Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-30
Hepsldam.
IRoNToN, No.. Dec. :


..heps. laln is the next place to Nowhere, D,
remarked one OF the jewellers therein. The
person was not badly mistaken as regards It's
measurment, (taking the road), seven miles
from Ironton, though walking r. as we did. 1t
SEE IN. To be at least twice as far.
The occasion calling US to this out-of-the-
way plscs, was Christmas tree-there being
none in Ironton vi on which likelihood OF =
present for us existed. SO we went toHepsidam,
\ piace-excepting it's lzor .5InhabltaLts, who
are Open hearted and hospitabie people-that
raised every other place we ever saw, higher
in our estimation than we tbouk ht POSSIBLE.
Vent, vidi, vici ''-which, being translated
to suit the occasion, means: 1--WE went, We
saw. We conquered; but caLe home Vail
qulshed.f
We started from Ironton with tn impress
sion that We were going seven les, (we'll
take au oath that with Vi IL was fifteen miles
by the time We got 10 Hel sidan), aud thai we
could easily weather that; but thou htiul
| folks at home provided US with lunch,
knowing our forte not to be pedestrianism
May they ever be blessed ter travelling
| some five or six miles Tin our estimatlon), aud
dropping our lunch halt dGzen times, We
concluded we would slow it safely away.
| Pulling our hat down over our countenance
| as low a. possible, We began. We took slice
OF bread I,st, upon which YVES placed whole
cherries preserved-she size or the 81 ce We al
not mention, for uelicacy's sake. We would
Ike to inlerve the inventor OF preserved
| cherries with the stones SILL where nature
| placed thea; a very short time would suffice.
| We walked Two miles white trying to get the
better of the bread. just a. We We. e complet-
ing the icb we met man with d Dad OF hoops,
with something on top Of tn. I'm resembling u
| churn, tied up in b.d-qult, which proved
| 10 be a woman. We asked the man how far
! it was to Hepsidam. Thar's the hall, way
tree, right yander." Lord! we would have
/ mt tied had it not been for the temp ratur.-
| 3 degrees below freezing. Half way! ahem
| We struck out one. more. meeting VITA iBci-
dents of no kind an d several wagon loads
1 hoops and arrived at our destination in due
| time. Three DWELLINGS, q "meetin' housr, .
| and a scho oil house.-Thats Hepsidan. We
! rested at one of the s'neighoors'" houses,
proceeded to another, from wheLce We went
CHRISTMAS tree. 1t (the churcl) Is bou5 IL
| feet by il ieet large Tor smal), aid contained
| 9 brnches, an ''atar' placed III the centre OF
one end, and stove, beside the tree, VIII ch
i was placed in one corner o! the room.
i The residents Of Helps Il am recognize Christ
i mas. surely: for the ''tree" 1.-TWO large .cedirf
i fastened together) was loaded down with the
/ hardwork OF the farmers wives and daugi
i ters together with candy hearts and a full
I supply of .'store-bought" hanIkerchiefs-al
1 t, steiuliy ged by the neat sch omarm
i The house was crowded full-at least thirty
4 persons being present.
4 The first thin. ON the programme was decla.
nations and dialogues, winch were very vel
| rendered, all tn ms considered. Santa Claus
i was here announc and he created confus
i sion and mirth unlimited. Then the distri
i button Of presents. What noise and seram
/ bling for gifts! After tie distribution, moi
waiting for the persons arouni the door tt
Leave. we ploughed our WY tn Ough the
i crowd and ''puiled for the Shore" which hap
penei in this case to be a two-storied log
l house, very comfortably arranged. about two
mt. distant from the church; after reaching
which, we sat beside u good fire ard warmed
and dried ourselves.
The hands of the clock moved slowly after
we reached our abode Tor the night, and VT
/ were wondering ii no one intenCed to sleep
I when, just as the clock struck the hour Of
midnight. our hostess entered and annoul. ced
supper! We did-at least, We hope we did
ample Justice to the victuals place before us.
| just at A. NJ. we retired. tired and sleepy.
Next morniny, bright and early % o'clock)
| we left host and hostess o, the light and Wis
tied another Isl lie IT. of H spsiaam-fhe 'ound-
er of the village ~. We bt1ltv--where W.
spent some OF the jo,lest motents of oul
life Here we took our Christmas dinner, and
we know we did it justice although grea
| inius ic, to our digestive organs.
| At four O'Clock in the afternoon we lett
Hepsidam and struck ''over the hills and fal
| away, to Irontop, which place We reached
! footsore and we 4ry and retired rarlv, To dream
of the beauties of Hepsidam and vicinity.
| CULVER.