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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
Auecdote of Newfoundland Dog.
Rev. j. c. Atkinson, in The Zoologist.

kew. j. {. Atkinson, IN Inc LO0loglst.
A Gentleman connected will
the Newfoundland fishery was once poss
essed of a dog of singular fidelity and sa
gaclty. On one occasion boat and ere,
in his employ were in circumstances c
considerable peril, just outside line c
breakers, which-owing to some chang
in wind or weather-had, since the depar
ure of the boat, rendered the return pa
sage through them mos. hazardous. I'll
spectators on shore We're quite unable I
render any assistance to their friends afloa
Much time had been spent, and Il
danger seemed to increase rather than 1
minish. Our friend, the dog, looked I
for length of time evidently aware \
there being great cause for anxiety in tho,
around. Presently however he took to Il
water, and made his way through to Il
boat. The crew supposed he wished
join them, and made various attempts
induce him to come aboard, but no. I
would not go within their reach, but CO
tinued swimming about q SHIRT distan
from them. After while, apd sever
comments on the peculiar conduct of Il
dog, one of the hands suddenly divin,
his apparent meaning: Give HIM the cl
of n rope" he said; ''that is what
wants. The rope was thrown-the d,
seized the end in an instant, turned roun
and made straight for the shore; where
few minutes afterwards boat and crew,
thanks to the intelligence of their 70
footed fricnd--were placed safe and u
damaged. Was there no reasoning her
No acting with view to an end, or t,
a given motives Or was it nothing b
ordinary instinctg
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
Living in Ice for a Year.
Newark Advertiser.

Fish are cold-blooded creatur
rs every one knows, but the propri
tor of the Fourteenth Ward Hou
or Murray street, has a sample of t
piscatorial tribe which for coolns
is equaled only in scientific anna
He is of dlmlnutive slze-a minno
in fact-and was brought to the ,
tablishment embedded in a block
ice some two inches below the 81
face. He had evidently been froz
in when the ice was formed last WI
ter, and has been living in conf
table though inactive existence ey
since. That he was alive, has be
alive, and is alive at present, is de
onstrated by the fact that when
moved from his icy home yesterd
morning and placed in water he p;
died off comfortably and easily, q
IDENTIFY enjoying release from 10,
Imprisonment. The little fellow h
been living life of suspend al
nation for nearly a year a. b
though it has retarded
is evidently in a heal
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
A Dummy that Does Many Wonderful
Things.

Louis S. Jennings writes from
London to the New York Wortd
facts about Slade, the spirtualist, and
compares his operations to those OF
the dummy, an invention OH which
Mr.. Maskelcyenc has made his for
tune.
Mr. Maskclcyne's dummy is dress
ed up like a Turk, has glass pillar
beneath HIM, and when you have
walked all around him and seen that
no wires connect him with an elect
rlcal or any other apparatus, the
Turk plays hand at a game Of whist
three persons from the audience
playing the other hands. Mr.. Mask
cleyne simply calls out each card as
it is laid upon the table. The Turk
draws his card from little stand
where his thirteen are arranged in
front of him, and Mr.. Maskeleyne
has offered them every facility for
making thorough examination of
the figure, and as none of them have
discovered the secret, | am quite in
the dark respecting it. The figure
is completely isolated from curtains
or machinery, electricity could not
be employed, and any of the audi
encc may pass cane or an umbrel-
la beneath or around it, or examine
it in any way. 1t is certainly a Won
dcrful piece of mechanism--for mech
anism Mr.. Maskeleyne distinctly
tells you it is-and he challenges all
the world to find out how it is made
or by what means it is worked.
may add as curious fact that the
Spirltualists assert that Mr.. Maske-
leyne is q "medium" of uncommon
powers, but that he chooses to deny
it, and finds it more profitable to as
cribe the wonderful actions of his
"Psycho," as the figure is called, to
merely natural causes. Mr.. Maske-
leyne himself declares that he is a
sworn foe to Spiritualism, and that
he will never rest until he has cover
ed all its disciples and prophets with
shame aud confusion. In the mean
time he has found it necessary to
give two performances every day; all
the town flock to them, and it is
necessary to secure seats a fortnight
beforehand. l declare I am at a loss
to know whether it is more profita
bic to be medium OF an exposcr of
mediums. Both pursuits pay much
better than hard work.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15

