Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-21
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! Ed. Register-As usual in my communca
tons from this point, l will attempt to begir
bv brief backward glance at the weather
which, since my last, has surely been suffi
GENTLY varied in regard to temperature-anC
| degrees of pleasantness and unpleasantness
Ito suit any one who believes that in the
| matter of weather-as in other things-''Va.
| riety is the Spice of Life" Sunday sd inst:
drizzling rain nearly all day; quite warm
| until about 8 A. NJ: then it turned colder
''slowly but surely"-and at daylight the
next morning the ground was slightly froz-
en-. Early on the morning of the 4th inst,
it began to snow; showed necessarily until
about noon. The next two days We're toler-
ably cold and sufficiently windy to be rather
disagreeable.
Thursday, 9Th instant: 1T became some
what warmer and evidences of an approach
ing snow storm became noticeable; during
the succeeding night and next day, Sth inst,
snow fell here to the depth of five inches on
Il level-which last was rather hard to find
in locations sufficiently exposed to admit OF
an obstructed fail of ''beautiful snow" For
such was the titfulness and wild, unfetter.
ed Sleefuness of the wind at that time pre-
vailing-many places were quite bare, while
others, but a few feet distant, were covered
with snow to the depth of from few inches
to us many feet, thus presenting to our Won
derlng gaze-in miniature-many of the
physical features of this terrestrial sphere;
for instance:-Hills and valleys; plateaus
and basins; highlands and lowlands; yea,
even passes and gulches could be quite dis
tinctly traced without wearisome effort
of the imagination--in the yariegatcd aspect
OF the surface of as small space as an or
binary yard or garden.
On the 9th inst, the wind yeered to the
West and continued to blow from that quar-
ter for three days and nights; its severity
materially aided King Frost in his undisput-
ed sway over human beings, dumb brutes,
and in fact everything susceptible to his I'M
welcome influence. say un,celcome because
his brief reign was marked by 4 severity that
has rarely been equaIed-perhaps never ex-
celed-in this section 1t certainly was en-
Joyed by few, if any, except dealers in fuel
and ice; and even those of the first-named
only because of the immediate, and those of
the ashamed class because of the prospec-
tive, profit accruing to them respectively by
"cold wave"
Tuesday, 18th inst, it turned very little
warmer; next day it began to thaw slightly;
continued to turn still warmer-but by ex-
ceedinglv slow degrees-until the afternoon
of the 18th inst, when it again became cold
er and clouded up preparatory to another
storm. On the night following it rained ana
81 hy tur I
A. NJ, it misted, drzzled and sleeted; then
it commenced to snow; did not cease snow
ing until late last night, when the wind be-
gan to blow; the earlier part of last night
was lovely for the time of the year;-welI
suited for sleigh ride and ball. After mid
night it turned coder,and just now the pros
pect is good for another blizzard.
Last week Mr.. D. s. Love sold II head of
fine corn fed steers to Mr.. Matthews, of Lost
Creek, Washington Co., Mo.
Mr.. F. NJ. Adams, fthe firm of Adams &
Butler, of Belgrade, Mo-, was out here on
business last week; also about the same time
Mr.. Marion Anderson, from near Irondale,
Mo.
Messrs. Brumett, Love, Wallace Martin,
and -- each killed Il deer since my |
last.
Messrs. Adam and Edward Henderson,
from near Gooiand, NO., were on our creek |!
on hog hunt this week.
Miss Maggie Russell, of Belleview, is at
Mr.. SAINT Lucas's. for medical treatment.
Chas. ID. Lucas, son of Mr.. ,has. Lucas, |
who has been ill with Typhoid Pneumonia |
for about ten days, is rapidly improving.
James w Wond who h.S hoor visit
ing relatives and attending to business in |
this section, started on a return trip to Mon
tana few days ago. E..