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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

ma be az lat n az the wurds in this xshun
ari," and subsidized; aftur which the skrapil
ov fete kommersed in good ernest, maxim the
welkin ring with the musick and SIGH.
Wood waggins haz kwit komin into toun
fur fere ov bain ovurloaded.
The Kurnel il still goin aroun sekin whuev
err he ma begile, whil the JUICE IL az jovile az
ever.
The 2uberbs IL improvin rapidli. A nj
kondIshun IL tn be atatc he'd tn the tavern
also, Mr.. Andru Harvil liz about redi to rent
hiz nu hous the late tobackO warehous Ov
Mistur Fletcher. The sisters ar putin up q
nu bllin fur the priest tn kepe hous in; Will
Geo Kin liz still mimi out in the wuds.
Mr. C.. Allison, B. X. q K, Book Keeper
and Kontraktur), hsz finisht hiz kontrakt tn
muve Nays tobacko faktori and haz retired
tn prvit lif, aboundn in welth and a watch.
The Ga haz gon tn the shops fur repares az
usual, Will Pusher Bob pulls the throttle ov
the 66.
Fruit IL in komin freli. which haz kreated
a demand fur fruit rs, sarsypirilly, wurm
lossingers and pareg orik-with wurm kandi
ahed.
Wassent that sublime meetin ov our NJ
Yawk friend with ladi friend in Ironton, the
uther ia.
We ar al vel at this ritin, but kant tel ov
the futcher, az now IL the period fur kolik and
kolera morbis.
Yurse in injoiment,
MIKE DoDsoN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05
From Mike DOdSon.

.SuBERBs ov Already, July 90, $780,
DERE ELI d. AK
Arkady liz alive and stare aliv al night.
The onli kwiet time we hav il durn the da
tim when the young men ar at ~urk and tn
urls ar s'epin or ri lin du5le horsbak tn
Ironton to shn The pepil how tina Go at luther
waterin phases.
In vure last papur 1 seen yu wus wishin fur
me tn be in fruit ov yure printin shop tn Sc
sumthin and max remark. Wei l wussant
th"r, but I seen sumthin an how, and wus
struck ium so I kudent max the remark.
The tavern liz full md runnin ovur. and buzz
Yin lik De -hive. Wun wud think fru4n the
'purform ,nses that hull lunatik asilun had
broke luce and the pashents wus akattered
ovur @owthest Missouri. The bathin ground
konecked with the tavern liz well laturHixea-
befn full most ov the tim. The bots Rhout
Arkady suhurbs-frum Ironton prinsfaali-
git in fens korncrs tn Sc the foxes In swfmin.
az tina ar not in the habit ov sein peepel bath
in with sech ska1t klothin on.
Mr.. Munro frum NJ Yawk, frekwentn talks
the eurls ridin behind him.
TIER wus big tim ovur tn the tavern last
Wensdy mite, OWN tn Mistur Thos havin lived
twenti-wun yeres. Not bein thar. kant
spoke ov the refreshments; but tina must hav
ben MISUNDERSTANDING, kakes, &c, etc, ct
setterra. The Okla hun wus furthur selebratid
bi a presentashun and danse. Mistur Bow
lenear, ov the sity ov Saint Lous, N abe the
eivin speach, klamfn the rite bi bein q ole
skulemate ov Tomases: readin q letur kOn- |
tainin a chek fur tn hundred dolers, sined hiz |
parents, III. B. & A Robursun; also wun frum |
hz sistur kontainin wun hundred dolers; and, /
asst. handid him a. ix>hunari by Mistur Web
'tEr. Jest then the fdd lrrs kommensed tn
,7ck on the strings, when the gests kolled fur
speach- .Aftur gasharin b z skatered thots,
Histur Tomas got cff sumwhat AZ foilers: Il
IN glad tn no that the gests unprecedented mi
forts fur yure Welfair and hope mi friendship
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

THE TICKET.-We presume tits as undesir-
ed as unnecessary that we should indulge III
fulsome fatterv of the individuals who COM
pose the ticket selected at last Saturd .y's
primaries. We have neither time nor SPACE
for that; but we cannot refrain from express
ing our satisfaction in the knowledge that
with the election of the several candidates
the best interests of the county an the peo-
pie will be assured for the coming two years.
Some of the contests In the primaries-nota-
bly, that for Collector-were ose; but TIE re-
suit has left no bitterness and there will be
no bolting. We reserve more particular mrr-
ton of the ticket to some future issue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

