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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

As we might expect from the TABLE the mat
ter was good and we'll arranged.
We make one extract from ''Politeness; :" ssPo-
likeness is a quality that should be cultivated by
every one. To attain to the poss eslon Of this en-
viable art 1t is necessary that we be actuated by
kindness. The basis of all true politeness is kind
/ ness. All politeness should be real and from the
heart. II we constantly strive to reason away our
prejudices against people, we will become polite
Most OF our dislikes have very little foundation
A large proportion Of them spring from idle Cos.
sip, from fancied sights, or from trials of our
temper. which we could easily forgive were It
really our interest to do So But It is always our
who Is not really bad or disreputable To do this,
one must maintain an unceasing watch over his
temper, and suffer NO opportunity to escape, how.
ever triaing, Of gratifying Others"
After the close Of the exercises. all INDUCED in
social conversation.
Why cannot every school district maintain q
literary society," These societies are valuable in
many ways They offer an opportunity for men,
!ai work Here the young ladies and young men,
II they take part, must use their knowledge; the
use OF knowledge gives mental strength, and
creates desire for more knowledge, and for new
and wider fields for investigation. In this work
the older persons can keep their mental faculties
bright and in good working order and, at the
same time, intellectually benefit the young, men.
tally.induce them to investigate and study. By
your interest and work in these societies show to
the young that the products Of mental action are
more valuable than are the mines Of the precious
metals: II any school district would supplement.
even double the effectiveness Of its teacher
keep two schools in one term--let the members
OF that district support live literary society
Send children to school with inquring minds, II
yOu wish them to grow strong and accurate men,
tally, lead them to nse their Knowledge
WI PARKER
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
Mr.. Ely's Letters.

EDITOR BULLETIN:-In regard to Mr..
Ely's charges, we have ouly to say, they
are utterly without foundation, as to
fact Prof. Mahoney criticised the
method Of teaching arithmetic in the
Chicago schools; this was published in
the Educational Weekly. This article
was headed, Our Chicago Letter" In
this letter, Prof Mahoney mentioned
three crazes. Craze No. I" related to
the method Of teaching arithmetic.
" Craze No. g" Composition. "Craze
No. 8" Blanks. We read the letter,
marked it, and placed it to one side for
future review. Now. we say to Mr..
Ely, that his charge that we sold out is
not true. We wrote in the interest Of
no book, book house or book agent.
We did not inquire whether or not it
would please or displease; nor now, do
we care. We reviewed the article on
its merits alone, as we understand it..
His second letter, in respect to the
charges, is no improvement upon the
first. Between selling out and being
deceived" made fool of, there is
but little difference. We were not de-
ceived; no one attempted to deceive
us; no one ever asked the aid Of the
Column " for any purpose. We have
no interest in any book; never had, and
never made penny in the sale OF g
textbook. We care not, in this respect,
whether certain books 60 up or down.
But methods are above and beyond
books. Books furnish but the mater
ials; teachers must supply the meth
The Il prne is u "ndey
ing the educational processes, are as
eternal as man. and are found in the
physical and mental organization. If
methods of teaching are effective, they
must be grounded upon these princi-
pies. Hence, our constant inquiry is,
and, too, with the educational interests
of Buchanan county constantly in view,
what is the method, natures method,
and what kind Of training will best en-,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

WE notice that the State Registe,
picks up and prints all the pungent
squibs and singing illusions aimed at
Mr.. Conkling, found in the columns OF
its contemporaries. We suppose the
reason for this is, that the Register has
undertaken the contract to commit
Iowa Republicans to the support of an
other stalwart candidate for the Presi-
dency, two full years before the nomi-
mating convention, and so, Conkling
must be wiped out by indirection.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

AT the recent conference of the
Greenback leaders, at Des Moines, held
for the purpose of readjustment of the
issues of that party for the next cam
paign, it was decided that communism
must be dropped and the fiat craze
abandoned as played-out rubbish. The
next campaign is to be fought on the
line of rabid hostility to the National
banks, with such use of the silver is
sue as may be available for the pur-
poses of the demagogues who control
the organization. The lightweight
claquers of the party in this vicinity,
who always sneeze when their leaders
take snuff, and who have, two or three
times, turned themselves inside out al
ready, will please take notice of the
change Of programme, and govern them
selves accordingly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

The Inter- Ocean made ludicrous
mistake, the other day, in connection
with the announcement by telegraph
from Washington that Mrs. Emily L.
Dillman had been appointed postmis-
tress at Toledo 1t was only after it
had printed an article congratulating, in
jocular vein, the President, the Ohio
Senators, and all parties concerned, over
the peaceful ending of an eight years
quarrel over the Toledo, Ohio, post Of
fee, that it discovered that it was Tole-
do, Iowa, that was referred to in the
dispatch, and that the post Office war
still RACES at Toledo, Ohio.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
MARRIED.

