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, 1877-01-13
THE COUNTY AGENCY.

Srn,soFisLp, ILL.,, Jan. 12.-1n your issuo OF
the 9th, iu m article entitled, How We Arc
Governed, by Whon,, aud fur What Puspuse,"
you DAY that Representatives Sheridan, Hickey,
Kearney, nnl Sexton notified tho County BoaE,l
that, II the County Agency were given to tho
Scandinavian element, the Irish element in the
Legislature would attclnpt to lcgislate tho
County t,unril out OF existence. leaving your
readers 10 Infer that II the Irish element re-
ceivet! tho County Agency the numbers Of said
element In tic titncrai Assembly would be ILL.,
der obligations to thu County Huarl In yptne
Upon my measure which may be introduced
affecting In my way satl County Board. Nov,
VIZ wish to state TINT VIC signed q petition IL
the County board, ut the request Ut licpresent~
atiye J. J. kcarncN, Requesting the appointment
Of O'Connell as County Agent, but wc naslo no
threat of any description, 0r pronfse of nnA
description, either EXPRESSED Or implied, nn
II any one Inns represented to the County lionr
or t0 any Gtle else, that VIC tnado any threat or
pEorntso Iu thu i,ntter, they llayo tlune 40 u,
their nwn responsibility, anil without my nu-
tliOrty from liz whatever. We Will vote On the
matter Of the County Hoard, or any otler mat:
ter that may coue up, for The best Interests Of
our constituents. IIEsny +. HMEH.DAx,
Representative Third District.
+. j. HICKEY,
Representative Third District.
AUSTIN u. SEXTON,
Representative Sixth District.
, 1877-01-13
TO ONE WHO WILL UNDERSTAND,

When Aaturnns early winds began thcis mc!an-
timEy moan.
Ouu little .ons.tcr FROM the pines eams Nutterlns
And ehlrps4 a'4i twitscrcd something OF message
lhst IL bofc.
Ahl well knew from wl.ucu 1t came, uad who
For love il quick tu cateh Tue tones TINT Tor It's cars
Hui only o,e lose heart has learned the language
ot thr birds
Could ever have translated liz queer notea to hu-
man wusls.
made the tiny messenger a capstya for whlte.
TIL al tho precious sccrcs fFoni Its nutcs could
Then ,ul,e,cd wItr my window, and released It's
fut,sr1hs "inss,
Eatsute bsiuas.
1knox indeed that "words arc poor" aad often
More VI thu hrarts dcslres .haa they're intended
10 Ufr,ral;
pu'' sa"1 ;l' ,sI ysu Of the Joy your fow short
You'd know tnty, wesc like truis OF geld in silvcr
pictoErs laid.
Six little wora, that seemed perhaps 10 you ot lit.
tie worth,
Have bad Tic power to glyc my life new zcvl.Ipx
To litt NJ eurla!n*d window. ., my soul. and let
VI Heaven uI,pei the shadows that were deepening
Into NisAt.
And ne. ltnow. whats'ef u'ay be the Inan'te do
That places barriers 10 great belween your life snd
mine,
NJ frowus OF fortune Of Of fate, no floods Of
waters deep,
Can take from, VI the only wealth human soul
may Keep.
For God has given TO every one IN aptdotc within
For al tbs III. tdst 1nny bctlda, Of sorrow or Of
| sta;
| Ana though. beneath unsliverrd clouds, In dirk
ness wp may Xrupe,
Thls bEtlrighs ot ths soul Il ours: eve still nny
luIc 8na lupc, -
] cu1cA.o. IAu. ~. 1877. MIA
, 1877-01-13
ASHTABuLA BRIDGE,