A SMALL CYCLoNE.--On Wedne sday after
ternoon Gully 29h small cloud was seen in
the east from which light rain falling
It gradually increased in size, and at Is
O'Clock IT, reached here and it rained for abouf
ten minutes. Immediately following sad
cloud was another considerably larger coming
from the southeast which approached quite
RAPIDLY, when at 4:40 O'Clock it broke over
and upon our Valley with al it's pnnt-up fury,
giving it one of the hardest storms ever wit
messed. It lasted nearly twenty minutes, do
ing considerable damage to fencing and blow
ing down q great many fruit trees, and, also,
fruit. Doors had to be closed, aud one coulti
hardly weather the storm if uplucky enough
to be out in it. As far as We have been able
to learn, the storm extended to the east just
a little beyond the ShutIn, north abont half
q mile above Pilot Knoo, and south about half
a mile below Arcadia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

Ironton people have shown that they are
liberal. large-hearted and public spirited Over
and over again, and never more SO than on last
Friday evening at the festival given by the
friends and ladies of the NJ. E. Church, who
say they have seventy-one or two dolltrs as
the profits of the occasion, which will make
quite decrease In the debt ainst the par
sonagc, for which purpose the festival was
given. The members of the church return
their most sincere thanks to the ladies' who so
faithfully guided it to success without single
ripple or jar to mar the emf ,vment of all pres
emit. aud wish to mention the names OF the
youn ladies who worked so hard to give the
several tables really beautiful appearance.
Misses Rosa Hughes and Emma Peck presided
at the fancy table; Misses Henrietta Lopez
and Netsie AXE, at the fruit table; Misses Dora
AXE and Minnie Tetwiler, at the lemonade
we'll; Misses ollie Davis, Effie and Ida Moser.
Lizzie Newman, Miriam Davis, Hattie Shop
herd aud Annie Kendall, at the ice-cream ia
bles; ami Retta Myers. at the grabbing To
name all who contributed toward the very
tasteful display of fancy articles would take
too much space.
Our young and talented Prosecuting Attor-
new VIII r. Edgar, E-q., had a cake voted to
him as beiny tha most popular beau; and
Miss Precia Whitwnrth also had cake voted to /
her q being the most popular belle. /
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

The contemplated picnic at Gouliinc's Park.
] Tor the benefit OF the NJ. E Church, has been
declared "off" ANOTHER picnic is now on the
tapis, of which due and timely notice will Be
given - n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

DIED On july goth. 1880, at the residence
or Mr.. David Latham, in REYNOLDS county
MO-, Prof. A. G.sHENRY, in the Gath year OF
his age.
Prof. Henry was well known in Iron and
adjoining county as an efficient educator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

We learn that. Mr.. L. Minor and family are
domiciied at the residence OF Mrs. H. P. Rus
sell. MIR. Minor is route Agent for the South
ern Express
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05
r IsTOFLETTERs remaining I'M
G. B. NALL, Clerk
Iron County Court.

Ia called for in the Post Office at Iron
ton. Mo-, for the week ending Aug. 8,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05
70 The ?vsll.I
SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
EXPRESS FORwARDERs.
A I, A Ma 9 Is

ARCADIA, Mo Aug. 2, 1880. }
1t may be graft ying to patrons of the South
ern Express to know that an office for the re-
ception of freight for transportation by ex-
press, has been established in Ironton at the
Drug Store OF Mr.. Wiesner's; ana Mr.. Wies-
ner has authority to receive and receipt for ali
such express matter; or, by leaving word with
him, l Will call and get freight. gratis. Bs
slipping by the Southern Express Com any
you are guarsuteede speedy delivery and i'm
mediate transfer It is not necessary for you
to prepay freight charges.
Resp'y, JNO Fl. DELANO, Ag't.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

A Branch of the Salvation Army paid from
ton several visits within the past two weeks
On one occasion thew rode through Ironton
on WAGON load of sheaf oats. There was a
good deal more singing $50 called). tn m pray
ing, and while the congregations on the streets
seemed to be convinced of many things, the
conviction didn't seem to bring their sinful
hearts any nearer to Jesus.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

