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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-05
Music Hath Charms.

Edwards the latter part of the War;
said the Colonel, "bands became rather
scarce in the Confederate service, and
we were rarely RECALLED with the strains
of martial music unless it was from the
Federal forces. On the retreat from
Sharpsburg, during brief halt. the
weary soldiers, as was their custom,
flung themselves down on either side of
the road for what rest they could get.
Just at this juncture came trudging
down the center of the road solitary
musician with q big bass drum slung
over his shoulder. His appearance ex-
cited the liveliest emotions among the
boys, which finally found vent through a
tall, tallow-faced North Carolinian, who
bringing his piece to the ready, halted
the astonished musician, at the same
time brawling out, Say, mister, can't
you come down here a piece an play
something kinder soothing on that air
thing-for sick man?' boston Com
nlerctdl.
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The Indian As An Advertiser.

A bill has been introduced i'm Con-
gress to prevent the use of the United
States flag for advertising purposes.
When that is put through
successfully and the old flag
secured from further dcsecra-
ton at the hands of advertisers, there is
another wrong that we desire TO see
corrected. The poor, patient, wooden
Injun has been obliged for many years
almost ever since Sir Walter Raleigh's
day-to stand guard in front of tobacco
stores, advertising the weed. There he,
stands through the heat OF summer and
amid wintry storms, with the outward
stoicism of his race, but who can tell
the anguish that burns within that tim
Der bosom when he reflects upon his
degradation. Boys take liberties with
him and cuff him, drunken men come
along and try to shake hands with him,
small jokers pretend to take cigar
from his outstretched hand. At night
he is roughly and joltingly wheeled into
the shop and stood in corner, without
even bench to stretch his weary form
upon. Often his nose is knocked off, or
an eye gouged out, while it is not I'M
common to find an arm and even a leg
gone. Now, the Indian is relic of a by
gone America. A pretty lively relic on
the frontier. occasionally, still a relic.
He is all that remains to show what race
of people inhabited this country before
the white men came, and viewed in that
light he is entitled to reverence and
show of dignity. Let not his noble form
be submitted to such base tobacco uses
any longer. Give the wooden Indian
rest. Cincinndti Saturday Night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-05
A Missed Opportunity.

i had never thought of her; we walked
With June underfoot and overhead.
had never thought of her; we talked;
And never noticed what we said.
fell on flowers with my lout's long feet;
shocked the solemn old oaks with laugh
ter;
1 droned of weather. the way, the wheat;
Her glance said shyly, And what comes
after?
Kind counsels dropped from a clement sky
The way was made, as it were, for two;
Il could only hear the crickets cry;
She heard, higher up, the white doves COO.
leighton. crude and ashamed to please;
She-eighteen, ripe, with a looking glass!
The birds sang love to her in the trees,
And the crickets Kissed me in the grass
She rifled berries in many bush,
The white arm flashed in many tnrn;
A sunbeam broke on it like blush;
watched plover rise from the fern.
A brook ran rollicking on our way;
We stopped a moment and as stood
Re- The sweet. warm, amorous air of May
Hymned Hymen, Hymen throughout the
wood.
Her voice had tender and timd tones,
And frightened laugh and a laughing
scream;
Her fine feet flew on the stepping stones;
Watched the trout turn against the stream
found not thing to say-and talked;
heard her sigh and saw her smile;
She was beside me, and as we walked
wished it was og4 all the while'
We had left the woods ere saw the red,
Meek mouth, and the faces sea shell tints
Let's think no more of it, then, she said
And have thought of it ever since.
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nothing to be seen! must have inn
agined it, says l. t. myself, and I
walked a little faster, listening with all
my might, and sure enough pat, pat,
pat, came the step after me. Again /
wheeled round. Not thing did see.
And again l started on, the APP
Piles growing heavier and heavi-
er. Pat, pat, pat, came the step. 1t
wasn't like human step. That made
it more dreadful. 1T must be the
ghost, thought; and don't mind tell
ing you, fellers. Inever was so fright
ened in my life. The time fell over
board was nothing to it. imade up my
mind, when reached the bridge that
crossed little brook near our hotel, I'd
streak it Q hadn't exactly run yet, for
1 was saving my strength till the lasD.
But before got to the bridge says to
myself-and must have said 1t out
loud, though 1 didn't mean to-'Per
haps he wants the apples
"'Apples!' repeated hoarse voice,
with a horrid laugh.
81 tell you, boys, those apples flew,
and flew too. Over the bridge I went
like lightning, and ran right into Barney
Reardon, one of the stable-men, who
was coming to look for me. Something
has followed me- 1 gasped, from the
haunted barn-the ghost!' Did you
see itp' says he. No. says I, though
/ turned round dozen times to look for
it. But heard it pat, pat, pat, behind
me all the way 'And it's behind you
now,' says Barney, bursting into loud
laugh. jumped about six feet. There
it is says Barney, roaring again, and
pointing to Pop Robins's tame raven!
The sly old thing looked up at me, nod
ded its shining black head, croaked 'Ap-
ples!' and walked off. 1t had followed
me from the barn, and, every time 1
wheeled quickly round, it hoped just
as quickly behind me, and so of course /
saw nothing but the long road and the
moonlight on it. But 1 never want to
be so scared again, and If ever any of
you boys go for any thing belonging to
other people, don't you count ME in"
"What became of the applesP" asked
Jerry O'Neil.
If you'd been there could have
told you,'' said Charley .-Mrs. Margaret
Eytinge, in Harper's Young Folks.
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HID IN A TURF-RICK.
An Irish Episode.

