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n the death of Etta kiligarc, who died iu Dixdcl
sed wears months,
Dearest Eta thou has len u.s.
Gone 10 brighter home on high,
There with angels thou art happy
Lett this earth without sigh
did think while bending DER thee
That thou vast too Young o. die,
Bat thy Heavenly Father called thee
To brighter home ca high.
Dearest Eta. thou hasi len Us,
Aud thy loss w much deplore,-
Free from pain. from every sorrow,
Thou art happy ever more.
Least I though; wh'Ic gazing on thee,
Marked thy radiaut. happy smile,
Aud thy angel hand extended,
Death was even at thy side.
Dearest Et;s, thou hast len us,
ROBBED thou art In spotlcss white.
WIKI crown upon thy forehead,
Now thou art an angel bright.
Angel rister thou hast len u.s.
All that knew thee loved the we'll,
And thy patience when in suffering
'Tis THY loved ones that can tell.
Dearest Et,a, .hou hast LEFT u.
Thou hast only gone before,
Aud our prayer shall D, a. meet thee,
There 10 meet and part no more.
Loving friends were there 10 meet you
In that land OF hope anl love,
They were waiting 10 receive thee
-Etta-home-abovc
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pottrp.
IF WE COULD.

II we could but check the speaker,
When he spoilt neighbOr's fame,
five wonld but help the crring,
Ere we utter words Of blame;
II we would how many might NE
Turn from paths of sin and shame.
All the wrongs that might be righted,
five would bat see the way
Ali the pains that Nigh. be lishtn'ed
Every hour and every day;
II we would but hear the pleadings
Ofthe hearts that go astray.
Let US step outside the stronghold
OF our selhshness and pride;
Let us lil our faiulins brothers,
Let us strengthen, ere we chide;
Let US, ere We blame the fallen,
Hold y light to cheer and guide.
All, how blessed-ah, how blessed
Earth would be, FIVE but try
Thus 70 aid anil right the weaker,
Thus 10 check each brothers sigh;
Thus TO walk in duty's pathway
To our better life on high.
In each life, however lowly,
There are seeds of mighty good;
still, we shrink from souls appealing,
With timid five could"
But God, who judgeth all things,
Knows the truth is--"If we wOulj."
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05
True Words.

An exchange makes the following cor
rect observation which VIC reproduce:
The Democratic party is a good party
the best party ever established and the
most sincere in its attachments to its
principlcs-but it has yet to learn the
great necessity Of thorough and widely
circulated press, The era OF permanent
Democratic triumphs will never come un
til Democratic professional and business
men. and others, who have patronage IN
their control realize the Importance OF
placing their party press on as strong a
footing as that OF their political enemies,
And it might be added, when the prin-
ciples Of the party are at home, when
mothers understand them, and Party
Committees send out Newspapers in
stead Of Speeches which few read and
fewer care for.
We believe with Jefferson 4" the perma-
nency Of our Republican institutions de
pends upon the intelligence of the peo-
pie. Pine Bluff Press.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05
King Alcohol.

The history of King Alcohol ia his
tory Of shame and corruption, Of cruelty,
crime, rage and ruin.
He has taken the glory Of health from
the cheek. and placed there the reddish
hue Of the wine cup.
He has taken the lustre from the eye
and made it dim and blood hot.
He has taken beauty and comeliness
from the face, and left it i'll shapen and
bloated.
He has taken strength from the limbs
and made them weak and tottering.
He has taken frmness and elasticity
from the steps and made them faltering
and treacherous.
He has taken vigor from the arm and
left flabbiness and weakness.
He has taken vitality from the blood,
and filed it with poison and seeds of dis
ease and death
He has transformed the body, fearful
y, and wonderfully, and majes;ically
made Gods masterpiece of animal
mechanism, INTO vile, loathsomc, sunk
ing mass of humanity.
He has entered the brain the temple
Of thought--dethrone reason, and made
it reel with folly.
He has taken the beam of intelligence
from the eye, and exchanged it for the
stupid stare of idiocy, and dullness.
He has taken the impress Of ennobled
manhood from off the face and left the
marks Of sensuality and brutishness.
He has bribed the tongue to utter mad
ness and cursing.
He has taken cunning from the hands,
and turned them from the deeds Of use
fulnees to become instruments Of brutal.
ity and murder.
He has broken the ties Of friendship
and planted seeds Of enmity.
He has made kind, indulgcnt father a
brute, a tyrant, murderer
He has transformed the loving mother
into a very tiend OF brutfsh incarnation.
He has made obedlent and affec,ionate
sons and daughters the breakers Of hearts
and the dostroyers fhome
He has taken luxuries from off the ta-
BILE and compelled men to cry on account
Of famine. and beg for bread
He has stripped backs of the broad
cloth and silk, and clothed them with
rags.
He has stolen men $ palaces, and given
them wretched novels in exchange.
He has taken away acres and given not
even decent burial place in death
He has filed oar streets and by-ways
with violence and lawlessness.
He has complicated our laws and
crowded our courts.
He has filled to overdowing our peni-
tentiaries and houses Of correction.
He has pcopled with his multitude our
poor. houses.
He has straitened us for room in our
insane asylums.
He has filled our world with tears and
groans. with the poor and helpless. with
wrstchedness and want
He has banished Christ from the heart,
and erected hell within.
These are the counts Of our indict.
ment Let the world jrdgc Of the truth.
st. Louis Christian Advocatc.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05
VAN BUREN, ARK, SEPTEMBER 5, 1871.

