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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-05
Th0rOughness.

A Young New Highlander, whose
knowledge was more snowy than deep.
went many years ago to teach . district
school in Virginia. -|@'a. ~
Among bis pupils was, q SMALL rather
dull and insignificant. looking boy, who
ANNOYED him by. his, questions. NO
matter what the subject under discus,
sion, this lad apparently never could
get near enough to the bottom OF 1t 10
be content ~ liiR Vim ygr ahT
One . warm d August morning. the
teacher, withsao little vanity in = knowl-
edge, uniyersalin, those, daysn began to
lecture to the boys on, the habits and
characteristics 81 d fish which one OF
them had Caught during RECESS. He
finished, and was about to dismiss the
school, when his inquisitive pupil asked
about their gills and their use.
/. TAe question answered, others fol-
lowed, concerning the scales, skin, flesh,
The poor. teacher struggled to reply
with all the INFORMATION at his COM
mand. But that was small, and the
day grew warmer, and the Saturday
afternoons holiday was rapidly slip
ping away..,a''The school will now be
dismissed. 2 he said, at last. s.'.sqT
s'But the, bones!, You have told us
nothing about the ,bones!' said the anx-
ious boy. ,.,i.Ei.,.. air
Mr.. Dash smothered his annoyance,
and gave all the information he could
command on the shape, structure and
use'of the bUnes. tshii"t 'e"' a-s"i
,7e<tA1id nost the schoof'--he began.
l"'What is inside aof & the. bones?"
.stolidly g came from. the corner where the
! quiet boy, was sitting. ,f,oaras4..n
Mr.. Dash, never remembered what
answer: he gave, but the question and
his despair fixed themselves in his
memory. Thirty five years 'afterward
he visited w ashington and entered the
room where the Justices of the Supreme
Court were sitting -. },,l- .f.t,
h.. The. Chief-J Justice, the most learned
and venerated man of his day, was a
man like st. Paul, whose bodily presence
was contemplate.
The stranger regarded him at first
with awe, then with amazement.
t''H" 1t is the boy who went inside of the
fish s bonesr' he exclaimed. 7sH
If he had not tried to 60 inside of
every fsh's bones =" he would never
have reached the lofty position which he
held. .t... -, g.. 60.
It is the boy who penetrates to the
heart of the matter who is the success
full scholar and afterwards lawyer, ply
stefan, philosopher or statesman.
1t is the man whose AK is laid to the
root, not the outer branches, whose re-
ligion is a solid foundation for his life
here and beyond. baptist Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-05

F, more BEGGED Kitty 70 take Sefaphina,'
IT 's O. "a X;
and said I might play with Cousin LII
as much as I pleased;
II Il While we were taking so pleasantly
AGAIN. Farmer Brown came ia and told
ms that Brindle, his finest COW. had been
ti1led- III the STORM. fhey had found
.herwhe.e She had been howshssn II the t
meadow, just the, .'o the eFs,sdid df OF the
Kitty and I looked at each other will,
awe-struck faces Suppose that we hao
been parted, each With anger IN her
heart towards the other. | can tell you
that we never forgot it. And whenever
we were tempted to be angry, aworo or
thought about the thunderstorm on the
hill was enough. IS. s. Times.
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z 9st I s y ssEs
Our Young Folks.
MOTHER'S NAN.


Buttoned boots with doubtful toes, Il.
Knee pants, short and striped hose;
Hat with somewhat battered brims
Blouse with pockets for each whim; ~
Curly locks, and laughing eyes $500
In their blue depths mischief lies
Freckled nose, and cheek of tan,
Freddie. boy-his mothers man.
Common lad enough to see,
Quite like other boys is he; ."
This remark made aside,
Freddie is his mothers pride;
And a none such" to her eyes, =
Thus she dreams: "Great, good and wise.'
An honored chieftain is her plan 2
For sun-burned Freddy-mother's man.
May the blessings, little Fred,
That she Graves fall on thy head.
Her heart will be kept proud and glad, $,
IT thou art wise and shun the bad.
The truly great men are the good, =.z--es
Then be thou kind, as all boys should,
And be an honored chief; you can
By doing good, mothers wee man.
Mrs. II. C. Dtckerson, in Golden Days.
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ia - 49, f -
. Under Q Rock.

