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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-03-05
THE SUN.
NEW YORK.

1878. NEW YORK. 1878
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A In A.

Is new and fast improving town, nine
miles east Of Van Buren, on the line Of
the l. Il Il f. s. Railway, and is the cen
ter of a good neighborhood, and com
mands large trade. There 10 steam
FIGURING Mill and Cotton Gin in opera
ton; several stores, hotels, weekly
newspaper, and all the various kinds of
business usually transacted in country
towns, have their representatives in this
place.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-03-05

Among the curosites in the army med
ical museum at Washington is the with
cred and parched hand aud arm of a
man who lett it on the battle field at
Gettysburg. A cannon ball carried it to
the top of high tree, where the wind
and sun shriveled it to its present well
tanned condition.
granger stood at the corner of
Greeniield's, Main Ssreet. yesterday,
ouriously watching the peanut man as
he me!hodically turned the crank of his
rooster After expectaHtty @aiting until
patience ceased to be virtue the unso.
phisticated tiller of the soil blurted out,
" Hullo! You Teller, why don't you play
suthin' r
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1878-03-05
A Witness Who Knew Nothing.

Some witness in courts ofjustice won'l
comprehend questions, no matter how
pertinent and skilfully put Mr.. Parks.
the witness alluded to below, is fail
specimen of the lot The prosecuting
Attorney thus addressed him:
"Mr. Parks, state ii you ylease, wheth-
er the defendant, to your knowledge, has
ever followed any profession"
= He has been a professor ever since |
knew him"
"Ah A professor Of weat?"
"A professor of religion"
!" You don't understand me, Mr.. Parks.
What does he do ?'
"Well, generally what he pleases
Tell the jury, Mr.. Parks, what the de-
fendant folio vs.
Gentlemen of the july the defendant
follows crowd when they go to take a
drink"
i"Mr. Parks, this kind of prevarication
won't do here. How does the defendant
support himself"
IL saw him supporting himself against
lamp post sast night"
May it please your Honor, the wit
ness shows an evident disposition to tr-
fe with this honorable COURT
The Court" Mr.. Parks, state if you
can, what the defendants occupation is.
The court has no idea that you mean to
bed isingenuous
Occupation, did yon say. sir"
Occupation answered the Judge.
Yes" echoed the counsel; "what is
his occupation ?"
"If am not mistaken, he occupies a
garret somewhere in town"
That's all, Mr.. Parks. understand
you to say that the defendant is profess
son of religionl"
"He is"
docs his pratice correspond with his
profession r
II never heard of any correspondence,
or letters of any kind.
''You said something about his pro.
pensity for drinking. Does he drink
hard 2"
"No, sir; he drinks as easy as any man
I ever. saw"
lone more question, Mr.. Parks. You
have known this defendant long time.
What are his habils2 Loose or other.
wise ~
"The one he has got on now, think,
is rather tight under the arms; is GER
tainly too short WASTED for the fash
ion"
"You can take your seat, Mr.. Parks
Not great deal of information" as
Mr.. NEEDLE says in the play, " elected
from that witness"
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Van BuTen
FERRY
U. ). MAIL ROUTE---QUICKEST AM
BEST CROSSING ON THE
ARKANSAS RIVER.