The Irish are a fine race!
"That's your opinion, is itp"
The speakers were myself and Ellers
lie, Captain in the Royal Engineers, OF
the "Sappers, as we called them in
popular phraseology. Place, the smok
ing-room of the r. A. mess at Wool
witch. Time, anywhere in the small
hours. When l say that of the above
sentences the first was spoken by me, ]
shall be in position to plunge at once
n nsedltas res.
After uttering the above oraculal
answer, Ellerslie pulled away silently al
his long Havana for awhile. Il did not
interrupt him, for I saw twinkle in
his eye, and knew there was something
coming presently. He was one OF
those men whose thoughts it is not well
to hurry, for fear of losing their thread
= altogether. .
At last it came, as 1 anticipated.
al don't think ever told you, did I,
of my adventures in that lovely coun-
tryp In fact, the story is SO much
against myself, that thought it just as
well to keep it dark. However, if you
will swear solemnly to be silent as the
grave don't mind telling you now.
At all events, it is not bad joke as it
turned out, though it might have been
q serious one."
OF course I promised inviolable
secrecy, however good the story
might be, and, having fortified myself
with brandy-and-soda, Ellerslie be-
gan:
81 dare say you know that in the
spring of 1877 was sent to Ireland on
special service to see about building new
barracks in two or three places where
they were needed, especially at Long
ford, where the Government had at that
time an idea of quartering whole cav
airy regiment, though now 1 believe
they have come down to one troop OF
Scots Grays. was rather pleased with
the commission, for had never been to
the Emerald Isle before, and saw my way
ito pleasant little excursion at Govern
disbursements en- route were to be paid
for me by the iberality of my country,
i chose the most convenient way of
getting to my destination, and travelled,
via Euston and Holyhead, by the night
mail, the Wild Irishman, believe they
-oall it.
1--WE left Euston at 1925 p. m.
didn't feel much inclined to sleep, and
you know I am great smoker, so l
turned into a compartment sacred to the
consumption Of the soothing weed.
There was only one occupant besides
myself, a man of about forty, well
dressed, but not, to my mind, gentle
man. Indeed, at first sight put him
down to be what he was, well-to-do
Irish farmer returning from business
trip to town, and indulging himself in
the unwonted luxury of first-class car
riAge.
Whatever other faults those Irish
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-05

A HOUSE of ice, similar to that which
was built in the Empress Anne's reign,
about to be constructed in the Zoolo-
gical Garden at Moscow. The managers
of that establishment have found among
its archives some valuable details as to
the mode of building which was adopted
on the former occasion, and they will
be adhered to in the present instance.
The first edifice was raised between the
Admiralty and the Winter Palace at st.
Petersburg, in 1740, and was formed
throughodt-walls, roofs, windows, dec
orations, alike-of ice. The blocks
were cut in square shape and their
surfaces sprinkled with water, which,
when placed in juxtaposition, froze in
the interstices and bound the whole into
one compact and solid mass. At the en-
trance of the structure was large gal
lery filed with statues. The pilasters
on the exterior were fashioned to imi-
tate green marbles. The antechamber
possessed four windows and the other
rooms five each, while on the sills stood
vases filed with flowers made Of ice,
shrub-like plants, covered with birds of
the same material, standing at the cor
ners. Bookcases, chairs, tables, ward.
robes, utensils, candelabras, beds, were
all of ice. r.m- -. f...
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
LITTLE BOYS THOUGHTS.

