davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01
JUST BEFORE SUNRISE.
RrALFREp b. srRHEr.


Nights waverlng star, in heaven afar'
With growing pearl Is blending,
And up the height Of sky the light
In strea<s Is rich ascending.
The village wakes; each roof outbreaks
In smoke wreathes upward curling;
And Joins the mist, BY the soft ilgnI KlsSeo'
From the smooth pond unfurling.
R1d chandelier chokes out his cheer,
HIS nodding NECK a-glitter;
With sJrutting gait then seeks ms ma'e'
Scratching amid the litter.
The oxen start the creaking cart
To the bayfield, in the hollow;
And toper.JaRe reels half awake,
HIS morning dram 10 swallow.
The ale house red is open spread,
Where. deep IN cacki1ng tatue,
The patriarchs sit at twilight's MT,
While lads drive home the catte'
From the crossing road to his green abode
The deacon slow emeIges,
Aud toward the door OF the corner STORE
His pacing pony urges.
WITH eggs and butter aud fowls a-Hutter.
While Rob az the manger battens,
Within ne goes, will daughter Rose
To choose her silks and Satins.
In ffeecy lock, on trip the flock,
Or pause the grass TO nibole;
WbIie on the wslk blends manly talk
With chiidhoOd's merry treble.
SllriIl shrieking pup comes dashing up,
stops, grIns Is # IN Oanteri
HIS fOre-fnOt TeaTs, perks sharp ms eSis'
Then CT in thTee-legged eanter.
Geese biting. stoOp with necks a.loop;
Rows scraInbling by and hcffiDg:
With many "a dove from the bce above
On dainty toes alighung.
With sIeepy QuacE from the corn house baeE
Iua nook of the farm yard lurking,
The ducks march out and feed about,
Their ores, emit bodies jerking.
Tolls ND the lane the lurching vain,
The hay-dOme harvard brtngtngi
While with pin hook, along the brook,
A Lad with a line is swinging.
And heed and hear, in MARBLES clear,
The bcUolink in the meadow,
Now seer, now lost, as his sheen Is crossed
By sur shine or by shadow.
The robins song floats sweet along
From the old, crooked apple,
Where Brindie lies and whiSks the tltesI
Notified in dancing dapple.
And now the sun the hill has won,
Where he pours out his splendor;
And grateful nature in every creature
Thanks the Great Giver render.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01

From Good Words.l
I'll was but born to die,
Life "fitful fever"
Why isearth so lovely?-why
Must / love aDd leave her:
Why Is life so sweet and fair,
Yet SO tickle hearted,
That she can desert me ere
Daylight hath departed.
Am only born 10 die.
Or, as thought condenses,
Find 1 something, in this
Greater Than the senses?
Something that l do not know,
And need not cherish,
Yet must live forever, though
Day itself shall perish.
What is death? A dreamless sleep?
Or q new awaking?
What is death "a hope to keep
Breaking hearts from breaking?
What Is death Fan endless night,
Darkness gathered DER il?
What is death-a sudden light,
Daylight dies before IT,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01
LOSS AND LITIGATION.
THE RESULT OF THE RAVAGES OF THE IC
INUNpATIoN IN THE EAST.