morning. I'm all right now Here s
your health. You're brick. /" And
over he fell, fast asleep.
Oh, why do men think so much OF
money making2 Is not health better
than anything else
or course, as he had laid down in his
hat, took that off first. And ! managed
to divest him of his coat. But when 1t
came to his boots-dearest aunt, did you
ever take off gentleman's boots prob
ably not, as you are single lady-what
a task! How do they ever get 'em on
/ pulled and pulled, and shook and wrig-
gled, and gave itup. But 1t would not
do to leave them on all night; so went
at it again, and at last ono came OIL so
suddenly; and over went on the floor,
and into his hat, which l had put down
there for minute | could have cried.
And the other came off in the same way,
Just AS bard and just as sudden at last
Then put a soft blanket over Orlando
and sat in my sewing chair all night On
how heavily he breathed And ] had, as
YOU may fancy. the most dreadful fears
He might have killed himselfh his over
application to business, for all that l
knew. The perfect ones 80 first, 1t is
said
Oh. how differently should ! have felt
had anything happened to my beloved
Orlando. He has has not had so ex
hsusting day since, and think sees the
folly of overwork; though if courts will
keep open SO late, what can poor lawyers
dol think it is very inconsiderate OF
the Judge | wonder whether he has n
wife--the mean old thing
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05
- Tho Troy Press tells tha following

-- no Troy TONS teiis tua toiSWluk
rich story
4 few lays ago, at North Adams. the
State constable scized a jar of rum and Or
rested the party in whose possession il was
found for selling intoxicating liquor. Tho
examination before the District Judge came
en-. when the State constable was sworn
and testified that he had seized the liquor.
and made detailed statement Of the facts.
Hon. Shepard Thayer, the attorney for the
prisoner, asked him il he knew il WAS Ii
quor. He replied, yes. it was rum, fV he
had drank some of it. The prisoner. whs
was a woman, was then called a. = witness
in her own behalf, when the following
questions and answers we've put and recsiv.
cd.
Did you have any liquor in your house
when the State constable called there!
les--l had some rum in q Jar.
How long have you had it
About six months.
Did you have il for sale!
Oh. no; dent sell liquor.
What did you have this rum for?
keep it to wash tho baby in.
Had you ever washed the baby in the
rum
O, yes. often I used to turn some ont
in a dish. wash the baby in il. and then
turn it back in the jar again.
DO you mean to say that this was the
same liquor Of which the State Constable
drank
The very ,smc. -
There was much laughter in the Csnrt.
and the State Constable declared he would
seize no more liquor that was kept In . jsr.
He is about the only man in North Adams
whs will no. take drink OF rur'
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05
POE T RY.
Bringing our sheaves with Us.

The time for toll is past, and night has come.
The last and saddest Of the harvest ewes,
Worn out with labor and wearsome,
Drooping and faint the reapers hasten home.
Each laden with his sheaves.
Last of the lab0rers, Thy feet gain,
Lord Of the harvest and Thy spirit grieves
That am burdened not so much with grain
As with heaviness of heart and brain.
Master. behold my sheaves
Few, light and worthless, yet their trihing weight
Through all my frame a weary aching leaves,
For long l struggled with my helpless fate,
And stayed and toiled till IL was dark and late
Yet these are all my sheaves.
Full we'll know have more tares than wheat
Brambles and flowers. dry stalks and withered
leaves;
Therefore blush and weep, and at Thy fvet
Ikneel down reverenty and repeat,
Master. behold my sheavesl"
know these blossoms, vlaaterng heavily,
With evening dews upon their folding leaves.
Can claim no value or utility;
Therefore shall fragrance and bsst4y be
The glory Of my sheaves.
So do gather strength and hope anew;
For well know Thy patient love perceves.
Not what did, but what strosc to do;
And though the full ripe ears De small and few
Thou witt accept my sheaves.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05

