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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Iowa Weather Service.

May 1878 was cool and rather wet.
but not as stormy as April. At the
Central Station the mean temperature
of the air was 56 deg, which is AZ deg
below normal; the rainfall was 5.45
inches, which is 2 in. above normal.
The wind travelled 200 miles, which is
about 400 miles less than in April.
The rainfall was less than three inches
in the Northwest of Iowa. The south
ern half OF Iowa received over five
inches Six inches fell from Ottumwa
over Muscatine to Clinton, also from
Red Oak over Earlham to Des Moines.
Over seven inches fell from Fremont to
Dallas Co.. and westward to Harrison
Co. The highest rainfall occurred in
Mills Co., namely, II inches.
The severest transforms occurred dur
ing the passage of low pressure areas,
with thunderstorms on the 1st and End,
the 18th and 18th, and the Goth and 31st.
The first of these transforms was great
est in central Iowa (2A inches), and
least in the southwest The second was
most abundant from Audubon to Bu-
chanan Cos. giving from q to II inches.
The third was the most severe Of all,
giving six inches of rain early on the
29th at Glenwood, Mills Co., causing Sc
we're floods; rains were also abundant
during these first storms from Audubon
to Scott Counties.
A snowstorm on the 11th, especially
heavy in the Northwest and down the
Coon and Middle Des Moines Rivers,
ushered in the cold spell from the 11th
to 18TH The frosts were most severe
in the regions most deficient in timber.
During the continued low pressure of
the 23rd hail and thunderstorms were
produced; tornado cloud was heard
and seen on the afternoon in Jones Co.
-propably the same which few hours
later came down to the earth's surface
in Wisconsin near Mineral Point. A
similar cloud was seen on the 28th over
Washington Co.
The number of rain days was less
than 10 on the western slope, and over
ten on the eastern slope. 1t reached 13
along the Coon and lower Skunk, also
from Iowa City to Clinton. The num-
ber of days with thunderstorms was
from 3 to 6 in the West and Northeast,
over 6 in all the rest of Iowa. and reach
ing ten from Audubon to Polk Counties.
The suns disk was free from spots
until May rs, when 2 groups of spots
appeared. The mean daily range Of the
magnetic needle was 81 minutes.
GUsTAVUs HINRIcHs.
Central Station, l. w. S. June 4, rs.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Be Careful What You fill up With.
Sunday School Visitol

A boy returned from school, one day,
with report that his scholarship had
fallen below the usual average, "Well,"
said his father, you've fallen behind,
this month, have you?' Yes, sir"
How did that happen?" Don't know,
sir" The father knew, if his son did
not. He had observed number of
cheap novels scattered about the house,
but he had not thought it worth while
to say anything until fitting opportun-
should offer itself. A basket Of apples
stood upon the floor, and he said:
Empty those apples, and take the bas-
ket and bring it to me half full of chips.
And now" he continued, put those ap-
Piles back into the basket" When half
the apples were replaced, the son said:
Father, they roll off. I can't put in
any more" Put them in, tell you"
But, father. I can't put them in"
"Put them in! No; of course you can't
put them in. Do you expect to fill a
basket half full of chips and then fill it
with apples? You said you didn't
know why you fell behind at school, and
l will tell you. Your mind is like that
basket: it will not hold much more than
so much; and here you have been the
past month filling it up with RUBBISH
worthless, cheap novels" The boy
turned on his heel, and whistled, and
said: "Whew! see the point"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
How We Treat Our Brains.


