Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-16
Dies ARC, June 18th. 1881.

Ed. Register
send you q few items again this weel
from this place, hoping that you viii civ.
them space In your paper.
We had 4 good shower last night. which
ivened up vegetation very much
Health il cool among our people though
there are q few cases of chronic diseases.
Mechanics merchants, mill men, and laf or
ers are all buslly engaged at their severa
ayocations of lie.
"Gunboat'' is to go to Annapolis TO MORO.
to put D that county bridge over Big Creek
Or, rather, repair it.
ty Of goods. do not know whether he eyel
gets pay for them, or not.
"Uncle Isaac has q dog named Charles
He keeps . collar about its neck to distin
guish it from his children.
Jack Morris, one OF our merchants, left fol
ST. Louis last night Be careful, Jack; you
know what fix some OF your neighbors come
back from the city in.
Nucks was in town yesterday. He found
out that the Grand Jury had adjourned. and
he thought he might venture to Town in safe
ty. He had got very dry.
Woliey & Waldron are doing q good bust
ness in the way of selling goods aud getting
ties, through their agents, Messrs- Graves and
York. No nonsence about them They mean
business.
Thomas P. Fitz and family came home from
St Louis on the It'll. Tom has been quite shy
since his return, As Clarkson and Christopher
did not encourage his buying or engaging in
another mill.
Uncle Dick has plaid hob with . peddler, ]
understand / don't know the particulars
about it; but If man makes q bobble down
here and Uncle Dick sees him, he takes him
to Jail, trial or no trial.
'tUncle Isaac" came home on the Sth tramp
ing, as he wanted to come home ny land ano
see the country; and he could enjoy himself
much better, as the train was crowded when
be Was going up to St Louis
Our old friend, Shepherd, is still running ai
large. He passed our place last week on tor
OF a freight train. He must have been ont OF
but the old gentleman kept q still upper lii
and held his grip well.
saw in the last REGISTER communication
from this place signed Rebel" Is he white
or black! He states, among other things
that our mill company is doing well. / can't
tell myself. It would take a man like Capt.
Zwart TO tell anything about Des Arc and Vul-
can mill companies.
"Uncle Isaac'' has either slipped AL Clark.
sons buggy home or hid it in the bush; and
since the last REGISTER came to hand. he said
he would have . buggy of his own II he never
paid for it. So he left town with Morris, one
OF our merchants. don't know where to;
| either 81. Louis or New York. think it was
to New York, as he wants a nice one.
Well, Uncle Isaac has a terrible time
about that plaster. He dreams about it.: and
certain things happened that he viii remem-
| Der the longest days of his life. He doesn',
want that act of his life-the plaster
| toned in the history Of his life. He will
never tell our merch ants and neixhbors az ain
that he Is tsdown In the back'' when he mere
" has little collie
viii reply to "Uncle Isaac's' inquiry
| through the REGISTER some time since about
his kinsman in Reynolds county. Yes. he
drinks every chance he gets. He has been
raised on Black river, is now an old man, and
has been to 1ronton at least once q distance
Of about 10 or Is miles from his home). BE
has better conscience than Tom, think. a.
he Is more corpulent. / guess he gets more to
eat
'tRebel'' has, during his stay amongst rs
written two communications for the REGIS
TER; but only one as '.Rebel." You can see
from the way both "Rebsl' and "Uncle
Isaac" write. that il. it was not for their sdu
| cation (though that II lmited) they would
be considered idiots, and fit subjects for the
asylum; and ! rather think that If they are
permitted TO continue in the mill business, II
viii not be safe for them to run at large much
longer. / am afraid something viii happen to
both Of them
"Rebel" had something to say in the las,
issue of your paper about Butts d Waring's
drugstore. 1 say, too, that Buck is q good
| man, and does not drink. / notice he doesu'i
keep company with Rebel" and isaac !
think he wants TO keep good CON pany. That.
| right. Buck. Butts would like to build The
house Tor Buck IL there is any money to be
made n IT: but he does not want In become q
| partner, for fear he might get like Rebel
| and never touch sides, edges, nor bottom. ]
| think man ought not to have too many iron.
| ia the fire.
/ will close. as / think this viii do thil
| time. NIKE DUGAN.