Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19
Morgan County. Iilinols-Local and
Political

since / appeared in its columns. w
have had cool and backward spring
though DO worse than you seem 10 have
/ had in Iron county. 1t was the ole
saying, verified. Of spring in winter
time, and winter in spriDg-time. Unit
| the 10th of February, we had one o
the most promising prospects fol
| wheat; but during the night, and rlgh
upon the heels of warm, growing
| weather, it turned intensely cold, and
| wheat got it badly. March made lad
worse; and now many fields have been
| plowed and planted to corn, while lily
and cheat, prevail in nearly all that
are left. It would be hard to nIake
Suckers round here believe that wheat
will not turn to cheat, after this
seasons experience; for, where only
good, clean wheat was sown, some
fields headed out wholly cheat. Al
that has been said on this subject
must now be said over again.
Corn is back ward, but generally 81
good stand and IooSing well, though
wire-worm has done much damage in
few fields. Firearms of the most im-
proved patterns are exceedingly cheap
now, while common muZzle-loaders are
almost given away; the result is that
nearly every boy has gun. But the
trouble is, ;hey won't shoot enough.
They shoot every bird they can get
within range OF, but let all the bugs
go. The birds being gone, the insects
Increase and thicken every year, so
that so many guns hurt the crop,
without counting the time lost in loaf
ing about with them. You see the
connection between a plethora of guns
and a paucIty of corn is even more di-
rect than that between cats and clover
seed.
Fruit promises to be abundant,
though, of course, every apple Will
have worm in it, and half the cher
ries ditto. Your writer is a honey
raiser, and never in his experience has
he seen a harder month on bees than
May has been this year. Out OF %
colonies, only three were lost in winter,
and the rest came to April with ample
stores; but few days Of bloom and
bright, warm sunshine with the early
bloom induced great spread OF brood,
and consequently heavy consump-
of then "a cold [.
high winds, and frosty nights, and
drones were killed while thousands OF
bees died Of starvation. AT present
the weather is unusually warm for tie
season, the air full Of the fragrance OF
clover bloom and honey is coming IN at
a wonderful rate.
Our Democratic Central COMMITTEE G
decided to use the Crawford law this
year, and we held q primary election
under it. 1t compels Candidates TO
make two canvasses instead of one,
and as the county committee assessed
every candidate $25 before their names
were allowed to go upon the ticket,
while the papers charged. them - for
publishing notices, some of them paid
for more than they got, especially, II
one adde to the above the cost of cigars,
etc, for we never saw petty bribery SO
ripe before. Most of the men whose
names are on the Democratic ticket
now have paid as much or more for
their nomination than they honestly
get out Of the offices, above the cost
of living; anu it is safe to say that the
Republican candidates will have pay
for all they get. Among the candi-
dates for the leg stature were one
farmer, one doctor and two lawyers.
The farmer, temperate, honest,
straigh forward man came out behind,
and young lawyer ahead. Farmers
voted against their own man because
they had already had several farmers
there who turned out mere StoughtoD
bottles; while the lawyers claim that
the granger legislature of some years
back set recedent and principle at de-
fiance, and that it required four or five
.NeaIS ~ Stl me slatOtes seI a. . ~ NSI~
out again. / suppose we must humb-
Iy submit to be ruled by lawyers.
They have majority of legislative of
ficers nnw-Dearly all the judicial, and
all the highest executive offices-so we
might Just hs well turn the rest of the
country over 10 that class. 1t is as
tonishing how a people, who claim to
be intelligent, can permit such thing.
We had four convent tlons to send del
gates to and the lawyers got majority
on three, while the fourth was left for
our lawyer candidate to the legislature
to select.
Decoration day brought out an un-
usually large crowd. One of our speak
ers called attention to matter that
some of us had forgotten, and many
never knew. Speaking Of the cause
Iessness of the war he read copy Of
what was intended for the 18th amend
ment to the Federal Constitution
which passed the lower house Febru-
airy 26sh, 1862 and which was intended
to fasten slavery upon the United
States forever. John Sherman, and
other celebrities, voted for it; but sew
eral states had already seeded, and as
they continued to go, the Senate did
not act upon it, It sounded all of a