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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
Corn in the South.

Yet this sandy, pine-bearing soil of
Florida must-have some strength. At
long intervals there is painless pine
hut with a garden of sweet potatoes,
and the rank vines of these are like a
lead pencil for size, Then comes a
field of corn long since dead. and dry;
the stalks are slight and few on the
ground, but every one bears a medium
sized ear, the kernels firm on the cob,
nothing sleazy or spongy about it..
You can not twist or bend it in your
hands.
No Southerner cuts and stocks his
corn. Once in great while you see
a field topped. But the custom is to
cut off the leaves, bind them in whisps
as large as ones arm, and thrust them
between the stocks of the hill to cure.
They are afterward built around a pole
in a stack as big as an Ohio wheat
stack, and a matter of eight feet high.
The ears hang on the stalks for
weeks or months; they get full of the
sweetness of the sun, the fat and yellow
sunshine of the South. Ground into
coarse meal, and this mixed with salt
and water-nothing else-then baked
with ripe brown crust, in biscuits
ported out with the hand, this corn
makes the best bread, without excep-
ton, that [ ever tasted. You must
break these biscuits with the hand
meyer profane them with knife-and
eat them without butter. Chew them a
long time, then you will get the ex-
quisitely rich, nutty flavor of parched
corn. In the South alone is corn bread
made right, though perhaps in the
North it has to be raised with yeast or
baking powder to give it that Elusive
something which is in the Southern
loaf, but which the sour, cold heavens
of the North fail to impart.
In cultured Southern home / have
had brought to me for dessert tiny
cup of black coffee and one of these
handmade corn biscuits, the counter
part in miniature of those have seen
in Confederate haversacks on the battle
field. 1t is thus the Southerners pay
due honor to our one American cereal.
FLORIDA Letter IN Philadelphia Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
me Sermon Was Good--But the Text7

Not long ago wesheard clergyman
relate this story. The deceased had
been young man, and wild one at
that. He died as the result of spree.
Still he had many redeeming qualities.
He was noble-souled, big-hearted fell
low, who Would do any thing for friend,
and who was generally popular despite
his failings. The church was crowded
to hear what the clergyman would have
to say His numerous friends even
threatened an unpleasant demonstra-
ton if a lack of liberality led the minis
ter into very pronouncedly s.improving
the OCCASION There was an expectant
hush as the minister announced his
text: ''Died Abner as the fool dieth. :
The sermon was tribute, eloquent and
evidently sincere, to the character OF
the deceased. His generous nature was
expatiated upon at length-and then
the clergyman simply repeated his text:
.sDied Abner as the fool dieth. His
goodness as a brother, son and friend
We're done full Justice to-and in con-
clusion of this the clergyman again said
over the text: s.Died Abner as the fool
dieth." His public spirit, the gap his
removal had made in the community
were not omitted-only to close with
the inevitable words of the text: .sDied
Abner as the fool dieth. y The mourn
ers filed out. One of the s.boys' nudged
another and inquired what he thought
of the sermon. The Sermon" the
other answered, ..the sermon. was first
rate, but what text.''- Waterbury
american.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
Tired Birds.

Many of our birds fly several thou
sand miles every autumn, passing not
only over Florida, where they. might
find perpetual summer, but over the
Gulf and far beyond into the great sum-
mer-land of the Amazon; after a short
stay returning again to the North, some
penetrating to the extreme shores of the
Arctic seas. How the small birds fiy so
great distances is almost Incompetent
sible; but l have seen MANY of our
small feathered friends on the little Kew
of Tortugas, two hundred miles or more
from Cape Florida, the jumping-off
place of the United States. Great fiocks
of them would alight upon the walls of
the fort, especially during storms. evil
IDENTIFY thoroughly tired; but the next
day they were up and away off over
the great stretch of the Gulf and the
Caribbean Sea.
Numbers of the English birds and
many from Northern Europe make
yearly voyages down into the African
continent; and careful observers state
that they have seen the great storks, SO
common in Germany, moving along
high in the air, bearing on their broad
backs numbers of small birds that had
taken free passage, or were, perhaps,
stealing ride. In these wonderful
migrations many birds are blown out
to sea and lost, while others become so
fatlgued and worn out that they will
alght upon boats. A New England
fisherman, who, in the autumn follows
his calling fourteen or fifteen miles out
from shore, informed me that nearly
every day he had four or five small
birds as companions. They had wan
dered off from shore. or were flying
across the great bay on thess.ower coast
of Maine, and had dropped down to
rest. One day the same fisherman fell
asleep while holding his line; and upon
suddenly opening his eyes there sat
little bird on his hand, demurelv cock
ing its head this way and that, as if
wondering whether he was an old
wreck or piece of driftwood. Chris
tidn at Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

