Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-20
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a leaf or anything foul to mar the
ground. AS you come to some banks o.
the most brilliant flowers, you gaze
with wonder and delight, you feel like
repeating the lines:
| "There is land of pure delight
| Where saints immortal dwell"
Here you pass wall OF flowers OF
most brilliant scarlet here one of deep
est blue; here one of brightest gold;
here one of pure white; here we pass a
fountain sending stream of water high
| in the air, which comes down in spray
| and mist into a large poll, surrounded
with water plants. with the greenest
foliage of deepest green; how you come
to groves of beautiful trees of all spec
les, from the cedar of Lebanon to the
hissop by the wall. We saw large fig
trees loaded with figs; here we come to
a temple made of granite, six-sided,
with large windows. as you look in you
see the owner of all this beautiful
garden, Henry S. Shaw, as he lay on
his death bed. As you pass on you
come to large group of glass houses;
here is a house devoted to all of tho
known species of cactus, some reaching
to the roof; here you see all of the palm
family; l saw for the first time the
bread fruit tree; and oh, such a variety,
one almost becomes bewildered. After
spending hours looking at all of the
wonderful and beautiful things, we
take our leave of the land of beauty,
and reaching home with a feeling that
this is beautiful world.
After resting and a good dinner, we
took horse and buggy and rode out in
the country to see some of the great
gardens, that supply the st. Louis city
markets with all Its different vegeta-
bles, and we passed acres and acres of
vineyards, the hills were green with
vines loaded with luscious fruit, and
acres and acres of the different kinds
of small fruits.
In our drive we went through South
St. Louis park, which is, and will be,
one of great beauty when finished.
The land is very broken, high ridges
and deep valleys with great number
of small lakes. Here we saw q small
park for deer, but the deer looked
homesick, the park is too small
and on too low ground; the bucks
horns were both broken in trying to
get out. felt sorry for the poor things.
There was one thing that astoRished
me, to see so poor fences. For} miles |
along the Kings Highway, saw fenc-
es that were a disgrace to any country.
There was not that neat tidy look that |
had expected to see. Cuckleburrs!
never saw such rank, such tremend- |
ious crop of cuckleburrs in my life. /
ALI along the side walks saw lad
les skirts loaded with great mats
Of burrs that had caught on while
their skirts swept the side walk. On
our way back we made two or three
calls in South St. Louis. We called on
Dartin M'Anally, one of the Oldest
minister's of the Methodist church in
St. Louis; he is up in the eighties. we
ound him very feeble for sickness and
he infirmities of age.
l was astonished at the south of st.
Louis; new houses being built in every
direction, of all sizes and shapes. As
We drove down in the lower part of the
,ity near the river. we saw several
some going up and some
,oing down. But the good old days of
coating have largely passed away. il
On our way back, we drove upon
ome of the high bluffs that rise above
he surrounding country, and. as we sat
md looked way down and up the river,
md off to the east over In Illinois, way .
vest as far as the eye could reach,,
We saw one great vast country OF the .
ichest land, the richest farms, with
,reat fields of corn, the hill sides COW j
red with orchards and vineyards, and
great city spread out with its thous- j
.nds and thousands of homes and stores;
md in every direction you could see l
rain after train coming and going
With its long line of cars, looking like .
great centipede drawing its hideous l
ength along. How different it looked
rom what it did fifty years ago. Ii
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