The two tunnels on Pilot Knob were con-
necte! last Friday. They went between the
slate and ore, just takng out the rock The
opening forming the connection is about 9 O
feet in length. New contracts for taking out
ore for the present month were made last Sa--
urday. The company intend to ship 81 car
loads OF ore per day from now on. They have
been shipoingEonly from 30 to IS carloads
per day. The freight charges on shipm ants of
ore for May, June and July amounted to
$4,000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

IRoNToN, Mo-, July 9th, 1880.
Ed. Register
Herewith l hand you list of the popula-
ton of Iron county as taken rom the enumer-
ators' books on file in my office, Of the United
ar oopsus If 1894.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

A RUNAwAY.-On Monday after the work
men had loaded a car with ore at the top Of
Pilot Knob, on the extreme eastern track, and
just as they were about attaching the wire ca
BILE, it started down hill of its own momentum
It rapidly gained great speed, and at the
point where the cars meet half way down the
hill, It jumped the track, smashing things up
generally the ore was scattered along it's
course, the rollers torn up and the track
more o. less damaged. Those who are in the
habit of riding in the ore-cars we shouli
think would have their desires to. ride rather
dampened by this accident.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

We are pleased to learn that the Baldwin
Bros. have contract to build residence for
the priest at the Convent in Arcadia twill
be about 1896 feet and located at the ri hit
OF the front entrance. The cellar ia. already
excavated and the superstructure will be rap
idlv erected
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

John Begley announces himself in this issue
an independent candidate for Coroner. He
says the nominee didn't give him a "fair
shake" having seduced some of his (Begley's
best friends by promises of clerkships, etc.
We think BY the time John makesa canvass
of the whole county, and spend few hum
dred d3llars, he will come to the conclusion
it's uphill work running against nomination
and Mr.. Grandhomme. We have advised him
to hold off for two years, and then make a
joint canvass with Frank Scoville; but if he
won't heed us, he must even take what comes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-05

WE to-day call attention to the ADVERTISE
ment of the PRICKLY ASH BITTERs, VIII Oh N
be found in another column. These Bit RS
are made from the purest and b. st materials,
and their tonic and cathartic properties rem
der them superior to all others in al sorders of
the stomach, Bowels, Liver, &c.
Richland beacon., 1880-03-13
The Paper MONOPOLY.

The press Of the country should not
cease to urge upon Congress the imme-
date removal of the duties upon print
paper and upon the chemicals used in
paper making. It is scarcely possible
to conceive of monopoly more burden
some or oppressive to the people than
one which imposes tax upon the disc.
mination of intelligence. and thi. is pre-
cisely what paper monopoly Goes.
The recent enormous advance in the
price of print paper has not been JUST.
fie by any increase in the cost OF the
materials which enter into the manu-.
fscture, and but slightly by the duty
on chemicals. 1t is due mainly to the
greed of the manufactures which the
tariff enables them to crafty. The i'm.
mediate pressure is upon the publishers
OF the newspapers, whose subscription
contracts were made before the increase !;
but sooner or later the burden must fall
upon the people in the increased cost Of
all printed matter. Congress, represent.
ing the people, must prevent this. 1t
is simply monstrous in . government of
the people, by the people, for the people,
that the governmental power should be
turned against the people, as it is in the
imposition of the duties complained OF.
Even il the government derived any ap-
probable revenue from the duties-as il
does MOTT would be no compensation
for the burden imposed.
Richland beacon., 1880-03-13
An Earthquake in Japan.

