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The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26

TNliE well-known and long established Ferry,
l. at Van Buren,, Arkansas is now under the
charge Of the subscriber. The proprctors, hay-
ing recently put on large New Steamboat, aud
with careful and experienced ferrymen, they feel
confident that they give universal satisfaction
to the travelling public. THAR aim will be TO
meet the inereas' as'ng demands Of the large eml-
grant travel TO I exas.
The st. Louis and Sherman, Texas, U. s.
Mails are carried over this Ferry, which is good
guarantee that it Is the shortest well as the
best route for travel of all kinds
This Ferry has the largest and best boat on the
river, and can cross 200 wagons and teams per
day and no detention on either bank need be "a
peoted Enclosures for stock, and sheds for tray,
elers are being built on both sides of the river an
n } pains will bc spared to accommodate the public
We shall strive to continue TO make this the pop
| ular routs to and from Missouri and Texas.
| n. Berry Accounts must be settled Month.
| IT, No deviation from this rule.
WILL EAkIN, Superintendent.
! Van Buren, Feb ,'73. If
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26

A camp of pilgrims were preparing
breakfast under cottonwood tree yes
terday morning. and small boy to whom
the task Of grinding coffee with a woin-
out coffee mill had been assigned, after
twisting away until he got plumb sick OF
the job, startled the camp by the asser
ton;
This ought to be the gods coffee
mill"
"What do you mean by such non
2" asked the head of the family.
"Why,' be replied, they say the mills
of the gods grind slowly, and if slows
any object, they'd better come and ge,
this'n."
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26
CHICAGO
Female College,
MORGAN PARK, ILL,
Near Chieago,)
Near t.'hieago.)

VNHE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTION
l. commences Tuesday, Sept, 18th, 1876. The
location, for health and beauty of scenery, cannot
be surpassed; and, while within a few minutes ride
of the city with trains nearly every hour, II Is com
pletely removed from its influence.
Another new budng will be completed and ready
for occupancy at the opening Of the Fall term of the
ensuing year. Its capacity will be sufficient TO ac-
commodate fifty additional pupils The building,
thus enlarged will be of the finest in the com
try having all the modern con eniences. and in no
resembles that horror of young lades the old fash
ioued boarding school. The dormitorics unusu-
ally large and wcll-yeniilated, the furniture hand
some and modern.
Not case of sickness occurred among the pupils
during the past year. This fact Is partly attribute
Bile the excellence of the water used in the insti
ton. This water is obtained from an artesian well
700 feet deep and is conveyed by pipes throul
the house IT possesses remarkable hygenic proper
ties lespeciallv valuable in eases of indigestion.
Mr.. Wm. A. Britton, of Van Buren,. Ark, has has
three daughters in this school, during the past year
and persons desiring special information refer
red to the above named gentleman who can spcal
from personal knowledge of the institution, its
com IN odations and management
For eirculars. containing terms etc.. address thu
President, O.. THA1Ek.
Aug Set Morgan Park, Cook Co., Ill.
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26
- . Z

nsg- The father of Hon. J. n. Smlthce
died at Brownsville, Ark, on the 18th
inst, aged 90 years.
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26
Tuesday the 2eth day of September,

1UVsUHy my
1876, ut the Court House door of Crawford
County, Arkansas, at Van Bnren, between the
hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, sell
on Il credit of three months, all the right IT,
tie and interest of the said Charles II. Dren-
nen In and to the following described real
estate in Crawford County. Arkansas, to wit
property of G. H. Drennen:
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26
ELECTED OFFICERS.

will procure and send by mail to all
Officers elected, their Commissions, on
receipt of one dollar in currency.
W. d. BLoCHER, Little Rock.
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26
For the Ladies !

FINE DRESS GOODS.
LATEST STYLE HATS.
LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS.
SHAWLS, SKI IRTS
FALL STYLE PRINTS.
And all the Latest and Nobbest Styles
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Call and look at our New Stock, just
received.
2w US1IN " WARD.
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26

"You want nothing, do you?' said
Pat "Bedad, an if its nothing ye want.
yeli find it in tho jug, wher tho whiskey
was"
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26
10 the Young Men of Van Bure'
and Vicinity:

o''u ''S'''sy
You are requested to call at our
Store and look at our NE W STOCK
Of
NOBBY HATS, Fall Styles,
CLOTHING, Fall Winter, latest cuts
FURNISHING GOODS, all kinds.
CUFF BUTTONS, STUDS,
WALKING CANES,
BOOTS and Shoes.
Just received. Come soon to get first
choice and secure bargains.
Wv A USTIN &c WARD.
The Van Buren press., 1876-09-26
RIVER NEWS.

iurer navigation played out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
BE Snciahla with Your Cattle.

