Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-10
HrOm DeS Are.
January 9Th, 1889.

Ed. Register-I will give you few items
| from our little town.
! Business has been quite lively with the
merchants doing the holidays, but for the
next two months | am afraid it will move
slow the roads now are almost impossible.
Our young folk had quite a nice Christmas
tree in the Baptist Church Christmas eve.
Fifteen little girls with banners each con-
tanning one letter stood i'll row with the
letters arrayed so as to spell "Merry Christ
mas" 1t looked splendid. They sang sew
eral songs; among them l noticed in paItic
ular, song, called, "Our Christmas tree"
1t was splendid. Everybody was delighted,
and the house was crowded, and good many
had to stand. The presents wree very nice
and appropriate, and seemed to delight the
children. The programme was arranged by
Miss Mamie FitZ and Miss Bertha Morris,
for which they deserve much credit, being
so young and inexperienced in the business.
There was an extra fund raised in order to
give every child present, so there could be
no hard feelings or any one sighted. Will also
say that Santa Claus did his part well. The
entertainment closed by all singing "Joy to
the world the Lord has Gomez May God
bless and protect the children is the prayer
of UNCLE ISAAC.
December 30th, 1883.
Ed. Regaster-After wishing you Happy
New Year 1 will give you short sketch of
the amount of business done in our town
during the year 1888, in order to let your
readers know that we have some business
men here, and that our town is not dead by
any means. 1t will open the eyes of some of
the old business men that used to do bust
ness here, but facts and figures don't lie, and
they left here thinking our town "had gone
dead"
About 1880 or 1881, Mr.. j. NJ. Morris came
here with IA small capital and commenced
merchandising, and his trade increased so
fast that he had to enlarge his storehouse,
and during the year 1883 his gross sales were
$31 ,s1s.1G, and his stock Will invoice at least
SIX thousand dollars.
In 1881, Mr.. E. W. Graves commenced the
tie business here. and in a short time he had
to enlarge his store house, build corn
house, hay house and salt she'd, and during
1888 his gross sales were $36,99S.1S. His
largest months sale was in June, which was
4,312.12. His stock will foot at least $1,000.
They buy altogether by carload lots, such
as flour, salt, corn. &c. Their total sales
amounts to SIS, S17.51, to say nothing of the
whi>key sold here. The adjoining counties
being dry gives Des Arc big trade in whls-
key.
Now will give you the amount of lumber
shipped during 1888, which think will open
the eyes of some of our neighboring towns.
There were S41 cars of oak and pine lumber
shipped from here in 1888, making grand
total of 80 AGO 900 feet, worth, on an average,
50 per thousand, making $403,6S0. This
lumber was shipped by j. NJ. Morris and f.
w. Graves. They pay out large sums of
money to the different mills every month in
order to make this by trade. This does not
include the lumber shipped from Vulcan.
They do their entire business here, which
amounts to about 81 800 per month, but bill
from Annapolis. There were also ~ ears
of stock shipped from here and three cars
of granite.
Our town has also two nice churches and
preaching three times month, which speaks
well for our people. And large, flourish
ing school. Our farmers have no trouble in
selling all their produce here at a fair price;
for instance, they pay here $3.50 or 50 per
hundred for pork: 80 cents for corn; 10
cents for hay: &c. So, YOU see, our farmers
are dong we'll also. Our town l. as healthy
as the mountains of Virginia, and a doctor
is never seen here, and | think we will have
to get one here soon. if we ever start grave
yard. Now, if any one wishes to come among
us and buy some of our lands, &C., they can
not find a better town in Missouri for BUSH
ness.
| will close for the present. 1 hope this
will not offend ''Unce Isaac" as / believe
he writes from this town.
We also have first-clas hotel and board |
ing house. ORION.
Jan. 9th, 1889.
LII LIN.