Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-18

We have not heard that any of Ironton's
citizens intend going to Washington next
March 10 see President Cleveland inaugura-
| ted II the other candidate had got IN, there
/ were several persons in the Valley who would
have attended In fact, 'fis by no means i'm
probable that, having had their t'megs all
set, !" the upsetting of their programme was
the bitterest part of the pill the exultant
Democrats forced them TO swallow. A
| pleasure-trip conditioned on the result OF
| an election is more uncertain than chance
| in a festival b-bag-and the usual disap-
pointmenf much more grieyous.
DIR. Lee Ell. Bowling, Depaty Supreme
Protector, knights and Ladies of Honor, in
| stituted lodge of that order in Ironton on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 10th, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected and installed /:
Post Protector, W. III. Byers; Protector,
Prof. Jno. b. Scott; Vice Protector, Mrs.
Hattie o. Davis; Secretary, Miss Emma Peck ;
Financial Secretary, DIR. A. II. Sawyer;
Treasurer, VIM. T. Gay; Chaplain, Mrs.
Annie Z. Elliot: Guide, Francis 2. Adams !;
Guardian, Thos. L. Baldwin; Sentinel, +. NJ.
kesling: Medical Examiner, w. c. Patton,
be prosperous institution.
Last Monday, about noon, team belong
ing to Payton Martin, while standing near
the railroad track, got frightened at an APP
preaching train and started on a keen run
southwark. They ran down Main street at
2:D gait until they came TO the REGISTER
corner, when the frightened animals tried to
turn into Reynolds street They made their
turn 4 little too short and ran slap-bang.
a-straddle of i shade-tree, with such force
to dismember the wagon. break the har-
ness, and release both horses from the run
ming gear. One of the horse stopped and
was caught there, but the other scudded
away eastward on Reynolds street, and when
We last saw him had made another turn into
the alley back of Edgar's residence. They
caught him finally, but the when, or where,
or how, has not been told US. The wagon,
as aforesaid, was demolished: the horses es-
capped serious injury.
There is certainly such thing as being
born or sprouted under an adverse coretel
lation. We say '-sprouted," for Fate applies
as fully to inanimate as animate nature.
During the 'unpleasantness'-ha it can
nv AOh5NA SS tNAAAC0 iabC we 81" tiOCS
perforated by a dozen shells and solid shot,
while Others in near proximity didn't have
the bark scalped. In invested towns houses
constituting no particular landmark were
completely shattered by the destroying fire
of the besiegers, while taller and broader
surfaced mansions were untouched. The
trees which beautify two sides of the lot on
which the REGISTER Office is situated have
been our especial care and pride for years,
and their grateful shade in the summer SOL
stice more than repays all that we have done
for them. OF these dozen trees all, save two,
have fiourished without serious trouble: but
the two exceptions have experienced naught
but trial and tribulation, wounds and dis
aster. One of them has been scalped a doz-
en- times-and once almost entirely denuded
of bark-by horses hitched or left standing
near to it. Yet it lives and SO bravely does
its level best to look content, healthy and
happy each returning spring under its scat
tering hesd-dress of scanty green, that we
have not had the heart to replace it with a
sapling born under luckier star. The other
unfortunate stands Immediately in front
of the main entrance to the Office, apparently
well protected against wagons and runaway
teams by trees on either side; yet, while the
others have always escaped, this particular
tree has been run over when young, and
scalped and damned when too stiff to bend,
until its trunk resembles legally-worn tax
title under the old dispensation. Only last
Monday it served as a ''bumper" to a runa-
way team-splitting the horses from their
double harness and knocking the running
gear Of the wagon into smithereens. The
tree was scalped, again, but no doubt next
spring viii again spread forth its tender
leaves to the caresses of signing sephyrs, and
strive 10 cover its new made scars Yet these
two objects of the jibes and Bullets of fate
have their cause for graduation: for neigh
bors on either side have died without appar-
ent cause or outside hurt, and been replaced
with Others of harder growth.