Special notices double the above rates. Edi-
Hal notices 20 cents per line for the first and
cents for each additional insertion. All
Insient advertisements cash in advance.
|rriage and obituary notices not to exceed
Ines free, over five 20 cents per line.
cards or communications of a personal
kracter. If admissible at all, double the usual
Is and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates, for Congress or
Ste offices. S25.00. County officers, $1,000.
EDITORIAL notices, 25 cents per line.
Yearly advertisements, paid quarterly, in
lance. Legal and transient advertisements
be paid for when left at the office.
! All Job Work, to be paid for on delivery.
Al lress all letters and communications to
J. S. DUNHAM. Editor and Proprietor.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05

carefully and promptly filed.
SAM'L BEVAN Il CO,
Importers and Jobbers Of
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods
sTELLMANN, HINRlCHS & co.
Importers of
Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Fancy
Groceries aud Notions.
r. WALTER & CO.,
Manufacturers of Clothing.
JOHN w. JENKENS,
Boots and Shoes.
HOPKINS, HARDEN & KEMP,
Importers OF Hardware.
CARROLL, ADAMS & NEER,
Boots and Shoes.
LORD Il ROBINSON,
Manufactures and Wholesale Dealers in
Wooden Ware, &c.
SHIRLEY Il SON,
Importers of Crockery.
WIN. NUMSEN Il SONS,
Preserves, Picklers, Oyster Packers
and Joint Proprietors and Sole Agents OF.
Boden's Condensed Milk. prepared by
the Baltimore Condensed Milk,
Company.
G. r. MUNDER & BRO,
Manufacturer Of
French T. American Confectionery.
ARMSTRONG, GATOR & CO.,
Importers and Jobtsrs.
Ribbons, Millinery g. Straw Goods.
CHI. II. MYERS Il BRO,
Importers o.
Wines, Brandies, &C.
WHITE, ROSENBERG 4 CO.,
Hats and Caps.
WILSON, BURNS & CO..
Wholesale Grocers.
ROGGE A SPILKER.
Dealers in Toys.
R. LAWSON IL CO.,
Dealers in Saddlery.
VIM. KNABE & CO.,
Manufacturers of Pianos.
B. F. PARLETT & CO.,
Wholesals Dealers in
Cigars, Pipes, Manufactured, Leaf,
Smoking Tobaccos, etc.
POOLE Il HUNT,
Manufacturers Of
Engines and Machinery.
lam also agent for tho western part Of Arkansas
for the celebrated imported ARROW TIE.
Col. WIN. T. BOURNE,
Formerly Of Fort Smith, Arkansas, will as
sist me In the duties Of my Agency | am
prepared to make cash advances on oil ship
merts Of Cotton to the House Of Messrs. +. J..
BRAuHs Il Co., Baltimore. and will PERSONAL
ly guarantee TO shippers As much per pound.
net aS they would receive by shipping. TO
New Orleans or New York markets.
G. A. MEYER,
Agent for Baltimore and Arkansas.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05

Poy for the Pre-"
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05
Col. WIN. T. BOURNE.

Formerly Of Fort Smith, Arkansas, will as
sist me In the duties Of my Agency | am
nrepared to make cash advances on ail ship
merts Of Cotton to the House Of Messrs. F. !.
BRAuHs Il Co., Baltimore. and will PERSONAL
ly guarantee TO shippers as much per pound.
nett as they would receive by shipping. TO
New Orleans or New York markets.
G. A. MEYER,
Agent for Baltimore and Arkansas.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05

~ Mrs. Samuel Colt, Of Hartford,
widow Of the famous inventor OF revolv-
ing arms, is about to erect costly
monument, it is said, over the neglected
grave Of Ex-Governor Seymour, Of Con-
necticut.
The Van Buren press., 1871-09-05
A Mutual Runaway.

