Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-10

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at 2:O5 and 500 P. NJ, to Mr. and Mrs
j. n Bishop, a daughter and son. TIL,
REGISTER scarce knows how to vote,
its sentiments on this occasion. Twin.
are not so very unusual, but-to have
EN- coming in on fellow unannounc.
ed and unexpected From LONG habit
We can with great complacencv con-
graduate neighbor upon an addition
to his household, and do the subject
fair justice under favorable circum-
stances; but-tacO? We submit in all
candor it's little trying on the nerves.
| and we don't know that a friend can
consistently put such burden on the
editor; but friends are not always con-
slstent, and We presume we must take
the world as we find it and try to make
the best of it. Once upon a time, a
long while ago, an editor-a common
country editor too. he was-became
happy father to a son. The next sue
ceeding issue of his paper-no, dear,
1t was not the REGISTER-told in Chin
ing rythm how old Saint Peter had
dozed at the gate and let cherub slip
out-the said cherub, knowing a good
thing upon viewing it, dropping
straightway into the domicile of the
man Of scissors, pi and paste. Where
upon some envious fellow-no doubt a
couple of years in arrears for subscrip-
tlon-assuming the role of Saint Peter.
denied the story i1a toto, and referred
to the editors wife-against all pre-
cedent in law-for confederation to
the contention that. the little one had
come in the usual way. OF course it
was mean in the delinquent subscriber,
but all the same it knocked the senti-
ment out OF the editors poetry: and.
though several other pledges of affec-
ton at due intervals came to bless his
home, the poor man is said to have
humbly let them come unheralded and
unsung. Shall We, then, dare venture
into the realms whence he was elected
in humiliation and discomft? Dis
erection to the winds, and here goes!-
How rare IS the dual in life,
And how it is priced when we find it,
The single, how common and stale
Until to another we bind it!
The sun for the day, the moon for the night
Each one has its own proper function:
But ali, how much grander they'd be
If seen IN diurnal conjunction,
Who seeks but one cherry or plum,
Or marks a lone chirp of the cricket?
Who makes a bouquet of only one rose,
Or notes one light stem of the thicket?
} no, it's by twos and by threes and by fours
The things of this world are made better;
One diamond is fine, but a cluster, you know,
Brings out and enhances its glitter!
So here's a long health to the girl and the boy,
And also the same to the mother,
She ought to be proud, for doubly she's bIest,
And envied by many another!
Is for the father, he's too high up for
'ur low-fying muse to reach him, and
o in sober prose we wish him many
Happy returns of the same!
There was ''hot time in the old
own last Friday night, the occasion 4,
'eing Centennial" Ball in the old )
rOntOn House, given by the -Four =
hundred Society" whose members are
omposed largely of the tenants of that
ncient structure. The Ironton House,
4 days gone by, has been the scene of
ONE of the most enjoyable and highly 7
uccessful social occasions the Valley :,
as ever known, and there is scarcely =
n older resident who can't recall \
lany delightful evening spent with =
] the portals of that venerable pile =
hose career is closely interviewer
it'll so many of Ironton's past glories !
or many years, however, the ancient -
.ru ;ture has been deserted for later G
nd more modern temples of amuse-
lent, and in its present dilapidated :
nd neglected condition few of the 9
would recognize the place -
herein they spent so many happy =,
ours a score and more of years ago. ~
later years it has been given oyer -
tenant purposes exclusively. and |
ewcomers to the Valley these days. -
Their white or black, who can't find a -
ONE anywhere else, as a last resort, =.
eek location in one of the many vacant y,
IONS always to be found in the Iron -
n House. This renders the structure -
cosmopolitan sort of a place and under -
cath its hOspitable roof you can often =
Id people of many chimes and sections. -
he neighbors in that part of town say
ey are not the most orderly and
people at times, and oom-
amt is frequently made of some of
cir practices. But of that no more
present. The occasion in hand now
the Grand Centennial Ball. which tV
ok place in the dining room hall last II
'iday evening. Due and timely no. Il
,e had been given, verbal invitations ne
and promiscuously circu- n,
ted, the floor waxed and the tapers %
yhted and burning. The guests ar
ged promptly on time, the musicians tn
ere there in high feather, and, after
e grand march had sounded, partners ",
ere chosen and the dance went gaily In,
{! The attendance wasn't very large, ri1
t what the crowd lacked in numbers
Is more than made up in enthusiasm ri,
d the fun neither Jagged nor halted. ia,
lie musicians took delight in their la
rs and the dancers joyfully followed hi,
cir lead. 1t was indeed "a sound of
VERY by night and had some
-elIer in the Valley of a score of sic
airs ago happened along the street,
2 flashing lights and the strains of ia
ntla MUSIC waited froIaa the ball room r.,
,uld have recalled the days of long
o. And so the dance goes ont The da,
dnight hour approaches. All in the we
Il room is joyous and gay. The inv
ncers have just formed for another nrs
adrille. The prompter gives the
nal and the musicians begin, Rhl.an- pia