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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
Washington and Franklin to be a.
the Centennial.

1t may not be generally known
that the Spiritualists contemplate TAX
ing part in the great Centennial cele-
bration at Philadelphia, on the 4th Of
July, 1876. If successful it will be
the wonder of the age. 1t Is propos-
ed to invite five or six Of the first
class materializing mediums of the
United States and England to partic-
ipate in this glorious festival; that Il
platform be erected on which there
be small cabinet for the spirits to
matcrialize themselves, when it will
be expected George Washington,
John Hancock, John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James
Madison, William Penn, and the
Marquis de Lafayette will appear on
the platform in the dress they wore
one hundred years ago, and address
the surrounding multitude, and, ii de-
sired, they will designate the proper
person for the next Presidency, one
who will be President of the United
States and not of party, when cap
able and honest men would be ap-
pointed to office, gold and silver
would once more jingle in our pock-
cts, the national debt would soon he
paid off, the people made prosperous
and happy. All this can be accom-
plished by those who have thrown off
their material bodies, but still take a
deep interest in the affairs of the
country they left behind.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
Wasted Fly-Power.
Hartford Courant.


1t was Hamlet who expressed a
preference for the ''hy to the ills we
know not Of" or words to that effect,
and Hamlet either was or pretended
to be insane. The idea that there is
any more annoying torment possible
than the frequent fly affords, is an un-
sound notion, sign of a very thick
skin or of a very thick head. But
setting aside for the time the direct
discomfort that the creature works
for man, il is interesting, and instruc-
tive, too, to see the seriously injurious
effect that its direct influences seems
to have upon the worlds industry
There are, in round numbers, 33, ,OOO,-
600 cows, oxen, horses, and the like,
in this country, which for about ten
hours a day during fly time keep
their tails III almost constant motion.
1t is no exaggeration to estimate that
they swing them at least ten times a
minute, with force equal at each
swing to raising one pound foot
That is, their tail force is ten pounds
a minute. One horse power is $4,000
feet pounds in minute, so $500 cat
tie would exert with their tails Que
horse power, and all these creatures
in the country would put forth upon
the fly the aggregate force Of 10000
horse power. Now the entire force
of all the steam engines and water
wheels in the country, used in the
Of steam engines and
boilers is less than 10000 horse pow
er. That is, the force wasted by our
domestic animals in waving their
tails to keep the fly away is almost
sufficient, if rightly applied, to move
all the motive machinery in the land.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
Mating in Arabia.

\ contributor to the CWhoNr
World for September, describing the
work Of missionaries among the
Arabs, relates this little incident:
A band of fifteen couples We're
lately married from the Orphanagc
OF Ben Aknoun, The fathers inform
ed the Archbishop that they had tit-
teen excellent boys who were about
to leave, and whom they wished to
find wives for and settle in the near
est Christian village. The Archbish-
op asked the Superior of the girls
school if she could supply them tif-
teen maidcns who would 90 and
share the homes OF their brother or
phans.
The Superior replied that she had
precisely the number required-giris
who must leave the shelter of the
convent III few months, and whom
she was most anxious to see provid-
ed for. The grapes were ripe and
the vintage, which was close at hand,
would furnish an opportunity for Il
meeting between the parties. So one
Inorning in the cool, sweet dawn,
they set out to the vineyard, the mai
dens conducted by a sister, the youths
by one of the priests; the latter took
one side and culled the grapes. while
ut the other side the maidens gather
ed up the branches and bound them
into bundles. AS they went, they
sang hymns and canticles to Tighten
their labor; and when the days task
was done, they left the vineyard in
two distinct bands, as they had come,
and returned to their separate con
vents.
"Well," sad Mgr. de Ia Vigerie to
the presiding father next day, shave
the young men chosen each his mai
den, and is the choice approved?"
"Alas! monsiegneur, they did not
even look at each other" replied the
disconsolate matchmaker. "lhey
never raised their eyes from their
work. Sister C and | watched
them like lynNes.'
"You have brought up the children
too well, my good father" cried the
Archbishop ill dispair. "What is to
be done with them now"
"Iave little patience, my lord,
and 1t will come in good time," re-
piled the father, encouragingly.
Next day the two bands of maidens
and youths sailed forth again to the
vineyards, and so every day for a
week.
Then the father came in triumph
to the Archbishop to announce the
successful issue of the scheme. One
by one the youths had plucked up
courage and peeped through the ten
drills of the vines, and, thanks to some
magnetic sympathy, two dark eyes
had been simultaneously raised to
meet theirs. and they smiled at each
other. A little further on the green
leaves were tluttered by whisper
asking the fair ones name; she told
it and another whisper told her his.
so the flower blossomed in thirty
young hearts, and the priest and the
sister, who watched the gentle
growth, looked on delighted.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01