| +.Tm going to try 'em, said Grand
I pa Gray; and his eyes twinkled. Grand
I pa Gray's eyes were always twinkling.
/ He meant his three small grandsons,
Hal and Herbie and Had. ~ IN
| e., &c.. at dinner grandpa, said to grand
/, II wish / had time. to take that rock
eqt Of che yard yard there he It's aJreal eye
sds s;s,s1. e aatnq ,! asked the
"Well-yseesss; II yo;i want to- said he;
'4andF 1 III be' much obliged'to YOU
bi1 so directly after dinner they set to
works sItGiidn' talook like a veryelarge
rock . But ut 7wass q good deal larger
than itlooked, really, gl4i l;.s = iua
kias ssPdolstf, +. i~saia 4Herbie;6 sI' take It
I,euto in ,ihoh $ipser b and, he got a stout
/ stiet and taiea to, pry up the rock. But
the stick broke and Herbie got a fall,
from on m,,,1ws which lesg he jumped, up red and
TaMean Old sRing,'r said he; and he,
put his handS id his pockets and
watched Hal ahai Had tug at 10 until.
'theff faces were red too.. - sdt
ruHTHeff tie three Of 'tifem' lifted toaeth.
'er; but itwAsf' a mite f use. It ~
'lis'betas get the ihoelp said Had! r.
''And the littlest crowbar!n, said.
Il ....And tbs, shoyelr,, said Hsrbie:.
; So Had heed around It and, Herbie
shoYeled and Hal pushed the crpwbar
under the rock,. and bore dowM On ID
With all His might 81 The afterncon was
very warm, and the three littied Scarlet
faees needed a great deal or hi5ppinr.
But She boys wouldn't give, is'm.A
adf'Po0r little fellUwsfs ; said grandmn-
looking out through the vines. .um
II But just then q great shout announced
Ithat thewdraxnwasi one;fsIand, there
there where the rock hadd,lain were
for luck ~ @ri1' = ei'i3'A'it'7'"'lIT
! 'Hurrah' Tor grandpal'' cheered the
boys; and 1T that very minute grandpa
walked ont Of the house. .a =. d e'o1
i''Pretty' well dbnep' said he.li,p;v;nu
each little head a pat as he came ITO it'
sPretty--well--done .t.,,-..alt,..
And now the boys are anxious to d,r
out another rock; but grandpa, thinks
may be silver .dimesawon't grow under
the next one.-ToslkNs Cosspanson.
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Spn-Fish Shooting.

7 The sun.fish is, as regards its general
appearance, truly caution" to the
fish tribe. One of its most frequent
haunts is off the wild and rocky coasts
of the west of Ireland. Its length W.
ries from five to nearly seven feet from
the nose to the tail, if, indeed, such an
apology for a caudal appendage may
and an i ri ri p h3tt{frSm SEN to
nine feet in gifth, ana its extreme thick
ness varies from one and a half to two
feet. When full-grown these fish at
tain to an enormous ,weight,sspecimens
having sbeenL Killed which were esti-
mated to weigh over ton. The sun
fish make their appearance on the west
coast of Ireland as soon as the warm
weather begins. They are gregarious
for the greater part of the season, NOV
ingtabout in schools" in numbers va
rying from five to ten. but as the au-
tumn draws on they are more frequently!
to be met with singly. - -"
OnSa Warfn day, when the sea is calm,
these fish may be observed lazily gliding
through the water, with their great dor
sal fins projecting from the surface. Or
On DE yIrfacG With sea-gulls perching
On Meir backs and pecking at the
parasites which they find upon the huge
monsters. When struck with a bullet
just at the butt of the dorsal fin, the
movements of this great fish are truly
wonderful. At one moment he will
turn round and round, churning the
water into masses. of foam. Bullet after
bullet is then fred into the fish, thesh
being easily obtained, since the fish
usually remains at the surface, if the
first, shot between the fin and backbone
has been successful.
In the case before us the fish, after
receiving five shots (fired, by the way,
from a double-express rifle), disap-
peared bodily, leaving a large part of
the sea white with foam and tiecked
with blood. Yet only for a minute.
Not many yards in front of the boat our
rpiscine friend, o nairdbile uisu! sudden
1y burst up from the water and rose four
or five feet into the-air, and then strik-
ing the water with its expansive side
caused tremendous report. i.ft
! After receiving eight shots, the fish
finally succumbed, and while one of the
boats crew held up the defunct brute
withsa gaff. apot her fastened rope to,
xohesof Is. fins, and then the prize was
towed to shore. Yet the fish is COM
paratively valueless; for, notwithstand-
ing its great ri5e, fery little oil. is OBJ
-fity -keing about four gallons. -
As sport sun-tish shooting takes
prominent place among its votaries.
and, moreover, little skill is. required.
for ifoke scankfirm his ability to hit
fair-sized haycock at the distance of
ten yards, he may make pretty certain
of hitting,the ugly sun-fish. if he. be not
overcome ~ exsitement.s London
Grdphik lID2G
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The Circus Of the Future.
: Kt<fS Bot, possible that anybon has
! fo&&tt& tbk Ecus of his bYhdadH axs.

