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Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

Shingles made from the Eucalyp-
tus tree are said to be in common
use in Australia, on account of their
being fire-proof. 1t is claimed to be
impossible to fire a roof made of this
material.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30
WOOL WANTED.

S. Simpson al be found in thu
real of fuckers store, where he pay
the highest price in cash for wool ant
hides. Call and e him before you
dispose of your wool.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

Let every tramp on the highway,
and every M who may be s~kulking
around private cook houses, turn
their thoughts from a life of ~laziness
and begging, and center their atlec-
tons upon work in the harvest fields
for the next two or three months, to
come. All may have employment
who really want to work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

The new cherries are now on the
market, and the little boy thinks i'll
the night time that he has swallowed
q cucklebur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

Geo. Simpson, of the firm of Simp-
son & Son, LaddCnia, gave lis 4
pleasant call Oh Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

Flies have made their appearance in
large numbers, and seem to be real
hungry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

Business of all kinds seems to be
reviving. and our merchants are happy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

Mr.. John Bishop has the contract
for repairing the church building on
Promenade Street belonging to the
NJ. f. Church, South. Although the
house is a new one, it will require
some two or three hundred dollars tC
put it in good order.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

RUFUS lIlsey is the best MAJ to
promise you a load OF cobs and never
send them, that we have ever me up
with.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

The Murphies say they will make
the Great American Eagle squal and
flop his wings on the 18th of July.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

The green front drug store on the
north side 0! public square is the
place to trade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

Street Commissioner Stacey is
having the mud cleaned off the Public
Square.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

A Frenchman has invented an APP
paratus for freezing, that will make a
whole skating rink in less than two
hours. Joe Glandon has ordered two
of them, thinking that he can furnish
his W Kinks cheaper during the hot
weather than to rent from kabrich.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-30

The second appointment for Mr..
Powell's lecture in our city was un-
fortunately made on an evening pre-
viously engaged by Prof. Tfee for a
heavy rain. The lecture was accord
iDgly SWEET out"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
The Household.

TO renovate black silk, rip your
dress apart and dust well; then wash
the silk in hot soap suds by dipping mp
and down; rinse in two warm waters,
then dip in water prepared as follows:
Boil two ounces of logwood chips in
five quarts of water; add quarter of an
ounce of coppperas; strain through an
old bit of calico; dip your silk in this
dye; hang on the line by the corners I'M
til it is nearly dry; iron between old
silk.
For egg or butter gravy, put into a
tin dish One-quarter cup of butter and a
large tablespoonful of -four. Set on the
stove, and as the butter melts stir in
the -four until smooth, or free from
Jumps; then pour on nearly a pint of
boiling water Slice into your gravy
bowl two hard boiled eggs, pour the
gravy on them and serve. Salt and
pepper.
To bake tomatoes, take large, smooth
fruit, wipe them and cut off carefully a
slice from the blossom end remove the
seeds and fill each tomato with force
meat made of bread crumbs and some
salt pork chopped up very fine and sea-
soned Put bit of butter in each fit
on the top; place in an earthen dish and
bake slowly from half to three-quarters
of an hour.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
The Wheat Crop.

The forthcoming wheat crop will prob
ably be the greatest ever produced il
the United States. An estimate of the
harvest in twenty-one States, viz: The
six New England States, New York
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky
Arkansas, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Iowa and Minnesota, gives the enor
nous total of 3Ol 100000 bushels, this
amounts to 9,03O,O 900 tons, and to move
it would require 100000 cars, each car
rying ten tons. To drag these cars il
trains of twenty each would require 45,
$50 locomotives. If these trains were
spread out along the railways they
would cover II ,2S7 miles of track, anC
they would form nearly four lines
across the continent from New York
to San Francisco.
The estimate of the States mentioned
is as follows: Minnesota, 60,OOOOO(
bushels; Iowa, 45, 900, 900; Kansas $4,000,
600; Nebraska, 25,OO0,00O; Wisconsin
18,0OO,OOO; Michigan, 100000; Hi
nois, 100000; Indiana, 2O,O0O,OOO
Texas, 12,0OOOOO; Arkansas, 100000
Kentucky, 100000; Tennessee, TO-,
%sH %1. Psaps x YSFk ~
600, 1000 bushels.
Besides all this, however, is Qalifor-
MIA, whose crop this year will probably
reach 6O,OOO,0OO bushels. Then come
sixteen other States and Territories, all
of which grow more or less wheat, the
product of which may be safely set down
at 150,OOO,OOO bushels. Under these
circumstances the forthcoming wheat
harvest of the United States may be
set down at about $50, 100000 bushels
or IA 10000 tons.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
FOREIGN.
vECETINE
FOR DROPSY.
Forget the First Dose.

