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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1877-04-12
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1877-04-12
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06

that day nor that nj ght, and the next
morning everybody was nearly dead with
thirst and exhausted with hunger. The
pioneer and myself carried wife and lit
tie ones nearly half a mile over the bak-
ed and smoking ground to creek, and
were fortunate enough to find the half
roasted body of deer in the blood-warm
water The animal had lain down in the
in the water to avoid the heat, and had
been literally roasted alive, as the water
was not over six inches deep, and the
heavy fringe of bushes on either side of
the creek had blazed fiercely.
1t was a walk of eleven miles to a
hamlet-a place which had escaped only
by a change Of wind and the continued
efforts of desperate men and heroic wo-
men. Thousands Of acres of valuable
timber had been ruined A green will
derness, through which the deer bound
ed and the fox and rabbit softly made
their way, had given place to such pic
ture OF desolation as the human eye sell
dom rests upon. Dozens Of pioneers
had lost everything. Dozens Of capital
lists had suffered severe losses. The
lowly thorn apple, the towering pine,
the cabin, mill and village had melt
ed away before that awful wall of fire,
and it had circled away to create furth-
er desOlation.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
A DOOr-Scraper.

We have just perfected an invention
which will probably relieve us in the fu-
ture from the persecution of life-in-
surance agents and book canvassers. 1t
is in the nature of patent combination
reflex action door-scraper We fasten
it down by the side of the lowest step
in front of our house, and wait until a
book canvasser comes along, which one
is tolerably certain to do within fifteen
or twenty minutes. The canvasser stops
to scrape his boots, while he thinks up
some new and vigorous exaggeration
with which to impose on us. AS his
foot touches the iron, two clamps fly
over his instep and hold him fast, steel
claw suddenly shoots up his leg and
grabs his trousers; trap fys open i'll
the pavement, and the victim is hauled
into coal-cellar, where we have an in
furiated Irishman engaged to mellow
him and fatten him out with a scoop
shovel. We allow the Irishman royal
ty on the remains, and he seems to be
animated by an earnest desire which
promises rich results If the machine
works well we shall either buy grave
yard or found medical college. In the
meantime persons in want of bodies for
dissection or other purposes will please
apply.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
'' Right Down Fine"
Detroit Free Press.


A colored whitewasher came to the
Central Market to complain to Brother
Gardner that man for whom he did
some work had gone into bankruptcy
leaving balance of IS cents unsettled
and uncollectable.
Il doan' feel sorry for you cent $
worth brusquely replied the old philos-
opher. You doan' nebber hear Of no
body failing on me, does you?
Not as | remember of.
In course you doan'. Why, cause !
has bin right down fine on business prin-
ciples ebber since the crash of 81 Now
Misser White, look me in de eye while
tell you that the proper way is to keel
your eye rollin' around de business hor-
izon. If you owes firm, and dat firm
is shaky, doan' pay the debt, but wait
till they fail. If a firm is shaky and
owes you, sit on the doahstep till you
get de money. Now go long wild you1
WhiteWash."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
A Big Discount.

Detroit free ffeSS.
Brother Gardner suddenly put in an
appearance on Griswold street yester-
day with note of hand of the face val
ue of S400, which he wanted discounted.
He made strong appeals to all the banks,
but in vain, and he finally mounted the
Post Office steps and called out
"Gem'len, here am a note OBJ 70
hundred dollars, due in twelve mo- days.
an I'll sell it for two shillin'."
Several persons asked to look at the
note. which was signed by an unknown
party and not drawn up in due form.
IF this man is able to pay the value
of the note why do you offer it for two
shillings?" asked one of the group.
We'll, dere am sew raj reasons, slow
ly replied Mr. Gardner. " 1t doan seem
to me dat de man can pay it. 1t doan
seem to me dat he'll be round on de day
it's due He gin me dat note for an ole
hoss, an de hoss died on him in bout an
hour But gem'len, de great big main
reason why | want to disaccomt de note
is de fact dat Mrs Gardner has sprung
a lawn party onto me for dis evenin, an
w'dout word o warnin'. All de prepa-
rashuns we has made dis faris to borrow
six chairs an spittoon, an lie got to
sacrifice dis note to git de bakers bread
an herrins.'
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
The Chinese Idea of Hell.

