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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-20
sam! PAUL BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
HOTELS.

HOTELS.
MERCHANTS. A. Allen, Proprietor cor. Third
and Jackson streets.
sx scHa .endrck & Leland, Proprietors,
per day House in the City
REVERE HOUSE, 50 per day. cor. 7th and Rob-
er-sts, Hitchcock 4 Todd, Props.
ROGERS HOTEL, J. Rogers, Proprietor, 81 Rob
ert-st. Prices reasonable.
AMERICAN House, cor. 4th and Wabasha str.
N. Pottgeiser, Proprietor.
SHERMAN HOUSE, Hassig & s,ateler pron,s-
corner Fourth and Sibley streets.
INTERNATIONAL, Stratton T. Co. Proprietom
cor Jackson and Seventh.
EUROPEAN, R. E. Heckithier, Proprietor. f07
Third street.
COMMERCIAL, Flower & Winder Proprietors.
Seventh-st, bet. Robert and Jackson
TERMS 50 per Dav.
WHOLESALE HARDWARE
Strong, Hackett & Chaplin, 1872 E. Sd st.
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.
VIM. Lee, SO and 65 E. Third st.
D. w. lngersoll & Co., cor Third and Waba.
| sha streets.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
st Paul Harvester Works, Is w. Sd st.
WHOLESALE LIQUORS.
lsaacs h Orschall, u Robert st.
BOOKS AND CHURCH GOODS.
D. O'Halloran, IS wabasha st.
TEAS AND COFFEES. WHOLE
SALE.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Dix Z. Third
street.
GUNS d FISHING TACKLE.
w. R. Burkhard, % f. 81 street.
NJ F. Kennedy & Bro, 80 Z. Sd street.
AUCTIONEERS.
R. < j. NJ. Warner, cor. Sd and Cedar SIS.
BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES.
| R. l.. Wharton, log Jackson st.
STOVES AND TIMERS STOCK
Strong, Hackett & Chaplin, 1s2 z. Sd st.
UNDERWRITERS.
stees Bros, 81 Z. Sd st.
REAL ESTATE.
D. A. Robertson 4 Son, 10 4. Sd st.
ATTORNEYS ATLAW.
James Smith, Jr., 45 z. 3D. 1T.
6. S. Bryant, "a Wabasha st.
FURNITURE, WHOLESALEAN
RETAIL.
Stees Bros, 81 z. I'd st.
ARCHITECTS AND SUPERIN.
TENDENTS.I
N. Shiere & Bro, lag e. Fifth 1t.
LIFE INSURANCE.
Union Mutual Life, Otto W. Rimpler. Geney,i
Agent, 10 ". 3D. st.
Continental Life, N. Y, z. W. Clifford. agent.
st. Paul, s'.''
Life Association Of America, Eben Holmes.
agent, st. Panl.
MARBLES GRANITE WORKS.
Thoz. Bower, cor. 7fh and Cedar sts.
DRUGGISTS. WHOLESALE.
Soyes Bros. ( Cutler, 30 < 40 Robert 1t.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-20
Estev Oroans


fIir Worin rayortt-, zen awz-0ed over
one thousand first premiums, at Fairs and Ex
positions throughout the United States an
Europe, also at the Worlds Fair lately held a.
Vienna, received the highest award, by tn
lest judges and artists the world has ever pro
ducei, for its superior quality Of tone, beauty
of finish, elasticity Of touch, ann extraordinary
durability. OVER sEvExTY-YTvE THOUSAND OF
THESE BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTS ARE VOW SING
yo THEIR ows PRAISES, and fifteen hundred
per month are being manufactured at the Ex-
tensive factories Of J. ESTEY l. CO., Brattlefo.
70, verIns Mt.
Having the State agencv tor the ESTEY Ok :
GAN, and employing no agents and dealing on
a CASH BASIS, | am enabled to give purchasers
the benefit of all commission, thereby securing
to those who are DESTROYS Of buying piano +
organ, an opportunity to obtain first-class in
struments at prices leas than inferior insrru
ments are sold for. also .s--D on hand . large
stock Of musical merchandise OF every descrip
ton, md all orders or inquiries sent BY mail Or
otherwise viii receive my prompt attention.
Catalogues furnished free upon Application
Address
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
An important letter.-The Necessity o.
Amending the Exemption Laws so as
to Protect From Levy and Sale
the Crops Raised Upon ex.
emctec lancs