THE RESULT OF THE RAvAGEs OF THE ICE
INUNDATIoN IN THE EAST.
The recent ravages of the ice in various
Pennsylvania districts will probably result
in litigation, furnishing business for law
yers as we'll as builders. Late advices from
Wilkesbarre, which we find in the New
barre gorge was examined this afternoon on
behalf of the City Council by Street Com
missioner Johnson, with view of setting a
force OF men at work cutting a channel
through it. The water was found to be as
low as it is in July, and not current enough
to carry away the ice If it once were cut
into small pieces. For this rea-
sou the work viii net be
begun. The project of blasting with nitro
glycsrine is still being discussed. The COM
pauy which owned the new toll bridge az
Pittston have signi6ed their intention of
bringing suit against the Wilkesbarre
Bridge Company tor destroying one span of
their structure at the same time the old
Pittston bridge was burned. The span was
worth $1,000. The plaG of building q dam
across the Moth Branch Canal to prevent
the flooding OF Canal street by it has been
abandoned, the council holding that the
water VIII come in at other points, and that
dam would assist in submerging the gas
works and washing away the banks of the
canal, and the city would make itself liable
for damages done. At White Haven, on the
Lshigb, the people are in fear of a destruc-
tive freshet. The ice is very thick, and mil
lions of feet OF logs are frozen up in il. II
will resist great volume of water, and the
scenes of 1862 may be repeated.
The value of Canadian fisheries for 1874 is
set down at go .OOO, 900. This is exclusive of
the seal hunt or whale fisheries. II is also
exclusive of the United States and French
catch. It simply represents the value OF
fish caught in Canadian waters by Canadian
dahermen, and embraces returns from Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Prince
Edward Island, Newfoundland, and
the Magdalen Islands. The French
foundlsnd is supposed to average
s., 000, coo per annum. The United States
catch in Canadian waters is estimated at
SI0. 600 coo per annum. The number of per-
sons engaged in the Canadian fisheries is set
down at 25OO00. Particular interest attaches
to these figures since the failure of the re-
ciprocity treaty necessitates settlement Of
the fishery question by joint commission
under the Washington treaty, which will
haye to decide the compensation to be paid
to Canada by the states. The necessary
steps to secure the settlement by arbitration
of the fishery compensation have, it is
announced, been taken by the dorainion
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Chronicle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01
DAYLIGHT.

by ONE or THE AUTHORS OF "opens FOR A
CHILD"
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26

SoUTHpowN SHEEr-Hon. John Went
worth, of Chicago, alarge stock breeder,
in recent circular, says:
after trying all kinds Of sheep, We
have given the preference, for general
utility, to the Southdowns. Upon fair
grounds they are ranking. as middle
wooled. They are half way in quantity
and quality OF wool between the com.
mon sheep and the best merino, but their
mutton is the best in the world, and their
wethers grow the largest and command
the highest prices in all the markets. The
day is not far distant when all our beef
and pork will be demanded for eastern
and foreign market. Besides being the
best of all food, there is no other can be
raised so cheap as Southdown mutton ~
they are the hardest, and can be kept in
large focks better than any others. The
wool will pay for the keeping, thus leav.
ing the carcass clear profit. For cross
ing upon larger breeds Of sheep. there
are no superisrs to the Southdowns."
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26

- I'm two years older than YOU said
little eight-year old girl to New Bed
ford boy, the other day "Well, | don't
care was the reply, " I'm going to wear
trousers soon. and that you IL never do"
How did the boy know2 She might have
worn them when she got married.
Nothing makes boy so mad as to
steal a ounce and crawl UNDER barn un.
der the impression that he has gobbled
something new in the line Of California
pears.
AT territorial hanging, the victim,
who had been literally supplied with
whisky, prior to fulfilling his engagement
with the sheriff, was asked at the last mo
rnent If he would have any thing. "Just q
drop he replied, He got it, 1t was
about six feet, and broke his neck. He
I took drop too mucn.
Franklin used to urge business men
to advertise, but if merchant prefers to
/ play checkers, and sit with feet on the
counter, it s his own business.
Lets play am an angel, and take
YOU up to heaven! was the startling
proposition of York street Miss, aged
three, yesterday. Her heaven was the
high door step
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26

PERSONS OF IMfoRTANCE.-Talka about
persons of Importance, will your There
is no one equal to the family baby. New
his power. He knows it. too, before his
tiny feet can pattcr over the floor He 10
as sure of it as If lie knew every Ian
guage ever spoken. instead OF none.
When he awakes in the morning an
other sun rises when he is carried away
fer the night, he must kiss every one and
every one rejoices in his kisses. His eat
ing and drinking. his walking and HE
pantomime are subjects for important
bulletins, every day.
And how strange it Is that this impor-
tant being must one day be let down 70
the position of an ordinary boy. expect
ed to eat what is set before, and do as
he is told-perhaPs go into somebody's
office, and be snubbed; that he should
come after while to be 3 man, and md
no one anxious as to his kisses-nay. to
have one refused him occasionally. Yes,
it true. If he lives, he will slide slow
" down to the ordinary level.
He'll be our baby, no more, but Only
a common human being. with faults in
plenty and even if he should stand high
on the social ladder, be . great soldier,
renowned statesman, a genius--no mat
ter what, he will never be what he is now
faultless creature, whose will 10 law to
everybody, who has not an economy il
the world, and lots of lovers, and who
has only to utter series of shrieks to be
called a darling. smothsred with caresses
and comfortcd with fagons.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
Free Labor and Slavery.