PROVIDENCE.
MR.. H. Il. STEvENs-Dear Sir:-I have been
great sufferer from Dropsy. l was confined to
time was entirely helpless. I was obliged to
have two men help me in and out of bed. 1
was swollen 10 inches larger than my natural
size around my waist. l suffered all a man
coulda live. tried all remedies for Dropsy.
had three different doctors. My friends all
expected 1 would die: many nights was ex-
pected to die before morning. At last Vege-
forget the first dose. 1 could realize its good
effects from day to day: was getting better
After l had taken or 6 bottles 1 could sleep
quite well nights. l began to gain now quite
from one part of my room to the other. My
appetite was good; the dropsy had Mt this
time disappeared. kept taking Vegetine till
regained my usual health. heard of great
many cures by using Vegetine after got out
and was able to attend to my work. lam
carpenter and builder. will also say it has
cured an aunt of my wife's of Neuralgia, who
had had sui suffered for more than 20 years She says
have given It to one of my children for Canker
Humor. have no doubt in my mind 1t will
cure any humor; it is a great cleanser of the
blood; It is safe to give child. I will recon-
mend 1t to the world. My father is so years old
and he says there is nothing like It to give
strength and life to an aged person. 1 cannot
be too thankful for the use Of it. am
Very greatfully yours, JOHN S. NOTTAGE.
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.-f Vegetine
will relieve pain; cleanse, purify and cure such
diseases and restoring the patient to perfect
remedies and suffering for years, is it not con-
elusive proof If you are a sufferer you car be
cured? Why is this medicine performing such
great cures? 1t works in the blood in the cir
Blood Purifyer. The great source of disease
originates in the blood; and no medicine that
does not act directly upon it to purify and rem
ovate has any just claim upon public atten-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
Farm and Garden.

There is no reason why green peas
should not be eaten during the entire
summer. The majority Of the people
however, who have gardens, content
themselves with one or two paintings OF
this wholesome and delicious vegeta.
bic.
Frequently we see grape trellises
made wholly Of wooden bars, which the
vine tendrils cannot clasp or climb on
Vertical wires, eight inches apart, are
neatest, and carry the weight Of shoots
loaded with fruit without yielding, but
light rods or neat twiggy brush answer
we'll for the vine to climb by, and such
support is essential for free and perfect
growth.
Some sensible writer truthfully says
that most diseases Of cattle are pro.
duced by wrong treatment-toO much
feed at one time, too little at another
too rich at one time, too poor at anoth-
err, etc. If all horses and cattle were
ted and watered and used properly there
would be little disease, and all ailments
could be cured by simple remedies
which every man has, or may have, at
hand.
Flowing green crops into the ground
to act as manure was long practiced
by the ancient Romans, and is done in
Italy and many other countries where the
soil and climate are favorable. This
mode of fertilizing is especially suited
to warm countries where vegetation is
rapid and luxurious. In the southern
countries of Europe the harvestis early
and the crops removed in time sufficient
to allow the maturity of the green
plants the same season.
The best time to cut wheat, according
to Missouri farmer, is when it is
passing out of stiff dough, or when the
kernel is plump yet soft enough to
mash with the hand; but when so cut it
must not lie many hours in the hot sun to
cure, but should be bound Immediately
and set up in shocks very soon after. If
wheat stands on the haulm until dead
ripe it will make less and inferior flour,
because the bran will be thicker and
harder and will cut up in grinding,
thus giving the -four darker shade.
The sheaf should be made of medium
o.NC "hN w Aaio w tHC DluuCI clIllcI W
right or left as need be, so that four or
hive swaths are thrown together, which
will save much time in shocking
This item appears in the Southern
Husbandman: To destroy bugs on Gu
cumber and squash vines dissolve ia
blespoonful Of saltpctre in pailful of
water, put pint of this around each
hill, shaping the earth so that it will
not spread much, and the thing is done.
The more saltpetre, if you can afford it
it is good to vegetable but death to
animal life. The bugs burrow in the
earth at night and fail to rise in the
morning. 1t is also good to kill grub in
peach trees-only twice as much, say a
quart to each tree. There was not a
yellow or blistered leaf on twelve or fif-
teen trees to which it was applied last
season. No danger of killing any vege-
tables with it-a concentrated solution
applied to beans makes them grow won
derfully.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26

