The Van Buren press., 1870-07-05
Know all Men by these Present.
EDITOR Pass -

where they may get the marble. without go-
ing to Italy or Greece. DIR. Thruston has
laid away two dozen of Herbemont vintage
1862 which intends to break in 1879, and he
already iancies the generous glow which will
thrill the souls of those who toast Beauty on
that day. George Austin has hidden away
some of that whisky of which he has been
making beef expressly for that day what "a
bead it will have. as fine rs was ever drawn
on buck, or from cask. Jesse Turner is
looking forward to those marvellous melons
which are to come, melons that will knock
the red out of those seventy four pound old
fogies Thruston used TO raise on Frog Bayou.
George Gross is going to lay aside all elte to
call up his fathers spirit in aid and get up
one OF the dinners OF the olden time, which
those who have eaten know what the Gods
used to dine on, and the benighted men who
have not will learn they have been dinnerless
all their lives. George White and Sam Han
leg will bring out some of that same Oh Ha-
hoo they have been cellaring 10. these many
years, and Old Festirity will surely be around
with his genial smile, Bill Cush will be there
with Fiddle. Song land Laugh. while } L
stuart will exhibit horns from buck which
viii shame the young Bucks of that day. A.
j. Ward Will swear that hibbee never did
beat the saloon of the coming day and one
on seeing him will call to mind the pleasant
hours he It's, d to spend in the long >torc-hall
of Wallace, Ward u Co. DR.. Dibrell and Jno.
u ,,,olunabnlly fnr fllt
bUllllogs and tcrrGpin have become scarce.
and won't be satisfied with the mock. John
Henry will come around the corner and rs he
and ID. c. Williams embrace in front OF the
new palatal store the welcoming hands of
scores Of old friends " i'll reach ont to them,
and they will then go into the Back Room
and see what curious thing the Major brought
up from New Orleans. {. G.. Scott will file
along and point you to where stood his old
brick. with sundry other buildings which
were the wonders of the Pristine Van Buren,
Age. And we will all do him honor for the
great work he has done for Van Buren the
State and County. for his faithful. Jealous,
long and untiring efforts in behalf Of the
Road from first to last. But, Durham. lets
blow awhile! This is a terribly long para
graph, Let's take drink. Shades Of the
Past how they throng down the corridors of
Tine, as swallow this jaiep. and all Of them
have got glasses in their handsl
Well. don't mean to say above that it will
be 1879 ere the Road reaches Van Buren. o.
no. by no means. For it's "gwine to he
" thar Immediately if not sooner" am
only waiting for Thruston's wine to get old !;
for Austin's whisky to get more beefmaking
grass in it; for Gross to invent that dinner
and Willie & IIanley's Wahoo to get mel!aw-
er; for Van Buren, to become the great City,
Then the great coming Dinner shall come off
to be followed with an 1916 Ball, whereat the
young fair shall be the exact counterparts OF
their mothers, and. ofcourse, entraLcing. viii
this reason satisfy you? II net, why, just
have your dinner the day the cars rush into
town. on catfish and mush The Hunters of
Vine Prairie will 80 Il sniping, and you may
hold the bag.
You feel mighty large, do you? Why,
Railroads are an old story here. There are
the Fort Scott and Gulf the Neosho Valley
and the mighty Atlantic and Pacific already
at our very doors, and car whistles are as
common MS the piping of frogs down In that
sloo below your Office. Iron Horses are so
plenty that Tom Ballard has gone TO jockey
ing among them. can tell their ages By their
teeth and what will cure them of the bots
iron Horses, tor.ooth. You can buy a colt
here any where. There's the Border, the hdH-
sds Citg and Memphis, the Great Eastern. and
"A dozen other Colts now ready fora Irisk into
the Nation II they can get chance. Aud
,hese Colts are no mean bogus stock can
tell YOU. THEY'LL be Horses before long and
make their 2-40 with the best OF them, Look
ont, And here. by the way, ALLOW NE To be-
.tow my humble praise on Mr.. Harrison.
don't like has politics. nor his history. but
they are nothing in the way OF my saying
that in the inception, working and so far car
rying on his Great Eastern Road. he has cN-
hihtcd wonderful energy, and up to this as
wonderful success. The whole south half of
the West Mississippi Valley owe him thanks
and he j. entitled to his fun measure otcredit
rom all men. What he has done lac has done
,lmo., of himself and his success 50 far war
rants his complete ultimate success
don't marvel at your feeling big. You've
II right to feel big and bigger To your face
| SAY it, but over Il glass-l haven't got any,
thollgh-vou have worked hard, constant, pa
dent and unremittingly and well for this
Road and its final achievement. You have
done a good work. and tie dlilics will be sure
TO come. The people OF Crawford have doI t
molly not only now but many OF them in the
.last They will do nobly. too, for other Rodds
~ they press on toward Van Buren,. Too
much honor cannot be rendered to those faith
nl ,n,.n who first hpyau the title Rock and
Fort smith Road, vino, early before war. had
already rot the Road under way. got AZ work
on its line. who preserved its means during
that war amid vigilant and treasure prl ing
enemies. " ho after the war revived the Latent
energies. brought forward the means. regain
ed the land grant, and put in operation the
plan4. against enemies desolation, II poverty
Visited country. ohloquy, which are now
speedily bringing this Road, the great artery
through the magnificent Valley OF the Arkan-
sas. one of the finest on Earti, 10 your con
lines. All honor to them; their names should
he inscribed in gold over the Portals of every
Depot in the Valley.
Now. lets blow again Arc you not tired
of Railroads. especially in such long sections
Let's 70 and hunt up some news. But haven
rot any. I've beat the bushes but the news
won't flush" worth rush. You've got all
| the news. Go bag 'em, II you can't llit 'cn
on the wing Grundy can, ana size "a itst-fatt
| retriever. too.
or rather the rapacious officials have stolel
the fountain and II had to run dry. It's n mos
,illainous and infamous procedure. Suc
violence to Law. such rough riding over treat
| les were never known in these regions beior,
| Had a such thing occurred ten wears ago
! the whole land would have been shocked from
end to end. 1t Is of n character with the de>