Ntl:tIlSull courier.
The sixth court is situated at the bot
tom of the great ocean north of the
Wuchiso rock. 1t is vast, noisy Geh-
emma, many leagues in extent, and
around it are sixteen wards In the
first ward the souls are made to kneel
for long periods on iron shot. In the
second they are placed up to their necks
in filth. In the third they are pounded
till the blood runs out. In the fourth
their mouths are opened with iron pine
ers and filled full of needles. In the
fifth they are bitten by rats. In the
sixth they are enclosed in net of thorns
and nipped by locusts. In the seventh
they are crushed to jelly. In the eighth
their skin is lacerated and they are beat
en- on the raw. In the ninth their
mouths are filled with fire. In the
tenth they are licked with flames. In
the eleventh they are subjected to moi
some smells In the twelfth they are
butted by oxen and trampled ON by
horses. In the thirteenth their hearts
are scratched. In the fourteenth their
heads are rubbed till their skulls come
off. In the fifteenth they are chopped
in two at the waist In the sixteenth
their skin is taken off and rolled up in
to SOillS
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
American Volcanoes.

new Ofk lr1bune-
Since we now have an active volcano
in the United States. the subterranean
disturbances of our neighbors will begin
to be OF some interest to us Many Of
the Mexican volcanoes have been silent
ever since the discovery of America,
and others are on record as having fam
ed out for the last time shortly after the
Spanish invasion.
Among those that have been longest
quiet was the mountain Ceboruca: but
in 1870 it broke forth after sleep of
centuries 1t has been noticed that earth
quakes. formerly freqeut in its vicinity.
have not taken place since its last erup-
ton, and there is notion that the vent
given by the volcano has served as relief
to pent-up gases and materials that
would otherwise have caused disturb
ance. If this theory holds good, Cali
fornia may be saved from another
earthshaking by the activity of the yet
unnamed volcano in her southeastern
corner, The eruption is said to have
taken place about sixty miles north of
Yuma That place always had a queer
reputation. There is a story of the
ghost of dead soldier being imterogat-
ed by the spiritrapping process as to
whether his present abode was hot
Yes, was the reply, its awful; but
it isn't any hotter than Fort Yuma
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
WHOLE NO. 622.
How a Hole can Hurt.

A negro was convicted in our Super
Tor Court the other day, for hitting an
other negro with an ak A party Of col
Ored savans were discussing the case in
old Sis presence.
What wants to kno,' said one of
them, is jiss dis-How kin man hit
anudder man wild dc eye oh de ax?"
Why kant he?-tell me dat" said
old 81.
''Kaze it stans ter reezen, don't yer
see-for de eye OBJ de ak is whar de han
die goes in, an how is a man gwine ter
sault anudder man wild de contempt to
murder by hittin' him on de head wild de
hole?"
This was clincher, the other darkies
thought, but old 81, after scratching his
head, remarked:
Fore de wah me an you used to
work in de same cotton-yard, didn't
WEI"
'Yes, we did"
We'll. s'pose you members when
Massa Threlikill down dar at Griffin,
used ter lam yer bout like fohty wild
dat paddle dat he had?'
oh, you 60 way!"
We'll, dis are de pint: When he
used fer ter paddle yer, an yer used fer
ter grone round an com plain OBJ de bis
ters what he raised on yer, WIZ it de
paddle or de holes in de paddle what
raised de skin an made de sore? Now
whar's yer scientiffy argyment?' The
case was settled nobody in the mega
tive
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
Bulgarian Women.

a recent English book on Turkey has
the following:
We passed through busy hive Of
reapers, who were cutting the product
Of these chemical substances, and who
were nearly all Bulgarian women We
were going up hill at the time. and
had left my internal machine to en-
JOY the pleasure Of stretching my legs
and counting my bruises when | saw
several OF the young women fastening
toward me. Feeling that it would be
ungallant to turn my back upon so fair
charge, | stopped, determined to see
it out at all hazards. On they came
with laughing lips and sparkling eyes,
as L stood wrapt in expectant wonder,
Tor they were so many. Soon | was sur
rounded What light be the customs
OF the country. or what mi ght be ex-
pectcd of me, | knew not. and | felt
that, could my folks at home see Inc at
this moment, my situation would be lu-
dlcrous in the extreme. But now my
hands were kissed. one foot was raised
and the sole of my foot was rubbed with
ears of corn to signify that it was the
desire of these brown damsels that |
might forever walk on plenty This po-
etical consideration for my welfare de
served some return, so | distributed
some small coins among them and was
laughingly released.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
IOWA, FRIDAY, JULY 6. 1877.

nod, as if by way of making up to him
for all the annoyance of his arrest. I
shall always maintain that he was SO
flattered by the nod of Royalty that he
got several bars behind the rest. But he
says that is false, so 1 will not insist up
on it. Anyhow, if you wish to be quite
certain, or wish to know more about this
anecdote, go and ask Chollet, that great
tenor Of our Opera Comique, who made
his reputation in the part of the Postiz-
lion de Lonajumedu, for he is the hero
of this story; good man and great
actor, who loves to tell his friends about
the vicissitudes and troubles he went
through the early part of his profession
al career.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
A Curiosity.
Humboldt (Cal.) Times.


