Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
From Tarheellana.
AsHEvILLE. 4. c, DC. Is. 1896.

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fhe woman Or man Who has per
Eambnlated the streets of Jeferaon
ois she place lately relieved from
the pressure OF the sedalla bugaboo-
may have good idea of the general
contour of this tosen. When its streets
are not uphill they are ike the road
to Ayernus; they run straight when
they can, and adapt themselves to the
lay Of the land when they must: they
are exceeding we'll paved within GER
tain limits, aud not paved as all out
side those limits. But the native
clay. though adhesive on the. surface,
is of the kind that packs solid a fss
inches below the point Of expoIure, @
that vehicles never mife beyond NOV
ing In this rarified atmosphere, 81.
teen minutes of hearty sunshine, makes
the earth dry again.
A technical and detailed exhibit Of
the architecture of this town would be
beyond the limits of this article. and
it shall not be attempted. The Gothic.
the Grecian. the corinthian. the Queen
Anne, and for ought my technical
knowledge beaches me, the saracen,
as we'll, several1y and ia homogeneous
conjunction. obtain in all the resi-
dences, hotels and boarding houses;
even the livery stables and warehouses
are not without pretension to intricate
ornamental detail. The church buiid-
ings of course partake OF the style
known to places of worship every
where. They are substantially built
of brick and stone. ana suitably erna-
men1ed and fitted within. But speak
more particularly of the dwelling
house. The rule seems to be that it
shall have at least one tower and. two
bay vindows vith veraudas AID por-
ticos galore. On sunny days thess
verandas are filed with peopIa loung-
ing 10 cofnfortable chairs. and breath
Ing the air which Bill Nge libeIlously
declared the owners of Ashevill oild
like to fence in so that the outside
world could not enjoy it except hy
coming here and paying 50 much q
breathe! The people here didn't ap-
preciate the i6imitables Williams
humor. and he came near being the
victim of a fiery. bona ade Indignation
meeting; but the more theughtfuI of
the citizens concluded that the adyer-
tisemeut was worth The sting Of the
mtthcism, and SO the incident passed.
As rule. every residence has : lib
eral plot Of ground attached; indeed.
it could scarcely be otherwise. since
each is perched upon a knoll. and
there isno suitable BUILDING spot Until
the next hill is reached, though, mo-
tice the rule has been broken Ia sever
al instances BY digging and filing.
The broken contour of. the ground
makes Tais a scattering town. and con-
siderabiE Ingenuity has been called IN
to exercfse.to give continuity TO many
of the streets, which wind In and out
in wonderful consonance to these
strained relations of Nature to Art.
But Nature is slowly if stubbornly
yielding, and in time we have no doubt
the rough places will have been
ssmeothed down, the gorges filled up.
and the pasaer on one street will no
longer look. down upon the roofs of
the houses onsthe next.
Seriously. the people of this city are
entitled to great credit for all that
they have accomplished. 4 few years
ago it was en ordinary country town,
with about 25Oo Inhabitants. Its
streets we're unpaved. its sidewalks
uniformed, ard It had no water works.
no electric light plant. and no street
railway. All this has been changed
'ksr the better. and know Of mo- In
nssiy kbetter provided With the
Eeniences apd Injuries Of
compare fasorabls
ostelries of ST.