The Rev. George w. Knox, writing
recently about the weather in Yoke
hama, Japan, and of the way they have
sometimes in that city Of waking in the
morning, says:
"The weather is now simply superb.
A sky more clear and blue, a brighter
sun and bracing air, give the effect of
Indian summer at home. This is the
season to be in Japan, unless you would
prefer q month in the spring. But al
most any time from October to June is
pleasant, with some variations, of course,
as for example, when the people get
signal for earlier rising than they are
won't to. Yesterday came such q
visitation-a sharp earthquake-few
sharper since foreign residents were
here to know of such matters. My
teacher, man of tLirty-fve years. does
net remember a severer shock since the
great one in YeddO twenty-five years
ago, when thousands of people persisted.
Yesterday was more favorable in that
no one was hurt so far as heard from,
but chimneys were thrown down, beams
fell from roofs through the ceiling to
the floor, and walls were cracked. The
buildings could be seen rocking to aud
fro. One house cracked and shook SIS
if some huge monster were trying to
pull it over. The door-bell rang, the
lamps swung, the timbers groaned, and
the floor moved perceptibly. My first
impulse was to run out of the h ouse
but / thought / might be no safer
out of doors, so l stood still. The SER
want started to run, but when he saw
that stood quietly, stopped short, only
exclaiming, 'Terrible' Almost every
one, however, showed a preference for
the street, foreigners and natives alike.
At seven in the morning, the hour when
it occurred, Yokohama, for the most
part, was still in bed, but minute later
it could not be said to be still anywhere.
Neither did people stop to make their
toilets before rushing into general So
ciety. / did not find it very terrifying,
save in the wondering uncertainty as
to what was coming next, and as things
continued to shake harder and harder,
an undefnable expectation that they
would all go to pieces. This amount of
shaking the house could endure very
well, but suppose We should have an
other and a harder shake! However,
we had no harder experience, aud the
greaning, trembling cottage did not
come down about our ears. The tiles
on our roof were more or less displaced
and broken, but that is, no doubt, the
common state of things in Yokohama,
this morning. At one of the hotels
chimney fell, striking the roof of a
building next door and deposited half
toms weight on bed that CHANGED to
be unoccupied. On the whole it was
not very agreeable experience, and
earthquakes are by no means pleasant
visitOraO
Richland beacon., 1880-03-13
The Wicked Typo.

"Compo,itors," Mr.. Proctor notes,
"make strange work of scientific state
ments. / sometimes fancy they are not
altogether so innocent in this matter as
they would have US to believe. and that
they compose sometimes with their
tongue very much lin their cheek.
They are fond, 60 far as my own in
dividual experience is concerned, of
substituting comic for "cosmic,"
'plants' fer planets human for
known and in other ways making
hash generally of nv more serious and
solemn statements. The most remark
able change they ever arranged for me
was ore of which, still retain 'dOcu-
mentary evidence in q proof on the
little book on Spectroscopic Analysis,
which l wrote for the Society for
Promoting Christian knowledge. Here
the words which in the work itself az
pear-as they were certainly written
Zines. bands and stria in the violet part
of spectral were positively printed
links, bonds and stripes for the
violent kinds of spectres.'
Richland beacon., 1880-03-13
As il Used to Be.

One hundred years ago not a pound
of coal or cubic foot of illuminating
gas had been burned in the country.
No iron stoves were used, and no con-
trivance for econOmizing heat we're en-
ployed until DR.. Franklin had invented
the iron-framed fireplace, which still
bears his name. All the cooking and
warming in town, as we'll as in the
country, were done by the aid of fire
kindled on the brick hearth or in brick
ovens. Pine knots or tallOw candles
furnished the light for the long winter
nights, and sanded floors supplied the
place of rugs and carpets. The water
used for household purposes was drawn
from deep wells by the creeking sweep.
No form of pump was used ia this cOun-
try, 80 far as We can learn, until after
the commencement of the present GEN.
fury. There were no friction matches
in those early days by the aid of which
a FIRE could be easily kindled, and if the
fire went out upon the hearth over night,
and the finder was damp, 30 that the
spark could not catch, the alternative
remained of wading through the snow a
mile or two to borrow a brand of a
neighbor. Only one room in any house
was warm, unless some member of the
family was ill; in all the rest the tenn
perature was at zero during many nights
in the winter. The men and women of
hundred years ago undressed and went
to their beds in a temperature colder
than that of our barns and woOdsheds
and they never complained.
Richland beacon., 1880-03-13
Notes on Dep0rtment.

