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

| ly one hundred. The influx of visitors
the past ten days has been very great
chiefly from the frozen regions of
the north, and the scjourners read
with complacency the accounts of
blizzards dominating the land whence
they have fed. The tail end of the
northern blizzard here dissolves itself
in rain and mist. The mountains are
a-soak and the streams full to their
brims, while the roads. beyond the
pale OF the city's paved avenues, bring
sorrow to the hearts of the liverymen.
A victoria, drag, or a surrey, goes
out clean, light-limbed and glistening,
without speck or spot to mar its glory;
it returns a sight for men and gods.
The erstwhile carefully groomed horses
are all a-muck, the wheels of the ve-
hicle clumsy in their coats of red-and-
yellow clay, and its body ornamented
with plentiful gobs of the same ma
terial. The tourist grumbies, the
driver cusses behind his beard. and
the proprietor apologies for. while he
d-ns, the roads and the weather.
This being St. Patrick's day, the
green borrowed from the refreshing
tint of the ''ould sod' is prevalent.
When We came down to breakfast this
morning the tables presented a cheer
ing and pleasing view. The water
flagons. sugar bowls, pickle-jars and
cream-pitchers were decorated with
be procured, fashioned into elegant
and fantastic designs. The orange
that lay waiting by each plate was
penciled with HiberDian visage, ex-
ecuted with artistic touch, and set off
with green four-in-hand of perfect
tie. All this was the work of the lady
guests, who had tolled at their pleas
ing task close unto the Ginning of the
midnight hour. Later in the day a
letter from Old ireland, containing
supply of shamrocks plucked from the
native sod, was received by a daugh-
ter Of Erin here temporarily located,
and they were by her distributed
among the boarders. A sample ac-
companies this epistle. l was person
ally peculiarly favored by a resident
of this town with silken necktie, the
sheen of whose green is a joy 10 the
eye and glory to the wearer. Ishall
wear it this day, and then put it by
only to see the light Of day as future
anniversaries successively remind me
of the celebration of Ireland's patron
saint in the mountains of Western
North Carolina. The midday meal
was fitted to the occasion, and reflect
ed credit upon the excellent cutSine of
the Swannanoa. The menu was print
ed in green, and other things were
done strictly in accordance with the
day.
Sharing tie interest of the day is the
bett-Fitzsimmons encounter, and
even as l write comes the intelligence
that Fitz is the conqueror, after we'll
fought battle of fourteen rounds. There
are several AshevillIan faces the long
er and purses the lighter because of
the downing of the favorite, and even
among those who had no lucre staked
on the contest the regret is general
that Gentleman Jim should have so
soon crossed the boundary of the cham
piorship. For myself, l have little
sympathy to waste, and don't know
but that civilization would have re-
ceived forward boost if the fight had
rid the world of both principals, with
their hackers, assistants, trainers,
bottle-holders, ETC., good second on
the Avernian descent.
Although this is the Lenten season,
the landlord gave way 20 the urgent
requests of several guests for a dance
i beg pardon! a german is the polite
term here-and last Monday night the
dining-room, having first been cleared
of the tables and other impedimenta,
was filled with gallantry and beauty,
10 say nothing of the colOred fddlers
three comfortably perched in the
northeast corner thereof. The ger
man" here consists principally OF
two-step round dance - generally a
poIka-and being no figures, calling
il dispersed with. The rule here
seems to be that gentleman taxes
partner and keeps her as long as he
can keep another fellow from taking
her from him. IF the first named be
not on his guard, he is liable at any
time to find himself toeing TO the music
with naught in his embrace except the
very thin air which pervades these al
titudes. A young sojourner here,
fresh from the cultured East. found
himself in this undesirable condition
on the night in Question-his partner
having been whisked away from him
in an uuguarded moment = and he
waxed not a little wroth. But ''the
custom OF the country" being pleaded,