Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-13
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| Ed. RegiSter-,Cired at last Of surprise
parties, birthday parties, shooting eXpedi-
tons and balls, the young men of this place
and not a few of the old ones II well, are
now puzzling their brains In the attempt to
! discover the identity of the "NIght OWL
| with the only result so far of eliciting indg-
nant. denials from those who, from time 10
time, are the objects of their suspicion. Of
course it is great pify,so call it a shame,
that | do not affiX nv real name to these
| letters; yet, did | reyal myself, there would
be no curiosity and no gossip, and the few
wise ones would be shown a. knowing no
more of the personality of the "Night Owl"
than they do of the whereabouts of the fam
ed McGinty.
Say, Mr.. Editor, did YOU ever see mud,
real genuine-wet dust dirtied-as the
schoolboy has it: No, then come TO Gran
itevi!le aud YOU find it, particularly in
the immediate vicinity of Workman's Hall.
There you cannot only see it but feel Invade
in it, roll in it, lathe and reycl in it if you
like il, in fact, do ANYTHING but wash in it.
Some places it Is thick enough TO make one
wish it was ju>t,a little bit stronger, a it
could then do duty rs patent plaster. Other
places one prays for it ju>t little mite
thinner, and then such a glorious pond of
liquid glue and tough mOlas,cs Is we would
have to founder, swim or drown in, as our
fate might have it. Yes, it Is muddy, but
1--WE can't help it," Dirty and unpleasant,
no doubt, but did you ever see Il muddy
place in any other condition in such weather
as we are just now having: 1t is an awful
suggestion for me to make, and the possible
consequences are such a. may well cause me
to shudder, but, really, think Il few loads
of stone chips, simply dumped in 4 promis-
cuOus sort of manner over the spot in ques'
ton, would work wonders in the way of
cleanliness and comfort To the weary pat
rons of the Hall, beautify a horrid eyesore,
and give might Owl" one less cause of COM
plant.
About 4 week ago certain young man,
emulous of poor McGinty, took drop
through the ice In search of"Dan," but fail
ing to find the individual in question was fam
to get ashore and wander homeward, sad,
wet and cold. No i'll effects have followed
the immersion, thanks to the prompt appli-
cation, in no limited quantities, of the infal-
libe remedy for such cases.
To Judge from the amount of calico sold
by our merchants during the past week the
prom aud Necktie Festival, which takes
place Tuesday evening, going to have Il
fair share of the pubic patronage. | feel
warranted in predicting happy evening to
all who go, and hope next week to be able
to give Il good account of the same.
By the number of strange faces which
have come among Us during the week, |
suppose the Syenite Granite Company have
got some, if not ali, OF the stone cutters
they were expecting to complete the other
force of men they are gong To put to work.
There should be 4 large crowd in the Hall
the evening of the 18th, much TO do honor
to the memory OF 81. Patrick and the Green
Isle, as TO encourage the members of the
Band in their endeavor to provide an even
ing's amusement for the people.
March 10th, 1890. NIGHT OWL.
IrOid GppedFdRces.-A worthy gentleman,
having an unusually red nose, was long