Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-26

works. There's a good deal to do, and
but a limited time to do it in. Yes,
and there's that blamed old courthouse
Tense, too!
And still the Stacking, tumbledown
fence fingers to vex the eye that casts
a glance over the courthouse premises.
Why not tear it down and put 1t out OF
sightp The question of what kind Of
a fence, If any, is to replace it may
then be more deliberately considered.
But tho thing now 10 to do away with
the unsightly old.
The choir of st. Paul's church, as
sisted by their friends, will give an
entertainment about Easter-time, the
chief feature OF which is an operetta
entitled Golden Hair and the Three
Bears" The play is good and the
music very bright and attractive, and,
together with the other productions,
will furnish forth an evening of are
enjoyment.
The late freeze brought, no crop to
the ice a Mr.. Johnson's pond was
frozen over to the depth of four or
Eve inches, but the ice was so rotten
and held so much snow through it
that it wouldn't bear the weight of the
cutters. 1t is too bad that we had to
endure that 8-below weather and no
good to come OF it! Ice will be ice
next summer.
Our Lance correspondent furnishes
us the following item: Mr.. Evan
Brown and family come near getting
drowned last week in the ST.. Francois
river at this place. They were cross
ing when the wagon turned over,
throwing them out into the water; both
horses were drowned. Mr.. Brown
and family got out after q narrow
escape. - FrederTcktown Democrat
NeWs.,
Mr.. Louis Miller has contracted to
build a $12, 900 log cabin at Sligo for
Mr.. E. Goltra, President Of the Ameri-
can Steel Association and the Sligo
Furnace Company. The building when
completed will be n Of the finest in
Southern Missouri, containing all the
modern conveniences and comforts.
Mr.. Miller will begin work on 1t at an
early day.
DR.. A. D. Ball, presiding elder, will
hold the Fourth Quarterly Conference
in the M. E. Church Sunday evening,
March /, at 1880 o'clock, and Monday
evening at the same hour. After the
sermon Sunday evening the commun-
ion service will be held, and follow
ing the Monday evening service, will
be the business session. All invited.
A. D. BURREss, Pastor.
1t Ia estimated that a good fence
around the courthouse yard would cost
not less than a thousand dollars. Isn't
this, alone, considerable tribute to pay
to ''the poor mans cow" Yet is not
a drop in the bucket compared to the
amount expended to protect private
property against her foragings. There
is no good reason against a stock law;
there are many reasons for its
enactment.
MARR1ED-lronton, Mo-, Sunday,
February %, 1908, by Rev. Geo. Steel,
at his residence, Mr.. Lee E. Layne
and Miss Louvinia Dinkins-all OF
Piedmont, Mo. The couple were at
tended by the. BRIDES brother, and
Miss Nettie Beard, formerly of Ironton.
The bridal party returned to Piedmont
that evening, where the groom has
charge of the McSpadden mercantile
establishment.
Apples of small size and by nc
means select are being sold here al
one cent apiece. Isn't this a pretty
good plea for the planting of orchards
and the raising of fruitsp 1t ia 6
shame that no more attention has beer
paid to their culture, for the natura
advantages of climate and soil here are
excellent. In spring every hill and
mountain ought to be decked in peach
and apple blooms.
From a selfish point Of view there il
perhaps some excuse for the detestet
cow-bell: it advises the owner of thu
animal of her whereabouts, and saveI
his legs and shoe-leather to an extern
that he thinks justifes the annoyance
1t puts upon his neighbors. But
really would like to know what earthly
or unearthly good results from those
jangling bells that some drivers string
on their horses. "The music of the
bells' is sung by the poets, l know
but so few of US are poets!
Mr.. Louis Miller contributes al
article on the county road question
which will repay careful perusal. Th'
one thing wrong in the present mode
of working highways is its poo
system-or, rather, its having nj
system whatever. 1t Is hap hazard
to a great extent, and the abuses ar
such that it ia a wonder that tn
patient public has so long endured it
l hope, however, that a new day !
dawning and the full light Of common
sense may yet shed its rays upon tn
subject. How future generations will
laugh at the clumsy efforts of tn
present day!
The new addition to the publ
school library makes it assume some
thing like decent proportions. 1t cor
tains something over three hundre'
volumes and cover a field that vii
satisfy the widest dream of any boy
be he Crusoe, CULVER or Capital
Memo. The sweet singers are there
the myths are there; there is romano
there is fiction; history Is there, a
are the lives Of our great. Burrough
and Thoreau, with their sweet talk
on nature, are here present. Fror
Mother Goose to the Master, tn