
and cool up to this time. We had a
frost on the Oath of April. Farmers
as a general thing are about half done
planting cotton, some even has been
worked out but not much of it. 1t
does not look well owing to the cool
weather. Wheat looks well, but am
afraid that it is not as promising as ap-
pearances would seem to indicate. 1t
is now heading out and find great
many vacant or untitled spears on them.
Isend you n few heads that you m,.y
see them and I would be glad to hear
from some Of your correspondents
whether it is similarly affected in other
portions Of the State. | have no oats
but those who.have, tell me that they
are very fine, especially those sown in.
the fall. Irish potatoes and all the
small crops are doing well. There is
some complaint of sweet potatoes rot
ting in the bed.
Grange matters are in fourishing
condition, at least ours is think. The
busy season with our crops is now upon
us, which requires every moment of
the farmers time, but no good Patron
should neglect the meetings of his
Grange. Spend a little less time nap
ping at the middle of the day and
work little later at night, and surely
every industrious Patron can spare a
day in the month to attend his Grange.
And right here, one word, every one
should be very careful about speaking
of the transactions of his Grange in
the presence of outsiders, lest he
should cause trouble.
Yours fraternally,
TYRO.
The farmers' vindicator., 1875-05-14
Mind Words Of Encouragement.
and Crops i'm Rankin County.

MAJOR WALL: Please find enclosed
two dollars, renewal of my subscrip-
ton for the FARMERS VINDICAToR.
Many cheers for the INDICATOR and
a thousand for the great " farmers
movement"
Having lost my sight from sore eyes
19 years ago ] cannot read a word Of
ordinary print, SO my wife does all my
reading, and two of Us get the benefit
of your paper. We have concluded
that there is much profitable reading,
much that is interesting and entertain
ing, many good articles, both original
and selected, but we were both glad
when the fence and stock law discus.
sion closed, for we thought it prema-
ture. We would have to elect alegis-
Iature to pass such law and every
negro in the State would vote against it
and thus afford fine chance for polit-
ical scoundrels to manipulate the negro
again. Such a law, however desirable
lit may be, when stern necessity like a
knock down argument, demands such
a measure, then we may get it.
We have planted more corn and less
cotton, twice as much rice, three times
as many oats, and they look fine too.
We SOW our own broom.corn and have
not bought broom for twenty years,
and never gave lien, or mortgage or
deed of trust on any species of property
in my life and by the grace Of God
neuer ,oiH l never bought but fifty
six pounds of bacon in my life for my
own family. / am sixty.one years old,
born and raised in Mississippi and
never lived out of it three months, nor
never will until enterthe next world.
l have labored since the war harder
than any period of my life before, in
proportion to my physical stength, and
vet / shall only live the longer. And
should not the farmer live longer, on
an average, than other classes of men,
is one Of Gods appointment.
Farmers ought to rule this country,
because they are the handspring Of
all success. Again we say one thou
sand cheers for the Grange organiza-
ton.
Yours Fraternally,
JESSE S. NoRREL.
Rankin Co., Miss.
The farmers' vindicator., 1875-05-14

the request that any and all who may
have enjoyed opportunities to test the
matter, will report them through the
same medium for the benefit of all
who may be interested. They express
surprise that SO simple a thing as this
and so easily settled, merely by paying
attention to the thousand of expert
ments that are continually being made,
should not long since have been thor.
oughly settled and well understood.
The committee are of opinion that
the proper solution Of this question,
would save to the whole country many
millions of dollars annually, and that
every stick of timber cut for outdoor
uses would last twice or three times as
long, if cut at the best time, as it
would if cut at the worst time, and
they think the prime desideratun con-
sists in knowing exactly the best time
to cut, and they earnestly appeal to
all who may be able Gin view of the
great importance Of the matter to con-
tribute through the VINDrcAToR to
the elucidation Of this subject. Be-
lieving that if our Order did nothing
more than properly settle this question,
it alone would entitle us to the lasting
gratitude of mankind.
Respectfully,
L. S. BRoYLEs.
Monroe County, May 3, 1875.