Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-26

The courthouse fence, the courthouse fence,
o tear it down, o tear it DOWN.
For where's the man with any sense
That likes this blotch upon the townl
o tear it down and tear it quick!
Let it with other bygones slide!
1t makes aesthetic senses sick
And wounds the county's, city's pridel
o tear it down without delay,
Take up the posts, fill up the holes,
And stack the debris far away
From out the sight of men and moles!
Since all things come and all things go,
And aught of earth abideth never,
This worn-out fence, this ugly show,
1t must not stay to vex %foreverl
Monday night Rob't Farmer, now
located in the old Dipger house, heard
a disturbance in his %hennery. Taking
a lantern he went out to it, but beyond
the fact that the chickens had evil
IDENTIFY been disturbed, he could see
nothing wrong, and returned to the
house. A few minutes later Mr.. Rem
ington, who is lodging with the Par
mers, heard a noise again near the
hennery, and, for luck, fired his "gun"
In that direction. The footsteps of
some person hastily retreating from
the vicinity broke the stiffness Of the
night. Further examination led to the
discovery Of three late occupants of
the roost lying on the outside OF the
fence securely tied ready for trans
portation. Somebody's chicken sup
per was a disappointment.
Ed. Brown, a wandering hawker of
wire coat-hangers, lamp cleaners, and
other works of art, took on an over
load Of benzine last Monday, and when
the sun went down he sought the re-
pose that evening brings to wearied
humanity as well as the brute creation.
But, being a stranger and unacquainted
with the arbitrary rules and regula-
tions that govern this town, he un-
happily chose the sidewalk for his
couch of rest and recuperation. OF
course, that meddlesome marshal must
come along about that time, and dis
turb the dreams of the worker in wire.
The sleeper was rudely awakened and
lodged in the county bastile for the
night. Next day he was dragged be-
fore His Honor ~ the Mayor. That
official ruled that the wanderer needed
a short rest and generously gave him
three days lodging at the public
charge.
Last Saturday night about eleven
o'clock the city marshal ran onto a
crowd of men and boys shooting craps
on an old counter setting out on the
sidewalk north Of Lopez's store. He,
with a deputy, attempted to arrest the
outfit, but several of them got away.
Those he did get were taken to jail
where they remained until Monday,
when they, together with two others
who came and surrendered, we're taken
before Mayor Edgar. He mulcted
Bert Demire, VIM. Spaugh and VIM.
Schleuter in a fine OF S. each, while j..
Lewis, a one-armed man, was let off
with $3-costs being added in all cases,
Of course. These we're paid, and the
offenders went their several way s,
sadier, and, | trust, wiser men. No
matter how much l may condemn
their violation OF the ordinance against
gambling, | cannot but commend the
ready-made fitness of the place chosen
for the game: the counter covered
with slick oil-cloth and the bright
light over it. The ''bones" ratified
without noise and the spots were in.
stantly visible to the naked eye, 'Tis
true the place was rather public-but
the boys have found that out for them
selves.
Following is the programme of the
Pilot Knob school entertainment, tc
be given March 27, 1908:
SoNc-"Japanese Fam" Pupils Room 2
DIALoGUE-"Boys' Rights" Pupils
Room 2.
MISUNDERSTANDING Along" Mil
dred Huff, Susie Middleton, Jessie
Dennison, Edna Barnes.
RECITATION AND SoLo-"Baby," =
Dorothy Blanks.
DIALoGuE-''The New Boy" : Lu1r
Erb, Tom Reagan, Alfred Schwab.
SoNG-"Dairy Maids" Ten Girls
REcIrAr1oNs-"Jack Horner," : Clyd,
Hedgcoth, Willie Schleuter, Morri,
Huff, Jakey Horton.
SOLO, Mildred Huff
GOOD NIGHT" Bertha Strick1in
, Dorothy Blanks, Essie Hart, Bessie
Hart, Irene Reagan, Annie Dennison
May Elliot, Edith Mills.
DIALoGUE-"Three Smart Girls"
Dola Amelung, Louisa Waters, Zoni
+ Middleton, Charley Hart, Florence
Il Middleton, Willie Dennison, Georg,
Henderson, Arthur Wehner, Will,
Hart, John Horton, Roy Hart.
PLAY-"Katie in Goose Land" : Pupil
Rooms and 2.
, SoNG-"Letter Carriers" Boy
Room q.
DIALoGUE-"Pride," Pearl Mills
/ May Elliot.
MISUNDERSTANDING for His Wife,
Essie Yount.
DIALoGUE-"No Peddlers Wanted"
, Joe Efinger, Herbert Kaths, Sainue
, Dennison, Arthur Wehner.
"DELsART CHILDREN" Ten Girls
REc1TATIoN-"Pretty STAR" Dor;
;. Hinsda1e.
REcITATIoN-"Dead Dollie," E1si
, Lueddecke. ,
REcITATIoN-"A Little Child" : Jessi
Pryor.
DIALoeuE-"The Village Lawyer"
/, Willie Wehner, Herbert Kaths
!, Alfred Schwab, Fred Mallow.
Messrs. Roy Snyder and F. w. Patton.
"FLoWER DRILL" If Girls
Ed. johnson, a young man twenty
two years of age who lives with hi
father at Des Arc, had a ''high oil
time" last Friday. Early In the morn
ing he found a quart of whisky ant
imbibed rather freely. Then he foroet
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