Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-18
st. Louis Letter.
EDITED BY ]. w. JAQU1TH & CO.

EDITED BY j. w. JAQUITH & CO.
The Iron County Club Is in receipt
of very curious epistle which we run
in full:
Some Clubs are trumps, and some are fakes;
The fact is proven; of truth it makes
Us quake at all this 1. c. C. bluff,
And almost would we cry, Enough! enough!
But, then, lovers of fiction find
That plain, dull facts; but deaden the mind
So go ahead, boys, with all your varnish,
We hope in the end you will not tarnish.
We are sure the 1. c. C. deserves place
In the foremost rank of this Worlds Fair
pace,
And that you'll be there we have no doubt,
Unless in the meantime you izzled out.
INCoGNITo.
At first glance it seems to be alleged
poetry. We were willing to grsnt this
before reading it. Then it dwindled
into alleged rhyme-but no, it could
not be intended for that, for the meter
drags along with hop skip and jump
like the uncertain meanderings of a
stringhalted horse on a rocky road.
So the question arises: what is it? II
must be blank verse; decidedly blank.
And again-who wrote it? Some one
who was ashamed of it evidently, for
the name "1ncognito" is signed. We
are glad the name is kept secret for
we do not want to know the perpetra-
tor of such an outrage. Is the author
(or inventer) of this man or a woman?
II he is man he must be a Spaniard,
or some other disreputable character,
for the name "Incognito" smacks of the
late unpleasantness with Spain. If it
is a woman we want to know what she
was doing out at one o'clock A. NJ, for
that is the mailing hour registered on
the envelope.
Now let US look at the sentiment of
this what-do-you-call-it.
In the first line, s'Some clubs are
trumps"-now that shows the writer
to be a gambler, or at least card
player. The continuation of the line,
land some are fakes" shows the indi-
vidual to be addicted to the use of
slang-very bad taste, if it is lady.
| II it is a man it shows weakness of in
| tellect, and the writer should take a
cook spring tonic.
The fact is proven; of truth it
makes US quake at all this /. G. G..
bluff, and almost would we cry, enough!
enoughi"
Now just look at that. Is it not
magnificent? Is it not grand? Notice
the meter, and the sentiment!
Let US not waste any more time on
this. Life is too short.
The remainder of the SIT" shows oc-
casiona1 CLEANS of almost human intel
ligence. But the leading paragraph
Ugh! SHEIK HAysUM GINFIZz.
n. A. Motley, the only Republican
| Congressman ever elected from the
14th district. is now the editor of the
Bloomfield Courier. As we understand
the word .courier," is some one that
travels extensively and carries some
thing of Importance with him. Under
Dolly's management we are satisfied
that the Courier will travel far and
carry much influence with it. Wish
we had your job.
In recognition OF the influence WELD
ed by the Iron County Club several
mem bers of the Merchants Exchange
have asked US to do what we could to-
wards the securing the retention of the
Mississippi River Headquarters In st.
Souls, While the [. G. G. knows as
we'll as any one that we are only one
of many clubs In a great city, it affords
as much qualification to find that we
are recognized by such bodies as the
| Merchants Exchange OF st. Louis and
that our influence, small as it is, is yet
large enough to be sought after, by
such representative men.
Judge VIM. Carter. of Pennington,
Mo-, one OF the we'll known legal lights
of st. Francois county, was in the city
this week on business connected with
his profession.
Our news gathering bug while flying
| up the Mississippi. river, passed over
Riverside, and noted that the palatial
country seat of Supt- Parsons. OF the
Mississippi River & Bonne Terre 4. K.
was the recipient of the visit from Miss
Bowman, a charming young lady who