Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
Arcadia items.


dull the past month l haven't had the heart
TO write it's news and misfortunes, for there
has been neither. No one has been and go,
married, and no one has died; but one thing
certain, Mr.. Hodge is moving his fence back
from off the street, and he is going to apply
for the Ironton post-office. He sees he
might as well have a good thing as any other
good Republican, and why not? 1 hope he
will get it. Ironton needs good postmaster
when Mr.. Edwards is removed, ard Mr..
james Hodge is as good a Republican as can
be had for the money. Whoop 'em up, you
Ironton fellows.
Our public s,hool is the freest public school
you ever saw. The scholars come from all
over the country: from Belleview, Marble
Greek and Black River, and don't pay a
cent. Well, we are Christian people over
here, aud believe in the golden rule revers-
ed: | am after your coat and you are after
mine; this is good rule, and works both
ways. l recommend it to the travelling pub
lie, and there is no patent applied for on it.
Try it over your way.
In think Charley Allison is going to get
married soon, be is fixing up nightly.
Moved his barn from off the street, fixed up
the fences around his place, and is painting
everything white. White stands for purity,
Iiage is said to be purity: so, you see, it
comes out all o. X. l hope it will come off
very soon, as have never been to a wedding
in nv life, for | have always been without
the proper garments.
Young ladies hardly ever go to Dunklin
county from Arcadia without there being
wedding soon after, but there WAS an excep-
ton in Miss Sarah's trip. She came back
alone.
Bill Trauernicht was over in Arcadia the
other day, and, as he could not get anything
to drink but spring water, he got the orders
for two or three suits Of clothes and left for
Ironton, where he said things were more re-
freshing 20 the inner man.
Mr.. John A. Hogue has gone to Dunklin
county on business. He will be absent about
a week.
j. B. Evans was up from the Bluff for two
or three DAYS last week 20 see his best girl.
Miss Minnie Weathers is going to Dunklin
county day, on visit to her sister.
I am glad Mr.. Ripgo is taking the stand he
does on the normal school. He Is right.
We have got enough of those institutions for
present. What we want is a manual train
ing school, to teach bows to work with their
hands. We have got plenty of clerks, law
yers, doctors, political Ioafers, office seekers,
sc. We need u good training school for our
boys, to give them the rudiments of a me-
chanical training. Surely time and money
spent in this way are very far from being
wasted. 1t is on this ground that make an
appeal to our law makers at Jefferson, for a
certain proportion for manual training in
our public schools. 1t is not intended that
the public SCHOOLS shall be devoted from
their proper work into that OF graduating
expert carpenters or shoe makers. The basis
of the system should be arranged as the
normal schools are now in districts. All that
Is meant is that the training of the hands
and eyes should have place alongside of the
training of the mind, body and heart. There
are elementary principles Of invention which
are common to all trades or most Of them.
The boy who has mastered these is prepared |
in a measure for any trade though he is |
master of none. l haven't got time to write |
more on this subject for the present, but l |
hope you will Mr.. r. get up bill for man.
ual trining school and locate 1t at Arcadia.
"poor old Missouri" cannot have one as well.
Whooper up, Mann, and your name will go
down the ages as the greatest
living statesman, and the forerunner in a
noble work. Then we will not have to send
TO Germany for our master workmen as We
now do. Our American boys have just as
good material in them as German boys. Since
the days of Trades Unions our boys haven't
had a chance to learn an honest trade. As
The Trade Union prohibited masters from
taking boys as apprentices. The State ought
% take this matter in hand, as well as it has
miners, preachers, &c. We need as good
houses as We need ANYTHING else.
understand Mrs. Peck is going to lease
he Arcadia Hotel. ! hope she will get it, as
Mrs. p. is an enterprising lady; she has done
great deal for this town in the way of
planting shade trees and shrubbery.
five fools their gold, knaves their power,
Let fortune bubbles rise and fall;
Tho sows a seed or, plants flower,
Or plants tree is more than all.
so 1t is With Mrs. Peek she has planted /
,lenty of trees, and the rising generation i
will call her blessed.
Mr.. Shock is also planting trees on his
OF. Good for you, Mr.. Shock. A man who i
loesn't plant tree isn't Christian. a
My letter is getting too long. Give my q
oye to the old maids and school marms.
Sood bye UNCLE PETE. q