Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-27
GranIteville Items,

| Ed. Register-One evening last summer,
| do not recollect the exact date, the Granite.
vile Coruet Band gave, or rather tried tc
give, grand dance at Workmen's Hall, but
| for some unaccountab!e reason the members
| of the fair sex saw fit to stay away from it,
and so caused the dance to be no dance al
Ill, but fiat failure, and this despite the
fact of the Band rendering some of their
choicest selections outside of the Hall for
nearly an hour previous to announced time
for commencement of the dance. But, As
the fair ones We're not to be charmed, the at
tempt had to be abandoned in despair, and
an adjournm ent down town substituted.
But this does not apply to the dance given
by the same band on the evening Of the 18th
inst. The Granitevile young ladies turned
out in creditable numbers, nor were our
friends from Middlebrook and Pilot Knob
| awanting. A happy evening was spent by
all who went there, with the possible eXcep-
ton of the young person who, feeling thirsty,
requested one of the committee 10 kindly
bring her Il glass of sar>aparilla or soda
water, and instead was CALAMITY escorted by
said committee man to bucket of the gen.
uine aqua pura.in plain English, cold water,
and told to help herself.
Our nimrods have been at it again. About
a week ago two of the bolder spirits ventur-
ed forth in search of ducks, and somewhere
in the vicinity of the Iron Mountain dam
shot a fowl which they thought was duck,
but which closer inspection showed to be
crow. 1t is charitable to suppose they are
color blind, and possibly not gifted with an
acute sense of hearing, else surely they had
been able to distinguish between the cav of
a crow and the quack of duck,
Some half dozen or so of young men who,
| suppose, are members of the Graniteville
Foot Bail Club, seemed to enjoy themselves
immensely playing foot ball on the public
road between-the hours of nine and ten SUM-
day morning. Besides exhibiting their skill
at kicking said ball with their feet they also
gave ocular demonstration of the fact that
the Scotch people are hard headed crowd,
for they seemed to think nothing of butting
the ball with heads whenever opportunity
afforded. But | think It would be more
seemly, if, IN future, they displayed their
skill on week days only, and observed the
Sabbath as ii should be observed.
Monday here, and Tuesday morning return
ed to Syenite accompanied by his sister,
Mrs. {. B. Reno, where ehe now is visiting
her mother. The position organist in
the VI. f. Church, which Mrs. c. B. Reno
So ably occupies, was on sunday morning
filed by Miss Annie Oesterle, Of Middle
brook, and in the evening 10y Miss Essie
Thomas, of Cross Roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Coad visited the rela-
tiyes of the latter Saturday evening and
Sunday, Ed, has to take buggy now when
be goes visiting as his, family has increased
somewhat since this time last year.
Mr.. James Williams has returned from
Denver, Colo. Had he waited for another
month ere returning, the road to Cross
Roads would have been in better condition
than it is now, but as Cupid is said to laugh
at locksmiths, it is possible he does the
same at rough and muddy roads.
Mrs. VIM. Mason has been absent in st.
Louis during the greater part of the week,
but returned sunday. She went there for
medical advice, as she has Got been IN good
health for some time past. 1t is hoped the
journey there will be productive of much
good to her In the way CT complete re"
storal to her former health
Monday afternoon, the stone-cutters Of
this place, to the number of nearly sixty,
went to Middlebrook to attend the funeral
of STONE cutter, Mr.. John Wylie by name,
who died in Syenite the proceeding Saturday.
To judge by the large number Of those who
attended the funeral, deceased must have
been well known and respected by his fell
low craftsmen. The funeral services were
rendered by Rev. C. Bruff, of Graniteviile.
March oath, 1890. "NIGHT OWL"