KNOXVILLE, ID, JAN 10.-"An Old Bridge
Builder" in communication published In your
Mondays ISSUE suggests that the breaking
down OF tho ra!|roa't bridge at Ashtal,uta may
llavn been ca,lsc.l by the trlln running oil t!p
track and striking the main braces al bolts
unl he at!Is tllat he llas known u accidents uc-
CURING 10 GuM bridges substantially In thut
knowa VI notwithstanding tngtaNi bridges
In that manner, but would likU tu ask linn
II ho eyer knew Uf gno,i hridge being
completely broken dawn In tint wuyt II sa,
,nllst TAKE lssue with him to what coI1stitUtrs
"goo.l bridge" 4 gss,d bridge ,uAy.hu nloru
or less damaged by u train getting otf the truck
nnd running aga!nst sumo part 0t It, llt clam
Tint no really good hr.lgu ran bo totally dcn,nl-
islleu III TINT why. II It wrru otherwise. III ell
Tire revolution Il needed Ut ontr Il, our manner
Of building bridges. for III long ny bridges l,uilt
on the present systens arc III tfe the Ashtabula
horrur IL l!Ah'c Ut any time to be repeated.
, 1877-01-13
John DAVIS 4 co.'s ESTATE.

Cn1cAao, Jam. 1?.-As the notice IN your Issue
Of tho 1eth Inst. conveys wrong impression In
regard to the suItof Crane I}roe. Manufacturing
Company II. George 8. Uowcn e al., desire d
little space to stntS some facts In regard 10 tho
ease.
As you state, Davis Il ca. falle.l In November,
1872, anu the defendants In this caso we're ap-
agreement whereby the business waa to be corr
tinled, nut closed, anil, after tiuishtng certain
contracts, to mike a chAll dividend OF such
amount as could hc made from the "eash or
other available assets " A. such II time as the
Cummittetsnfght think proper. Thus The h,ts(-
ness was continued quite as much un,lcr the s-
pervistpn Of r. T. Crane as the Committee, lie
bclng often consulted by Mr.. Bowen as to tho
It was discovered that M cash dividend could bo
made, and 1t was determined to rrturn the
bns!ncss to John Davis & Co., tier to give thc!r
notes for B5 per cent Of thr!r original debts, as
10. These notes were accepted b. nearly all Of
the creditors except the Crane Bros
Manufacturing Company, and jnhn Davis
& Go. bcgan paying TIE notes Or property
as they could arral'gc With individual creditors
second notes would hnv0 fallen due to Crane
Brothers Company, the amounts Of said notes
werc tcndefctt to ther, In grccnbacks, hut they
refused to accept them, having In the meantime
another suit.
This brings US to August or September, 1871,
md tho panic CAME Which rent many MEN and
firms tu the wall, yet Dnvls & to. continued to
yay the e. per cent n. fnishful1y anl much more
fully than the Committee could have tlone had
they tried to turn the assets Into rasll, having
paid o,lt Of $o)0, 900 MI but 10000 $50 per cent
II the notes. insscn.l of per cent, aa statcdl
when rendered. lid mt get aur pay Of course.
The pressure of hard TINES cnl1niletl, md Annl-
" Davis d Co. wcrc pushed into bankruptcy,
and the thun remaining asscts OF tho estate pAll
nuly U per cent on tho tfct, rcInnining dcbta.
This case was referred IN Master IN Chanccry,
mud lie, after a long examination, reported that
the Crime Company were not entitled to thc re-.
lief demanded In their bill Of complaint. The
case Will now 50 to the Supreme Court.
II. II. EDpf.
, 1877-01-13

% witt, view to preserving I, IN tho SANG con.
dillon for winter itsc. Is attracting Epnl tlenl
nY attention. an,i Is rrattiscA 10 sune extent in
France. II |. also talked OF in tie pnpcrs here,
and has been tried cxpcrtMcntnlly. suppose
the folder IRON an aerc nf good lani, with all
its SAP. and vrcrnncss IN Il, would weigh thirty
The handling and hauling Of tht. great weight
to the pits. the packing, trnn,rnE. and coscF-
Ing Of It. nn.l tho subsequent carrying nf It to
the cattle, even II successfully done, ins'st he
heavy labor. Why not cure II first nnl then
steaf, iii The ,fng and sitan,ing I,sts he snu,-
Nfr back into Il again, ARvtNK z. WALES.
, 1877-01-13
THE HOMELESS POOR.