Prior to the war, says the Memphis
Appeal, southern newspapers often maiR
tanned that the southern people paid
more for slave labor than the north paid
| for free labor, This fact has been dem
oastrated since the war. On this subject
George w. Adair, of Atlanta, says !:
+" Before the war kept four negroes on
my lot. Wash, man of-all work, val
ued at fifteen hundred dollars; Sarah a
No | cook, fourteen hundred dollars !;
Harriet, house girl, twelve hundred
dollars, aud Nancy, n nurse, nine hun
dred dollars. The legal interest (scven
per cent on the value of these slaves
was three hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, and | had to feed, clothe, pay
| doctors bills, etc Now | have the same
service performed at three hundred dol.
lars per annum. feed these hired ser,
wants, but furnish n9 clothing nor pay
doctors bills. aad gct The same service
per month for less money than when
owned slaves, and if they die. l lose
| nothing. Now, when | acquire any cap
/ ital, can put it in other property, instead
Of locking it up in slaves. This, think,
] HluSll AUS lJs VuOIt luESlloH ut lautl
owner can avail himself of negro labor,
to-day, at less cost than when he had to
/ pay for the slave, and take care of him.
! This labor cannot be controlled so abso
/ lutely as slave labor, and more or less ir-
regularities grow out of il, still it is
available and susceptible of being used
to great profit by the land owner. Plant
orc whn nwnaj oloyno vha nnw rat,a la
upon their land, and give personal atten
| ton to the crops, can make more clear
msney from the soil than under the old
system. The south is becoming every
year more familiar with free labor, and
understands better how to manage it,
She is becoming more and more self re-
liant and self-sustalning. Her white la
borers ana small farmers are more Thrift.
ty. The negroes are being better dis
trbuted. The small farmers who work
can hire them, and the old planters and
land owners must aud Are beginning to
subdivide their good lands, and Offer
them for sale TAs disasters to the west.
ern crops are causing the farmers of that
section to look toward the south, and
/ the old prejudice against slavery being
removed. A4ny who want to better theil
condition. from the west, from the New
England States, and from England, will
be attracted by out productive lands, up.
on which can be raised something tha
will command the gold. The south i,
becoming more economical, and her sons
more industrious. Educated boys canno
now, as formerly, rely on the old plant
ers and negroes for support, but have tc
take hold of business, and they are do
| ing so all over the country, seeking EN-
plsyment and learning all kinds OF bust
ness, and many valuable men will be de
vcloped out of this class
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
NO. 20
Spend Your Money at Home.

