Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
A Letter from Goodland.

Your correspondent from Des Arc j.
mistaken if he supposes there is any
trouble between r. C. and the Baptists
But t. G. will be good, now, and will
try and write so as net to make any
body mad. although it is hard to do, il
we tell the truth.
Miss Alice Love, daughter of Mr.. ID,
S. Love, has been i'll with the measles,
and at last accounts was still suffering
severely. This is to be lamented, as
Miss Love is one Of our most intelligent
and estimable young ladies. Her step
mother is also laboring under a severe
affiiction, and has the sympathy of a
large circle of friends.
On the night of Monday, March 24th,
a cyclone opened up Mr.. Geo. Sump-
ter's premises to the public. In many
instances, the wind lifted the very
ground rails. So far as heard from, no
person was hurt nor any stock killed,
and Mr.. Sumpter will soon repair dam
ages. The fences of Messrs. Joseph
Strickland and Charles z. Henderson
also suffered somewhat.
On the fourth Sabbath of March T.
G. was about to start to Mount Pleas
ant Church, by the peoples line, but
Mrs. DIR. Henderson, with the kind
forethought that always marks truly
noble woman, suggested that the DIR.
rig the horse and buggy and go along.
No sooner said than done, and in few
minutes we were under way. The con-
d;tion of the road is awful. Wherever
the frequent floods had not gouged out
holes, they have piled up rocks, and, in
many cases, great holes are washed in
the crossings of the creek. In pulling
up out of one of these the team strip
ped off the harness and walked out of
the shafts, but did not run away. The
passengers pulled the buggy out of the
creek, and in twenty minutes the DIR.
had repaired damages, and in due time
we reached the church in safety and
comfort.
The young folks were singing, but
were not SO fortunate in their selection
of pieces OH former occasion. In due
time the religious services began under
the auspices of Rev. Eaton, who is a
brother of Mr.. A. II. Eaton. The text
selected is a splendid one, but as it was
not touched by the sermon the preach
er could not Eold #. C.'s attention, es-
pecially in the presence of the large
concourse of fine looking young folks
which surrounded him.
Mr.. Editor, you invited aesthetic cor
Now have care! The
rule Is, ladies first. &C. has already
that the western part of Iron
is strong in good and true wom-
en-, both old and young. He now adds
that it is still stronger in good looking
1nes. It. G.. knows he is walking OH
dangerous ground, but he will tell the
truth if it kills him, and say that he
has not seen in any other assembly in
iron county SO large percentage of re-
Ally splendid women as was gathered |
,n that balmy spring morning IN that |
humble temple of God. The ancients,
N their mythology, divided womer in
20 three classes-the tyrannical aud
mperious, as represented by Juno; the
Intellectual, represented by Minerva.
sprung from the brain of Jupiter, and
by Vulcan, with a hroad-ax; /
md the reproductive, typified by We
1us. who always got away with the
,ther two. But these wers the days of
he worlds youth and inexperienee, of
,aganism which made women the toys
md slaves of men. We now know bet
er. Christianity, which ennnobles
women, demands that woman, in her
,est estate, must be hybrid, combin-
ng the best traits of all three. She
must have sufficient strength of will to
ace and overcome the opposition which
s always incurred in doing right. She
must not only possess intellectual ca
,acity, but also the desire for its devel-
,pment, and her mental, moral aud
,hysical organization must furnish a
uitable theater in which to display to
he best advantage the glorious beauty
With which pure, upright maturity
rowns a woman. And whilst, in
peaking of beauty, it may be true that
ach one is judge of what pleases him.
elf, vet facts can be combined into a !
ystem and yet the result will be an ul-
innate truth; that is we will accept it 1
S truth, without knowing why it is
o. No man has ever yet elucidated I
he principle of gravitation in physics; !
either has any man explsined how I
he faintest expression of emotion, u 4
one of the voice, look, mere touch
f hands-can give new direction to
he whole course of two lives. And !,
ct it can do so. Men have rayed and !
,omen have acted foolishIy, until sin
nd sorrow have reaped the earth with
ne sickle, and comparison has been {
i.