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Middletown transcript., 1876-02-05
Rather Rough on the Missionary.

The Keokuk Consultation says: Tht
evaugelists who have been going ovel
the city praying with the different fam.
lilies, have been doing considerable
good, and, of course. in their peregri-
nations, some ludicrcus incidents have
been encountered. Here is one We
think will do:
An enthusiastic old gentleman, who
was aiding, as an evangelist, the good
cause all that Jay in bis power, wan
dered out into the purlieus Of the city.
and struck an upregenerated family
who didn't seem to know what prayer
meant. There was tall, gaunt, old
lady and several children. and our evan
gelist. horri6ed to fiud so much heathen-
ism in Christian community. invited
them to join him, and be could show
them what prayer was, and dropping
down on his knees commenced an earnest
supplication. ''.
Now there was an unregenerate dog
in that family also. and be "smelt
rat"-or. at least, saw a good chance
for forage, when the old gentleman
dropped down, and before the irst sen.
tence Of the prayer was completed. the
fangs Of the canine were fastened iD
that portion Of the old gentleman's
raiment which be sits down upon.
The family had remained standing.
and the old lady, observing the dogs
action, shouted out:
Go on with the prayer, ole fellsr.
I'll attend to the dog"
And she seemed very much disap-
pointed that the ''ole feller" coudn't
pray and be bone for the dog at the
same time.
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A NOVEL CLocK. novel clock has
recently been placed in the tower of the
Albany (New York; Saving Bank. By
an ingenious arrangement the dial is
illuminated by gas burner, lighted
automatically at early evening twilight.
and extinguished at daylight This is
accomplished by means Of the mechan-
ism itself, without the attention of any
person and what is still more wonder
full, although the time of daylight varies
greatly from month to month. the clock
lights the gas at precisely the proper
time from day to day.
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A MARVELLOUS PRINTING INVENTION.

A MARVELLOUS PRINTING INVENTION
"A wonderful invention has been pat
ented, BY the Victoria Printing Ma
chine Company, in . machine which
can turn out, ready for the reader, four
thousand copies Of . work.. containing
twenty-four pages. bound together,
without mauipulative aid. The ma
chine has cost about $4,000, and re-
quires no feeding, as it regulates its
own supply, taking in a sheet at one
end, and, 10 less than a second, eject
ing it at the other. printed. and with
the pages stitched together and ready
for the bookseller.
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REST.
By sPENsER.

He there does now enjoy eternal rest
And happy ease, which thou doest want and
crave,
And further from it daily wanderest;
What if some little payne the passage have,
That makes fragile flesh to feare the bitter
wave;
Is not short payne well borne that brings
long ease,
And layes the soul to sleepe in quiet grave?
Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas,
Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly
please.
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A German Jew was eating a pork
chop il q thaadessterm On hearing an
unusually loud clap, he laid down his
knife and fork and observed: "Vell, did
any poty efer hear such fuss apout a
little biece of bork.
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MASONIC.

ADosIRAx CHAPTER No. s, R. A. N. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth FRI
days of every month at 8 o'clock, p m.
UNION LoDeE No. s, A. F. A. NJ. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays Of every month
at 8 O'Clock, D. m. Masonic Hall.
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Happy the heart to when Ged has
given enough strength and courage to
suffer for him, to 6ud happiness in sim
plioicity and the happiness Of Others
Lauator.
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OFFICERS OF CITIZENS NATL
4 BANK,

DIRrcroRs. Clayton, B. Gibbs, b.
T. Biggs. John A. Reynolds, James Culbert-
son.. e. G. Fenimore, N. E. Walker, J. b.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
PREsIDENr Henry Clayton,
CAsHIER.-J. r. Hall.
TELLER.-John s. Crouch.
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eNliddletolun 4irettorp.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.

Tows COMMISSIONERS e. W. Lockw ood
President; R. Hall, Secretary; L. Z. Nc
Dowell, J. H. Walker, L g. Vandegrift.
Assessor &C. r. Anderson.
TREASURER. Hanson.
JUSTICE OF THE PEAcE.-DeW. G. Walker.
CONSTABLE AND PoLlcEMAN.-Vacant.
LANpLrGnrER.-F. C. Schreitz.
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Select Roetrp.
FRIENDS.
By DoLLIE !. PEARL.