Said a farmer to me last spring: "When
we were drawing out manure, l let the boys
drive to the lot, and stayed in the yard
because could put on better loads. And
the cows commenced to give more milk right
off," Now this man is an active, industrious,
intelligent, experienced farmer, and yet,
when he is piling manure in the yards, his
cows give perceptible increase in their
milk. Why? One of his handsome grade
short-horns, that he is so proud of, seeing
him around, goes up to him and says as
plain as COW can say, "Give me a lock of
hay, ,"and he gives it to her. Another says,
'Mr. Stevens, don't you think that rack
wants cleaning out?" and on looking he
finds to his surprise that there is lot ofdirt
and wet hay seed and rubbish at the bottsm
He scrapes it all out and rubs it clean with
some straw, and as soon as his load is filled,
and while he is waiting for the next wagon
he gets little feed, and puts in the rack,
and the cows eat it and feel grateful. Be-
and brush and gives one of the cows good
cleaning. The other COWS come around him
He is gentleman, and his presence has a
soothing effect. They chew the cud of con-
tentment and peace. As he goes past the
pump, he asks the cows whether they want
little fresh water.-They had not thought
about it, but they drank little to please
him. And he goes on all day. No wonder
the cows give more milk at tnight.-Amertcan
| Agricuiturist
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
Food for Young Chickens.

They want no food for many hours after
they are hatched, as they are then digesting
the yolk of the egg, which constitutes their
first food, and acquiring strength to run
about When they begin to pick they
should be fed with soft food and very small
grain. Unquestionably the best soft food is
an egg beaten up with tablespoon of milk,
and heated in an oven or by the side of q
fire until it sets into soft custard. Chick
ems fed or partially fed on this make won
derful progress. If they are to make large
fowls, they must be fed before daylight if,
as is often the case, they are left hungry
three hours in the morning, they are often
stunted in their growth. They must be fed
the first thing, and. while they are young.
every two or three houn during the day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
Poultry Profits.

The following article from the Poultry
Record will be read with interest by fowl
fanciers and practical farm ers: Poultry
breeding has now come to be regarded as
important branch of farm industry as the
raising of swine and sheep. In one sense it
is more important, in that it is not every
farmer who can keep sheep or swine to ad-
vantage, but every one who rents or owns
plot of land. if only the size of city lot,
can keep few head of poultry with both
pleasure and profit. When taken into con-
sideration the vast number of eggs consum-
ed in the United States-the city of New
York alone using during the year 1872 up
wards of 100000, costing at wholesale
So, ,292, ,000-and when we note the immense
number of tons of poultry sold in all large
cities of the Union, we cannot call the poul-
try business one of minor importance Yet
it is but few years since the name of poul-
try seemed to convey the idea of insignifi-
canoe. Now, however, the proprietors of
large stock farms have their focks of pure
bred fowls, which get their share of atten-
ton and study as well as the horned cattle
and horses; and the net income from well
managed poultry yard is no small addition
to farm receipts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
Hogs Want Sulphur.

Whether hogs require sulphur as an es.
sential to health, or whether it is sought by
them as a condiment, may not be discover.
ed. But one thing is true, they devour it
with greed whenever it is TO be found. Il
is for this purpose probably that they car
eat large quantities of soft coal, which con
tains large amount of sulphur. Perhaps
this is the most economical method of sup
plying hogs with sulphur during winter
when they require great deal of carbon
But in summer it is best to feed 1t to then
in substances which contains less carbon, OF
account of their producing less heat. Mus
tard is one of the best things for this purpos,
and some of it should be sown in every pas
ture into which hogs are turned. If hog
are kept in, or are in small yards, it is wei
10 supply them with the wild mustard tha
grows in the fields or highway, or to cult
vate some of the better varieties for them
They will eat its leaves, its flowers, seed
| and stalks.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
Agricultural.
Clover Seed.

