The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-05-10

w ultS river Ii D 0OVerl&u cure 1Or
most of the maladies of the fretfnl
mind, and has in it spell that will
bring back him who has once tasted
Of its pure and limped depths. The
noble river 10, indeed, the grandest
feature of the county, source of
perpetual delight alike to the stran-
ger and the native. It meanders in
and out in q thousand delightful
bends and turns, as surprising and
mysterious as the river Of q dream,
and forever chants it's mystic lullaby
of peace and rest as it hastens to the
sea. Ofttimcs in Taney county II
would seem as if all life were set and
attuned to the grand old rivers sad.
sweet music, and men were reconcil-
ed to the chance and change of all
things human by the burden Of the
song that the stream never grows
weary of singing. Through mighty
granite walls, clad with perpetual
verdure Of the pine and cedar and
tor seven or eight months OF the
year with the ever present oak and
shining sycamore, tho splendid river
of the great Southwest murmurs its
sweet refrain, and the dullest ear
catches something of the melody
that is half benedicti0n aud half .
promise. "And the world went well
with ihem," says Walter Besant, and
indeed it does. Why boast of tho
castled Rhine and Danube old, on
whose storied banks grim fortresses
tell thousand tales Of ancient wrong
aud woe, when right ut our doors 10
stream that in natural beauty yields
to neither Of them, aud only lacks
historical associations because our
country is yet young and her annals
unslained by the thousands Of crimes
aud tragedies that make Europe
what it is, a temple of art and civili-
zation aud at tho same time the
graveyard Of dead nations aud long
buried hopes.
Forsyth, the county seat of fancy
county, is built where the Swan
empties into White river. aud ia tho
most picturesque town in Missouri.
1t is over sixty years old, aud is
larger aud handsomer today than it
has been at any previous time since
the latter ffties. War wasted it. and
fire and cannon-shot searched out fts
weak places iu the DAYS of the great
conflict, but the healing hand of time
has at last restored full measure of
prosperity. The town that Gen. 10
O. Shelby fell upon with torch and
sword and revolver lived to see that
same General Shelby gallant and
kind old JOY come back after more
than thirty years, in the winter OF
1897, a. the representative Of tho ma
iesty and executive power Of the
United States, and if he was more
| welcome the Aecond time than tho
| first, it was not forgotten that he was
= brave, true man first and last. fol-
lowing always the csll of honor and
tho dictates of bis own conscience.
Tho vicissitudes of Forsytl,'s fortunes
are well illustrated by 10 Shclby's
two trips, but now tho little town
is again forging to- the front. and is
| as Indifferent 10 the fate of the tim
ber-cuttcr and the raftor Of cedar logs
as to the memories of the civil war.
In growing prosperous, however, it
has not grown dull nor commons
place. aud the Springfield lawyer
who loves to fish uuder the gentle
guidance Of Uncle John Ilnsabeck
need not tear thai u king has arisen
| In Eyypi wi,0 : iI>,,vs 49,. -..--~r- 80:
his brethren. The spirit is the old
spirit of tpviaity asad comraGsshiP,
aid cosmopolitan Forsyth, the New
FORK of villages, has never descended
| 10 the Nttleness Of . Parkharst cru
SADIE. The fishenmAn with, whom
I White river water does aot agree
| need not grow thirsty, aud there is a
kick yet in the bind legs OF that fs-
nous whitc mule immortalized by
Judge Charley Evans in 1894. The
fudge discharged q free-borD citizen