srnAaoEns' IToME, No 1o7 7WrsrLAKrsrnrrr
CHICAGO, inn, 1a.-The condition n a,,snIn,.,
want To which an Immense number Of tic Iy wort
ing people OF th's ana othef cltses have been TO-
duccd, nnd the dallg and nightly spectarlcs OF
woo snd wretcl,etlucAs whlcl, arc to be witncssc,
notcc ,,ntion ,o ~. 1,,r" s,r.a. "i s.,es. W "1
p"ASe slat'on, Tue an i'arch street anil Nostf
Clark street free lodeinE-'louscs, amongst ths
members Of our class, call fur Immediate mud
emplovet1 workcr. n Chfr,ro T,,a,,
sont,s ~ Nv. sei,s... 'aI" .is,',',.. 10y.
snun sri.o, " ~, oae ,e'oS' M among wn", tle
wF,e' wa, sfS c '9"mx The mi streets IN ,enssh
suffering from, hunrer nnd enid Thorson1. NJ
fr,,,,str rt,,, an;3 ii n,,fxa,,. ,..,.a.. ~ y.
..ot. - Mraa',,, a ",.ens n",se. "'srsts azu IN
being driven to tia ranks Of crime, prostitution,
and ncvcr.cn,llng DESPAIR. The Puor.IIo,lsc ani
tue jail present their hi,tsos fs,ccs to men and
women whose lives hnrc been devoted to l,onest
bright uul cheerful, domestic happiness IL last
giving way to sorrow n,ti ct,ntentlons before tIs
dreadful inarrl, OF hunger Little cliillreu cry
anguish Of being unable to help them. ' Tie fie
suffering Intensely from tic elects Of continued
hunger anl cold: tho trost aud snow which
~ thu chidrcrl of wealth, hive brourilt onl3;
Increased soyruw to tho cblIircn Of iofi. Tia
New York Herald lately, speaking Of Christmas.
Day, said TINT tho birthday OF Ono who Ind not
whcre to lay lIta head ut night, and who wa,
turn IN n stable, eunsortinR ali his ltfe will
humble men, aud EXECUTED as a n,aIr[actor. d.
yclope,l to the fishermen and other common
pseple with whom f. spent i1s tlays theory
| d great part Ut mankind l,as ever siucu been
pretending to conform Itself. Now, wly iii
] not tho Herald mid TINT any man who would
pretend to conform himself ia such iifc wnniI
In jf,o1trr1 ~, fnt1 tr1
, 1877-01-13
CRUMBS.

A woman with yel1owlsh hnlr,
And face that may have Leen fair
Npt - long afo, when it, youth wAs thersy
And i've red lips for some ono to kiss.
man with hIa oil Of life;
l.usss of wolnsu+ chlldren, and wife; ..
A surfalt Of pleasure, u liit1a uf .tzltc,-
Aen'a lives are W bountifully fill.
lworder IT ibis Lazarus with the yelioW,sh hal,
Aad the lace sou4s AI4n Will swear ''l1 falr,"
ls 90 hungry for love, has missed 1t 70,
That ths II glad Of what cruuils ihl4 Dives ml3
throw
Tho dscgs Of his Life when tho wins Il gonss
CAO 0A1T8-
, 1877-01-13
THE MlnUET.