CRAIG-BROWN.- AT St. James Church, In.
1878. by the Rector. Rev. Thos. B. Kemp, d.
D., Mr.. Edward o. Craig and Miss Lucy
Brown, all of Buchanan county.
FISHER-W Morse, Dec 25th,
by Rev S. E. Snider, Mr.. William r. Fisher
formerly of Independence and Miss Artie
s. Williams, of Independence.
HORSEY-WILSON.-O Tuesday P. NJ. Dec
"a. at the Chatham House, by Rev. Willis B.
Phelps, Mr.. William HOrsey, of Independ.
ence, and Mrs Sophia J. Wilson, of Jesup.
WILsON.,kLINE.- On Tuesday evening, Dec.
this city, by Rev. Willis b. Phelps, Mr.. Ell
wood d. Wilson and Miss Amanda J. Kline,
all Of IndeDendence
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

Wen have to quit being that kind of good
"good fellow after January LIST, 1879. That
is to say: we can't afford to send the Freeman
right along year after year to men who do not
pay, or make any effort to, simply because
they are good clever fellows and always
treat us well. We shall be sorry to shake
Them but then in fairness to our creditors and
in justice to ourself, must do it. We
can't stand everything in these hard times.
If these regular patrons would pay part of
the old account, we'd try and stand it a while
longer; but to expect us to keep the paper
running forever and a day without some con.
sderation. is asking too much. We can't stand
the pressure.
The above is from the Webster City
Freeman. There are a great many
country publishers in Iowa similarly sit
uated with regard to laggard subscribers,
to Bro. Hunter, who will have to follow
his example, or accept the alternative
of bankruptcy. These times are not ia
vorable to the policy of carrying a great
crowd Of dead-head or dead-beat sub
scribers, simply to enable the publisher
to boast that he has large circulation
Necessity will compel winnowing of
the chaff from the wheat, and if the
pressure shall finally force publishers
in order to avoid the inevitable percent
age Of loss accruing to the credit sys-
TEN, to adopt and rigidly enforce the
rule of payment Of subscriptions in ad-
vance, the hard times will not be with
out compensation for the newspaper
fraternity.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

REV. A. p. GRAVES, the evangelist,
with whose methods and peculiarities
our community is, somewhat familiar,
seems to have got into hot water by an
unjustifable assault upon the faculty
of the Iowa Agricultural College at
Ames. He has been making the charge
in public that majority of the students
of that institution were skeptics, and
that the president and faculty were
teaching infdelity to those under their
charge. This charge is noticed and an
swered by President Welch, in letter
to the Ames htelligencer, wherein he
cites facts to disprove Graves reckless
assertions. Concerning Graves and his
peculiar methods, President WEIGH
says:
HIS "Infdel' is man who declines to
accept some unimportant crotchet or
other which he insists upon. When will
Christians have done with pickering on
insignificant queries instead of accept
ing love of the Divine Savior and pur-
ity of life as the vital test? His assault
upon Prof. Wynn rests ostensibly on a
simple disagreement with him as to the
efficiency of literal blood in the atone
ment; but the real animus of Mr.
Graves seems to have been inspired by
his failure to manipulate Prof. Wynn in
the late revival effort at Ames. At any
rate, his shocking public prayer that
God would have mercy on the faculty
that were making infdels of the stu
dents, at $1,000 a head" was uttered
soon after we declined his written invi-
tation to me that the students should
attend his meetings.
The truth is, | suspected the man
from the first, and the account of his
financial methods which had received,
and which, in their worst form, are set
forth in a letter Of Rev. Mr.. Barstow,
have confirmed my suspicious.
We have not seen the letter mention
ed in the last paragraph, but we pre-
sumo many of our readers can, by expe-
rience, form pretty good idea of what
is meant by the allusion to Graves
financial methods.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
HIGHWAY NOTICE,


OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
Independence. Iowa, Dec. 14th, 1878. (
To all wh0m it may concern:
The Commissioner appointed to establish q
highway. commencing at the southeast corner
of the northeast quarter of section 81, West.
burg Township, in Buchanan county, running
thence south on section lines to the south.
west corner Of the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section 4, Jefferson town
ship, has reported in favor Of the establish.
ment thereof. and all objections thereto OF
claims for damages must be filed in the Audit
Or's Office on or before noon of the 18th day of
February, A. D. 1873, or such highway will be
established without reference thereto.
GEO. B. WARNE, Co. Auditor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
TAX REDEMPTION,

