Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-25
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GOODwATER, Mo-, June |

W
Ed. Register-The benejt to our crops, re-
s"lting from lie copiors rains mentioned 10
my last, was of short duration, owing 10 the
speedy evaporation of moisture through the
potent influences of "Old SOL" Much dam
age was done by the dry weather, by far the
greatest injury being inflicted upon our
meadows and oats.
After about ten days of drouth, unm ;stak-
able signs of rain became visible and soon
beca ne "maferiallZed"-if am permitted
to use that term in this connection.
On the 18th, fight shower of rain initiated
much desired change in the weather. At
about P. NJ. on the 18th inst, the sky was
suddenly overcast by very dense mass of
clouds, insemuch that il turned quite darL,
in few minutes an abundance of hail fell
and Immediately afterwards "the flood gates
Of Heaven" were opened ard the rain de-
scended in torrents for about 20 minutes.
During nearly all of that day-12th-an al
most incessant flashing Of lightning could be
seen, and, as natural consequence, peal
afte' peal OF deafening thunder greeted our
ears.
About I A. NJ. on the 10 inst, another good
rain fell. At sunset on the same day the
clouds gathered thick and fast and j1st after
dark it began to rain very hard IN about two
hours the harder part of the storm was over;
bu,, nevertheless, it rained almost col,inu-
ally until nearly daylight next morning.
Another "ground- soaker' fell on the 10Th
inst at p. NJ.
The abundant rainfall Of the past week is
quite satisfactory to all; especially so TO such
Of us as have toiled early and late to fiji our
crops for deriving the utmost possible bene-
fit from The rains we may reasonably e. pect
during crop-time.
II "beneticent Heaven" continues TO favor
Us with timely and abundant rains the corn
crop of 'S5 in this section will doubtless
greatly exceed that of any one of the past
five ye:Is.
1T "strikes funny vein" in the average
reader to find any given item, week after
week, under the caption "Carrcnt Topics"
in the patent inside of his country paper.
A case in point:-The following item was
found inserted for times in succession in
the REGISTER: at is semi-annuallv an
arbi.rate for the settlement Of the dispute
Dct"Seu INuSSld anu T%ISiduQ.' Inc eject
of its long continued insertion was amusing
ly heightened by its appearance in the REG
lister of the 11Jh inst, on the same page
with the su6joined: .'It IS announced on
the highest authority that the Afghan bound
airy dispute between Russia and England is
definitely settled"
Some of your readers-myself included
ind food for hearty laugh at the expense
of one of your regular correspondents when
ever we think or speak Of his seemingly ir-
repressible egotism as displayed in most of
his frequent writings for your columns.
think that the writer of the article enti-
tied From Goodland," published in your
issue Of the 4th instant, would do well to pay
a little more attention to the rudiments of
English Grammar; at least before he again
expresses himself in such high sounding
phrases about "the sciences" or, what is in
finitelv worse, signs his article with Latin
words, evidently intending to impress his
readers with the idea that he is not only a
finished English scholar, but that he is con-
versant with Latin as well. In one sentence
in said communication we find: ave are a
louer of flowers" in the next: "Mr. John
McMaHoH pdSSed Oy Wnlie zoe are
trr1ting."
The above remarks cannot be construed
as having been prompted by malice as / do
not know who wrote the article in question.
1t is said that there is deer (dear) lick
near Mr.. E. S. Loves spring house it Is also
said that a certain young lady "salted the
lick" For further information, interested
parties are referred to Sylvester PAYNE & Co.
Miss Maggie Bryan went to Bellevue -
Washington county, last week, to attend the
NJ. E. Quarterly Meeting at Thomas Chapel.
| According to Madame Rumor. at least one
of the fair sex in this community is either 9
practical advocate Of "woman's rights" or
| enormously believes this year (1sS5) to be 9
leap-year. 1t is stated that she asked first