Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-18

leaping up on the rail, waving his
arms and almost crying, SO great is his
distress at the prospect of humping into
some ship and possibly carrying away
her yards. One would need heart Of
stone to sympathize with him; there
are genuine tears in his voice-his
wild gesticulatious with shoulders,
arms. head and hands nearly throw him
overheard.
But at last we reach our berth, and
have time to look around at the people
on shore and the men in the row boats.
/ like them, for they are dark, often hand
some and wear remarkable shirts.
Red and black, black and yellow, yell
low and brown, in checks two inches
square, are the favorites; and when
that is surmounted by crushed look
ing Tam O'Shanter," and finished off
below with striped trousers and white
canvas slippers, the effect is very
striking. These fellows peddle fruit
and vegetables among the ships, or
else have spotlessly clean boats in
which they row you from one ship to
another for five cents-about a cent
and half of our money. Most of
them are Italians or Greeks, and man
age to live some way on what they
earn; how they do it one can hardly
see, altho' -four is cheaper than at
home, and meat is only three and four
cents a kilo-about two pounds. Fruit
grows wild; apricots, figs. peaches,
and strawberries can be had for the
picking, a little way out in the country,
but apples are scarce and do not grow
well.
Butter and milk are dear, altho, the
chief industry of the country - cattle
raising; and, strange as it may seem,
the milk is poor and the butter
wretched. For some reason, it is soft
and white-I should think it had not
not been properly worked, and they
never salt it. In the CITY the milk is
sickly blue, but when you see the cow
and calf driven around from house to
house and MIXED little each time
that is not surprising. And when you
see man dismount from his seat be-
tween the milk cans strapped pannfer
fashion to his horse, put his hand in a
can and produce some butter churned
that morning by the trotting OF his
steed, you feel that there is a reason for
all things, and that the soft, whitish
butter has been explained.
The native horses are small and
strong, pulling bravely against heavy
odds, in the shape of clumsy harness
and awkward wagons. The streets are
badly paved, and the poor beasts have
a tough time of it. They are some
times hitched one in the shafts, one
outside; sometimes tandem; again, one
in the shafts and two in front-in all
sorts of possible and impossible ways
and yet the brave little animals man
age some way to pull the great two
wheeled carts along, and out OF the
deep holes and alarming ruts.
Gale Florida, the street of the city,
lis better paved-is really quite level
being laid in wooden blocks which are
soft to the foot and noiseless. The
sidewalks are too narrow for three
people to walk abreast, and a city or
dinance forbids horses and wagons in
the street in the evening, SO that the
people may have the use of sidewalks
and driveway for their promenading.
Then the street is crowded with hand
some well-dressed men, standing in
groups or lounging against the walls,
admiring the black-eyed women who
pass, sometimes with bit of lace on
the head, sometimes with hats, but al
ways in bright, attractive costumes,
well made and graceful.
The jewelry and dry goods stores
are here and make elaborate displays
in the windows, but the jewelry looks a
little shoddy to me, and the dry goods
are not as rich or as various as at
home. There are two large stores,
which would both go in Stern's, OF New
York, but the small stores are legion,
and are over toWn--so are the dime
museums. Some handsome book stores
suggest the idea,~ that some one does a
good deal of reading, altho' / could not
find any circulating library. and edu-
cation seems to be at a discount. The
public schools are Catholic and the
private schools are not very well man.
aged. There is Scientific Society,
which seems to excite some ridicule and
the museum is wretched.
At La Plata, about thirty miles from
Buenos Ayres, is q very fine museum.
A handsome building, large. we'll
lighted and airy. nsAr grove Of fine
trees, contains very unusual collec-
tion of birds, fishes, stones, skulls,
skeletons. etc. There are many hand