INHE we'll known and long est bli,
Il at Van Buren,, Arkansas, is now under u.
charge of the subscriber. The propretors h. .a'
ing recently put on large New Steamboat NV
with careful and experienced Ferrymen, thew cs a..
conhdent that they can give universal satisfoa..
t" the travelling public. THAR aim will
meetthe increasing demands of the lar
grant trayelto 7 exas.
The St. Louis and Sherman. Texas. " a
Mails are carried over this Ferry, which is a good
guarantee that it is the shortest as well "a IN.
best routefor travel of all kinds. Wv
This Ferry has the largest and best boatonh
river and can cross 200 wagons and teams nv,
day and no detention Oh either bank need b, ~,
Peeted. Enclosures for stock, and sheds for tray
elers are being built on both sides of the river
n pains will be spared to accommodate the publ.
neshall strive to continue omake this the DOB,
ular routs to and from Missouri and Texas.
N. B.-Ferry Accounts must be settled Month
ly. No deviation from this rule.
WILL. EAKIN, Superintendent.
Van Buren,, Feb A '73. n
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One difference between the winter and
an untidy urchin is that the former blows
it SHOWS.
Customer to merchant Well I've
just got money enough to buy hats for
ten OF my boys. Wish l could buy 'em
oil q hat, but tell you the times are
hard" Merchant rubbing his hands}-
"Well ---er--that's all right. Buy ten
hats and I'll throw in the balance" Gus
toner goes out and returns followed by
twenty eight boys. Merchant tells the
clerk to put up the shutters.
wall yes stranger" he said as he
rubbed the back of his head, 81 kin raze
more cotton to the aker hold more, pizen
juice to the square inch than any man in
Arkansaw, but I'll Der dinged if | ever
could git up on the off side of u
mule."
Snipkins refused to get his wife new
hat, ane soon after his little girl came in
and said: Mamma won't you buy me
monkey to play with when you so down
town." :" No, darling-wait till you are
older, and then marry one, as did," re-
piled the grief stricken wife with her tears
bursting forth afresh.
A writer in the Chicago Tribune gives
the following advice to those intending
to visit the Paris Exposition; Leave all
your best clothes at home they will be
useless to you. Take plenty of warm,
rough clothing to wear on the steamship.
Your watch, starceed linen and fine hat
better remain packed. Upon landing go
to some inland English town--say Man
chester, Exeter or Notingbsm-and ar.
rangs to stay week or SO, during
which time get q "traveling suit made
and buy underwear, etc., complete. De.
mand in all cases their lowest prices fol
cash. You are now un- Americanized
anc ready for London and the continent
Don't buy in Paris until after you have
been there several weeks, then make YOU
purchases according to your tastes ant
the length Of your puse You will fine
the hotel rates, and prices of everything
you buy in Paris, and indeed everywher,
you 60 upon the continent, to be rs pc
cent lower If you can successfully pa
yourself off for anything but an Ameri
can.
IAN old fashioned minister was preach
ing in tight, unventilated church, il
which, by some means, window wa
left partly open. A good, deacon, durin,
the sermon, closed it. The ministe
stopped short, turning to the deacon
said in solemn tones, +" Ii was preachin.
in jug,I believe you would put tn
cork in.' &fEED8
Prof, Little, the State geologist o
Georgia, declares that the gold deposit
in North Georgia are enormous-mor,
than IN california. Hall, White and Lun
kin are the aurierous counties par excel
ience. The yield is now $4,000 pc
month, and increase Of $500 900 per an
NUN since 1872 Investors are comm.
in rapidly and buying up gold lands
Even in rude way mining is profitable
Th' pros ssor says he can locate 10
N ssk field 100000 per month.
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LAMP EXPLOSION,

Van awful explosion
What was itY"
"Forty lamps!"
Amurderoas shock!"
Yes, you'd thought So"
Did it burn your"
No"
Do any damage?'
Damage yes guess"
WHAT"
"Forty lamp ehimneys."
"All ut once?'
Yes
"Don't be so nervous"
Forty lamp chimneys or less
When %
" In three months
docs it scare yon when lamp chin
MY explodes p
"Slightly. But when forty of EN-
bursts and then you're two months in
three without Que and have to pay ten
cents every time and be scared to boot
Go to T. p Williams, at Webb City, and
get one that will stand heat Til earth and
rocks to ciuerous rivers melt"
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CRAWFORD COUNTY,

Asks the attention of all who are seeking
homes, to the attractions offered in the
way of fertile lands. to her facilities for
manufacturing, to her climate unsnrpass-
ed in healthfulness, and to the cheapness
of all the neeessaries of life.
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CEDARVILLE,

Ten miles north of Van Buren,, on the
stage road to Fayetteville, is a place of
considerable business, there being a
steam FIGURING Mill and wool carding
machine in the vicinity.
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DIVERS STATION,

On the Fayetteville road, is Is miles
north of Van Buren, and has a steam
mill and cotton gin, and is good bust
ness point.
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BELMONT in the eastern part of the
county. and MOUNTAINEERING in the
north western part, have post offices,
stores and mills.
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ARkLOE,

