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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16
The Man Without a Woodhonse.

If there is a point on which I am
more tender than another, it is on the
wood supply, and l really do think
that there have been more women
kept out of heaven by burning wet
and green wood than from any other
cause. Oh! the discomfort and wor,
ry, the vexation and ill-temper it has
caused; the mutual lll-feeling 1t has
caused between husband and wife.
and the jarring and wrangling among
brothers and sisters. l know a wo
man should keep her temper under
all vexations and trials, but she is
human, and the smart of injustice is
hard to suppress; and as continual
dropping will wear the stone, SO will
the wear and worry of constant years
of struggle to keep up good results
in comfort and cookery under the dis
advantages of poor fuel, tell on the
disposition and temper
We once heard of q farmer who
had no woodshed for forty years.
His family had always employed
wood for fuel. The practice was to
cut up tree tops and dead trees and
let the wood remain in the forest fol
a year or more, after which it was
drawn to the house and tumbled of
in huge pile, where it was allowed
to remain until every stick was sap
soaked and much of it decayed.-
Every day wheel-barrow load OF
this miserable fuel was prepared fol
the fire. During winter, the wood
had to be taken out of the snow
The habit became fully established
in this mode of maintaining fires with
wet and soggy fuel from the rain.
soaked and sap-soaked wood pile
The result was that fires were always
poor, the baking was either hall
baked or burned to crisp, and more
than twice as much fuel was used up
in producing the desired heat than
would have been necessary if the
wood had been cut, split, and piled
beneath some shelter few months
before it was to be used.
Forty years of discomfort, forty
years of fret, worry and vexation on
account OF poor fuel, forty years OF
bad domestic economy, and kissing,
sissing, steaming and frying in the
kitchen for forty years, is the terres-
trial portion of thousands of farmers
who seem to think that such things
are among the ineyitables of our
moral state, sent for some wise and
inscrutable purpose. Is there any
cogcnt reason for wonder and sur
prise that a woman who has worried
and chafed over a miserable fire for
forty years, should come to the close
of life the victim Of fretting and wor-
rying? II nothing more than slabs
can be procured, let us have the wood
prepared year in advance, and coy
er the ranks with slabs. Now, my
dear farmer friend, I am talking to
you, the very man reading this, and
if he don't read 1t, my dear woman,
just read it to him; don't let it ever
be sad of you that your wife was
worried to death for the want of a
wood-house; and don't delay it for
forty years, nor until her patience
and body are both worn out-A
Farmers mJe IN Western Farm
Journal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16
Management of Lawns.

Thomas McClumi, landscape gard.
ner of Hartford, Conn.,, says of the
management of lawns in America,
that
1st.-The drier climate of Ameri
ca requires deeper and richer soil
than England, to maintain a contin.
ued green through the heat of the
summer.
2d.-Terraces are properly object
ed to and denounced, as being un.
natural and discordant with true
taste.
3d.-Sewers, are necessary, and
underdrains, are the first require.
ments when a lawn Is intended.
4th.-The reasons for drainage
are, access to the air, and the ad.
mission of the rains to pass through
it, SO that cit is treated like a dirty
garment, and is washed, aired and
dried"
5th.-Deep tillage and manuring
are the foundation of success with
American lawns-the soil to be uni,
form in texture and quality, to pre-
vent spots-and trenching, keeping
the rich soil at the surface, being
essential.
Gth.-Sow in freshly mellowed
soil: and if there are many annual
weeds, SOW in autumn, that the winter
may kill them; but if there has been
much grading and filling, sow in
spring after the settled surface has
been smoothed. Steep hillsides are
recommended to be sown in sum-
mer, to prevent washing; but we sug-
gest better way to secure this sur
face by the roots of thin crop of
rye sown the previous autumn, and
then sow the grass among this crop
in spring, cutting the rye away as
soon as the grass is well established.
7;h.-Roll i'll spring old or new
lawns, to smooth the surface, and til
Ter the grass.
sth.--Avoid coarse or lumpy ma
nure, and apply as a surface dressing
either finely pulverized compost, or
a mixture of guano and superphos-
phate Of lime.
9th.-Kecp the grass cut short
from the first, to cause it to grow
thick and form a dense carpet.
1oth.-Never adopt the absurd
practice of allowing the grass to
grow tall to cut for hay.
11th.-After many trials, the Sc
lection of grass for each acre is mar
rowed down to Kentucky blue grass,
two bushels; redtop one and a half
bushels; white clover, two to four
pounds. For dry and gravelly ground
increase the white clover, and depend
less on the grasses. Sow the clover
and grass seed separately, as the lat
ter is lighter and cannot be thrown
50 far.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16

