Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04

He had just driven out of his stable
yard and gained Main street, when
Collins came along in one of his spank
ing rigs. Mr.. Begley. who was driv-
ing his newly bought 2530-pound Nor
man to light buggy, thought he'd
have little quiet fun and pass Mr..
Collins team. So he hit his horse a
cut with the whip, and started. The
animal tossed his head and raised his
left hind foot over the shaft, and then
started to run. Seeing that he couldn't
control the horse, which had now be-
come frightened. Mr.. Begley quietly
rolled out of the buggy on to the
ground, and let the rig 60 whittier it
would. The Norman ran down the
street and turned the corner at Bish-
ops. Here some wagons were stand
ing. and the buggy pumped against
one and then against another, twisting
the axle into bow-shape and smashing
the wheels. At the southeast corner
of the courthouse lot the horse conclud-
ed he had fun enough, and halted.
Mr.. b. got Bishops delivery wagon
hitched the Norman into it, tied the
broken buggy on behind, and drove to
the blacksmith shop at Arcadia. The
repairs bill will be the only damage.
And Mr.. Begley won the race.
The Editor of the REGISTER does not
forget that he was once boy, perhaps
as thoughtless as other boys are; and
as prone to mischief. But while we
have the most kindly feelings for the
boys and sympathise with that stirring
of the blood at this time of the year
which beckons them to the woodland
and green field. we cannot let acts that
look like malicious mischief pass with
out word of reproof. Along the creek
on the lands of Mr.. Edgar and Judge
Russell, and others, we find little sugar
NAPLES with auger holes in them in
numerous places; stately trees that
have been killed by building fires at
their base; and property otherwise
damaged. To boy a tree is not an
article of value: they are all alike. but
the landowner who has use for them
does not like to see his trees destroyed,
and will not submit to it. Neither 90
neighbors like to sit up OF night to
watch a fire that some thoughtloss
gSI0E HIS DtiltG Ioi
yet in more than one instance have they
been compelled to do so to save their
fences from burning. To say - did
not think will not make good the dam
ages. Boys, you must quit FRANKS OF
this kind, or the Constable will be after
you with a sharp stick. Heedlessness
and ..fun" are sometimes costly. Ii
you don't want to come TO grief, don't
forget this warning. Perhaps it would
be well for you to cut it out of the pa
per and paste it in your hats.
The following is the report of the
Ironton Public School for the month of
March: Enrolment: white-male, 63;
female, Sc; total. 119; colored-male,
Is; female. %; total, 43; grand total.
1872. Number of persons enrolled in
the public school for the month, who
are over 1G years of age-male. 6; fe-
male, s.; total, IL. Total number of
days attendance by all pupils for the
month, 2S16. Average number OF
days attendance per pupil. Is; aver
age number of pupils attending each
day, 40. Per cent. of average daily
attendance of enrolment. 81. Num-
Der of cases of hardness. 80; truancy,
/: corporal punishment, 4. Number
of days taught during the month, 90
Number neither absent nor tardy and
maintaining 95 per cent. in deport-
ment in Room l: Alma Fletcher.
Frank Hotson. George Newman, Chas.
Matthews, Douglass Newman. James
Newman. Warren Prince, Chester
Prince. Katie Reel. Louis Schultz.
Number maintaining 100 per cent. in
department: Mary Byers. Ida Bise,
George Newman, Lowe Search. Num-
Der neither absent nor tardy and main
| tanning 80 per cent. in department in
Room 2: Robert Land, Grace WEIGH,
Harry Byers. Byron Moser. Freddie
Schultz. Lottie Prince, George Whit
worth, Matte TalIey, Arthur Mann,
Henry Dalton, John Moore, Warren
johnson, Oracle Duty. Number main
! tanning 100 per cent. in department;
I Matte Talley. Lottie Prince, Grace
Welch, Nellie Taylor, Freddie Schultz.
Frank Delano. Robert Land, Jaky
Mann, Ethel Purkiss. Leila O'Neal.
| Bonnie Arnoidy. Number neither
absent nor tardy ard having 100 in de-
pertinent in Room 8: Rosa Peck.
Number having 95 in department:
Perry Welch, Dora Blemel. Noble
Peck. Mabel Dillon, Anna Byers, Hat
tie johnson, Asa Marks, Godfrey
O'Neal.
On next Tuesday night. March &c,
the drawing of lots will take place in
the court house and those who are en-,
titled to draw, as we'll as the general
public are invited to be present. Keep
this matter in mind and be on hand
about seven o'clock. -FredericktoWn
| Democrat.
From the above it will be seen that
the chain invented by the ladies of
Madison county to persuade the reluc-
tant dime from the grudging pocket
was but the precursor to other innova-
lions of equally pronounced heterodox
tendencies. The brethren of the
church, while mildly tolerant of the
rattle at the church fair, have hitherto
drawn the line at the lottery. When
the fight was inaugurated against the
louisiana State Lottery the whole OF
the influence of the Methodist church
was exerted to destroy that institution.
1t became a veritable church militant
on that occasion. and its banner was
always to be seen in the fore front OF
the combat. 1t was understood that
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