Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-18

tell you, boys. IhYe seen men and boys
drunk on hard cider. It's the meanest
drink one can indulge in; don't tell me il
won't intoxicate. Boys, don't be fooled by
sits only cider" Beware of it; don't let il
get the better of you. also remember that
all the farmers kept rum and brandy in the
house to treat their friends; they thought it
very inhospitable il it was neglected; and so,
in having and harvesting times, the jug of
rum was indispensable. The only time
was ever drunk was in time of harvest:
father had two or three men helping him
reap-that is to cut the grain with a sickle /;
l never saw cradle to cut grain with then.
My two brothors, older than I, and myself
were just big enough to carry bundle Of
grain and shock it. The weather was very
| hot, and got very warm. My father and
the men stopped to refresh themselves from
the jug; he called to us to come and get a
drink, then hurry up and get the bundles of
| rye together. / took one swallow, and the
next thing I knew after that was the next
morning. was in bed, and so sick 1 thought
l should die. Did ever take another drink
after that? No, sir! it cured me as as eff
| fectually as the first chew Of tobacco;
| the first chew was the last; and now
when I see boys learning to chew or
| smoke,I think if they were required to do
| that by their parents, what an awful
| time theirs would be! Why, the "old folks"
| would think they wanted to kill them. How
| hard we will work sometimes to do that we
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do right, or what we ought to do! But so it
is; the natural heart is inclined to do evil
continually.
have often thought if everybody took as
much pains to do right and help his neigh
Dor as they do to hinder and find fault, what
4 glorious world this would be to live in. I
am afraid we would be too well satisfied,
and want to stay here always!
Speaking Of cider, it used to be great
source of income to the farmers at that
time. Father made and sold five hundred
barrels of cider one fall, which was quite an
item in the years earnings. Our mill was
large power mill, which ground out a good
many barrels of cider in day; but that was |
the last father ever made to drink or sell, |
for he saw what it was leading to, so he did |
the wisest thing and stopped Immediately.
There were many large orchards in those
days. Ours was one of the oldest in the
State of Connecticut; the trees were seed
lings, and you could find apples of all varie-
ties of flavor and color; some were very ear
ly and some very late bearing. We had APP
Piles the year round.
There was one tree that bore very large,
handsome and finely favored apple, and was
a good keeper. My mother had a cousin,
Mrs. Mary Shoetfler, who, with her husband,
was sent as missionary to Turkey: she was
the first Frank woman who ever stood be-
fore Turkish Sultan. The friends made
up several boxes of supplies to send to them;
father sent barrel of those apples, and
mother cheese of her own make. The APP
pies arrived safe and sound, after a voyage {
If several months for you must remember a
here were no steamships then; only sailing
iessels, and it took as many weeks and
months to go to Turkey then as it does days
low. When the boxes reached their desti-
lation, Mrs. Schoeffler presented the Sultan
With some of the apples and cheese. We al
ways called those apples the Smyrna apples
fter that.
And such pears never saw in any country
5 to quality. There was the home of the
ear tree.
After the cider was made, and the cold
weather. came ON, then the sound of the J.
all was heard early and late, day in and
ay out, until the rye and oat crop was all
hreshed out. Threshing machines were I'M
nown at that time. There were men who
1llowed the business of threshing for the
armers; they threshed for so much per
usIfel. And so with all other work: max
lg fences and stone walls. Many farms
ere fenced with walls built of stone dug
ON the lot that was being fenced. Some
arts of that country was very rocky. and it r
,ok great deal OF labor TO make a living.
And, after all, what a genial, pleasant life
ost of the people lived in those days. After
,ery thing snug and tight for winter, what
,mfort they took. When the snow had
,me, with their fine sleighs and good
,rse covered with several strings of
eighbells they would go Swimming over
e country. 1t was pleasure, indeed.
on boys and girls of this climate do not
low what sleigh ride is, nor have you
en- genuine New England sleigh. The ,
d folks spent the days in sleighriding, and -
e young folks the night; ah, what fun we ,v
I'd in those cold, crisp winter nights, when p.
me half dozen or dozen boys would get
cir sleighs and their "best'' girls, and meet
some house appointed beforehand. 1t
arms my heart up now, even after the 8
pse of so many years, to think of those E
les; how we were wrapped in buffalo
hes away from the cold; our fast trotters
ID merry bells, and lovely belle at our ~
lie. Wasn't 1t splendid? How
"oft on the Silly night, -
Fer slumber's chain hath bound me; 81
Fond memory brings the light, mr.
OF other days around mes ed
old age may come on apace, yet
emory lasts. Dear boys and girls, keep re-
ur hearts and thoughts clean and pure viz
nile in your youth, so that when old age
mes and you look back to your childhood
u will have no regrets. X. p. 7. EG
Danger! A neglected cold or cough may
ad to Pneumonia, Consumption or other fatal III,
sease. StIoug's Pectora1 Pills wifi eIsre Il
Id as by magic: Best thins Tor dyspe psia,fn-
gesti0a, SICK headache as thousands testify.
Personal.