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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
A Game at Dreaming.

While Sir William johnson was super
intendent of Indian affairs in the Mohawk
Valley, in 1865, one Of his staunchest
friends was an old Mohawk sachcm, Hen
drick. Sir William had great confidence
in the old chiefs Judgment, and seldom
made move against the hostile Indians
and French without consulting him. "lt
they are to fight, they are too few if they
are to be killed, they are too many was
his laconic rcsponce to Johnson's ques-
tiou touching the proprety of sending
out small body oil men which organized
against an excepted invasion.
On a certain occasion Sir William was
unpacking large box Of clothing which
he had just received from England.
lIcndrick CHANGED to be present, and was
particularly attracted by richly en-
broidered coat which he saw brought
| forward and shaken out in all its glitter.
ing splendor of goll lace and gided but
tons and silk laeng. The old Indians
eyes sparklcd, and he could scarcely
keep his hands from the coveted prize.
But he held back, and held his peace for
the time.
On the following morning, however,
the chieitain waited upon the governor
for a purpose, as was evident from the
intensity of his look.
Sir William" said he, with wide open
eyes. and general expression of wonder
"me have great dream last night. me
dream that you say to me, Good Hendrick
you have been my friend, and now l will
reward you Aud you gave me the new
coat, with the bright gold on it, that came
in the box
The baronet reflected few moments,
and finally said:
at is true, Hendrick, You have been my
friend. The coat is yours"
The chef went away fairly beside him
self with delight
A few days after that. said William to
his dusky ally:
"Hendrick, had dream last night"
"Ah--and what did my white brother
dream p
~ dream that you took me by the hand,
and said to me, Sir William johnson,
you have been my true friend, and | will
give you proof of my great love for you.
ana you gave to me the tract OF lana on
the great river and Canada creek" desert
blng square territory embracing nearly
one hundred thousand acres of choice
land
| The old chieftain was for little time
utterly COMPOUNDED, This was the fair
est of his domain. But he was not to be
outdone in generosity.
my pale-faced brother he at length
said, 1.-THE land is yours"
And after pause he added, with sig
| nilicant nod:
"Sir William, We don't dream any more
You dream too big for me-
The title Of the land was confirmed to
Sir William by the British government,
and called the Royal grant The land
was north Of the Mohawk. and lay most
ly in what is now Herkimer county.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

GAMBLING AMONG THE PRIESTHOOD -
The gambling propensities among the
Russian priesthood are amusingly illus
tratcd in Il story which is going the
rounds of the European press. A Rus
sian priest, who loves whist as much
as the ceremonies of the church, CHANGED
to have a good hand at trumps, but ut
Tho CRITICAL moment of triumph the bell
rang for service. 1t was agreed to con-
tinue the game when he came back, and
holding the cards, he threw over his
shoulders his canonical robe and went to
the church. Dhring the service the cards
fell on the floor below the alter. Nothing
abashed, the priest turned to his congre
cation, calling to boy, one Peter Pc
trovited, asked him sccessiyely the names
of several of the cards, to which Peter
promptly replied, He then asked him
the names Of the saints whose portraits
adorned the church. Peter knew them
not, and glanced hopelessly at the priest.
Then turning to the congregation, the
priest exclaimed
''1s it thus that you rear your children,
We generation of sinners, teaching them
to play cards and leaving them in gno-
rance Of the lives of the blessed saints ?'
This quick wit saved his own reputa
ton, and enabled him to return to the
card table and win his game.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
Where Governor gets his Wives.

Claiborne L jackson, a native OF
Kentucky, was once Governor of the State
of Missouri. He joined the Southern
Confederacy, and died during his term
at farm house opposite the city of Lit
tie Rock, among strangers, with no kind
hand Of affection near TO soothe his pain
and rob his dcathbed of half its anguish.
The most remarkable fact connected
with the history of his life is perhaps the
statement that he married five sisters
in one of the most respectable, wealthy
and distinguished families in the State
That as soon as one wife would die, he
would go and marry her sister in reason
able time; of course some of them were
widows when he married them. In con-
nection with the marriages, there was a
standing joke told at the expencc of the
Governor, which was that when he went
to ask the old gentleman's consent to
marry the last one, the venerable father
is reported to have said, ayes, Claib you
can have her. You have got them all.
For goodness sake don't ask me tor the
old woman-TeXarkana Democrat.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
A Wall for the Abohtionists.

