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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Questions Answered by State Superin.
tendent Won COelin.

l. Any person aggrieved by the ac-
tion Of the County Superintendent, in
refusing to grant certificate, or in re-
voking the same, may apply to him for
a rehearing, the proceedings to conform
to the rule in case of appeal from the
board. From this decision an appeal
may be taken to the State Superintend-
ent.
2. Without special mention in the
contract only the common branches are
intended to be taught, by the contract
with teacher.
3. 1t is the intention of the amend
ment to Section 1881 of the Code, only
to provide for the instruction of pauper
children on the basis of the actual cost
OF their instruction, in the schools they
attend. They will be enumerated in the
district where they reside at the time
the enumeration is taken, and the
amount Of semi-annual apportionment
for the following year will be received
by the district. If, at the time of the
enumeration, they have acquired resi-
dence at the poor house, they will be
enumerated in that district. But Chap
ter 116 still requires the payment Of
tuition.
4. At sub-district election, at least
two electors must be present to make
an election possible.
5. At the annual meeting of the in
dependent district, the President, Sec
retary and one Director must be pres
ent.
6. Scholars are entitled to all school
privileges at once upon actual removal
into district, although they may be
enumerated elsewhere. u
Z. The employment of an assistant
teacher without valid certificate, by
the Principal or the Board, does not
fulfill the meaning of the law.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Burdette Tries to Help Lady and Finds
it is an Ungrateful World.
Hawkeye.

The cars are crowded and everybody
is wishing everybody else out of the
way. The woman in front of me has
dropped her shawl on the floor. She is
not young or handsome, but she is a
woman. Her face has harsh, forbid
ding expression, but withal, [ think I
can see tender lines about the mouth.
1t is face that has seen trouble. Poor
woman, perhaps she has raised eleven
children, and now she has them all, with
their husbands and wives, to support.
No wonder she looks tired and worn and
repellant. If she was as young and
pretty as she was thirty years ago, a
dozen men would spring forward to
snatch her shawl from the dusty floor,
and bow themselves crooked handing it
to her. Now we look at it, and feel too
dusty even to tell her where it is. A
commercial traveller walks down the
aisle and steps carefully over it. A
woman goes down the other way and
thoughtlessly steps ON it. l feel asha-
med Of myself and pity the poor, home
ly woman. With an effort I rise from
my seat, | stoop to pick up the neglect
ed shawl.
Madam" say, and-oh, if my sons
mother could see that smile, Madam
permit me; your shawl"
l stopped right there. For as pick
ed up the neglected shawl, out Of its
voluminous folds fell humping and rat
Ting to the floor, a paper bag badly
fractured, full Of crackers, tin can,
some remnants of an ancient lunch, a
six inch bologna, bit off at one end, and
bottle of milk, the latter uncorking
itself as it fell. The poor, neglected
woman did not seem to be transported
with gratitude for my attention. She
snatched the shawl away from me and
said, with apparent vexation:
There, now, drat ye! looky at ye,
what ye'ye done. Why can't ye mind
yer own business and leave other peo-
pies things alone?'
A ripple of subdued hilarity passed
through the car, and l resumed my
seat, fully resolved that if the most ex-
travagantly lovely and loving girl that
ever blessed this world of ugly men,
should come into that car and her head
should fall off her shoulders and drop
into my lap, | would kick it savagely
out of the window and snarl:
Keep your lumpy old woodeny pun
kin head out of the way if you don't
want it tromped onto"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
them to be out grazing. Some distance