new Mrs. Leslie had, ere this, estab
llshed her three children in her hus
bands house, from whence his owl
daughter had been driven. There
they INDUCED in riotous living, and
presently brought shadow of care
upon the weak but once placid face
When Ada had been two years alb
sent, her own income was entirely
suspended; and she learned that a
threatened bankruptcy was hanging
over her fathers head.
That was ten years ago. To-day
Ada has very little but quiet home
of her own, and white.haired old
man-deaf, and with a faint, mean
ingless smile always on his face
lives with her-her father Long
ago she began to turn her accom-
plishments to account, and when the
crash came, and Mr.. Leslie was ru-
ined-when his wife and her sum-
mer friends all deserted him-she
had little home to which she could
welcome him-where she could for
get all that was heartless in his own
conduct, all most bitter in her life,
and at length fulfil, in its fullest
meaning, the promise made to her
dying mother.
With hard work and harder fare,
she is content. She does not envy
Francis Gilmer the splendor Of his
unhappy home, and the companion
ship of wife, imbecile, sullen and
obstinate. There is deep line of
care upon his brow, that sometimes
gives her little pang of heartache
when she sees it, (for woman who
has loved deeply never learns to be
quite indifferent) and she has long
since learned to practice the fullest
forgiveness. Hers has been sad
life, for many years; but, like every
human life, not all sad.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15

Dcmosthcnes continued the defence
of his client; but the auditors,
whose curiosity he had piqued, were
extremely anxious to know how the
judges decided on so singular a
cause. Upon this, the orator com
mcnted severely OH their childish in
justice, in devourlng with attention
a paltry story about an ass shadow,
while they turned deaf ear to q
cause in which the life of human
being was involved. From that day,
when n man showed a preference for
discussing small and contemplate
subjects to great and important ones
he was sad "to dispute on the shad-
ow of an ass"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
Another such . lection time
lnever hope to see;
And Mary had a little lamb,
As white rs it could be-

Bishop Doane, of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese Of Albany, at y
late service, severely criticised mod
ern church music. He thinks that it
is given over to the hands of men
and women who are only musical in
a secular sense, and who used, avow-
edly, to draw y multitude of listen
ers who prefer the kind of music
they have learned to love in operas
and concert-halls. He considers the
church music of to-day not only a
bill of expense, but q bond of conten
tention which the rectors of parishes
are unable to check OF control.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, Independence, Iowa
n Office over Morse & Barnett's Store. Con,
sultations in English and German. 19-y
d. W. BRUCKART. ]. J. NEY.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
w. &J.B. DONNAN,
BAILY e. JACKSO

r Aw CONvEYANCING. WAR CLAIM, AND
IL Land Agency Office Office in First National
Bank building Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
FOR Sale At 4 BARGAIN

VALUABLE FARM. containing 149 acres
situated within three miles Of the city ef lnde-
pendence, Buchanan county, Iowa. i;l,d. II acres
with large two story koEse, good barn and all
necessary out buildings, and taree never failing
wells OF water; also IS acres Of GOOD timber land
convenient to the farm. For 1nrtner Psr"cHi@'s'
inquire Of DAydu DAyHnno. uLnn yowo
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15

A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
n Special attention given to Collections. Office
3ver Fisher Bros. Grocery Store lows
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15

4 TTORNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTING
II Agent will practice in the several Courts Of
the County and District. Special attention given
to Collections Office over the New York Store.
Independence, Iowa. l26-t.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
is. WOODWA RID.

T'TORNEY AT LAW AND GENERAL LAND
n Agent, Independence. Iowa. Office over Tabor
4 Sona Drug Store. Particular attention paid to
Collections, and remittances promptly made.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
Dr.. H H HUNT,
". A. MELLEN. NJ. D.
HOuSE & WILSON
a1nrse.