Alas little did the men who came down
to the south with bayonets. upon mad
crusade, dream that the emancipation OF
BLACKS meant, IN IT'S Iast analysis, the
enslavement and degradation of white
men. Little did they dream that the ruin
Of the south would rccoil with tremen-
dous fatality upon their own homes and
heads, and that the poverty they inflicted
upon us would stalk mcnacingly and
gigantically amid themselves. We have
quaffed the cup of sorrow to the dregs.
Their turn has come We do not present
the chailcc of bitterness to them. They
have wooed it and won it, by the decree
of fate and their own folly. And yet,
the old free soil leaders who survive
could meet in assembly and thank God
and themselves that their work had been
consumated. Out of the dust that aboli-
ton flung into the face of heaven defiantly,
war against the south, out of subsequent
legislative abominations-behold the
tramp, once a respectable American cti
zen, who wept tears OF blood for fat, well
kept, wealth producing blacks miscalled
slaves. If this is the green wood, what
will it be in the dryl No wonder that,
facing such "results of the war; Mr..
Dana, of the Sun, reminds Mr.. Lamar
that the constitutional question is the
pivotal one, beyond all COMPARISON and
what wonder if the senator from Missis-
sippi should ominously retort: lT IS
TOO LATE. Augusta Chronicle.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
Sensible Advice.

You are asked, every day through the
columns OF newspapers and your drug
gist to use something for your Dyspep-
STA and Liver Complaint that you know
nothing about you get discouraged spen-
ding money, with but little success. Now
to give you satisfactory proof that
Green's August Flower will cure you of
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with al
its effects, such as Sour Stomach, Sick
Headache, Habtual Costiveness, palpita
ton of the Heart, Heart burn, Water
brash, Fullness al the pit of the Stom-
ach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue, Indi
gestion, swimming of the head, low apir.
its, we ask you to 90 to f. Wall, and get
a sample bottle Of Green's August Flow
err for 10 cents and try it, or regular
size for IS cents. Two doses will re
ievc you.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

There is at East Winsor. Conn, q
furnishing apple tree, sixty years old,
that bears good-sized but seedless ap
pies. The seed cells are perect, but a
seed itself has never been found. The
deformitv is caused, it is said, by the
tree growing upside down, having been
started by bending the tip of branch
into the ground and not cutting it from
the parent tace until it had taken root.
"Madame," said an impertinent boar
der to his landlady' "your butter is TOO
aristocratic for my democratic taste. II
in one of the cases in which sweetness Is
preferable to rank"
The reason an urchin gave for being
late at school on Monday, was that the
boy in the next house was going to have
dressing down with bed cord and he
waited to hear him howl.
An old witch at Honolulu predicts thai
at the end of another twenty-five years
whales sill lie so numerous that ships VII
have to carry cannon. TO beat them OH.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
FUNERAL SERMONS.

Say nothing but good of the dead
has become SO common maxim. that
preachcos generally accept it as rule in
framing funeral sermons. AS good can
not be said truthfully of every man,
whose fridndi have wealth or influence
enough to procure the services Of
clergyman at his dntermenu it naturally
follows that those whose profession is
to de better than others, set an example
ofidsincerity and falsehood. A maxim
that has such consequences connot be
sound wisdom ar morality. All those
who knew the dacersed, will wave obscr-
we'd IN life some errors of greater or less
magnitude, and no landation, however
enthusiastic or sweeping, can deceive
them. Strangers will generrlly care little
for what is said ON such occasion, and if
they happen to give the matter any atten-
ton their knowledge Of average human
nature tells them at once that characters
so pure and unexceptonal as the heroes
of funeral sermons do nor exist in real
life. Therefore, no one is deceived in
believing them true, and it is the merest
unwisdom to do that which will not effect
the purpose, however miserable, for
which ii is intended. But the custom is
still more obnoxious in a moral point
of view. Men hear praises deceased
persons, who in life forgot all duties,
and naturally their faith IN the necessity
of being really good, WAIVERS and decrca-
SEES for, it villainy aud worthlessness are
to be applauded in the same terms as
honesty and purity, what can dc the use
Of striving to obtain our neighbours good
opinion? Shall funeral sermons, then,
be catalogues of the faults Of the dcpar.
ted2 BY no means 1t would be in the
higest degree indecent for any man.
however exalted his learning or piety, to
drag private vices faom the graves oh
livion and expose them to the gaze of n
vulgar and censorious crowd. When,
therefore, the character of man is open
to suspicious or exception, self respect
and honesty revuircs Il preacher who is
asked to ollieiate at his funeral to be
silnet- We do not, to soothc the feelings
af a bereaqed family. say that ugly per-
sods are beautiful, and wrought not, for
any such reason, say that wicked persons
are good. This business Of funeral SER
mons tenks to bring the clergy into a
contempt which it would be hardihood
10 call undeserved.--Jewish Index.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
MEAKE Il Co.
1900 bushels of Wheat.
kEIFER &EAUGuT.
702 bushels of Wheat.
03 i" " Rye.