MELRosg STEaNs Co. MINI.
Jan. I'd 1876.
Editor Asti- Nosose.ss..
| beg leave to write you about mat
ter that is almost wholly overlooked as
regards the interest the State has in en-
couraging immigration to and discour-
aging emigration from the State.
The subject is: The exemption OF
property from attachment and levy Of
execution.
1t is generally supposed, that We kavs
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-20

fluences in their power, to the end tina
this leading interest of our state should
be fostered by appropriate legislation. =
annual Address Of Master Smedley o.
State Gra0ge of IoWn.
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MEASUREMENT OF CORN IN THE erie
12)792 cubic feet,

66 barrels OF shelled corn.
> bushels in u barrel.
$50 bushels shelled corn.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-01-20
HOGS ON GRASS.

feed no grain to hogs in summer.
They run on grass and have abundance
OF water and dust to wallow in and are
sailed regularly. Some writer's object
to dust as it creates lung disease, but
want a dust nest for hogs to sleep in the
year round. In the fall feed copperas.
sulphur and black anthony, mixed with
salt, two or three times month, and at
longer intervals during winter | teed
abundance Of salt and coal ashes all the
time. Ink as follows. salt. two quarts ::
sulphur. one pint; copperas one-halt
pint; black anthony, four tablespoon
fuls. which is dose for 100 hogs.
would recommend doubling the dose and
feeding oftener in case of disease
MEASUREMENT OF CORN IN THE CRIB
After levelirg the corn, multiply the
length and breadth of the house together.
and the product by the depth. which
will give cubic feet of the bulk OF corn
then divide this last product by twelve.
and the quotient will be the.number of
barrels OF shelled corn in the house or
CRIB. If there be remainder after the
division. it will be so many tweltths of a
barrel of shelled corn over.
Example-l2 teet long,
Ii feet broad,
1872
.
l2)792 cubic feet,
66 barrels OF SHIELDED corn.
) bushels in a barrel.
$50 bushels shelled corn.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
Good Hep Described.

l have hired a good deal of ''help'
during the last eight years, and l find
it very difficult to get good farm
hands. Some are lazy, some are care
less, some are good for nothing alone,
and of all the hands | have hired, |
have only had two that | called first
class, good hands. Now, | will tell
you what kind of men these two
were. In the first place, they were
honest, and willing to give full days
work for full days pay. Next, they
got up early in the morning, never
having to be called, and proceeded
about their work. They were faith
full when left alone, doing a good
days work and taking care OF every
thing. They saw when a gate wanted
fixing, or 4 board needed mailing to
the fence, and did it at noontime OF
morning or night, As the case might
be. They never got the horses
shoulders sore, for they always saw
that the collars fitted properly. They
were Just as good the last day they
worked for me as they were the first
which cannot be said of every hand
In fact, they were profitable men to
have around, and I kept them as long
as l could-C Cor. Western H,waL
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24

IF any mistakes have been made,
and no one pretends that there have
not been good many of these-then
no one can say that these are not
acknowledged and that suitable ef-
forts are not being put forth to profit
by past lessons, and 60 on better than
before. Ohio has done unusually
well, as her past history shows, and
as glance at the statement in this
issue will prove. Illinois has to
some extent suffered by efforts made
to entangle the Order in politics, but
this hurt was MT severe one, nor
did it take long to heal the wound
therefrom. The present officers, and
the Executive Committee are leaving
nothing undone that will infuse new
vigor into the Order in the State, and
the business preparations are on the
most ample and complete scale
The plans now being put into practice
are so thoroughly matured, that the
General Business Agency will not
disappoint expectations. Nothing Is
required except for the Subordinate
Oranges, and members throughout
the State, to make calls upon it. The
State Agent is placed at his post for
cork. See that he has plenty of this
to do. No man knows how much he
can do until put to the test. Unless
we mistake the Agent, he can bear
all the strain that the Subordinate
Oranges and membership can subject
HIM to. If his dealings be heavy, he
can do the better by you, because it
is universal rule in business that
large orders secure concessions which
small orders are not considered to be
entitled to.
What is true of Illinois is true of
Iowa. Mistakes have been made,
but willing hands have hold of the
pillow, and if efforts now being put
forth are properly seconded, the
fruits of any errors of the past will
soon disappear. The lessons obtain
ed are by no means lost upon the Or
der at large, nor upon Executive
officers whose duty it is to correct
any thing they may find wrong, and
to make every thing as near right in
the future as lies within human pow
err to do. The Order has more sue
cesscs recorded in ITS favor than
failures, and when we consider that
the field was an untried one, with ev-
erything to work from crude mate
rials, with aspiring men sometimes
in the way Of success, it is not too
much to say that every consideration
touching the needs of the farmers of
Iowa, in their business and in their
social relations, should admonish
them to hold fast whatever Of good
is within their reach, and add all the
advantages to their calling at their
command. There is certainly great
need Of this, and if they do it not for
themselves, it will remain undone.-
Western Farm Journal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
Centennial Paintings.