Then they were used to having an ele-
plant or two. They had a camel and
a few other a1hgpalI There FaS but
one ring, andthS performers didsnot
live in hotels, but tried to be contented
with whatever good things likely
they were bad-the gods sent. them.
There were no sleeping-ears then. The
happiest man was he who could pick
up a nap here or there on the road,
when the fit took him, undisturbeq by
the roaring of the lion or the loud talk
iSa elS SiSsss ssss spstf1ns =
such al the big shows of this day can
not afford to visit. One tent. one brass
band, one rope-walker, one elephant, or
possibly twos one great fder,a and a'few
other individual specimens-these made
up the show of the days of our fathers.
Talking with a friend jusEnowI hk re-
called the memories of his first circus
down in Plymouth County, and more
than fifty years.ago. There was one ele-
phapt attached to that Bet, Y ybyname
and she not many years after crushed
the head of her keeper, which he con-
fidingly placed in AernouttL Abolish
man, foolish elephant. The animals
of this day are better trained and held
in closer subsection. In-the old days
some of these shows exhibited fR tie
open air-iH tAestaterna y ard For some
other convenient place. While Hare 1t
the North, one day or two was enough;
in smaller southern towns show would
stay week. Here fifteen miles was as
far as you could expect a man to go
with his family to circus. Down there,
fifty miles wasn't great distance.
There is nothing particularly new
=, = A
: IS an awful lot more Of TOO much,
some people think. But Mr.. Watson
had other ideas of the circus of the past.
His recollection went no further back,
but his suggestions did. There have
been circuses for two thousand years,
and, if one thinks for minute, it will
be seen how easy was-the transition
from the old circus of classical days to
that of these later times. Twenty GEN.
turtles ago they did things on tremen-
-dous seale.~ In Rome, for-~exAmPie,
sheretwas the Circus Maximus. In the
slime ofJuliusA Caesar it was ,875 feet
long and 625 wide. The depth of the
building surrounding the space was
about 312 feet. Its dimensions were
subsequently much greater All the
circi in Rome, of which there were a
considerable number, are 1ieafay OBJ
liberated, butts cire,ts on the .Appian,
way, about two miles from Rome,
known as the Circus of Maxentine, is
Sts1ctidn is bsliSged 10 hkss differsd1
rd4y little from that Of othef ancieH
buildings for similar purposes. Along
the sides at the end were ranges of stone
seats for the spectators. At the other
end were the CAREERS, crStallsa coYered
and furnished with gates, in which the
horses and chariots remained until, on
= given signal the gates were thrown
egg p SI ken nsn yX4i sps,a u, a.
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,e Captain j., H, Nichols, Of. Ma
s cooehe, Gaars claims to have the Oldest
and ana best preserved | pair of horses il the
state a:aa aged. respeetAi,y,ely twenty -one
ana y .wenty.tnree years. They attract
ed considerable attention id Macon at
9ne 1alr ln'isos, and the Following wear
IN Atlanta They have trotred low
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-05