Any grain food
calf should be thof gand
given as Cruel, witfN n, St
Cleveland Leader. Way
Accepting to the an pota-
toes do not absorb the II prepar-
ations used for destroy Colorado
beetle, but the produc lltEness of the
soil is impaired by the use of arsenic.
An uncomfortably tight shoe may
be made perfectly easy by laying cloth
wet in hot water across where it pinches,
changing several times. The leather
will shape itself to the foot Toledo
Blade.
The best potato as to real value, is
the one containing the largest percent
age of solid nutriment, that is, starch
and albumen It is the starch that
makes a potato cook dry and mealy.-
Cincinnati Times.
A correspondent of the Indiana
Farmer says the man who plows and
harrows his land to get rid of Canada
thistles makes a grave mistake. Every
root or piece of root not removed will
serve as the nucleus of a new colony.
He prefers to get the field into pasture
and salt them layishly while they are
small.
Vinegar Without Cider: Molasses,
one quart; yeast, one pint; warm rain
water, three gallons. Put all into a
jug or key, and tie piece of gauze
over the bung to keep out flies and let
in air. In hot weather set in the sun;
in cold weather set it by the stove, and
in three weeks you will have good vine
gar. When part of this has been used
fill up with the same preparation, and
can be kept constantly ON hand.-Ec-
change.
AS the buckwheat plant flowers at
successive periods it necessarily ripens
unevenly. Some Judgment is required
to determine when to cut to secure the
most perfect grain. If the earliest
flowers mature during hot, dry weather,
their seed will be light and worth lit
tie. After a few days of cool weather
without frost there will be plenty of
plump, heavy grain. The fallen seed,
If near the house, makes an excellent
feed for poultry. 1t is one of the best
grains to promote production of eggs
in winter Chicago Times.
Winter quarters for poultry must
be warm. To secure warmth the
houses must not only be tight, but must
be heated either by the sun, by artificial
heat, or by the warmth of the fowls
themselves. Close quarters in winter
are by far the most economical Two
and half feet of floor room to each
fowl in the roosting and laying room is
more than sufficient; but they must
have an equally large feeding room
tered sunny yard besides. Thus, for
flock of twenty fowls, a building, or
better, a room eight feet by twelve
would be required.-N. 7. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
Horace Greeley's Queer Traits.