Would it not be a good plan for
every farmer in the West, to institute
this spring, the one hundredth in the
life Of our nation, an "arbor day" for
himself, according to his locality and
latitude, to be set apart for the plant
ing of trees that shall furnish shelter
and shade, and that may be looked
back to in the future, as a remem-
brance of the century year of our ma
ton; perhaps of the year that brought
to light the corruption and fraud that
had grown out of the war that SO
nearly rent us asunder; and, let us
hope, the ferreting out of which, by
good men of all parties, may result
in consigning to ignominy, and the
contempt Of the people, these
public officers, who, for gold have
betrayed their trusts, and sullied
the far fame of their country.
Suppose we plant elms for their
graceful beauty, oaks for their sterl.
ing value and majesty, hickory, wal
nut, maple and ash, for their value in
the mechanical arts, evergreens for
their shelter and beauty, not forget
ting pines for future lumber. Why
not set centennial orchard, to be
added to from tine to time, of such
sorts as may be found to be hardy
and fruitful in your locality? AT
least why not plant windbreak as a
shelter for the orchard land, that You
may be preparing this year, for sett-
ing next?
Would it not be good plan to set
apart plat Of land for kitchen gar
den; and large enough to accommo-
date home o.chard on one side, OF
choice fruits not usually cultivated,
except by those who make fruit cul,
ture special industry? Why not
prepare 20 protect this plat with belts
of timber, that will pay their cost as
shelter, and which in the end, if judi
ciously thinned, will furnish valuable
timber?
In another column we have called
attention to the fact that, all labor SO
spent adds in dollars to the value OF
tho farm. 1t will bear repeating,
for firms are valuable only: First
from their situation, second, for then
fertility, and third for their improve
ment.. Yet these undeniable facts
granted: that farm, unequal in all
other respects, will bring the most
money, as it will yield the most com
fort to its possessor, when taste and
industry are shown, in making the
surroundings as comfortable as the
means of the owner will permit
Western Earn, journal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
The Farmers Garden.

Successful garden culture is main
ly dependent upon three things: first,
an unlimited supply of well-rotted
manure, and the thorough prepare
ton of the soil before planting; sec
ond, planting at the right season;
third, a thorough cultivation and pull
ycrization, and frequent stirring of
the surface soil during the period of
growth of the plants, But the first
and most important step to be taken,
to secure a good garden, is what
most farmers would consider an over
supply OF well-rotted manure, such as
has been put in piles, sheltered from
the rain, and frequently forked over
to prevent what is called tirefang.-
From ten to twenty tons Of such ma
nure is often applied by gardeners to
every quarter of an acre Of land, and
is not thought by them to be any too
much.
The size of the garden must be
governed by the size of the family
one acre as an average will be small
enough. A little observation and
calculation will convince any farmer
that the products of single acre,
thoroughly cultivated, as it should
be, will actually give more profit than
any other acre OH the farm, according
to the time and labor expended OH it.
But in order to work the garden
economically. it should be laid out
with few roads and avenues, SO as
to pillow the land and till the land as
much as possible by horse power
Diligence is the price to be paid for
a good garden, for in cul,ivating 1t,
it is important to begin the destruc-
ticn of the weeds, just after they
have sprouted. We can 60 in with
a cultivator at any time, and feel like
Sampson, for we can Stay our thou
sands and ten thousands. No matter
if the garden contain only quarter
of an acre, let IT be laid out long and
narrow, and work it by horse power
as much as possible, and do it often.
n farm without Il garden is some
thing we dislike to see. The yegeta-
bles and small fruits which can be
grown in them, promote health, COM
fort, and enjoyment. Think of it,
you who have been accustomed to
having a good garden, of doing with
out asparagus and radishes in March,
spinach and lettucein April, followed
by gooseberries, strawberries, rasp-
berries, blackbcrries, etc. Western
Farm journal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
Learn to DO Useful,

