Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-08-16

come rendered by our citizens to the
Press Association last Tuesday even
ing, at the Opera House, was creditable
to all concerned and afforded an even.
ing of unalloyed pleasure to an audience
that completely filled the spacious room
During the day previous the ladies had
with exquisite taste, decorated the stage
with fragrant flowers. and had suspend
ed above it the motto in evergreen:
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword, y
SO that it presented a most beautiful
appearance by lamp light. Some of our
most accomplished singers, including
Mr.. and Mrs. Currier, Miss Rose Dick
son, Miss Mamie Toman and Mr.. Frank
Jacobs, with Miss Sophie Rosenblatt as
pianist, kindly consented to furnish the
music, providing new pieces for this
special occasion, and. as need not be ad-
ded, rendering it in exquisite style. To
add to the pleasure of this portion of
the entertainment Mrs. August Myers
kindly consented to the use of her fine
toned piano.
At the appointed hour the large au-
dience was called to order by Jed Lake,
Esq, the Chairman, and Rev. Jas. Pat
terson opened the programme with
prayer, after which there was music by
the Cornet Band in it's usual skillful
manner. Mayor Ney then in a neat and
pertinent speech rendered welcome
and the Inequalities of our city to the
Press Gang. He was followed by G.
H. Talmadge, of the West Union Ga
zette, who in behalf of the Association
returned thanks for the honor in a
speech full of wit and appropriate allu-
sion. This was followed by a vocal
quartette entitled, Come Brothers,
Come, sang in most pleasing manner by
Messrs Jacobs and Currier, Mrs. Cur
rier and Miss Dickson. This was fol-
lowed by Will Carleton's poem, The
Editors Guests" recited by Miss Nellie
Wilkins in her usual graceful and spir-
tied style. Next in order was quartette
by Gabussi, entitled" II Pescatori (The
Fisherman), sang with pleasing effect by
Miss Mamie Toman, soprano, and Miss
Rose Dickson, alto. The next place on
the programme was assigned to j. w.
Shannon, of the Elkader Journal, for
talk on the County Paper. That this
talk was full of originality, grace, wit
and eloquence, and that it was withal
calculated to be profitable alike to the
makers and readers of county papers,
needs no assurance from us to those
2 % know the reputation of the speaker.
Twas followed by music-a quartette,
entitled, Come in the Blush of the
Morning" which was heartily applaud
ed. Owing to the absence of the poet
of the occasion, w. N. Burdick, of the
Postville Reuie,o, the reading of extracts
from the Press poem was omitted. This
will be found in full, however, in our
columns this week. Next in order was
the we'll known Duet, II Know Bank"
&C., sung with most pleasing effect by
Mrs. Currier and Miss Dickson. The
last piece on the regular programme was
" Home, Sweet Home, by the band. In
terspersed among these exercises were
short, pithy speeches by our citizens
and members of the press. The even
ing was fifty closed by general socia-
BILE to enable our people to become ac-
quainted with the editorial visitors
The vast crowd seemed we'll pleased
with the entertainment, and by their
frequent applause during the entire
evening, testified to their appreciation
of the many good things said.
WHARF.-The reports from the wheat
fields of this county, as regards the yield
are various and conflicting, and on the
whole, not nearly so discouraging as the
croakers would have us believe. We
have one report from the western part
Of the county, of farmer who hauled
to town at one load, the wheat threshed
from ten acres of ground, which he sold
for IS cents per bushel. Per CONTRA
Mr.. j. D. Shipley, who is running
threshing machine, informs us that the
average yield of the wheat crop of five
farmers in Sumner township, which he
threshed last week, was 13 bushels to
the acre. Mr.. Shipley says that the
quality is almost without exception, ex-
cellent, much better than two years ago.
1t will not do to say as some are saying,
that the wheat crop is total failure.
Mr.. Shipley has also laid on our table
a sample of $40 bushels of Lost Nation
wheat threshed this week for r. Creigh-
ton, of Homer township, the yield being
% bushels. 1t is of excellent quality.
Mr.. Creighton had also six acres of
wheat on low ground, which he harvest
ed, but afterwards concluded that it
would not pay the expense of threshing.
Being induced, however, to make the
experiment, it turned out 60 bushels, or
10 bushels to the acre. Things are not
always so bad as they look.
Esther, the Beautiful Queen.