Yesterday great curiosity was placed
on our table-a deer's heart containing
the flint barb of an arrow. Last Sun
day Mr.. E. Sharp, of Arcata was out on
Boynton's Prairie on a deer hunt. He
saw large five point buck and brought
it down with his rifle. Taking off the
hide and securing the heart and other
rare bits, he started home. On arriving
Mrs. Sharp boiled the heart, and when
the meal was ready placed it on the ta-
bic. In attempting to cut the
heart, the knife struck against some
thing hard The lady split the heart
open, and in the flesh part the flint barb
Of the arrow was found 1t must have
been there long time, as the flesh was
calloused all around it, and the scar,
where the barb entered, is plain to be
seen. This is quite curiosity, as only
a few such instances are known to be on
| record.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
An IrOn.Clad Catfish.
Manasha (Wis.) Press.

A boy while fishing in Lake Butts des
Morte, the other day, felt nibble, and
drawing his hook towards the shore, OBJ
served a half gallon fruit can trailing on
the bottom. Having secured the vessel
he was greatly surprised to find that a
large catfish had taken up his abode
therein, and remained until his increased
dimensions did not admit of egress. He
had evidently Topped around in his tin
parlor until a hole was made in the rust
eaten bottom, through which his tail
protruded. In this condition the catfish
had power to navigate from one place to
another, and must have been regarded
by his aquarian neighbors as a kind Of
iron-clad monitor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06

Flooded in sunny silence sleep the kline;
In languid murmurs brOOklets float and flow ::
The quaint farm gables in the rich light shine,
And round them jasmined hOneysucklest twine;
And close beside them sun-fOwers burn and
blow
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
SUMMER.

SUMMER.
LO! lazy summer swarthy in the sun
G. Lies painting, with bare breasts upon the hills
SWathing her limbs in haZes warm and dun
Where splendOrs into dusky splendors rum
And sultry glory all the heaven o'erfills.
Not white dimple stirs amid the corn
Not low ripple shivers through the leaves:
since, wrapped in gold and crimson CLEANS un-
shOrn;
Came, flashing through the east, the real morn;
NO throated twitterings gurgle round the
Flooded in sunny silence sleep the kline;
In languid murmurs brooklets float and flow; !;
The quaint farm gables in the rich light shine,
And round them jasmined hOneysucklest twine;
And close beside them sun-flowers burn and
blow.
Amid the growing heat lie me down,
Ana into visions swarms the mOOted air;
cleans up before me many a famous town,
P1llared and crested with a regal crown
Outshimmering in an orient purple glare.
Lo? lowly Tadmore burning in its sands
Baalbeck and Babylon; see slow streams
Gliding by mosque and minaret-See CLEANS
Or seas in Sunset-slips of strands,
And drowsy Bagdad buried deep in dreams;
See swarthy monarchs flushed in purple rings
OF silken cOurtiers; through half-open doors
Catch the spice odors, and cool of Springs
Leaving forever in maze of wings;
See light forms dancing over pcarly floors;
Sleeping seraglio's spire and tremulous dome
Winking in drOwsy splendor all the day.
See forest haunts where thick the lions roam
See thirsty pantherS spashed in bloody foam
Leap terrible as lghtnings on their prey;
Or stand with COrte! on mountain peak
Above the Aztec city-see unrolled
Gem-threaded shores of MOntezuma weak,
See the white temples swarming thick and sleek
And sunny streets stretched up by towers of
gold
See silken sails float by, ambrOsial,.
Laden with spices, up a Persian glen;
Or stand on Lebanon, mid the cedars tall,
Or hear the soft and silver fall
OF water down jut of Darien,
But lo n waking shiver in the trees
And voices mid the hay-cOcks in the glen;
The sun is setting; and the crimson seas
Are shaken into splendor by the breeze,
And all the busy world is up again!
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06

Lo! lazy summer, swarthy in the sun
Lies painting, with bare breasts upon the hills,
SWathing her limbs in haZes warm and dun
Where splendOrs into dusky splendors run,
And sultry glory all the heaven o'erfills
, 1877-09-22
REMARKS.

