Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-16
A Letter From Belleview.

The voice Of the threshing machine
Is heard in our land, and it is not the
thump Of the fail as in my boyhood's
days; neither do people tramp out grain
now with horses, oxen, or mules, in
Belleview.
AS write, two steam threshers are
within hearing. In regard to the op-
erations Of Mr.. Falling know nothing;
I have not seen his thresher work; but
yesterday had an introduction to the
outfit of Messrs. Bogue and Jemison,
and the consequence WAS q day of solid
work. The separator is q Minnesota
Chief, and the engine Buffalo Pitts.
The work was dOne for the Mckinney
Bros, and excelled anything that 1
have ever seen. The work was well
done in every particular.
I am satisfied that in good wheat,
say three acres TO the hundred BUSH
els, Messrs. Bogue and Jemison can
handle well one thousand bushels of
wheat in ten hours running time.
Whilst they and their employees are
gentlemen, they are energetic work
ing men, and whoever comes about
them must work. I have rarely seen
80 pleasant crowd.
We did not have q very early start.
and rested one hour and a half at noon,
and at sunset had 48S bushels of wheat
= QE0 hnpaho0o ~ 70 Tn N ondlfnrv
the wheat we had a vast amount Of
straw; but the oats went through three
bushels per minute.
As it is we'll for a man not to tell all
he knows, so it is we'll for an engine to
have some reserve power to meet emer-
gencies. It ia not clear to me that the
engine of Messrs. Bogue and Jemison
can run their separator to its full ca
pacity nd hang to it.
But in mentioning the events Of the
day, we must not overlook the admin
istration Of the Secretary of the Interi-
or Department, Mrs. DR. Mckinney,
who was assisted by her daughters and
Mrs. John Mckinney. 1t is customary
on such occasions to talk of the tables
as groaning; but tables, like people, may
become rheumatic and ramshackle,
and groan ut trifies. But Mrs. McKin-
ney's tables stand up without finch
ing as the exponents of genuine over
flowing Southern hospitality. In rich
ness, variety, abundance aud high cul-
mary skill the most exactirg could de-
sire nothing beyond it. The we'll de-
served reputation of Belleview for hos
pitality was nobly sustained.
The small threshing machines known
as schoolmarms are abroad in the land.
On last Sabbath / saw Mr.. H. c..
Twomey at Smyrna at church.
During last week Rev. Smith, aided
by DR.. Wilson. held religious services
at Smyrna. The result wasn't encour.
aigng.
Last week Mr.. Robt. Logan died at
Caledonia Of dysentery. do not
know that I ever saw him, but the
fact that he was q brother of the late
Judge Logan, OF Ironton. is for me an
ample guarantee that he was in every
essential particular a first-class man,
whose death is q public calamity.
80 far as known to me, there is no
severe sickness In our neighborhood;
but there is q continual tendency to
chills, which shows that the enemy is
feeling the outposts, and demands very
great care.
BY the earnest invitation of a mum.
Der of my friends around Bellegrade, I
expect to spend next Saturday and
Sabbath among them; and am not
without q hope that will have the
pleasure of seeing another very highly
esteemed friend who lives on this side
of Belgrade.
The Teachers Institute at Pilot
Knob was strong body of good
workers. Ipresume the Arcadia Val
ley Teachers Association will now re-
move to Pilot Knob. It should do so
at once. T.C.
The Two Sets.