Carriage horses "A are beco.m,;nrr No.,
scarce IN and around Kingston, Canada
and q number Of gentlemen there haw.
combined together to procure tw6 INN.
bred mustang ponies nom Tsx,. nT en-
carriage use. ,-'1. es ioF
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Lightning-rod Conference lately
held in England decided that copper is
the best material in use,in rods.
The favorite hat of the Kaiser is an
old gray affair he has worn, spring and
fall, Tor twenty-five years. The En-
AK perpr q, Germany is no dude. - ~
Is Glfhpugh Lend on is great center of
:. GIN mills.i15GyOO Known thieves, and
r moro thap 1000, 900 peopleswho never
~ k-estacsa church. GbS SIS - = a.
The last census of India shows that
there are 21,O0O,00O widows in the
realm. This large number is accounted
for by rsmonpf s1aw preventing widi
ows from myefyingS y y
AS a fur1her Means II preventing q
any explosives being carried into the
House of Commons, all boxes and port
manteaus which may be brought for
use in the committee rooms are searched
by ndpSfcen n tH loopof u. Step&eh's
Hall.
I'm Vienna the law compels mar
ried man to obtain permission from his
- wife before he can 60 up in a balloon.
Up to datethere has net been one PIP
.AeAk5i1g se1tssJ ilhi dadkff Is
- well be repealed.
The following odd advertisement
is from a Roman paper: "a gentle
man who suffers from ennui invites q
nlady mfmiea o}sinsle toffsdfastsot
dine with him, without ceremohy once
week. If desired he promises as a
ttsR a Ii IT. 3,
all the better. Ladies in want of din
ner may apply to- Rome"
do LII
{ oft, MI into he bilfl ard, toSX j haze
SOME practice. IN making a difficult
stroke he cut whole in the cloth, and
being unable to repair it, pasted bit of
paper over it and made thereon an ex-
quisite little sketch. An art collector has
offered 5000 for the patch, but Detaille
will not part with it.
General Villegas, of the Argentine
Republic wtoe rs beefz coAdie6hg % IS
campaign against the Indians, 'has''
says Buenos Tyres pepSs snse only
secured the country clean Of Indians,
but has discovered the long-lost pass of
Bariloche over the Andes-a pass that
for the last 100 years has been held by
the Indians, and which facilitated their
~-robberies Of cattle our sstaneias, as
= Che stolen caule were swept &ff ard
- driven over the Andes through this very
pass, which is the best of all, and is in
fact a carriage road over the Andes.
- The Argentine Government now holds.
this historic pass, and the Indians can
no longer avail themselyes of it. ~ - =:
'~--' A stern reformer is the Prince of
Montenegro. Some time ago hesclosed
all the cafes and drinking shops in his
dominion. regarding them as schools
of effeminacy, extravaganza and corrup-
ton, Thep he ahoisheds all titles, so
that while formerly every other man in
Montenegro was an "Excellency," now
even the Ministers have to be content
with plain .'Mr.' And now the Prince
has issued an interdict against all 1lux-
urious wearing apparel, y" including era
s--Yats,- Gloves walking sticks, parasols
: and hhrellas. land no one dares com
plain. because the Prince himself lives
up to the strictest lettef ot Us law, :
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-29
THE UNIVERSITY.
RELAXING the Corner Stone of the
Main Building.
A Magnificent Procession and In
posing Ceremonies.
A Most Successful Celebration-The Ex
crcises and the Addresses.