Palmyra (Mo) Spectator.
The famous hog owned by Mr.
William Bush, of Monroe, and SO
celebrated as the largest porker evel
known in these parts, passed through
the city Tuesday last, in charge of its
owner, on the way to Philadelphia
the seat of the great Centennial cele.
bration. 1t is of a black and white
color, and is a cross of the China and
Poland. 1t is 5 years old; was born
in this (Marion) county, OH the farm
of Mr.. Joseph Pond. 1t measures
feet 4 inches in length, 3 feet inches
in height, is full 80 inches across the
back, girts 9 feet, and weighs 1910
pounds. 1t has been fed principally
on milk, with small quantities of corn
occasionally to give solidity to the
flesh, and shows that no particular
pains have been taken to give it an
artificial appearance. It's hair is
rough, its skin and flesh rough and
thick with dandruff, and it is by no
means thing of beauty. Still it
is claimed that it is the largest and
heaviest hog Oh the globe. Mr.. Bush
proposes to exhibit it as a special
curiosity of American production at
the Centennial.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16
Hints to EouseIkeepers.
From the Western Farm journal.


Now that the long hot days are SC
near at hand when every farmers
wife can see more to be done in one
day than three women ought to do,
we should study the best ways OF
accomplish the most work in the
shortest length of time. There are
dishes to wash, milk to skim, churn-
ing to do, beds to make, sweeping,
busting, and dinner to get; then we
wish to do some light work in the
garden, and to attend to our poultry.
Now if we undertake to do all this
in one day, we must have some plan,
for if we go to work in a listless,
disinterested manner, we will very
likely get things SO mixed up that
twelve o'clock and the men will
come and the dinner not yet ready,
then will come that most abominable
Of faults, fretting; at last, when the
half cooked dinner is placed in con-
fusion upon the table, you sit down
to tired and vexed to eat, while you
blame the wood, the weather or your
husband, not once thinking that per,
haps you are the one most to blame.
On the other hand, if we have plan
Of each days work in our head, and
proceed in a reasoning, methodical
manner, we will be surprised when
the dinner hour comes to see how
much we have accomplished, and
how neat and orderly things pass off.
Allow me to add here, always aim to
have a few moments before serving
dinner to smooth your hair, pin on a
collar, and to gather bunch of flow
ers for the center Of your table, for
no dish you can prepare will add SO
much to beauty and refinement as
these, be they ever SO simple.
TILDA HoMEspUN.
To-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16

The ENORMOUS WASTAGE of grain, so ineritabls
tcna other styles of Threshers, be SAVED by this
Improved Machine, sufficient, every job, to than
pay all expenses of threshing
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
like seeds threshed separated cleaned and saved
as easily and perfectly Wheat Oats Rye Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for grain and
seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875, these were substan-
tally the ONLY MACHINES that could run with profit
or economy doing fast, thorough and perfect work,
~hen others utertg failed.
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wasting complica-
tions such ENDLESS Aprons, Eaddes," "Beaters
"Pckers, ETC., entirely dispensed arah less than
onehalf the usual Gears, Belts Boxes, and Journals;
easier managed more durable light running no cost
ly repairs; dust; no litterngs" to clean up; not
troubled by adverse Winds rain or storms
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
In the large saving made by it will not employ info
rior and wasteful machines, but will insist this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for 6, s, 10 and IL Horse
Powers. Also speciality of SEPARAToRs designed
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER.
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, VIZ: our I'm.
proved "Tripls Gear" and our "Spur Speed" Wood
bury Style) both Mounted on to@r wheels.
IF INTERESTED in Threshing or Grain Raising,
apply to our nearest Dealer write to for lusta
ted Circular (sent free) giving full particulars Sizes
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard q Co.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH
These unrivalled Threshers, Horse-pow-
ers-and repairs for samc-for sale by
S. NEWMAN,
11-40m4 Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16

