Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24

the following that it may come
under the eyes of Santa Claus. He
will be sure to see it, for he has
been a subscriber to this paper
through all it's thirty-six years:
YELLOW PINE, La.
Dear Santa Udus:-Please bring
a hobby horse and q big red
wagon, a toy train, some A B G
blocks, and a tricycle., an %overcoat,
a collar and necktie. Bring papa
and mamma something nice and
fill my stockings full of bananas
and apples.
AS ever, Your Little Boy,
WALTER JOHNSON.
The butchers have about con-
Guided not to take out city license.
The city authorities have ruled
that a city licence is necessary
only where a man slaughters
meat. That any one has a right
to retail meat not slaughtered in
the city. AS most of the meat sold
by the butchers here is imported
from st. Louis they do not see the
wisdom of renewing license and
will probably refuse to do So.
Some of the butchers, however,
are in favor of increasing the
license from $40 to S25 per annum,
and not allowing anyone to sell
fresh meat with out a license there
for.
An editor stood at the pearly
gate with all his sins and patches;
not long did he have to tarry and
wait, till they gave him a handful
of matches, and tapped a big bell
that was answered in-well, the
place of the sulphur's crater; and
and he soon found himself in it;
the fast going elevator. They
landed him straightway in furnace
IS, alongside of a political briber.
When 10, through a halo of fire
and birthstone, he saw an old de-
linquent subscriber. And | would
his subscribers face | could show
you, as,his embarrassment he tried
to hide, a huge cart drew to his
side, saying, here editor, is that
wood | owe you.-Er.
The meeting of the Horticultural
Association on last Thursday was
a success, and promises a future of
more than ordinary interest. The
subject of ruit-growing in general
was touched upon by all Of
the speakers, and by experts in
that line, strawberries, grapes and
peaches being enlarged upon.
Those who missed the meeting
have reason for regret. Several
parties accompanying the speakers
are so much interested in the pros
pective future of this neighborhood
that they propose to buy land and
set out fruits of various kinds.
Prof. Howard, of the Columbia
University, Mr.. Meyers, Mr.. Wall
lis and Mr.. S. R.. Young were the
speakers.
The following order has been
issued by the vigilance com-
mittee'''of Hoxie, Ark: "Notico
to hoboes, tramps, buns, thieves,
thugs and Weary Willies. Don't
let the sun set on you in Hoxie.
If you do, what the vigilance COM
mittee will do for you will be a
plenty. Some of you will think
that your time has come. Don't
let night catch you here, if you do
you will find a rough house before
morning. Build no camp-fires.
Keep out of the waiting rooms.
Stay OFF the railroad platforms.
Stay away from Hoxie and tell
your fellow travellers to do like
wise. Heed this advice else the
committee will attend to you with
n~eatness and dispatch"
A Baptist brother from Iron
county was in attendance on an
association in a neighboring coun-
ty a short time since, and in the
course of the proceedings it was
proposed to sell some property
under the control of the Associa-
ton at a stated price. When it
came his time to speak the brother
from Iron county got up and said
he was opposed to the sale Of the
property at the figures named.
"Why," said he, elf a climax was
to sweep over this country to-mor-
row and level all the buildings to
the ground, the property would
still be worth more than the price
named" This is the story told by
another brother from Iron county
who was in attendance, and he says
that ''a climax" came very near
sweeping over the congregation
right then and there. q
Prosecuting Attorney Van Mort
last Thursday notified the cigar
dealers in town, who have slot
machines, that the practice of a
bunch of fellows getting together
and whirling the machine to see
who should get all the cigars put
up, would have to stop. The
Prosecuting Attorney said there
was 40 objection to the use of the
machine as originally intended
that of letting a, man drop his
nickel in the slot and taking one,
two or three cigars as the number
indicated - but the practice of
piling a number of cigars on top
and the "high'' man taking them
all, would have to be abandoned.
The dealers all acquiesced and the
cigar game is now a thing OF the
past. Mr.. Van Mort says that COM
plant came to him from various
sources in regard to the matter.
There are some people, you know,
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