Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-24
TURsDAY. DEC CE0T BE- 3 - 1896

latter. But to Ashevills 2Fepee.
Maia street. runaing north ard
south. and Patton Avenue. sass and
vest, are the principal business thor.
pughfares. Neither IS of great length.
but both are straight and run ae right
angles say both are straight.
yahieh is strictly true as to Patton Az
eaue; but Main street hasa violentde-
deetion to the west as It debouehes on
tAe pubic square. sOn this street are
maug fine basiuess houses. wholesale
and retail. Two of the buildings bear
signs familiar to my eye: .The Bo-
nanza and the ARCADIA Hetel.n but
alas! lis the only point OF famil-
iarity The Arcadia Hotel is . plain
fronted briek-so much space taken
from a solid line OF wall. with business
houses adiutting on either side. The
Bonanza deals IN wet goods only the
antithesis to Ironton's famed dry
goods emporium. | have not yet form
ed the acquaintance of the proprietor.
or the. individual who acts for him.
but may have that pleasure as the
days go by If do. shall not scru-
pie to break bottle of Budweiser or
Anheuser to the memory OF old friends
in Missouri.
:
The population of the town is large
lg~nade up of ineomers from all sec
lions Of the Union; but the genial hos
pttality of the southerner has not lost
its flavor by reason of the admixture.
We find the people exceedingly pleas
ant in manner and seemingly anxious
I'd make the stranger. feel at horne.
We have already formed some desira-
bic acquaiutance. and the dreary lone
iiness Of the first days has departed;
50 that while this is not a sojourn for
pleasure or recreation, we feel that
the days Intervening our return home
vii not drag so slowly as we had
feared.
The public buildings here that
catch the eye of the stranger are the
city hall. and the courthouse. The
latter IS a four-story brick of goodly
dimenslous, with high tower and
town clock that loudly sounds the time
Of day from hour to hour The ex-
terror of the building is well enough,
but its interior-what falling of IS
there, my country men! The first floor
is divided into Offices in the usual man
.ner The circuit court fhere called.
the Superior Court room Is on the
second t1oor, and the third story is de-
voted to various uses not necessary
10 enumerate. The Superior Court
was in session last week, when We
took in the interior Of the building.
There were probably a dozen members
of The bar in attendance. fully half of
whom We noticed were bald-headed.
Why is it so many OF the legal pro-
fession have no hair wherewith to
crown their caputs? Is it because
the heat which so often obtains
under their collars extends upward,
burning the life out of the hirsuticai1
soil? The judge is a pleasant looking.
gentleman, and, we take it. endowed
With a full allowance of the milk Of
human kindness; and this no doubt ac-
counts for the fact that he had not In
contiuently socked the custodian of the
court room for contempt That room
was in q very insanitary condition
about as good a subject for the house
wife's besom and virtues of Sapolio as
we have ever encountered condi-
tion fearful and wondrous to the per-
.ception of all not rendered familiar 70
1t By custom The offices and halls on
the first floor did no violence BY con-
trast to those above, and we undees
stand tAe whole interior. from cellar
to garret, is made uniform by thecon-
mon ties of dust. dirt. tobacco expec-
torations, end general untidfness. The
coanty of Buneombe IS a great county.
an iilustrious county, bat It's court
house IS not pinnacle of lowering
pride
II Irons Temple of JnstEee were no
better cared for. We are sure Billy
Osaeal would hear from Judge Green
AgenIal and pleasant as he Is 10 every
in loA and legible language.
gy Hall forms q marked con
gourss House u appearance
modern structure.
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