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The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18
A Little Delay Fatal.

1t is well known that Julias Cesar
might have escaped assassination in the
senate chamber If he had read deli5er-
atcly letter put in his hands by one in-
formed Of tho conspiracy. The same
fact is true OF one or two of the French
monarchs who persisted by the assassin g
knife But the delay OF few hours to
escape impossible. is'5
We have never seen the following in.
cident before, but it is vouched for by
DR.. McChcsncy, of Trenton, a reliable
authority.
The success ofWashington at Trenton
has been generally considered as the
turning point in the war OF independ-
ence. ......-.-t.. ..t. ...-rf
Yet few persons are aware upon how
slight an event this critical action was
made to hinge. On the Christmas eve,
when Washington crossed the Delaware,
Col Rael. the commaneer Of the Hes
ians, sat in private room near Tren-
ton, engaged in drinking and playing
cards
A Tory, who had discovered the move
ments of the American troops, sent note
by special messenger to the colonel
with orders to deliver it into his own
hands
The messenger found the way to the
house, and negro opened the door but
refused him admittance, took the letter
and delivered it to the colonel, who was
just shufiling for new game.
Surprising the letter to be unimportant,
or not stopping to think at all, he went
on with his play. The reading Of the
letter would have thwarted the design OF
Washington; but the love of play con-
quercd the colonel's prejudice and gave
success to worthier cause, involving
the loss of his life and army, and infinite.
=, the freedom OF the colonies. Little
did the colonel ia;2k, when he was shuF.
ling those cards, that he was losing the
gaeatest game that was ever played among
the nations of the world.
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fVo1. 15.---NO. 20
John wesley Harding - The Csptsssd
Outlaw. ast

His father was preacher who lived 10
southwest Tcxas. As q boy he was ~
marhably quiet, and gave no evidence Of
the terrible passions which. in after life.
made him thirst for blood. when almsst
sixteen years OF age, and ~hile the sesss
was under military rule, daykcy on bic
fathers place provoked him. and be shot
him. For this he was arrested and placed
under guard Of some soldiers who staf-
ted to Huntsville with him. AZ No ~Hs
only a boy they did not watch him very
closely, and at night lay down to sleep.
Hardin aroscin the night and killed every
one of them. This outlawed him. Tbs
next act was was the murder Of Jack Ha-
lem, out of which grew the Sutton end
Taylor troubles. Hardin siding With tho
Txyfors. His father brothers got miA-
ed up and were taken out and hung In
western Texas. From this time on 10
was desperate Of the worst order.
Missouri and Kansas became the field u
operation and before he left them he ad-
ded many more TO the the death list. In
those states there arc at present rewards
offered for him. From there he came
back to Tcxas and kept the border Ia 3
state Of terrorism. His last murder was
the killing of Webb, the deputy sheriff
of Brown county, OF Comanchc. 1t
is estimated that in various sections OF
the county there arc over twenty thou
sand dollars of rewards offered. Har-
den is young man. about twenty. seven
or twenty eight years of age. five feet
eight inches and one.half in height,
weighs one hundred and nifty pounds,
has haxen hair, blue eyes. and not IN
unpleasant countenance Dallas (Tcxl)
Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18

The most successful fruit growers,
east and west, have decided that there is
no better remedy for the coddling moth
than to pasture hogs in the orchards, to
eat the wormy apples and the worms
therein. If the orchards are too large
for the number of hogs kept, sheep are
turned in. II we will all unite in this
system, we shall soon see its good results.
There is no doubt about its being effec-
tive,-Rural Home.
The Angora goats from Asia have
been introduced into Texas very largely
within the last few years. One man now
has about |, 600 crossed with the Mexi
can goat. The hair or wool is long, and
will sell from 70 to dollar pound, the
skin or hide makes the morocco leather
and kid gloves the suet is the best in the
world and the meat Of the young goat is
tender and toothsome. On the whole,
the goat business in Texas and Mexico
promises to be great feature of their
future.
Weeds need constantly to be looked
after and taken by the foretop. Remem
Der that every weed that is allowed to 60
to seed this year will be replaced by
hundreds and thousands ncxt year
"One years seeding" of weeds is said to
produce Fifteen years of wedding" and
it is not far from the truth ..-.f..
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18

