Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-14
at Home From the East.

ney to and from the State of Ohio, a
second article is called for.
By actual measurement, witnessed
| by myself, the farm on Buffers Bend
on the Walhonding River, produced
| one hundred and forty-six bushels ol
corn to the acre-a little more than
double that of my first statement.
While in the State I devoted much ol
my time in travelling over the country,
and of course (as one of our old cor
respondents has said ..when that man
passes through country he sees it. J.
/ tried my best to see everything. One
very noticeable thing: the people are
fast. whether from nature or from hab-
it am not able to tell.
Our medical authors tell us the
northern people are fast and the south
ern people are slow, while observation
teaches me the east is not an exception
to the first named; they are fast, and
your scribe being in the ranks had to
go at break-neck speed, which went
nightly against the will, but it was go
or be run over, see?
ROADS, YES GOOD ROADS.
They are all good; kept so by the
county courts, let by contracts. No
roadoverseers there. The roads are
divided by sections like railroads, and
each let to lowest bidder. Said bidder
must ale bond, and his work must be
inspected by an expert, and when done
according to contract, he gets his pay.
Hence good roads is the result.
They pay their taxes in Ohio every
six months. expect some of us Iron
county Taxpayers would revolt at the
idea, but think it a good one. The
county courts could manage their f.
nancial affairs to better advantage.
Another thing is very noticeable.
The country is specked with factories
of every mentionable kind. which. If it
was so here, it would be great bene-
fit TO the farmers. Our resources here
are better than in Ohio. I saw an i'm
mense quantity of materials in those
manufacturing establishments which
were shipped from our own State, es-
pecially lumber. which they were con-
verting into all kinds of implements,
machinery, furniture, etc. We have
everything here but the factories, and
surely the time is drawing near when
some Of our capitalists will turn their
attention in that direction. 1t would
surprise our farmers to hear the prices
OF all kinds of farming implements at
the factories; in fact, anything, every
thing, is cheap which farmers need in
the house or on the farm.
They have a stock law in force
there; hence but few of the farmers
devote their attention to stock-raisipg;
but when one does turn his attention
in that direction he has good stock
and plenty of it. i noticed also there
were quite number of buyers iu Ohio
from Missouri buying feeders (cattle)
for our immense crop of corn in North
west Missouri.
1 must not forget to mention the peo-
pie in Ohio have plenty of fine churches
which loom up all over the country:
Baptists. Methodists, Presbyterians,
etc., some of which are built of our
Missouri pine. The inside of said
houses are finished off with our pine
and varnished-no paint about it.
They also have politicians in Ohio,
who talk politics, etc., but as am no
politician l will just refer you to the
great dailes of Cincinnati or st. Louis.
This article is getting quite lengthy.
but would like to give you another
incident which occurred with myself
at the Union Depot, st. Louis. on my
return from Ohio.
arrived at 7:30 and went to the |
Il
right man; bought ticket for Iron
ton, Mo. He said to me, .sYou leave
at 9:45 on No. 8" 1t was easy enough |
for me to find No. 8. but when No. 8 |
began to ring that fellow at the gate |
kept me pushed back, telling me that
No. was my train, and of course it
was impossible for me TO believe both.
so / made up my mind that No. 8 was
light. vet it was leaving before 9:45;
hence concluded they neither one knew
anything about my business. and SO l
made break for No. s, but was head
ID off the second time by that fellow
With blue clothes and brass buttons
never found out his name-and he
aid to me. Il told you No. 8 was your
rain" Says TO him. 81 am deaf.
ir; / can't hear you!n and I am sure
my deaf mute could have heard him
vhen he cried out. mo. 3 will leave L
+ 9:45r' So / weighed the matter
his way: ..Well, now, since he too
avs 9:45, and the ticket man said !:
AS, that No. 9 must be the right /
RAIN. So will wait and watch;;n and j,
sat there and waited for one hour
nd watched that man with blue
Iofhes ON. and ALI them people and Ie