To J. J. Slaughter:
You are hereby notified that on the 4th day
sale of Buchanan county, Iowa, the following
land, to-wit: The e1z Ell nwA, Sec. "A, Twp. 81,
Range 8, in Buchanan County, Iowa, the GER
tificate of sale was assigned to D. E. Clark,
Now you are hereby notified that the right of
redemption will expire and deed will be Civ
en- of said land, unlesss redeemed from said
sale within ninety days from the complete ser
vice of this notice, D. E. CLARK
Dec. 81, 1875, E3wS
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

A New YORK halter has brought out
new style of hat, called the Tilden
hat, It's construction is simple. You
Just take an ordinary silk hat.and sit on
it awhile, and there you have the Tilden
hot
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.

~ ed has been made Assignee of the proper
ty of F. A. Lucky, of Independence, Iowa
All debts due the said Lucky must be paid to
me, and all claims against her must be pre-
sented to me for allowance within ninety days
from this date.
HENRY SPARKLING. Assignee.
independence Iowa, Sept. 10th, 1873. f21m6
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
Notice Of Proof Of will,

STATE OF IOWA,
Buchanan County. o.
To all tChOm it may Concern:
The Will of John Kroma, deceased, having
been this day filed. opened and read Monday,
18th day Of February, 1879, is fixid for hearing
proof of same.
Dated Dec. 5th, 1878.
22w3 d. L. SMITH, elk Circuit Court
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

A MOVEMENT is on foot in Minnesota
to petition the Legislature for an appro-
priation of $4,000 to aid the citizens in
testing the validity of the driven we'll
patent.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
Take Notice.

WHEREAS. Charlotte Goddard has left my
home and protection without good cause. no
tice is hereby given to all parties not to trust
her on my account or harbor her at my ex-
pense after this date.
HazletOn, Dec. 21st, 1878.
23w3 WI DALEY
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

In the consideration of the bill amend
ing the patent laws, in the Senate last
Friday, Mr.. Window, of Minnesota, in
troduced the following provision, which
was adopted:
No recovery of damages or costs shall be had
against the defendant in any suit brought for
the alleged infringement of a patent by the
use of any patented device, process. invention,
or discovery, II 1t shall appear that the defend
| ant purchased the same for his own private
use from the manufacturer thereof, or from a
dealer engaged in the open sale of the same
unless it shall also appear that the defendant
at the time of said purchase, had knowledge
or actual notice of the existence of such pat
ents.
This amendment, as will at once be
seen, exactly fits the case of the people
in this part of Iowa, who are being an
noyed and put to expense by the extor-
tionate demands of " driven well and
barbed wire" agents. 1t is under
stood that, though introduced by Senator
Window the amendment was suggested
and written by Senator Allison. 1t is
very sure to pass.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
LEGAL.
Permit to Sell Liquor.

G. II. Wallace, Tabor & Tabor and Smale
Bros, all Of the city Of independence, have
made application to the Board of Supervisors
Of Buchanan county, Iowa, for permits to sell
Intoxicating Liquors. Final hearing will take
place before the Board at two o'clock p NJ .
Monday, January 9Th, 1879
GEO. B. WARNE, Co. Auditor
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

to bring out the play, to those having
claims against it for generous reduc-
ton OF the same, and to all persons who
lent them aid and encouragement.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

WE said in our last issue that we
should give an extended notice of the
Dutch Recruit" which was played by
the Guards, at the Opera House, last
week, but we find we have not the room
to spare for it this week. We think
that whatever may be the merits Of the
play, it was well rendered, the charac-
tiers, almost without exception, being
well represented by the home talent.
This fact, and considering, also, that it
was for the benefit of an institution that
has to be fostered to some extent by the
public, and which in turn brings con-
sequent benefit to the town, should have
led the people to patronize the play lib
orally. The Guards worked hard for
two or three weeks to make the play en-
PERTAINING and successful, and the prices
were placed down below those of ma
jority of travelling troupes. In fact,
nothing was left undone that would tend
to secure the attendance of our people.
What is the result? After all this labor
and expense, the company finds itself a
considerable amount behind; not enough
money was taken in to defray the ex-
penses. The boys, naturally, feel sore
over the outcome, and some of them are
unforgiving enough to say that if this is
the way the public appreciates their
part in making Decoration Day what it
is in independence, and 18th of July Gel
ebrations a success, they will never be
guilty of such enterprises again. We
trust that hereafter our citizens will re-
member that good military company
needs the support and encouragement
of the whole community.
The Company desires to return its
thanks to the ladies who assisted them
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27
Harper's Weekly.
1879.