It pn,nps water from tlfe geound
through tho thousand Of tubes la tho
stem Of the tree, and sends il into the
atmosphere in the torn Of unseen mist.
to be condensed and fall In showers tho
very water that, we're il NOT for the leaf,
would sink in the earth aud find ito war.
perchance, through subtsrrancan chan
nels to the sea And thus it is that ws
see it works to give us the "early aud the
latter rain" II works to send the TiIk
and streams. like iineAefrrcl' plain. Il
the moayntWaf down the larger brooks
which turn the wheels that energize the
machinery which gives employment to
milljons-commerc stimulated, wealth
accumulated and intelligence diascminA.
ted through tho ngcncy OF this wealth.
The leaf does II all. It has been demon.
strated that every square inch OF leaf
lifts $500 OF AN ounce every twenty.fout
hours. Now, large forest tree has
square inches. This being multiplied by
$500 1.-THE amount pumped by every, incA)
gives US the result-2, 252 ounces 81 ITO
pints, or 294 quarts or barrels. The
trees on all acre give 500 barsls In tNentSp
four hours. An aere-of grass, or clover,
or grain. would yield about the ssnc
result. The Leaf is a WORKERS tooin ~.
other field Of labor, where We seldom
look-where It works for the good 81
man in the most wonderful names! h
carries immence quantities Of eIecsricilt
from the earth to the clSpdss and {ssm
the clouds to the earth. Rather DANGER
GUS business transporting lightning !; bat
it is particularly fitted for this work.
Did you ever see leaf entire % to Its
edges ? 1t is always pointed, and thGsc
points. whether they bo large or sfhaii,
are just fitted to handle this dapgeveas
agent. These tiny fingers carry it away
with ease and wonderful dispatch There
must be no delay, it is "tme freight,
True, sometimes it gathers up more than
the trunk can carry, and the attempt TO
crowd and pack the baggage the trunk
gets terribly shattered, and We say. that
lightning struck tho tree. But ii had
been struck thousand times before.
This time in was over worked. -Amcri
can Entomologist.
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18
What She Couldn't Understand.