Grandma told mo all about It,
Told me, 40 couldn't doubt 1t,
How rhu danced-my grandma ianeadr
Long ng0.
How sllo held her rfuity heal,
liow hur tatnty skirt khu spread,
ll"w sho turned her little toes-
SsulIIn9 t!ttlc human ruse.-
Lung nSo.
Grandma hair was bright and sunny;
Dthlpled cllctkg, tDn-als, huw fuuuyt
l;ca!ly quits pretty gil,
l4NuH ngu.
l.'css her: why. she wears cap.
ttranIma does, aud takes nap l.
Every Hinsle DAY; upd yet
Qrundmn Hanged the ,nlnuct
Long nso.
N0w stle sits there, rocking, rocking,
Always kn!tttng GEantlpa's stocking
livery gill was tanght to knit
Lung ugu,1
Yet her teurc Il 70 neal,
And her way 30 staIa md sweet,
] can almost Ere het Huw
Bending to hcr pArtnes'E bow,
Long ago.
Grandma says our modern Jumping.
Hopplng. rushing. .whtrllns, humping,
W1Alu have shocked The gentle felk
No--they mossI Sil, stately graes,
Everything i'll PROPER place,
Gliding slowly forward, then
Slowly courtc.y!n4 back aga!u,
Lung nEu.
Nndern ways arc quito alarming,
Nrandms says; but boys wrre cusrmfng-
Girls aud boys, lneun, Of cuuEse-
Long ago.
Dtavely, modest, grand1y fly-
What II all pf u should try
Just to feel like those whu met
Iu the graceful nilnueL -.
Long asof
With The mtnucs tn fashion,
Nhu could ny into = passlunf
All would wear the calm tbsy wore
Lang ago.
In timo 10 conc. II +, pctchance.
Should tell my Erapdrhill OF oar dance,
shuut.i really lika to say,
awe did II, dear, In so!ao such way,
t.uns ago."
-4rs. udry Nap<s Dodge In 81. NleAo!as.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
Teachers and Teaching.

Ed. BULLETIN:-Considerable having
been said, through the columns of your
valuable paper, in regard to school teach
ing and school teachers, the qualitica-
tons of the teacher and the quality OF
schools, etc, venture to intrude upon
your space and patience by still further
di discussing this subject.
Much has been said about the defic-
lent qualifications of our district school
teachers, and many plans suggested
whereby this evil was to be remedied,
but, | think, with but little effect,
The trouble is, there is no premium
upon superior qualifications. People
groan under the burden of heavy
school tax from year to year, bewall
the insufficiency of the services render
ed by the teacher, and some even ques--
ton the wisdom Of the common school
system, but do not employ the means
within their reach to remedy the evil.
Nine-tenths of the persons whose mo-
ney supports our schools, know little or
nothing about the teacher they employ,
beyond the fact that they have paid
him (or herr so much per month.
Perchance they overhear their chill
dren say that the teacher allows, or pro-
hibits whispering, or lets them chew
ann, etc, and from this they immedi-
ately draw their conclusions as to the
quality of the school.
Some people seem to think it the
teacher keeps the scholars so still
that you can hear pin drop all is
well, whether the scholars Are tougM
anything or not.
1t seems to make but little difference
whether teacher can command Il first
or second grade certificate; for one will
stand nearly, or quite as good a chance
of securing situation as the other, and
the pecuniary benefit will be the same
in both cases.
All this is wrong If schools now pay
wages sufficient FOR first-class teacher,
let second-class teachers have less.
If the wages are only sufficient for
second class teachers, let those schools
that want first-class teachers raise their
wages. At all events let there be dis
tinctiOn.
If persons hiring teachers would pay
more attention to the qualifications of
the applicants, and. after hiring would
take little pains to know whether the
teacher taught the pupils, or only asked
the questions from text books, many
complaints would cease.
PEDAGoGUE,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
THE CONVENTION.