In the western part of the county, is the
location of steam FIGURING Mill and
Cotton Gin aud two stores.
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THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN.
In the Front Rank Of American Journals.
INDEPENDENCE, CANDoR, CONSERVATISM,
ENTERPRISE, VIGoR.
Reduction of Prices to Suit Times,

Inc election OF 1877 over, to congress will
all eyes turn TO witness The course of political
events In America. Questions of vital inter-
est are pressing for settlement, and the dis
cussion bids fair to be prolonged and absorb
ing. Inc subjects of Finance, Paciiication,
Internal improvements, CiyilServic Reform,
and Mexican Border Troubles. &C., are among
those which must largely occupy the public
sources ofthe West and South, by means of
an improved condition of river and railroad
transportation tacilities-the utilization ofun-
employed labor in needed public works-the
encouragement OF immigration to the fertile
lands OF the Great West. are matters of ma
tional. as well as of local concern. Scarcely
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We will send the Van Buren, Press,
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11
STATE of Louisiana - Parish
Conrt-Parish of Vermilion-No.

STATE of Louisiana - Parish
Court-Parish of Vermilion-No.
299.
Succession Of George Faux.
Application of Benjamin Faulk.
Whereas said applicant has
filed in the Office Of the clerk OF
said Court, a petition praying to
appointed administrator of the
aforesaid succession:
Now, therefore. notice is here.
by given to all whom it may con.
Germ, or those interested therein.
to make opposition, and also to
give their reasons, if any they
have, why said petitioners prayer
should not be granted by filing the
same in writing in the Office of the
clerk Of Court within ten days
from the date of the present
notice.
Given under my official signature
at Office, in the town of Able.
vile, this 18th day Of May A.
D. 1878.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD,
| Clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11
COMMUNICATED.

Mr.. EDIToR,-For a few weeks
past, in fact in nearly every issue
of the MERIDIoNAL since the pass
age of the Sunday Law by our
Police Jury, there have appeared
communications in both French
and English from various and
questionable writer's denouncing it
as a harsh and tyrannical measure,
one fraught with a diabolical
attack upon the liberties Of the
people, and intended, if patiently
borne by them, to be the fore-run-
ner Of more wicked legislation
against their interests and
welfare.
Now, sir, it is difficult to per.
ceire in what the tyranny, so loud
ly complained Of. consists. Those
Of your correspondents who have
attempted to place the Sunday.law
before the public in so hideous a
light have signaliy failed, and
with all their loud.mouthed and
captivating eloquence sent forth
with all the arrogance and pre-
sumption characteristic Of despera.
ton, have not shown where ii
works oppression in one single
instance, but leave US to find that
out ourselves, content with assault.
ing our ears with the senseless cry
Of tyranny, oppression, puritanism.
That it is the imperative duty
Of our Legislators to enact such
laws as will promote the welfare
and interests of the people gencr'
ally,-ones from which will flow
good-order and happiness, will
scarcely be denied by the most
Jealous Of your would-be champions
Of public liberty. This was the
aim Of our police jury when they
gave US the Sunday Law, and that
they fulfilled the high and respons
ible trust reposed in them by our
people, cannot be successfully
contradicted in this instance.
Taken in whatever light it may
be, we contend that the law is o
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11
The ANTECEDENTs OF DISEASE

The ANTECEDENTs OF DISEASE.
Among the ante cedrnts of disease are
inrr,ness in the circulation of the blood.
an unnaturally at.enu.trd condition of
the physique. indicating that the life cur
rent is deficient in nu,ritive properties.
a wan haggard look, inability to digest
the food, loss of appetite, sleep aad
strrng'h, and a sen alton of unnatural
languor. All these may be regarded a.
among the indic,a of approaching disease,
which will eventually attack the system
and overwhelm it, if it is net built up and
fortified in advance, Invigorate, then.
without loss Of time. making choice of the
greatest vitalizing agent extant, H"stet.
ter's Stomach Bitters, an elixir which has
given health and vigor to myriads of thu
sick and debilitated, which is avoucbed
by physicians and analyst It's to be pure az
we'll as effective, which is immensel
popular in this country, and extensively
used abroad. and which has been fol-
years past one of the leading medicinal
staples Of America.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11
Consuetudo pro hge Servatur.

