Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-15

The South St. Louis Tourists Club EX-
cursion and Picnic to Graniteyile and the
| Valley on Sunday last was probably, all in
all, as successful and pleasant affair of the
kind as was eyer known in the vicinity.
The weather was perfect, the arrangements
complete and everything conducive to good
time was on hand, so, of course, the day could
not well be otherwise than a success. The
only happening to mar the program was u
delay of about an hour to the train just
north Of Bismarck, and, as this was oc-
casioned by one of the drawheads of Il coach
| pulling out, of course it was unavoidable.
| The train consisting OF two engines, ''re
! freshm emit" car and thirteen coaches, loaded
to the guards, pulled out of the depot in st.
Louis shortly after eight O'Clock and, with
| the exception of the slight mishap above
noted, reached Middlebrook about two
O'Clock without accident or delay. The
coaches were then taken out on the branch
to Graniteville where the eXcursionists dis
perSed to view the many beauties of nature
Astounding in that neIghborhood. After an
hour or two At the quarry the the engineers
"whistied up" the crowd. and in g few min
utes they We're on their way to Arcadia,
where they arrived about 1 o'clock. A
goedly number of citizens had assembled
at the depot, and as the train pulled in, the
cheering Oh both sides was hearty and pro-
longed. The visitors hurried out of the
ears and in 4 very short time had scattered
! al through the park and adjacent ueighbor-
hood-some in dinner parties, some in
friendly groups, and Others in loving coup
| ier, as best suited time, company, circum-
stances and existing bonds of affection.
All the usual excursion and picnic para
phernalia and amusements were on hand.
Gambrinus' foamiug beverage, the man with
the shells and rubber ball, the wheel of
; fortune, the tin horses, the "hazard" man
and his die. With numerous other money
Won easy games, were among sEe atfrae-
tons. All these institutions were literally
patronized,b but it soon became apparent that
this occasion was red-letter day for the
man with the three little shells and innocent
rubber balls, and the way he did "rake in''
those $50 gets 4, ) gets your 10, and ten gets
your twenty.'' can oaly be appreciated by
those individuals whose "twos" "fiyes" and
stems" were so neatly and rapidly captured.
The game hadn't proceeded over an hour,
though, GesoIa the crowd stumbled" to the
fact that the way to win at tnat business
was to get some shells and start an establish
ment of your own. Some of the victims be-
came decidedly sore and they broke up the
games The shell man didn't care very
Eeuch. however, for being interfered with al
that late houf. al la had already reaped
rich harvest for one day. 1t may be well to ,
state that all the losers were not city folk,
but a number of residents also dropped |
their "twos," tiyes," and items" on the |
shell mans little trick. However, we trust |
tbey age all philosophical enough to bear in
mind thai, while ,He >. III. hss their money, |
they have experience and Will know I.lore IL
the future, even if they are somewhat the
more poverty stricken for the knowing. It's
all in life time, boys, and maybe when the /
next excursion comes you'll all be she'll men
yourselves and can laugh at serdant human
ity. Six O'Clock was the hour set for the |
train to depart, and shortly before that time
the crowd eommenced 20 81 ths coaches. |
and by the appointed time all were aboard,
and. tae excursionists started for home, where
they arrived safe and sound about ten r. NJ |
all happy with many pleasant recolections
of their last "day in the country" [Our
reporter was unable to borrow more than |
quarter when starting over to the picnic and,
of course, he didn't "drop" any "fves,"
stems" or ''twenties." Our readers who are
losers viii un,,eTsian,l. therefore, why he
offers much philosophy as consolation.
The chances are that could he have scraped |
enough money together to lose he would
would have made this article two columns
in length denouneing gambling and its GER
tain evil sequences.-ED.
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