While the Ordnance OF 1871 June 1876 con-
corning the establisbmeh Of Central Sugar
Factories etc. i it, LIST 5 letter h, only grants
the joint Stock Company exemption from
stamp dues in ST. CrOix for shares or other
bonds, sucb ev~m 2;ion is in III" Mother Coun'
try by LEV u 2Jth February 1876, authorizing
the Minister Of Finances to assist the establish.
ment of Central Factories g.. extended to
comprise also other contracts in connection
with the establishment of the Factories.
TO remedy this inconsistency. for which
there appears to be no reasonable grounds
is the object Of the present Draft at the
same time prospects ara given of 3 further
immunity, namely exemption from Tees tor
recording certain documents, for which exomp'
ton there will. from tn, nature Of the case.
b. no occasion in tue MIher country. 1t
supposed that I'll the exemption from dues etc.
with reference to contracts, d SchArges or con-
vevancts. which the Company could reas 'n4bly
claim, will thsn have been accorded. Instead
OF those immunilies being granted thu Company
directly az in the Ordinance Cf 10th jane
JS76. it has, in keeping with The law Of 25'h
February 1876 and with existing prac ice in
the MOtherc0untry, been deemed best to adopt
the method OF authorizing Government to
grant them to The Company.
With references to the details Of the Draft
the following remarks ars hare "f'rsi.
Special mention of the contacts for oaos
delivery is made in the Daft 10 Otdsr t. shew
that. in accJrda0cs with tn, iltolt Of the
Ordinance. it is merely the original contracts
of the said description that are msanf. while
ii is not intended that exemption should be
granted on renewals in fu' u, Of those c~utracts.
The term 'ins'rum mt erected" has beea
embodied in the Draft Ia order 60 give the
enactments of the Ordinance as wids d soopa
as possible. 81 as thereby a's) to avOil all
doubts in reference to exceptional burdens
Laid on real properties 9. 6. ths laying OF pipas
for conveying she cane jlics Oa roads through
the property of q third party.
Finally. it. is here adlod. that the clanse
concerning exemption fton fees fpr recording
has been specially added in order to save this
Company the considerable expenses which
would otherwise be connected with tho record
ing Of contracts about the delivery Of canes
and of the Company's bond to the Ssetesrsasu.
~. pursuant to The Law Of s5th February 1875
3, s.
, 1877-09-22
$23,45l,72

TIL" present Moosy.RiIl has accordingly
been iAt'olOacd for an amount Of 23,5CO.
The Prcsidency's Secretary introduced tic
Is /. 1t viii be remembered that tho amount of
$4,000 was originally granted for advances
in money A'oue but tho arrangement that
had baen presuppospd in the Motives to tie
Money Bill could not be carried into effect,
tLsrefore the Presid ,ucy had bad to use tbs
amount for advances in provisions aIao, aud
to this he hoped the Council would have no
objeCtiJ IN the amount had been sufficient to
meet both purposas. which WAS chiefly
owing to some estates having procured orovi.
siOns without the assistance of the Colonial
Treasury, aud to she fact of cheap cash purcha-
ses Of provisions having been made,
to NEST thOss wno needed them. BIT
il will also be noticed from the
remarks that an amount Of $22, 900 has b,sn
used in all the advances have been given for
ID weeks la all instead Of 13, in order 10 bring
tho term Of expiration within a convenient
p.riOd suited to the other duties of the officials
who had to 10 with the bureau. Tbs sum
now proposed, $2S.5O0. is for advances for
PROVISIONS aud M pney 20 the same estates as
h'thst!O. with addition Of 9 more properties
which will commence from 1st Ssptemb or.
After a few remarks from he Chairman, the
Draft passed TO aud discussion.
3, 2nd Discussion on Provisional Ordnance
of 25th Juns 1877 for the Island Of st. Ceoix
containing further provisions Oosssruing thu
, 1877-09-22
DRAFT

