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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
Remarkable Career-The Author of
80 ~" Kathleen Mav0urneen."
1,r the last two. years, SAYS the Ba

Fer the last two years, says the Balti-
more CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Express, there has lived in an out-of-the-
way street in Baltimore a man who, by
his literary and musical abilities, has
srendered his name famous throughout
two continents He is F. Nicholas
Crouch, the author and composer of
kathleen Mavourneen. He is at
present engaged as a varnisher in a fac
tory near his home, and by this pursuit
he is enabled to support his large fami-
ly. In appearance he has marked and
expressive countenance, sinewy form
and iron-gray hair. He is apparently
an ordinary mechanic, but the brain
which was once so fertile with ideas can
stin conceive thoughts worthy of the
man. His history IS interesting because
of it's numerous successes and failures;
it is peculiar because his talents have
raised him almost to the height Of fame
only to bring him eventually to his
present lowly position. Mr.. Crouch
was born in England on the 31st of July,
1908. He comes of very good family,
the members of which had often distin-
guished themselves in the various pro-
LESSONS. From an early age Mr.. Crouch
had evinced love of music, and at nine
years of age played bass-viol at the Royal
Coburg Theater in London. From this
starting point he. worked himself into
IS His Majesty's Theater" and played a
solo on the violoncello before Rossini.
Bockra, then in the zenith of his glory,
was conductor of the opera, and was so
pleased with the boy sxievotion his
professor that. hesmadesAi him his pupil.
At the age Of twentys stpng indications
of vocal excellence manifested them
selves and Bockra transferred his pupil
to William HAYES, master of st.
Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Alb
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
A Wise Coon.

Did you ever see n raccoong 1 am
going TO tell you about one that was
sent from the South as a present to q
lady whose name was Isabella. He was
called Zip Coon. and very wise coon
he was. ....'| .'.U
Zip had long. low body, covered
with stiff yellowish hair. His nose was
pointed, and his eyes were bright rs
buttons. His paws were regular little
hands, and he used them just like
hands. ig e 'e"h .m I. .trH."f
He was very tame. He would climb
up on Isabella's chair and scramble TO
her shoulder. Then he would comb her
hair with his fingers, pick at her ear
rings and feel of her collar and pin and
buttons.
Isabella's mother was quite i'll, but
sometimes was able to sit in her chair
and eat her dinner from q tray On her
lap. She liked TO have Zip in her room;
but, if left alone with her Zip would
Jump up in the chair behind her and
try to crowd her off. He would reach
around, too, under her arm and steal
things from her tray.
Once the cook in the kitchen heard q
brisk rafting OF tin-pans in the pantry.
She opened the door, and there, on q
shelf, was Zip. There were two pans
standing side by side One had Indian
meal in it, and the other nice sweet
milk. In front of the pans stood Zippy.
He had scooped the meal from one
pan into the milk in the other pan. and
was stirring up pudding with all his
might. He looked over his shoulder
when he heard the cook coming up be-
hind him, and worked away all the
faster. as if to get the pudding done be-
fore he was snatched up and put out of
the pantry. aa- a,
Zip was very neat and clean. He
loved to have a bowl of water and
piece of soap set down for his own use.
He would take the soap in his hands.
dip IL into the water and rub it between
around his body and wash himself Ii
was very funny to see him reach way
around and wash his back. ...,,. :
One day Isabella, not feeling well,
was lying on her bed. Zippy was play
ing around her in his usual way. Pretty
soon he ran under the bed, and was
busy long while reaching up and pull
ing and picking at the Stats over his
head. BY and BY he crawled out: and
what do you think he had between his
teeth? A pretty little red coral ear
ring that Isabella had lost several weeks
before. lips bright eyes had spied il
as he was playing around under the
bed. So you see Zip Coon did some
good that time.
When Zip grew older he became SO
cross and snappish. that he had to be
chained up in the wood-shed in front Of
his little house. On the door of his
house was printed in red letters, Zip
Coon: ne bites" Narseru. sf-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
Constitutional. Government on Trial.

