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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13
DIR. G. MCLANE'S
PILLS,

These Pills are not recommended as
remedy for all the ills that flesh is
heir to, but in affections of the liver,
and in all Bilious Complaints, Dys-
pcpsia and Sick Headache, or dis
eases Of that character, they stand
without = rival
AZ |? Il AND FEVER.
No better clthartic can be used pre-
paratory to- or after taking Quinine.
AS a simple purgativc they are un-
equalod.
BEWARE "Y LIMITATIONS.
The genuine arc mover sugar coated.
Each hoX has Il red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DIR. NC
LANES Liver Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures
of &. MtLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by ali respectable druggists
md country stnrckeoprrs generally.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13

Any one may buy fine stock, but if
they are subjected to neglect, put on
scanty food, exposed to cold, chilly
rains, or piercing snow storms, they will
be a failure.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13

If the hen be not sitting so that hef
nest and eggs absorb little moisture
from the earth, sprinkle her nest and
eggs every few days with water when
she is off to feed.-Ioua State Reg
lSfcr
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13

One ounce of lemon juice mixed with
quarter of a drachm of sugar will re-
move freckles. Keep this lotion in a
glass bottle, corked tightly, a few days
before using and apply to the freckles
occasionally and it will soon remove
thnm
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS,

TIE co,ntcnance is pale and leaden-
colored, with occasional f1ushes, or
Il circumscribcd spot on one or both
checks the eyes become dull the pu-
pills dilatc; an azure scmcirclc runs
along the lower cyclid; the nose is IT.
ritated, swclls, and sometimes hleeds :;
swelling Of the upperlip occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion Of
saliva; Shiny or turred tongue breath
very foul, particularly in the morning :;
appetite variable, sometimes vora-
cious, with a gnawing sensation of the
stomach, at others, entirely gone :,
fleeing pains in the stomach; occa-
sional nausea and vomiting; violent
pains throughout the abdomen bow
els irregular, at times costivc stools
shiny; not unfrequently tinged with
blood belly swollen and hard urine
turbid; respiration occasionally diff
cult, and accompanied by hiccough :;
cough sometimes dry and convulsive !;
uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grind
ing of the teeth temper variable, but
generally irritable, SC.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. c. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form ; it is an innocent prepare.
ton, not capable Of doing tie slight
est iMiuryfo the most tender infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MlFUGE bears the signatures of c.
McLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
,py1,,pov
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13

The reading columns on this page will be de-
voted, mainly, to topics pertaining to FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the Bull
LETIN are requested to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13
Grange DIRECTORY.

PRAIRIE GROVE GRANGE, No. 443.-Meets
ut the Sheridan School House, Monday even
ing, on or before the full moon, each month.
A. WROTEN, Sec'y.
WINTHROP GRANGE, No. 1866 Meets at
Winthrop on Friday, on or before the full
moon of each month.
S. G. PIERCE, Master
s. w. RICH, Sec'y.
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE, No. l2l6-Meets
Tuesday, on or before full moon.
J. ID. RUSSELL. Master.
GREELEY GROVE GRANGE, No. s11.-Meets
on Friday evening, on or before full moon, at
Warehouse Hall.
w. BUNCE, Master.
p. d. SCHEMERHORN, Secy.
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE, No, 528.-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before full moon,
E. j. WIGG. Sec'y.
SUPERIOR GRANGE, No. 35a.-Meets satur-
day, on or before full moon, ut No, 8 School
House, Hazleton Township.
T. MESSENGER, Master.
G. N. MILLER, Sec'y.
BYON GRANGE, No. 287.-Meets at Justus
Durkees, on Tuesday evening, on or after
full moon.
E. GLEASON, Master.
Env Snosxy
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13