An exchange gives the following ten
reasons why people should spend their
money at home. They are SO forcible
and well put that we cannot refrain from
presenting them to our readers, hoping
that they win give them the considers
tion which they deserve:
1st 1t is your home you cannot im-
prove it much by taking money away to
spend or invest
ID. There is no way of improving
place so much as by encouraging good
merchants, good schools, and good pee
pie to settle among you and this cannot
be done unless you spend your money at
hsmc.
Sd. Spend your money al home, be.
cause there is where you generally get It.
1 1t IL your duty. ss-s7=-sss
| 4th. spead year money at home, be-
caase when it is necessary for you to get
credit, it is Of your town merchants you
have generally to get it, and they must
wait for the money. Therefore, when
you have the cash in hand spend 1t at
home.
9th. Spend your money At home. It
will make better merchants Of your mer-
chants they can and will keep better as
sortments and sell at lower rates than II
the only business they can do is what is
credited out, whilc the money goes to
other places
9th. Spend your money at home. You
may have sons growing up who will some
| lay hsst ha hnr rob - IN Hal,
lay the foundations for them now. II Is
duty. 1t may be your pride in after
years to say: by my trading at the
store got my son position a. clerk,
and now he is a proprietor. Thea you
will think it hard il four neighbors spend
their money out Of town Set the exam
/ pie now,
7th. Spend your money at home. Set
the example now. Bny your dry goods.
groceries, meats ard everything at home.
and you will see wonderful change in
a short time in the business outlook Of
the place; therefore, deal with your
nome merchants.
Sth. Spend your money at home.
What do you gain by going OFF, Count
the cost see what you could have done
at home by letting your merchant have
the cash. Strike balance and see ifyou
would not have been just as well off, be-
sides helping your merchant.
9th. Spend your money at home
Your merchants are your neighbors, y eur
friends they stand by you in sickness
are your associates; without your trade
they cannot keep your business. No
stores, then no banks, no one wanting
to buy property to settle on and build
up your place.
! 10Th Merchants shoald do their ad-
vertising at home. They should get
their bill heads, circulars, cards, letter
heads, envelopes. and all their printing
at home, in their own newspaper. who
aid them in many ways, and advertise
them hundreds Of times without any pay
whatever. Merchants should set an ex-
ample to their customers by pa,ronizirg
literally their home newspapers. Men
and women are initiative animals and are
prone to follow examples set them. How
can merchants expect their neighbors to
trade with them if they set the example Of
going away from home for their print
ing and advertising? Let merchants and
people all patronize home enterprise, and
home industry and home trade So shall
they all be prosperous and happy.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
POET T R Y.
l Love to Tell the Story.

An exchange says that one of Sankey's hymn.
soon be sung in every part Of the country, and g
the words OF IL. They are as follows:
love to tell the story
OF unseen ,hings above,
OF Jesus aud HIS glory,
vi Jesus ana Ills ove;
love to tell the story
Because | know It's truc
1t SATISFIES my longlHss
As nothing else cut do.
Chorus-l love to tell the story,
lmill be my theme in glory,
To- the DID, old story
VI Jesus and HIS love.
love to tell the story;
tAare wonderful 1t seems
lhah hA the golden llneies
Ot all our saiueh eams.
l love TO tell the st0ff
1t dld 50 much Ior .ae
And that /. Just tea fes on
tell 1t now tO thee,
| love to tell the storaFa
lis pleasant to faI4
What seems, eAeA ttiof 0ti II,
More wonderfully ssthet.
| love to tell the stors
For some have never heard
The message OF salvB ION
From Gods own h1sy word.
| love to tell the story
For those who knos 1t best
Seem huugcring anu tnlrsting
10 hear it like the rest
And when in scenes ai glory
sing the new, new song,
Twill bethe old, OH story
That have loved SO long.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26


VALUE OF COVERED MANURE.-Ai va
rious times we have pointed out to our
readers the profits resulting from cover
ing manure. instead of allowing it to re,
soaked by the rains or dried by tho sun,
as is generally done. We have given this
advice from what we have actually seen
When rough sheds have been built to co
yer the manure heap, the crops fertlized
by this pile have been increased in pro.
ductiveness sufficient to pay for the shed
covering, the first year We have never
seen any exact figures of the proportion
ate value Of covered manures that we re-
member, until the following, which we
fnd by Lord kincail, Scotch land own
er and farmer, They present the best
statement possible, we think, of the ad
vantagcs of this plan
Four acres Of good soil were msasur-
ed. two Of them we're manurcd with or
dinary barn yard manur, and two with an
equal amount of manure from the GOV
cred she'd The whole was planted with
potatoes, The products Of each acre
were as follows:
Potatoes treated with barn yard ma,
nure:
Oae acre produced 272 bushels.
One acre produced 293 bushels
Potatoes manured from the covered
sheds:
One acre produced 443 bushels:
One acre produced All bushels.
The next year the land was sewn with
wheat, when the crop produced was as
follows
Wheat on land treated with barn yard
yard manure.
One acre produced Al bushels, Is
pounds. (of 81 pounds to the bushol.)
One acre produced AZ bushel. and IS
pounds (of 6l pounds to the bushel
Wheat on land manured from covered
sheds:
One acre producing 50 bushels and
pounds, (of I'll pounds per bushel.)
One acre produced 53 bushels and Al
pounds (of 81 pounds TO the bu.hel
The straw also Yielded one third more
npon the land fertlized with the manure
from the covered stalls than that to which
the ordinary manure was applied -Ru
raj Ner YORKER.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
Arkansas Valley Stage and Ex-
press Company.
Four Horse Coaches
Connects with Southern Express Co. Al
Little Rock.

