Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-12
From Farmer.

11<. ISy3StST.-NOW Ln8G 6pfln& mas
fairly opened, we can report progress.
l write in June, which, by the almanac,
fs the firstsummer month, but by the
mack of the weather, for egress, is
spring to all. intents and purposes.
Wheat is promising abundantly, on
good, well clovered clay land. Your
writer has 80 acres of clover, turned in
last fall, which neighbor estimated
yesterdayiat a..yield::of 1OOOor 1900 BUSH
els; but that same neighbor has 25
acres that will not yield more than 10
or ~ bushels of wheat, though a most
bountiful crop Of cheat. Many fields
are being plowed under, on account of
cheat, and unless such a course is gen.
orally followed, it will be hard to get
the seed out of the ground. Much corn
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was bad and the weather too cool for
even good seed.
Several cases Of bloat in cattle have
occurred, on bluegrass pastures, here,
this spring-nearIy all fatal. because
not discovered in time. Your writer
had yearling far gone, and a pocket
knife driven into the paunch let the
gas hiss out like steam from safety
valve; but il saved the calf.
Several sensational occurrences have
taken place in Scott, and Morgan, in
the last two weeks. In Manchester
blacksmith, desponding on account of
hard times, and having a large family
on his hands, shot himself with intent
to commit suicide; but the shot only
gave him an ugly and dangerous face
wound. A young man bought horse,
and, being unable to pay, was so SEN
sative that he attempted French exit
with pint of polk root tea. His young
wife, finding what he had done, took
dose also; but neighbors called in
medical assistance, and SO saved both.
On Friday last young man, is
Winchester, shot himself whether by
accident or design, deponent sayeth
not. Two men were shot and killed.
and one wounded, in an attempted ar
rest, in Whitehall on the same day.
The Chicago convention exoites q
little curiosity, but not much real in
terest here. Bads legislation, not mail
administration, Is our trouble, and q
good man cannot administer bad laws
well. if he administers them at all; SO
it doesn't matter much whether Lo-
gan, Blaine, Arthur, or some peniten-
tiary convict, be made the figure-head
of the "grand old Republican party"
AS to the "grand old Democratic par
ty," 1t is said that all this free-trade
was all bosh and dust, in-
tended for the eyes of short-sighted vo-
ters. Heads of messes agreed that the
Democratic politicians should pose as
but that no free-trade bills
should be passed to hurt. This would
be crafty and safe; for the federal or
State system was based upon the tariff
system of revenue, and was incompati-
BILE with any other, SO there was no
danger of that party going too far; but
the Republican party was suspected of
q leaning toward nationalisms, it's vo-
ters enquiring and Independent and
once started down tho free-trade chute,
there was no telling where it might
come out, and it was Therefore best to
keep cut Of that chute. This ''grand
Did partyn business il playing out. Be
yond the measures that first gave it
name, and popular favor. . political
party has never accomplished much
for humanity. Once successful, those
who wanted place rather than princi-
ole, crowded themselves forward in it,
and so both the old, 1.-THE grand oldO
parties, with US have resulted in the
most dangerous and vicious system of
Grand old Capitalization that could be
advised. A class whose professional lie
u costly courts, md complicated laws.
10 that they might properly be exclud-
ii from all but the judicial branch of
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