Waves upon the ocean meet,
Break and sparkle, pass away:
Meet and live moments lie
Meath the sunny beams Of day.
Parted still, they onward 60,
Never meeting as before;
Each still. its way pursuing
To the far off distant shore
Oft upon life's storm-tossed sea,
Friends we meet but for to-day,
Sparkle in each others eyes,
Then forever pass away.
Parted, still we journey on,
Never meeting, never see
Transient friends Of passing hours,
Even thus till eternity.
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1. o. o. F.

Coop SAnARIrAH LopoE, No 9. Meets every
Thursday afternoon at o'clk. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
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DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meets for practice every Monday evening al
3 O'Clock. 9 ~ sk i IL
POST OFFICE.

OrFIcE HouRs.-Opens at 6 30 m and
closes at m every day except Sunday
Nails for the North close at 7.30 m, and
2.45 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 Is m.
j Nails for Odessa close ut II. % % and 7.30
pm.
Mails for Warwick, Sassairas and Cecilton
close at 1923 an.
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KNIGHTS OF .PYTHIAS.

DAMON LoDas, No. IL Meets every Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
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PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.

PEACH BLossoM GRANGE, No. 8. Meets every
Tuesday evening ut o'clock. Grange Room
in the Knights Of Pythias Hall.
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"Quills are things that are sometimes
taken from the pinions of one goose to
spread the opinions Of another"
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MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY AND
READING-ROOM.

w.Lockwood, Pres. J. T. Budd, Sec'y
Rooms in TRANscRIPr Building. Reading
Room open every day until 10 o'clock, p m
Libssry open on Wednesdays and Saturda,
from 3 o'elo + toi5pm. ut
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STAGE LINES

Stage for Odessa, with q. s. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival of the 1913 am and 7.5s
% m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival Of the 1913 m
train.
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RIIILDING AND LOAN.

MrppLErows B. l. L. AssoclArIoS.-Samuel
Pennington, Pres; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
on the 6rst Thursday Of every month at 8
o'clock, p. nl.- N-. - i--+- 80 i--.--.
Mutual LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLETowN-
JAS. H. Scowdrick, Pres; A. G. Cox, Sec
retary. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
month at 8 o'clock, Pm
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
TRUSTEES OF THE ACADEMY.

Hon John p. Cochran. Pres. Henry Davis,
Treas. Samuel Pennington, Secretary James
Kanely, B. Gibbs, R T. Cochran. N Williams.
PaIScIpAL OF AcADEMY.-T. s. Stevens.
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DIRECTORs OF TOWN HALL CO

JIM. Coz, Pres; Samuel Pennington, Sec;
J. r. Hall, Treas; R. A. Cochran, Jas Gull
bertson, JAS. H. Seowdrick, VIM. a. Barr.
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We know all about stars. but we
often forget that this world Of ours is
q revolver.
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Don't put on airs in your new clothes,
but remember your tailor.
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AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
PESrns. AeRrcuLrURAL AND PoxoLoGIcAL AS
ISOLATION WIN. r. Cochran, President and
Chairman of Board of Managers; J. B. Clark
son, Secretary. Annual Meeting fourth Sat-
urday in January. Next annual fair will be
held on October 4th, 5th and sth, 1876.
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THE following was part Of a young

The following was part Of a young
attorneys peroratiou on argument Of
demurrer in court recently: "Msy it
please your Honor, this is stupendous
question. Its decision by you. this day.
will live in Judicial history long after
you and l shall have passed from this
scene Of earthly glory and subiunary
vanity; when the tower Of Pisa shall be
forgotten, when Waterloo and Borodino
shall grow dim in the distant cycles of
receding centuries; when the names of
Eugene. Marlborough. and Napoleon
are no longer remembered: when the
Pyramids of the Pharaohs shall have
crumbled'into dust; when the hippopota-
mus shall cease to inhabit its native
Nile; even then your ruling upon this
demurrer will still survive in the vol
umes of legal lore, as fresh. green and
imperishable as an antique big Thomp-
son grasshopper or Colorado potato
bug"
Ny MoTHER.-How many sweet and
holy recollections do these few words
recall to those who have been blessed
with the never ending affection Of a
mother No change Of fortune, no
loss of influence, not even the loss of
character itself can destroy mothers
love. Her love can soothe the pangs
Of sickness and turn aside the arrows of
misfortune. The name of mother is
among the first words that fall from a
child's tongue; the 6rst idea that draws
upon the mind the irst and most last
ing tie in which affection can bind the
heart of man. Absence cannot chill
mothers love, nor vice destroy a moth
er's kindness.
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DELAWARE RAILROAD.