their arms around each other, and are
embracing with that heartiness that
belongs to the sons of the Vaterland,
although they never met before this
morning. The stiff old maid in the
corner has shaken my hands in both
hers so many times that | feel they
are quite sore.
All the inhabitants of the little vii
lage come running around the train:
"What is it? Where is he? Is it
the Kaiser himself, or is it the Kron-
prinz::" they asked in bcwildered ex-
citemcnt at the sight of ours.
But all the Kaisers and Kronprizes
in Europe put together could not have
aroused the flood of feeling that
surged through that train. 1t was
sympathy with sentiment far older
than royalty-older than the kings to
whom loyalty is duc-which was stir
ring every heart; it was sympathy
with q mothers loyei
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
ne marched into the Commissioners

she marched into the Commissioners
office.
"Good morning, Mr.. Pratt" said
she.
"Ah! Good morning."
"Mr. Pratt" said she, 'I have re-
ceived your letter. Perhaps you are
not aware of the influence which was
interposed to give me official posi-
tion?"
"Indeed, madam, | am not"
"Well, then, | am happy to inform
you that | was appointed upon the
Joint solicitation of Senator Christi
ancy and ex-senator Chandler.
Mr.. Pratt, after she had impaired
this information, took a good look ut
her and said, "Now, madam, 20 back
to your desk. And you must be
here at . o'clock in the morning. If
YOU are not | shall dismiss you /
don't care if you are endorsed by Il
dozen Christiancys and Chambers,
You must do your duty"
The young lady retired. She has
since managed to eat an 8 o'clock
breakfast and begins the official rout-
inc at 9 A. NJ, promptly, just the
same as if she didn't have double
backing.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
Courtesy.
Detroit Free Press.


''Is this the post-otflce?" inquired n
stranger the other day, as he ap-
preached the stamp clerks window.
at is" was the reply.
"And you have stamps here?:"
eyes, sir"
"Will you be so kind as to sell me
one?"
81 will"
81 am very sorry to have to bother
YOU" continued the stranger, while
the clerk was tearing off the stamp.
'But | want to send a letter out, and
hope you'll excuse me-"
"That's all right" said the clerk.
eyes, l believe it's all right" said
the stranger. 81 am thousand times
obliged for your courtesy; and now
l want to beg one more favor. Can
/ mail this letter hcre?"
"Why, of course"
"CanI? Here, give me your hand,
young man, I've lived round and
about for forty years, and rve seen
hard times. amt used to this sort
OF kindness, and it goes right to my
heart!"
And it could not be said that he
Vas drunk.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
Female Treasury Clerks.


Some time ago Commissioner Pratt,
of the Internal Revenue Bureau, was
appriscd of the dercliction of duty
on the part of several of the female
employees of his Office. 1t was the
habit Of those complained Of to reach
their desks long after the prescribed
Office hours. TO remedy this he
directed that letters should be sever
ally addressed to the delinquents,
conveying the information that they
must be at their duties at o'clock or
find other employment which would
crafty their propensity for late hours.
The letters were accordingly directed
and duly received. One of the ladies
who received such missive took UNI
bragg at it, and declared she wouldn't
stand it. So one morning recently
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
Trolling On Horseback.

