Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-07
Sight Seeing.

Ed Register-Thursday of fair week
was the great day OF the fair. All the
schools in St. Louis were to have a
holiday. 1t was arranged that Miss
Ida and should go early to finish up
the exposition, as we did not have
time on our first visit.
Afterward we were to take dinner with
Ella Shields, 4 lady friend of the fami-
ly. and also kind friend of myself
We reached the exposition and began
where we left off at our first visit. In
the Art gallery we spent quite a while
feastiug our eyes on the beautiful
paintings. | was fairly eutranced with
some of the wild scenery-thOse of the
wild life in the mountains of Switzer-
land One great picture of the Mat
ter Horn, gave me feeling of sadness,
as it brought TO my mind a story of
love that | had read 10 HIrper years
ago. How fresh the life of the girl.
How she, under the curse of her faith
er was pining away, until she died,
looking toward her distant home.
When I read that story, it made me
feel very sad, and as l sat and looked
at the picture it all came back to me
as il had just read the story. There
were many grand pictures that would
hold ones attention. o, love to look
upon those wild scenes! There is
something fascinating in them. But
as we had so many things to see,
could not spare the time to sit and
weep over loves dreams.
AS we went from one place to an
other the time flew past and we had to
pass many with just a look. When
we reached the photo gallery, did
not care to spend much time looking
upon the thousand of faces that / had
never known or ever heard of, so we
made a short stay of that room, where
the walls we're plastered from top to
bottom with photographs.
When we had finished the Art gall
leries, we went to the lower floor.
There were some things that did not
look at as long as l would have liked
on our first visit. Down on the lower
floor were two old canuous, about ten
or twelve feet long, and about a foos
through, that looked as if they had
just been dug out of the ground, they
we're so eaten with rust. These guns
were in service under Gen. George
Washington during the revolution,
over hundred years ago. As l stood
and looked at them l could but con-
trast them with the gun of the present
day. Yes, you could slip these guns
inside of some of our great guns of the
present time, and then they would rat
tie around inside. But these same
guns did good service in their time and
day, and over yonder were some old
plows such as the farmers used hum
dred years rgo. with wooden mould
boards. Such looking things, / don't
think many of the present generation
would know what they we're made for.
As we passed we saw a woman run
ming sewing machine, sewing nice
linen haukerchiefs and that woman
was stone blind, yet she threaded her
needle as quickly aud did her work
just as nicely as IL she had ever so
good eyes.
At another place we saw a man with
a gasoline cooking establishment, not
much larger than a sewing machine,
doing all sorts of cooking. At one end
was a cupboard. where be kept all
sorts of cooking utensils, on top of the
other end an oven; as he opened it to
show us how it worked, we saw on the
lower part pan of beef and sweet pO-
tatoes baking; next above a pudding;
up at the top three good loaves of
bread all baking nice. I tell you it
was way ahead of the old Dutch oven
and the whole thing did not take up
much more room than a sewing ma
chine.
As It was getting towards the time
We were 10 be at Miss Elias. We left
all these grand aud beautiful things
AID started. looking at the wonders
that lined the streets on each side until