Almost daily l am in contention with
parents and guardians, schoolmasters
and schoolmistresses, clergymen and
professors, youths and maidens, boys
and girls, concerning the right way Of
building up the young brain, Of ripening
the adult brain, and of preserving the
brain in age Grievously i'll do we take
in hand to deal with the delicate men,
Der, and well as it that innate develop
ment overruns our schemes and brings
the variety of natural good out of the
monotony of human folly. 1t is dimly
felt by society that the reign of bone
and muscle is over, and that the reign
of brain and nerve is taking its place.
Even the Gibeonites now have the hy-
draulic ram and the steam telling ma
chine; the spectacled general of forces
fights in his tent by click of battery and
wire, and his lieutenant hoists an iron
clad by the touch Of two buttons upon
his waistcoat; the patient earth forgets
the tread of horse and OK, and is plough
ed by steam; and ere long, no doubt,
our ministers will wind sermons out of
arrel-organs, and our morning egg will
be broken for us by wafer of dynamite.
Hence it comes that all classes are for
"education!' The village grocer's son
goes to theological college" and sits
up by night over his Evidences" with
green tea in his blood, and wet cloth
about his brows. The gardner's daugh-
ter pulls roses no more, and has become
pupil teacher; she is cholorotic at six
teen, and broken-spirited at twenty
The country parsons son goes to civil
service or a navy coach, is plucked in
his teens, and is left to begin life again
with an exhausted brain and in an incur
able megrim; nay, even the sons of peers
are putting on the armor of light, and
are deserting the field for the counting
house. To meet this demand, colleges
of all kinds and degrees spring up
middle-class seminaries, theologican col
leges, colleges of science, university
boards the old universities them
selves are stirring from their scholarly
ease, are sending out missionaries IN
paribus, and are examining the youth
of twenty counties in the art of making
most show with least learning All this
in way, no, doubt, must be and should
be; but so sudden a VOLTAGE cannot be
made without wrench, and it is my
desire now to see where the strain will
tell, and how to preform our social evo-
luton with the least injury to persons
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
VIM. ELDEN, Editor.

The public schools of our city closed
on Friday of last week, with appropriate
exercises in the several rooms. The
graduating and jnnior class exercises of
the High School, were held at the Pres
byterian church in the evening, with the
following programme:
Music-organ voluntary-Miss Josie
Smith.
Invocation.
Music-"We Roam Through Forest
Glades. The school.
l. Recitation-"S Speech of Constance.
Anna Deering.
2. Defamation" Supposed Speech of
John Adams. john Ozias.
3. Essay-''Perseverance overcomes
all difficulties. Annie S. Clifford.
Music" Moonlight on the Lake. >
Quartette.
4. Declamation-"No Sect in Heaven
James Dean.
5. Essay-"Bird Architecture. Ed
ward Boggs.
6. Observation-Disclosures between Fitz
James and Roderich Dhu-Charlie
Backus.
Music-'Land of Swallows.-"Duett.
Z. Essay-"What will the World Say"
Mary B. Holdridge
8. Recitation "Kallundborg Church"
9. Valedictory-"Who are Heroes. y
Walter g. Stevenson.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Parting Song.
Benediction,
A crowded house attested the inter-
est which our people take in their
schools, and encouraged the pupils to
do their best.
The declamations and recitations Of
the juniors and the essays Of the gradu-
ates were we'll received, aud the music
which was prepared under the direction
of Miss Rose Dickson, was excellent.
Diplomas were awarded by the school
board, to Edward Boggs, Annie S. Gift
ord, Mary B. Holdridge and. Walter G.
Stevenson. Mr.. George B. Warne, on
behalf of the board, made the presen.
tation in a very neat and appropriate
speech.
1t is greatly to be hoped that parents
will, as far as possible, allow their chill
dren to remain in school till they have
finished the regular course of the study
prescribed by the board, so that our
graduating classes may be larger from
year to year, and our commencement
exercises correspondingly more inter-
esting, promoting by sort of reflex in
fuence the good of the schools in all
their departments.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