TIE immunity from the use o' stamped
paper granted 1A9 J2l"t STOCK Com?1"y 81
Cd in such wise, thai the G|17eruuent Of tha
Danish West India Islands shall BE- auth9riz d
10 rant Tho Company immunity from the USE
Of Stamped paper for all contracts or ins,ru
meuts Lad or erected by or viii tue Co"1..-
ny aforesaid, in cons qre1ce Of liz &, soIi<h.
ment Of he Central Sugar F.ctories, therein
including con tracts With estate owners concern
icg the d, livery Of oan~S. 4'be Governments
aforesaid shall Ikev ise be Au. h)rispl to grant
exemption from e .ymar' Of fees for the
recording in Court Of all such documents.
, 1877-09-22

I1e P1e'ide"cy's Secretary introduced thu
~. 1'"oTFaOis Members will see from
o "enIx0S 'naE While the 0 dinancs Of Ia
CCu A0'S grants several ;nmun;;:es 10 tha
$3.50, agar Factories Comp my, it had bv
e-sI' os01 omitted to seek exemp,ioA
49, Stai-PPaPsF dues here f,r o;hsr documents
,nan snafe: aod othsr bonds from tho E.tsh'
SrN az 4" Oenm'rk the C,mpsny i, how.var
gun u exemption from stamp duties wLeral
oH 'FgA'S'te' TX Iustlnte for contr.c,, ~
10y uo.o1'P'om wash the Comp,nv m;cht
AVE 70 make This will be remedial bv a.
D'"'' aol attAa same time further ;m~,m;
t9' AFe proposed from court fees nm ~ 800
u me OIL d1Hum 'nts concerning the ControI
r'cs'ry' LalS is in short the contcnts - ~"
O''t ana as there 10 90 reason ,r1v wa boro
= u "ot gr44t ths sans imnunitios "a ~,
Ho"?Nny as at h)m', aud as the omission r. 81.
s1l."Sn Is only owing to an oversish+. ha vouII
H"euH the Dratt to tn, Council.
/"H"m71 rac1 nalsnded the m,ttar
~V''o ms iuIly sgcse with the Sac,eIarv
~ I'D oniSsionot tbs exemptions 10 tia a..
0'11"c9 o. 1870 was oviug to an ovsrs;,ht
one e.sa reqlssteI the word. IA a.
2li discuSsi N. " PA'Ssu 10
q tntrodl'iio1 o. Al 1t Discussion a,
Tho M'nsy 8:ll fer S2s,52o lor Bureau HJv,o'
ces TO pl 'n'crs for September. N1vcmher IS75
4"' D'"lt win R'm"k' reads as follows
MONET.BILL.
. tie Budget far the A1u.ic;04l1y IF g.
20; TIo3- q. ne F'"G"eiol Yfur ffOm lat ApriI
1877 to 3lst A1aleI 1878.
, 1877-09-22

days. during which time the Presiiency's
Secretary would attend to the administrative
duties on his behalf.
The Presidency's s~ecretsry was consequent.
~ present on behalf Of the President.
The Council proceeded 10 The Ofder Of the
Day, VIZ:
il Introduction Of & lst D9scussi IN en- Draft
of Ordinance exten ling tho immunity from the
use of Stamped paper, etc., granted the Gem
ira Factory Company.
The Draft with motives reads as fellows;
DRAFT
Of Ordinance t~1tca,}ins tie imn~ai = from the
zee y S;ampc- cqpcY etc. gra-tfd tie Joint
Stock Company 81, ,1rois Cs.:ral Sugar
factories" b. TIE Ord:na,eeof Is,5 J4ac 1876.
, 1877-09-22

Thu Presidency IS authorized TO use an
amount not exceeding 23. 500 Dollars of the
Colonial 1rcssn7y's money, for alvapcss to
SOM of the planters ia the Island for M,nev.
Wages and Provisions Tor their Labourers. in
the m 'aths of September, October aad Novcm.
Der 1877,
, 1877-09-22
RE MARKS.

BY the Grant t. tho Budget for 1877 70,
1d"ptrd on the 18th June last by the Colonial
Council for Bureau Advances to planters for
June-Ausust there was voted for that purpose
an amount $50 ,OO0
For advances of Monay. meal aud behring's to
10 Estates for Is weeks from 1t juno
l3 September a $G,54I,3I has baen
expended. .564 81
For the months Of Sep'ember. Onober & M.
vcmber IL weeks a S ! ,5O4,3I there will
be requiredfor the same 10 Estates $t9.O5I.72
aud for 9 moro Estates "a $500
pr week from l September TO
ultimo November, l3 weeks lO,4oo
, 1877-09-22

2 c. SIC B44sff far the Municipality Of 81.
t U9~ u ne F'@G"eiol YfaT from lat ApriI