them TO DE out grazing. Some distance
beyond Cimerron we saw away ON the
rise to the north some antelope, and
further on we saw some more near the
track. The grass here is thin on the
ground, and we here saw some rough
growing stuff that we called sage grass.
1t was not the. sage bush and it was not
grass, yet it looked like sage. We fail
ed to find any one here who could tell
us what it was.
The country here looked as though
there had not been any rain for long
time. The buffalo grass looked dry
and yellow, and the soil showed among
it, looking poor and thin. Perhaps by
irrigation this valley could be made to
raise good crops.
There is very little change in the
looks of the land along the Arkansas
from Dodge to Los Animas. A short
distance west of Sergeant a limestone
set up north Of the track tells you that
east of that is Kansas and west of it is
Colorado. Near Los Animas we saw
what cattle men call round up, in
which there were Several thousand head
OF cattle, and as many as ten different
herds. At Los Animas comes in a
branch of the X. 4 P. r. r. from Kit
Karson.
At La Junta we saw to our right
Pixies Peak, and to our left what are
called the Green Horn Mountains,
capped with snow. These were the alb
ssccrbing objects of the passengers from
this tina on until we reached Pueblo.
We arrived al Pueblo 2:25 P. NJ, Kan
sas City time, and after after staying there
80 minutes left at P. NJ, Denver time.
JED LAKE.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Words Of Wisdom.

There are many who mistake the love
of life for fear Of death.
Fancy runs most furiously when a
guilty conscience drives it.
A royal soul may belong to beggar,
and beggarly one to king.
Very few persons have sense enough
to despise the praise of fool.
A doctor may learn to cure by killing,
but men never learn to tell the truth by
lying.
No man is always wrong. A clock
that does not 60 at all is right twice in
the twentyfour hours.
Courage, the commonest Of the yir-
tues, obtains more applause than dis
cretion, the rarest Of them.
Let not one failure discourage you.
He that has had fall may stand as up
right as he ever did.
Love can excuse anything but mean
ness; but meanness kills love, and Grip
pies even natural affection.
There is no one else who has the pow
er to be so much your friend or so much
your enemy as yourself.
That only can with propriety be call
ed refinement, which, by strengthening
the intellect, puri6es the manners.
To all men the best friend is virtue;
the best companions are high endeav-
ors and honorable sentiments.
Many peoples lives are not worth the
market value Of the iron in their blood
and the phosphorus in their bones.
The majority Of women are little
touched by friendship, for it is insipid
when they have once tasted Of love.
In some tranquil and apparently ami
able natures, there are often unsuspect-
ed and unfathomable depths Of resent
ment.
The tear Of loving girl is like dew
drop on the rose but that on the cheek
of wife is drop of poison to her hus-
band.
OF all monarchs, nature is the most
just in the enactment of laws, and, the
most rigorous inpunishing the violation
of them,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Gains Wife.

A few years ago, while the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad was in process
of construction, it was favorable field
for colored preachers to labor and take
up collections for de spread oh de Cos
pei" Among these a frequent visitor
was old Father Helms, from Tennessee,
whose fervid eloquence and practical
" spOundiDgs OBJ de Sacred Word were
attentively listened to by large congre-
cations of the sable race with no small
delegations of interested white listen
ers upon the outskirts. Upon one oc-
casion, assembled in a lovely Alabama
grove, he addressed his congregation
thus:
Ladies and gen oh mig belovea
congregatiom:-Havin' cotched a bad
cold de odder evenin', I shan't attempt
to preach to yer dis Sabbath mornin
but will read a capter from de Bible,
and spound as l 60 along" He then
read the fourth chapter Of Genesis, af-
ter which he continued his remarks:
De odder evenin' l TUX for my tex de
tragedy in the garding of Eden-de Kill
ling OBJ Abel, and de cuss and drivin' out
oh Cain. And after the sermon one OBJ
your smart young darkies-one OBJ desc
yer thin-skinned, saleratus-complexion-
ed niggers steps up to me and says he,
Fader Helms, yer disremembered to
tell us who Mister Cain married down
in the land Of Nod was it his mudder?'
Dere was a GRIMM crowd of no count,
trifing niggers wild him, and | 'spected
at once de white folks had set him up to
AK de question. Twas so overcome wild
de sense of de sinfulness and great
sumption of sinners, bofe white and
black, dat | could say muffin. I had
muffin to say. l took the question un-
der prayerful consideration, and de ans
wer were made plain. I'm gwine to
spound dat part OBJ de Scripter to yer
all. Who Gains wife was, and whar he
got her, is plain to de all-seein' eye oh
faith. In de garding OBJ Eden Cain
raised right smart oh craps and garding
truck and sich. But after de Slowing
OBJ his Christian brudder Abel we don't
read oh his workin' no mo- He tux his
gun and dogs and went down into dat
sleepy, lazy, no count section OBJ Nod,
and loafed aroun' dat country; and hav-
in lost all his plantation and mules, and
all his .selfrespec' and pride OBJ family
and state, de mex we read oh him he
had got so low down and trifin' dat he
married gal OBJ one OBJ dose no. count
poor white trash families which de in
spired 'postel didn't consider fttin' to
mention in the Holy Word"
The reverend ''spounder" gazed around
upon his admiring congregation with an
air Of triumph, and brother struck up
the hymn, "Whar, 0, whar am de He
yrew chillen?-Harper's Magazine.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19

