The Van Buren press., 1870-11-22
The Van Buren, Press.
VAN BUREN,, ARKANSAS.
Earthquakes and auakers.

Mn Ed. -
Did you hear, feel, or" see" the earth
quake of Friday, the 2lst ult.? 1t was
an occult affair, though young lady in
this neck ofthe vineyard said she " seed
it. But theie was one, as you shall sec
And it's all on account of Grant appoint
ing Quakers Indian Agents. He wisely
took it for granted that because Pious
VIM. Penn, the courtier, did not cheat
the Indians Of his woods more than Pi-
Gus Eneas did Queen Dido. therefore
. Quakeis now. a days would make fine
) Agents. Logical But, in this one Su
perintendency he did not try them, but
used the military. Now. he is going to
test the Churches, though think he has
left out the Catholic, the most influential
of any Of them. hope he will not "ex-
pertinent" for Agents upon or among the
) Aminidab iSleeks who dollar ously whine
about the deprayity OF mankind, and call
an earthquake q Judgment" If he,
Grant, desired to appoint men as Agents
from class from which the Indians had
derived most benefit, he ought to have
appointed first class merchant for I'M
questionably Commerce with its contacts,
associations and intercourse has done
more to civilize the Indian than all other
causes combined mean those Indians
who can be civilized for you can no
more civilize the nonad Usage, Pawnee,
Comanche, of the Plains, than you can
the Tartar of the Steppes of Asia, or the
Bedouin of the Desert. Would you like
4" mission among them
But to the earthquake. We were sit.
ting at dinner, when, suddenly. as a roll
of sound passed us, Mrs. w. exclaimed,
"Why, this is singular; thunder and
clear sky" Then came rumble, another
roll of sound, a rumble again and a third
roll Of sound. These sounds came from
the west West from my cabin is ridge
up which runs public road. Thought
these sounds came from some one trot-
ting a wagon up said rocky road, and
thought no more. But the next day !
found my neighbors had heard the
sounds, that cups had ratified on one
mans table. Next day l heard from
farm of mine on Spayiueau, twenty miles
away, that the sounds there were violent,
increased, however, by the fall OF great
mass Of limestone from its clif to the
earth below, opposite the farm. SO great
was the sound in that valley that it
troubled one stout, hale, good man so
much that he swore hc intended to quit
swearing" Then | heard another ac
count an another and so on, all telling
of the same rolls Of sound, and at the
same hour. Fifty miles away it quaked
SO that on Cabin Creek west Of Grand
river, it fractured q sandstone cliff and
hurled a portion down below. was
bound TO say it WAS something more
than the trotting Of n wagon up that
rocky hill 1t was surely q Judgment
and no mistake Then came the papers
and | read From Portland Maine, 10
Cleveland, Ohio, the same day and hour,
or thereabouts," the earthquake was
"seed." According to the II. Y. Sua it
,l, l. al, \ ,,,1,, III
that sheet with four columns, like I'm
going to doyours, DInham-I am bound
to believe there was an earthquake on
that Friday Was it an unlucky day 7
Did any subscriber who has owed you
ten years, step up that day and pay his
debit? II so, then there tcas an earth
quake, and ! advise you to put on sack
cloth and ashes, read Downing's Procla.
nation, fast and pray, and pray fast
| Boudnot has had the lager" He
cured it by drinking Russell water. This
4 is on principle they follow in California.
If one gets his skin and flesh poisoned
by the genuine Poisoh Oak, the best,
surest and safest remedy is to make de-
coction Of the leaves and twigs Of this
shrub and drink 1t. Or, it is on the rule
Of tho old provcrb, that the " hair Of n
dog is good tor bite Now, | don't
know as to the soundness ofthis axiom
but would bet my bottom dollar
aud it's the only one I've got--that this
is the better apo.hegm: the Z" bite of a
dog is good for u hare To this, unlike
ordinary rules, there is no exception, for
the bite is surely good for hare unless
the dog should let it get away before he's
done biting it. This is rather hair.split-
ting.
This Indian Territory is attracting
good deal Of attention, II Is q sort OF
magnet drawing some mems steal. Every
! day there arc visitors TO Il. 1t is the
land Of Canaan to some, n part of the
Lords Vineyard to some, land flowing
with milk and honey to some, and land
60 be grabbed and stolen to others, and,
alas, the name Of these last IS Legion,
! all nm Ts,, any pl1a 'IEnV