l. Never, under any circumstances
put pail of milk into your can before
straining. One pail of unstrained milk
may spoil a whole can, and one can OF
impure milk will certainly injure all
milk or cream with which it comes in
contact. In the name of decency, we
beg of every patron to be particular
about milking and properly straiaing the
2. Cans containing milk should never
be kept in a milking barn during the
night. The scent of the stable, however
we'll kept, will injurc the milk and spoil
the nice flavor fresh butter should have
An open shed, little distance from the
barn, your woodshed, or coal kitchen
is the only proper place for keeping
milk over night.
2. Insist that your milking is done in a
clearly manner Too much pains can
not be taken in this particular Care
lessness here will entail great loss on
the manufacturer and insult the con-
sumner.
4. Bed your cows with sawdust II
possible; it will keep your COWS clean
and the stable sweet.
5. Do not, under any circumstances,
leave your pals and straincr at the barn
over night. Carry them to the house
and insist that they be properly washed
both morning and evening. Much de-
ponds on this.
6. Use only tin pals for milking.
Z. Tin strainer pals are the best for
straining milk. Some dairymen use
strainer pals and also cloth stretched
across the can, thus straining the milk
twice. We advise this double strainine
Of milk. 1t costs you but little trouble,
while it will greatly add to the value Of
the butter and cheese made from your
milk American Dairyn.aa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
Hints on the Care Of Health.

l.. Diet This should be pure and
wholesome, and Of a mixed character.
1t should also be moderate as to quanti-
ty and regular, allowing neither too
long nor too short intervals between
meals.
2. Exercise. Daily exercise is nee
essary to the enjoyment of good health,
and, if possible, should be taken where
the air is pure and free from smoke and
impurities. The best forms of exercise
are walking, riding, rowing, etc. When
outdoor exercise is impracticable, the
dumb-bells may be advantageously sub
stituted.
B. Pure air. The thorough ventila-
ton of the house or rooms we live in is
another essential to health, and must on
no account be neglected. Nothing is so
conducive to sickness as hot and stuffy
rooms; and this remark is especially APP
plicable to the bedroom, which should
be OF sufficient size, permitting free
current OF pure air to pass through it
during the hours when it is not occu-
pied. And here it may not be out of
place to observe that it is not sufficient
to open doors leading into passages or
staircases, which may contain all the
bad air in the house; neither does it do
to open windows looking into confined
and impure places. Ventilation, to be
of service, must permit of the exit of
the bad air III such a way that it cannot
re-enter, and Of the admission of the
pure air from the best source with
out.
4. Clothing. This should be comfort
able only, too much wrapping up being
quite as prejudicial to health as too lit
tie. 1t should be adapted to the season
of the year, and should always, in this
country, include thick Undertaking in
the winter and light for the summer;
the feet also should be well protected
by warm stockings and strong boots.
The custom of placing thick layers of
flannel on the chest in the form of a
chest protector is very much to be dep
recated, except in the case of really del
lcate people.
5. The bath. This is valuable ad-
junct to health, and should be taken
during the summer months, and with
the chill taken off the balance of the
year. A warm sOap-and-water bath
should be taken at bedtime once a week
or once fortnight; or Turkish bath
may be enjoyed by those who can in
dulge in the luxury, care being taken
not to drive, but to walk briskly home
afterwards, if the distance be not too
great.
6. A calm temperament. Those who
are so constituted, or who have suffi-
Gent command over themselves as to
preserve this condition. have valuable
adjunct to health, as there is perhaps
nothing so prejudicial in this age of
overwork, both of brain and body, as the
worries and anxieties of every day life
The easy going, even tempered man,
must digest his food better, and is less
affected by the daily wear and tear of
life than the passionate, impetuous and
impatient man, and will live much
longer.
Z. Rest and amusement. These are
essentials to health, hence the proverbs,
"You cannot burn the candle at both
ends" and "All work and no play make
Jack dull boy" The want of rest
may endanger life; Jacks dullness will
end in sickness.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
Poultry Notes.