Except for it's wise action in refusing
to denounce or endorse the Presidents
experiment for the pacifcation of the
South, we confess that we find nothing
in the proceedings of the Republican
State Convention to feel particularly
enthusiastic over. The nomination of
Mr.. Gear for the important Office of
Governor does not give that gentleman,
his peculiar characteristics and political
methods higher place in our esteem
than he had before. Mr.. Gear is the
candidate for Governor simply because
he is master of the arts of political
chicane, because the combinations and
bargainings, the devious ways and meth
DDS and the skillful though questionable
strategy in which he has been engaged
for two years past, with the one end of
his nomination in view, have worked as
he intended. He is not called to the
position by the spontaneous voice of
any considerable portion of the Repub-
can party, unless it is that portion en-
gagged in selling whisky, or some way in
terested in removing all obstacles to its
sale in Iowa. His most ardent friends
freely admitted before his nomination,
that unless successful on the first bal
lot he could not be nominated at all,
thus showing that great many men
had been unwarily or selishly pledged
to vote for his nomination, who would
regard the obligation cancelled after the
first ballot and would then desert him
for better man. But for his laborious
log -rolling all over the State and in the
Legislature one year before the Conven-
ton. committing men to his fortunes in
the approved office begging style, long
before the issues of the campaign were
foreshadowcd, it is not probable that the
Convention would have forced Mr..
Gears nomination upon the party, es
pecially as they had assurance that
thousands of good Republicans would
repudiate him.
We refrain from abiding specially to
the personal habits of Mr. Gear 1t is a
subject always disagreeable, but we APP
prehend that very few members of the
Convention, knowing his characteristics,
will regard the resolution endorsing the
prohibitory liquor law, lugged in as a
salve for the candidate at the last mo-
ment, with any other feeling than that
it was an arrant piece of demagogueism,
unworthy of the party. We may have
to accept this wretched piece of work
as the alternative of something great
deal worse, but we will not see the Re
publican party Of Iowa turned over to
the control of men who have no higher
conception of politics than that it is a
sphere for traffic and trickery, without
entering our protest.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29

The Independence BULLETIN carries high
head in its opposition to Hon. John II. Gear, on
the ground that he has made too great an effort
to secure the nomination. The BULLETIN is
known to be equally as enthusiastic in its sup
port of B. II. Sherman. viii it please give any
good reason for opposing Mr.. Gear and endors-
ing Mr.. Sherman on that ground. The latter
has not only traversed this State in his interest
but has also had agents travelling, while he has
been at the same time contradicting the state
ments that he is a candidate. Let us have a
little consistency, Mr. BULLETIN.-Ceddr Falls
Gazette.
Bro. Snyder evidently does not appre-
ciate the true inwardness of that mem
orable saying of the lamented Davy
Crockett BE sure you're right, then
90 ahead" The statement that the
BULLETIN was enthusiastic for Sher-
man is news to us. We think we have
not mentioned Mr.. Sherman's name in
connection with the Governorship, ex-
cept once, when we noticed his formal
bringing out by the Vinton Journal, and
then simply endorsed him as gentle
man and a good Republican. The fact
is, our personal choice for Governor was
Newbold, and we hardly think that the
Gazette can charge that he traversed the
State in his own interest as a candidate.
But while Mr.. Newbold was our choice,
we did very little blowing for him, for
we consider that the press has a more
profitable mission than footing its horn
in the interest of candidates for nomi-
nation. We have noticed that there is
very little profit in it in any sense.
What is left of your charge of inconsis-
tency, Bro. Snyder?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29

HE Inter- Ocenn, with characteristic
demagogueism, endeavors to convey the
idea to its readers that the Iowa Repub-
llcan State Convention antagonized
the course of the President" y and "plac-
ed its seal Of condemnation upon him.
This is untrue, but it had been true, and
the State Convention, in set terms, had
announced its disapproyal of the policy,
will the l. o. or any of it's insane echos
in this State tell us what possible result
would have come of it, except, as the
Dubuque Times says, that the Conven-
ton would have made an ass of itself"
and disrupted the party beyond all hope
OF success in the future. Does anybody
suppose that Il majority of factionists
III the Convention would have been able
to compel a reversal of the President s
policy? Would a bombastic declara-
ton that Packard and Chamberlain were
elected, have the effect of seating them?
Would a pointed condemnation Of the
removal Of the troops from Charleston
and New Orleans, replace them, and if
it would, do even the implacables desire
4 return to the situation in those States
as Hayes found it?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29

