Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-09-28
From the Future Great. "
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 21, 1898

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 21, 1898.
Dear Country Cousins-I have been
in the city for some time, and have
often thought of writing for the REGIS
TER and telling you of some of the
things to be seen in and about the city.
In the first place it's big city, hav-
ing river front of thirty-five miles,
and extends back about eight or ten
miles to the city limits. and contains
about six hundred thousand inhabit-
ants of all races and colors. So, you
see, in attempting to .'write up the
city have a big job on hand, and be-
ing a new hand at the business I do
not expect, or even hope, to write any
thing as entertaining as s.Old Times"
articles or as 1.-The Editors Vacation, 81
but maybe, / will improve by little
practice, provided the editor don't
dump this into the waste basket there
by depriving me of chance to practice.
In coming to the city from old Iron
county, the s'dearest spot on earth, -
you will, of course, come on the far
famed Iron Mountain railroad, and will
see great deal of beautiful scenery,
fine farms, beautiful streams, and 9TH
er objects of interest.
At De. Soto you will see the round
houses and machine shops of the rail-
road company. From there on you
will see great improvement in the
farms; for what were once only ordin-
ary farms are much improved, having
great large barns and fine houses, and
you will wonder what has caused the
change.
just look over in the field, under
those shade trees, and you will see
great herds of beautiful Jersey,
Holstein and Durham COWS, whose milk
is sent to the city in big tin cans,
which you notice they take on the bag
gage car at every station in great num-
bers. These cows are making their
owners rich in pocket, and the land
rich in productiveness. Dairy COM
panies buy the milk of the producer
and deliver it to their customers in the
city from wagons; but let me tell you
by the time it gets to their customers
it doesn't look rich, nor taste like it does
when you get it id the country.
At Riverside the first view of the
Mississippi River is to be had, and from
thereon to the city the road lies along
its bank and as the train speeds along
we have the river at our right, and
beautiful bluffs covered with flowers
and vines, at our left. At Buschberg
and Kimmswick great many green
and hot houses are to be seen where
flowers are grown for the city market,
and is a very profitable business. Ar
irving at Carondelet, or South st.
Louis, the passenger trains, except the
trains, leave the river
and go to the west of town, passing
many market gardens, and on top of
the hill to the left is to be seen large
building with a dome which reminds
you of the picture of the Capitol at
that you used to see in
your BIOGRAPHIES. That is the city In
sane Asylum, where the city's insane
ire kept and treated. On the right is
| large factory, where all kinds of sew
sr and drain pipes are made from clay, |
angling in size from a few inches up
o five OR six feet in diameter. And |
It Tower Grove station is a long, low
where street cars are manu-
actured. Many other factories are to
'e seen along the road, and at Grand
Avenue the train passes under a sus-