Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-07
grade, and Marion Anderson, of near
Belleview. were in this neighbornood
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recently buying sheep.
Mr.. Robert Nicholson and family,
OF near Belgrade, passed through here
last Sunday, on their way to visit rela-
tives near Salem, Mo.
Miss Eliza Merritt visited relatives
in this vicinity few days ago.
Having business at Caledonia and
Belgrade last week. my wife and con-
cluded to combine business and pleas
ure and hence arranged to pass a few
days with friends and relatives before
returning home. On the 23d inst. we
spent few hours at Mr.. Albert Carr's,
at Caledonia. Mr.. Carr himself was
absent on business. but Mrs. Carr and
their charming daughter, Miss May
Carr. Hospitality entertained us and
rendered our brief stay with them
very enjoyable. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
have very interesting family, all
their children being intelligent and
vivacious. The following night we
passed with Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. P. Hol-
man, near Caledonia. They are an
intelligent and Industrious young
couple and are justly proud of their
two little children. Mr.. Holman, and
his brother Thomas, who is Surveyor
of Washington county, have shown
Their selves to be worthy successors of
their deceased father, who was one of
the most intelligent and enterprising
farmers of that locality. Some time
ago the '.Holman boys" built one of
the most capacious and best construct
ed barns, on their farm, that l have
ever seen. Said barn is 122x33 feet;
it Is built on cedar posts set four feet
deep in the ground. The outside posts
are "a feet long, clear of the caves.
The purloin posts stand 80 feet above
the ground to the purloin plates. The
entire structure is thoroughly we'll
braced, there being 326 braces. The
loft-foor is 81 feet above the ground
The main Orders are inches square.
10 feet apart across the building.
Width of driveway, feet. SO arranged
as to admit feeding stock therein. On
each side of the driveway is feedway.
Estimated capacity of the loft of the
barn, 140 tons of loose hay. Among
the varied products of the Holman
farm this year are 1000 bushels of
Golden Beauty" corn. On the next
day we visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
Vineyard. where we Jared bountlfully.
Mr.. Vineyard was busy storing his vim
ter apples, many of which are very
fine-one which measured being III
inches in circumference. After enjoy
ing a good meal and few hours of in
terestiue conversation there. we pro-
ceeded to the house of Mr.. VIM. B.
De- Lnf NJ
at his saw-mill, near Council Bluffs
this county. Mrs. Ramsey. who had
for long time been quite ill, was
much improved in health. The VIM.
B. Ramsey farm is one of the finest of
that entire region and its owner an en-
terprising and progressive farmer.
His hands have just completed getting
out 1000 cedar fencing posts which he
had purchashed, .son the stump. from
the Shepherd heirs. near Kaolin.
Next morning. we went to Belgrade,
which we found to have much improved
within the past two years. The site OF
the town is beautiful one and many
of the buildings are neat and attractive
in appearance. After transacting the
business that took us there. we re-
turned to the house OF Mrs. Mary Nc
Murtrey, where we had previously
passed one night. and took dinner.
Mrs. McMurtrey Is one OF the oldest
residents OF Washington county. Dur
ing the last two years she has been
sick most of the time, but 10 in the full
possession of all her senses-except
her hearing. which has been somewhat
iunoirad Che IA ovor at goa pc nj ano |
On our way homeward we spent a
night with MIR. and Mrs. Geo. w. Nc
Murtrey. who treated us handsomely |
and did their part to render our entire
trip one OF the most enjoyable we have
ever made.
Rev. Mr.. Jas. Nipper is conducting
a protracted meeting at EN- maus
church.
Oct. 81, 1885. B. E.