TLLUSTRAEED

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
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Illustrated papers by its fine literary quality, thu
beauty Of its type and wOOdcuts.-SprfnQhclt
Republican.
Its pictorial attractions are superb and EN-
brace every variety of subject and of artistic
treatment.-Z lions Herald. Boston.
The Weekly is potent agency for the dissem
nation Of correct political principles, and q
pretenses. Evening Erpress. Rochester.
The Volumes of the Weekly begin with the
first Number for January of each year. Wher
no time Is mentioned, 1t will be understood
that the subscriber wishes to commence with
the Number next after the receipt of his or
den
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HARPEK,S PERIODICALS

ton.
States or Canada.
A Complete Set of HARPER's MAGAZINE, now
comprising 81 Volumes, in neat cloth binding
will be sent by express, freight at expense OF
purchaser, for rs per volume. Single uOl-
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

LIST of Letters advertised Dec. 26th
1878:
Burke, Mrs. Katie, Curtis. Mrs. r. A.,
Dixon, Lila. Drew E..
Drew, Mrs. Alice, Lufft Miss Anna
Roe, Mrs. Harriet, Sherwood o. Jr
Wells, A. Il.
When calling for the above, please say
advertised. VIM. TOMAN. p. M.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-12-27

RUNAwAY.-Last Tuesday morning
as Drs. Fisk, of Jesup, and Wilson, of
this city, were riding on Chatham street
behind the fine team of the latter, the
horses became frightened at some boys
who were playing near DIR. Markham s
residence, and started to run. Coming
to the next corner the team turned sud
denly, overturning the sleigh and spill
ling the occupants out, and ran on at
increased speed. The Doctors soon
discovered that they were uninjured
and fastened to find the team, which
they finally succeeded in doing on the
other side of the river, where they had
been stopped. They had undoubtedly
crossed on the ice No damage was
sustained by either team or sleigh
New YEARS CALLs.-The practice
of making and receiving calls on New
Year day is to be observed, we believe
by the young ladies and gentlemen of
this city, next Wednesday. We have
tried to secure list of those who
would receive calls, but our attempts
have been partial failure, inasmuch as
it has not been decisively settled as to
where and with whom the ladies will
receive We presume, however, that
nearly all will keep open house for call
ers. In this connection, we are re-
quested to state that Misses Louie Hol-
lett, Ella Herrick, Maud Durham, and
Carrie 1 Quackenboes will receive to-
gether at the residence of w. r. Ken
yon. between the hours Of. 3 and 10
o'clock p. Nj.
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HARpER's PUBLIcATIoNs.-We call
the attention of our readers, who are
making up their lists of reading matter
for the coming year, to the annual an
nouncements of the Magazine, Weekly
and Bazaar, in another column. 1t
would be entirely superfous to enlarge
upon the merits of these publications
They have come to be familiar and well
come visitors to thousands of families,
all over the land, and their interest and
value never wane. On the other hand,
new features and attractions are con-
stantly being added to them, and each,
in it's peculiar sphere, is becoming more
popular from year to year. The sub
scription price of each is $500 per an
mum, but we can furnish the Magazine,
Weekly or Bazaar with the BULLETIN,
if paid in advance, for $3.50.
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NOTICE..

The irregular annual meeting of the stockhold-
for the election of Directors will be held at its
banking Office on the second Tuesday n4th) OF
january, 1873, between and o'clock p. M.
Viva III, r. BROWNE. Cashier
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HARPER,S PERIODICALS.

tIOn
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Harper's Magazine,
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alike in literature and in art.-BOstOn Traveller
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Y. Observer.
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Card from Robert Grant.
MCGREGOR, Ia. Dec. "a. rs

uCNnLuoh, Id, DcC. "a, 10.
Mr.. EDIToR:-In the few remarks
made by me in the Dist. s. S. Conven-
ton at your city, on Wednesday, did
not by any means intend to convey the
impression which the report published
in the BULLETIN would seem to imply.
What | said was, that years ago, gem
tleman, prominent in the State and in
the Northwest, told me that a member
of the Legislature from Buchanan coun-
ty told him at Des Moines that there
was not then member of the Legisla-
ture, in either branch, from the county
of Buchanan that believed anything in
the religion of Christ; that there was
not then man holding a county Office
in the county that believed anything in
it, neither did they intend that there
ever should be- And then went on brief
ly to show that the prophecy had failed,
from the fact that since that day many
men of a high type of Christian charac-
ter had represented your county in the
Legislature, and been chosen to fill vari-
Gus county Offices. | would not, for any
thing, infer that man to be elected to
an office in the fair county of Buchanan,
or any other county in the District,
must be an in6del; too many know bet
ter. Yours truly, RoBT. GRANT.
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