Powdered hellebore and sulphur, mix
ed, is good to sprinkle around the nests
of sitting hens
To bring chilled or wet chick, or
young turkey. to renewed life, hold it
over a smudge or smoke from a wood
fire. This treatment Will resuscitate a
chick when so far gone as to appear
lifeless.
Gapes in chickens and turkeys can be
cured by giving them mixture of hen S
oil and camphor two drops of camphor
mixed with three drops of oil Open
the chick mouth and drop the mixture
down its throat, then rub oil on the out
side of the neck. Red pepper mixed
with the food, weekly, will keep the
fowls in healthy condition.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
To Tell Fully Ripened Water Melon.

When the melon begins to change COL
or inside, and its seeds to turn black, a
small black speck, scale, or blister, be-
gins to appear on the outer cuticle or
rind. These are multiplied and enlarg-
ed as the fruit natures A ripe melon
will show them thickly sown over the
surface. A partial development only
indicates half-ripened fruit A full crop
OF blisters reveals its perfect ripeness.
When hundreds of melons are strewn
look pretty sharply to find one that ex-
hibits satisfactory escutcheon,' to
borrow term from M. Guenon. But
it is unfailing when found, and by fol-
lowing this guide you may walk away
with your melon with the most entire
confidence. The blister Is only to be
seen upon a close inspection, but is
plainly visible when that is given.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26

THIS standard article is compound
cd with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and rs
satisfactory as ever.
1t restores gray or faded hair to its
youthful color.
It removes al! eruptions, itching
and dandruff: It gives the head q
cooling, soothing sensation Of great
comfort, and the scalp by its uso
becomes white and clean.
BY its tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
vigor, preventing badness, and max
ing the hair grow thick and strong.
As q dressing, nothing has been
found so effectual or desirable,
A. A. Hayes, Md, State Assayer
Of Massachusetts, says, "The con-
stituents are pure, and carefully Sc
lected for excellent quality and !
consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price, One Dollar.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26

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,.
Grange Directory.
PRAIRIE GROVE GRANGE, No, 443.-Meets
at the Sheridan School House, Monday even
ing, on or before the full moon, each month";
A. WROTEN. Sec'y.
WINTHROP GRANGE, No. 1855. Meets at
winthrop on Friday, on or before the full
moon of each month.
S. W. RICH, Secy. ' '''''''
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE, No. l216.-Meets
Tuesday, on or before full moon
j. ID. RUSSELL, Master.
GREELEY GROVE GRANGE, No. 811.-Meets
on Friday evening, on or before full moon, at
Warehouse Hall.
W. BUNCE, Master.
p. b. SCHEMnRHORN. Sec'y.
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE, No. 528.-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before full moon.
b. DUBOIS, Master.
SUPERIOR GRANGE, No. 352-Meets Satur-
day, on or before full moon, at No. School
House, Hazleton ToTTnssh ap:,,or, n..+ou
G. N. MILLER. Sec'y.
BYON GRANGE, No. 267.-Meets at Justus
Durkee's, on Tuesday evening, on or after
full moon.
E. GLEASON, Master.
FRANK Fox Sec'y.
Triumph GRANGE No. 1663-Meets at the
Sill School House, on the first Thursday, on
or before the full moon OF each month, also
in two weeks thereafter
o. s. PAINE. Master
E. L. HOPKINS, Sec'y
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
vECETINE
I owe my Health
To Your Valuable
vECETINE.