Passenger trains going North leave at 7.46
m and 3 OF p %. going South at to- m
and TBS p m. Freight trains with passenger
car attached, going North, leave at $40 p m |;
going South, at 6 30 a m.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
Indigestion in Horses,

NJ. Petty, French veterinary sur
geon, draws attention, says the amer
lean Farmer, to the liability of
horses and cattle suffering from indi-
gestion from the consumption of for
age in humid or musty state. 1t is
from overlooking that this complaint
is ordinarily produced, or to The too
rapid transaction from dry to unlimit-
ed green TODD. Another very com
mon cause is putting animals to work
Immediately after theil feed. The
giving of chatf and the refuse of the
threshing machine is also another
principal source, rs well as excessive
cold water; and, above all, allowing
the animal to drink the water of
marshes. A little salt or handful
of meal, is excellent in the drinks.
Old animals ought never to be
given too much food at once, and it
should be ever mixed with a little
straw. When the horse shows symp-
toms of indigestion, reStlessness, sud
denly refusing food, resting on one
leg, then on another, the head droop-
ing and seeking the left flank, its
excrements either hard or liquid, etc.
an eXcitant, OF three ounces Of kitch-
en- salt or glass of gin in a bottle
of water, will afford relief; or an in
fusion chamomile and sage. In case
pain exists, two spoontuls of lauda-
nun will prove excellent. OF course,
soap injections, friction and fumiga-
ton are not to be overlooked. Bleed
ing, in case of grain indigestion, be-
comes mortal
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
Don't

Don't fret. The world will move
on as usual when you are gone.
Don't color meerschaums for a
living. 1t is simply dying by in
ches.
Don't say"I told you So" Two
to one you never said a word about
it.
Don't throw dust in your teachers
eyes. 1t will injurc the pupil.
Don't turn up your nose ut slight
things. Think of bread and taxa
ton.
Don't buy a coach to please your
WIFE You had better make her lit
tic sulky.
Don't write long obituaries. Save
some of your kind words for those
living.
Don't imagine that everything is
weakening. Butter is strong III the
market.
Don't publish your acts of charity.
The Lord will keep the account all
straight.
Don't mourn over fancied grey
ances. Bide your time and real sor
row will come.
Don't put on airs in your new
clothes. Remember your tailor is
suffering.
Don't be too sentimental. a dead
heart properly cooked will make a
savory meal.
Don't lingcr where your love lies
dreaming. Wake her up and tell her
to get the breakfast, and you get off
to work.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
Corn and Pork.

There seems to be Il systematic
attempt to cry down the quality of
the corn crop and in connection
with this is the exaggerated state
ment Immortality in hogs. 1t is true
the corn crop of the West will be
very light in weight, that is when it
will take far larger bulk to weigh a
buShel than usual, but that it is rot
ting in the shock, and spelling in the
cribs. That this may be the case in
insulated cases may be true, bus so
far as our observation extend, the
corn Is drying much better than at
one time could have been supposed.
In this connection we would caution
farmers that corn must not be cribb-
ed i'll buildings 10 to Is feet wide as
is safely the case with perfectly
sound corn. 1t should be put in cribs
as narrow as possible, especially so
if the winter should be open and
wet.
While we areaware that hogs have
died in large numbers in many of
the pork producing regions of the
West, we believe that there will be 4
far average left, and that Western
corn will make fat hogs this year we
also believe. SO do not rush half
fat hogs, nor half dried corn to mark
ct under the fear that the first cannot
be made fat nor that the other will
rot on your hands if kept. Make
stock fat and use every endeavor to
make the corn as dry as possible.
The grains may be light if dry. If
kept wet with the water they contain,
by being placed in wide open cribes,
then when spring comes it indeed
may rot, and the farmer will find too
late his mistake.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
Saving seed Corn.