A correspondent of the Chatauquo
Farmer says: Let me speak for the
crow. Last year. as | was narrowing
corn with g vibrating harrow having
teeth, (you know it is noisy thing, it
uncovered a great number of white
grubs, which you could see all about the
ground; they are very destructive to
vegetation of all kinds They ate or de-
stroyed thousands of hills of corn that
year. You could see the track of the
grub as he travelled to get something to
cat, for they travel when in search of
food. You could see the surface of the
ground a little elevated and checked
when the surface is hard and dry. Well.
you see when | was narrowing, as soon
as the crows heard the harrow at work
they would come and light on the ground
that was being narrowed, and the fresh
or the better they liked it; when going
one way they would light after | had
passed along; when l returned, and got
within six or eight rods of them, they
would rise gently and circle round in the
rear again. | have counted as many as
seventeen grubs that one crow picked
up at one lighting They take any and
everything, large and small, that is,
worms, grubs and beetles. Crows can't
pull corn when planted with machine,
and we have no fear of them from that
source. Finally, wherever civilization
is, there are rocks or crows
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13

HORSE Down A WELL.-On the 18th
of May, fine mare belonging to Will
liam II. Wayne, Seneca Falls, n. Y,
broke into lot where was an unfnish-
ed well, and by some means fell into it.,
a depth of some thirty feet. A
windlass was extemporized by resting
the ends on wagons placed on each side
Of the well, and Mr. Wayne descended
into the well, slung heavy ropes around
the mare, add she was then hoisted to
the surface, and when clear of the open
ing the wagons were run away, and the
animal safely landed on terra ,frmo,
with scarcely scratch visible. One
week from the date of this adventure,
the mare foaled fine, healthy colt, and
all are doing WELL We doubt if this in
cident has a parallel.-.Spiri Of the
Times
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13
The Genuine Vibrator Threshers
ARE MADE ONLY BY
NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.,
Battle Creek, Michigan.

They or any of their regular authorized Dealers
furnish Illustrated Pamphlets, Price Lists and
1ull particulars, free, on application, SW45
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13

KEEPING Down THE WEEDs.-The
London Garden remarks The only
remedy for weeds is prompt destruction
in a young state. Weeds are easily
eradicated if never allowed to advance
beyond the seed leaf. Once let their
roots run deep and wide, and their tops
rise high, and then the weeds are mas
tiers in the garden. 1t provokes one to
see the complacency with which some
cultivators allow weeds to establish
themselves in flower beds or borders, or
ON roads or walks, and their subsequent
efforts to subjugate them. Prompt de-
struction will vanquish the very worst
of them. Plantains, grass, thistles, and
docks are perhaps the most difficult to
eradicate. But if by any neglect these
have gained strong footing in any gar
den, constant beheading alone will de-
stroy them. No plant can live long if
never allowed to form leaves or stems,
and the shortest, surest, easiest way to
eradicate the worst weeds is by inces-
SAINT cutting off all their visahle parts. "
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19
THE NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC RAIL.
WAY COMPANY

Have removed their office to the commodious
ground floor of the building No. 15e Common
street, formerly occupied by the New Orleans
Gaslight Company.
In making this announcement they desire TO
express their thanks to those Of their fellow
citizens who have thus far extended their aid
| to this great enterprise, while again appealing
| to the entire community to promptly come for
ward and subscribe in accordance with their
| means, in order to enable the directory to push
with renewed vigor the work already so far ae-
| complished to completion,
| Every facility will be given. on application at
| the office. to impart the information required to
convince every one that the success Of the road
| is assured rs soon as the sum Of sS75.o00 is
reached, either in subscriptions to the first
mortgage bonds OF TO the stock Of the company
In order to place their securities within reach
| Of all classes Of our people, the company have
| issued scrip limited in amount to $50 900, and
made recei vable either for stock when presented
| in sums of sl00 or for freight or passage on
completion Of the road This scrip is divided
into notes of $50 800 $40 and So, transferable by
bearer. thus enabling NIL to aid his immeasur
| ably important work. the success Of which will
| largely rebound to the interests Of every man.
woman and child in this city.
With regard to the first mortgage bonds, no
one can doubt their being first class invest
ment, apart from the collateral advantages
| which will be derived by the residents of this
| city, and that they will be SO regarded by our
moueyed institutions the company refer TO q
recommendation made short time since by
| the presidents of nearly oil our banks and in-
surance companies of the second mortgage
per cent bonds of the company when such an
issue was contemplated.
| To show the confidence felt by these insttu-
lions in the proposed road. their officers recon-
mend the second mortgage bonds of the New
| Orleans Pacific Railway Company rs u first
| class per cent per annum interest paying
investment and say they will be received by
their several institutions as security for loans
with as much readiness as any other per
cent security of the State of louisiana they un-
| hestatingly commend these bonds for invest
| ment."
With this inducement supplemented by the
assurances that the company can obtain all else
| necessary to place the entire road in working
order when this seemingly small sum shall
have been provided for, and further, that in
stead of second mortgage, first mortgage per
cent bonds are substituted. can any citizen, who
really desires the prosperity Of this city which
has been 80 long retarded by the simple want OF
proper communication with the almost mex
haustible resources of Texas, Arkansas and
| Northern Louisiana fail to respond promptly to
| this appeal
President New Orleans Pacific Railway Com
| pany, se1s 1m2dp
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19

