Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-30

s.Know ye, oh Sheik. father o: all
wisdom. thou whose flowing beard
tickeleth the sand as thou walkest;
| that I, president of the Iron County
| Club, only recently betook myself on a
journey to visit my OWE people, they
who dwelleth within the beautiful Val
ley, where the frightening shadows oil
the Ozarks tell at eve of each depart
ing day. Know We also. that while
sojourned with my tribe. 10, there
came 10 mine ears, strains of sweet
music. drawn from c~uri0usly wrought
instruments in the hands of talented
musicians. Ell lake, Pasha August
reike, Hurmand Avis, and Pasha Fish
err; and 10 mighty Sheik, these digni-
taries had come to visit me-even unto
the door of my tent, and did leave
their good wishes for the band of Ish-
maelites, which bear the cabalistic
| cognomen I. G. c." .sAh Sheik," con-
tinued the president; ssThou should'st
have been nightly reioiced." Where
upon the Sheik's anger was appeased
and his whiskers assumed their normal
position, he resumed his comfortable
reclining posture among the cushions
repeating to himself these lines:
ssYou may be an ardent worker,
But no matter what you do,
Always watch the other fellow,
For he may be working you.
Don't take any undue chances,
Always to yourself be true;
Work your neigbor on the quiet,
While he thinks he's working YOUR
While the Iron County Club as a
body did not not agree with the Sheik's
sentiment on this subject, still the
Sheik is expected to say something,
but like his Oriental contemporary,
Omar Khayyam, when he drops into
verse, his u~tterances are at times
s~pynx-like. especially when he makes
connection with his instrument, known
Is the hookah.
Our president reports that he was
beautifully serensded by that delight
full organization, The Budweiser Band,
and he wishes 1t known that the strains
from their instruments were to his
ears, sweeter than those of the famous
Sousa Band; for he felt it was a testi-
monial given him by those whom be
had known and who had known him
throughout many years. The old tunes
of long ago made each young heart
throb lighter, and feet that had only
started on life's journey kept rhymical
time with the dulcet strains. Some
times you could see a tear in the older
eyes, at the melodies that had been
awaked out of the chaos of the past
how others had listened 10 these very
notes-how others had listened to
these very notes, whose hearts were
as gay and feet as light, whose eyes
shone as brightly as these who now
kept time t each ~tuneful note. These
pleasant associations will be memories
when things of probably far greater
Importance in the conduct of this
worlds affairs will be forgotten.
SHIEK HAvsUM GINNFIzz.
Fl. w. Brannock, the well known
portrait painter from 9th avenue, New
York, has located in our city, with
headquarters at the Studio Grand. He
was a guest of the Club Saturday even
ing, and will place some of his pic
lures with US for exhibition. Mr..
Brannock's work can be seen in the
windows of the Shattinger Music Com
pany, on 10th and Olive streets.
Phil. Walter, Secretary of the Iron
County Club leaves on June the 1st for
Texas, where he has ac-
cepted a position in the Secretary's
Office of the NJ. K. & 7. railroad. This
will create a vacancy in the office of
Secretary and a special meeting
will be held next month to fill same. |
Messrs. Brannock and Pullium have
announced their candidacy and there
are several members to be heard from. |
wish Mr. Walter success in his
new position and know he will give
complete satisfaction to his firm.
Pat Tierney, of East st. Louis, ILL.,,
is dangerously i'll at st. Johns Hos
pital.
Mike McGrath. of Graniteville, and
best girl were seen at Delmar Garden
Thursday evening. Mike spent all day
visiting the wholesale houses, |
and purchased a fine line of goods for
his new store.
Thomas Mcclure the accommodate
ing passenger conductor has just re-
turned from jefferson City. Tom is
aide-de-camp with title of Colonel on
the Governors Staff of the National
Guards of Missouri.
Sam. Ryan is attending the biennial
convention OF the order o. railway con-
ductors at st. Paul MINI.
Conductor Tom Davenport looked
after the welfare of the tourists who
the Valley last Sunday.
j. B. Terry, formerly of our enter
tainment committee and proprietor OF
the minstrel" on 9th street, is now
q cafe at New Madrid.
is a clever host and will make
where ever he goes.
We are glad to state that DR.. Fred
has greatly improved and
is now on the rapid road to recovery.
His father, VIM. Trauernicht, of Mid
dlebrook visited him last week, and
also dropped in to shake hands with
the Club boys. /. G. G.
Fought for His Life.
ttMy father and sister both died of
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