"Your aunt Carlton and cousin Jennie
will be here on the next train, Russell,
said Mr.. Wilder to his nephew. You
had better take the pony chaise, anu
a
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04
MISS KATE SHEPARD.
q w. MAPES.

g. w. MAPES.
"AS filed MP the old Pioneer Store With
a large assortment of New Goods. In
clothing and Boots and Shoes hss is second
TO none in quality and prices. Givs.him =
call.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04

Personal. Jay Whipple, editor Of
the " mona Herald, aud family, spent
the holidays with relatives and friends in
this county. Jay increateth in avoirdu
pois and maintains clear conscience.
Register Brown and clerk of tho
board Warner were in town last Monday
and made this Office a New Years call.
"A. Morse. Esq. our River Falls
correspondent. favored us with a briei
call yesterday. He would have stayed
longer, but Sheriff Burnett happened in
Just then and "a. A." started for home
right away-so he did
Our old friend Sibley. once editori-
ally associated with Bro. Jones Of the
Hudson Democrat, strayed into out sane
tun last week. He has been engaged
in newspaper business in Iowa during the
past year, publishing two dailies and sew
eral weeklies. A Chicago house now
has him. but only 70, brief seoson =
Whenever suitable locality for news
paper venture il discovered and the prop
er inducements arc offered he will again
enlist in the newspaper brigade.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04

A PPtfCATIOS having been made to us
n the Board of County Supervisors OF the
Connty OF Pierce. by seventy resident free
holders. thirty of whom reside in the town
of Trimbelle and forty in the town OF Oak
Grove to discontinue and vacate a part of
the County road lead ing from Prescott 10
Dunn county line as surveyed by j, A St.r-
RAFT. in 1857 commencing at the southwest
corner of northeast quarter OF northeast quar-
ter of section %. tow nship 26. range l8, run
ming i'm a westerly direction To the northwest
corner OF the southwest quarter of southwest
quarter of section 10 township 20, range IL;
also for a highway to be laid on. surveyed
and established in the town of TrimbelIe. as
fnllows. to-wIt: Commencing at the south
west corner Of the northeast quarter OF north
east quarter of section %. TOW nship 20, range
10. thence north Is deg west 81 rods thence
north 20 deg west 80 rods, thence north 55
deg west 80 rods thence north 80 deg west
l6 rods. thence north 10 deg west IA rods.
thence north IS deg west IL rods, thence
north S5 deg west 10 rods. theme north 81
deg west so rods, thence north So deg west
353/ rods. thence north 20 deg west 10 rods,
thence south rs deg west 1872 rods, thence
north 53 deg west 2912 rods, thence north 90
deg west "a rods thence south 81 deg west 81
rods thence south 81 deg west 1917 rods.
thence south &c deg west 1874 rods thence
north 75l5 deg west III rods thence north
81 deg W. st % rods. thence north 10 deg west
10 rods, thence no tn 80 deg west III rods
thence north 81 deg west 90 rods, thence
south 50 deg west % rods thence south 30
deg west Ii rods. thence south So deg west
Of rods. thence south so deg west % rods,
thence north 81 deg west 2416 rods, thence
south 81 deg west l41a rods thence south As
degwrs, 1861 rodsthence south 63 deg west 10
rods, thence south Sc deg west 5 rods. thence
north 80 deg west 81 rods. thence north 40
deg west II r DDS, thence north 60 deg west
~ rods, thence south n - deg west ~ rods
to the center of Trlmhelle aud Diamond
Bluff road, thence along the north line OF the
south half of southwest quarter of section ~
township 26. range l6, l351a rods. southwest
3 rods and 10 links at an angle of IS dogs,
thence no. thwes, rods and 10 links at an
angle of As degrees to the north line Of said
described land, thence on the same line TO
northwest corner of southwest quarter of
southwest quarter OF section ~. township 20
range IS. near the residence of Theodore
Keller. in the town of Trimbclle.
Notice is therefore hereby given that We,
the said Supervisors will meet at the resi-
aence of III Baker. in the town of Oak Grove.
in said county Of Pierce on The Itoent'sth
dau of January a. d. 1871, at o'clock in
the afternoon TO decide upon such appiioa
ton.
Dated at the Office of The Clerk of Board OF
Supervisors, at Ellsworth, this 18th day
of December. 1870.
By order of Board of Supervisors.
VIM BARKER, Chairman.
II. Il. WARNER, Clerk.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04