On the lst Of July the contractors the route
from Van Buren, to Little Rock, entered upor their
duties. decided improvement is noticed from tbs
start, now wo have fne teams Of four horses with
large and oommodious stages, and In sweek or tive
8ne Concord Coaches will be put on. This company
have made arrangements with the " Southern Ex
pres: Company at Little Rsck and will forward
without delay, all packages by that line. Our mer
chants and all having Express packages should order
them sent through by this Stage Company.
Their motto ia !" Quiek time and Loe rates. -
TICKETS TO ALL PARTS.
The Agent in Van Buren, will sell tickets TO St
Louis and Memphis, Little Rock, &c.
This company has also made arrangements with
Telegraph Company to receive and forward tele
gram from Ozark and also to take and send forwart
kilograms to any point in the United States.
Colonel GEO, Il. WHITE, Is tho oompAny's Asen
in Van Buren, who will give any information tina
may be desired.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26

Among the persons who perishcd
during the recent gale, was an old soldier
named Patrick flanagan, who's ecareer is
given by the Galveston News: He work
ed on iortiflcations at Sebastupol, at Glib
raltar, and at Metz, in lS45. He served
ia the Mexican war AS an American sol
der. was wounded at Mier, and was one
af those who drew a white ball five times
10 succession, thus getting off with his
hfe He was a very high Mason, was
born in Ireland, was stone cutter by
trade, and had been in Galveston about
seven months. His trunk, which is lost,
contained some valuables, his regalia
and some curious relics of his past ca
reer. He was over seventy years old
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26

-" Does the court understand you to
saw that YOU saw the editor intoxicated :"
q" Not at all, sir, only I've seen him in
such a--a--hurry as ta attempt to cut out
cory with the snuffers; that's all, -
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
Prairie Grove Grange. No. 17S.
Shamrock Grange No, II.

= r. Cox. Master,
W. B. shoemaker, Oyerscer,
Leonidas Neal, Lecturer
Houston London. Steward.
James i, shoemaker. Asst Steward,
Eli Oliver, Chaplain,
Manson W. Hill. Treasurer,
H. B Hale, Secretary,
Samuel Hill, Gate Keeper,
Mrs. Rutha Hale. Ceres
Eliza V Shoemaker, Pomona,
NarciSSa Shoemaker, Flora,
Judia London, Stewardess.
Meeting. saturday morning 8 o'clock after
the full moon of each month. Grangers in
good standing are invited to meet with us.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
Sarah Grove Grange, No. 81.

Sarah Grove Grange, No. 81.
j. s. DANIEL, Master,
j. w. Matlock, 0verseer,
A. Gooding, Lecturer,I
j. c. Sagely, Steward
NJ. E. Henderson. Assistant Steward,
w. F. Parsley. Chaplain,
j. Whitehead, Treasurer,
B. f. Massey, Secretary,
w. A. Kelley, Gate Keeper,
Mrs G. NJ Daniel, Ceres,
NJ. L. Gooding, Pomona,
NJ. Bowin, Flora,
NJ. Johnson, Lady Asst Steward,
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
Van Buren, Grange, No. So.

