Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-12
A Letter From Dent County.

usual of miasm and ozone. which pass
ed on northeast and promptly returned
as q Canadian blizzard of snow and
sleet. Our weather pays no more re-
gard to Brer Hicks than the saints at
Fort Hill did some years ago.
It was very unkind OF Old Times to
take away the appetites of those young
ladies at Doe Run. He must have
been ..The Nice Young Man" that was
embalmed in machine poetry about If
ty years ago at Pittsburg. Pa:
"His boots were well BACKED, he had gloves
on his paws,
And he carried neat white fan;
All the widows, maids and wives said they
never in their lives
Had seen such nice young man."
But it may have been that the young
ladies knew a thing or two and pro-
tected their hearts by switching off the
excitement to their stomachs. But it
appears that at Pennington he found
himself surrounded by different state
of affairs. A social atmosphere of
barbed wire awaited him there; partly
erected by himself. The writer cam
not tell what he would have done, as
he never was placed in such circum-
stances. From his earliest childhood
he was taught to be unselflsh, to at
tract and win rather than repel his as
sociates. When he was young his
counsellors were chosen among the
old, but now that he is old and we'll
stricken in years, his chosen guides
are among the brightest and most
beautiful young people, who keep him
en- rapport with the living world and
prevent his falling into any of the ed
dies of Life. But great sorrow is
weighing down and gnawing at his
heart. The news of the grinding up
of "Walter Robinson" was the most
terrible have heard for long time.
Sweeter, brighter, kinder scholars
than he and his two sisters, Lizzie and
Minnie, never entered my school room;
and to think of his being instantly
crushed out of life fills me with unut-
terabie horror. The thought is TOO
agonizing to be discussed. Under
their awful bereavement will his rela-
tives please accept of the deep, heart
felt sympathy of his old teacher, who
knows that their hearts are benumbed
by the awful blow, and that even words
of kindest sympathy will fall for a
time on ears that cannot hear. VIII
that God who as a father pities them
that fear Him, and who binds up the
broken hearted and comforts those
that mourn, graciously pour the oil
and wine of His consolation into our
torn and bleeding hearts. God and
Time are merciful.
The writer reioices to hear that Prof.
A. P. Vance has made another high
success of his school at Iron Mountain.
He would do we'll to stay there. He
and the place suit each other.
The writer has taught schools In
twelve different States in the course OF
fifty years, and has been we'll acquaint-
ed with graded schools in Pennsylvania.
Ohio. Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and
and he does not hesitate to
affirm that Prof. A. P. Vance's graded
school at Iron Mountain was the best
he ever saw. The district had q good
teacher, and sense to appreciate him,
and he had good district. When it
comes to making a good thing a grand
success the people Of Iron Mountain
can always be relied on to do it.
The writer is not an enthusiastic ad-
mirer of graded schools, but has seen
the best results follow both to teacher
and pupils when each teacher taught
the whole course. But, accepting the
theory that graded schools are best,
then the writer gives the palm to Iron
In Dent county we have a greas.
deal OF sickness, and deaths are nu-
merous. Among our prominent losses
may be noticed the deaths Of
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