Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-09-12
Annapolis News.

Ed. RegiSter-I was prevented from
| writing for your excellent paper last
week by unavoidable circumstances.
| was in St. Louis the week before.
Went up there to meet my mother and
we'll. | did not meet her. ! stayed
all night in the city and then came
home, only to find her here. She had
come through and l had missed her.
| am fond of joke and this one is on
me. Some of my friends quietly sug-
gested that an exclamation was in Or
der. limiting that | had perhaps looked
upon the wine when it was red, but
such was not the case. On arriving
in the city | strolled up and down the
great platform, after first consulting
the bulletin board to see when the first
b. & .. train would arrive, and finding
that | had an hour to wait. As that
was my first visit to the city since the
new station was built, | naturally felt
an interest in everything about me.
At that moment mother was in the
| large waiting-room, but as | had been
| informed that she would arrlvest at
night it never occurred to me to look in
there for her until the |. Nj. train had
| pulled out and she had left for Anna
polls. But. like a dutiful son, stayed
until morning and then came home.
The next morning | had time to look
around little and view the great
| Union Station. OF course | knew when
the train would pull out, but when
asked gate-keeper what track she
would leave from. he told me, and
/ I'D cd bar he rrnp16 laa.-c o-cloaL-
| knew it was $40, but when the gate
was open At | went along with the
crowd and showed my ticket like | saw
| others doing, and wa. pushed back
and told that | was 40 minutes ahead
of time. | knew it all the time, but
wanted to test the strength of the 9th
err fellows information. OF course his
rudeness was due to the fact that | was
| travelling in cog. Had he known that
| was your Annapolis correspondent
have no 0ubt that he would have been
very sorry for his rudeness!
| The management of the great sta
ton is admirable, and I had a great
mind to introduce myself to the Sation
| Master and congratulate him on his
success. but for fear Of of attracting
public attention l desisted. l was
afraid that the Mayor would be notified
! of my presence in ST. Louis and a re-
ception rendered me. or that the re-
| porters would want interview me on
| the silver question. and as my time
was limited | concluded to remain in'
cog.
| Mr.. kness. former station agent at
Ill, palr
Branch. got on the train at Middlesrook
and as he was on his way to Des Arc
we finished the trip together
| met John Smith, an ex-I, NJ. con-
ductor at Bismarck. He said he was
going over on the Santa Fe.
During the latter part of last month
David Paris had two hogs shot and left
dead 10 the woods. He was so close
after the miscreant that he may get pay
for them.
Several days ago our boys went to
Des Arc to play game of ball. and
were almost whitewashed; but they got
revenge on the first by scoring "a to l
in favor of the Rich Land nine.
Noah Harris and Chas. Piles of Muir
res Springs are in town.
The foundation OF the new L. D. y.
f. Hall is now complete. aud as Mr.
r. II Benson mas the framing about
pleted, We look forward to its ear
ly completion. And another picnic
will be given Saturday, Oct. 5th. to
aid in the good work Of building. The
npicnic will be under the management
OF the Rebekahs, and therefore its sue
cess is assured.
Mr.. Lence received card from VIM.
FOWL at Pctosky. Mich. few days
ago. The card said that he would
soon continue his journey to Chatham.
Ontario
Reverend Humphreys of the NJ. E.