Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-08

was very poor; she had large shad cookin
so she caught it up and threw it over benin,
the backlog: she thought 1t disgrace t
eat shad, because SO cheap; but how many o
US would be ashamed to eat them? Just tr.
me with one!
| Shad now are very costly fish, and but fo
the good Mr.. Seth Green has done in artifi
cially stocking our streams with fish, dom
| think there would be many left at this time
When kept "bach- hall" on Brewers creek
| and tended saw-mill, I used TO saw awhile
| at night in the spring-timc, and the fist
would come up under the water wheel lyou
must remember the saw-mills were water
mills and run by what is called fiutteI
wheel with an upright saw, and every time
the saw Went through the log the mill was
stopped by shutting the gate that let the
water on to the whe6D this left the fish on
the bare rocks till the gate was hoisted again
and the saw started. A person could catch
bushels of fish with his hands, if he had
wanted to. And so it might be now, if
proper pains were taken to protect the little
nSh; but 1t seems to be the desire of GER
tain class of people to keep all they have and
get as much more as they can. When l ear
ried the mail from Arcadia Valley to Gale
donna, one way by which whiled away the
time while riding was to count the deer and
turkies on the roads-I could not keep count
OF the squirrels if had tried ever so hard.
At certain times in the day the woods would
De alive with them, racing on the ground,
up the trees, through the branches, and ev-
erywhere. Some Years the squirrels, quails
and crows would be so abundant it was a
hard tight between them and the farmers as
to who shonld have the corn when it first
came up. We sometimes had to poison corn
and scatter over the fields In self-defence,
and in time of roasting-e ears the warfare be-
gan again. l have stood, day after day, in
my cornfield with my rifle to shoot the squir-
rels that were eating the young corn; 'their
name was legion" / used to get so tired
shooting them that sometimes wished there
were no squirrels. You young spOrtsmen
may say, Why that would be fun! So it was
for while: but it gets monotonous and too |
tired shooting, and was very thirsty besides |
my old hunting tutor told me always to take |
my gun-never to leave it out of reach-al. !
ways keep it where l could lay my hand on
tor never knew what might come along;
20 got over the fence, which was near the
;reek, and lay down at the edge of the water
o get drink, laying my gun at my side.
Iust as was putting my lips down to drink
heard a noise: glancing up, | saw deer
unning towards me on the other side of the
reek. 1t stopped and looked back. / put
ut my hand and drew my rifle to nv face
nd raised my head just enough to see the
lights on mygun, and shot the deer. He fell in
is tracks; it was rather difficult position,
ut got him.
The young folks of the present time read
the plainsmen and cowboys, and you q.
ave an idea that all hunters are, or were,
ough and unretned, but have seen hunters
tho were educated men-men of fine minds.
md don't think was ever in the woods
v myself hunting, but what my better feel
lgs and the finest sentiments possess were
rought out. While on the tops of the bills j..
ONE ofthe most beautiful passages of Script
re would come to my mind, and Il verse of .
ONE hymn as,
ION the mountain tops appearing
Lo, the the sacred herald stand>"-
seemed as if there was where He stood.
fhen we are alone with the wonderful
orks of nature, it is but natural that our
would be of an elevating nature.
low often, when tired and thirsty, have Il
'oked away towards the east, and in my I
iHd's eye seen the old home with its green
ard, the old well with its tall sweep ard
ucket-
1.-The iron bound bucket:
The moss covered bucket,
That hung in the well.''
How many times, on reaching home from
hooi at noon, with bare feet, hot and dusty, :,
I'VE | ran to that old well and, hand over
and, let the bucket down and brought it up =
III of clear cold water, posing it on the
lge of the curt, eagerly quenching my thirst. -
Id letting the water drip on my tired, dusty
ct. Those things can never be forgotten.
Sometimes it will happen that we are
ught in storm while in the bills. Once
saw storm arising in the west, and, as
uid not reach home before it would burst g
bon me, hunted for Il shelter among the =
ags and rocks. | found such shelter ::
1ong the over hanging rocks on the top of g
e of the highest mountains. Hardly had e
got myself comfortably settled before the
d m came, with fierce flashes of lightning
d heavy peals of thunder. 1t seemed as if =
came from above, beneath, and all around =
:. How small / felt! l could have hid
der the smallest leaf. AS sat there re-
ated to myself these lines: z
''Rock of Ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee,N g
Was not in the cleft Of the rock, al was =
t his hand outstretched to guard me? And
er the storm had passed, and the sun had
ME GU. again to gladden. the earth, how
lutiful all nature looked! The leaves and
igs hung heavy with drops Of water,
lrkling in all the colors of the rainbow.
OUR lives are very much like this-storm
d sunshine. Dear bows and girls, we have
r sorrows and joys-the storms and sun
ne of life-hut remember, she leadeth u
;" and Il will guide thee with mine eye"
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