ghoul who robbed their fathers grave
Skillful detectives have been employed
by him, and it is almost positively
known that the monster was mar
named Morton, alias Hover, alias Cor
don, alias Millington, alias Gabraille
This Morton is the wretch who was ar
rested in Toledo, for body-snatching
and who, by the connivance of certain Of
the medical fraternity who furnished
him with croton oil, with which to pro.
duce an eruption on his body, which
was then pronounced smallpox, by
friendly physicians, and he was trans
ferred from the Jail to the pest-house
from which place he readily made his
escape. 1t has also been ascertained
that Morton was the robber of young
Devins' grave.
On Sunday last, a newspaper friend
of mine, who is intimate with Col. Smell.
baker, was invited by him to help search
the Miami Medical College on 18th St..
where the Col. had reason to believe
Devins body was, or had been. They
made most thorough search of the in
stitution, and while they did not find the
body of the missing man, they gotta clue
to it, which they hope will enable them
to restore the body to its grave. They
did find, however, buried beneath two
feet of earth, in the cellar of the College,
the body of woman, which had been
taken from it's grave by Morton, who in
tended to sell it, but, being interrupted
by the hue and cry of the Harrison af-
fair, had buried it temporarily. Few, if
any, outside of medical circles, have
any adequate idea of the number of
graves robbed for the benefit of science.
The ghouls engaged in this work, spare
no class nor condition, as their conduct
in the Harrison matter proves.
When will legislators recognize the
fact that dissection is necessary to the
education of physicians, and abolish the
robbing of private graves, by providing
that the bodies of paupers and crimi-
nails shall be devoted to that purpose.
N. r. c.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
The Lime.Kiln Club.
Detroit Free Press. d.

Brother Gardner rose up, swept the
hall with the grace of an eagle, anl
said:
Gem len, ez | was walkin roun dis
mawnin' l preached spot where boss
had fallen on de street. Oar was a
right smart O men roun' dar, an cherry
man O. dem was pushin' an jamin' an
clawin to be nearest to de dyin' ana
mule. One man yelled out one fing, an
den anoder yelled sunthin' else, an de
poor hoss didn't know whedder it was
best to live or die. Did l rush inter dat
crowd? Did jump up an down an
raise my clay hun voice above de odders?
Did l push all dem fellers away an
shrek out dat I'd raise dat hoss or die?"
"In course you did!' replied Chow
der Davis as the president halted for
breath. Brother Gardner bestowed
upon him a look Of xxx contempt,
and slowly continued
"No, gem len, I didn't. I stood back
on de outsquirts O dat crowd, sayin'
nofin to nobody, an KNOWN dat I'd be
called on if wanted. OATS my princi-
pul, an dat's de principul dat l wants
to waccinate into ebery black man in de
country. Sum folks hab got de impress
hun dat de man wat does de mos
whoopin' an yellin' an attracts de mos
attenshun am de chap wot makes de
bigges' pile O. cash, but doan' you be-
lieb it. De empty wood wagon makes
five times de noise dat de costly kerridge
does. De burdock takes up ten times
de room dat de tulip does, but de tulips
hez de bulge on de burdock when it
comes down to beauty and market value.
De modest man hez all de bizness chanes
dat de forward man hez; he keeps on
gainin' de respect OBJ de world, an
bimeby he crawls to de top oh de hen
coop, while de hard rolls inter de
ditch. Modesty am its own reward 1t
am capital in de bank; it am first mort
gage on improved real estate; it am a
purity far sort O religion. Stan back!
Doan' try to git rdar befo' all de rest.
Doan' be shootin' off dem moufs for de
simple sake oh usin' up spar time. AS
de poet says:
De big sunhOwer may rise above
De modest 'tater-vine,
An brag about its Sunday clothes,
An put on airs SO fine:
But when de winter hOwls around,
An de snow lies at de doah.
De big sunfower, oh. war am he
De 'tater hez de fOah."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Tact in Teaching.
New York School Journal