There is at least one product of the farm
with which the market is not overstocked,
and that is cloverseed. At this writing good
seed commands, in bulk, from nine to ten
dollars per bushel. Happy the man who
has II TO SELL One who writes us say that he
has just disposed of his crop from eleven
acres for the sum of four hundred dollars.
We venture 10 say that man is pretty well
convinced that farming pays" But unfor-
tunately, very few have seed to sell, and ma
ny still more unfortunate, have it to buy,
and dire are the complaints of this class.
1t is said that clover seed is in the hands Of
a few dealers, who are making corner"
running up the price to extortionate figures,
etc. This is all nonsense. There is not
enough of it in the market to make a re-
spectacle corner. Dealers have to keep a
sharp lookout to obtain enough to supply
customers, and at this writing the market is
almost bare at this point.
We have never advised farmers to raise
clover seed for market, but we have frequent
ly urged them to raise enough for their own
use. Ordinarily, every man can do this.
| We know that last season was an exception
al one, and the crop was failure over a
large extent of country. But this contin.
gency should have been provided for from
the crop of the previous year. Some farm
ers always keep a supply of seeds, of all
kinds they cultivate, year ahead. The
practice is to be commended. 1t provides
against the accidents of the seasons, and
gives sense of security that alone is worth
more than the money represented by the
small amount of seed lying idle
The advantage of having seed does not
consist in saving the purchase money, simply
though that is no small item now. A great
er advantage is that it is sown with a more
liberal hand when there is plenty of it to
be had without buying. We have no doubt
that great deal of land that ought to be
sown in clover this spring will go without
or get but scant supply. This should not
be the case. 1t will pay better to buy seed
than to miss the clover crop.
But whatever you do, SOW enough on land
you do seed, if you have to let some 60 with
out. We would rather have one acre well
seeded than two half seeded. 1t is not too
late yet to do this work. Scratch the field
with light harrow first. 1t will not hurt
the wheat. When the clover appears give
it dressing of plaster, and it will come out
all right-Practical Farmer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

are run on all through trains OF this road.
This is the ONLY LINE running THESE cars be
tween Chicago and ST. Paul, Chicago and Milwaukee
or Chicago and Wlnona- ,
AT Omaha our sleeperS connect with the overland
seepers on the Union Pacific Railroad for all points
west OF the Missouri river
on the arrival OF the trains from the cast or south
the trains OF the Chicago NORTHWESTERN Railway
leave Chicago as follows:
For COUNCIL BLUfFs, OMAHA AND CALIFORNIA, Two
through trains daily, with pullman palace iraN inI
room and sleeping cars through 10 Councu Bluis.
For ST PAUL AND MIsNEAPoLis, two through trains
daily, with Pullman palace cars attached 10 OOu
| FOR GREEN BAY AND LAKE SUPERIOR two trains
daily, with Pullman palace cars attached, and run
| ming through 10 Marquette. .
| For Mu4wAuKEE, four through trains daily, Pull
man cars on night trains, parl0r chair cars on day
trains.
For SPARTA AND wIEosA and points In Minnesota
one through train daily with Pullman sIeepers Il
Wlnona.
| POR DUBUQUE, via Freeport, two through trains
| daily, with Pullman cars on night trains.
FoR DUBUQUE AND LA crosse, via Clinton, two
| through trains daily, with Pullman cars on night
| train 70 McGregor, Iowa.
FoR sioux CITY AND YAHKros, TWO trains daily Pull
| man cars TO Missouri Valley Junction.
| FOR LAKE GENEVA, four trains daily
| FoR ROCKFORD, STERLING, KEEosHA, JANEsyIILE
and other pointsyou can have from TWO 10 ten raini
daily.
New York once. No AIS Broadway Boston ofIice
State Street; Omaha once, 1858 Farnham street ;
San Francisco ONCE lT Montgomery street; Chca
90 ticket OftceS 90 Clark street, under Sherman
House corner Canal and Madison Streets; Kinzi,
Wells street depot, corner Wells and Kinzie Streets
| For rates or information not attalnable from you
home ticket agents, apply TO
| W. H. sTENsETT, MARVIN HUGHITT,
| Gen. Pass Agt, Chicago. Gen, sup, ,Chieag
| Feb. 4,T6-ly
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

