Iron County register., 1896-05-28

l Subjects and texts for the Presbyte
: rian services. Sunday. May 31st, 1896
3 Morning service-Subiect, ..Not in us
but in Christ, are the virtues throug
, which we shall enter heaven CIR enjo
, the favor of God" Text. 1st Corinth
. ians 1:30. Subject for evening. 9Th
! Oeluge." Text, Matt. 24:3S-39. Fo
. Graniteville, P. NJ: Subject-..Th
, harvest will be in kind, like the see
we sow." Text, Galatians, 6:7. Al
who do not attend services elsewhere
are cordially invited to attend thes
services. GEO. H. DUTY, Pastor.
Heavy rainfalls have deluged tn
earth the past week, and terrible
storms aud cyclones have visited vari
Gus localities of the South and West
attended with great loss of life ant
property. Happily. this section ha'
escaped those calamities. But the
streams are overfiowed, and travel in
terrupted in many instances, and dam
age has resulted to farms on the bot
toms, while the roads have in some
cases been washed so as to be impas-
sable. Tuesday night storm of wind
and rain prevailed for several hours,
and hailstones of unusual size battered
the roofs of the houses. Fortunately,
the fall was not great. and the grow
ing crops are so far uninjured in this
vicinity. But Mr.. Lum Downs, living
eight miles east of here, says that Sec
tion experienced one of the heaviest
hailstones within his memory, doing
great damage to crops of all kinds.
Some of the hailstones were large as
| hen-eggs.
Last Sunday week, as the city mar
shall was coming down the street, he
saw Mr.. j. P. McCarver about to
cross the sidewalk with vehicle. The
marshal stopped him and told him
that he was disobeying one of the city
ordinances, and that he must go to a
regular crossing. But Mr.. McCarver
insisted in crossing right there, and
when the marshal caught hold of the
horses bride to turn him away, Nc
Carver drew a 'sgun" and commanded
that official to 'sturn him loose" The
marshal being unarmed, complied with
McCarver's order, and both parties
went their way. Next day the mar
shall swore out warrant against the
former charging him with resisting an
officer. But McCarver had gone out
of the city's jurisdiction. A few days
later it was learned that he was in
Salem. Thither Sheriff O'Neal and
the marshal proceeded Monday, ar
rested the man they were after, and re-
turned with him last night. The pris-
oner gave bond.
Not long ago we had occasion to
visit the Valley Home of W. H. Thom-
son. The grounds are situated on
tract of near forty acres. thirtyfour of
which are in cultivation. The re-
mainder constitute his lawn and the
land upon which his buildings are sit
uated. The VALLEY Home" as Mr..
Thomson christened his summer resi-
dence, is a modest frame structure in a
remnant of the primev al forest with
which all Arcadians are familiar, but
we doubt if many of them have ever
of this elegant park. On each side of
the arched gateway there is sweet
linden tree, which, we were informed,
is covered with most beautiful flowers
in their season. The tall forest trees
some of great size-afford a cool
shade on the hottest of days, and the
rustic seats and arbors under them are
inviting lounging places. Broad grav
el walks, with perfectly trimmed
borders, wind through shrubbery,
much of which has been taken from
our native forests. This feature is one
of the most striking in the making-up |
of the park. Vines that we heedlessly |
pass by in our rambles through the |
woods are here introduced so as to ex
hibit beauties that are usually over
looked. Passing from the lawn to the |
rose garden, we found bewildering
bank of colOr-roses of all kinds, from |
the common cabbage rose to the most
costly production of the florists art. |
1t is the finest collection of roses we
ever beheld. We had our attention
called to the patriarch of the garden.
1t is an ordinary rose tree one hundred
years old, brought by Mrs. 7. from
Mr.. Thomson has also
planted a quantity of fruit trees which
give promise of abundant fruit. Banks
Of blackberry bushes, loaded with
fruit of the most approved varieties,
give promise of luxurious fulflment
in due season. His grape vines are
loaded with grapes so that his friends
who visit him will be treated to delic-
ous fruits of almost every variety
which this section produces. We not
ce the ants have colonized small
portion of his lawn, and refuse to be
svicted from their comfortable quar-
,ers, maintaining, SO far, an equal
light with the gardener. We notice on
he west side of his lawn two great
,aks in the clutches of climbing vines.
They look very picturesque clinging to
he great trunks and branches. but We
ear this beauty is attained at the ex-
,ense of the vitality of the trees-that
he vines will ultimately destroy that
o which they cling. Other artists seek
o make beautiful pictures on canvass.
Mr.. Thomson has sought to make a
beautiful picture upon the face of the
,arth. and has succeeded. In conclu-
ion, it may not be amiss to state that
be mint grown on the Valley Home"
is of the choicest variety.
In an article published in this paper
he editor of the Fredericktown Demo- I