The Western Rural makes the fol-
lowing valuable suggestions Oh the
protection of seed corn:
The experience of the past has
taught farmers a lesson they do not
always heed, the importance of saw
ing the seed corn early in tn. fall,
and protecting it it from influences
winch destroy its terminating quail
tiles. How few there are sufficiently
particular in this respect; often they
risk crop of corn upon the neglect
OF the outlay of 81 gle days labor
in saving the seed. Poor seed may
germinate and grow under favorable
circumstances, but for steady and
vigorous growth in all conditions,
from the time it is planted, the seed
must be of the hest quality.
1t is a dangerous experiment., in 4
season like the present one, to leave
seed corn to dry upon the stalk after
the blades have been bitten by the
frost. 1t can, in this case, neither
grow nor rlpen, but must dry out
If the drying process is not steady
and rapid the terminating qualities
become impaired and cannot be relied
upon for seed. The finest, largest
and best-ripened ears should be Sc
lected, tied into pairs by few husks
left for the purpose and hung in the
sun long enough to become dry, un
less exposed to a sufficient degree OF
artificial heat.
The latter plan would form a coat
ing for the kernels and make them
less susceptible to climatic influences
If farmers will pursue this plan they
will be a thousand times better paid
for the time occupied than in almos,
any other work upon the farm
When well seasoned it may be put in
a dry place, with the full assurance
of an important beginning, the next
spring for good crop of corn. 1t is
very difficult to put this valuale ar
ticle out of the way of the vermin
which find no trouble to walk be
meath a horizontal surface, if they
have the angles of two sides to cling
to. To prevent this, a frame, CON
slsting of poles may be suspended
from the ratters by strong wire OF
rods Of iron.
Considerable time may be gained
by huSking the corn and spreading
it upon Il suspended platform. If
properly dried, it may be piled sever
al ears in depth without danger of
injury from danpness. 1t is not best
to measure the Importance of this
matter by the length of time requir-
ed to perform this work, but upon
the difference between the probable
tiles of a full or half crop, as the re-
suit Of the action taken Prompt
ness and thoroughness on the farm
are the only qualities which pay the
large profits
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
A Sexton s Mistake.

The New York Graphic relates the
following anecdote of the sexon of
Grace Church, in that city:
speaking of Brown, anecdotes arc
always in order. One cold Sunday
morning during the war time soldier
with a well-worn private's overcoat
over his shoulders entered the vesti-
bule of Grays Church, and, failing to
receive any notice from the sexton,
leisurely walked up the main aisle to
one Of the best seats. The church
was crowded, and shortly after came
dashing Second Lieutenant, evil
IDENTIFY new to his straps, and throw
ing back his cloak to display his rank +;
he was obsequiouSly taken in charge
by Brown. Walking directly to the
seat occupied by the man in tie old
overcoat, the sexton tapped the in
truder on the shoulder and said,
There are seats there for YOU in a
tone which meant for such rs you,
at the same time indicating a rear
corner. Making no resi- onse, the
private arose, and without the least
embarrassment retired to the part of
the church to which he had been so
unceremoniously consigned. The
seat he vacated was occupied by the
gallant Lieutenant, resplendent in the
glory of brand-new trappings. The
private found his new quarters much
more comfortable than the place he
had vacated, and because OF the near
ness to the register he tossed back
his ovcrcoat, revealing to the horri-
fled gaze Of Brown the stars of a
Maior-General. The supposed pri-
vate vas n. Z. Banks, and this Incl.
dent is related simply to show that
even Brown himself is not infallible."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
Keeping Farm Accounts.