ONE of the School Board, going his
rounds as an amateur, put the follow
ing question to pupil in a country
school: q
How do you parse Mary MIXED the
cow?'"
The last word was disposed Of as fol-
lows:
"Cow is noun, feminine gender, sim
gular number, third person, and stands
for Mary"
"Stands for Maryl" exclaims he Of
the board, "how do you make that
out?"
Because" added the intelligent pu-
pill, If the COW didn't stand for Mary,
how could Mary milk her?"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19

At a recent school graduation, the
motto was "Vesttg9 MALTA retrorsons."
A resident clergyman was closing the
exercises with prayer, and evidently
wishing to pray to the point, or to air
his latin, brought in the motto; but the
sentence proved too long, and this was
the ending: "and when they go out into
the temptations of life, and their feet
wander into the paths Of vice and sin,
may they remember their motto, and
take no steps backward"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19

The State Normal Institute held at
Iowa City, July Is was we'll attended.
Some valuable papers were read, and a
variety OF topics, pertaining to the
work of the County normals, provoked
discussion among county Superintend-
ents and institute conductors. The
opinion seemed to prevail that but few
studies should be taken up this year,
and that among these, reading, perhaps,
is most important.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19

The Science Institute at Iowa City,
June 25 to July 5, was a decided sue
cess. About thirty public school teach
ers, from different parts of the State,
were in attendance, and enjoyed the ad-
vantage for advanced study which the
occasion offered. All seemed satisfied
that the time was we'll spent, and ex-
! pressed thu, wish that similar institute
might be organized next year.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19

In the June number of the Journal
of Science and ART may be found an
able paper from the pen of Prof. Sam
uel Calvin, on shale, recently discover
ed below the Devonian limestone, at In
dependence. In this shale, Prof. Calvin
found several new species of Brachipod,
but he could give Mr.. Kildaf small en-
couragement in his search for coal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
COal.Tar Marbles.

In st. Nicholas for July, a boy tells
how he made tar marbles on very hot
day and filled the pockets Of his new
suit and his hat with them. Pretty
soon, of course, the marbles melted and
the tar streamed all over him. Afraid
to go home, he first slipped off to his
aunts we'll and tried to pump water and
clean himself. The story goes on:
Creak-creak- creak-went the pump
handle, which did more work that after
noon than in half dozen days wash
ing.
Creak -creak -creak! But the tar
only became harder and harder, until [
was encased in sheet armor, like the fa-
nous Black knight. Presently, my
cousin Jenny, an especial friend Of
mine, hearing such continual pumping,
and becoming anxious for the family
supply of water, came out to see what
was the matter. Seeing small figure
curled up under the spout of the pump,
drenched to the skin and black as Othel-
10, she stopped down to investigate the
phenomenon. Oh, what was my despair,
when she discovered who it was, and in
what plight!
To say she laughed would be to give a
feeble idea of the peals of laughter that
succeeded each other as she stood and
looked at me. She would try to control
her merriment for moment, only to
break forth afresh, until she was obliged
to sit down from sheer exhaustion. Ev-
cry time she glanced at my woe-begone
countenance, and drenched condition,
she would go into fresh commissions of
fun. At last she recovered breath suffi-
cient to inquire into my case, and to as
sure me she would do what she could
for me; but she soon found, to my des-
pair, that what she could do was not
much to my relief. The clothes could
not be got off, and certainly they could
never be got clean. She did manage
with strong pair of shears, to cut of
the pockets in my breeches, and then
fearing my mother would be alarmed
she bade me 60 home, and she promised
to secure, me against a whipping.
I fancy she thought this last promise
would be easily kept.
Somewhat comforted, took up my
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19

would bring dollars worth Of food or
anything else. though it would pay a
dollar Of debt? The '6at" can give val
ue to nothing, but it can force a credit
or to take less value for a greater, by
virtually outlawing him if he does not.
The rebels did that, but they couldn't
make their money good for anything
but debts.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
VIM. ELDEN, Editor.

