The Van Buren press., 1860-02-10

l. o. Oh may put THIS county, down
for Hindman and rely upon his nomina-
tion by our Convention. &C.
For the Van Buren Press Il
Memories of Newton County, Ark.
About four summers ago combination
of circumstances made it truly necessary
that l should spend few days, at least, in
the county of mountains, unfelled forests.
and vertable backwoodism, if the term il,
admissible. This brief space Of time will
not soon fade from the walls Of memory.
1t stands alone like Adams recollection
of his fall, !" in its own peculiar investment
of solitude. | had heard much talk of this
famous land-speck in Arkansian Gc-
ography, and as matter of reference had
the effyy taken in my own mind, savoring
largely Of the monstrous and dipping sevc-
raj degrees into the semi barbarian. Yet
with every antecedent aid signally failed
to do the subject justice. Amid the chaos
Of mind and morals, however, there is much
to admire in Nature. The scenery is grand
wild and romantic beyond description l
am certainly correct when | say it is not
surpassed i'll the State. Here Prof Owen
found natural curiosities in the way Of see
merry which he incorporated in the Geology
Of the State. Buffalo is beautiful stream
as clear as crystal, rapid, and filled with
what novel scriblers would call the " finny
tribe" This stream bursts out of Boston
mountain rushes with ianciful impetuosity
over huge boulders, and winds like silver
serpent between towering mountains whose
tops are lost in the misty brow of the storm.
1t looks though Otos and Ephiattes had
piled mountain upon mountain for The pun
pose Of ascending into heaven. The coun-
try looks like the ruins of primeval world
The bottoms are alluvious, exceedingly
narrow, however, giving the tiny, would be
farms the aspect Of length without the ca
pacity of breadth. The people live at the
base of these mountains which shoot up SO
perpendcularly that some say it is no un-
common thing to look up the chimney and
see the cows coming home at night This
is a bulky tale and may be half yarn.
Schools in this region are like Melchizedek
father or mother. Here YOU
may find any quantity of mental verdure
and the most consummate babyship of in
tellect in "all the country" The father
and brothers of the notorious Summerfield.
of Texas, live here. Alas, in mind they
are not like him. The armament Of his
was inlaid with rippled rubies
of glory, and his creations "bathe in a
spirit well Of the dreamed light that never
was on sea or shore" / attended church
on Sabbath. 1t was what is called quar-
terly meeting occasion. The preacher was
large, somewhat inclining to obesity 1 do
not think he lived there, but had Just made
his advent without any modern
John the Baptist to prepare the way and
make his paths straight mot Of Judea, but
Newton County.) The people watched
him with looks compounded of curiosity,
surprise and ignorance. He took his seat
in a pulpit that would have been an ash
hopper if it had had the shape. And,
strange to tel; when he soarel nearest the
sky in his discourse some of the audience
were peeping out at the cracks, some with
knifes in hand gouged the benches, others
warrcd with their "cubs " half the timo
and the other half, while the young from
hollow, hill and hut, exchanged glances
prophetic of matrimonial calculations
The minister told me that he /" over sho
them This is the land of honey-milk
too, | suppose. Bees are found in the bluff,
and in every place, almost, favorable tn
their industrial plans of operation. Ipsss.
u
staid all night. and being greatly annoyed
by herd of swine that wished to divide
house room with the landlord, he walked
into them with shovel Of fire. One hog.
minus the major part Of his hair, remained
about the yard cvidencing close contact with
u warm element OF some kind. Jasper is
the capital OF the county, and has little
else than locality aud n name.
MiRABILE DIcru.
EC" Has that cookery book any pic
lures % said Miss G. to asbookseller;
"No, Miss. nonc," was the answer.
why 70 exclaimed the young lady.
"what is the use Of telling how to make .
good dinner, if they give us no f'iatess"
EE" Did you say that my brother Jim
didn't know as much as Smiths yellow
dog ?"
No, said Smiths yellow dog knew
more than your brother jim"
Ey- Ifyou fall into misfortune. Olsen
gage yourself as well as you can. Creep
through the bushes that have the fewest
| briars
Ey- An English tombstone bears tho
! following inscription 90 Sacred to the re-
mains of Jonathan Thompson, pious
Christian, and an aflectionate husband. His
disccnsolate widow continues to carry on
the tripe and butter business at the same
place as before the bereavement"
Er a little boy. returning from Sunday
! school, said to his mother:
] Ma. amt there kitty-chism fer little
I boys ! this catechism is SO hard"