Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-04
Pack Age,n.


: county an effort will now be made to
present condensed and connected
view OF the whole thing. avoiding repe-
, titlon. 1t Is not designed to take bask
anything that has beep said in regard
E to the magnificent natural resources of
, the country but to extend the descrip.
, ton by applying to Bear Creek and
Coldwater the remarks made in re-
spect to Big Creek. The ground was
covered with snow and frozen as hard
as brick, but the shape of the coun-
try and the character of the timber
shut me up to the fact that the soil on
"the divide" between Big Greek ana
Bear Greek and Coldwater is a white
clay, pasty and liable to freeze out.
But aside from that region as you go
to the st. Francois river you will find
broad reaches of splendid land going
over into Wayne county, and possibly
a little more enterprise among the peo-
pie. Being out of the way of trans
portation they must depend on stock
growing for money. Now no offense
is meant, but it Is sometimes necessary
to tell an unpleasant truth. Asam man
thinketh so is he. If you surround a
man with steers and mules and hogs
and let his thoughts be settled on them
his mental and III )ral e.evation will be
difficult.
1t is not proposed to take back any
thing spoken in commendation of the
people, but to make it more specific.
Such people as John Bennett, Mr..
Johnson, the Hovis connection, Mrs.
Myra Graham's family, Mrs. Agnes
Graham aud her son Samuel, and
George Huffman, are sterling people.
/ have named none but old settlers.
In connection with my second ap-
pointment for preaching "a party Of
discomfort" arose that proposed to lock
the house against me. They had dis
covered that he tolloweth not us. But
the outsiders were prompt to suggest
that my not following them would be
certain to keep me away from my
neighbors' hog pens and henroost, and
80 'the party of discomfort" took ref
uge behind an indignlnt protest and
sullenly subsided. A young lady in
the neighborhood, an invalid for
months, asked that shoull preach q
sermon at her bedside. Her request
was complied with, AMI she seemed
greatly pleased and conf rted. She Is
doing Gods will when it demands pa
tient suffering with little hope of re-
lief in Time. She has fighting chance
to live. The attention of Dr. Hender-
son was called to a difficulty in her
case back of the one he was treating.
1t is likely that the radical trouble can
be controlled, and if So she will certain
ly recover. A former letter spoke of
the death of John Darnali. Within
week, almost to all hour, his mother
followed him, dying of the same dis
ease. In the language of DR.. Watson
"the machine had run down." An
application came for DIR. Henderson's
services in a violent case of Pneumon-
ia. Detailed inquiries brought out
close resemblance between the case
and two others W hich / had seen twen-
ty-five years ago in Indiana. The at
tention of the DR.. was directed to the
peculiar features and treatment sug-
gested. 1t involved an entirely new
departure in medicine, but it saved
the patient. The case was thoroughly
controlled within twelve hours, and
the physician had no call to repeat his
visit. This letter is long enough now.
More anon. THOMAS CALLAHAN.
Jan. 25th.
The last |, tier was closed whilst
considering the sanitary condition of
the practice of medicine by statute, 81
can take mine case at mine inn" and
view matters esthetically, but it is not
pleasant to stand idly by and see peo-
pie die OF durable diseases. LII that re-
gion diseases were found in new con-
nections, and it seemed that each dis
ease has moral character, and that
does not arise in the atmos-
phere, but in the character of the i'm
dividual.
1t is true that the ilea will never be
popular for 1t will make terrible reve-
lations in regard to awfully nice >peo-
pie. But have the facts all the same.
A revolution is being set up in that
region. A gentleman recently came
Oh from the East and bought very
good farm and brought full supply Of
improved farming implements. He
settled among the Lutheraus, taking
The place of q man for whom they had
10 use. Announcement was made tina.
ne had eighteen thousand dollars to
end On real estate security at six per
cent. interest. ] have seen him. He
s quiet and as sharp as fish hook.
He never lends beyond two thirds of
air valuation. He Is the agent of
yndicate of small capitalists who will
,ome forward and take possession of
he lands as they fall in. The result
will be that the Lutherans will hold
interest and the coun-
ry will be the letter of the fact. But
t is time for me to start home. My
,:sit had lasted month. During
much Of that time the thermometer
wung around from 10 l4a below ze-,
o. The whole country was snow and
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