CHILDREN should not be kept out of
school for slight causes. IF schools are
worth anything they are worth patron
izing. 1t costs as much to keep school
for four or FIVE pupils as for twenty-five
or thirty.
Although it may sometimes seem
quite necessary to keep children out Of
school to work in the house or in the
field, yet it is true that in SO doing par
ents rob them of that which is more
valuable than money or land, defraud
the nation of that intelligence without
which it cannot prosper, and help to
waste the funds which the State, in its
wisdom, has set apart for the education
of the young.
1t may seem a small thing that the
pupil should be kept out day or two
now and then, but there is such thing
as momentum in school work, as we'll
as in mechanics, and when the work is
interrupted this momentum is lost. A
child can learn as much to attend school
regularly for twelve consecutive weeks,
as to attend every other week for a year.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19

Friends should be very delicate and
careful in administering pity - medi-
cine, when enemies use the same article
~ poison.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Feed Mill.

Plows Repaired, Horse ShOeing by an Expe-
rienced Workman, General Job Work.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Reduced Prloea.

Feed Grinding done; Feed kept on hand fol
1alA.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
MANUFACTURING.
Wood Work.
Machine Shop.
BlachemlthlnR.

Machinery Repaired. Lathe work of every de-
scription, Drilling and Fitting. Corn PlOw
Sh0Yela specially.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Qlt Bnlltti'l,

Legal and Official Advertisements One Dollar
per square for the first, and Fifty Cents per
SQUARE for each subsequent insertion, up to
four insertions. A square is equal to ten lines
of Brewer type, or eight lines OF Nonpareil,
the type of this paper.
Business Cards Of six lines, or less, $500 a
year.
Marriage, Death and Religious Notices insert
ed without charge. Obituary Notices ten cents
ner line.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
ATTORNEYS.

JAS. e. JEWEL,
r AwYER OFFICE IN MUNsON's BLOCK
IL with Lake & Harmon, Independence, Iowa.
Collections specially. Will practice in all the
Courts of this State and Federal Courts Col
lectiOns and conveyances made, taxes paid,
houses and land rented or sold. All business
in city or country, and before Board of Super
visors will receive prompt attention Also
agent for Equitable Life Insurance Company,
Of Des MOines. Iowa,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-23
Aspen Hill.

Since my last report wheat in
this section has improved. The
rnst has only been on the blade,
and the stalk entirely green and the
heads quite matured makes the
farmers believe now they will reap
at least an average crop off of good
lands. On account of dry spells of
weather the strawberry crop is
short. The trees are loaded with
apples, peaches and plums.
Ask Grundy Gibson how deep
the stock gap is below the station
here and he will tell you he has
measured it by perpendicular steps.
Our spring session closed last
week at this place, Prof S. d. Clack
teacher. Public school commenced
last Monday. Prof. Clack is again
our teacher, having been unani-
mously elected by the board of di-
rectors. After teaching for ten
years at this place he has never
tired in the house of training, and
his full and we'll conducted schools
give proof of his works as model
and accomplished instructor.
DR.. Rufus White of Pulaski paid
US a visit last week. Mayor Mason
and Mr.. Porter were also down to
see us last week from the same
place. We have ''gallos,' or mail
rack erected here on the railroad to
"hang' or put on the mail sack
twice day.
We had quite storm here on
the night of the 18th inst, and tim
Der, fences and some sheds were
blown down. No lives lost, but
good many went down into the eel
lars. Died, on the 18th, Mrs. Ha-
zlewood, wife of Mr.. VIM. Halle
wood who resides in this district.
Mr.. j. w. Pruett has built him
self fine boat to ride the waters of
Richland. He is a fisherman and
furnishes this section with fresh
fish at all times. Mr.. Tecumply has
to Franklin. LEO.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-23
Cedar Glades.

