Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-05-21

town is fairly beaten; Ironton was stcindlel
And again, the Cape is well fitted for tn
Pen; she was the last place to have BEEF
honestly selected for Normal School 70
Southeast Missouri.
Rain is needed in this section. All sort
Of crops are suffering from the lack of good
soaking down pour. The skies clouded Sat
urday, and that night and all next day tn
"signs" were good, but the outcome decid
eddy poor. Barely enough water fell to out
wardly refresh the parched heritage, and t.
keep the dust from flying in the streets.
We knew we'd bring it. The foregoing
grumble hadn't been in type an hour wher
glorious shower came up, and the rail-
rated, and vegetation was given new i'm
pulse.
Hereafter No. 602 will stop at Irontsn ev.
cry Wednesday night to take on the mails
The reason of this lies in the fact that the
papers from the REGISTER and Herald offices
are issued on that day, and the crane used
for the letter mail is not available for the
bulkier pouches. Heretofore, if the local
newspaper mail failed to get to the post
was delayed twenty-four hours. The new
arrangement is due to the efforts of j. p.
Lindsay, Chief Clerk of the Railway Mail
Service at st. Louis-than whom, by the way,
the is a no more efficient and painstaking
official connected with the service.
Marion Harland describes few good and
wholesale 'nursery desserts" in BabyhoOd
for May, for mothers who are judicious
enough to give their littlest ones such in
stead of rich cakes and buildings. VIM. P.
Gerhard, c. E., contributes to the same num-
Der practical talk on Country Houses and
their Surroundings" exposing the false sense
of security in which many families indulge
| merely because they "do not live in the city,"
| were some of his suggestions needed disease
would make fewer raids in the nursery. Be-
| sides various other important topics which
are treated i'm this issue, the readers of the
magazine appear to vie with its editors in
furnishing useful hints. $I.5O year. Adj
dress BabyhOOd, New York.
We neglected mentioning, last week, a
pleasant party given on the Begley farm the
Saturday evening previous, and hasten to
make up the omission. Though but four
couples of gallant youths and maidens fair
attended, we are assured, by those who par
ticipated, it was pleasant in every way. An
elegant collation. was served during the ev-
ening, and the whole time was greatly en-
joyed. A dance had been put in the pro-
gramme, but when assembled it was found
that two Of the parties were deficient in the
Terpsichorean art, SO that item was perforce
omitted. The participating parties were:
Misses Emma Peck, Theresa Begley, Emma
Bauley, and Annie Kindell; and Messrs.
j. \. Bishop, A. J. Smith, w. Oliver, and
Bro. j. II. Smith-paired in the order named.
Last Saturday two of our prominent citi-
zens were fined 81 and costs, each, for rails
ing rookery about $50 we are informed) a
watch and dog trade. A man of Domestic
and peaceable habits traded fine Irish set
ter dog to south town jeweler for watch |
the former guaranteeing the dog to re-
main, with little petting, with his new
master, while the latter warranted the watch |
to run evenly and truly as the sun. Noon and
stars. But 10 and behold the dog abscond |
ed to his old home at the first opportunity, |
and the time piece did not give perfect sat-
isfaction. The traders met last Saturday, |
talked the matter over rather energetically, |
waXed warm, and finally came to blows. !
Then the marshal showed his fine Italian |
hand and played it, with the Mayor as a
partner, to the discontinue Of the belliger
ents, and it cost them $50 each, merely be-
cause the dog would and did run ''schust
like any ting" and the watch wouldn't.
Age may bring gray hairs and wrinkles,
but they seldom harden the heart of a father
of family. On Tuesday an Italian patrolled
Shepherd street, with tray strapped in front
of him, in which he displayed various nick
nacks for sale, whilst his better half, with
two small children, canvassed Main street,
with similar articles and begging petition.
The Shepherd street perambulator happen
ed in the vicinity of the Marshal's resi-
dence, who demanded his license for that
kind of merchandise, and not having the
proper documents he was promptly arrest
ed and brought before the Mayor. In the
meantime, the other partner with the 'kids,"
also put in an appearance before his honor.
This was more than the Mayor bar gained for,
and after listening to a great deal of very
broken English, and having both hands kiss
ed and fondled by the three-ycar-old men,
Der of the firm, dismissed the case with his
back toward the guilty ones, and in broken
accents told them to "git." And they got.
Also the Marshal.
Every newspaper publisher is cursed with
an occasional subscriber whose soul seems
to have been made of the flag end of the ma
terial, and skimp pattern at that. We are
always thankful when such lift themselves |
from our list. The sooner the better. They |
generally refuse to take the paper from the |
office after taking it two or three years with
out paying cent for it-a plain steal with |
an insult added. Or they all at once discov- |
er that they ordered it, never wanted it, new |
er received it regularly (not more than half |
the time) and won't pay for it. Or else they |
move away without saying word or paying |
a nickel. In either case it is cowardly |
creep, such as no honorable man would be |
guilty of. The proper way to stop news |
paper is to pay up first and then stop it in |
any way you please afterward. II you are |
gentleman and don't owe cent walk into |
the office, look the gentleman in charge full |
In the eyes, and tell him you don't wish it or |
can't afford it. II you are on the hog plan,
chuck it back into the postoffice, and mark |
it refused"
The Seventeenth Annual Report of the |
State Board of Agriculture QSS4) has been |
issued, and we are in receipt of a copy. 1t |
contains reports from every county in the |
..o<, can't nv local reporterS That from,