Fishing with a trolling-line on
horseback is a novel sport. y cor
respondent of Forest and Stream
tells how he did it in Florida:
Some seven years ago | was living
in Bradford County, of this State,
and partly tor pleasure and partly
for business found occasion to visit
an acquaintance some Is miles dis
tant in Allachua County. Near my
friends residence were several we'll
known lakes, which swarm with the
Southern black pass, or, as the ma
tives have misnamed them, trout.
| intended on leaving home to have
some sport in that line, and took
along a common spoon hook aud joint
ed bamboo rod. My friend doubted
its usefulness.
He looked upon that group Of
three rather small hooks with a smile
of incredulity. Bass are usually
caught in this country with live bait
and when the natives use artificial it
is composed of 4 bunch of gaudy fea-
thers and rags, with half dozen
large cod hooks, the whole thing as
large rs ones two fists, and made fast
to stout cord three or four inches
long, and this III turn fastened to 4
stout spruce or cane pole. a man
stands in the bow of skitf, and as
he is padded along the edge of the
lilly pads bobs this "hy" on the sur
face. When he gets bite (ahd they
do rise to it freely, he pulls the fish
in by the rod, main strength, hand
over hand. Knowing, as l did, this
style, l really could not blame him
for having doubts of my little spoon.
lie was deceived, however, the same
evening, when | astonished the na-
tives, and myself as well, by having
all | could attend to IN the shape OF
bass.
The next day we were riding along
the bank of the lake near his house,
which, like many others in this re-
gion, has sunk partially, so as to leave
a strip of beach some thirty or forty
feet wide around it. Firm footing
for horse to the very edge, and even
into the water anywhere. In the
bright light | could see many bass
and an occasional pickcrel, called
here jack fish, lying eight or ten feet
from the shore. OF course | wished
for my rod, as any fisherman would
under the circumstances, and the
thought instantly flashed through my
mind, why dismount to fish? why not
fish from horseback? Nothing more
easy, certainly, and as soon as re
turned to the house | extemporized Il
staff, fastened grain-sack to the
pommel of my saddle, and set out.
l rode along the edge OF the water
with from forty to sixty feet of line
trailing behind me, and it was per
fectly astonishing to me to see the
way in which the bass struck ut tha,
spoon. When | fastened one, OF
course, | halted, and rode out into
about 81 feet of water. Then the
fun began, for at first my horse was
not inclined to allow an eight or ten
pound bass to be splashing about in
such close proximity; but, after two
OF three were reeled in and safely de
posted in the grain-bag, he seemed
to take almost as much interest in i,
as l did. After that days experience
l never was dependent on boat tol
good bass-fshing, and even tried il
by moonlight with excellent success
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
President johnson.

Brownlow still lives. Johnson and
Meredith p. Gentry are dead. Twen-
ty years ago the trio played a con
spicuous part in Tennessee politics,
and an anecdote which | believe has
never found its way into print, occurs
to me:
Andrew Johnson and Meredith p.
Gentry, IN 1852, were the opposing
candidates for Governor of Tennessee.
The leading organ Of the Democratic
party of the State, at that time, was
edited by E. &. Eastman, who pos
sessed a happy faculty Of stirring up
the bile of political opponents. We
make this statement that what follows
may be thoroughly understood. The
contest between the two parties was
a fierce one; but Johnson triumphcd.
Gentry bowed gracefully to the will
of the people, and retired to his farm
in Bentord county. His enthusiastic
friends, Col. Matt. Martin and the
Rev. VIM. G. Brownlow, paid him
visit. The latter Is not wholly UNI
known to fame. They tarried several
days, and when they were about to
depart, Gentry, taking down Il Bible
and Hymn book said: 81 never per
NIT a distinguished divine to visit my
house and leave without saying
prayers for the family and for the
Mr.. Brownlow, you
must pray" The invitation was ac-
cepted, and after a chapter in the
Bible was read and Il hymn sung,
they all got down upon their knees.
Among the petitions that Brownlow
sent up was this one: "May the Lord
send Il beam of grace upon the heart
of Andrew Johnson and his man
Eastman" Gentry at once sprang to
his feet, and exclaimed in a loud
voice, "Stop! Brownlow, stop! If
that petition is answered, the plan of
will be exhausted, and the
balance OF us will be damned!" No
Tennesseean who was intimately ac-
quaintcd with Col. Gentry, will doubt
the truth of this story.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01