MONTHLY NURSE.
MISS L. MANGAS, WILL GIVE THE BEST OF
vi references. Terms eight dollars per week
Iuqure at z. HOldermans.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15


4 TTORNEYS AT LAW. Independence, Iowa
n Office IN Munson's Block, Main st.
NJ. W. HARMON.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
Business Cards.
Attprneus.
BEGUN & HASNER,

A T'TORNEYS AT LAW AND GENERAL COL
~ lection agents. Office over Peoples Nation
al Bank, Independence, Iowa. Will practice il
the State and United States Courts.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
D.D.HOLDRIDGE,
LAKE & HARMON,

A TTORNEY AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC AND
n Land Agent. Office over Taylors Hardware
Store Independence Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-15
@. M. GILLETTE

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBIC
n Office in Osgood's building, up stairs, next t
the river. 1l-42tf
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06
The British Beer shop.

The British beer shop is a manifold,
a mighty, q terrible, a pathetic phe-
nomenOn.
Go where you will in England, but
particularly in Che larger and more
prosperous cities, this hydra every now
and then thrusts up one of its countless
heads before you, all 50 similar in fea-
lures that you can hardly distinguish
between one and another, with the re-
suit that you are impressed at last with
fearful sense of multitude, Of unes-
capable power, and of power which
is evil.
There is nothing terrifying in the
staring sign, the great, cleaning win
dows, and other recognizable charac-
teristics of a single London or Liver
pool drinking saloon. Tired, perhaps,
with sightseeing, you rather pleased
to find such heaven in your way, and
you rush in gladly to revive your
forces with draught Of pale ale or
porter. But after you have seen a
thousand, after you have seen ten thou
sand, all more or less alike in physiog-
nomy, all gushing from morn till mid
night with malt liquors and fiery ardent
spirits, all frequented and often crowd
ed by drinking men and women
and even infants, you begin to
feel sentiment Of doubt and distrust
which is capable of rising to something
like terror. It seems to the Indignation
as if some unreasonable beast under
lay all England, shooting up through
the crust of the island innumerable
glittering and drooling muzzles, all Gag
er to poison and devour. You wonder
how long the sturdy human breed here
established can withstand this incessant
hunger of measureless monster. If
you do not wish that there were no beer
shops at all, you do perhaps come to de-
sire that there might be fewer.-Atlae-
oac Mnnthhi
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06
Rowland HIPS ExhOrtatiOn.

For ten years Rowland Hill, the grea,
preacher, that singular mixture OF
wisdom, drollery and piety, was an
itinerant, and his ministry was attend.
ed by vast crowds. His wit never de.
serted him, for on one occasion, preach.
ing on Hampstead heath, SONS rain fell
and he deliberately put on his hat, say.
ing: Excuse my hat, friends; but dc
not let the rain alarm you 80 much
What would the condemned souls in
Tophet, parched for it, give for sin
gle drop of this delightful rain?" So
when they were reproved for not
preaching to the elect only, he asked
someone "to have the goodness te
mark them with bit of chalk, and
then I'll talk to them"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06
A Discovery About Cigars.

Connoiseurs of cigars are making the
discovery that Brazil affords an article
equal to If not surprising the best
Havanas. A tobacco trade of thirty
six million pounds per annum has al
ready grown up between that country
and the United States, and the compe-
tition with Cuba will tend, probably, to
lower the price of the world-renowned
cigar of that island. There was a good
display at the exposition of the variety
of cigars grown and manufactured in
the province of Bahia, and costing
there from twenty-five to thirty dollars
per thousand, and having all the char
acteristics of Havana cigars.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06
PANE PICTURES.
BY ROSE TERRY COOKE.


4 wonder-worker all night long
Has wrought his task for me;
Now. by the cold and distant dawn,
His miracles I see;
Ills cravings on the window pane,
Ofmagic tracery.
Here lifts an Alpine summit, steep
AS is the heavenly stair,
A way-side cross below the path,
But not pilgrim there;
No sad face of humanity,
No agony of prayer.
And here, before a lonely lake,
A fringe of reeds and fern;
Across the waters crystal chill
No dying sunsets burn.
You hear not on that rushy shore
The call of drake or tern.
Here lies a crowd of broken boughs.
A windfall in the woods;
Some wild and wandering hurricane
Hath wrecked these sOlitudes;
But on that tangled dreariness
No living step intrudes.
and here is Arctic waste and woe;
A glaciers mighty face,
Majestic in its awful march,
Slow seward from its place.
Beneath that froWn of solemn death
There lives no human trace.
But slowly from the joyful East
Ascends the dawning sun:
Before his look Of light and life
The magic is undone:
The graceful pictures on the pane
All vanish, one by one.
Alas, must all the songs l sing,
The traceries of my BRAIN
The little stories sad and glad
Be uttered all in vain
And vanish when the master comes,
Like pictures on the pane?
Or will they, in some kindly heart
Remembered, sing and shine.
For wrought from mans humanity
Not feeting frost, are mine;
! love not to be quite forgot:
To die and leave no sign.
-Sribne,'s Monthly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06

