The Van Buren press., 1876-02-29
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tainment before long.
Ben. Hodges is going to open family
grocery and provision store In South Caro-
lima"
The city dads are putting excellent cross
ings where they are needed.
An excellent lady frenG of ours. who re-
ally does kno,c low to keep hotel, has as {
boarder, gay and festive gentleman, who
has his dinner sent to him on busy days. Il
CHANGED to be on Friday, and two gentlemen
were seated at the table, while the hostess
was preparing the dinner to be sent to tht
absent boarder. She made the remark thai
the gentleman didn't eat meat Friday. One
of the two gentlemen replied: " He must bt
Catholic" IL thought he looked like one,
answered the lady, laughing heartily at hel
Joke. Directly the madame passed the meal
to the two. each refusing with the reply y"l
am a Catholic" The cdior of the LADY,
face was somewhat heightened, and she hur.
ried to the kitchen where " she was sure she
smeled the bread burning"
Mrs Hiram Brodie. at the Planters IIo-
tel. is fitting up large room for a public
hall for balls and parties. This will make II
convenient when supper and lunches art
desired.
Wall & Rudy shipped 200 sacks of foul
on the Nellie Peck, from their mills. Tuesday
last
What has Van Buren, done that " Bill
Cusli' has gone back on herr
There are tw o little twins. living near oui
otliee-Sallie and Mollie Williams. With us
they are particular favortes. The other day,
one of them came tripping into our office
with boquet of artificial flowers, made by
the mother of the little pair. We confess
we were touched. Childless and alone, the
bonnie gift filled our heart with melanchol-
ly retrospection. Ever since the days OF
our young manhood. we have loved children
and they have always returned the affection
Nav these little ones become beautiful flow
-ers in the great garden of human existence
and may they never have cause to be ashamed
of the object of their gift.
Col. Buck. Meyer. of Spadra was in town
SATURDAY.. Glad to learn that his chHi. which
has been dangerously sick, is getting better.
Mr.. Dunn. wife and child and Mrs. Jesse
Turner went down on the Hughes, Saturday
They go from here to the Hot Springs
Gel. Soydon came up on the Hughes, Sat
nrAay.
We are almost daily in eetipt OF letters
asking about the lands ana country of thi:
part of 4srkuu-~s4 7v ust wr beg To refer then
60 brief description of the county which we
pablisn this week, under the head OF Craw-
ford county.
-To-morrow IS the first day Of Lent COM
monty called Ash Nv edncS'lqy. Lent is fast
Of forty days in rommcmorntion of the forty
days that the Saviour tasted in the wilderness
prior TO Ms crucifxion. 1t is kept hv Cath
olic, Epicopni. Greek and Lutheran church
es. and anusemcnts OF all kinds are strictly
forbidden. On Palm Sunday. or the Sunday
next before Easter, palms are blessed. Some
of them are saved, and burned to ashes. and
on Ash Wednesday morning are sprinkled
upon the heads of the people to teach them
how humble and in what a pentert spirit
they should enter upon this penitcntial sea
son of the church. From the practice the
day derives Its name.
You might know it was boy. the way
Cornelius stepped off right foot first. Glad
to hear mother and child are doing well.
John Fritz is going to make taffy twice a
week to please the girls.
Capt J. D. Hawkins il getting ready to
make an addition to his dwelling.
samples, last week.
Philip Scott returned home on the Mau-
melle.
Harris & Goss will get the balance OF
their drugs last of this week.
-DL. Wyatt is in town.
Misses Fannie Scott and Mamie Dunham
went to Little Rock on the Nellie Peck.
-" "Sides" came up to attend the magic lam
tern Show.
George Austin is getting new supply OF
railroad goods.
Stale eggs were in demand at Prof. Dur
hams magic lantern show at Ozark. last
week
'F- In our report Of the soap -petlier swinde
ease. last week, we were In error. in stating
that Mr.. Wilcox appeared for the State. He
was not ia the case at all. Mr.. Attorney Bvers
prosecuting the case alone. and very crcdta-
bly,. too.
--Unc.e Phil Howell was in town last Fri
day.
Capt Shoemaker and daughters we're iG
town, Thursday as guests Of Rev. Mr., Hun
ter.
For "square meal" done up in first-class
style, drop into McCloud's restaurant.
--pref. Darham's magic lantern show fell
Nat in Van Buren,.
Thanks to Judge Jno. Neal, of New
York. for fayors.
For pure. imported liquors, see f. Simp-
son & Co.'S card in our paper.
Uncle Ell. Dickson is on his legs again.
Two of the soap peddler's strikers went
down on the Nellie Peck.
Married John Neal is ont Of the frying
pan into the fire."
-Woolf got away with Charlie Eison in tina
race Saturday. Eison is" short from $50 to
500.