Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-12
Iron Mountain News.

HUI H1OuuDakM NcWSs
:. Mr.. johnny Parker, of Syenite, was i
r town Yesterday, and reports business fairl
i good at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. p. Cayce attended th
dedicatsry services of the new Presbyteria
church at Pennington Sunday.
Messfs. John Webb, Joseph Newall, Jane
COPELAND and Thomas Anderson, Of Granite
Vile, were oyer on little pleasure trip las
Saturday evening.
Our friend, Col. A. j. Sypher, got his fine
. hundred dollar shot gun knocked overboar,
in the lake at the dam few days ago, an,
has not found il yet.
Mr.. John Thomas, station agent at thi
place, reported thirty trains from his ofic
last Friday, which shows an improvement
. in railroad business.
Thirteen accidents with powder, s'blow
81 ups" as they call them, have occurred at Sy
enite within the past eight or nine months
4 five of which have been fatal.
John Earnest, brakeman at Bismarck
was run over by the "Local" last Saturday
morning, and had both feet cut off just above
| the ankle joints. He also received internal
injuries from which it is thought he will die
l am reliably informed that the young
folks over at Graniteville are making prepar-
| atoms to give grand masquerade ball and
supper on the eve Of Thanksgiving's day.
/ Thanks, gentlemen, for your kind invitation.
| We will see about it.
Mr.. Andy Garrett came home from st.
Louis few days ago sick, and has been con-
| fined to his bed ever since. He has typhoid
maiarial fever, and during the past week has
been in very low, doubtful condition. He
Is supposed to be some better at this writ
ing.
Your correspondent at Middlebrook says
that your reporter from this place gives our
friend Billy dig and adds that 'he
knows where to get his clothes made all the
same" To which we reply: you bet he does;
and he gets them, too. What's the matter
with the old ''Huzy" anyway.
The "Colonel'' is good one. He took
trip east short time ago, and among other
things got hold of the following old gag: IA
certain doctor and clergyman got into a
dispute about the reality of the soul. The
conversation warmed UP until the doctor got
so hot that he challenged the clergyman for
debate. The minister accepted and the
time appointed.
"The clergyman then rose, and in drawl-
ing tone characteristic of the man of SER
mons, squelched the doctor in the following
language: what doth it profit man if he
gain the whole world, and lose. his own
smelling bottle.' Again, Fear not them
which kill the body, but are not able to kill
the smelling bottle: but rather fear him
which is able to destroy both smelling bot
tie and body in hell.'n The doctor Topped
over.
''They met, as did many others, to hear
the conclusion of the whole matter. The
man of pills being the challenging party, |
opened the debate. Among other things he |
compared the soul of man to lady's smell |
ing bottle. Said when man dies, the soul |
leaves the body in about the same way that |
the odor leaves the bottle when uncorked,
and that was the end of him. After dis
cussing the question in a learned manner for
some time, sat down.
Your correspondent writing upon the
question of Political Economy, has got on to
a hard subject for once. His remarks upon
the question are to the point, and his views
on the matter are such as thousands of I
American voters have come realize for sew
eral years past. What can the election of
one man to the presidential chair in prefer
ence to another have to do with making
times better or worse for the people? 1t
makes no difference who is elected to the
be he Denlecrat, Republican or
what else, hard times and easy times will
alternate with each other according to the /
law of demand and supply. When the peo-
pie have produced MOI than they can con-
sumo, then business becomes stagnated, and
somebody has to quit producing until some
is the business of political wire pullers, when
out of Office, to get in the best way they can.
They are always sharp enough TO take adj
vantage of every opportunity that presents
itself. When times get hard the people are
anxious to have them better, and
any measure which they think
will bring about the desired result. They
are then in condition te listen to any kind of
which has the appearance of bring
ing about a change in business matters for
the better. And the political boss or bosses
who can tickle the ears of the people the
best, is or are the enes that win s'git thar I
Eli" Everybody has ears, but unfortunate
ly some have poor judgments. This gives
rse to the old saying, .sTickle the peoples
ears, and their judgments will take care of
No man who really loves his
count y, or his race, will ever desire, or seek,
to turn the welfare of the people into We
hicle in which to ride into prosperity him
self. The question is one Of great difficulty |
as well as one of great delicacy, and should
be handled with great care, and fairness to
all parties. 1t is a deep problem, and the
man or men who are lucky enough to solve
it, will prove the greatest benefactors to the
race. NEsToR.
Nov. 9th, 1885.