Bro BURDICK, of the Postville Re
ricee, takes the pains to explain to us
why he still dabbles in politics after
having abjured it. He says he did not
intend to relinquish his independence
and his right to speak his mind on all
subjects before the people Further he
says.
What we meant by retiring from politics was
that we had retired from blind party support,
whether we believed the party to be right or
wrong. Hereafter we propose to speak of pol
tiles rs we do of other things-just as we think.
We heartily applaud Bro. Burdick' $
resolution, but let us suggest to him
that if, as implied above, he has hereto
fore supported party, right or wrong,
and if he has been in the habit of say
ing things that he did not " think or
believe, and the cnunciation of the Pres
ident 5 policy has induced him to turn
square about and support what is right,
and say what is true, he must admit
that the said policy is justified in one
Of its results. Come, now, Bro. Bur
dick, in view of your wonderful reform
alton, will you not acknowledge that
there is Il power of 'savin grace" in the
policy, after all?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29

Mr.. Hayes says that government officials
should not take part in politics. That lets Bro.
Toman out. 1t is generous in Mr.. Hayes.-COn-
scrrdtiW.
Our contemporary is not precisely cor
rect. The President does not say that
Government officials shall not take part
in politics. His order is only intended
to prevent them from packing and ma
nlpulatlng conventions and caucuses as
has been too much the case heretofore.
lie does not, as some of his critics com
plain, deprive the office holder of his
privileges of citizenship, but he does say
that officials shall not spend their time
in making combinations that shall in
their effect, deprive other citizens of a
voice in public affairs. In this sense,
Bro. Toman is glad to be let OUT" but
We do not intend to relinquish our priv
ilege of influencing elections accord
ing to our sense Of right in all
legitimate ways, as indicated by the
order in question, nor does the
President demand that we should We
can well conceive that those who relish
the work of packing" and running"
conventions should look upon the order
as an outrage and a hardship, but we
have no inclination or aptitude in that
direction, and can see the policy en-
forced with great complacency.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
A Circular Letter from the President to
Government Officials.

WASHINGTON, June 23-The Presi-
dent to-day addressed the following let
ter to all prominent Federal officers
throughout the country:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
June 23-SlR: | desire to call your at
tention to the following paragraph in the
letter addressed by me to the Secretary
of the Treasury on the conduct to be OBJ
served by the officers of the General
Government in relation to elections
No officer should be required or per-
mitted to take part in the management
of political organizations, oaucuses. con
yentions on election campaigns. Their
right to vote and express their views on
public questions, either orally or through
the press, is not denied, provided it does
not interfere with the discharge of their
official duties. No assessment for polit-
ical purposes on officers or subordinates
will be allowed
This rule is applicable to every de
partment of the civil service. 1t should
be understood by every officer of the
General government that he Is expect
cd to conform his conduct to its require
mcnts. Very respectfully,
r. B. HAYES
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-29
Mr.. Cults, of Mahasks, offered the


following resolutions:
Resolved, That the so called southern
policy which has been inaugurated and
pursued by the present national admin
istration, is in accordance with the prin-
ciples of the republican party.
This was received amid general tu-
multi
DR.. Beardsley, of Des Moines county,
moved it be referred to the committee
on resolutions.
Mr. Merriam, of Keokuk county
moved amid great excitement, that the
resolution be tabled Adopted by about
three-fourths vote.
The committee on resolutions to
which the amendment to the first reso-
luton was submitted, at this stage re-
turned with Recommendation that
the amendments be indefinitely post
poned.
The following resolution, supplement
tary to the platform, was introduced
after debate Of few minutes, and
adopted by decided majority:
Resalred, We are in favor of a rigid
enforcement Of our present prohibitory
liquor law and any amendments thereto
that will render it's provisions more eff
fectivc in the suppression of intemper-
ance.
The following persons were chosen as
the State Central Committee for the en-
suing year.
w. w. Junkin, of Jefferson; H. C.
Carr, of Cedar; Jacob Rich, of Dubuque;
0. w. Garrison, of Hardin; II. S. Bau-
man, of Linn; d. f. Eldridge, of Mon
roe; W. H. Berry, of Warren; Geo. A.
Morse, Of Adams, and w. r. Duffy, of
Sac.
Jacob Rich was subsequently elected
Chairman of the Committee.