II. Dick Bourland, of the firm oil
Austin " Bourland, left yesterday morn
ing fer Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati
and St, Louis, to lay in their Fall stock
Of goods.
Our young friend Joe Austin, lief,
yesterday morning for school at the Ken.
more University, Amherst c. II. Va.
Maj, Sparks Of the Fort Smith Her.
aid passed down the road Monday morn.
ing.
Our colorcd brothers are making
Rome howl"
Charley and Wallace Ward left fol
Memphis, Louisville and st. Louis yes.
terday morning Business and pleasure
combined.
w. II, II. Shibley of the House OF
d. c. Williams, left for Louisville and
ST. Louis, Monday morning.
Elk Mayor Johnson and daughter
and Mrs. Stephen Wheeler of Fort Smith
passed down on the train yesterday for
Washington City.
Fate Locke, OF Alma, was up and
spent Sunday in Van Buren,.
Father Smythe held service at the
Catholic Church, Sunday.
Mr., Lewis Johnson left last week
tta Springfield Mo. for St. Louis.
crosse CITY,"
Capt. Yerkes new boat the Rose City
will leave Cincinnati next Saturday fol
this river Orders sent within two days
will reach him in time Address r. s.
Yerkes, care Parker, Wise & Co. Cincin.
natl, Ohio.
BY special invitation Capt. Jim Haw-
kins spent day in the country, Satur-
day.
Wheat selling at SO to 95 cts. Flour
from wagons, $3.50 to 50 rs. Corn
meal 40 to As cts. Oats 30 cts. Prairie
Hay, SIS 80 per ton, Irish Potatoes so
cts, Sweet Potatoes 80 cts. Chickens
81 25 per doz Coal, from wagons, %
cts. per bushel Cabbage cts.
We learn that the time table on the
L. r. d +. S. Railway is to be changed
so as to leave Van Buren, going East,
about l o'clock in the morning, connec-
ting WITH the trains out or Little Rock
at o clock in the afternoon.
- Miss Missile Dibrcll of Fort Smith,
is over on visit.
Watt Lacey Van Buren, colored
boy, is, from what we can learn, in q
tight place at Fort Worth, Texas, charg-
ed, in connection with Charley Eison,
with murder, Watt must have got into
bad company since he left home.
The Rev. Mr.. Littleiohn of the Epis-
copal Church of Van Buren,, has call to
go to church in Mississippi, at $1,000
year. He left this morningto take a
look at the situation.
il. M. Reid, at Flat Rock Bridge
showed us Saturday, sample of his
Heath Cling Peaches, that were elegant
one measuring over II inches,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

A man who will dsinherit his wife hes
cause she marres again bears her the
same kind of love that the Turk beai
toward the women of his harem, and not
the love which free man bears toward
a free true woman. If he finds happi-
ness in married life, what cruel brute
that he should deliberately provide that
when he dies, and his widow, recalling
the happy days of her life should consent
to marry again, she shall be deprived OF
the fortune which he leaves her! Such
men were married in body, but not in
soul.
When Cinnamon part they say "chin-
chin" which means goodbye. That is
Just the way with our girls they chin chin
about half an hour before they can gel
apart.
"Am | not little pale !? inquired ;
lady who was short and corpulent o
crusty old bachelor. you look mor'
kc big tub" was the blunt reply.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
little Rock and TT. Smith Railway
Timetable.

Trains leave Van Buren, for Little Rock, dai.
". Sundays excepted, at 1:37 a. IN.
Trains arrive at Van Buren,, from Little
Rock at 6:l2 p.m.. daily, except Sundays.
Trains run by st. Louis time. which is 20
minutes faster than Van Buren, time
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
Warning Order.
Crawford Circuit Court.