"PULL Down Your VEST" T."-"You keep
vests, my frent" said Dutchman, enter
ing clothing store, the other day The
clerk promptly ayered that the store was
crammed with them. 81 want vest" said
the Teuton, 'vat don't rise up on its hint
legs NIT the neck. l bought one in Syra-
cuse not long ago nit dwo dollar bill, and
by Shimminy, don't notice dot myself, but
everywhere / go the boys CRY out nit der
streets Yacob Wy in der name of der
board of drustees, don't you pull down your
vest DOWN. and by tam have pulled dot
vest more'n dree dousand dimes, till wore
all the bindings off NIT der buttons" The
clerk explained the joke and sold him vest
and the old man went out with the excla-
nation: "Py Shimminy, l don't hear
something's about dat over in Shennany be-
sore."- apriaQes'd J'sea.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

The New York Mail says that many oi
the brown stockings worn by ladies are 50
poisonous as to endanger life Those who
wear them assume an unlovely yellow color
You've got your cue now, dear reader
When you see lady friend assumes an un.
lovely color, you should pull her stocking;
right off, and light out for stomach pump
-Danbury Nei0s
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

Four burglars stole 81 200 of a widow in
Oakland, CAL, the other night and her SON
in-law shot two of them, captured the third,
and recovered all the money. When asked
why he treated his mother-in-law in that
way, he excused himself by saying that 'the
old women was rather weakly, and he
thought the money had better remain in the
family"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

"Pa, are you in favor of the Bible in pub.
lie schools ?" asked West Side youngster
at the breakfast table the other morning.
"Why, of course, / am" responded his fa-
ther, pleased that such an important subject
should engage the attention of his youthful
offspring. "What makes you ask such a
question, my son p 30, nothing" rejoined
young hopeful, "only | thought may be you
wasn't, as you never have had one at home.
The urchin lodged, but he wasn't quick
enough.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

A young husband in Little Falls n. Y
planned to scare his wife, with whom he
had quarrelled. He went into the wood
shed, fired off a gun, arranged himself on
the ground as bogus corpse, and waited for
her to come out and faint at sight of him..
She didn't come, however, and he was com
PEELED to sneak into the house and hear hel
say, 81 didn't scare worth cent, did I?'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

The following advertisement lately appear
ed in an English newspaper: "a pianoforte
to be sold, genuine Broadwood, by a lady
about to leave England in rosewood case
on mahogany casters"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

A young minister, somewhat distinguished
for self-conceit, having failed disastrously
before crowded audience, was thus address.
ed by an aged bl other If you had gone in.
to that pulpit, feeling as you now do on
coming out of that pulpit you would have
felton, coming out of that pulpit as you did
when you went up into that pulpit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
Mr. Buckle states that human nature

Mr. Buckle states that human nature has
ch anged very little in the last three thou
aHas years, but We do not remember any
lse56Hs ri Roman Senator trying to account
to hisrwne for light deposit of pearl pow
der ON the left shoulder of his toga on the
ground that he had been playing checkers
in grist mill.-Norwich Bulletin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

Here is the model verdict of a coroner's
jury 'We do believe, after due inquiries
and according to our best knowledge, -tha,
'se do not know how, when, and where said
infant came to its DEATH
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

Heaven, according to the idea of Yer
mont clergyman, is l25, ,000, 900 miles from
the earth, and Blobbs stopped being good at
eight o'clock in the morning. He says it's
too far Off
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

An old Scotch lady gave a pointed reply
to minister who knew he had offended her
and expressed surprise that she should come
to hear him preach. She said, "My quar-
rePs wi you, mon; it's no wi the Gospel"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

A st. Louis man who fell from fourth
story window, says it seemed fully fifteen
minutes before he struck the ground, and
among other things he remembered of lend
ing his brother-in-law twenty-one dollars
without any security.-DetroH Free Press
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

The British Medical journal says that per.
sons with light-colored eyes make the mos,
successful shots, both with the billiard cue
and the rife. But you couldn't expect q
man to do we'll with black eye.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

"Menu," we learn from the accomplished
scholar of the Pittsburg Commercial, sis
Latin for fodder" 1t is wise child that
knows his own fodder in these foreign dress.
ings.-Rochester Express.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