The love of distinction is the ruling
passion of the human mind; we grudge
whatever draws off attention from
ourselves to others; and all our &C.
tons are but different contrivances,
either by sheer malice or affected lib.
erality, to keep it to ourselves or
share it with others.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16

There is no talent like genuine
workers. Ten out of every twelve
successful men are workers. Nine
out of every ten workers will be sue
cessful men. Genius, like the oratory
of Demosthcnes, is action! action!
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16

Ninevah is fifteen miles long, eight
wide and forty miles round, with a
wall one hundred feet high, and thick
enough for three chariots abreast.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16

The reading columns on this page will be devot
ed, mainly, to topics pertaining to FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLETIN
are requested to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16
3 wIG-wA AM,
'EB. CONABLE, Prop.
$500 to 500 a Day saved in Time


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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-16
Tho Biggest Hog in the World.

edar Hill, Kansas
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-21

charge In a letter to the New York
Herald OF Saturday, that Mr.. nristow
~ attorney for John A. Thompson, of
Kentucky, put through fraudulent
mule claim against the Government
Tor which he got one-half The story
Is absolutely false In all respects.
The facts are that In 1873 Mr.. Bar
low, not being in Office but practlcng
ms prolessioni was engaged by Mr..
thompson to argue his claim before
the court of claims and he appeared
there and argued the case very fully
ana the court at the December term
rendered verdict against the govern
ment for SlOS,750. The basis of the
claim was that the assistant quarter.
master at Nashville, Tennessee, in
March 1876, under authority of the
chief of the quartermastcr department
1.-THE Cumberland, made contract
with the claimant for the purchase of
1000 mules.
The claimant was proceeding to car.
ry out the contract when Richmond
fell aud the Chief Quartermaster de-
clined to accept the mules purchased
and claimant was obliged to sell the
mules at great loss. His claim against
the government was for sos, 1850 being
the difference between the agreed rate
and the prices at which claimants al
legged they had disposed Of the mules.
For his services in this case Secretary
Bristow received ten per cent. on the
amount of the claim, or the sum of
$lO,s75.
This was the only connection Bris-
tow had with the case. He never
went before the department or spoke
to Belknap about the matter as Illegal.
This story was brought to the atten-
ton Of several Democrats a number of
days ago, including Representative
Wells and Senator-elect Beck, and
these gentlemen looked into the mat
ter and told their Democratic asso.
ciates in the House that the case was
all right and would stand investiga.
ton. The case is fully reported in the
ninth volume Court of Claims Reports.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-21
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.

GALVESTON, March 20. - Gold ll$4@ll4H.
New York sight 149IS premium; New Orleans
sight par to u premium.
Cotton steady. Good ordinary, lgsci low
middl ing, ll5sc; middling, l%sc; good md
ding. lshc. Sales 1886 bales.
Hides-Dry, &c; dry flint selected, i7c; rs
they run, li@l5c; light sailed, loo; wet sailed
selected, Sc; as they run, &c; green, nc.
Coffee weak and lower. Fair, lI19c; good,
lyc; choice, lsc.
Flour-Treble extra, 50 25@6 75 choice,
SO 75a7 90; choice family, 81 5O@7 IS; fancy
IS 25Ss 50.
sugar-Louisiana, fully fair. iss@'ssc;
prime to choice, 645s1<c; No. 2,IN@s,tc.
NEW ORLEANS, March 20.-Gold lli1aall44
sight exchange, Il premium.
Cotton firm and In good demand. Mid
ding. l2,zc. Sales 5000 bales.
NEW YoRE, March fo.-Gold closed at li4'..
Cotton steady. Spots easy. Futures closed
oulet but steady. sales 1850 bales,
LIVERPOOL, March 3.--Coiton-spots and
arrivals steady and nrmer. Uplands, e7-ied
orleans, SD. sales l5,oOo bales; American
| O alO hales
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-21
TELEG aAPHlC SUMMARY.

