The Van Buren press., 1875-07-20

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n --Whew!
N Melting.
Hot and sleepy.
v -Watermelons for sale.
Il They have had splendid rains at Pleasant
Mill, and thereahouts.
IA The weather is too hot for the young folks
% nd amusement is dormant.
f-Oh, the weeds, the beautiful weeds. how
tickly they are growing all over the town
Can't something be done with them.
There was a sound Of revelry by night,
|and it came from the gay throng at the party,
(Thursday night 1t was merry time. and
fron the noise that reached our dormitory
|all must have enjoyed themselves.
Mr.. Chas. F. Harvey has gone to the
|heishborhood OF Fayetteville, to spend few
weeks.
Fishing and hunting arc the order of the
Glay, and parties go out every day for that
nurpose'
Newspapers are read, and sometimes the
|sTtct Of such perusal is beneficial, as well to
Ethat the apricots were all gone. Wednesday
|NenorHing, bright and early, into our office
tripped young boy, bearing 4 basket con-
lsaning apricots and apples which he pre-
%ssentcd to u.s. We knew the girl who sent
%them, and in cur heart We asked heaven 8
choicest benedictions Upon her head.
Can there not be something done to stop
Eboys from stoning birds nestsand killing the
\ Eyoun. ones?
The Grange pic mic coa,es or mex. Tues,
Edy. A good time will be had.
Col Lockhart is Il. home again, from his
Etripto Kansas. lie reports no grasshoppers
Mn the section where he has been SAYS he
Etriei to find another Thousand pound shoep,'
Ebut was unsuccessful.
Charley Drenncn came homo Wednesday,
bringing Miss Fannie Scott with him.
The moonlight nights are delightful and
|uvigoratins.
-Messrs. Scott & Lockhart. having formed
partnership with Maj. Boudinot. for the
purpose of stock-raising, will remove their
larse flock OF sheep to Ghetopa, Kansas. where
Nlj. Eogfiaot has a rancho
-ioppims the painter, who went to Colo
Pfsio, i- back again. with his family. Craw-
rd county is good enough for him.
Will. Benckla and Mrs. Anna Dodsou.
fbo iiave been visiting frienls, here, left for
Fheir home near Elk Mills No, on Tuesday
]ast.
Capt. ID. Hawkins has received q needle
guns" to arm his company The boy. are now
prepared to commence drilling, as soon as the
Teathcr gets a little cooler.
Capt. Jones, of the Clarksvilie, came up
Pm the Maumellc. to look after the New Or
Jeans freight of that boat
John Mcclellan, Esq of Mckinley, Tex
tss visiting his father and friends at Cane
glM.
The thermometer stood 81 in the shade,
Tast Thursday.
The boys and girls made a raid on Mill
FRS icc-crcam saloon Friday night.
Ice is getting low in the c-houscs Of the
fown. In a month 1t will all be gone. and
then whcw!
Col, }. p. King had valuable horse sto-
pch last week.
w. I, England has recovered his stolen
mafr
= Mrs WIN. Whitfield and family have
gone to the Pennywit Sulphur Springs,
A meeting OF grangers advises farmers
Ihol to sell their grain under one dollar per
IOushel. Put as little as possible ON the mar
ka tat thist inc.
Judges Marcum and Rogers, of TT. Smith
were over iaat week.
Col. w. =. Denckfa and son left OH tlc
stage, Tuesday afternoon last Tor New York,
via Little Rock.
Prof. F N. Lee. Of Pleasant Hill. drop
ped in or Us. on his way to Sebastian county.
The Professor will be absent from home some
Two or three weeks He reports crops on
Mulberry magnificent.
-Base ball is on the carpet again. Must
b hot work, somewhatly.
A load of wheat, from the neighborhood
W Pleasant Hill sold in town, Friday. for so
cents
Sam. King, the attentive assistant stew
ara Of the steamer Maumelle. is stopping off
lor trip or two with his mother here.
Jealousy dislikes the world to know
it.