Iron County register., 1893-10-19

ing Co., was in this neighborhood o,
business this week. He stated that b,
is doing fairly we'll selling books.
The members of the .'Christian'
(Campbellite) Church of this plac,
gave basket dinner on last Sunday
As is usual on such occasions, large
crowd was present to enjoy seeing ant
being seen and to partake of the con
tents of the beskets.
Rev. Roland Williams conducted the
meetings, which were protracted unit
Wednesday night. It is said thai
Misses Lou and Lucy Crocker joined
the church. <s
Revival services are in progress al
Sugar Grove Church. Rev Mr.. Shoots,
of the M. E. Church is in charge and is
said to be quite successful in his labors.
Information has reached US that Miss
Maggie Lucas was married, on Or
about the 5th instant, to Mr.. B. Day,
at the residence of G. D. Lucas, near
Palmer. Mo. May many joys, but few
sorrows, fall to their share as they
journey through lite together.
On the 4th instant l left home on
business at Belleview and Caledonia
and vicinity. Being compelled by
chronic ill-health to travel by ''short
stages" passed the first night with
James Martin and family, near Mon
tana, Mo. They are honest, industri-
Gus, intelligent ano unassuming; hence
l enjoyed their hospitality as much as
though they were blessed with a far
greater abundance of the worlds
goods. Next day took dinner with
A. w. Crocker and family whom l
found in tolerable health, and in good
spirits. with the exception of a daugh-
ter who has been afflicted from birth.
After transacting what business l had
in and near Belleview, I passed the
night with B. H. Barger and family.
Next morning Mr.. Barger kindly took
me over considerable portion of his
farm consisting of 100 acres. I was
much surprised at the richness and
depth of che soil, as well as by some of
the products thereof; among which are
fine corn, enormous squashes and
considerable quantity of apples, which
this season are all rather unusual.
Take it all in all, Mr.. Barger certain
many fine farms of that section of
country. A cursory glance suffices to
convince any one that Mr.. B. and his
family know how to make the most of
their good fortune-evidences of good
management and consequent thriftness
on all sides. Mrs. Barger
evidently does her share by the exer-
else of her excellent housewifely quail
tiles. She is tn q justly proud posses
sor of as fine and large flock of tur-
keys as one could wish to see. Prom
inent among the other fine stock is the
registered inserted Ok
ford-down buck sheep, recently pur-
chased by Messrs. G. j. and F. D. Bar
ger and Mr.. Lee Moore. While at
Caledonia next day, dined with Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Carr and much enjoy
ed their hospitality and the pranks of
their interesting and pretty children.
Passed the following night with Chas.
Farmer AMI his wife. They are a
very nice, friendly and soci able couple
and are naturally p-oud of their first
born babe. While there formed the
of the pretty and witty
Miss Ettie Newman. She and kind old
Aunt Eveline Stephens added no little
to render my brief visit there enjoy
able. While on that trip l met many
old acquintances and schoolmates, some
of them now grandparents, others with
families of grown children, and not a
few, like myself, gray-haired, all of
which served to remind US of the swift
passage of time and our rapid ap-
proach to that eternity which no man
can fathom. r. E.
October Is, 1868