There will be thousand instances
for the use of tact in the school room.
There will be exigencies in which some
expedient will be required that has nev-
er been used on just such an occasion.
The teacher must be fertile in expedi-
ents for any and every occasion. Sup
pose the day is wet and dismal, shall he
allow the spirit of the school to sink to
zero? If he does, not only will it be un-
happy and noisy, but the learning Of
lessons will be impossible, and the
whole day be wasted; and perhaps in
fuences set to work that will last the
whole of the term, or, more to be de-
plored still, such as will color a pupils
whole after life. Suppose there is
pupil that sulks or is disposed to be
disobedient One teacher by the use Of
tact disperses clouds or magnetizes the
unruly disposition, and all goes merrily
on. Another begins to scold and snarl
and threaten. A variety of expressions
are used such as "a baby" always
sniveling," you'll catch it," &C., &C.,
which help the trouble none at all, and
only render matters worse.
Suppose there is case Of real block
headism." The child cannot spell the
word receive" Again and again does
the teacher ask other pupils to spell the
word, when she returns to our hero he
will say receive" if he is commanded
to put the before the he does not un-
derstand, or will not remember The
need of tact is apparent; more than this,
the pupil desperately needs it.
Tact is skill applied by fertile brain
and ready hand. This it is that gives
success. The one who sympathizes
with the scholar will use tact. Tact
and sympathy 60 hand in hand. One
is too aps that he tWo do ln not 20 togeh
er. One sees anothers plan, and tries
ito fail, or he has plan Of his own
and uses it-and fails. He must have
tact to see just what is necessary, and
produce it or its equivalent on the spot.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Intemperance.
ChicOgO Post.

Chicago is organized as city, under
the law found in chap "a Revised Stat.
utes of Illinois. Section 46 provides
that Intoxicating liquors may be sold
under license, provided that in granting
licenses the general State law shall be
complied with" The general law, chap
43, Revised Statutes of Illinois, provides
that licenses may be granted to keer
so many dramshops, as the public good
requires"
During the year 1877 1850 dram-shops
were licensed; did the public good re-
quire" this? The chief of police an
swers in his report for 1877: Arrests
% OBS; a careful examination shows that
eighty per cent, or $4,000 Of these ar.
rests were for causes directly and indi-
rectly prompted by the dram shops
The running of the police department
alone cost $534,O00. The cost of run
ming the criminal courts, Jail, and bride,
well would no doubt make a total of
100000, less amount from licenses
$l48,OOO, leaving the net cost $552, 1000
Without the dram-shops, the police and
criminal courts would not cost more
than $500, 900 thus showing dead loss
to the city and county of 1852, 900. Has
the public good" been benefited? Not
that we can see.
Does the public good require" fifty.
seven dram-shops on State street, from
Van Buren to Thirteenth street? Or
twenty five dram shops within a radius
of 1000 feet from the City Hall? Or
eighteen dram-shops on the streets sur,
rounding the County Building, on the
North side? Or twenty dram-shops
around the Chamber of Commerce(D
Or one hundred dram-shops from
State to Halsted streets on Madison.
Or one hundred dram-shops on Clark
street from the bridge to Twelfth street
Let the City council answer these ques
tions if they can, and show that the
public good requires" this. We say i,
is burning shame and disgrace to this
great city.
The drink bill of the city was lately
estimated at $15,000,O00. What is the
return for this expenditure? Absolute
ly nothing, wasted resource. And
this is not all; for every dollar spent in
strong drink, another dollar is wasted by
loss Of time and misdirected industry
$30,0O0,OO0 wasted in 1877 in Chicago
Chicago's bonded debt in S13, 1864, ,0Ot
floating " " ........ 1856, 20;
Total.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sl6,959,2U
How shall we pay this debt? STOP
wasting our resources. How? Begin
by restriction under local option laws
applicable to wards in cities. Let the
people rule the city and wipe out the
disgrace heaped upon US by our non-gov
erning city councils, and with such re-
form will come the survival of the fit
test" in office. W. A. B.
Chicago. June s.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Methods Of Success.
New York Tribune

The tendency to disfgure dead-walls
and prominent scenery with reckless
advertisements seems to be decreasing.
That method has had it's day of fashion.
While it lasted in force, it surprised a
few people and disgusted many. The
extent to which it was carried would
have overdone it, even if the system
had been meritorous, for it is fact that
an uninhabited and almost inaccessible
island of the Aleutian group has the
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

"The education of the future, must
help young people to ,cork, not to live
'cithout ,corking; it must, especially, de,
velop all their powers, talents, and
faculties; and, above all, it must early
instill into the young mind the great
truth that success is only attainable by
the harmonious association of the head
with the hand and the heart"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

