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

! ucEs anu ordinary courtesy we nave In IL
!; rural districts, at least-retrograded 1t
not even necessary to 60 out of our own lii
tie community for a yerifcation of this fac
The respectful conduct of children towar
their elders and-I might as well add-th
well-bred behavior of those elders towar
each other, seem, as rule, to be 'numbere
among things of the past;"a reason for this
] think, may easily be found, viz: The fac
that many of the solder beads' who ar
themselves well-bred and of the better elias
Of people. will encourage ill-mannered an,
ruffianly conduct in others; provided onl.
that the latter are related to or belong to
family ''liked" by, the former.
The ideas of "Nestor" in regard to tn,
rights of property are certainly based on cor
rect principles.
The remarks of "76' in the REGISTER o.
| the 18th ulr., in regard to ''the great hin.
ORANGES to development and prosperity Of
| Southeast Missouri''-and, as for that, the
| country as whole-must meet with the un-
qualified appreciation of the true laborer in
every field. 1t has been said that ''hope de.
| ferred maketh the heart sick" but let us,
| nevertheless, hope that the time may gel
come, when the estimate of ones worth will
| be based on the zeal which is manifested by
person in his or her calling; when a mans
strength will be used in honest toll for the
maintenance of himself and those dependent
upon him, rather than-as is too often the
case-in disgraceful, meddlesome interior
ence with the business of others and the
cowardly attempts to terroriZe those who
are their interiors in the matter of physical
strength, though vastly their superiors in all
things else. What we so much need is more
moral cOurage-not only to enable us to
strive to do right ourselves, but to denounce
wrong in others as quickly and in as I'M
qualified terms if the wrong doer is friend
or member of our own family or church as
we would were he an enemy or outside the
bounds of our family or church relations.
One would as well perpetrate wrong him.
self as to encourage-tdclty or otheracise-
wrong in others.
Mrs. Geo. B. Cole and her daughter, En-
ma, are visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Efie Love has just returned from
Belleview, Mo-, where she has been on an
extended visit to her sister, Mrs. Lafayette
Alcorn.
Mr.. Geo. E. Breckenridge, who resides
near Belgrade, Mo-, was recently kicked in
the breast by mule and it was feared that |
his injuries would result fatally, but we trust |
that ere now he is sup and about"
Mr.. j. B. Green, of Iron Mountain, who |
passed several days in this end of the county |
cattle, left for home last Friday,
10Th ult. 1 have been informed that he sue
ceeded in purchasing forty head of cattle
hereabouts.
Geo. B. Cole, of Cub Creek, was on this
side of 1.-THE Ridge" on business last week.
Mr.. c. NJ. Chapman and family have re-
moved from here to the vicinity Of Harris
vile, Wright county, Mo-, last week.
Nj. John Holloman spent about ten days
n this vicin ty since my last, running lines,'
corners and pocketing ''dollars
md dimes"
The beautiful weather of last week was
Utilized by farmers generally in sowing oats
md doing other farm work usual at this
season of the year; but the seemingly end
ess storm. of this week has afforded us
more than ample time to "rest up" E.
April I'd, 1886.