-
"John," said Mrs. Sauscript to her
husband one evening last week, "I,vo
been reading the paper"
That's nothin," grunted John. ave
seen people before who read ncwspa7
pcrs
"Yes: but there are several things IN
the paper ! can't understand"
"rhen don't read en-
Nv hat do they mean about the strike,
John ? What Is strike, any how p
IA strike is where they have struck
and Sanscript, knocked tho ashes from
his cigar.
II don't grasp your meaning exactly"
said Mrs. S., with u puzzled look,
Now, these strikers have stopped II
the railroads trains In the country. Why
did they do iii I"
"To prevent 'em running"
"Yes, but why didn't they want trains
to run Pr
because they wanted more money for
running Them
EDO they pay more for stopping trains
than for running them p
"No, you stupid woman"
"Then, why in the world did they stop
cm--why didn't they run more Of them or
run EN- faster? Seems to me that would
pay better"
"Mary Ann, you will never surround
the problem"
"Maybe not John. Sometimes things
are gotten up purposely to bother women.
Now, here's column headed Base ball"
What is baseball, John -
Don't you know what baseball is !?
Happy woman! you have not lived In
vain.
"llere it says that THE Hartford's
could not collar Cummings curves"
What under the sun arc Cummings
curves 2"
ITS the way he delivers tue ball"
ais the ball chained ?"
"No, you BOBBY"
Then how does he deliver it," a
81 mean pitches it.
ooh! Now, here it says Jones muired
u ball after hard run. What was the
ball doing after hard run 7"
Hadn't you bettea coniinc your re
search to the obituary and marriage col.
umns. Mary, with an occasional adver.
tsements thrown in to the monop-
olyT
yes; but, John, I want to know
There's Mrs. Racket. over the way, who
goes to all the base ball games, .aaps a
comes back to tsask ne Sky scrapers and
John, what is sky-scrapcr
Compose yourself, old woman. You
are treading on dangerous ground; your
feet are on slippery rocks, while raging
pillows roll beneath"
"Mercy on me what do you mean?
v,s II aqesa, yvdsag W9dsm, that ~. when I
three. strikes. fair. balls, se.hits, daisy.
cutters, home-runs, and kindred subjects,
she is In danger Of being lost"
"Well, confess Tn completely lost
to know what the newspaper means when
il scys Adds stole a base, while the spec.
tators applsuded. Have we come to
such pass that society will applaud a
thief? Why wasn't Adds arrested Now
here's Manning put out by Start, assis-
ted by Carey, and can't see that he did
anything wrong, either. Jennie Chris
topher! Here itsays::that Pike few out.
! don't believe a word Of it. never
saw man fly yet, and won't believe it
can be done till see it with my own eyes
John, what makes these newspaper men
lie so horrible 7"
John was asleep. and Mrs. Sanscript
turned gloomily, not to say skeptically,
to the letter list for information. News
papers were not made for woman Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18

HER AaE--A wcll.drcssed negro ap.
piled to the judge Of probate Of Mobile
for marriage licence. He was asked
how old his intended was, and answered
with with great animation, "Just 10,
judge--sweet l6, and the handsomcst
girl in town. The judge said he could
not do it, as the law forbade him to issue
licence to any and under Is. "Well,
hold on, judge exclaimed the man. u
know that dem girls am deceitful and liz
about DER age, She is 10 ifa day
"Will you swear to it p asked the Judge
Eyes, sah,' he replied. and did. "And
how old are you r. said the judge. The
chap looked suspicious, and replied, eau
tiously: Thirty Ave." and added
"If dat won't do, judge. I've got more
back"
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18

(
A CAaNivoxous HoksE.-Mr. Ezra A.
Hermann owns horse which has dcpars
ted from the traditions Of. his ancestors.
and is carnivorous, If not omnivorUus.
The animal for some time has shottp 1
disp ositisn to take fresh meat, and when
it Is offered to him will dcvour 1t With
apparent relish. He will also drink milk
with avidity, and estimates mouse Of 4
rat as quite a tit-bit. Yesterday Mr..
Hermann, in handling some tobacco,bct-
es, killed mouse. His son. who Vas
present, offered ths thohsc 10 the horse,
ami it was snapped up, fnasticated, and
swallowed in a breath. Ezra Is sofne-
what astonishcd over the strange tsste Vt
the horse, and is disposed TO End fsplt
With the animal because he prefers hesh
to grain and hay. The animal has good
feed of ouch as Is usually provided FOR
animals of the equine kind. and he il fat
and sleek. Dayton Ohio) Democrat: Z
VISITOR see you have new girl:
Houskeeper--"I took her week on trial.
Visitor-"And how do you like herr"
Housckeeper-"The trial is almost moro
than can bear" et#s94T
A good little boy who was Eckedby :
mule did not say naughty words OF, go
home crying to his mother he just tied.
the mule within five feet ola bee hive
backed him round to it, and let him Rick
A soft answer tnrneth away wrath, yet
man caught by his wife dealing soft
answers to a pretty widow next door
saws he can show scars to prove that
the proverb didn't work well in his
CAGE. uNs#n44k iRa
Teacher to Sunday school NscLolsf.--
"What is a doctor7 Z" "A doctor IL
nut-cracker used by angels TO get eur
souls out of the shell, and sometimes
send the bodics-where!
"AIiss C-,,"said gentleman, ono
evening, "why are ladies' so fond OF oii-
GERS ~ allow atupid!' replied MISS
C; sis it not natural and proper that
a lady should like good offer, sir r
Sore one says, at is human to iaii
into sin. dcyilsh to remain in 1t, and ar
gelic to rise from it,
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Van Buren, Grange, =. IL.