When Prince Albert declared that
Constitutional Government was on its
trial in Great Britain, he was roundly
rated by the British press, although he
uttered what now seems to have been a
trusm. But what the slow develop
ment of the events of which the Reform
bill was the most conspicuous did for
Constitutional Government in Great
Britain. the sudden shock of Guiteau's
crime has done for republican Govern
ment in this country. Republican Gov
eminent in the United States has been
on its trial. The abuses some of them
most serious and scandalous abuses
which have grown up in the Republic
founded by Washington are known to
all Of us, and all of us areready enough,
O., occasion. to point them out That
DISCUSSION is less trammeled here than
elsewhere, and that public criticism
Soes ia, q point which in some countries
FESTIVE law. md in still other countries
social opinion. would intervene to'pre-
vent it from reaching, makes more con-
snicuous here than elsewhere such po-
litical abuses as neither law nor social
oninion avails to prevent. In no other
.irilized country. for example, would
maj, who occupied or aspired to a de-
cent social position or. q dignihed .polit-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
POLITICAL. ITEMS.

a Cincinnatis astronomerais posi-
tive that hessaw the comet spit open
the other night. He says the nuclei are
/, 200 miles apart. This is not so bad as
the Republican party.
The expressions ofssympathy and
sorrow which come from every quarter
OF the South in this hour of National
trouble are evidently from the heart,
and show how greatly the people of
that section have been misapprehend-
d.-EIchange. - D
No doubt Mr.. Hayes is right in
rushing out his denial of the remarks
about Garfield and Blaine that were
attributed to him; but who cares wheth-
er he did or did not say these thingsp
He wasa mere, accident in The White
House, and did not exhibit enough in
dividual and personal force while he
was there to make it a matter of any
importance what he thinks and says
now that he has retired to private life.
st. Louis Republican.
General Fitz John Porter has
been charged by the Republican press
with most of,thescrimes known to- the
Decalogue; but he cannot be charged,
even BY the bitterest of his partisan as
sailants, with harboring malice. Al
though President Garfield was a MEM
Der Of the court which convicted him.
he says: 81 o. Al
God grant me President me- 1t val, say
/. and I saY itslorahis countr1ss sake. Tor hiD
own sake and for his familysS sake. Havin4
gone through trying ordeal myself, I can
appreciate the extent to which family suf-
fers when a husband and father is even worse
than murdered. Yes. can feel for them, and
they have my heartfelt coincidence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
TAKING HIS PLACE.