Anti. Corn Law League, which, In turn,
were but the instruments OF public
opinion far stronger than they, but
which they certainly deserve the credit
Of having organized and given method
and practical direction. Public opinion,
the fruit Of necessity, is now ripe yes,
clamorous- the reform Of our tariff,
the destruction OF monopolies, the with
drawal from corporations Of vested and
exclusive privileges, and the entire dis
enthrallr eut Of trade from the restric-
lions with which 1t has been hampered
and almost destroyed by government
interference. Let the League CONSOLE
date and direct this popular conviction.
strengthen and disseminate Its views,
and 1t will soon be able to compel from
Congress what will never be given by
voluntary concession.
What we need in this instance Ia not
new laws and additional restraints, such
as are proposed in the bill for the in
crease of the army and the supervision
by government of railroads and the
establishment OF labor bureaux. The
reform here will be achieved, as In every
modern instance, not by doing some
thing new, but by simply undoing all
that is old. The best legislation has al
ways been destructive of preceding leg
islation: the best laws those that re-
pealed existing laws. This is all that is
needed.
~ hH i,1n fan tYrnt pitn1 oil that n q
done was to repeal the corn laws.
Therein consisted the whole reform,
and the result was to leave trade to its
natural freedom and to place 1t on the
same footing as il legislation had never
interfered with it at all.
The whole scope and tendency OF
modern legislation is to restore things
to that natural channel from which the
ignorance or corruption of preceding
legislation has driven them.
This is all we ask Of our Legislators,
and this will accomplish all that Is de-
sired; but il they GO further they are
bound to overstep their proper func-
tions, and in every instance incalcula-
BILE harm is almost certain to follow.
All that they can do Is but negative and
| is nothing more than to afford the OPP
portunity of progress; the progress It,
self must depend on other matters.
1t is to obtain the repeal OF the many
restrictions upon our domestic as well
as foreign trade, and to restrain the
meddling spirit Of our legislation that
will be the mission Of this league, and
the people are now ripe for Its labors,
the ultimate success of which can be
doubted by no enlightened and thought
full mind. Let them push their work,
then, for more propitious day for a
great and necessary reform was never
seen, for never before were the evils OF
bad and meddling legislation 30 OPP
pressive or the causes of distress 30 APP
parent.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19
QUARANTINE,