/ wonder if all overmastering minds
are not conspicuously weak in some di-
rection. 1t was theory of the late
eminent SCIENTIST, DR.. Geo. NJ. Beard,
that there were no great men; that ''if
a man is great in one direction he is
limited in some other" We know it
was so with old Sam Johnson, with
Milton, with Fontenelle, with Hum
boldt, with Franklin; and later, with
Sumner, Greeley and COnkling
worked on the Tribune under Mr..
Greeley, and, thought saw him every
day, l never yet heard him say ''Good
morning." or ''Good evening"" "How
do you do?" or Goodbye, or inquire
after anybody's health. But he scru-
pulously answered every letter that
came to him, and answered it on the
spot, so that the writer generally
got the reply. in the next mail.
His conscience was abnormally
developed on this subject, and he prob
ably wrote 10000 letters that did not
need writing, and died the sooner for
it. On the street he seldom spoke to
even his nearest friends unless he had
business. / have known him to enter a
street-car down town, sit by the side of
a friend and ride mile without speak
ing word, then suddenly nudge him
and say: ''Let me take your paper"
read the paper for another mile, look
out for the friends house, hand the pa
per to him just before reaching it, and
part company without speaking to him
or. looking at him. He did not believe
in that expenditure of force which con-
ventional civilitieS require.
A gentleman who breakfasted with
him in 1865 tells me about it. Mr..
Greeley was not living at home at the
time; he was what Mrs. Greedy called
''boarding somewhere else" This
somewhere else happened to be the
Westmoreland, on Union Square, only
couple of blocks from his house.
prof. S. S. Packard and were invited
to breakfast with him at nine o'clock.
We reached the dining-room of the
hotel before him, inquired for his table
and sat down. Presently he came in,
handed his overcoat and hat to a waiter,
and, without looking at us, ordered a
breakfast for one-a poached egg,
some milk toast and a cup of tea
Reaching the table he looked little
surprised, but said: Have you ordered
your breakfast?' We assured him that
we had not, but we ordered the same
that he had done. What paper have
you?' he inquired of Packard as he sat
down. 1t was the Citizen, after Mike
O'Reilly left it and while Roose-
welt had it. Anything in it?' he asked.
Not much, except an article attacking
you,' said Packard. twas column
and half long, but Greeley read it
through. .Absurdr he said, to take so
much space for that. 1t isn't good
journalism. 1t all ought to have been
said in one-third of the space. That
article ought never to have been
permitted to 90 below there, he said,
indicating place with his finger. He
did not allude to the substance of the
attack at all, but denounced the sloven-
illness and extravaganza of using so
much space. We took a hasty cup of
tea and departed. Prof. Packard's
school was one of his hobbies. The
last speech of his life, believe, was
made before its students during the
campaign of '72.-W A. Crofat, IN De-
rot Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

"A German student at Heidelberg
University has discovered new anaes-
thetic in cocoa. 1t is believed to have
the quality of rendering a particular
part of the human body without SEN
sation, thus avoiding the necessity of
using chloroform or ether, which affect
the whole body. An experiment was
made with a woman in Utt-Sinai Hos
pital, New York. Twelve drops of the
new anaesthetic were placed in one of
her eyes, and in less than ten minutes
she had lost all sensation in that or
gan, though otherwise conscious and
fully sensitive. The eye was operated
upon, giving pain Whatever ito the
patient. IS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
LET BRAIN HELP Drawn
Successful Farmers Must Apply Somerhin
More Than Mere Muscle to Their Work.

Successful Farmers Must Apply Something
More Than Mere Muscle to Their Work.
In an address at the fourteenth an
nual Harvest Home Picnic in South
Shenango, Pa, the Hon. Pearson
Church, among many other things,
o said: The farmer who would be success
full in tilling and subduing the earth
must needs apply to his work some
thing more than mere muscle. To
Drawn should be added brain. He needs
such well grounded and liberal edu-
cation as will enable him to be cor
rectly informed participant in the man.
aoement of the public affairs of his gov
efnment. to be an intelligent assistant
in the administering of the laws of his
State. to know how and when public
servants do their full duty towards the
commonwealth and the citizen. A
knowledge of organic chemistry and of
botany will enable him to cultivate the
ground with the greatest advantages; to
know where and how to enrich and fer
tilize his fields; what kind of compost
and nutriment is best adapted for
particular soil and for particular veg
etable product; what particular soil Is
itself best fitted for exact and careful
nlantine or sowing; when and how to
alternate crops; when to pillow. to seed
down and to fallow; and when and how
to select the best, the most nourishing
seeds, plants. fruits and vegetables. -
A knowledge of natural philosophy
will enable him to know when and how
10 reclaim the barren and waste places
ON his farm; when and how to drain,
to subsoil or to irrigate his land; where
to build his houses, his barns, his
stables and his cattle sheds, and how to
keep them dry and healthy.
A knowledge of natural history and
of veterinary surgery will teach him
how to raise horses, cattle, sheep, swine.
and poultry, how to get and keep the
best and most improved strain ofsau
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
PRESERVING CELERY.
A Method of Keeping This Delicious yege-
table Through the Winter.


