Iron County register., 1900-06-14


Louis were in Centreville this week
representing the Bell Telephone com.
pany. They were here, we under.
stand, looking over the route between
this place and Sabula. II our people
give these gentlemen the proper en-
couragement we can secure line from
this place to the railroad. A line from
here to the railroad is badly needed.
1t would place us in direct communica-
ton with the whole world. Let's en-
courage those gentlemen and secure
the line il possible. Reynolds Outlook.
DIED-At his residence in Ironton,
Mo-, on Friday, June 8th, 1900. at
o:20 P. NJ, G. b. Nall, aged II years,
3 months and 3 days. The deceased
had been a resident of Ironton for
many, many years. He was an up
right man and citizen, and his virtues
can be attested to by a legion of ad-
mirers. To the 5ereaved widow and
family the REGISTER tenders assurance
of most profound sympathy. The re-
mains were taken to Caledonia Sunday
and inferred from the M. E. Church
there at noon that day. Peace to his
ashes!
Last Sunday morning about twenty
neighbors and friends followed the re-
mains of. the late G. B. Nall to their
final resting-place in the old cemetery
beyond Caledonia. The day was
bright with sunshine and the heat op-
pressive in the sultriness which pre-
sages rain. The roads this side of and
through Belleview are good, but be-
yond there rough and hilly until with
In the vicinity OF Caledonia. The cor
tege started from Ironton at 7:30 and
consumed about tour hours in com pass
ing the eighteen miles that interviewed.
Shortly before II o'clock we drove in
to the quiet village, doubly peaceful in
the rest of Sabbath. At the portals of
the church we were met by a large
concourse of citizens, at whose head
appeared the venerable figure of that
Father in Israel, Rev. j. e. Bergman,
prominent in the annals of the NJ. E.
Church in Missouri for nearly three
fourths of century. Although In his
ninety-irst year, the vigor of his mind
seems unimpaired. and, while physic-
ally weakened by time. the indomita
table spirit of yore still abides with
him. The church building into which
the solemn procession was ushered is
severely plain but commodious; no
pews, vain in the
richness of their furnishings, but plain
substantial benches. No parti-colored
light filters through figured windows,
and the bare floor gives ready response
to the tread of the worshippers. In its
it impresses one with the
gravity of life and turns his thoughts
inward. The services conducted by
the venerable pastor accorded with
the primitive surroundings. An ear
nest, hopeful prayer succeeded the
hymn. "Jesus, lover of my SOUL" then
the assistant-for age has taken from
tho patriarch his vision-read from the
gospel of St. John the bond of promise
to the faithful. This was followed by
a short address-not perfunctory in this
misunderstanding the virtues of him
who now lay in the silence of death
before the congregation, and empha-
sizing the loving-kindness of the Father
for erriug but repentant humanity.
These remarks were so voiced that the
quiet tones were plainly distinguished
in every part of the building, and the
chlldlike faith which beamed from the
yet massive features of the preacher
was indeed impressive. There was no
trembling in his articulation, and the
ecstatic fervor which accompanied his
loving rendering of the lines of the
hymn showed his utter confidence in
the beyond which follows the change
which in the course of nature he soon
must know. Another prayer, and |
thence to the cemetery, mile farther
on, where they placed, alongside the
bones of his kindred, the body of the
deceased. This last duty performed,
we wandered among the graves that
mark the passing of half a century in
this vicinity. We note with regret
the apparent neglect which has per-
mitted this sacred abode of the dead |
to be in many places overgrown and
in vine and weed and under
growth, The cemetery is we'll located
upon a pleasant elevation, and needs
only moderate care to make it credit
able to the community. Before return
ing home, the party stopped at Gale
donia and partook of dinner, provided
by the good people of that town, whose
good fortune in being beyond the hurly-
burly of the world, one cannot help
envying. Misunderstanding engines do
not shrek discord into the morning
sermon or interrupt the quietude of
evening; tramps are unknown, and a |
hundred other ills peculiar to steam
and electricity abide not. Let the
good people of this village, longing for
the things they are sequestered from,
put on content: recompense is every
where. About P. NJ, heartily thank |
ing Mr.. McSpaden and his amiable |
we bade adieu, and home |
ward pursued our way. There are
some delightful and fertile valleys |
along the route between Ironton and |
and everything bears the |
air of thrift and content. Fields of
flowing grain nearly ready for the
reaper. corn bravely putting forth its |
rapid growth and meadows richly ver-
daDt-these things give one reliance on |
the present and hope for the future. |
All other occupations have demanded |
and received aid from the strong arm
of government; agriculture sturdily |
bears the'r burdens and r anfully works |
out it's own salvation. There is no
the far-iamed Belleview valley, and
as we coursed its length and viewed |
its breadth we found good cause for