Editor Meridional - Sir, in
this issue Of your highly esteemed
journal, we will give Messrs. Can
die Bug and Oscar their quietus
on religion matters, and prove to
them, if their minds are not too
obtuse or too accute to comprehen.
sibility, that they do not under.
stand anything about religion
whether catholic. methodist, ana.
baptist, presbyterian, episcopalian,
&c. These poor fellows make us
remember the Imaginary sick
man. of Moliere. They laugh
with selfjocundity at a piece of
nonsense Of the police jury, or at
least Bis of them, for their edict of
the Sunday Law. So, Mr.. Editor,
we have to illustrate their imagi-
nary disease, and apply to them
the remedies Of that great censor
of the world. Four of the best
doctors of the faculty, had been
sent turn by turn, to try to cure
the poor fellow, but to no avail ;
finally the dean of the faculty sent
the fifth doctor. but he observed
to The dean. what he should do in
case Of the increasing of the
disease !; answer of dean
"Mais 81 la maledia op,niatra
Non vult Sc garire, quid ILL ia.
Clysterium dorare,
Postea Seignare
Ensuita Purgare
Rcsignare, Repurgare ct Recliste.
~risare."
That is sir, what we shall have
to do, to cure Messrs Candle Bug
and Oscar Of their imaginary sick
ness on the Catholic religion, if
they are not convinced with what
we have to say on the subject.
Religion is a most cheerful and
happy thing to practice, but a
most sad and melancholy thing to
neglect. The government in the
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11

In view ofthe great revolution,
airy outbreak among the working
classes Of this country predicted
in a late number Of the n. O. Times
as to take place some time this
we would suggest to our
State authorities the necessity of
removing the Capitol from New
Orleans TO some more safe quarter
as no doubt that city will be one Of
the scenes of the awful and bloody
conflict foreshadowed by the Times,
We humbly submit that Abbeville
would be the best place for it.
Bring her on.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11

A storm Of rain, lightning and
thunder, accompanied by hail
passed over this place on Friday
evening last. At first a small
dark cloud was visible in the
northwest, but in a short time it
huge proportions, and
about half past four the storm
in all its fury bust upon US, and
for a while nothing but a vast
sheet Of water could be seen,
being driven in southwesterly
direction by stroung and heavy
blasts of wind. The hail stones
were variously estimated to be
between the size Of pigeon and
hen eggs. In a great many
instances the blades Of the young
corn were completely riddled
and torn from the stalks. The
fruit trees are supposed to be
uninjured. For several days after
the atmosphere was quite cool
making fires and wooden goods
a necessity.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11
r e II NJ 8

The MERIDIoNAL. is published weekly
in English and French, at two dollars
and fifty cents per annum payable in
advance.
Advertisements will be inserted at $1.O0
per square OF ten lines, or less, for each
insertion.
Advertisements published in English
and French will be charged for both Ian
gnages.
No advertisement will be inserted for
less than two dollars and fifty cents.
PAYMENT Of all advertisements is con-
sidered due Immediately after their first
publication.
Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions required. will be
published until otherwise ordered, and
charged for accordingly.
Ten dollars in advance is required fol
announcing candidates for Office and
election tickets or other job-wofk mus
be paid for on delivery.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11

Since the Sunday-law went into
operation, the peddlers Of this
parish are under the impression
that they have the country people
under their thumb by paying what
price they think proper for butter,
eggs, chickens, hides and other
commodities, but they find them
selves mistaken. The country
people are as Independent as any
body else, and when they can''
get a reasonable price for them
articles they appropriate them to
their own use, and we think they
are wise in so doing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11
JUDICIAL NOTICES
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Vermilion.
Parish Court.
NJ zoo

Succession of Ursule Meaux.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in the succession
Of Ursule Meaux, or having
any opposition to the applica.
ton of Onezime Meaux to be ap.
pointed administrator of the said
succession to file the same in writ
ing in the Office of the clerk Of
Court at the court house in ten
DAYS from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and sea-
this 4th day of May, 1878.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD, Clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1878-05-11

What's the matter with "Jeemes"
of the Register and Pete Of the
Sentinel? They seem to be rather
hostile towards each other, and
from the tone Of their late personal
piiques it would seem that they are
near about ready to don the war
paint and 60 for each other in
earnest. Now boys, quit your
q~uarreling and "shake hands over
the bloody chasm."