SITTING BULL has no undershirt, but
he sits in his tent with an Ulster over
coat on, absorbs whisky, chews navy,
and with burnt stick and piece OF
sheepskin draws out 81 diagram for the
spring campaign.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06
THE FALL OF LEAVES.
BY GEORGE HoUGHTON

Down in the hollow courtyard,
High-walled, and paved with stone,
The dead-brown leaves came f1utteriDg,
In drifts, but each alone.
They shiver in the sunshine,
They rustic in the dust,
And strgger into crack and chink,
Or perish in the gust.
Within myself I've wondered,
Without, I've stilled my eyes,
And watched the world grow sombre
Beneath more sombre skies.
-Golary for December.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06

This was said in tone which ]
should, ten hours before, have consid.
cred sweet and sympathetic. Now,
however, I began to feel a little piqued
at her ready belief of the deception
and her easy denial of me. Therefore
I found her voice affected, and was dis
posed to take serious exceptions to the
idea of a sod waving over sepulchre
or indeed, waving at all
Still, I was in hope that Idelia would
leave the party and stroll off alone,
thus giving me an opportunity to talk
to her. Accordingly, waited at a short
distance, without revealing my prox-
unity, and heard the conversation con
tinued still at my expense.
noticed that the wife of Endicott's
friend seemed much affected by Idelia 8
remarks, and had frequent recourse to
her pocket-handkerchief, in which she
hid her face, but whether to conceal
tears or smiles cannot judge, until
saw her turn her face away from Idelia
toward me, and the clear MOONLIGHT
revealed Enthusiastically mjrthful ex-
preston, convincing me that Jessie and
Grey had contrived to make her and
her husband also accessory to the plot.
Directly, Miss Vaughn exhibited a
ring to the others-a handsome dia-
mond, with rubies, which is an heir
loom in my family, and was given me
by M; father. This jewel I had per
mitted Idelia to wear, as she admire d
it. but would as soon thought of selling
nv birthright as OF giving it away
permanently to any man, woman, or
child, except my eldest son-when I
have our.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-15
Franks ola Dlsordcrod Liver,

A dsordered liver plays sad prnnks with
the digestive organs, The bowels, the KID
noys and the blood, aud lnnicts nm inhnlte
variety OF unpleasant symptoms upon ilh
unfortunate possemOr, among winch may he
mentioned yellowness Of the skin and
whites OF The eyes, luucd tongue, nausea
headache, vertigo, pain In the head, side and
stomach, drowslness by day and unrest by
night, dliiicult evacuation, and even irrilo-
ton OF the bladder aud urethra Hostetler's
stomach Bltters discipline the rebellious Or
gan, and CbvlNte bilious manifestations
more rapidly and certainly than anything
else, and are far more agreeable and intltely
whatsoever than the violent eyncuants with
which the bilious often persJ cute their un-
fortunate bowels and stomach, under the
mistaken impression that lhey are regulat-
Ing their livers.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-15
THE TExAs pACmIo ROAD.

