Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09


Tho other day. a. we we're saunter
Ing down the street, In meditativ
mood, and thinking of the weather. tn
sun, the earth, the sky, the water, an,
the things that TO them appertain-o
the joys Of spring and the tribulation
of the candidates-of the improvement
In Collins stage-horn and the it of hi
corduroy trousers-benold! our think
, tank was broken In upon by the tender
tones Of adolesceut femalehood plead
ing in behalf of home and freside
The honied sweetness of her voice and
the rhythmic tinkle OF. her speech Inn
pressed the words indelibly on oul
memory: Gather. dear father, come
home with me now, for ma has some
carpets to beat; she's got all the furni-
ture out in the yard from the from,
porch clear down to the street. The
stoves must come down and be put in
the shed, and the ya'd must be cleaned
OF dead grass, for it's time to clean
house and the DEVILS TO pay-and the
front windows need some new glass.
Father. dear father. come home with
me now, and bring some bologna and
ISACCoOS ~ . mOSt tWOtv0 " CkOCh 0uO
there's nothing to eat-I'm so hungry
I'm weak at the knees. ALI the din
ner we'll havc will be cold scraps and
such, and We'll have to eat standing
up. too, for the tables and chairs are
all out in the yard-oh, I wish spring
housekeeping was through! Father,
| dear father, come home with me now,
for mas as mad as a Turk: she says
you are lazy old thing and that she
| proposes to put you to work. There's
painting to do. and paper to hang, and
windows and castings to scrub. for it's
house cleaning time, and you've got
to come home and reveal in suds and
cold grub"
In our issue of December 5th, 1895,
terms of the WOODEN mill proposed to
be established at this point. In COM
menting upon the structures of our
Graniteville correspondent, which ap-
peared in that issue, and which seem
ed to regard the REGISTER as unduly
apathetic in regard to the enterprise,
] we pointed to the fact that while an
editor might be willing 20 contribute
to tho establishment of an industry
and assist 1t as q private citizen, he
could not afford to endorse it through
his paper until 1t had been securely
placed upon Its feet, for the reason he
might induce his patrons to part with
money for which they would receive
no return. In endeavoring to distin-
guish between the edit )r in HE capac-
ity as private citizen. and In his pub
lie character as the manager of q news
pa per. and at the same time to give
a word OF caution to our subscribers in
In regard to the proposed enterprise
without doing It any injury, if It should
prove meritorious, We used the follow
ing language: sin our long ed itor:al
experience we have seen many q bright
mor1ing sky overcast with the black
est of clouds ere moon. We have
known the slicEest and giossiest of
eggs to be rotten. We have been COM
PEELED 10 shed tears over the tombs of
several enterprises that budded and
bloomed with all the signs of prosper
ity at their starting out, and our an
guish was not alleviated by the thought
that they had borne an ample share of
our peoples scanty cash to the graves
in which they took their last rest. For
this reason we have become cautious
about booming any enterprise through
the columns of the REGISTER. We
regret to say this article was not &C
cepted by some of our readers in. the
friendly and impartial spirit in which
it was written. The editor of the REG
ro in, frp a la hi chnp
of unfavorsble criticism, if not denun-
citation. The facts, however, seem to
have furnished ample justification for
the course of this paper. The WOODEN
mill is in. a state of suspended ANNA
ton. The hands are unpaid; material
not settled for; the machinery on hand,
it is reported, was procured by trading
some very infertile real estate for it;
the president is said to have been sum-
marily displaced, and there is crying
out for funds that ought to have been
on hand at the beginning, and are now
sorely needed. No Ironton party. SO
far, has been injured or connected in
any way with the scheme, to the detri-
ment of either good name or purse
'anks to the REGISTERS timely word
of warning. Who will say now that
there was anything wrong with our ar
ticle of December 9th. 1895?
cit Is an ideal spot for the purpose"
said w. III. Thomson, cashier of the
Boatmen's Bank, yesterday, to q Re
public reporter. He had reference to
the Government long-range rifle site
near Arcadia, Mo-, for the acquiring
of which an appropriation of $4,000
was made by Congress on the 1st inst.
1.-The tract of land" continued Mr..
Thomson, (which will be used is stu
ated about one and one-hah miles out
of Arcadia, on the fine graveled road
leading to Fredericktown. Arcadia is
distant SO miles from st. Louis, and 70
miles from Jefferson Barracks. 1t ID
expected that the mounted troops will
make the distance from the barracks
to the range in two days under ordina-
~ conditions, passing through De Soto, |
Bonnie Terre. Pennington, Iron Noun |
tain, Pilot Knob. Irouton and Arcadia, |
there being q good road all the way.
The ground selected for the range is
about two miles long by from one-half
to to three-quarters OF mile In width.
The north end is on the Fredericktown |
road, from which the range will run
south to . solid mountain 500 feet high, |
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