"Oh, Charlie! Why did you do it?
On my birthday too! / am so sorry.
for now you will miss all the fun of the
Fourth" And as she spoke, Mary sat
down dangling her broad hat by one
string, and looked disconsolately at her
brother, who had been sent to bed as q
punishment. ...
g How was to know that just little
bunch of fire-crackers like that was GO
ing to smash the gobletp 1 did not
think it would do anything but just lift
it up some"
.'Who told you to do such thing,
CharlieP' N"
Nobody; thought of it myself. oh
dear! wish l had grandma, or an
aunt, or somebody like that!' a
"What for, Charlie? l am sure no.
body could be half as good as mamma -
81 like grandmas and aunts. Eddie
Bates has grandmamma, and she al
ways gets him out of scrapes; and Tom
Taylor has an aunt that does lots OF
things for him. People ought not to
get married if they don't have mothers
and sisters to make grandmas aud
aunts for fellows who are always get
ting blamed for nothing at all" ,,
glass" .u.H
sNo. L didn't either; the fire crack
ers broke it. Oh, dear! dear! / wish
there wasn't any Fourth of July, nor
fire-crackers, nor nothing! What's the
use of fire-crackers, if fellow can't
fire them offp 1t was real mean to let
me spend all my money on fire-crack-
ers, and .hen not let me have any fun
with them. There's my pin wheel, too.
promised Bates to fasten it to the top
of the highest clothes-pOle in his back
yard tonight 80
81 am SO sorry, Charlie dearp'
"And, Mary, 1 am so dreadfully hot.
| have got raging fever; l know !
have"
"Why do you not say youare sorry"
suggested Mary.
Didn't say soP-over, and over,
and over. And father just said he
thought bed was the best place for
boys who exploded fre-crackers under
goblets. If I was father, and wanted
to kill boy, I'd do it out and out, and
not roast him to death in bed on a
Fourth of July. wouldn't for millions
of dollars send poor boy to bed on his
sisters eighth birthday" But what
particular attention was due 10 MS SIS
ter's eighth birthday Charlie did not ex-
plain.
"You knew the crackers would break
the goblet"
mo, L didn't; 1 never saw them
smash one. Didn't they bang. thought
And at the recollection Charles eyes
grew bright, and adelighted expression
illumined his somber little face. The
next moment, however, he was crying
bitterly; and Mary, having watched
him q moment, ran down stairs, just in
time to stop her father as he was going
out. raa nf
Papa. please forgive Charlie. He
is so sorry, and he wants to go out so
muchr'
HE must have q lesson, Mary. that
will teach him not to be SD destructive. {"
But he added, smiling, "H you choose
to take his place, Charlie may go out. I"
Mary bounded away to her brother 8
room. Papa says you may 90 out.
Charlie. Get up, dear"
Charlie needed no second bidding,
and he asked no questions. Five min
utes later he was explaining to Eddie
Bates the principles upon which he had
blown goblet all to smithereens In his
back yard.
What q glorious Fourth it was.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04

Charlie did not go home until tea-time.
he would not have gone then. but thas
his pin-wheel and the rockets were
under his clean shirts In the bottom
drawer of his bureau, and must be gone
for.
Up stairs he ran. as gay Is . cricket,
and burst into hisroom. Let me see;
they are in this one Bother! Where
did mt them ?na--------..s>s----f- .-----.-
what are You looking for. CharlieP"
"What are you doing in lbedP 81
Taking your place" Fg
"Papa said If would take your
place, YOU might go out; and girls do
not care much abont the Fourtn Oh
july" said Mary, cheerily. -,
land you have been in bed all day!"
"Of course; papa said you were TO
stay in bed all day, and am taxing
your place"
But you are not me.
"Rut am your substitute"
"Oh, Mary, you dear, dear. darling
sister! YOU are better than all the
grandmothers and aunts in the world:
catch them going to bed whole day
for fellow!' cried Charlie, kissing her
proudly.
II am very, very glad 1 took your
place. Charlie"
"You get up now, Mary, and I'll
give you my pin-wheel and my rockets,
and you and Ella Bates can ire them
all off. I wouldn't be so mean as to
let you lie there any longer" said
Charlie, beginning to remove his coat.
THAT will do, Charlie" said papa.
coming into the room. ''Get up, my
little daughter; Charlie has learned his
lesson, am sure"
Indeed have. papa, and l am real
sorry"
That same evening Eddie Bates was
Boosting to crowd of boys about his
grandmother having saved him from an
evening OF sorrow i'm his own room,
when Charlie spoke up:
"Grandmas and aunts are all well
enough, boys, but sisters are heap
better. You just listen" And in q
voice of pride and love he related his
sisters generous act.
And the gay little crowd gave Mary
three cheers and tiger, besides firing
off nine starry rockets simultaneously
in her honor. Lille T.. Barr, in Har-
per's Young People. .rt. .n....
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04
Our Young Folks.
4 SONG. FoR4 BIRTHDAY BOX

