Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-22
A Presentation.

On Monday afternoon of last week, as Col.
lector Buford was busily engaged settling
| with the County Court, about a dozen mer
filed into the court room. When MIR. b. en-.
deavOred to leave the room moment after
to get some memoranda, he was sternly
halted by Sheriff Fletcher who had braced
his burly form against the closed door, and
told that he couldn't leave the room just
them" A look of Amusement, comical in the
extreme to those i'll the secret, gradually
spread all over the Intelligent phiz of the
Collector, and probably "struck in," for he
sank into the chair from which he had just
arisen, limp AS rag. just then the sonor-
Gus voice of Prosecuting Attorney Edgar ar
rested the attention of all in the room:
Mr.. BufOrd: AS you are about to turn ov-
er to your successo or in Office the duties of
County Collector, in behalf of the officials of
Iron county / ask Tor few minutes your
Kind attention. A certain poet has writ
ten that
1--WE, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time
Footprints that perhaps another,
Sailing DER life's troubled MAIN
4 forlorn and shipwTecked brother
Seeing, may take heart again."
You have held the office of Collector for
many years, and by your courtesy and
promptness in discharging its duties have
''wOn golden opinions from an sorts of men"
BY the cheerful smiles and kindly clasps of
the hand given to your brother officials, you
have left your impressions OH their memories
impressions that will not vanish with the
setting of the sun, but will last through life.
And in future years, when we give our
thoughts to the past, the days that we have
passed together will come back to us laden
with sweet recOllectiOns, without single
word of unkindness to mar their rOseate hue.
These recollections will deepen as the years
move on
'Still DER these scenes will our mem'ries wake
And fondlv brood with miser care!
Time will the impressions deeper make,
AS streams their channels deeper wear"
When men are pleased with their fellow
spect and esteem, there is always desire to
manifest that respect by some testimonial;
and we, the officials of Iron county, are filed
with such desire to-day, and as slight
token of our respect and eSteem-aS token
of our satisfaction with the manner in which
you have discharged the duties of County
CollectOr-we present to you this cane ana
ask you to accept it-not for it, intrinsic
value, for that is small; but for Its represent
tative value, which is as large as our hearts.
And in future years may the pleasant recOl-
lections that will ever hover around this
hour inspire each one of us with the spirit of
princely Abraham when he gave to Lot his
choice, saying, "Take you the right hand and
l will take the left; let there be no strife, l
pray thee, between me and thee"
The speaker hereupon presented Mr.. Blu
ford silver-mounted ebony cane, with the
words, Presented to Jas. Buford by the Of
ficials of Iron county, 1885," engraved upon
the head.
Mr. Buford said, "Gentlemen. thank you
for this present and compliment. 1t is very
unexpected, but, assure you, appreciated.
1t fills me with pleasure, and hope to ex-
press my gratitude further at some future
time"
After individually congratulating the re-
cfpient, the conspirators went their several
ways, and the court resumed its jurisdic-