There are difficulties in the keeping
of farm accounts in such way as to
show the exact profit or loss in farm
ing that do not occur in keeping the
accounts of most other kinds of bust
ness. 1t is easy to state the general
principles that should be observed,
but not SO easy to apply them in the
details Of practice. The farm, of
course, should be charged with the
capital invested, and with all OUTLAWS
and credited with everything receiv-
ed IN return. Suppose buy farm
with suitable buildings upon it, which
with the necessary stock and farns
implements, costs $4,000. That sum
should be charged to the debtor side
Of the account. All sums paid for
labor, seed, fertilizing, etc, should
also be entered in The debtor column.
SO far it is all easy. but in entering
the credits it is not always easy to
determine the value of the returns re-
ceived. If, at the end of the year,
the farm, in consequence of the i'm
provements made upon it, or from
any other cause, is worth more than
at the beginning, the increase should
be credited and 90 to swell the est
mate Of profits, but frequently it is
difficult to determine the extent of
the increase of value. The same
may be said OF the increase OF the
value OF stock remaining on the farm.
There are many items Of income
which are difficult to estimate, and
some Of which are commonly over
looked altogether. The farm shopld
be credited with house rent such a
sum as a farmer would have to pay for
the use of a house like hi, own. The
use Of his dwelling is legitlmately a
part of the income of the farm. The
vegetables from his garden, the fruit
from his orchard, the milk butter and
cheese from his COWS, the eggs from
his poultry, and the honey from his
hives, consumed in his family are as
much Il part OF the income of his
farm as is the money received for the
produce sold, and should be credited
to the farm at the market value. 1t
is not, however, easy to keep n cor
rect account Of those little matters,
but we believe that an honest and
persevering attempt to do SO for
year or two will convince any far
mer who shall try 1t for the first time
that he had previously no correct no.
ton Of the cost Of living nor Of the
profit Of tarming.-Neeo Era.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
How to Sow Seed with Success.

Novices in Horticulture make fire.
quent failures with minute seeds, like
those Of the lobelia, the mimulus and
the calceolaria, and even experienced
florists do not always succeed with
every sowing, rs such seed are very
delicate, and terminate only under
the most favorable conditions. Have
the soil in the pot, pan or box "a shall
low pot is best), composed of leaf
mold and clean sand, two parts of the
former to one Of the latter, sifted or
otherwise made fine. Make the sur
face even and smooth, and press
slightly; then sprinkle it by holding
u wet brush over it, and drawing the
hands over it so as to throw IA fine
spray over the soil. On this prepared
surface SOW the seed, and scatter over
it the slightest sprinkling OF fine,
clean sand. Now cover the pot or
box with u pane of glass, and keep it
in the shade, watering, when neccs-
sary, with the spray from q brush, as
before directed. The soil must not
be permitted to get dry, nor must it
ever be delugcd with water. II the
seed be sown, as is generally the case,
on Il loose surface, and then watered
from a watering,pot, they are mostly
carried down with the water so deep
into the soil that it is impossible for
them to germinate.-Rural Caro-
T0DjaU.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-01-07
Pruning Grapevines for Winter

Vines which have lost all then
leaves may now be pruned and clean
ed. For general culture, for most
varieties, the "spur" system is the
best method for training vines. THIS
is, training single rod up the root
OF the house ana cutting the lateral
shoots back to within an eye or two
every year.
Young vines planted this year and
started from buds in the spring should
be pruned back to within two or
three eyes from the bottom. 1t is
better to leave few eyes to start,
which gives Il better chance to vines
starting next spring, and allows a
selection to be made for getting a
strong shoot to train up the raftcr.
Vines which have been growing
two years may have from two to six
feet of the young wood left, accord
ing to the size and maturity of the
canes. Strong well-ripened vines
have a chance to start at every eve
next spring, but weak or immature
wood will not start; therefore it is
necessary to leave wood which will
start from every bud. Nothing indi,
Gates bad management better than a
grapevine starting into growth with
one or twD buds at the point of the
vine commencing to grow, while the
rest remain dormant. If the young
vine does not start evenly into
growth, an unevenly spurred vine is
the result, and nothing looks worse
in a house than vincH with spur
here and one there, and a crowd of
them at the top, instead of being
equal in distances from bottom to
top, as they should be, and this, by Il
little judicious treatment, when prun-
ming, can oe accomplished III the
early stages Of the vines growth
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