Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-25

| remedies grown and manufactured b,
the Society OF Friends-his particular
community being located in Indiana
He is here for thirty days. or longer
| if the spirit moves and The shekel:
grow not too scarce and hard of pluck
| ing. With him IS a minstrel band @
, four negroes-Tambo. Banjo, Bones
and Guitar-aud all are stars. Every
day three times-m0rning noen and
! night-when the weather is fair, the
band. in q one-horse wagon. starts
! from the south end of main street and
goes thence TO the public square,
| where the tri-daily holding forths are
given, the boys" waking the echoes
of the street with song and music as
they pass along. On the square a
regular minstrel first part" is given,
preceding the lecture and sales. 1t is
easy to gather a crowd on the streets
OF Ashevllle. In my limited exper-
ience | have never seen locality
blessed with So great Il number of
gentlemen of leisure" Of all colors as
adorn and diversity this town. Any
little incident turns them out in shoals,
and dog-fght shakes up the COM
munity like unto an earthquake in a
less favored locality. To these peo-
pie, hungry for edifcation and enter
tainment. the advent of my friend the
doctor-Dr. North, to be prec;se-is a
godsend, and he never fails of a large
and admiring audience. And he's a
good. earnest, persuasive talker, too.
occasions, and each time tore myself
away before he had finished, because
found him convincing me not only of
the virtues of his medicines, but that l
was possessed of the several terrible,
and deadly diseases they are warrant
ed to cure. To know him is to be-
lieve in his belief that his medicines
are entitled to all the merit he claims
for them.
But the weather-clerk is no respec-
tor of persons or professions, and he
frequently interferes and gives the vo-
cation to the busy that the idle usurp
to themselves. Last Saturday night a
steady downpour of wetness forced out
door vocations into innocuous desue-
tnde-I use the phrase while | anathe-
matize the maE-and all animated ma
ture was happy if in the possession of
roof and shelter. At the request of
several of the guests, DR.. North had
his minstrels to give US an entertain
ment, and for nearly two hours the
hotel office presented an unwonted
scene. Seats were provided for the
audience, and every inmate of the
hotel partook of the enjoyment. The
songs were good, the dancing first
class, and the acting better than some
| have seen on the metropolitan stage.
Even the ''gags" were new aud none
sketch-a mixture OF song aud CONVEX
sational solO-was perfect, and was
heartily applauded, of course. After
the entertainment a vote of thanks
was properly given the caterer to our
enjoyment. who by this act of courtesy
had made friends of us all. May he
aud the little lady given him in mar
riage some four years ago, and who
accompanies him in his travels, live
many years to enjoy the good things
of this life-which, after all, are the
only possible blessings we are positive
ly assured of! | speak reverently
when I say l am willing to wait for
the future life to bring its fulness of
joys everlasting; but humanity, as
we'll as all else that we know of, per-
tains TO this worlc. For the spiritual
life there are no doubt beatifc condi-
tions provided. and such attainment of
bliss, that were it revealed to US in the
flesh, 'twould be but the casting of
pearls before swine. To angels, angel
life and angel happiness; to US, the
grosser state we are built TO ft
The Asheville Hotel. an elegant
building across the street and facing
the Swannanoa, has just been reopen
ed. All the help is white. with pretty
waiter girls in the dining-room. /
wish the landlord success, for in his
success is concerned the welfare of
the aforesaid help, and where the fair
sex is in question, of whatever age or
condition, say God speed 'em every
time, How an old bachelor can eat a
square meal or enjoy his hours of re-
pose. in the light of duty wholly un-
performed, is as unsolgable to me as
the sphynx to the archaeologist. Il
is deeper than the financial question
and more paradoxical than the Theory
of Protection.
The NAPLES and honey-locusts are
bursting into bloom, and every tree
has a swarm of bees out for the first
fruits of the opening season. Winter
seems TO have gone north, sure enough,
but in his stead we have Spring IN a
,.o.,, l.,L rrr,oeo raaod. end it's an