Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-30
NTON. MO, THURSDAY. MAY :
which Grant drank, the inscription on

which is:
Water. angel guarded; blest OF
Heaven. Thither an embryo hero
came. He drank, departed, conquered"
Both the statue and tablet are on the
private grounds of Judge Emerson,
who has surrounded the whole with
beautiful park, with lovely lake in
the center. A spring in this park forms
a basin in which live mountain trout.
Here are also two cannon, first used
in action at Shiloh; taken by Confeder-
ates, recaptured by Grant at Vicks-
burg; after serving IN other important
engagements they went with Sherman's
army to the sea, thence to Washington.
This park is always open to the pub
lie. Mrs. Grant visits this spot every
few years. On her last visit she was
accompanied by Col Fred and family.
Getting back to every day life, we
find there is an active demand at home
for more fruit. Most of the fruit rails
ed now is apples and small fruit,
though a few miles south, on what Is
known as Marble Creek, many peaches
are grown, and we are told they are
fine and large as grown anywhere.
All these hillsides and tops of hills
are especially suitable for growing of
peaches and we do not hesitate to say
that he who plants peach orchard
here will not only reap a substantial
benefit, but have the most attractive
home surroundings to be found.
Quite good deal of interest is
shown in the subject of fruit growing,
also raising of poultry products. an in
dustry that can be engaged in with al
most absolute certainty of success.
Some new orchards are being planted
and quite large acreage of small
fruits of various kinds will be planted
this spring.
Peach growing seems to have had
to understand the advantages of this
vicinity, with its high lying plateaus,
its red clay soil, and special advantages
of marketing both at home and in st.
Louis.
A number of St. Louis people have
already chosen this for their Summer
homes, and several beautiful modern
houses have been built. Others have
bought favorable building locations and
will improve them at once.
G.. N. Jones, q retired capitalist, has
purchased 25 acres of Valley land and
is building a beautiful home. Build
ingss will cost 500, 1000.
Among the many beautiful home
residences we noticed DIR. Farrar's,
with its broad porches, and grounds
filled with fruits and shrubs.
The fine park of w. H. Thomson at
Arcadia, in which he has built beau
tiful villa, that they occupy during the
summer. is very noticeable.
General Turner of St. Louis has a
most picturesque summer home near
Lewis mountain.
Judge Langdon has made his sum-
mer home here for more than twenty
years.
His beautiful home is surrounded by
extensive grounds, planted to shade
trees and flowers with little lakelets
here and there. from which the waters
form a cascade as they pour over the
wall by the roadside.
1t was pleasure to meet the genial
editor of the REGISTER, Mr.. E. D.
AXE. Some years ago we heard Mr..
AXE named as the most able editor oi
a county paper in the state; besides
that we found him genial gentleman,
closely identified with the history o
his town and a musician of merit as
well.
His home is a graceful, elegant
Il
structure, and yard planted with trees
and flowers.
Some choice pieces of land for res
licences are selling at one hundred dol
lars per acre and yet good fruit lant
with desirable building places can be
| purchased as low as five dollars pei
acre within one and two miles of town
We were shown one piece of land some
thing over 800 acres, ] believe, tha
could be purchased for i've dollars pc
acre, one and one-quarter miles from
town. The land was fenced, vel
watered and mostly cleared. This wa
hill land and was ideal for peach grow
ing.
Another smaller piece about sam
distance from town was in the marke
for six dollars per acre. This was
! side hill farm, not steep, and all coul'
be put into orchards.
From ten to twenty dollars per acr
will buy small Valley farms with i'm
J provements and only short distanc
from railroad station.
In March a horticultural meetini
was held here and an exceedingly in