The Cedar Glades are very i'm
portant part of Giles county, and
must be heard from through the
CITIZEN occasionally.
Two weeks ago wheat was look
ing much worse than at present.
Our farmers seem to think that the
rust has not seriously damaged it,
and that we may expect even yet an
average yield. Corn and cotton are
Hooking very well.
A sacramental meeting was held
at Cedar Grove last Saturday and
Sunday by the Rev. Mr.. Ezell, as
sisted by the Revs. Brown and Wor-
sham. We are glad to say that the
people of the community favored
the pastor with a good attendance
on Sunday. Miss Lucy Rose, hav-
ing just returned from a lengthy
visit to Corinth, Miss, was present
with her bewitchipgsmiles- Among
others who were there were the
lovely, charming and popular Misses
Mollie T., Agnes r., Ella W., Lura
j., and in fact too many to mention.
The neighborhood was well repre-
sented as regards beauty.
1t is a pleasure TO US to note the
convalescence of our young friend
j. Dan Anthony, who some time
since had his leg broken.
Hopping cough is raging through
out this section, but we, know of NO
very serious cases.
KwEER AND KURIoUS.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-23

The Musical Strawberry Festival
at Antoinette Hall last Thursday
night was a gratifying success, both
to the ladies who prepared and con-
Quoted it and to the auditors and
participators. The musical pro
gramme was tastefully arranged and
artistically executed, the credit for
which is largely due to Mrs. B. F.
Carter, Mrs. Green. Mrs. Ewing.
Mrs. Griffith. Mrs. Craig, MISS Ed
nundson, Miss Campbell, Miss Car
ter, and Prof. Werren. The rendi
tion of the New Church Organ in
costume by Mrs. Charley Carter
brought down thunders of applause.
Mrs. E., ami Mrs. g., were called
back every time they appeared.
The strawberries and ice cream
were abundant and superb. The to
tai receipts amounted to about S65.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-23

Mr.. Alex. H. Brown, Jr., of Co
lumbia, who only a few brief
months ago married one of our most
lovely young ladies. Miss Jennie
Anthony. died last week at the hos
pital for the insane whittier he had
a few weeks before been sent for
treatment for injuries received on
the head when boy by the kick of
a mule A trephIning operation
was skillfully performed and gave
great relief at first to the patient,
but finally proved fatal. He was
said to have been a young man of
rare genius and promise intellectu-
ly, and physicians say must have
been a great sufferer with his head.
We offer the bereaved family and
friends our sympathy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-23

A novel and exceedingly interest
ing habeas curpus case was tried be
fore his Honor Judge McLemore
late yesterday evening, the plaintiff
being represented by Thomas E..
Stout, Esq'r, from whom we obtain
the facts as follows: On Monday
night last VIM. K. Gaines was mar
ried to Narcissa E. Woodward I'M
der the forms of law, but against
the wishes of the BRIDES father,
ceremony by Rev. Z. b. Worsham.
The newly married couple spent the
night at the residence of Mrs. New.
lis. The next morning about day
light the brides father James, and
two brothers, Shelly and lack Wood
ward, forced an entrance to their
sleeping apartment, charged the
bride with having disgraced herself,
and ordered her to rise and go
home. She obeyed, having no other
alternative. During the day Tues
day Gaines employed counsel, who
applied for a writ of habeas corpus.
This was granted by the Judge, and
The parties summoned to appear be-
fore his Honor at 4 o'clock yester-
day. OF course there is no law
which justifies the conduct of the
father aud brothers, the bride being
quite of age. 1t is too late after
the ceremony to remedy the evil.
The daughter and sister is now the
wife of Gaines and the law will pro-
tect him in the custody and posses
sion of his wife of course The
marriage may be unfortunate, we
know nothing of that, but the match
should have been broken before the
ceremony. 1t is too late now.