Rev. VIM Gill. OF River Falls. writes
us concerning the many valuable gifts
Santa Claus left at the parsonage during
the holidays. Among them were fine
Florence Sewing machine, nice set Of
furs, besides several envelopes which some
thoughtful, generous sous lined with the
national photographs Of Stanton, Lince In,
&c. Mr.. Gill, closes his letter by wishing
'fhe New Year may be happy one to
those whose generous feelings have been
so pleasantly manifested"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04
Alderman McGrav has been making

Alderman McGray has been making
himself an object of love for this COM
muui,y by clearing the streets. of several
months accumulation Of rubbish, stones.
&c.
The Christmas jewellers Of who m
we made mention ls.i vel. under
going an examination before Justice Ma
son, as we go to press.
Col. Dill speaks 10 notes Of war;.
ing to those indebted to him. Read
lis special notice.
The Building Committee advertises
for bids for the erection of house, upon
the Poor. Farm. Mechanics will give It
attention.
-Thos. Bower. of st. Paul. pressn-
ted us with very fine marble paper
holder, handsomely polished. and an or
nament TO the table of the editor of a
family paper. or any other man.
The number of new buildings erect
ed in St. Paul during 1870 is III at a
Total cost of $l,735,2o0.
"A grain of carmine will tinge a
gallon Of water so that in every drop
the color will be perceptibls, and grain
Of musk will scent room twenty years.
Just 90 If man cheat the printer-the
stain will be forever visible on the minute
atoms OF his minute soul, and will leave
q scent of rascality about an individual
strong enough to make an honest man
turn up his nose in disgust. and kick him
out of his presence, if he can't get rid Ct
him any other way.
CLARK Brown informs US that the
receipts of the Offices Of register of deeds
and clerk of court during the quarter
ending Dec. 3lst, 1870. amount TO
S275.44. The amount of fees received
each month is as follows: October. $685.
50; November, sos 81, December.
Sill so. II will be observed that the
fees for the months Of November AMI
December, taken together more than paid
the salary Of the officer doing the work.
At this rate it will not be many years, if
the present low salaries are paid, before
these two offices will be self sustaining
institutions.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04

Brevities. Oar city schools com
menced the new term Tuesday morning.
The assistant teachers Of last term are,
we believe, all retained, with Rev. J..
Morrison ~ principal.
Deer are quite plenty in The big
woods this season-so the huntera tell us.
The members of the Gernania Mu
sical Society held very pleasant dancing
party in Fox's Hall las: Saturday even .
ing.
The value Of building improve
ments in Lake City during the past year
amounts to Sss.l25. So saws the
Leader.
The Hastings Gazette says the ex-
pendture for new buildings in Hastings
IN 1870 was S64 434.
As we write this item tho Zone
thing needful" in this locality is service
able snowstorm. About four inches of
WINTER top dressing on our bare roads
will be duly appreciated by our farmers.
The Tay Iors Fails Reporter SAYS
about 200 600 acres of government land
will be offered for sale at the Land Office
at that place on the 3Oih Of January.
Mr.. I. b. Jones has disposed of his
sash and door factory, at Diamond Buff
TO Mr.. C. G. Durgin. Of Oak Grove.
Mr.. ID, takes possession this month, we
believe.
The wood market at Diamond Bluff
promises to be lively this winter. Up.
wards of 10000 cords will be banked at
that point if the sleighing is good during
the hauling season.
We are informed that Miss Potts
lectured at Maiden Rock and Lake City
last week. adding laureIs TO her ever in
creasiug fame. She has been invited 10
lecture again 10 Lake City.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04
Literary Notices.

The Lakeside Monthly for January is
pleasant number. We shall copy
How | Followed Nv Nose." as sam
pie. It's publishers are not uumindful
of tho fact that they have TO meet active
competition, which, however, they need
not avoid as long as they keep the Lake
side up to its present level.
Tile Young P,lot--for young peo-
pie IN their teens, published monthly in
Chicago at 81 per nnnum. by the Young
Pilot Publishing Co, is new cand.
date for public favor. William Ever
.tt's serial. I" NY Uncle's Watch" is just
commenced in il.
Tie Harpers-Last week we pub
lished the annual prospeciuses Of the
popular periodicals published by Harper
& Brother, New York. These three
publications--Magazine, Weekly and
Bazar--stand at the head of the class
of literature they respectively represent.
Recently four page supplement has nc
compsnied every number of the Weekly,
and this valuable addition will be con-
tinued for some tine TO come. The Ba-
gar is an especial favorite With tho ladies,
and, il is said, that after il has been a
regular visitor for one year it is impos-
sible TO keep house" without it.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-04
Notice..

Dated, Dec 10Th 1870.