Crawford Circuit Court.
Austin & Ward, Plaintiffs,
against action by attachment.
Jasper L. Grady, Defendant,
The Defendant Jasper Z. Grady, is here
by notified that we will apply to the Craw-
ford Circuit Court. on the first day of the next
September term, 1877, or as soon thereafter
as we can be heard by said court, to have the
complaint. writ of attachment and return
theron. which were DESTROYED by fire in
March last. reinstated together with any and
all other papers pertaining to the cause in
tie caption hereof mentioned.
JAMES l.. AUSTIN,
A. WALLACE WARD.
july 2l.'77 4w
Ill 4 UhomlsO Attorney.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

"Can cat count2 Yes; we've known
some OF them to figure very extensive at
night on the back fence.
The secret drumming aboarding house
is to find out just what your boarders
don't like and feed 'em on lots of it.
A mosqueto eau not fly as high as an
eagle, but he can bully all the Chris
tain graces out of man great deal
quicker.
A thousand evils do afflic. the man who
hath to himself an idle and Improbable
carcass.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

The Detroit Tribune says: "a com
mon epitaph in Arkansas cemeteries is,
we will meet in heaven, husband dear
This may explain why the men Of Ar
kansas are generally conducting them,
elves 50 as to go to the other place"
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

The Vicksb1rg Mss Herald men
tons negro magistrate who sentenced
negro to he hung for stealing hog.
and says that the negro constantly kept
the prisoner confined in his house, and
would, no doubt, have hanged him if the
white people had not interferred to pre-
vent il.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

EF" The latest election returns from
California, indicate that the Democrats
have elected 10 senators and 81 assem-
blymcn. The Republicans elect 10 sena-
tors and 90 assemblymen, including hold
overs. The Democrats will have SO ma
iority on joint ballot.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
Raitt's New Meat Market,

1 the place to get a good Roast,
s'eak, Chop, etc. Butter and all
flnds Of Country Produce. His
Ao'to is fair, square dealings with
sveryone. Try his BoIona Saus-
aAgge. Market at Miller's old stand.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
Warming Order.

Warming OfNCr.
In Crawford County Circuit Court.
i c. White, Plaintiff.
against
Jasper Z. Grady, Ephcmia
b. Grady. Joseph }. Saw
age and Elizabeth A.
Savage. Defendants.
The defendants, Jasper Z. Grady, Ephemia
B. Grady. are warned to appear in this court,
within thirty days and answer the complaint
of Luther T.. White.
ED. A. SCOTT. Clerk.
july %, 1877. VA
Brown q Southmayd, for plaintiff.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11

i Il. R. Horton, matchmaker and jew
Ter, at Mrs. Fitchner's Millinery Empo
ss''n' Fort Smith, keeps constantly on
'uo a fine assortment of Clocks, Jew
Sy etc. Watches sent TO him from
ignoring towns for repairs, will re
"o prompt attention. may %
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
Warming Order.

Crawford County Circuit Court.
Elizabeth +. Smith, Plaintiff.
against
James Smith, Defendant.
The Defendant, James Smith, is warned
to appear in this court, within thirty days
and answer the complaint OF the plaintiff,
Elizabeth +. Smith
ED. A. SCOTT, Clerk.
july 23.'77 4w
jesse Turner, Attorney.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
REPORT OF THRASHERS.

Since our last we have added the fol
lowing reports from Thrashers of wheat
in this county:
LONDON Bros.
$685. bushels of Wheat.
400 Oats.
So Rye.
MEAKE Il Co.
1900 bushels of Wheat.
KHGoRE, STEVENSON & IIERsHAw.
HIP bushels of Wheat.
1900 +" Oats.
kElFER & NAUGuT.
SOP bushels of Wheat.
103 " " Rye.
375 Oats.
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Total,
3S5,297 bbls.

The shipment began about the end of
October, with weekly average of 5000
barrels, increasing in November to ZOO
barrels per week, and in December to a.
600 and % 600. During the month the
sales in Liverpool were over $4,000 bar
rels. The improved condition and quail
ity prevented decline in prices, which
ranged from 1925 in October to 1912
in November. Poorer fruit, in small
lots, sold at 1892 to So. Towards
spring, the shipments were chiefly Bald
wins and Russets. the best of which sold
for 81, 80 per barrel, and at the close of
the season sales were made as high as
$3.50.
The London Field, in an article on the
subject, speaks Of the difficulty of ship
ping in warm weather on account of the
liability to decay, and gives the following
scientific explanation OF the process
"There is time when the growth of
tho fruit is completed, and when it will
receive nothing further from the tree.
Il is then to be picked. The after ripen-
ing is chemical change, and the starch,
so abundant in green fruit, is transformed
into sugar. Almost Immediately after,
putrifaction sets liz, dissipating the VIOLA
tile aroma, destroying all delicacy of
favor converting the sugar into an I'M
wholesome acid. and consuming the
tissues of the fruit" We then have
what farmers know as ''rotten apples .
A cold dry air will retard the process for
months
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-09-11
1854 DAY SURE Pan,