NEWPORT, KY, Apr. 20, 1877.
MIR. H. r. SREvENS-DeGr Sir:-Having suf-
fered from breaking out of Cankerous Sores
for more than years, caused by an accident of
a fractured bone, which fracture ran into a
running sore, and having used everything
had taken 6 bottles of your valuable medicine
which Mr.. Miller, the apothecary, recommend
ed very highly. The 9Th bottle cured me. and
all can say Is, that owe my health to your
valuable Vegetine. Your most ob'dt servant,
ALBERT Won ROEDER
1t is unnecessary for me to enumerate the
diseases for which the Vegetine should be used,
know of no disease which will not admit of
its use, with good results. Almost innnmera-
BILE complaints are caused by poisonous secre-
ton in the hood, which can be entirely expelled
from the system by the use of Vegetine. When
the blood is perfectly cleansed, the disease rap
idly yields; all pains cease; healthy action is
promptly restored. and the patient is cured"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26

Arrange for placing chicken coops
among your garden vegetables, for the
little chicks will keep it clear of the in
sect pest
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
Buoki1aghana's Dye
FOR THE WHISPERS.

FOR THE WHISPERS.
This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color of the
beard from gray or any other undesir-
able shade, to brown or black, at dis
erection. It's easily applied, being in
one preparation, and quickly and eff
fectually produces a permanent color,
which will neither rub nor wash off.
Manufactured By \. P. NALL & CO.,
NASHUA, Nh.
oGlg v y enegasa ~ psklen = xlelsllsls
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26
Few Specimen Reports from Hundreds already

(rELEGRAM)
WICHITA Kansas, June ), 1873
shipped Wichita and
Have number of Woods and Elwads
returned. NJ j. LYNCH.
(ExTRAcr)
SPARTA Ill, June g. 1873.
We
have trials what that
had break down. We had trial Ekon yesterday and the
Mccormick badly. DICKEY 4 BRO.
Dckey
G.&D.
(ExrRAcr)
Kansas, 2, 1873
happy Binder works like
could have sold if could have them The Marsh,
with the Binder takes the front The Wood and take
back The Edward and Mon Binder complete failure The Ad
working badly places The Marsh far beyond the
of who anew w. B. COIDWELL.
JUNE 1878n field trial to-day Shabnie ILL., the Marsh the only
without break The Marsh third
Mccormick the Wood broke down. The Marsh
smooth and with the Account of this record from
w. B. EAGAN
DIECKMAN 4 ERNST.
3, 1879
We started Marsh Harvester with Self Binder Saturday the LIST day
1873 of wheat half mile long three times around the
worked bundle
three miles, H HOLCOMB.
CHICAGO, June Sh 1873.
RApTlE Anonf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-26

PUTTING Ills HORSE TO BEn.-The
grooms were bedding up their horses
! walked up to mine, and commenced by
pattlng him on the neck, and talking to
him in soft, low tones, He began paw
ing first with one forefoot then with the
other, and evidently knew me and my
voice. Taking snatfle bride, | put it
on, pulling HIM gently back in the stall,
rubbed my hands up and down on his
knees, and then, putting my mouth to
his ear, whispered into itas if talking to
him. He began Immediately to move,
and bending his knees, slowly let him
self down on his near side, |, at the same
time, keeping well clear of him, while |
still patted him on the neck. When |
took the b.idle off he settled for the
night. Now said |, "he's safe, and
will sleep al night. Come away. They
were astcnished.- From Major Charles
LOTUS Book.