Young ladies who expect callers should
look out who they send to the door. A Sa-
yannah belle didn't look out and her Will
lam concluded to take the servant girl in
stead of The belle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

An Illinois farmers wife declares tc
goodness" that after all the pamphlets
which have been written about egg-laying,
lfhe-canit see that the hens take hold and dc
"a bit better than they used 20 years ago
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

Prof Riley says that the grasshoppers
rob the farmers of $50,O00,O 900 year. But
their ill-gotten gains do them no good, fol
we constantly hear of grasshopper suffer.
ers
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

A negro was scalded to death from boi.
Ter explosion in New Orleans last week,
and on his tombstone they chiselled deeply
Sacred to the memory of our, steamed
friend"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

Inebriated gentleman who has fallen
down stairs to another who offers to help
him up: "Wharzeuse sabberin round a
fela? | allus come down stairs that way!"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

An Indian chief is named Step Twomiles;
but we do not believe ii. Rochester Dem
oarat. You don'tH Why the country is full
ofstep fathers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

4 II is the wife who has the making of a
mans home, says an exchange. True, and
now and then she makes his wigwam,
too.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

\ IA restaurant for ladies aud oysters open
at all hours" is the sign on an eating house
in Virginia City.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

Why are cents separated from dollars by
pointY To make sense of course. Don't
you see the point p -Dun5wy News,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28

The recent frost killed off the collie crop
in Georgia. There will be no cucumbers.- -
~. Y. Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
WHERE TO ADVERTISE.

A. T. Stewart says the best advertising mediums
he has ever found are the old established organs OF
the two political parties at the several county seats
throughout the Union" 'These," he says ''reach
every family OF the least account In their several
countess and are more carefully read than any other
class OF Jonmals." II Mr.. stewards judgment Is OF
value, there is no difficulty in deciding which paper
It is for the interest Of business men TO advertise in
The COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT upon which this paper is
partially founded, was established IN 1885, and the
COLUMBIAN now enjoys wider circulation and
greater prosperity than 1t ever did. II goes week
Is INTO two thousand families in columbia and ad-
joining countless and by most OF them is read from
th first TO the last line. IL is the only recognised
exponent Of nearly tve thousand Democratic voters
In the county. II gives advertisements tasty dis
play that makes them attractive 10 It's patrons thus
ehsuring greater certainty that they viii perase
them. While It's circulation is undoubtedly much the
LARGEST In the county, the advertising rates OF the
COLUMBIAN are no higher than those OF ether papers
with barely half and several not onefourth the
Der OF subscribers. Facts like these speak for them
selves. No shrewd business man win neglect TO In
stTt his advertisements In the COLUMBIAN II
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
Humorous.

Col. Vest wants to be Governor of Miss
|ouri. Pull down your vest Missouri
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
EASTWARD.

Erie Mail West Limited Mail West Lock Haven
Accom-. West and Day Express East make close con-
necton AT Northumberland with L. q b. II. Il. trains
for Wilkes Barre ana scranton.
Erie Mail West Limited Mail West and Fast Line
West make close connection at Williamsrort with
n. c. X. W. trains north.
Erie Mail East and West, Limited Mail West Fast
Line West and Day Express East make close con-
hecuon al LOCK liaVen win b. H. v r. K. trains.
Erie Mall East and West connect at Erie with
trains on L. 5. N. : II. k. at CORY with o. c. & A,
v. X. at Emporium with B. n. y. & 7. X. H. and at
DriftwOod with a. V. H. k.
, Parlor Cars VIII run between PHILADELPHIA and
Milliamsport on Limited Mail West, Fast line West,
rhliauelphla EApfess East and Day EXIT. East.
Sleeping cars ON all night trains.
VIM. A. BALDWIN,
Dec. N,'75-tf General sunt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
Pullman Palace Cars

Is the old Lake Shore Route, and is the ly on
passing through Evanston, Lake Forest, Hghlal
Park, Waukegan, Racine, Kenosha 10 Milwaukee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-04-28
PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD.
Philadelphia 4 Erie r. r. Division.
WINTER TIM-E TABLE.

.nN and after SUNDAY, NOV. q, 1875,
" tho trains On the Philadelphia Erie Rail
Road Division viii run us follOws