Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-04

.inconprehensible to the modern idea
Of comfort and sanitation Sholld
they be closely built up-And this Is
BIZ no means improbable-shere will
be woful lack of air and sunlight 70
the future denizen- We mention this
fault in the planning Of the city, not
TO carp or in splenetic criticism. ouf
because II seems strange to rs that
s.leading men" so often refuse TO learn
from the dear-bought lessons OF expe-
rieDce- We lodged that night with c
". Tetwiler, whose residence Is lar
ont from the courthouse. and made .
trip successfully because he having
met Is 81 the station, Was pilot On
erwise- the nearest hotel would have
been our lot until succeeding daylight
had conc, with mayhsp 3 small boy TO
direct. Next morning the rain hao
taken renewed energy and 3 fresh
start, and pretty much sl day II came
down apd down and down with q per
s~istence worthy the historic food, but
the people were not disnayed; no
doubt their righteousness was & uck
Ter and q shield Il fear. and al ark Of
/ safety far superior TO Noah's old time
wooden structure. Nevertheless and
Notwithstanding the wetoess and the
mud and the slippery crossings We
took in the towD-that is, the business
portion-that day. And the business
part Is business al yer stores that
rival in diversity and extent those per
tanning to cities Of the first class; Jew
elry stores, music stores, drug stores
- -,11--r- hotels a@faz and ne Kzy12%
up-to-date and busy The three
newspapers are in step with the town
OF course We visited them and intruded
rot 8 little On the pressing time OF
Bros. Trouley snd Berner- The third,
being on around OF business, escaped
our infection. The manufactures We
have spoken OF before; but there Is 3
new one. devoted exclusively TO
punp rods for oil wells, and It l.
said to have all that it can do 10 supply
the demand. Though the weather WIS
untoward, time did not lag with Us
Indeed, 10 irontopian need keep 10
himself o be lonesome in Poplar
Bluff: II IS largely made up OF former
Vallegians, and they are ali admirers
| Of their adopted city. To enuDerAte
/ ElSO WOL4A OC OA(A -AhO OSCs--5 A
assessment book. White and black,
they have found lodgnent and work &c
do in the rapidly growing town In
the evening We Witnessed the produc'
ton Of White Robes" by local talent
It Is a splendid play and was ueritori
ously rendered. The weather va;
niserably inclenent and the elegant
opera house in consequence showed {
danpening array Of empty benches
but the ardor Of the participants Wa
not oueuched, nor their faith weakened
as to the ultimate success Of the play
II will be reproduced st no distant d.!
IN more settled weather. Next morn
: ling Nature seemed TO have recovered
from her melting mood and smiled &C
: casionslly with q ray of stray sunshine
and We regretted the previous night
determination TO return home with tn
first train, but stuck TO the self-ap
pointed programme. So when No. D:
left the town it carried the person o
yours truly with it. The way was IN
expectedly made pleasant in that
young lady Of the Valley was also
= passenger, though just the effect o
? the chance travelling conpanionshil
i, upon her IL more uncertain We Wer'
concerned to hear her complain OF
headache before the train pulled int
D Arcadia No doubt it wRs caused ..
the rattle Of the cars, and how fortu
: nate that 8 sedate, elderly personag
l wss By her side 10 ward Of the atten
tions OF a certain young gentleman WI
might have talked her into e fever
/ How oft do blessings come by chanc