The yellow fever Is prevailing In Ia
vana. and nearly all the vessels in that
port are infected. DR.. Finney, the officer
ut the Mississippi Quarantine Station,
reports to our Board of Health that
there are at his station two infected
banks in ballast, two briggs and one
bark loaded with coffee, and that the
steamer Margaret, with miscellaneous
cargo, has just arrived from Havana
with yellow fever on board. There are
now at DIR. Finneys station five cases of
the fever under treatment, while two
deaths have occurred. At the Kigolets
there is vessel quarantined with two
cases on board. DR.. Chopin, president
OF the Board Of Health, has given orders
to rigidly enforce the quarantine regu.
lations, and there is little or no danger
of any infected vessels reaching this
port.
There has not been In many years so
favorable season to test the efficacy OF
quarantine in excluding yellow fever
from this city, and we are gratified to
know that the Board Of Health are de-
termined to thoroughly apply the test
In 1873 the Valparaiso brought the
yellow fever into New Orleans, and
several hundred persons died Of the
disease. From the Valparaiso the fever
was carried on board Of steamers which
took it to Memphis and Shreveport, and
we all remember with what virulence
the pestilence established itself in these
two cities. Even now we shudder to
recall Its desolations there. From 1873
until last summer the germ Of the dis
ease has fingered here, producing each
summer u number of deaths. The severe
cold OF last winter. however, seems ut
terly to have destroyed the poison. Not
single case of yellow fever has &C.
Cured in New Orleans this summer !;
not case of disease in any respect re-
semblipg it has occurred. New Orleans
is now. and has been ali the summer,
one of the healthiest cities in the United
States. 1t is the determination Of the
Board of Health that this state Of things
shall continue If there is efficiency in
uudIhuIlHS 0ha ouhAtthAy
and every good citizen. we assume, will
sustain the board in the enforce
ment of those laws and regulations
which they deem essential to the pre-
servation of the health of the city.
No unnecessary restrictions will be
imposed upon commerce. But every
consideration must yield to those pre-
cautions which scientific men deem
necessary to exclude the dread scourge
from our midst. Ship captains. and
many others, are too apt, in the prose
cution of their individual interests, to
lose sight Of the public good and
to look upon restrictions imposed upon
them in the general interest as arhi-
trary and needless. We assume, how
ever, that no more terrible calamity
could befall this city than the introduce
ton into it this fall Of yellow fever. DR..
Chopin and other eminent physicians
who have spent years in the investiga-
| ton Of this subject firmly believe that
f, yellow fever can always be excluded
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19
THE FARMERS STRIKE.

"A l6gbeT from country merchant
in Brookhaven, Miss, to Messrs.
Payne, Kennedy Il Co., of this city,
gives an account of o remarkable move
ment In Lincoln and adjacent counties
called the farmers strike,' In which
three fourths Of the population have en-
gagged, against the merchants. The
farmers allege that the merchants
charge them fifty per cent profit on the
supplies they advance them on their
crops; that this is exorhitant and that
pound Of cotton ought to pay for @
pound Of bacon; on this hypothesis
they demand in their settlements with
the merchants fifteen cents per pound
for their cotton, and refuse to settle
upon any other basis
Upon the other hand the merchants
claim that they charge no higher per-
centage than their customers at the be-
ginning Of the year agreed to pay for
supplies on twelve months credit. The
merchants affirm that 1T costs them in
rents, insurance, clerk hire, ETC., not
less than Is per cent on their invest
| ments to do business on O credit basis
| that their losses on cotton taken In set
| Element Is fully 10 per cent, and that
consequently, conceding that they col
lect all that is due them, they realize
only Is per cent in their business. The
movement among the farmers of the
region of country referred to against the
merchants liz rapidly spreading, we are
told, and the state Of things Is not at all
cheerful.
| It seems to us that fifty per cent on
advances to the farmers Is a very high
and oppressive rate, but we certainly
cannot see upon what ground the farm
ers hold that pound Of cotton ought to
be worth pound Of bacon. They might
| Just as we'll affirm that a pound of cot
ton ought to be worth pound OF gold,
and then refuse to settle their accounts
upon any other basis. The value OF com
modities is regulated by demand and
supply, and not by any such arbitrary
proceedings as those, we are told, the
farmers of Lincoln have instituted.
II the merchant charges the farmer
exorbitant prices, the farmer ought to
give his custom to some other merchant.
We opine, however, that the farmers
are pretty much in the power Of the
local merchants, they cannot make
their cotton without advances Of corn.
meat, etc., and at the end of the year it,
Of course. takes all their cotton to pay
for supplies which they have bought on
credit at prices ranging from ten tc
twenty five per cent above cash prices
And thus the farmers are never able tc
emanoipate themselves from the fifty
per cent tax of the merchants.
Let the farmers OF the country referred
to step up to the office like little men
pay up squarely for what they bought
at the prices they agreed to pay. anc
then go home, put enough land in corr
to meet all their needs, raise their owr
pork and provisions, put the residue O.
their land in cotton, and at the end O
the year they will have corn and mea
in abundance, and their cotton crop
whatever it may amount to, will be clea1
money; they can then snap their fingers
at the merchants who charge then
fifty per cent on advances and use thei
cash to buy from those who will sci
them cheapest.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19