The methods mostly recommended
for wintering celery, by putting it into
pits or trenches, covered with boards,
straw, leaves or soil, may do very well
for the market gardener or large grow
er. who does it in a wholesale way, but
it is not at all adapted to the farmer.
He wants celery often, and but limited
quantity at time, and when it is put
up by this method he will go without
sooner than dig it from under the snow
or frozen earth. Secure some deep
boxes, as deep, or nearly as deep, as the
celery leaf, stalks and long. If the bot
toms are not water-tight, make them so
by mailing battens over the cracks.
Then bore three or four holes about
four inches above the bottom. When
the weather becomes so cold that you
fear the celery will freeze eight frosts
do not injure it,, loosen it with a spade
and take it up. leaving small quanti-
tv of soil adhering to the roots of each
t, and place it in boxes as thickly
as the plants can be crowded together
until the box is filled, except little in
one corner. Then crowd a board down
across the corner diagonally, SO as to
leave a space through which you can
pour water without wetting the celery.
When thus filed, place it in some dark
cellar, where it will remain as near
freezing as possible and not freeze.
Down the open corner pour half pail
of water, and do this sufficiently often
SO that water shall be always in the
bottom of the box; the holes bored in
the sides will prevent its rising high
enough to come among the stalks, as
this would cause them to rot Celery
is lowland plant, and viii thrive with
its roots in the water, and when taken
out, as wanted, will be found to have
made large amount of new growth,
and all will have become nicely bleached
and tender.-N. 7. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

"A New Eaven man has a pet alli-
gator which he has kept in captivity
for fourteen months, and which has
only gained one pound in that time
Ne,U Haceaa Register.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

In the Colorado mountains miners
earn four dollars per day, have good,
square mealsserved on long tables, COW
cred with clean, white oilcloth, and
sleep without the luxury of sheets, but
with plenty of blankets.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

There is no need of our receiving
any idiots, insane persons or mentally
imperfect people from foreign coun-
tries. We appear to be able to produce
enough ourselves. In total of ,997
insane, So, sol are native Americans.
In total of 76, S95 idiots, 72,SSS are
native Americans. In total of 4S, 92S
blind, 40,599 are native Americans. In
a total of IS. 1913 deaf mutes, 0.507 are
native Chicago Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

The true Paris dude now carries
cane, in the top of which is a watch
and cigarette holder. ; 1t costs a tribe
of $50 francs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

For every inhabitant of the United
States the railroads carry about eight
tons of freight each year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

1t is estimated that when the Wash
ington monument is completed its total
cost viii be 81, $4,000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

IT is better to be provided with cheap and
simple remedies Tor such common disor-
ders as Cou yhs, Colds, &C., than to run
risk Of contracting fatal disease. DE-
HALLS BALSAM is d sure and safe r6Gz&&
for all diseases of the lungs and chesNN L
taken IN season it is certain to cure. Ih4
been known and used for many years, and
the best remedy in theworld for Coughs, 6
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

SUFFERERS Faox CoUGHs, SORE THROAT,
etc, should try BrotUR's bronchial
Troches,o a sure remedy. 25 Gems boz.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

AZURE thing-The cloudless sky os-
ton Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
As eviIiancn

to manage and develop some mining
properties, it is stated that 81, 000, 200
has been expended on the Anaconda
mine and properties in Montana. It is
supposed TO contain one of the largest
deposits of copper found in the country
The smelling works recently erected at
the mine are said to be the largest and
most complete Improvements of the
kind in the world. Deneer Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06

WHAT is always iu fashion? Iae letter
ssFO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-06
- AND J

Any grain food
calf should be thof
given as Cruel, with
Cleveland Leader.
According to the
toes do not absorb the J
ations used for destroN
L.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-06-17
Price, 10 Gents
Major Maginnis' Oratory.

The Philadelphia Press of May
3lst contains a report Of the memorial
observances of Decoration Day held
at Gettysburg. AT least 10000 people
were present. The orator of the day
was Hon. Martin Maginnis, of Mon
tana. who was an officer in the war
army. and participant in the battle
of Gettysburg. His address is de-
scribed us having been most eloquent
and interesting. One extract. will
show it's character. He said: '.The
sun of victory looked on the same day
OH the defeat of Lee and the fall of
Vicksburg. and east and west the
clouds of doubt anil disaster were
pierced by its refulgent rays; that
day began the decline of the Confed.
eracy, and with drums beating we
marched away over those blue noun.
tains and left our dead to the care of
our country that remembered them.
Let this lovely scene bear witness.
She gathered her fallen heroes into
these silent ranks to remain forever
the eternal guardians of these
heights. A wise man came from the
east to dedicate these grounds, and
with him came Lincoln. The elo-f
quence of the orator and sage is for
gotten, but the simple, thrilling words
which the President spoke from the
shadow of his martyrdom
will be quoted rs long rs the English
language is spoken or asSfuture civili-
zation can resurrect the written clas-
sizes of its dead and unspoken tongue.
The Union is restored, peace and lib
city walk hand in hand, the only RI
valry is one Of devotion to the gov
M
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-06-17