Wasn't the small boy who thought he
could master both spelling and reading
by chewing up his primer piece-meal, 9
little primer-chewer in his conclusions?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

The great skill of teacher, is to get
and keep the attention of his scholar;
whilst he has that, he is sure to advance
as fast as the learners ability will carry
him.-Locke.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

JUNE 81 will be commencement day
at the State Normal School, Exercises
begin at 10 clock A. NJ, and at 2 clock
p. NJ
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

All the above work at prices reduced to, sui
Independence, L., May IS, ~.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

Cosmetics for the hair often contain
lead poison, and cause paralysis and
"wrist-drop." Pessons using them, do
so at the risk Of poisoning themselves.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

A good education consists in giving
to the body and soul all the perfection
of which they are susceptible.-Plato.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
SCHEDULE OF CLAIMS

Allowed by the Board of Supervisors of
Buchanan County, Iowa, at their June
Session. 1873,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Reduced Prloea.

Feed Grinding done; Feed kept on hand fol
sale.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Machine Shop.
BlachemlthIng.
Feed Mill.

Plows Repaired, Horse ShOeing by an Expe
rienced Workman, General Job Work.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

Petitions from J. W. Swartzell and David
Guthrie were continued.
Petition of J. ID. & VIM Boyack dismissed
for want of Jurisdiction.
Petition of j. H Merrill dismissed
Petition of Margaret Wilson granted.
BRIDGE CLAIMS.
cid. alTd.
NJ. House, repairing bridge.....$ / 85 5 l IS
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
H. w. HOLMAN,
FRANK ID. JACKSON,

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
n Special attention given to Collections. Of
flee over Chicago Clothing House.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21
Qte Bnll&ti'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.
year.
Marriage, Death and Religious Notices insert
ed without charge. Obituary Notices ten cents
per line.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, INDEPENDENCE,
IA Iowa. Office over MOrse's Store. Consul
tations in English and German.
d. W. BRUCKART. JOHN j. NEY.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-06-21

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, INDEPENDENCE,
n Iowa. Office in MunsOn's Block, Main ST.
JED LAKE. NJ W. HARMON.
The Bossier banner., 1878-09-12
The True Gentleman.

when pressed beneath Misfortune's hand
And troubles athis door shall stand,
However great his need,
al, faith and hope will ne'er depart,
And pstience proves him to the heart
Agentleman indeed.
.Ddif position, wealth and fame
I,uite to honor his gooa name
Among his fellow man,
with loving heart and liberal hand,
Amidst the needy he will stand,
The noble gentleman.
70 raise the fallen, help the weak,
Distress and sickness he will seek,
Nor grudgingly he gives.
He loves to scatter good around,
And in Gods service always found,
A gentleman he lives.
Aid when the shades of death draw near,
He meets the darkness without fear
No vain regrets, no sighs;
IIe hears his Saviour say, We'll daner
He soes to wear the crown he won
H gentie,uan he dies
The Bossier banner., 1878-09-12

improved farming implement, 10
this one whether bis wife shall wear
the constant calico aud not much Of
that, or occasionally something a
little better; and to that one whether
his daughters shall have one or two
calico dresses. Throughout all the
ramifcatiOns Of industrial life this
question enters of saving from tax.
alton something to aid in vitalizing
and stimulating further production
and accumulation. Reduction Of
taxation means the Frightening of
many homes, the turning Of now
barren places into waving fields, the
spread Of education, the dawning
Of hope for the future in many who
now feel that the future can but be
the past, and that past the journey
through the valley of the shadow of
death. 1t means shall the office
holders live in external splendOr as
now, and the people in internal
squalor, or shall the servant prac-
tice some of the self denial and un-
dergO some of the sacrifices which
are the lot of his MASTER CORES.
pOndence Mdrkscille Balletin.
The Bossier banner., 1878-09-12

be discarded for the tickle for
tune that leads the unwary into
the bitterest disappointment.
Stick to the farm; it is the gen.
erous friend of industry, and its
harvests ever follow seed time
amidst all the commissions and
disasters of speculation and
trade.-[ PHILADELPHIA Times.