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, March 10. j.
d. Bell, proprietor of the Peoples De-
Tense newspaper, shot and killed Au-
gustus Carey who was on the point of
leaving for Memphis, and the difficulty
originated in the settlement of an ac-
count. Bell was Jailed.
DETROIT, Mich, March 10. The
walking match between Miss Matilda
Wallace, Canadian pedestrienne, and
Miss Amelia Hubbard, the American
champion, has been in progress all the
week at Gies' Orchestron, and was
ended yesterday. Miss Hubbard won,
having made about two hundred and
forty miles during the week, and lead
ing her competitor several miles.
QUINCY, ILLINOIS, March l9.-Rev.
Father Phelan, of st. Louis, lectured
here last tonight. In his lecture he
stated that this country also would
eventually he controlled by the Catho.
lies, giving as a reason that every Irish
woman who married became the
mother of three children, which statis-
tics showed to be twice the number
born of Protestant women.
FORT SCOTT, Kans., March ia
stranger, calling himself DR.. j. W..
Williams, faith doctor, died suddenly
at his boarding house yesterday. No
one here knows anything of him. He
was dressed In navy blue suit, his
vest buttons being ten cent silver
coins. There were greenbacks, gold
and silver to the amount of over four
teen hundred dollars found on his per-
son.
NEW York, March 19.-Pro clama-
ton of peace In Spain was celebrated
last night by banquet in Delmonico's.
The Minister of Spain at Washington
and other representative Spaniards
were present. The Islands of Cuba and
Porto Rico, always in Spain and for
Spain, with other toasts, were enthusi-
astically applauded. Senior Jose Fer
rere de Comic, editor of the FL Cronis-
ia, responded to the sentiment, 1.-THE
friendly relations existing between
Spain and America"
OLNEY, ILLINOIS, March 10. The
mercury here this morning stood at
ten degrees above zero, and fruit men
pronounce the peaches killed outright.
News from Cairo up, all along the
Central Railroad, in the fruit districts,
is to effect that peaches and all the
smaller early fruits are totally de-
stroyed by the cold snap. The storm
i was quite severe here all day yester-
4 day.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, March ia
Standard reporter visited surveyor
General Babcock yesterday. In reply
to the reporters interrogations relative
to the Fort Sully leadership, the
General stated that, when all the facts
In the case are known, twill be proved
that the transaction was purely OF 0
business nature, and can not in any
way be made to reflect upon himseii,
purfee and Peck, or the Administers
ton.
| New York, March ia meeting
was held in Cooper Institute, yester'
day. with view to influence the Uni
ted States Government to secure thu
release of Edward O'Meagher Condor
the Irish-American under imprison
ment for life in Great Britain. Thu
; meeting was large, but no one o
special influence was on the platform
or In the audience. All the great one
of the town were at the dinner of thu
} Friendly Sons of st. Patrick, or thu
: Knights Of st. Patrick, or some othe
of the numerous social gatherings yes
terday.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-21
The Herald Abroad.

That staunch and reliable exponent
Of Democratic principles in our sister
state. the New Orleans Democrat,
paws this journal the following hand
some compliment 1.-THE DALLAS
HERALD, one Of our best exchanges
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-21

from the Lone Star State, presents to
its readers a statement of the public
debt Of Texas, and proudly challenges
comparison from any STATE with the
healthy exhibit OF Texas ability TO
pay, the statement Is calculated ia
make poor Louisiana sad when il COM.
parcsher empty treasury, plundered re-
sources and crushing liabilities with
the light debt OF Texas and Its vast re.
Sources
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-21

Each voter will be required to vote In the
Ward OF his residence, and no person will be
allowed to vote unless his name appears on
the registration book Of said Ma,d. Persons
Ter again. A change OF residence since regis
traiion viii require the transfer OF the names
of such party 10 the registration book OF the
Ward In which the voter Ia nov living. ft
ts s j. y. HEREFORD,
ffs city secretary ana Resfstrar.
mchl4dtf ayH ffi 3ts NH -N
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-07-13
A Water.Pipe Episode.
netrnit Frne-Press-