A LITTLE BOYS THOUGHTS.
That all of my troubles were done;
But 1 find myself much mistaken
They only have just begun.
Learning to read was awful,
But nothing like learning to write:
I'd be sorry to have you tell it,
But my copybook is a sight,
The ink gets over my fingers;
The pen cuts all sorts of shines.
And won't go at all as bid it;
The letters won't stay on the lines,
But go up and down and all over,
As though they were dancing Jig;
They are there I'm all shapes and sizes,
Medium, little and big.
The tails of the g's are so contrary,
The handles get on the wrong side
OF the DIS and the ks and the us
Though I've certainly tried and tried
To make them just right; it is dreadful,
Ireally don't know what to do,
Pm getting almost distracted;
4, My teacher says she is, too.
There'd be some comfort in learning
If one could get through; instead
OF that, there are books awaiting.
Quite enough to craze my head.
There's the multiplication table,
And grammar, and, oh, dear me,
There's no good place for stopping,
When one has begun, see.
My teacher says little by little
To the mountain tops we climb;
1t isn't all done in "a minute,
But only step at a time;
She says that all the scholars,
All the wise and learned men,
Had each to begin rs do;
If that's so, where's my pen?
-Carlotta PERM, in Vide Atrdke.
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AN old farmer says that, for his part,
he don't know where the present rage
for trimming bonnets with birds is GO
ing to end. Only four or five years ago
he bought his daughter humming-
bird; next year she wanted robin, the
next pheasant, and this season he de-
clares he had to chain up his Thanks
giving turkey or she'd have. had that
perched on top Of her head.-Andre,os
Bazaar.
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TransLation.-"M- NJ: Dent go to
Moate, or will be your end. Let it be right
or wrong, let Pat Higgins stay at home" The
above is an exact copy of a threatening letter
in the authors possession.
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a strOnS ana Masisy fons ssn..oS3
I'D SBLi d. II . .l,j ~ az

"a
sls's 81 Z. 81, n: e ), t,
@sseSdljt l2tlssggs tllA2
6iRs Z want 10 say Ia HoiI silat YOU
havS 40 i.aaytv s., III, 81 .is
y: : @ wy
p57sSl lsss stz 4 nasy .slt ie-
ssee TO the Cash tragedy.
10 inn ss0ss tIlsL. i1lenanry
|sof allo rallsi,t tlsssl ia, e, &c ~
ma, oh ~ 2 & z suos
f',e, :, ~ it dueilo 70
setue ,aneir personal ytdi itiefences 20 ask
that The laY{be yfndicated In this case.
Ia foFIaerE days the most puncti,iotts
.deeorlm fEnd chivalFic. courtesy al tin.s
guished the conduct OF g4ntler.cn in
e.affafFs Df; honDg,'' and, eearse, ribaldry
yand gaseonade in correspoadeaca ,yes ss
sodiohBs al tho brand Of fogardfcA. lsut
now the washbucklerr ,tyle, apueara 10
Da fashiouabie.
4 Bhe issue is very sharply made be-
tween those who Era apie iy.. deiisntly
under foot and 9hoss Who execute Il. and
i do hops that CO.. fage enbi 4ch NAV be
found TO execust H. 5f.4, n sS',E
It viii be O Ead day for South Caroli1a
when q gentleman, who feels it to be his
persohaf7o or Professional fiuty 10 .yindl.
cate private rights In our courts, Is first
goaded 10 deSperation, aud Than shot.
If that isto pe tho plane which our ciyill-
zation Ii To- occapy, Ec Ghall aiI be-
aleeping on our afmE, And there must
be a0rneihing radically wrong II, ptlh-
lie sentiment which csln q man of :
Shannon's high charaeter and acknowl.
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tions by COMPANY of Northern capital
lists, who under; q grant from the State
propose TO put up factories with 2e, ,2l9
spindlss on the long neglected Hater.
power of the Columbie Canal.
Tho public schools of Charleston will
compare most nycrably With similar
institutions in the larger Northern cities
aud afford thorough instruction in the
lower and middle branches to nearly y.
900 pupils. The Charleston College fur.
nishes the means Of higher education.
The last Legislature provided for the
opening, in October. Of the State Agri.
University. CIaHin UniYersi.y. ~ az Or Or.
angeburg, is also branch Of this ins,itu.
tiop, and is devoted exclusively to the
education Of the coloFed people. In ad.
dition 10 these colleges there are g num.
Der of denominational institutions in The
State-Erskine Cullege at Due West,
Associate Reformed Presbyterian New.
berry College at Newberry, Lutheran :
Wofford College at Spartanburg, Metho.
Baptist ). Adger College at 'Yalballa,
Presbyterian. There arc also iernaie
colleges at Williamson, Greenyille, Due
West and Columbia. Military academies
are in active operation at Yorkyille and
Greenville. Ali of these schools are un-
der the control Of able and experienced
professors, and maintain high standard
of scholarship. The total attendance in
the. public schools of the State last year
was 122, ,463--white 58,368, colored 64,-
095.
It would take moro time than 1 can
give, and more space than you can spare,
TO describe fully the valid and cogent
reasons for my unshaken faith in the
future of South Carolina. [ have said
enough, trust, to show that the State
has overcome difficulties which seemed
to be insurmountable. That she has
largely improved her position in every
department of agriculture and manufac-
lures, the cornerstone of the social and
industrial fabric, and that, with the
assurance of just, equal and economical
government and low taxation-with the
public debt settled in accordance with
the decision of the Supreme Court az the
State with the public school system
enlarged and improved, and an increase
OF 40 per cent. in the average attendance
ofthe. pupils; with the peaceful and con.
tented disposition of the colored people
and the white to command success-
there is no thing to prevent South Car
c'na from becoming apowerfuI and
wealthy State; not growing up in night
like Jonah's gcprd. but built up stone
by stone and course by course, solid,
massive and enduring.
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a High Herse Indeed,