from New Orleans. They should, there
fore, be sustained Ia all the important
steps they are now taking TO prove the
correctness OF their views. The period
Of danger has almost passed. 30 far
not single case of the fever has oc-
Cured here, and the members Of the
board feel confident that the enforce
ment for brief period of the quaran-
tine regulations will render the city
perfectly safe.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19

The last rumor is that Cameron and
Hartranft are about to strike trade.
Hartranft does not want to go to the
Senate after all, but is immensely in
favor of Don's reelection, the consid-
Grafton whereof is that the caucuses
will urge his nomination for the Presi-
dency. This is what you might call
dealing in futures with a boundless
margin
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19

The American Public Health Associa-
ton meets in Chicago on the 25th inst.
DIR. Samuel Chopin, President Of the
New Orleans Board Of Health, has been
invited to attend the meeting and read
a paper on yellow fever and it's proven
ton by quarantine and disinfecting
agents. DR.. Chopin had proposed to
attend the meeting Of the association,
but the prevalence of the yellow fever
in Havana, and his earnest desire and
purpose to- fully test the efficacy of
quarantine in protecting this city from
that pestiIence, may induce him to
forego his trip and remain here on the
ground with the Board Of Health to give
his personal and interchangeable attention
to the experiment.
Should DR.. Chopin not attend the
Association, we hope, nevertheless, that
his paper on the interesting and vital
subject he proposed to discuss before
the meeting will be published. The
efficiency Of quarantine. disinfecting
agencies and sanitary measures in pre-
venting the introduction and spread OF
pestilence has often been discussed by
able scientists; but its consideration
from the present advanced standpoint
of science, by a physician so eminent as
DR.. Chopin, and who has had such a
wide field Of observation, cannot but
throw new light upon it and prove of
incalculable service to society.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19

It is now authoritatively stated that
the Hons. Charles Foster and Garfield
have concluded that it will be just as
we'll to let the Democrats organize the
new House Of Representatives. Modest
and fair minded men, If they do come
from Ohio.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19
SCHOOL BOOKS.

Having been awarded by the State Board OF
Education a majority of the bids for furnishing
the public schools Of the State. and having ar
rangcments with publishers, we are prepared to
furnish the following books at prices named.
Column No. / is lowest retail price adopted ;
column No . exchange price. for first introduce
ton. when books of similar grade in actual use
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19
NOTICE TO TEACHERS,

OFFICE CHIEF SupER1NTEN'T PUBLIC ScHoots. ,
New Orleans. Sept. 10. 1877
All applicants for positions as teachers in the
City Schools who have not yet recorded In the
Supetintendent's office their names. residences
and the grades for which they wish TO be ex-
ainined are required to do so, either PERSONAL
~ or by written communication. previous to the
examination appointed for MONDAY, 2tth inst.
VIM. O. ROGERS,
Superintendent Public Schools Of New Orleans.
se1q
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-19
WAGONS ! CANE CARTS SPOKES
EI. M. SOFIA,
10 and 10 Union ana M and II Perdido

Sole Agent for the Celebrated .'sTUpTBA--
KER" WAGONS, CARTS and SPRING WORK
Of all kinds and Sizes
Dealer In Philadelphia and Western Cane
yWagons, Carts i an q, iDrays Timber Wheels;
loes. Hubs, Shafts, etc. Wheeiwright material.
Orders promptly filed All work warranted.