Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-14

AlnuIy 10 Mrs. a. ana myself, and al
we passed the group, from day to day
her gaze, eager and longing, followe,
US. I more than once determined t.
evince my interest in their condition
by introducing myself to the gentle
man, but hesitated to intrude where
earnest sympathy might be mistaken
for idle curiosity. Beside, none o
them except the nurse had command
of more than a few words OF English.
After week or ten days, the father
was recalled to New York by business
of an urgent nature, and it was hoped
that the unhappy patient had become
accustomed to her surroundings and
would remain quiet and submissive.
Such, however, was not the case. Her
hatred and suspicion OF the nurse re-
turned. and she would none of her.
She took liking for Mrs. A. aud N.Y.
self-called us Father" s'Mother, "
in her poor, broken English-and was
seemingly at rest while in our pres
ence. / could quiet her with a word,
and my request that she take her med
icine or that she retire to her room,
was obeyed without hesitation. Only,
l dare not recall the nurse to her
mind. That parsonage had to be kept
out of sight. Finally, one night, after
we bad all retired, the patient broke
out of her room and ran shrieking up
stairs into the colored servants quar-
ters. You may conjecture what a COM
motion ensued! She was induced.
finally, to return to her room, and
next morning her husband was tele-
graphed for. He came two or three days
later and took her away, and she is
now in an insane asylum. She was
placable to him, but the nurse had to
be taken to the station in separate
conveyance. And thus, to US, falls
the curtain upon one of the thousand
tragedies attendant upon the heroic
struggle for Cuban independence. May
the sun yet shine for the gallant isle,
and the light of reason again break
upon the soul of this poor refugee!
This is an ideal winter day The |
air is pure and bracing, and there is q
glorious flood of sunshine which clothes |
the earth in splendor and gives life to
the invalid. We have been here six |
weeks, and if the weather we have en-
joyed is a fair average, the Asheville
climate is hard to surpass. Of the
six times seven days, not moro than
eight have been lnclement, and not
half that number wholly without sum
shine. The roads are excellent and
The scenery always inviting. Conse-
quently the livery stables do a fine
business, and private rigs are numer-
0us. Horsedesh-I mean In the life
is highly esteemed, and l know of no
place which has finer specimens. or
more OF them. of this faithful servitor
to man. The citizens. both perma-
1ent and transient, are an essentially
people, inhaling with de-
light and benefit the ozone burdened
The influx of winter
Visitors becomes greater every day.
md ere long will have its full quota.
Let the outside world come! Here at
his season every prospect pleases, and
nan is not SO very vile!
There is no such thing as malaria
lere. except as it is imported, and
hen it's life is short. Every immi-
rant whose system is tinged in the
lightest degree with that article
and unknown at home-will
ave it worked out ere many days.
The working-out process is not very I
greeable, but it is effective. A fever
md headache-the latter very erratic
nd severe in spots at unexpected inter- I
als-are the most pronounced symp-
oms of this necessary internal revolu- I
ion. The degree of severity registers !
be quantity of malaria to be- eradi- I
ated, aud he who comes here chuck
ull of it is apt to be pretty sick man
efore he evolutes into the more de- 9
irable state. A Bluffite or Charles T
oman might expect to catch Hail Col 9
mbia. The writer suffered In a mild T
egree for only day and night-that /
truthful military report up
q the condition of the Arcadia VAL
ey to the contrary notwithstanding.
Lfter becoming acclimated. the deni-
en- of Asheville rarely experiences G
uch an infliction as a headache. / r
cave my neighbors to judge with |
THAT grateful pleasure l record this r
act, and it is fact borne out by my '
wn experience to date. / trust not r
0 have to revise this record later on. II
To me the four points of the COM |
Ass are the most elusive things. In
ronton, though a resident of that t
own for forty years, the sun persists 8
ising in the north and setting in the 7
outh, while in Arcadia, but a mile a
istant, be appears and disappears
corning aud evening at the proper t
,,ir4s - lzoat1d hu o.ar auciant hra4h. /