This Well Anger will bore wells >, feet dsop IN ona
any kind Of EARTH hard PAM slate, coal and success
among boulders and quicksand, WHARF al othf augaV
fail. Read below what great men say about n .
sFwe, the undersigned, hnow Of the reputation NJ
Il to the public as one Of the most Important, useful
and practical inventions Of the age, and ~ ies conn.
dent, from car knowledge Of h, that man can take
sSss 'tG' a .ns sss cex
Gov. o. A. Hadey Of Arkansas ExGoyesnor Dow
Texas. Rev. D. Oglesby, Of Riehview, IL.
The following persons have ,hi. Ausn n epsss.son:
Ike it: Geo. M. Ward, Salem, N. ]. q good cd
9uaseI) S. M. Payne, wlsonyile, Shelby Goa A.
Coacosd, NC. c. W. Herrand, Lapees. Mich Gsn.
7. A. Lockhart, Van Buren,, Ark. County nshe ne
sale. Every Anger warcn;ed Send stamp To- oue
large Ausss Book, and address, ~
U.s. AuaI1 O.. 81. issil, ~
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The Shipment of Apples.

According to the Boston Commercial
Bulletin. the shipments Of American ap-
pies to Great Britain during the past sea
son were as follows:
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REDEMPTION OF LANDS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the
1V following described lands have been re-
deemed. to-wit. The ehf of scqr, SEE. |, town
l4th; shf of ne Or and neqr of sc Or, sec. SO,
township II, range 80, by Jackson 7. Martin,
June II /: swqr Of nwqr, sec. 81, township H..
range 80, by William Martin, June 18th, and
and pit seqr sc qr. sec. ., township 0, range 80,
by Mrs. w. S. Hopkins.
Cornelius Kuykendall, e1a sw a S 36t 0. r
80. Mrs. Deiah Moore, NV SC 8 10, + 80
west.
Given under my hand and official
seal this 18th July, 1877.
ED. A. SCOTT, Clerk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-06
In the Sweet Ry-anu-Rv

cannot but be the happy thought as the
fortunate recipient Of the Rocky Noun
tain Tourist" scans its wonderful attractive
pages and peruses its fascinating descrip-
tions. Most beautifully embetlished with
new and highly artistic engraviDgs, its
letter-press a model of typographical
richness, and the arrangement throughout
simply superb, the Rock Mountain Tourist
is worthy of comparison with Picturesque
America or The AIdine. 1t is written IL
gossipy, graphic style, covering details OF
the tour through the garden of the South.
west 1.-THE Arkansas Valley, Southern Kan
sas), TO the very heart Of the Alps OF
America-the Rocky Mountains. Jaunts
are made to all the famous resorts Of Col
orado, the remarkable ruins, the springs
the mines, and, in short, to every point Of
interest to tourist, agriculturalist capitalist
miner, and invalid. With the Tourist, the
San Juan Guide keeps fitting company
and the two publications are mailed free tt
all writing for one or both to I. j. Ander
son, Topeka, Kansas.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-06

MOTHERS can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria, a peafect substitute fol-
Castoria Oil. 1t is absolutely harmless,
and is as pleasant to take as honey For
Wind Collie Sour Stomach. Worms or
Constipation, for young or old, there is
nothing in existence like it, 1t is certain,
it is speedy.
CAKED BREASTS. Rheumatism, Sciatica,
Swellings, Sprains, Stiff Joints, Burns
Scalds, Poisonous Bites, and allfesh, bone
and muscle ailments, can be absolutely
cured by the Centaur Liniments. What
the White Liniment is for the human
family, the Yellow Linimentis for spawned
CALLED, and lame horses and animals.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-06
HOLLowAY'S PILLS
Invariably cure the following diseases:

Invariably cure the following diseases:
DISORDER OF THE KIDNE Us
In all diseases affecting these organs, whether
they secrete too much or too little water; or
whether they be afflicted with stone or gravel, or
with aches and pains settled in the loins over the
regions Of the kidneyA these pills should be taken
according to the printed directions, and the Oint-
ment should be well rubbed into the small of the
back al bed time, This treatment will give almost
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-06
LIVER REGULATOR

If you feel dull, orowsy, debilItated, have FIRE
quent headache, mouth tastes badly: poor appetite
and tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid
liver or "billousness, and nothing will cure you
so speedily and permanently as to