Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Old Times.

Old Times.
I'd. RcQistcr-Rai rain, rain. Did
YOU +ver see so much rain? Had We
had such a rainy time when we first
came here as we haye had this past
winter and spring, it would have kept
Us very busy putting no our fences; for,
at that time, the creek bottoms were
grown up to brush and heavy timher.
The creeks We're full o. !ogs, trees and
brush, which would dam up the streams
and spread the water all over the bot
toms | can recall one Instance that
was not very pleasant one.
The first winter my Oldest brother
and I kept "hatch hall" a0G tended
the cid saw-mill on Brewers Creek,
there came just such rainy spell IS
this. We stayed all the week at the
mill, and sawed when we could. On
Friday night the rain poured down.
In the morning the creek was up boom
ing, but it had stopped raining. Henry
S'''"' ~ 'o''NS i'"o s"''5 i,o'''''
"'9 V" '''7 ' y, o.
- TINS al 'ile way "''h1e 2"'r
"i'i .'''
when We find 4 trv- that viii reach
across, We Will cut it down, and We can
cross on tbaf'r Won 500 ha was in
o'"9s '1 ''"' h'I ''9 % ~
"'los !" So . i9''0' '''l '''7 6'''J
Al'tr ih'"lHS cur Ca"lH S"'S' We
started 'oT nome we were III 'he
ha"I' oI crossing OH th3 ""iii' o"' '''e
wafer was pouring over 'he Top 81 'he
i"ili' '"o 'eet "ST + an t'ie way
- ''"" =" ?" 90 "'' - : - g : ~ .
ie" huha'eh !ar0e, 20 Whefe some org
bifch trees le'heH over the Wa'ef. We
i'uhd one 'h&' leaned to"erHs 10 the
"'i'Si '"''N 81 'i'e 'ISeN' " 9''o', 't'''
'"e u < 0"' pa ''S "I' - II 'e''' II
caught 'H "'o'''eF Eee a." ''-9 o'''e'
sioe oI the ciee"' "h'cn htPi II from
iahihS 4" t'.s gF"u!'u on th"I slde' /
'e1 o"' Il was il'' '''e e"< <leS' ''''I5
ever olu 20 crawl UP 'ha' 'fee' with
gun anu All axe 70 carr 'ahd 'hth cl'illo
d'"h the body oi 'he Tree that II hau
iouseu aga-h&i' paI al las' We 'h"ue
the TRIP. men we reached STOUT
Oieeh' way oeI"" the sonu'i"' ""
i""h" the creek WAS al over ''i0 'o'-
loih. mere WAS no sh"" ~ 'i"S9' '"i
no haI-doZeh Trees "oulu leacii "cio9e'
II we mao known no" 10 s"ini' We
coula nave SWAN across "u' hel'"ei Vi
u Hau ever SWAN III o"i i've '"1'i'"t'5
"t nau ilNeu near "I"oN9 al" p'i1'9 an
Vi o"i clliu'o bu' We i17'' = IL ~ q
Ihat was aiIalu 81 "atel' IA 9li0 ."
US PERMISSION 10 70 up 70 'i'o I "'1ei
pfoo", HshihE' Slie ""uAu chSi 81 "8'
over anu OYER noh you get lh'' '''V
water, you VIII Se' uI"" he1' Ns7 eie*'
away from the brook; ana We hhe"
better than 10 dIso0ey her. Ana We
knew, ty SAD experiences, that II was
10 use 10 lie 10 hef; IoT she vas sure ~
tetch us out II We dld- we couiu ho'
fool her.
As We could not swim We iha"t our
way nome along Tue nalh OF the Green
iooNins ''i S"'l'0 ui''o'o ''"@>'
'aS'' "i'eh II was aill'os' i's ~
came 10 "here ihe hh"o NiESh anu
Stout.s Creek JON. we Iouhd' oy wac
ing about fifty yards III water up 70
our waists, we could cut Tree thaI
stood Oh the oahK' at com lil'n stage oi
the Water'that Wou!a reach 70 Tue s''Ip
OF land between the TWO creeks "hefe
thefe was Tree we cou'u o"' ina
would reach u another Tree ABOUT nan
way to the other bank. When the hrst
tree fell, We crossed over the hHoo
Creek; then cut the next tree. " heh
tia' iei'' IL sum u""'' - i''A -