I Once uron winter night. q sDf"l Z
When the snow lay cold and white, t-er ..
dropped a baby from the skies,
With q pair of big brown eyes;
WITHOUT Clothes or food, or name,
hixht into: our hearts 1t came.
And wc loved 1t from that minute
As if there were millions in 10.
Soon happy year had flown:
He could creep, and stand alone,
Know mamma and Rob and h ritz,
10 4 hundred pretty tricks:
He was sweet, but still tartar,
so we called him little Arthur,
pet. and barring. "Love," and pride,
And n hundred n INES beside.
When another year went by,
Could tellif Ishould try
Halt how lovely he had grown?-
Walking. Ikea man. alone,
Talking with such babblng words b..
Like the cooling of the b rdS,
With a tangled crop of curls ri
Hanging round him-like girls.
Three years old: now look for squalls,
Trials, troubles, cries and falls! ....
Up and down like any rocket 'H
In his dress a little pocket sfl.. sG.
FILLED with tops. and n ills, and strings,
And some fifty other things:
Ihree feet tall, or taller, maybe
Can this be my little baby?
Still another birthday: dear, h.
What four-year colt is here!
Leaping, running. skipping, prancing,
In and out on swift feet dancing,
Handling marbles, spinning tops,
Spending cents in candy-shops;
In killed SKIRT and buttoned Jacket,
Always ripe for fun and racket! a'
Now, as sure as I'm alive,
That outrageous boy is five!
Send him OF to school at once Me-.
We don't want TO own duncel
Full of tricks as any marten-
Get him to Kindergarten:
There he'll learn to use his wits,
without any ugly fits.
six-and what do behold
NO more waviny Curis OF gold, ''P
But a little wig of brown, u .. .i
Closely cropped about the crown;
No more skirts. but little breaches
Full of many seams and stitches:
Growing, every single day,
In the most surprising way.
Seven to-day: Boy at last!
Time and tide have Travelled fast;
There he sits, SO fine and tall,
Jacket, trousers, boots aud all: ora n
He can spell, and read, and write,
He Is good, and gay, and bright,
And his life goes bravely on. I" . IN
Blu, where is my Baby gone?
So now hope-what do I hopper Oh, scores
and scores of thingsl ~
hope he II learn to comb his hair, and tie his
own shoe-strings;
hope he II never catch cold in hail, or snow.
or rain, an r.
And grow to be full six feet nigh without one
growing pain; ,.lt 81
hope he'll keep his clear bright eyes, and his
quick sparkling wits,
And never NEVER, tell tale on Jack, or Rob.
or Fritz: g. .g
And never lose his merry laugh, or smile so
gay and pleasant. at Ell .n
And lay up money in his box to buy each one
present:
IN short, ] hope-to end my rhyme, and not to
make it ionger-....... Al 500 A..
Not only may my darling grow both better,
wise and stronger.
But be, in heart, and mind, and soul, in all his
walks and ways,
A "Cotid not be a, bctter''s boy, through all
his happy days. .I. sHt.
q Gould not be letter. is the highest mark
yiven to the best boy each day in the Chauncy
Halt School, where the Birthday Boy belongs.
WIDE AiUdfe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04

The Chinese are passionately fond
of kite-fying. On the ninth day after
the ninth moon the inhabitants of en-
tire districts assemble, often in the
greatest crowds, comprised of all class
es, from the court dignitary to the
poorest laporer. to watch the sport.
The kites are made in every conceiva-
BILE shape, representing birds, insects
or fishes, and on fine day the air win
be quite full of them. Great skill Is
shown in keeping half dozen or more
going upon one string.
1t Is gradually dawning In. the
minds of Englishmen that the United
States is rapidly taking its place rs the
first Nation of the world. The London
Times in q recent editorial admitted
this a5 one OF the inevitable events of
the near future. II says that Russia's
$4,000, 600 are not to be compared to
the $4,000, 900 of the United States. a.
the latter population are intelligent peo-
pie, with the same aims in life-they
are unit, in fact, while Russia's ap-
parent strength is really a source Of
A wealthy lady who occupies q cot
tage at Mount Desert had jewel case
made in imitation of o Bible. A bur
glar visited her premises, of course, and
avoiding the Bible rs the devil would
holy water, he carried of the silver
ware. but left the diamonds and their
fellow jewels safely In their meek ~
treat. ,.ssIa. sa'o 4G-.s .ter
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-09-24