A colorcd peddler in Boston was
hailed by u would-be customer from
the fiat roof of a two-story house, a
couple Of days ago, and so earnest
was she in bargaining that she lean
ed to heavily upon the wooden rail
ing and the frail support gave way.
She plunged headlong, but the gal
and huskster heroically rushed in,
caught her in his arms and prevent
ed serious injury.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01

Beds.-To renovate old feather
beds when no steam apparatus is con-
venient, put them out doors during 4
heavy rain. Let them dry iii the sun
beating them occasionally with a
stick to loosen the feathers. They
should be turned over several times
and then thoroughly dried. n paste
of soap and starch will take stains
out of bed-ticking. Spread it ovel
the spots. When dry, scrape off and
wash with damp sponge.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
Iron Cement which is Unaffected

Iron Cement which is Unaffected
by Red Heat.-Four parts iron filings
two parts clay, one part fragment Of
Hessian crucible; reduce to the size
of rape seed aud mix together, work
ing the whole into Il stiff paste with
a saturated solution of salt. a piece
of fire brick can be used instead of
the Hessian crucible.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01

T AW CONNEYANCING. WAR CLAIM. AND
Il Land Agency Office. Office in First National
Bank building. Independence. Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-01
I. E GATES.
W. 81. b. DONNAN,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTION
"A AGENT. ONCE in Burrs Block. Independ-
ence. Iowa 6tf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

h7 EAST FIFTY-sIxTH sTREFT.-A PLEASANT
IT furnished Room to let for gentlemen only;
terms moderate.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

A FLOOR TO LET-OF FIVE ROOMS CONNECTING;
~ water. gas; modern improvements, Apply at 100
West Forty-aith street. between Sixth avenue and
Broadway. Can be from 10 A. III. TO O'Clock II. NJ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

ITO LBT-FURNISHED OR UNPUBLISHED, PART
Of private Dwelling No. Sc East Tenth street. eight
rooms modern improvements Apply from IL 70
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

7SN EAST TWENTY. SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN
lOO Lexington and Third avenues Handsomely
furnished Rooms, large and small gentlem n and wife
single genlemen terms moderate; references ex
pba
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

ITO LRT-sECoND AND THIRD FLOORS. ROOMS
EACH unfinished.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

ITO LET-FRoM NAY OR JUNE TO OCTOBER Or
i November q French Flat of seven rooms. nearly
completely furnished, IN large new house near rark
having carpeted stairs anitor. elevator &C. rent Tor
only sou which might be reduced by
temporarily boarding the lessee, literary gentleman.
Ring thlrd bell, 1873 West Fifty sixth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

A T ZIG EAST TENTH STREET. NEAR SECOND AVE-
n nue-Basement Floor basement and Parlor
Floors together or separately, unurnished possession
Immediately.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

RIO LET UNFU RNISHED-sPLENDID FRENCH
Flats in the tour story brown stone houses nth
street. near Fourth rent $50 $2S SIS aud 30
per floor; all modern improvements jantor in house
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

n LEr-UPPER FOUR ROOMS OF BROWN STONE
L House No Il6 Fast Eighty filth street, to small
quiet family S25 monthly house newly painted and rem
OyaLed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

rro LATHE -FOUR STORY HOUSE IS CHARLES
street. In thorough order; parlor carpeted ana hall
oilclo family three Dersons 0ccuDieS part
and would board with tenant call between A. N. and
Up NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

40 WEST THIRTY SECOND STREET ONE
| LIZ block west OF Broadway.-Furnished Rooms 10
let without board TO gentlemen only; references OK.
oh
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-18

r,o LET-IN PRIVATE RESIDENCE, SUIT or
i six pleasant Rooms convenient 10 cars ana ~ min
ues OF CITY Hall; $50 month. which includes
gas heat bot and cold water laundry and bath
Address J. N. SEYMOUR. i7s Summer street newark.
N T..
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

LAND OF GOLD, MILK AND Hon
EY.-The Los Angeles California;
Express says
at is stated that the honey pro,
duct of San Diego county this year
will be fully six hundred tons. One
million two hundred thousand pounds
of honey from a single county is
prodjgious for an industry only
about three years old. Los Angeles
county, also, is making tremendous
advances ia the honey culture, and
in few years the two counties will
supply the world. The honey Of
Southern California is without a ri
va in quality aud favor in the mar
ket. 1t is only during the last
twenty years that bees have been
known in California, and to day the
business of the apiarist promises to
be one of the most important in the
southern portion Of our State"
From the same county, San Fran>
cisco has received since December
last over 100000 oranges and
100000 lemons, while the industry
is rapidly extending to other parts
of the State.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11
ONIONS FOR sLEEPLEssNEss.