Keep your nails paired, and keep
paired yourself. Single blessedness is an
empty mockery.
Toe out not in. Especially if you are
an employer, you would better turn out
your feet than your hands.
Keep you. face clearly shaved, and
stop there. Don't shave your customers.
Don't talk with your mouth filed
with food. And there is no call for
your talking much under normal condi-
tiOns.
Keep your clothing we'll brushed. II
you have no brush, tell your wife how
you long for your mothers cookery, and
you will have one instanter.
See that your collar button is secure
before you leave home in the morning.
Else you will find your chOler rising be.
fore night.
When talking, don't keep fumblin9
your face, as though you were lingering
a musical instrument.
Don't walk the streets with your cane
or umbrella thrust under your arm at
right angles with your body. The
policeman may take your for a cross
and take you up.
Don't interrupt person in his talk.
The natural limit of a mans life is
threescore years and ten, and he can't
60 on forever.
Never put your knife an your mouth.
The mouth is a very poor place to keep
a knife in. Apt to make it rusty.
Don't tuck your napkin under your
shirt collar. The waiter may think you
would steal it.
Never say IL WON'T" even IL it be
your wont to feel that way.
Richland beacon., 1880-03-13
WOmen's Tendency TO Obesity.
New York Times.1

A year or two ago the Times started
the question, Are not American women
losing .heir thinness? and expressed
the belief that they are losing it steadily
and perceptibly. Observation shows
that it is SO, especially in large cities,
where there is more ease and material
comfort, more freedom from anxiety and
petty cares, than there can be in the
country. Our Won en- do not look IS they
used to twenty-five or even fifteen years
since. Their proportions have visibly
increased, as most any one may see who
will use his eyes. New York will serve
as an example. Formerly really stout
woman here was pretty apt to be for
eigner. Now, stout native women are
very common, well-nigh too common to
be agreeable. And round plump women
of Anglo-Saxon blood and origin are
conspicuously plenty. They are num-
erOus on the promenade, at places of
amusement, at private entertainments.
Fullness of contour is no longer the
dividing line between other pationalities
and our own. We are getting more and
more like the rest of the civilized world.
The last charity ball-as fair a repre-
sentation as any public assembly can be
of the average condition of the leis-
urely, prosperous class-certainly de-
noted that leanness was not trait of
our women, many of whom were physi-
cally affluent beyond the need of becOu.
irgness. The pallid compilations, mar
row chests, fiat bosoms, angular figures
of which we were wont to hear SO much
from Old World resources. were hardly
perceptib'e. They diminish every year,
proving that the general health OF
the country is far better than it has
been, and that We more clearly under
stand nature and natures laws. The
present danger is that women may &C.
quire more adipose matter than may be
attractive. The tendency is obviously
in that direction. 1t may not he great
while before they shall compete in cor.
pulency with their English, French and
German sisters, rot to name those of
other lands. 1t appears 10 be the rule
that women, in and after middle life,
grow stout when they are comfortably
circumstance and mentally at rest;
and there is no manifest reason why
Americans should be an exception. We
hope that they will stop short of Euro
peau redundance-any degree of thin
ness is preferable to obesity but
whether they do or not, the meagerpess
OF the daughters of the Republic is un-
ouestionably thing of the past.
Richland beacon., 1880-03-13
Does Literary Labor Kill!

"Iet those" says Matthew Brown,
"who fancy literature, as a profession,
is an easy one, be named. Charles Dick
ems died mainly of the wear and tear of
inventing and writing"
II Dickens died from OverwOrk, what
the dickens ought an insurance company
to expect of an editor who does not
write monthly or even weekly, but has
a demand more clamOrous and insatiate
than that of the Orse-icech's daughter
hourly at his elbow? The fact is, much
nonsense has been talked about wear snd
tear of mental labnr-IOnsense which is
contradicted by the statistics Of litera-
ture, and in the persons of many OF the
most industrious American, English, and
French authors. The man who does the
most work with his pen is not neces-
sarily, nor generally, the man who does
the hardest work; for those who are not
methe die in habit and application, and
careful TO seek health and power by rest,
exercise, and recreation, not only pay
the penalty in deterioration of the quail
ity of their production, but also in q
loss as to the quantity. Waste. or down.
right war upon the nerve power, kills
most of the authors and journalists who
have been held up as martyrs to an ext
gent profession. The strain and drain
of composition would be easy tndurable
of themselves, were it not late and irreg-
ular hours, alcoholic sti:nulants and to-
bacco as a supplement to assist them. In
the case of Dickens. for instance, We do
not mean to say tina: he practiced that
phase of intemperance which is deba,-
ing; but his habits were irregular, his
appetites freely INDUCED; and port wine
and rich diet had great deal uiOrc TO Go
with his early death than Az the Year
Round or the delightful books which
show how various and prolific was his
genius.