A Ill persons are hereby warned not IA
IA trespass on the ASkpurfh Claim known
as the Elias Blunt Rio HeDdo Claim. "a
253, as we are determined To prosecute such
trespassers to the fun extent 81 the law.
r. \. PARKER
DELAfDE SMITH.
widow " Johfi B. Smith
Lake Charles, La Apfsl ~, I8sl-sm.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-09-24

A ScHoLARsHIP IN 4 prominent scuth-
ern Business College ean BE purchased
from j. M. BREAx a ca.
Lake Charles, La
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-09-24
A BARGAIN

@InHE DIR. BRAsFIEAR PLACE, ON THE
Il Calcasieu River, just below Marion, Gold
TOWN. with all the Buildings and Improve
inelits, and 0sts HaAdesd md ,5irfg dciws al
Laad. Terms THREE hundred dollars, cash.
Apply TO GEO. II. WELLS, Agent, lake
Charles, La
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f!se enclrclis'g )cucls may serve thee il
1|.5 pcE IsoEse; nexer lose lbe word
lch Ulea' e1grucd On tIfe back; the
may influence f1ce TO more duiifu
oon9uet kissing her boy, ,nothe
md <os' separated newer to meet aeail
this side Of the grave.
Albert followed his mothers atvic,
and brought bis wife to America
where he found some distant conner
fions Of bis father. He went Soutl
tliroagh their advice and obtained
mooney from the sale of the gems
adjoining his mofher's portrait. Thu
money TINS obtained enabled him 10
open q store: he found that his plehiar
wife WINS lieIpmeet indeed, saving
hisn much money by her industry
iheir alrst three children died during
their infancy, and the FraiiBghnysens
wers enjoying prosperity when two
daaaiters csiise 10 boss their home.
Albcrtine, the oldest, wasvery beau
1iful, whilst her sister, Ernestine. was
psessIy pretty. These two girls eonld,
oY would mot endure the restraint OF
sclsools, and their mother, consulting
'tlteir ~isIles inore than their welfarc,
would not compel their attendance.
AIberline's one passionate love was
msssic, and she was the fortunate pos
ssessorfof atruIy sweet, yet powerful
soprano voice, and readily received in
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-09-24

MOSS { RIDDlck
STILL An1EAD.
We have just received from the North and
East a large aud choice variety Of
n OTTO n IS
AND
Fancy Goods,
Consisting IN part Of
I.ANGUEDOC, yERMIcEIII, TUs.
CAN DENTEII,E, POINT D'A-
LEN0ON. TORCH0N AND
yAI1ENCIENNES LACES,
CREAM AND WHITE,
HARfBERG EN-
BRQIDERIES
AND INSER-
TI0N, VERY FINE; LACE TIDIEs,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-26
Rural Happenings.

GARFIELD Ill.,, 3-23, 1SSl.-The severes
storm of the season came upon US on the 18th
lasting 30 hours, snow falling very fast, thu
fakes being absolutely filled with water, and
the wind blowing heavy gale, beating the
drifting snow in solid piles some place 10 fee,
high, so that man or beast could walk over
the snow on the frozen crust. Forty men, en-
gagged in clearing the c. & A. Il. r. track from
the snow drift, were snow bound here and had
10 be fed BY our citizens Of &c 22d and 23d
The G. & A. Co have the credit of having a
very orderly force of men under their manage.
ment leatwlse they have that credit here,
where so many were thrown promiscuously to
he provided for IN a place so lily prepared for
such emergencies as Is Garfield.
Among the other happenings of the week
we may mention the marriage of l.. L. Winter
to Miss Anna Lechner of Peru, Ills.
p. II. Jennett and family are among the ar
rivals here from Ford county, Ills, and will
remain here until after seeding time, Mr. j.
put his Usage farm all in fax and
oats this season.
Sylvester Miller is building q large barn,
the lumber arriving this week from Chicago
Pat Whslen has lumber arriving tor an ele-
CANT two.story house, being an aggregate of
,Ox32 feet and tastlly arranged. INcoaNITo.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-26

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