Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-06-15
Proceedings of the School Board.

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| The Ironton Board Of Education met on
Saturday afternoon for the purpose OF Sc
Letting teachers for the next session of the
public school, all the member. being presens
except Judge Dingcr, whose time wss occu-
ND In court. There were ten apphcaats
for the posftfous 70 be filed, and the board
very readily chose Miss Elmira ericsson for
nile Markham for the primary department,
each lat a. salary of $40 smontA; hut when
the names Of the candidates for principal
were presented, there doomed up q decided
contrariety OF views. For 100 ballots the
vote stood: for r. II. Hunters. T. Gay, T..
r. Goulding; for A. w. Wright-W. T. Gay,
N. c. Griffith; scattering Crank Scoyille.
On the Tooth ballot, the members being still
frm for their candidates and somewhat wea-
~ with the protracted balloting, it was
agreed to adjourn until Monday.
The. board, reinforced by Judge Dinger,
re-assembled pursuant TO adjournment, and
preceeded to ballot again for = principal.
The first vote showed thst some Of the mem
bers had modified their opinions since the
last meeting. Mr.. Hunter had been dropped
and Mfr. j. FL. Van Amburgh substituted.
Nine ballots were taken, resulting each time
In tie, as follows: For Mr.. Van Amburgh
Franz Diuger, Frank Scoville, I. r. Could
ing; for Mr.. Wright-N. c. Griffith, W. t.
Gay, S. T. Gay. On the tenth ballot, Mr.. S.
Z. Gay changed his vote to Mr. Van AM
burgh, and that gentleman was declared
elected Principal Of the public school for the
At Of
1t was decided to begin the next session of
the school on the first Monday in October,
and continue It for eight months. After
allow ing few bills, the board adjourned. i
Lovers of the Cucumss citrslEas viii be
sorry to learn that their favorite fruit will
not only be late in making its appearance
this season, but scarcer and higher than last
year. In Scott and Mississippi counties,
where the watermelon industry overshatiows
all Others, the crop viii be exceptionally
short, although much larger area than
ever before was planted. Mr.. H. L. Kesling,
of L'onton, rented twenty acres in the for
mer county, and in the spring went down
there and planted it in melons. Then the
rains came, and washed away the sand hills
containing the seed; he planted again and
agata, only to see his work demolished in a
day. by the relentless elements; and at last,
after re-planting three times in the vain hope
that the weather would clear up and the
seeds retain their places, he said to himself,
''Tfree times and out, !" then folded his tent
and silently returned home, richer in expe-
rfef,ee of certain kind, but poorer by two
months labor coming to naught through the
ecce ntricities of the weather. And there
were many others whose experience COIN
eided with that OF Mr.. Kesling.
The army worm has done considerable
damage to the meadows and a little to the
wheat in some portions of the county. In
one place, ditch, dug xs q fender to the
worms, was literally filed with the "yar-
mints," and iog-rolling to crush them was
resorted to. There IN q diversity of opinion |
as to the effect of the worms ruvages upon