Van Dufcn orange, No. oos
DANIEL MICHAEL, Master,
VI, {. iemlry. Overseer,
+. II iIoyl Lecturer,
NJ, T. West, Steward,
Michael t'urie, Assistant Steward,
Samuel McCnrhy. Chaplain.
Alfred Tool, Treasurer,
Henry Shibley. Secretary.
William Hurst. Gate Keeper,
Mrs Belinda Tool Ceres.
Mrs Phehe Brunk, Pomona,
Miss Mary A Shoop, Flora,
Mrs 5. A. Furie. Lady Asst. Steward
Lafayette Grange, No. 40.
RICHARD HILL, Master,
Thomas N Ingram. Oversccr,
Elisha Dean, Lecturer.
James T Jones. steward,
Leondus NJ. Hill, Assistant Steward,
W. G.. Meadors, Chaplain,
Columbus G. Adams Treasurer.
w T. Dean, Gate Keeper,
William A. Arnold, Secretary
Mrs Mary Z. Hill. Ceres.
Mrs. Caroline Dean. Pomona,
Mrs Caroline Love. Flora,
Mrs. L, V. Meadors. Stewardess.
Regular meetings every Saturday, before
he first Sabbath in each month, at the resi-
lence of Elisha Dean. at O'Clock. p. M, ant
we earnestly invite members in good stand
ng of other Oranges to meet with us.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
Hickory Grove Grange, No. 2iO.
New Hope Grange, No. 618.

New Hope Grange, No. GIG.
HENRY RFMY, Master.
j. G. Wright, Overseer.
j. W. Hatfield. Lecturer.
j. Z. Hatfield. Steward,
Roaz Adov. Chaplin,
John Hatfield. Treasurer.
John Johnston. Secretary,
AN Coach, Ga'e Keeper,
Mrs. VI. f. Hatfield, Ceres,
Mrs Lavina Wagnor Pomona,
Miss CurApla Giistrap, Flura.
Miss l.. j. Johnston. Asst Stewardess.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
LAFAYETTE Grange, No. 40.
Arizona Grange, No. so.

AT1Lolsd ANV' oo'
9. c. HOLLAND, Master,
G.. W. Meeks. Oversecr,
Walter Fine. Lecturer,
" NJ Wicket. Steward
w. NJ. Walker. Assistant Steward,
Il. O. Kelley, Chaplain,
c. b. Roe, Treasurer,
II. Narble. Secretary,
W. NJ Varhle Gate Keeper,
Mrs. Canette llanlin, Ceres,
Miss Sarah Mckibben Pomona.
Mrs. Catherine Walker, Flora,
Mrs. Martha Gilmore, Lady Asst. Steward
Hickory Grove Grange, No. 21O.
T.J. STEWARD, Master,
W. p Yaden. 0verseer,
II Snow Lecturer,
James Etlbin, Secretary.
A Howell. Assistant Steward,
j. y. Hin Chaplin
John Spier Treasurer.
5 -. Mcclure. Secretary,
William ASbpll. Gate Keeper,
Mrs. II. VI. steward, Ceres,
Mrs = Bragg. Pomona,
Miss T.. f.. Spicr, Flora,
Mrs VI Bnllock. Lady Assistant Steward
Regular meeting first Saturday after full
moon.
The Van Buren press., 1875-10-26
Oranges in Crawford County.
Crawford Grange.

JAMES SANGSTER, Master.
w. A. B. DAVENPORT. Lecturer.
THOMAS ). FOSTER, Steward,
). &. CorrRELL, Assistant steward,
PEARSON MAYFIELD, Treasurer,
?. b. LoID, Chaplain.
X. G. HATHAWAY, Secretary,
A. j. FOSTER, Gate Keeper,
Mrs. JULIA FOSTER. Ceres
Mrs. HIRAM BRoDIE. Pomona,
Mrs SUSAN a. LoIp, Flora,
Mrs &. NJ. HOLMAN, Lady Asst Stew
Mulberry Grange, No. 1877.
Z. HOPPER. Master.
w. ), BAILEY. Oyerseer.
W, j. REMY. Lecturer.
! t3HE steward.
}. .1paDHtS, Assistant Steward.
JOSEPH SCorf. Chaplin.
I. W. MARLER, Treasurer.
WILLIAM NILKERsoN, Secretary.
ELI MORGAN. Gate Keeper.
Mrs, E \ QUEsENBERY. Ceres.
Mrs. fREDoNIA SCOTT, Pomona.
Mrs MARY BENNETT. Flora,
Miss JOSIE WIGLEY, Asst. Stewardess.