There arrived in this city yesterday by
way of tho Hudson River Railway from,
Albany, and was conveyed directly to his
.qpeleers in Houston Street, what is be-.
lieyea 70 be the largest horse that ..as
eyer fallen under the eye Of an anatorist
or jockey-a veritable equine monster
besides which animals of the ordinary
height are as dwarfs. The animal was
bred in Ohio. from our native draught
stock, and certainly NO region except
one OF the limestone bases could have
developed such an enormous equine
anatomy. His registered height is
twenty hands and one inch, or eighty
one inches, being o foot, taller than an
average man. 3
His weight is stated TO be 2.45O
pounds; but all these points will proba.
bly, be verified to-day by competent vet.
erinary surgeons. AS standing In the
stable the color of the animal appears TO
be q uniform dark bay, without snot or
blemiah. It ahonld not be judged that
this height, although extraordinary, is
not altogether unprecedented in horses.
At the Centennial Exhibition In Phila.
delphia, in 1875, q span of horses was
placed on exhibition, each of which vas
eighteen hands and ona inch high. The
animals were bred ip Canada, and be,
came the property of Philadelphia
brewer when the Exhibition closed. a
veterinary surgeon in this city formerly
owned a horse that was nineteen hands
and one ineh high, gient in anatomical
structure, but he found It impossible Ia
correct certain tendency to emaciation,
and the creature was neelasa for dramehe
cs road. The late Pope Pic Mono vas
the fortunate poaseasor Of one OF the
largest horses in European animal
eighteen hands aud one inch high, and
the Hanoyerian stables formerly con,
tanned another Of nearly equal height,
So far as can be judged, the Ohio mon.
ster is in perfect health and physical
condition, and may live TO- a good old
age, notwithstanding bis abnormal pro.
peTtions. One or tlie Iam0us European
animate mentioned vas living at thirty.
six years of age--a longevity not often
attained by horses. ee
|. The monBter in Houston street is ac-
companied BY his owner, but Il is under
stood he hes been occurred by Barnum al
price OF 81 ,UUU, anu Siii pre,entiiy DC
placed o. exhibitioH.-Nep YORK 7sntes
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...Ayfshire.C Cows.