WIN BuRrS GRANGE, No. 3s, P, of II. Reg
Y n,ar meetings. first Saturday Of eaeh
,,,o,th AZ 0 o'clock, y. NJ, at l.emley's ha,i,
i miles east of Van Buren,. Ark. Patrons III
rooi standing are fraternal'y invited, N
S''' HENRY SHELBY. w. NJ.
MT, WEST, Secretary.
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18
PRESERVING
Me ats, Fish, Vegetables and Fruits

NAS ""'3 AS''3 NSo''s - .
With this process traits of all kinds can be
kent in open vessels, from season to season,
without danger of fermentation, obyiating
the expense of Dramatically sealing. Moth
ing deleterious to health is used, as can be
seen by reference to the certificate Of DR.. C..
f. BRowN and III. PERNoT, in my possession,
and which | have the permission to use. 1t
is simple, cheap, and requires little time and
labor. The cost does not exceed three cents
per Dbl. for green corn, two cents per bushel
for Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Okra, Peas, Beans
and all kinds of Fruits, for trifling sum. 1t
is especially adapted to the preservation of
Grapes, Peaches and Melons. Meats, and
Fish can be preserved effectually the same
way at n cost not exceeding DC per 100 lbs.
Persons using this process will effect a large
saving in their household expenses and have
fresh fruits, meats vegetables, etc, AT ALL
SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 1t is no humbug-
speaking and knowing from personal eXpe-
rcnce-and will at no late day take the entire
, ,,,,,,, Of either canning, drying or any other
process.
Samples of Fruit and Vegetables, put up
in Van Buren,. can be seen at the business
houses of d. C. Williams, Austin Il Ward and
johnson d King.
The undersigned is the duly authorized
Agent to cell both Family ana county Rights
for the Counties of Crawford, Washington
and Franklin. and will canvass the city OF
Van buren,, this week. viii give personal at
tention to satisfy any one fayoring me with
their patronage.
aq Respectfully,
j, G. WILLIAMS.
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18
nrn Great chance to make money. If

N0T n Great chance to make money. II
I'LL you can't get gold you can get
UUUUsgreenbacks We need a person In
every town to take subscriptions for the larg-
est, cheapest and best Illustrated family pub
LEGATION in the world. Anyone can become a
successful agent. The most elegant works OF
art given free to subscribers. The price Is so
low that almost everybody subscribes. One
agent reports making over $50 In week.
a lady agent reports taking over 400 subscribe
crs In ten days. All who engage make mon
ey fast. You can devote all your time to the
business, or only your spare time. You need
not be away from home over night. You
can do it as well as others. Full particulars,
directions and terms free. Elegant and
extensive outfit free. Ifyou want profitable
work send us your address at once IL costs
nothing to try the business. No ono who
engages fails to make great, pay, Address
The Peoples Journal" Portland, Name
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18

