Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-24


ended the boys at the south end of the
island were compelled toown that they
were defeated, and promised to make
no further attempt to divide the island
without the consent OF the rest of the
family, and to molest the black men
no more. They were honest in their
declarations, as will tie seen.
CHAPTER ".
When the old gentleman turned his
attention to the affairs OF the north
end of the island, he fonud his adopted
son had grown to gigantic proportions,
indeed; but such WIS his faith in his
loyalty to him, and such was his con-
fidence in his uprigh tness and iutegri-
~, and SO high did be stand in the
estimation of bis brethfen-for this
was before the money question was
mooted-that nothing that might now
be said would cause for a moment q
suspicion of any dark and sinister de-
signs upon his part TO remain upon the
farmers mind. This faith could only
be overthrown by the acts Of Monopoly
himself. Under his new name, Enter
prise, he showed the old gentleman,
on his return: over the part of the is
land which had been liz his charge.
He exhibited to HIM his mines, facto-
fies, mills, railroads, quarries, and 9TH
If f,o 90 al
teemiug with well-clad, well-fed, WELL
paid workingmen-the children and
grandchildren of the farmeT-seem-
ingly happy and contented. To these
men be pointed with as much pride as
the owner of we'll fattened drove of
hogs points them out to friend just
before killing time: as the owner of the
hogs has no idea of permitting them
to contine to eat his corn, so Monopoly
mad no idea Of letting the state of things
then before the eye Of the farmer last
longer than suited his purpose, and
that purpose quickly became apparent.
He pointed out the Improvements he
was then making and those he con-
He showed how necessary
the grants and immunities he had re.
ce1ved were to the completion of all he
had commenced. And, above all else.
was it necessary, he explained, that
the barriers should not be let down at
,he ferries. If contributions were not
evied there, the debt Of the island |
could not be paid, and if each man
should be allowed to go where he
pleased and buy the necessaries of life,
me whole scene Of prosperity that lay |
milling before him would vanish like |
rost-work before a summer sun. His |
Mills would rot down, bis factories |
would shut up, the iron on his railways |
'ust, and blight would fall upon the |
sland. Every highway and by-path |
would be filled with beggars from the |
'uined factory and closed mine, the |
wheat ard corn in his graneries would |
'ot from the inability of starving men |
0 buy, and from the position of COM
ort and comparative affiuence he then |
he would gradually descend |
% the condition of the oyerWorked, |
peasantry on the other side |
If the river, and Giant Despotism be |
master of the island. 1t was the same |
I'D picture Farmer Jack had been |
shown before, but framed anew, and |
about whose genuineness he had once |
Deen suspicious; but now DO shadow of |
'uspi Cion was on the glass of his mem
,ry: all his former doubts had passed |
away, and SO delighted was he at what |
1e saw he fairly hugged the big fellow, !
n the excess of his affection. ANY |
avor he might now ask, Monopoly |
elt sure would be granted him, and |
you may well believe that no sense of |
restrained him. He asked |
or pretty nearly everything that was
n sight that could ever by any posi-
,iIity he Of any use to him. and he had |
10 difficulty III securing what he asked |
or. But be saw that a time must come |
when the old mans de!usion about him |
would be at an end, and he began to
asst about for means to put that time