y mi a.
Il T5e following Htatisttc6 of This wei seg.
tablishcd breed. dsaerva the ttarii5;ns ,T ns s,
all who are ititars5tefs In sIaiFvi s,aftaSs
and eisafly Indicate TINT ti,eses enVs sEs
scarcely vet arSpecipteS, at tl,eir yis vi n
ne, 49, 3 s.. = !, ~
eelilnr flesl mill. ia mid to 1IsSs Tssl
isod @ IN saver 60
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~ j -. I
The Coax LEe. Modern kcisnca has
brought The cork leg; 10 1 stats af Ferfec.
selonl which renders Ii almost iElpossibia
fer the casual observer to detect Che 6l2l5
ference between the resi- and Artifi 5ial.
Ihege WAS an -tninent young laysyeT.
EoHfe yeaFs 90 vSiio had cork iS5s that
gfas sa tEiumph of artistic deception. {
None but bis ifltiInatea kueY for ceg I'm.
which was che rtal and which was chs,
ahan lflabs a wild young vlag df She
utter bar arho knew sao lAayeE nfes..
tgT well. 0nce thonght ia utilize tilia
ti;S.vl dge Of tho lRWye Eeeras 20 tai;es
IN = aefgiy dgad young HarTis The
lawyef was I'D ddreeein1t n special juss ut
W stnlinisteE Ia his usual So test md
Elyehsrnent style, and tho rgs iErsfed
20, his naighboFS y on eee Iicsy hot old
RuSfiz ia over, hia esse now, ! fei het,
yott Is 10 Ii Ell run this pin Into his
ieg slap up % the bead slid ha will neyeE
even notice IL. (. lle' s 50 orh d in BIS
cage4 He is most ext iEa uls lr
that way Tnis " "a o2e tlis1, be s.fealls
IhoFii cctild swel IoEi, SO b0 toeS the bek.
| Tho aag leaning fnrEefd drey9 lip to
tho head in thn lawy legg3 81
fseze the hla1ss OF 81 vie s s,sssA ,sss
| t1Rde the tts!r II ~ n iugg stania 90 il
catsed re ) dgefA Wig 81 most TO ssl OH
fssn t,>fcngh tho court. 3iT 19yai lt Y
Tho es4f0n let,, ana afye lost ny n 9ae l'
] lS<elsimta the dislnsy sy ard
atfiEs en- M 3, quite los Of ftiie pain
he bad int ie "a upon the ieagsi d lei ei,
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A Fool ONCE MORE For ten years my
wife ives confined 10 her bed with such
9 complication OF ailments that no
doctor could tell what was the matter
or cure her, and / used up small for
tune in hurnbrg stuff Six months npo
saw 8 D. s. Gag with Hop Bitters on it,
and ] thought would be- q fool once
more. tried i, butfny folly provedto be
wisdom. Two bottles cured her, she ia
nov as well ana atrong as any man's wife,
and It costme only two dollars. Snch
folly paysH W., Detroit, Mich. - Ere
Press. gs,
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The Last Battle Of tho RoyolntIon.

DIR. Alexander Anderson, the father of
wood engraving in this country, died in
Jersey City, in 1870, a few weeks before
his ninety-fifth birthday. He was born
in New York two days after the skirmish
at Lexington, and had vivid rocollections
of some of the closing events of the
Revolution IN that city. From his lips
the writer heard many narratives of those
stirring scenes. One of them was an
account of the last battle of the Revolu-
ton, of which young Anderson, then q
boy between eight and nine years of age,
was an eyewitness.
.Anderson's parents lived near the foot
OF Murray street, not for from the Hud-
son River. There were very few houses
between them and Broadway. Opposite
Anderson's dwelling was q boarding
house kept by man named Day. His
wife was comely, strongly built woman
about forty years of age, and possessed q
brave heart. She was an ardent Whig,
and, having courage equal to her convic-
tions, she never concealed her senti-
ments.
On the morning of tho day November
eE, 1882 when the British troops were
to evacuate the city of New York, and
leave America independent, Mrs. Day
unfurled her .country's flag over her
dwelling. The British claimed the right
to hold possession of the city until noon
that day. Cunningham, the notorious
British provost was informed OF
this impudent display of the 'rehel
banner in the presence Of British troops,
and sent o sergeant to order it to be taken
down. Mrs. Day refused compliance.
at about nine o'clock in the morning,
while young Anderson was sitting on the
porch of his fathers honse, and Mrs.
Day was quietly sweeping in front of her
own, he saw q. bnyly, .red-faced British
officer in full uniform, with powdered
wig, walking rapidly down the street
He halted Lefore Mrs. Day, and roughly
inquired;
hWho hoisted that rebel ilaS9n
81 raised that flag, coolly answered
Mrs. Day, looking the angry officer full
in the face.
"Pull it downI'' roared the Briton.
II shall not do it," firmly answered
Mrs. Day.
"You don't know who am,n angrily
growled the officer.
eyes ! do,;' answered the courageous
woman.
Cunningham (for 1t was he) seized the
halyards, and attempted to pull down the
flag, when Mrs. Day flew ut him with heI
broom, and beat him go severely over the
head that she knocked off his hat, and
made tine powder Hy from his wig. 81
saw it shine ike dim nimhus around
his head in the morning sum- said An.
derson.
Cunningham was an Irishman, detested
by everybody for his crnalty to 4 .ae.ieaE 9
= = ~ Il :