1t is difficult for the people Of the east
to realize immensely Of our redwood trees
and we do not wonder at their increduli
ty, though their enormous size in a fact
nevertheless. A few months ago Muir.
ply & Bros cut and sawed into lumber
at their mill tree that measured 375 feet
in length and 10 feet in diameter clear Of
bark. This tree made by actual measure
ment 81 900 feet of dressed lumber and
10000 feet of rough, which he sold at the
mill at usual prices for Sl,0S0, Other
trees in this country measure much larger
in diameter, but few make more lumber
than this one.--Sonoma zeal. Demo
crat. rt...
The San Diego (Cal.) World says
"San Diego has a young gentleman tele.
graphic operator, who, after repeated
calls for a young lady operator in anoth-
er office, at last got responcc, and then,
click, click, click, (fortissimo,) he tele-
graphed back to her yehemently have
been trying to get you for the last half
hour! In moment the following spicy
reply came tripping back to him over the
wires from the Geographic maiden |:
That's nothing; there is young man
here who has ben trying the same thing
for the last two years, aud he hasn't got
me yet"
Miss A--"Is he laboring or a pro
fessional man?' Miss B. (gushingly)-
."Oh! professional. He is on the rail.
road ia brakeman. l believe"
"Betsey and are out out. Will be
back at l O'clock" was recently found
by book-agent posted up on the door
Of an Ohio farmers kitchen.
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18
Certificate.

.# Van Buren,, Ark, July ~, 1917.
TO uhOm 1t may concern: .'
We certify that the ingredients used in j
w. Davcnports method for preserving Meats
Fruits and Vegetables are not poisonous in
jurious, or deleterious TO health in any man
ncr. They are not only harmless, but healthy
II. PERSoT, NJ. ID.
c. +. BROWN, NJ. -.
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18
BALM
PRESERVING PROCESS.

I would respectfully invite the attention o
l. the public to this new and novel process
The Van Buren press., 1877-09-18

Miss Ala he laboring or pro
fessional man?' Miss B. (gushingly)-
."Oh! professional. He is on the rail.
road is brakeman, believe"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-05
BULLET FROM BEHIND TIRE HAIRS
lam. shay sheets and Mortally wounds
his Uncle.

| Dan Shay and Louis Grady arc two characters
kssuut one redeeming trait. The former has
wears Gefied the law and Ii il terror Ct the
Iighborhood where no holds firth, but this time
n crime has brought bis neck within reach Of
D gallows.
/ III was yesterday, with bis chum. arrested at
3sf.p tst eleven O'Clock, un st. Charles street.
ween Perjido snd s0ydrss, on the ca rye of
nR drunk and disturbing The peace, by officers
,clair and John McDopougb. Un thoIr Srrivsl
+ the station, the were srched and taken back
1.-THE lookup Grady quietly IN cred the cell, but
lay did not wish to go in aud showed fight. Tho
Eeer was forced TO use violence to command
Sadisncs from bis prisoner, and struck SUay on
u mead.
kftvr receiving the lick. Shay entered and the
N door was locked. The prisoner had no sooner
"a the key tu ned on Inn when he stopped
swn. and taking pis oil out of bis boots lev, led
through the bars, At the same time exctaiminR.
take that, you !" and fired. The ball en-
red The stomach If Officer John MrD0nough
ho, throwing up his hsnds,
UNCLAIMED, ~ AM SHoTi'
The wounded uiall VAS taxed into the station
III his wounds examined Che bill wss found
hhave entered thu lower rortion Of tho abdo-
An. three inches to the lefj of the umbel Gus
n wa afterwards taken to his reri ieuee on
twAra street, near Lafayette, where he was
Esin esamiDed by n phssiciaD, who states that
u condition was very critical.
At was since learned that the wounded man is
Rnneie OF Shay, the accused.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-05
TWO OF pACKARD's POLICE ON TUE
MAKE.
They Rob n Man, Then shoot Him and
Leave Him for Dead.