now venture to suggest a new
but simple remedy for want Of sleep.
Opistes in any form, even the liquor
0pij 8cdat and chIorodyne, will leave
traces of their influence, the next
morning. | therefore prescribe for
myself, and have frequently done 50
for olhers-onions, simply common
onions raw, but Spanish onions stew
ed contained in this most valuable
aud heaIty root. This oil has, | am
sure, soporitic powers, In my own
case they never fail. III am pressed
with work, and feel | shall not sleep,
| eat two or three small onions, and
the effect is magical. Onions are
also excellent things to eat when ex
posed to intense cold. Mr. Parnaby,
Troutdale Fishery, Keswick, informs
me that when collecting salmon and
trout eggs in the winter, he finds
that common raw onions enable him
and his men to bear the ice and cold
Of the semi-frozen water much bet
ter than beer, etc.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

sHERmANs MARCH TO THE SEA.
[From the New York Day Book. !

From the New York Day Book
AS infamous a record as Sherman:
worst enemy could wish to impale
his reputation upon was that 'March
to the Sea- tho originator Of which
Sherman claims to be, but which
claim General Grant it seems, by
the cIamor of the Generals friends,
| Just now, seeks to rob him of In
Gods name, let both these men share
the honors q that co @ardly, unmanN
ly, piratical raid upon defenseless
women and children seems to have
won. Another age will do them
both iull Justice. OF all the brutal
UNANIMOUSLY brutsl-sffairs that the
history of the American war chron>
icled Sherman's March to the Sea,
of which the world mas heard so
much, was the growing disgrace, if
disgrace could crown an inhuman,
barbaric epoch. Men, to defend the
homes and firesidcs of mothers,
wives, sisters and little ones hardly
able to toddle, there were none.--
\ campaign of years, had sacrificed
the limited fighting material of a
population of nine millions. TWEEN
ty millions in the North had enough
human food for powder and ball left
to continue the sacrifice that had
been kept up in that section, and
Sherman's March to the Sea was
hazarded. 1t cost the stalwart war
rior nothing. The burning of barns,
dwellings and all plantation proper
ty that fire would consume was sim
ply the pastime Of army bummers.
Men, patriots, true soldiers, who
were fighting for holy principle,
would have died ere they engaged in
such devils carnival. Weak wo-
men besought mercy, and prayed to
Sherman's fends with clasped hands
that their wadrobes, their food,
might be spared; but those braves
(D needed them not, and the de-
vouring flames were fed with all the
necessities and Injuries that were
combuotible, unless gold and silver
were found, in which case this was
claimed as "loot," and to-day many
New England side board displays
trophies CALAMITY won By the noble
sons Of Mars C) in struggles with
weak and defenseless, overpowOred
women, during Sherman's wonderful
"March to the Sea-
And Sherman Graves the honorsC)
of the conception of this great
achievement, which, from inception
to elimination, was one long, black,
damning record of infsmy.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-06-11

PECULIAR PEOPLE.-A Boston let
ter to an Eastern newspaper relates
that upon one of tho fashionable
South End squares of that city there
has lived in a swell front four story
brick house, until very lately a wo-
man who has hired for her servant
her own sister. The latter was treat
ed ia all respects as a mental, and
though tho woman and her husband,
having no children, dined alone when
there was no company in the house,
they never permitted the sister to sit
with them. Not only this, but the
sistereservant was kept at work from
early till late and there was no such
thing as leisure for her, OF particle
of the consideration due from one so
nearly related to her. Finally the
woman moved out Of town and the
sister determined to find an easier
place. Accordingly, she engaged TO
go to- summer resort as pastry cook
in a fashionable boarding house.
Now it has ranspired that her sister
and former mistress has engaged
board for the warm season not only
at this very resort, but at the very
house where her sister is to furnish
the daily pies aud puddings.