Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-12
NUMBER 35
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ton for t. G.. in the west end of Iro
county, he pleads guilty to the soft in
pe;. chnlent. Friend Dick, there is f,
L. G.. II very strong attraction in I'll
west end of Iron caunty. 1t is in til
warm, true iearts of those whom
have known well for fifteen years, an
whose friendship has never failed me
It is In the earnest and manly, and til
sweet, pure faces that have clustere,
/ around me in four schools, and in m,
loving recalIections of those who's,
names read on the white door-plates
of the green-roofed houses in the Cite.
of the Silent. There is an attraction
but | have given enough tojustify my
trip, and SO, on February 18th the line
of march was taken up Cedar creek
! An excellent dinner ut Mr.. Mills's
was greatly enjoyed. Here | also met
with a Mr.. MiiiIeio,i, wha was on his
| way to the Cht rokee country, and
heard that Messrs. Jerry Ashbough
| and Henry Duhrmann were dong well
| in Kansas
The snow was in good condition for
making balls, and as / passed Mr..
Duhrmann's, three young folks were
making things lively for each other in
a three-cornered skirmish. 1t was NO
ticed also with great satisfaction that
one of those great, ugly, cross dogs has
barked until he has the asthma. or
conthumption, and it is to be hoped
that he will either die soon or be retir-
ed on half-pay, and the office be declar-
ed vacant.
Passing over the ridge, very pleas
ant home for the night was found in the
house OF Mr.. Griffith, on the old Joseph
Bradley place. On Wednesday short
call having been made with Mr.. Hen
ry Wright, dinner was had at Mr. A
J. Lindsay's. Here I obtained several
pieces of choice music, and spent some
hours in pleasant converse ton with
Mrs. S. F. Lindsay and her brother,
Waller Parker, Jr., and his wife. not
forgetting to have a romp with Fritz.
Passing over to Joe's creek, at Mr..
Bells, | was introduced to newly ar
rived niece, and then spent the night
at Mr. Edward Westerman's. Here I
obtained missing stanza of "When
the Roses Come Again" and instruct
ed two knee-high-year-cld seekers aft
er knowledge in the mysteries of
Ding dong do BELLS" and of "The
house that Jack built" se
After spending an hour on Thursday
morning With my. uncle, Mr.. Henry
Westerman, and having been told that
my pet, pretty Annie Duru, was sick,
l called to see her. Found her getting
up all right, and after brief stay, calf
ing on Squire Luthy and Uncle Daniel
Dennison, home was found for the
night with Gottfried Oesch. A sepa-
rate article in the REGISTER will! de-
scribe Mr.. Oesch's farm at an early
day.
On Friday morning, the read up the
Middle Fork was taken. A brief call
was made at Edge Hill, and some mail
matter obtained. That is very fine
location for business, and it is safe to
predict that our young friends, the
NJ ssrs. Latham, will win success by
deserving it, as they are very worthy
and pleasant gentlemen.
After short call with Mr. Henry
including an introduction
% new baby, noon found me at the
nome of brother Elder John r. Adams,
md was introduced to it's new mis-
,ress, who is an eminently sensible
christian lady. Here I was kept busy
alking to the old frienJs who came to
obtain their mail matter, preparing for
he work of preaching, and copying
ongs for Miss Ellen. No time was lost.
On Saturday morning a call was
made on Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Lindsay
md Mr.. and Mrs. Nielsen Adams, Jr.,
nd at u NJ. commenced public wor-
hip at Mount Pleasant Church, and
Preached on text selected by Elder J.
{. Adams, and Showed to me for the
after the sermon, business meeting
vas held to arrange for the ordination
f Rev. Riley Hawk. A vote of the
made me Baptist min
ster pro tenn. and an invitation by the
made me consultative
member of the court. BY its request I
rev up the formula of questions to be
sked the candidate, preached the SER
non, ana made the ordaining prayer,
,ut did not lay OIL hands, but gave him
instead the right hand Of fellowship.
IN Sabbath morning / preached again
o deeply attentive congregation.
After the sermon I went over the
idge to Mrs. Jane Henderson's, where
remained until Tuesday, when Wis
ted Mr. Charles K. Henderson,, Mr..
ames Strickland, and Mr.. William
Hills.
On Wednesday took up the line of
march for home, passing over the the
anne ground traversed going out.
reached home on Sabbath afternoon,
aving heard sermon at Cedar Grove
reached by Father Williams. All
long the route each one WED with all
he rest to see who should be most
ind.
Owing to the cold and the state of
he roads, the trip involved some ex-
'osure and fatigue, but was MI through
ae round Of high enjoyment