Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-26

IL covered by carpet, soft, smooth and in.
sinuating TO the feet weary and bruised from
brick payements and granite steps: soothine
as 3 fax seed poultice to 8 matured boil
It's eolors are modest and woven in unas-
Stunning design. At little distance the cir
cular thoroughfare appears a. smooth and
dead level as q well-regulated billiard table
| or bowling alley. Therefore, when You enter
the chamber, bound on your way 'round to
the room assigned, you take no care for the
! feet, but take il admiringly The beauties OF
, the room. Your eyes become fixed on the
/ elegantly carved and decorated ceiling, and.
ever onward gliding, you gaze and admire,
your soul elevated in blissful rapture, when
kl1nk, down goes your foot six inches be-
meath the expected step, and your Internal
/ ference. ''CoDfound il ~ YOU say: ain this
/ blessed town they have nothing without
stairsteps :" After viewing the beauties Of
/ the chamber; the exalted position of the
/ President; the fIful fittings Of The pages
the old-time fire. places filed with burning
brands, Oh either side Of the PRESIDENT
perch; the big oil paintings similarly stu
ated; lthose are remarkable portraits, by
the way - composite, they must be for
seven Of the most intelligent and best posted
members Of the P. :. whom we asked TO
identify them gave Us the names Of no IS
than seven distinguished though detunct
citizens q the originals for each Portrait
noting that one water cooler il an obscure
corner suficed the desires in that line Of all
the assembled dignity and wisdom-we made
our exist &c. d. and proceeded to the Lower
House, In charge Of trusty guide, More
staircases." We internally calculated, and
silently, as We proceeded, coDjectured as 10
their number and length, We paused be-
fore d closed door, and heard within 4 suIlen
rDurmur, pointed of al irregular Intervals
by voice high Keyed and shriiI-as we have
ere now noted The dazzling zig-zag flash
dominating for the instant the monotonous
sheet-hghtning's iurid red. 'Wh hats tins -
we inquired. This Is the Lower House"
"W bat, and no sfair-c4se to get down to
ii: III tally one for the city Of bumps and
hoIIows. Proceed The door was thrown
open, and we stood in the lobby Of the
House. For an instant We thought that
guide had tricked and circumlocsted Us
again into the Senate Chamber. But no.
the portraits Of the fourteen d. and d. eiti
Zens above referred TO were not in place;
the room was more numerously filed: and
the dignity was not Dignity! good gra-
ci0u>i A 14th District convention would
show like Quaker meeting beside it. All
over the floor atirregular intervals stood ex-
cited members, ike saplings in q denuded
ood-cbopping, crying, MIR. Speakerw and
pointing their index fugers al the man in
the pulpit in what We thought to be very
personal way. But he didn't mind il much,
except TO add to the racket by pounding the
pulpit with wooden mallet. After SO long
time, all the members, except one, sat
down; that one continued his remarks and
gestuicl ations unassisted for about forty sec
onds, when 10. the saplings again relieved
the landscape. Again the speakers mallet
pounded, the recaicitrant HonorabIes sub
sided, and the exhorter went on. Thus IN
til the .'yeas'' and ..nays' We're ordered. /
BY this time the hour for adjournment had
nearly arrived. and being assured that the
important business Of tie day was dune, We
stoe silently out Of the room. down the
Sfaircases, out into the slush and mud Of q
Jefferson City Storm. The rain came down
il torrents, overfowed the sidewalks, steep
as they were, and in general way made life
miserable. We made the speed We could TO
our hostelrlo, and, in due time. renovated |
and renewed by a good and penfeous sup /
per, retired 10 our sixth Of the room as |
signed Us the day before, TO smoke. rest and
await the coming by previous appointment
Of the member from Iron" There was &
49, #
State that evening. rendered 10 the 2. A, /
one OF whom Mr.. Leseuer i which; but the
weather was so miserably bad that We re-
juctantly gave in and sfaid in. The member
from Iron came pursuant t. promise and
agreed that our first intention Of calling up |
on Mr.. L. had better be deferred TO more
suspicious date. So, with the Charleston /
Democrat man, our room mate and bed /
mate, who came in at an early hour, we
pleasantly passed the evening. About eleven
O'Clock. Mr.. Ringo retired TO his lodgings NJ
the street. and we, the remainder Of the THO, !
retired to bed. We had had little or no
sleep the previous night, and now congraIu- /
lated ourselves that we were about 10 enjoy
our orthodox eight bours' refreshment and
rest. So we turned off the gas and turned
ourselves in. An electric light outside and
below the window radjated enough light into
the room to make objects dimly visible
toHing he presence Of things into the exact
degree most conducive TO dreamy languor,
and thence to sleep.
The arms Of Morpheus had gently embrac- /
I'd us for perhaps an hour when our eyelids /
raised. and we beheld haziy, /
waving in erratic motion round about the
extinguished ga Jet. human arm, sud /
denly II became motionless, parlor match
cracked upon our sense; and behold the
form Of John J. stood revealed. In due time
he, too. had disrobed and retired. Another 1
half hour Of silence - 10, OF sleep and /
wharg came a crash against the portal. /
Another Of the six entered, and We were
four. About a. Nj. the final iterer made
his appearance, and from that until the I
breakfast hour Tired natures sweet Testor- /
err had her vii. Ia making our toilets next /
morning, ii was noticed that Mr. hellar fin /
ished fr.t=to be attributed probably to the
fact that he needed TO readiust the covering /
10 one of bis fest only.
After breakfast the business Of the Associ- !
alton claimed our attention until noon, din
ner following as matter Of course The
midday meal disposed Of, party OF four,
under conduct Of Mr.. Ringo, went TO the
penitentiary. FdciJis deSceaSus Apern0 /
holds good here, toe: there WASN'T hill to
oppose Us Oh our way TO the penal Institution,
and but one or two Insignificant stair cases 10
c imb in our iour Of observation on the inside.