At o'clock last night Mr.. Taos. Lsrkin, a
stranger 10 the city while walking on seventh
street, betw Aununcstion and Laurel was
stopped by two OF Psoksrds p lice, who de-
handed of him his money or his life.
Mr.. Lsrkn seeing there was two against him,
and being uusrmcd, gave them al the money he
had about him, which was three dollars, and also
bis penkpIfA. One OF the men, more deter
mined william than his companion, fearing that
Mr.. Larken had rrcngnjZ ID them, drew his re-
yoiver and shot him l.. he head
The report of he pistol brought the oflicers on
the beat TO the scene, and they found the wouni-
ed man lying in the gutter bleeding profussly
from woun in the head. He was irlmedisteiy
conveyed to the Sixth Precinct Station, where,
although weak f.om tbs loss Of blood, msnage1
to make The following statement:
| am q stranger ia the city, and | don't even
know the street was on. The men who asssiled
me were dressed in blue uniforms, and woie
large silver badge on their breasts. They also
had on caps. They told me to give them ms
money or they would take my life. They also
took my penkbife. They only got three dollars.
Here Tho wounded man became 80 faint that 1t
was impossible for HIM TO continue.
Mr.. Larkin was very low at d late hour last
night.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-05
ROUGH Os EUTLIDGE.
e In Charged with stealing S2Gs.

TJhsries Rutlidge, a stranger in the city, was
E.estod on Camp street at the instigatlcn Of s.
Berry end locked up in the Central Station,
hrged with robbery Of 1866 in currency.
~ appears that Berry and kutIidge were
liming together, and the former parry states
BIZ the night Ia was robbed he ptsted his
3rket-book, confirming the money, under his
Eiov, and on waking up found it had been re-
evsd aud was very near the body # hls room.
Este. He thought nothing strange ut the mo-
int, but replaced his pocket-boUk under the
4 low and fell asleep.
Next morning on taking his pocketboUk from
Eder the illow he found that he had been
bhed of every cent of hi money. At first he
fsitated in charging Ruu dye with the theft,
n certain circumstances forced him to believe
ht he had stolen his money, and hence ho was
Posted.
Flutlidge, ON being questioned regarding the
kbery, strenuonsly protested h innocence and
tina no did know that Berry had pocket.
yak under his pillow.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-05
BY r.. M. & ID. j. Mon e ON cry.

PLATED WARE-PLATED WARE.
ELEGANT TEA AND COFFEE SETS; LARGE
and Small Walters: Glass. Porcelain and
Swing Ice Pitchers: Dinner. Pickle and
Breakfast Casters: Toilet SETS: Pudding
Dishes Cake Baskets: Fruit Dishes: Pre-
sanitation Sets; Syrup Pitchers: kutter
Dishes; Ivory Handle ogcrs' Silver Plated
Knives Forks ana ScOons Glass Shades
and other Eight Day Clocks.
The above goods are manufactured in Meri len
MiddetoWn and National Plate Company.
pY +. N. B. 3. J. MONTGOMERY - r. NJ
ID Montgomery. auctiOncPr-WiIl be sold at
auction. commencing on TUESDAY, February
Camp street. and continued from day to day
until tn" whole stock l. disposed Of.
TprTnS-t ash fc4 IF
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-05
WANTS.

MANTED-TO BtY. A HORSE AND FUR
w niture wagon Address WAGNER I ON
ocrat office. fe4 81"
MANTED--A YOUNG MAN OF GOOD BU l.
w ness qualifications and address desires ON
ployment Understands the wholesale and re-
tnil grocery business, and will work for IL small
salary. Address H. Democrat office ja28
ANTED-STRANGERS AND. VISITORS
w to know that nicely furnished rooms. with
or without bo1rd. can be rented at 15s Canal
street. One of the most desirable localities in
tho city Rates reasonable. Apply on the
premises, over the. Gregg Seoine Machine
Depot and Fashion Emporium. 154 Canal street.
de24 3m
WANTED - SECONDHAND CARRIAGES
W. W. and buggies. Any one having such. and
sals s2r them by calling on I T. MADDOX IS
ciagcs and Buggies, and complete stock of the
Japanese Child's Carriage and Cradle. a most
wonderful combina ion: in short, a full stock
In In GyerybiIn1g ,apEPsrtainng to the Carriage
prices to suit the times. The community Is
most cordially invited to call and examine at IS
Carondelet street. " ~
noAsm L. T. MADDOX.