Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
IRONTON. JANUARY

deal of liquor, but claimed the selling
was all done in the way of filing pre-
scriptions duly made out by a regula
physician. An examination of a pre-
scrfption hook about yard long AM
flied almost to overlooking, shovel
that every third prescription" wa
made up in words and fgures-excep
the initial name-as follows: ''Johr
Smith, spiritus frumenti, o. S. S. Tt
be taken as directed. Reed. NJ. d.
Now. there's an ideal business firm
for you: Reed the doctor, Clapp the
druggist! The druggists sworn duty
is to faithfully and carefully fill out
the prescription in accordance with
the written instruction of the doctor.
1t world seem to layman that here
was legality clad in armor of proof.
| But my friend of the revenue is what
Sam Weller would call ian inkredu-
lous sort of a chap" and he iEtimated
to the druggist that he might save
himself and the doctor possible annoy
ance by giving up to Uncle Sam a
small portion of the very moderate
profits universally accruing from drug
store sales. To this the man of salts
and senna reluctantly acceded, and he
went to the custom house next day and
took out an ante-dated retail liquor
dealers license for one year, paying
therefor $25, pluS $3.50 as a gratuity
for having so long delayed in the mat
ter. But there's another kink in the
troubles of these truly good men,
harder to undo. When they take out
q. S. license that is prima facie evil
dence that they are in the liquor busi-
ness, and the State denies them, under
heavy penalty, the right to engage in
that business. So they are, in a man.
ner, between the devil and the deep
sea. Here rises a purely legal ques-
ton: Reed is coroner by grace of the
Republican voters of Buncombe; if the
body of his business is killed between
the upper and neither millstones of
Federal and State interference, can he
officially sit on the remainsp But the
lawyers can tackle the problem when
they come to 1t.
l believe that have heretofore ad-
verted to the fact that the population
of Asheville is largely made up OF the
sons and daughters of Ham, and their
presence on the streets is always very
evident. Occasionally you may see
one drunk, but generally they are So
Der; quarreling is not unknown to
them, but good humor is prevalent.
They dress to the top of their financial
ability, and, men aud women alike, as
semble on the street corners; or, as
they meet in passing, they are never
in such haste but that short chat is
admissible. Coming down Haywood
street last Saturday, we passed cou-
pie of females halted in the middle of
the crossing. One of them was a
nurse, middle-aged, plainly dressed,
in charge of baby-buggy, the occu-'
pant asleep. The other was giddy
eighteen, smartly, not to say gorgeous
ly, dressed-prlncipaIl in a pearl
gray cloak, profusely decked out in
passementerIe and other Ornamental
ton. The wearer was very proud of
her upper garment, aud inclined to be
patronizing to her elder neighbor. As
we came up she said, IVY doans you
buy yerself seal-skin cloak, Mrs.
Mahtiu?" .'Me! me wild seal-skin
cloak? Dat would be fine, wouldn't
it? Wy, I'd be like blin' dog in
meat-shop!" A negro man came by
at this moment, and / thought he
would go into eonvulsions. ..He-he-
hei A blin' dog-he! helm a meat
shop! He-he-he! Wot in de worl' has
a dog in meat-shop to do wild seal
skin cloak? Desc town wenches git
pas me, shureI" For myself, thought
the nurses simile was forcible il not
symmetrical.
To-day is beautiful in sunshine, clear
skies and balmy breezes; but we are
promised snow and rain for tomorrow.
Let the change come. for ''Spring
would be but gloomy weather, If we
had nothing else but spring"
E. d. A.