Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-21

those resolutions were not all there by
any means. In concluding my notice
of the able article of Hon. j. B. Walk
er, let. me say that although he has
called me a liar, l feel proud of the
fact that one holding so high an of
fetal position has noticed a felloU like
me. l feel like the poor peasant who
boosted that the King had spoken to
him. On inquiring what the King
said, and how he came to speak to him,
he said, Il was SO anxious to see him
that l ran in before him, missed my
footing, and he said, Get out of the
way you donkeyr" | acknowledge.
however. to have done some question
able acts in my time, but about the
worst one that can recall at the pres
ent time was voting for j. B. Walker,
and if the Lord and the good people of
Iron county will forgive me this once
I promise never to do so any more.
Now, as to my friend of the Bulletin.
| am sorry to have caused him to lose
so much time and money getting the
Bulletin ready for the press. But l
like the Bulletin. and hope it's able ed
itOr will continue to send it out: l can
have so much fun trying to guess what
the editor means. l suppose he was
abiding to me when he spoke of car
pet-baggers, wind-bags, students, ETC.
But to be serious, this twaddle about
carpet-baggers and old citizens makes
me weary. Think the value of man s
citizenship should be measured by
the amount of good he has accomplish
ed and is likely to accomplish for the
place in which he lives, and not by the
length of time he has been a cumberer
of the ground in certain county. In
the short time I have lived in Iron
county have left with her merchants
more than three thousand dollars.
l have given employment to gang of
men who have left her merchants more
than seven thousand dollars. The men
| have employed have for the most
part been residents of the county
men of families who have spent their
earnings for the support of their fam
lilies. | have striven, early and late,
to raise my family to be good men and
women, to the END that they might
make good citizens of whatever county
they may choose to make their home
AS to being a wind-bag, l don't think
am So regarded by the sober, sensi-
BILE people of this place. But there is
a vast difference between a wind that
blows for purpose and one that lazi
ly blows itself out without accomplish
ing anything, even to the turning of
a mill or the filling Of a sail.
But to return to the original subject:
Rice and Woods, we are informed,
were squatters. and R. L. Gaty was
citizen of Iron county. According to
the best information that I can get
neither of these parties have been here
a year. What, then, constitutes citi-
zenship? But waving all this, sup
pose the j. P. has stated the case cor
rectly: Do the laws of Missouri afford
no protection to the citizens of other
states who are located within her bor-
ders? But the j. P. says that r. L.
Gaty wanted a warrant for both Rice
and Woods for stealing hay, and he
the sheriff could keep them
from fighting. Did the J. P. render
Judgment in this case before the accus-
ed were arrested? If not, how did he
know that the Sheriff would have
charge of them2 Now, if l remember
the j. P.'s former article
said that Woods had for two days past
been trying to secure a peace warrant
for Rice. Did the j. P. know of the
hay stealing all this time, and neglect
to issue warrants for the thieves for
two days? There is a discrepancy
here somewhere, it seems to me, but
being wind-bag and a carpet<hagger
and only student may render me I'M
able to grapple tina profundity of the
Bulletins editorial. Newspapers,
like the law says the j. P, .sare
easy to get into but hard to get out of.
But ..Murphy'' thinks that with clear
conscience and. an upright heart no
man need fear either. Now, with
many apologies for poking my nose in
TO the j. P.'s priuate business, | beg
leave to suggest, with all due Difference
for his high Office, that the public
might think that, being public office.
it was, to certain extent, public
business; and as one of the public l
DR.. Cloonan, formerly of this place,
but now of Williamsville, was in town
Monday.
A citizen of Sabula tells a good joke
on one of his fellow townsmen. 1t APP
pears that the gentleman was out in
The county somewhere during the time
the Seventh Day Adventists were hold
inc forth at Sabula In Sneakinp of
the meeting to friend, the Sabula
man said, The seven day abcess meet
ing is just knocking h out of the
Methodists at Sabula!''
Rev. Halliburton preached an excel
Lent sarmoh here Sunday evening.
Annapolis has new doctor in the
person of young Mr.. Rich. '.Mur-
ply" wishes him success.
Mrs. Toppins of Crane Pond is visit.
ing her sister, Mrs, H, n. Lloyd, of this
place.
1hos. johnson of Piedmont is in
town to-day.
+. P. Hilburn has very sick baby.
DR.. Strong of 1ronton was called To
see it Saturday. He pronounced it's
ailment iaundice and congestion of the
liver. The little one seems to be some
what better at this writing.
j. B. Hodges came in on No. 81 to-
day. MURPHY,
March Il, 1895.
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