Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-17
IRONTON MO. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER IT 1898.
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did force myself 10 eat. After which

felt little rested.
When / asked the owner of the mill
for posts he said, 1--WE have no posts,
and there are none in this part of the
woods that know of. But you can
ask the men, One man said. There
are some men living up the barren
hollow that have lots of cedar posts. y
When he said that my heart fairly
stood still. for would have to go back
over the same road for five or six
miles. just felt sick, but then | said,
20. well, it's only one mud hole at
time.''
Well, while we sat resting we saw
soldier coming towards US. They all
sprang up and said, ..there are our
soldiers coming" When he came with
one or two others such a greeting, an
was introduced to him. When told
| him | had two grandsons at Ponce,
Porto Rico, in the 18th u. S. Infantry,
he said, q am at Santiago in the 10Th
q. S. Infantry" I just told him /
loved all of the soldier boys, and want
ed to go myself, but you know they
won't take such old fellows as | am.
After talking with him awhile, and was
time for the whistle to blow / started
on my return trip. But some how the
road did not seem so long or the mud
holes so deep as | passed on my way
back. / guess it's because / had got
used to them. There is great deal
in being used to a thing. On my way
back I took time to make one or two
calls, where 1 had invitations to stop
and spend the night. But / said,
..business before pleasure" When,
at last, reached the place / was to
find the posts, or rather the men that
had the posts. found one of the men
and his wife working. In the garden.
setting out winter onions. As soon as
they saw me they came and such
kind reception it rested me. But they
said as they helped me to the house,
s.now you are very tired and we have
a little more to do in the garden. you
lie down and take nap while we fin
ish." And do you have any idea how
good that soft bed felt to my tired
body. And how comfortable felt to
stretch out and rest; and do you know
how good supper tasted as sat at the
table, surrounded by the parents and |
half dozen young folks, scholars at
SCHOOL,
For what was in my early hunting |
days, wild, barren hollow, now in |
beautiful farms, with a good school |
house well filled with good looking |
boys and girls and nice looking !
young lady for schoolmarm. o. my; |
I can't realize that this is the same
place saw on my first trip in one of
my hunts, when | saw the whole val |
ley white with strawberry blossoms.
What changes time will make! And |
as sat at that table loaded with all |
the good things good wife and moth
er can get to please the appetite. That
night after supper | was aked to read,
but was so fatigued, | begged them
to excuse me for this one time. just
before bed time here came two young
men of the family. They had been
out from a hunt with the dogs and had
caught two big fat 'possums and two
or three rabbits. l tell you, Mr.. Edl-
tor, it rested me more than you can
think to see and be where it's possible
to hunt as we did in the old days of
long ago.
Next morning, after a good break
fast and the good-byes we said, start
ed for home. As drove along / met
the schoolman and groups of children
on their way to school. On my way
home called at a number of places
and had pleasant visits and received
kind invitations to remain awhile, but |
as / had to go home and report, as
Charley must return to his home in |
the city, could not stop long at a |
place. But, after a long and rough |
drive, at last reached home, so tired
and sore from head to foot, which took
me whole week to feel like myself |
again.
Now, the question is. .'Who is to
blame for such bad roads, and what is
the remedyP" 7. Z. r.
P. S. To keep old John at work on
the road, my. L. p. r.