A Most Successful Celebration-The Ex.
ercises and the Addresses.
The corner stone of the new University
building was laid and the statue of Lafayette
unveiled on Tuesday, June 90, 1888. The
ceremonies, full accounts Of which will be
found below were Of the most imposing char
acter and the occasion was one which marks
a red-letter day in the history Of the venera-
BILE institution of learning which reflects such
credit upon our city and State.
The city was at Its best. The recent rains
had given vegetation magnificent impetus
and kept it in the finest possible condition ;
and the stately trees that line our thorough
fares, the lawns and gardens, and all exter-
nal Nature, were dressed in the brightest and
freshest green. Never did Burlington look
more beautiful at Commencement. Our cit-
zens, too, entered right heartily into the
spirit of the celebration. All over town flags
were flying and nearly all the buildings on
the principal streets and along the line of
march wcrr profuscly and handsomely decor
ated with fl g and bunting. 1t was II grand
eala-daY, AID every one celebrated il with
'h5 h'diltcI L'sJ. III tuc aitcIuDDu uli tnt
stores and places Of business were closed and
the mills aud factories shut down and the
whole body of our population turned out to
witness and participate in the exercises.
These were augmented by great throngs from
all this part Of the State and from distant
pcinls and among the guests of the occa-
sion were most OF the prominent citizens of
Verm mt. In the college park and on the
streets there must have been ten thousand
people.
The forenoon was occupied with the arriv-
al OF visiting organizations and guests. a
delegation from Cambridge, consisting of
about seventy-avc Masops, Odd Fellows and
Grand Army boys, with the Cambridge drum
corps large company of Masons and Odd
Fellows from Rullani, with llatch's military
band and the company OF the National
Guard with the Rutland cornet band the
United States troops from Pla,tsburgh, with
the Platisburgh band AMI Con special
train) Palestine Commandery X. T. OF St.
Johnsbury, with the St. Johnsbury band
all these organizations arrived duritg the
morning and were suitably escorted to the
various headquarters. Besides these there
were large delegations from Middlebury,
Vergennes, Montpelier, Waterbury, North
field, st. Adams, Swanton and many other
places, south, east and nortl-every part of
the State was represented. BY noon the no.
tells were crowded to their utmost capacity ;
the streets were thronged with people and
everything betokencd most successful celc-
braton.
The weather was of the finest, The heat
of the Summer sun was ameliora,ed by a
lively and grateful breeze which prevailed all
the afternoon and more favorable weather
co uld hardly have Teen expected.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-29
UNIVERSITY Y. ". e. a.
Annual Address by Rev. DIR. IL. ID
HitchcOck,

On Sunday evening in the College street
church, the sermon before the University
Young Mems Christian Association was de-
livered by Rev Roswell ID. Hitchcock, ID.
D., president of the Union Theological SEM
mary, New York city, The audience was
very large, entirely filling the church. The
vocal music was furnished by the University
choir under the leadership of Mr. N. III. Thomp-
son, Mr.. John Henry Hopkins presiding at the
organ, and was suitable and excellent. After
the chant, at is good thing to give thanks
unto the Lord" prayer was offered by Rev.
L. g. Bass (class Of 1859 of Lawrence,
Mass, followed by the sentence Hear our
prayer" by the choir. Mr.. A. z. Ferrin,
president of the University Young Mems
Christian Association, then Introduced Rev
DR.. Hitchcock, an abstract Of whose address
follows;
Rev, DR.. IIitchcOck's Address.
In the an chapter and 25th verse Of ST. MARX
gospel 1t IL written For he that hath, 10 him sha
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-29
Grafton OF Hon. James Forsyth.

Gentlemen Of the Associate Alumni of the
University of Vermont;
| have accepted your invitation with thanks
for the honor conferred, and ask your attcn-
ton to the topics which the occasion sug-
gests-not for their novelty, but for their
present Importance, as they press upon us
for action and decision.
We cannot have growth without change.
And it is apparent on every hand that the
system and methods of American education
are undergoing great change. The uni
versity comedies ii, and adapts itself to it.
The common school system of the whole
country is being pressed out of it, and be-
You'd its original idea, design and place, to
do the work which our colleges and univer-
sites are appointed to do. The effort is
made In some states and threatened In all, TO
make the taxable property of the state pay
| all the expenses OF what is called 'liberal
| edu cation" Witness our ''free colleges" in
some OF the states supported by direct taxa
| ton, for the benefit-not of the mass of com
mon people, who cannot go to college-but
for the benefit of the few who set out for
professional men, and intend to get theiI
professional education free,' at their neigh
boris expense.
| 1t was never contemplated. and II is i'm
possible that all our youth should go tt
college and be ''liberally educated" 1t il
not best that they should, on many consider
atoms. The state will give n good common
school education free to all its children
After that it contemplates that they will hell
themselves and all start even in the race
IL student desires more Than this-if h
would 60 TO college and attain to the highe
education by which he prepares for profes
, sional life, let hlm do 1t on his own motio
and al his own expense.
, The increase OF wealth IS apparent In th
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THE PROCESSION.


Shortly after 1;3O o'clock the procession
was formed on the square, the right in front
of the Van Ness House, ON st. Paul street,
and soon after 2 O'Clock in the following
order.