Mr.. ! Herr Smith of Pennsylvania has
introduced a resolution in the House
which provides the Congress shall pledge
the faith Of the nation to the following In
dian policy: A policy never to break
faith with the Indians; to carry honestly
into effect all the treaty stipulations; to
keep all intruders out of their territory: TO
continue self-government of the civilized
tribes until a change becomes manilestly
necessary; to enact suitable laws to pro-
tect life and property on the reservations:
administer them promptly and rioidlv;
individualize punishment for crime. ard
never hold the tribe liable for crimes of its
members; organize an efficient Indian
police force on every reservation; create a
separate Indian Department under a civil
ian Secretary; have all agencies frequently
inspected by appointees Of the President
of the Indian Department; carefully reou-
late the powers and duties Of Indian agents.
give them permanent positions and liberal
salaries; keep them from political infiuen-
ees; let their subordinates beappointol by
the department; all questions Of general
policy and treatment to be settled by the
department; no individual experiments bv
agents be permitted; abolish
all privileged tra,lerships; absolutely
destroy all traffic in liquors control tbe
sale of arms and ammunition; let all mill
tary posts be maintained and separate
and apart from Indian villages, and pre-
serve absolute non-intercourse between
soldiers and Indians; remove no more
tribes except where soil and climate re-
luire it and they change voluntarily; civil
ze the Indians where they are; if possible
EDUCATE the entire Indian reservation non
llation; teach children manual labor in
schools; make them farmers, gfazicrs and
radesmen; give them all lands and ab,lnd-
lnce Of ofcattle; instruct them Ia laws Of
lealti; show them .oW to live; neutralize.
he work Of the medicine man: make work
compulsory on reservations: divide lands
\ seyeralty as soon as Indians can farm
hem; make them iaalicnable and non
axa'le for time; sell the surplus lands
Or the benefit Of the tribe, and give.citi-
,ensip e al self-supporting Indians who
lex it
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-06-17

A special to the Minneapolis Tribune
gives details of the shooting of the mar
shal of Zumbrota, Mimi, by horse thief
whom he was trying to arrest The des-
perado escaped on one of the horses he
had stolen, with hundred men in hot
pursuit. 81 sos.aT @4
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-06-17

The Ohio wool clip is average, but the
price is but % cents pound g.
S nearly done. a9 ss5a aori .ea a
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-11
yTlle Band Dance.

The arrangements are about compile
ted for the ball to sbe. given VI yasaly's
hall nsxt Monday evening, and Is ID
expected that there will be a large at
tendance. Iftho bows have good sala
~of tickets the profits of this dance viii
clear the Excelsior band of all debt.
During the past year the band has
paid largea,rnouut ofitssndebtedneas,
.and in this effort 10 complete its good
work it should receive the liberia. en-
-couragement OF all the citizens. All
are invited, and 40 it isethe first dance
after Lent, u large number of couples
viii undoubtedly be present. The
Excelsior band orchestra will furnish,
the music. Following are the commit
tees: ..,u-..-. .e, i. -.
Arrangements-0. L. Clyde, E.
Lefebvre, s. Vasaly. Il 49,
Floor Managsrs-George Lafond, O.
L. Clyde, S. F. Staples, r.: r +.
Rsceptien-H. Il. futile, r. Clark,
E.:Lefebvre. s< .a== p.
s# Introduction--M. Richardson, G. La
fond, Ed Batters. Z ,ss
Tickets 81. Supper will be served Il
those that wish il. by O. Z. Clyde Il.
bis Oak street restaurant. Ice cream
and cake can also be had at Mrs. F. X
Lafond's refreshment parlors. =