Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The letters of Frank Carpenter, ap
pearing in some of the leading papers
have been enjoyed by the reading pub
lie throughout the broad land, and the
value of these sketches as supplement-
al to the study of geography has been
proven by the number of copies oi
North America" and .'Asia" now in
use in the schools. The book, ..South
America, is now in print and we are
indebted to the American Book Com
pany for copy thereof. One touring
with Carpenter, views many places not
visited by the geographer, and finds
all his productions most interesting
indeed. The descriptions are vivid
and exact and have the merit, not Of
ten found in books, of originality.
G. a. Atwood, editor of the South
aceSt, published at Springfield, Mo-,
was among the visitors to the Valley
on the occasion of the meeting of hor-
ticulturists here in January. Follow
ing are some of the items appearing in
the Southwest in reference to the visit
of the editor: ''Arriging at Arcadia
Friday morning a hearty welcome
awaited our party from Mrs. Helen
O'BrIen, the landlady of the hotel.
which comes as near being home to
| travellers as can be found. The beauty
of the country here charms every Wis
itor. Happy should be the residents
of Arcadia, Ironton and the historic
country about these beautiful villages.
Irontou, the county seat of Iron cOun-
ty, is less than mile distant from Ar
cadia. The meeting was held there,
in the courthouse. The attendance
was good and, as at other places, we
found enthusiastic horticulturists here.
The meeting was presided over by w.
w. Haywood, G. S. Russell, secretary.
The speakers gave their best efforts to
their respective subjects. Music and
recitation added to the pleasure of the
meeting. Miss Julia Andrews gave a
beautiful vocal solo and kindly re-
sponded to the encore. Mrs. j. A.
Markham rendered a recitation that
did justice to its author, and Mr..
Markham gave a brief but pointed Sc
lection"
The REGISTER acknowledges pleas
ant call Monday afternoon from VIM.
Steffens, the genial and popular cater
er of Graniteville. Mr.. Steffens is
always entertaining and on this occa-
sion told US pretty good joke on Mr.
A. Rieke. the local agent for the famous
Anheuser-Busch Brewery. AS the
story goes not many weeks since one
of those most abominable o. all nuisan-
ces, book agent, visited Granitevllle.
While there he called on friend Stef-
fens, and about the time he was get
ting ready to take his departure, asked
Mr.. S. if he could furnish him the
names of some people in Ironton to
whom he could sell some books. Mr..
5. complied with the request, and
among other names he mentioned was
that of Mr.. Rieke. The following
morning the stranger called on Mr.
Rieke at his place of business across
or two, said '.Mr. Rieke, | want to sell
you Shakespeare. "'Jake's beer" said
Mr.. R., what do l want with Jake's
beer? l am agent for the great and
only Anheuser-Busch beer. No l don't
want any Jake's beer" but you
don't understand me' protested the
book agent, don't want to sell you
any beer. | want to sell you book
'sAh book beer is it?" said Mr.. r.
'.Well, 1 don't want any book beer.
either. We never sell that In the
country save in the early spring. Good
day, sir, | don't want anything you
have to SELL" Even the book agent
gave up the struggle and modestly,
submissively and meekly retired.