The opposition Of the Jay Gould or
gan, the Sun, and other interested pa
pers to "the Tom Scott scheme" M
they are pleased to denomlnate II, Is
readily accounted for. These journals
are published In cities enjoying the
fruits Of the Union Pacific trade and
travel, and they stubbornly refuse to
part with II. Were Scotps rood d.
verted TO Chicago, or to some North
eastern sea port their virtuou9 howl
over subsidies would speedily cease. A
correspondent writing to the New Or
leans Times thus discuss the situation
Much is said about the steal in the
Union Pacific, and IL IL vaguely alleg-
ed that there will be repetition of the
Credit Mobllier II the Texas Pacific be
aided by the Government.
In truth there Is not the slightest
similarity in the two measures. In
the first named the donation was-in
the case of certain portion Of the aid
absolute, In the great Southern
route to the Golden State there Is no
donation ut all. After II careful exam.
ination of the bill, | find the follow
, ing TO be the leading features. The
Company asks for u Government en-
dorsement of its bonds, Of not more
than 1000 per mile on any section
of the road, the Interest, which Is five
per cent, to DO paid by the Treasury
Department, rs the interest on any
other government obligation Is paid.
They ask for this endorsement, upon
the basis of the following security
|. The Company proposes to return
n land grant OF 3OOOO,OOO acres, which
was made many years ago to the At
lantic IL Pacific railroad and 10y 1t as'
signed to the Texas Pacific and give u
clear unquestioned first mortgag up,
on the completed road, land all its pro
perry Of every character.
2. TO allow the United States Gov
eminent to retain all dues to the rail
road company, for any transportion on
Government account, including mail
service.
3. 10 deposit in the United States
Treasury all the profits of the road
these profits to be determined by the
proper government oillcers-and S.,
600 per mile of the guaranteed bonds
as contingent or sinking fund, fol
the redemption Of the guaranteed
bonds at the expiration offorty years.
This Is what the company asks the
people, through the present Congress
TO do for it. II there is any covert fe
line in the meal-tnb, frankly avow i
to be OF too small proportions for any
visual organism to take in.
think the chances are tavorably fol
the passage of the bill despite Hol
mans resolution, for the reason that
find no one--not even the trucuen
Bill Holman himself who can max,
real objection to it, when he is pinnec
down to u specific statement of tn,
reasons for his opposition.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-15
"BnoTmERs COME RACK,

What an eloquent sentence was thai
of HIPS when he declared that above
the roar of hostile cannon we heard
the nations warming cry of "brothers
come back Yes, even amid the roar
and crash of battle there were hearts
loyal and true beating responsive to
this utterance. But did Blaine mean
to deceive and betray when his party
invited stricken people back to their
cd allegiance? Have Il Q promises o.
the party, then in the zenith of triumph
and exalted power, made to the trust.
ing and despoiled South, been re-
deemed?
When the war was over, with land
desolate and ridged over with the
graves of her bravest and dearest, with
hearts broken, property gone, lying
prone, PROSTATE, helpless and despair
ing, what should brave and chival-
rous foe have done? Did it become
them to heap contumely and insult up.
on a ruined and valorous people ? Did
1t become them to insult them with
negro dominion because they had lost
a gallant though luckless fight? &.
Was it right to pour upon them
brood of vagabonds and camp.
followers, vest them with unlimited
power to corrupt, debauch and steal,
and then to colirt-martial our citizens,
and shoot them to death with musketry
for their murmurings Was 1t right
to put bayonets at their throats, and
tread them down beneath the iron
heel of an armed soldiery? Yet this
was what Blaine and his party did
when, repentant and willing to forget,
proud people came back to the old
flag. And now, after ten years of
suffering and poverty, the Centennial
year has dawned upon us-when press
and people were proclaiming to the
world that we were again united heart
and hand, with no South, no North, no
flag save the stars and stripes, was It
right for Blaine to tear open the
wounds of years gone by and bid them
bleed fresh?
But Blaine will fihd his efforts futile.
We feel persuaded in our hearts that
he does not, cannot reflect the COM
mon sentiment of the North. The
South cannot be driven TO seek a rem
edy for wrongs in the madness of an
other secession AS Hill exclaimed |
in his burst of passionate eloquence,
awe are here; we are in our fathers
house; our brothers are our compan-
ions, and We are at home, thank God"
To-day the Union Is stronger than
when Jefferson retired to the shades of !
Monticello, and no Blaine, no Morton.
no bigoted. bloody fanatic shall by his
insults and untimely, unprovoked
abuse, rend in twain those bonds of
fraternal feeling and restored conf
dences born afresh upon this hundredth
year Of Republics life.