Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-21
a Friendly letter From st. Louis.

A Friendly letter From st. L0uis.
Ed. Rcgjstey-Into the big news-mill
from which the GiOJe- DcGnOc2 at emil
mates the REGISTER comes with a grist
Of items that are read with interest by
all the editorial staff who have time 10
read, ard with q specific interest by
the undersigned attaChe, arising to the
peculiar charm which Il bright local
paper wieids for any one acquainted
with the neighboThood of which it
treats. This fact is 10 idle compliment,
W hen it is considered that all the great
papers OF the world are here, and that
thousands of county weekliesn are
dumped into the waste basket by the
porters, not glanced at unless in the
hopes of some chance information bear
ing on some item of news which has
trickled in through some one OF the
long row of telegraphic tattlers from
that locality. | can can conscientously
say that it is the best weekly that gets
"up-stairs,' and superior to many OF
the daily exchanges.
Since the QUAKER" has written any
thing for the REGISTERS readers,
there has been quite an influx of Iron
ton people to this town, and they make
tolerao oily good citizens. [ will remark
of a few.
Judge Emerson has made a great
many friends by his genial manners,
courtesy and great ability in discharg-
ing the duties Of U. S. Marshal. The
only remark I have heard directed
against him was from one OF the per-
sOnal admirers of his predecessor, who
exclaimed, "1ou couldn't expect gal
lantry from a Southeast Alissourian.'
Nevertheless, the ladies who had deal
inCs with the Judge proclaim him more
chivalrous than even the average st.
Louisian. AS host The Judge is not
to be excelled. He has a most potent
way, too. of sending out invitations.
a Custom House reporter informed me
that tie Judge often acquired an at
tachment for woman, one of the
SIOES OItS ptCdlial Io oiiSAiho ttt'"
marshals, but that he always sent a
deputy sheriff to secure it.
Walter Nall is smaller man, phys
icaiiy, bat takes care Of much larger
room than does the U. S. Marshal. To-
gether they make a good team, and
handle the office in manner that re-
fleets credit to their home place. L
heard that they were trying to induce
q cattle street car company to go down
into IrontOn. Whether they dread the
rambles that will be necessary in Iron
ton-but let us wait, for Harrison is
said to be in favor of civil service re-
form, and he will have forgotten he
was president for four years before he
finds q Republican who will "size up'
with the Judge and his clerk for that
Office.
But of all the men who will plunge
into the tur, Ell, few of them are as easy
about the prospective dive as Hon.
Tom Foley. It seems Fate has him by
the ear and will lead him down and
out Of his exalted position. Hon. Tom
has a great many friends here who are
count ting the days until be shall be 30
morc-a clerk for Dick Lancaster-with
regret. And some enemies, too, who
are counting the same days. But they
are Repub blcans, and their enumera-
tions conclude as follows: How long
will it be until get his b." Wheth-
er he will adj one to the quota Of Iron
county's pedagngues again, the horo-
scope fails to relate.
After all. the steady going preacher
has the best tenure Of office. he gets
his election from the Lord, it is said,
and does not rely upon a Democratic
party. or worse, g Republican one. But
the Democrats are next to the first
named, particularly in Missouri, for it
is rarely they fail. And when they do
it's net th,ir fault, but, rs Shakespeare
remarks in Hamlet,
Something is rotten in Denmark,
as a comparison of Clardy and his on-
ponent will indicate to even man
whose genius has not astonished The
United State.
The minister I refer to is Rev. B. +
Thomas, who is now in Carondelet,
and who has made decided success
here. Three years of ministerial duty
in Ironton fitted bin we'll for coping
with metropolitan clergymen ami the
devil. as found in St. Louis. Here the
"old nick" does not sneak around
through the woods, and tempt the peo-
pie in aerial form, by means OF turkeys
and fresh, cool watermelons, after dark,
but takes tangible form and trots forth,
in broad day, right under the respec-