On Thursday last the Windsor Water
Works suspended operations for re-
pairs and Windsor man thought it
would be good time to fix up the pipes
in his cellar, as the water wouldn't be
turned on till 4 p. m. So he DISCOUNTED
the pipes, cleaned them out, and then
went to borrow some soldering irons to
make first-class job CT it. There is
no reason to doubt that the job would
have been excellent in every respect if
he had not met a friend who adjourned
with him to neighboring thirst-de-
stroying establishment. and after par
taking of the nourishment there pro-
vided, they sat down for smoke and a
chat, and enjoyed their tobacco pipes
to such an extent that the water pipes
were completely forgotten, till the hor-
rified man heard the whistle of the 5
O'Clock train. Without the formality
of an explanation the Windsor man
rushed frantically from his astonished
companion, and the time he made
along Sandwich street has never been
equaled in Windsor.
Half an hour later he was delibera-
ting whether to send for steam pump,
or get man to 60 down cellar in a di-
wing bell and stop up that pipe.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-07-13
Humorous.

"What is the use," cried Yankee
at the Centennial gates, ~of standing
here waiting to get in, when you can
skip around and climb over the
fence in two minutes, and two min
utes more a burly policeman was
seen coming out of one Of the en-
frances attached to the nape of this
mans neck, who was crying: "Sac-
rificed Washington and is this the
boosted liberty OF an American citi-
zeni" iih - HsfiA l''it
He bought a cheap coat of the gen
tleman from Jerusalem, and he OBJ
served the next day that it was made
Of two kinds of cloth or else it had
faded from some previous wear and
tear. He went to the dealer with
fire in his eyes. The dealer looked
at the garment without surprise, and
at the wearer with extreme wonder.
IVY, mine gootnessl" he said, you
been wear de goat in de sun? You
t'ink him maat of sheet-iron. heyYP
The friend of man who went to
the Black Hills from Detroit, a few
weeks ago, TO be scalped by Indians,
was at the post office yesterday, and
number of gentlemen extended
their heartfelt sympathies. Il tell
you gentlemen. remarked one,Y Fits
mighty tough to know that your
friend has been scalped." swell.
yes" replied the friend, though
when 1 think that Dan would have
died in some idiot asylum anyhow, L
don't feel quite so bad about itl"-
Free Press
Won Boyle is In trouble about hard
money. In letter to the Washing
ton Capital he says: "If You carry
gold and silver in your pockets
around, dot makes hole derein, you
lose quarter dollar dere out. and
you den say something's to your wife
apout for why she don't keep de holes
out of your pockets. Den she gets
mad, und makes your head on the
proomstick, and you got to sphend
anoder quarter dollar for stitching
blaster. also Mrs. Soothing's Vinslow
syrup, twenty-five cents. Total, sef-
enty-fife cents losed on account OF
hard money"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-07-13

We have received from the Fine
Art Publishing House of Geo. Stin-
son and Co., Portland, Maine, several
pictures recently published by them.
The subject, as work of high art, de-
serve the highest praise. Stinson 81
Co. were among the pioneers in the
Fine Art publishing business in this
country, and year by year their bust
ness has grown, until at the present
time it has assumed colossal proper
tons.
A short time since they published
a chrome that had a run Of over one
hundred and twenty-five thousand
copies. The weight of them un-
mounted was over nine tons. In the
selection OF subjects, Stinson & Co.
show correct judgment of the public
taste, which natural talent, aided by
long experience, alone can give.
They publish every description of
fine works OF Art, from chrome to
photograph = from IA fine Crayon
drawing to the most elegant Steel
Engraving.
They bring inso service the skill of
the most talented artists.
They are also the publishers Of the
Centennial Record, which is a very
large illustrated paper, devoted to
whatever is of interest connected with
the One Hundredth Birthday of the
United States. Terms one dollar per
year. The great exhibition at Phila-
delphia is fully illustrated and de-
scribed.
Messrs. Stins0n 4 Go. are at pres
ent in want OF large number of new
agents, to whom they offer the most
liberal inducements. We call atten-
ton to their advertisement, headed,
TO the Working Class" in our adj
yertisinQ columns H. atf H1 t'i %