Boys, when you come into tho
house for your meals and find the
dinner or supper not quite ready, and
your mother and sisters hurrying
around, heated and tired, instead OF
standing around III the way, leaning
against the sink or fitting back in
your chair against the buttery door, l
would take hold and help the women
folks. At first, maybe, you won't
see any way you can help them, I'M
less you were brought up to work oc-
casionally in the house. Try an ex-
pertinent tomorrow. Come in few
minutes before dinner time, and
watch the steps your mother takes
in putting the finishing touches to
the meal. See her lift the heavy kel-
Ito Of potatoes from tho stove, and
holding it with n great effort at near
ly arms length, carry it to the sink,
and then lit it up again to drain off
the water. Certainly you could do
that for her. You can take the pot
OI IIlctJ VI DcdlS llOtu viz o'>', "'i"
thus save much of her strength; you
can set tile chairs around and run
down cellar for the butter or bread;
you can glance over the table and
see if a knife or spoon has been mis-.
LAID in dishlng up the dinner, and if
so quietly replace it. Would not
this be a better way to do than
after the family arc all comfortably
seated:at the table to loudly announce,
&c. arm, my knife and forks gone
guess you meant for me to eat with
my fingers today" and then mother
has to spring up, no matter how stiff
and tired she may feel, and run to
the cupboard and bring her great
boy his knife. When you notice the
vinegar cruet, the pepper or salt box,
or any dish has been forgotten, get
up quietly and get the same before
your mother has a chance to. See if
she can't sit in pace at meal time,
and not be continually getting up for
articles. Things will be forgotten in
the best regulated families.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
Schneider's Tomates.

A German by the name Of Schneid-
err, who was remarkably fond of toma-
toes, visited friend in the country
last autumn, with the intention of
having feast of the juicy vegetable
taken directly from the garden. We
will let him tel the story in his own
language:
"Vell, I walks shust little vile
roundt, ven l sees some of dose dar-
marters, vat vas so red and nice as
never did see any more, und l drinks
l will eat about a couple dozen
shust to geef me fiddle abbertite
vor dinner. SO | bull one off der
reddest und pest lookin' of dose der
marters und dakes n poorly good pite
out of dot, und vas chewing up pooty
quick, vent as true as mine life, |
bort l had a piece of red-hot goals in
mine mout, or vas chewing CUP two
or dree bapers of needles! und | welt
SO pad already dot mine eyes vas WOOL
Of tears; und | mate vor an 'olt oak
ell bucket vat | seen hangin' in der
well as | vas goomin' along.
Sh st den mine friend Pfeitfer
game Cup und ask me vot made me
veel so pad, und if any Of mine fam
lily vas dead. I dold him dot | vas
der only Won of der vanity dot vas
pooty sick; und den l ask him vot
kind of darmartcr dose vas vot hat
shuSt peen pickin'; und mine crac-
ious! how dot landsman laughed, und
said dot dose vas red peppers, do,
he vas raising for bepper-sauce. You
may believe Ivas mat. 1radder you
geef me feefty tollars as to eat some
more of dose bepper sauce dermart
ers."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
Hearty Breakfasts.

In large majority Of cases, says
the Journal of Uedhh, it will be
found that the best and heartiest
meal of the day should be eaten in
the morning. If the closing repast
of the day has not been eaten too
late, On has not been excessive In
quantity, or indlgestible in quality,
the stomach will be rested and active
in the morning, after the individual
has enjoyed a cool bath. The stom-
ach will then respond quickly with
the necessary gastric juice for the
solution Of food, and if fair amount
OF exercise is taken during the day, a
large mass of food will be assimi-
lated and converted into blood and
tissue. With good, substantial
breakfast, no great amount OF food
will be required during the remand
er of the day. One future meal will
be ample, and that might better be
taken at from two to three O'Clock in
the afternoon than at any other period,
if business engagements Will permit
it.
The breakfast may be made from
any kind of wholesome food, and the
fewer kinds the better. The dinner
should be light and readily digcsted,
if sound sleep is desired and strong
appetite and perfect power of diges-
ton next day. If hunger comes, a
bowl of sweet milk, and well-cooked
mush of Indian meal, or other I'M
bolted grain, will allay it, and will
digest quickly. One square meal! y
in every twenty-four hours is all that
can be taken care of by many weak
stomachs, and more than this is an
excess, and induces headache, nausea
and distress. If dinners were aban-
doned, especially late and heavy din
ners, myriads of dyspeptics would be
cured. But under the exigencies of
city life dinner cannot well be
avoided. This need not be the ire
mendous meal it is customary to
make it, if the breakfast be substan.
tial and nutritious, not a thing of slop
and biscuits, as it too often is.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
A Poultry Farm.

