Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-11
Arcadia Items.

| Ed. Register: We are standing on the
threshold of a New Year. The sun shines
brightly to-day. The air is crisp and cold,
and the snow white and pure, nantes the
landscape far and wide. Young hearts are
| beating with strong health throbs, and young
minds are entertaining bright thoughts with
respect to the future, and the golden age.
For all ought TO be in the future, and not
in the past. The glance for our comfort and
cheer ought to be forward and not backward !;
skyward, and not ear;hward; true, standing
here we are in the glad sunshine before the
portal of the year, and attempting to gaze
along down the vista of 1886, we see little
else than quiveriug, fitting shadows; we
know little rs to what may come to pass con-
corning Us during the coming year. We may
, lose health, though the body, SO stalwart
and 1.-THE and agile to day, may tomorrow
be shattered by disease. Yet use it to-day
in doing something to help your neighbor-
tomorrow will care for itself. Lay not up
treasure here on earth, for you know. prop
erty, likewise may take to itself wings, and
iy away during the year. Even so, and it Is
i fact that many prefer losing their soul sto
losing their money.
Now suppose you give us about eight
hundred dollars to build parsonage with.
We need one badly. Brother Worsnop does
not need one yet, but who knows how soon
he may? Or suppose we have 4 minister sent
here next year with a family, what will we
do with him? and we do not pay him enough
SO that he could afford to rent, if there We're
any to rent, which there is not So brethren,
you had better she'll out and lets build one.
Your Uncle Pete" will give lot and TWEEN
ty-tive dollars toward building parsonage,
in Arcadia. All the brethren that wish to
give to this parsonage fund" will please
write their name and amount on a postal
card, and send it to Uncle Pete" Arcadia,
or DR.. FLrr.r, at Ironton. lP. 5. Please
come down liberal, say hundred for each
of you 1ceU to do Southern Meth0disJs. And
will give the names and amount IN my
next letter.
Now, my friends, Arcadfaus especially, Jets
do away with our seld>hness for 1886, and
not every man live for himself alone, but all
join in and beautify our little village, the
most beautiful place nature has created in
the world. I suggest that As soon as John
love now-that we survey our town and es-
tablsh corners, SO that we can move our |
fences and barns, and get our streets straight, |
then plant shade trees about twenty feet |
apart on all our streets and alleys, don't you |
think it would be nice. It would be the best |
years work eyer done for Arcadia. I never !
90 to Ironton but what I admire those beau |
tiful trees in front of the courthouse. / |
think Judge Russell deserves all the credit |
for that noble deed done twenty five years
ago.
| think DR.. Bergman has concluded to
make Arcadia his future home. I am very
glad you have, Dr., you know you have Civ
en- Us all of your youthful days, and you
ought not to forsake us when you are grow
ing old. DIR, BerFYman is a good man and q
first class doctor, there isn't q Letter IN the
State. He keeps we'll UP in all the new
sciences of the medical profession. Stay and
build you fine house in the beautiful VAL
ley of Arcadia.
Mrs. H0rnbeck has arrived home, and
Frank wes glad to see her, as the ghosts were
getting desperate.
Mr.. W. H. Thomson .canse down iron. st.
Louis on the Accommodation saturday night
to inspect his new rock fence which is get
ting along slowly on account of this cold
weather. think it will look splendid when
complete.
SellY Tual, must have laundering for some
one ofer apeut tEonttn, .s he Is -l@4ys oyer
there.
Those street lamps I told you about last
fall. haven't made there appearauce A vet
Ia the future ! will never mention anything
until it een.ss IL pass. tEeLs eKFE.
February 7th 1886.