A gentleman, Mr.. A. B. Robson
of Chenango county, N. Y, is stated
to be the largest poultry raiser in the
State. He is credited with having
1000 turkeys, 5000 ducks, and l,2OC
hens. They consume daily 60 bushels
of corn, two barrels of meal, two bar
rels of potatoes, and q quantity OF
charcoal, The meal, potatoes and
charcoal are boiled together and form
a pudding, which is fed warm. He
has twelve buildings for his poultry
from one to two hundred feet long,
fourteen feet wide and seven under
the caves, with Il door at each end.
Mr.. Robson says there is money in
poultry. He gets 10 cents per pound
for turkey feathers, IL cents for hens
and 85 cents for ducks. Still he is
not satisfied, but proposes to enlarge
his operations to a still greater ex-
tent.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24

A remedy for distressing com
plant is given below, copied from
the Boston Globe, and is given for
what it is worth:
To the Ed tou Of Ne 0lobe:
SIR:-Will you please insert in the
daily or weekly, for the benefit of
those who suffer from dyspepsia or
indigestion, that four tablespoonfuls
of lime-water, mixed with a glass OF
cows milk, will cure the worst form
of the above distressing disease in a
few days. know by experience, be-
ing Il sufferer for three years. The
first dose acted like magic, and |
have felt like newborn man ever
since, which is some weeks ago. l
saw the recipe in the Scientific -1ne.
rican issued few weeks ago. Ii
YOU knew the terrible suffering OF
this disease, you would not hesitate
to insert it. SUBSCRIBER.
Boston, Jan. 26.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
Sowing Clover.

Mr.. Harris says his practice is to
harrow the wheat three times in the
sp,ing. We go over the wheat both
ways with the harrow, and then SOW
the clover seed and follow with the
harrow to cover the seed. If the
ground is very hard, the harrows do
not break up the crust sufficiently to
afford a good covering for the seed,
and if dry weather follows we have a
poor catch on these hard spots. l
have my doubts as to which is the
better plan, but am inclined to think
that so far as securing good catch
of timothy and clover is concerned,
it is better to give up narrowing win
ter wheat in the spring and to SOW
timothy seed in the fall and clover
seed very early in the spring. 1t de-
ponds very much OH the soil and sea-
son. The narrowing helps the wheat
and kills a good many weeds, and on
sandy loan the harrow leaves good
seed bed for the clover, and if we
are favored with few showers, we are
pretty sure ola good catch of clover.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
Planting Cuttings.

We have had good deal to say
first and last upon the subject OF
grape culture for the West. We ex
pect to have good deal to say upon
this subject in the future. There is
no fruit more easily raised, or that
better repays culture, if you select
the proper variety. This, for all 10.
callties, where a crop of dent corn
may be matured, is the Concord.
Not that it is the best in flavor
many surpass it-but it is hardy, it
ripens early, produces uniform crops,
and is good-if the test of children's
taste is reliable-and it is.
Have you secured from fifty to a
hundred plants for a home vineyard
this spring? If not, have you Sc.
cured cuttings from some neighbor
who has vines? If not, why not?
Vines already rooted may be had of
any respectable nurseryman for SO
to $40 per 100, so there is no ex-
cuse.
Suppose you have really not the
means to buy. G, to some neighbor
and get cuttings containing two or
three years each. Plant them in
rows three feet apart by six inches, or
even three inches in the rear, pressing
the earth as firmly as possibly about
the lower end, leaving only the upper
eye above ground. Keep them clear
of weeds, and by next autumn you
will have fine rooted plants ready to
set out the following spring.
This will apply also to currants,
gooseberries and other plants that
strike, as it is called, from cuttings.
In these latter cases the cuttings
should be about eight inches long.
These should be placed in the ground
about six inches in depth and about
three inches apart, making the earth
firm about the lower ends as before
directed. 1t is an essential point in
striking all cuttings.
In planting cuttings the earlier
they can be set in the spring the bet
ter. If the land comes into condi-
ton in the winter they may be plant.
ed then; but in this case they must
be protected from alternate freezing
and thawing, else they will be heav
ed and loosened. In the spring when
danger OF severe irosts are over the
mulch may be removed.