Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-15
Before the world not to repent,
And was lost in darkest night.

Before the world not TO repent,
And was lost in darkest night.
In the darkness there were demons
Or perhaps twas in the wine,
Grasping for that silver dollar,
The coin of forty-nine.
All description of vice and crime
Was depicted on their faces;
Rich and poor, and high and low,
Coming forth from every cline;
Representing all the races,
Also every form Of woe.
"Demons! Devils!" cried l then;
sis this punishment of mine,
Or history of money!"
The coin of forty-nine.
Answered not; but oh! such groaning,
Signing, weeping, walls of anguish;
Hell could picture nothing more.
Writing, distant, dismal, moaning
Spirit demons who now languish
On nights gloomy distant shore.
l threw the dollar from me,
Dashed aside the cup of wine;
Turning on the other side
This coin of forty-nine;
And then | heard such music, sweet,
AS l never heard before
May not ever hear again.
Such inward pleasure that does greet
The souls Of men when they no more
Live by vice, or crime, or pain.
Then saw such glowing light
The heavens cannot outshine;
1t encircled the dollar,
The coin OF forty-nine.
Childhood's innocence and pleasure,
In the gay buoyancy of youth;
1t was heavens golden shore
Homes happy Preside treasure
Was the glittering gems of TRUTH
Then the vision was no more.
We note in the dailies that the juice
of a common lemon is a p~anacea to all
the ills that man is heir. Aug. Rieke
has informed the Club that this remedy
with a few drops of old rye added)
has been in universal use in the Valley
for a number of years.
Ed. Allen, the popular Iron Noun
tain brakeman, was recently called
son the carpet" for throwing a lump
of coal at a pe~rtinacious tramp. Ed.
s~trenuously denies the charge of this
willful waste of the company's prop
erty.
A strange character was brought
into Judge Dan'l O'Conell Tracy's
court last week, the officer charging
that he was wandering about in an
aimless manner, apparently lost. The
prisoner drew one of Barney,s ''In-
formation Guides out of his ragged
coat and exclaimed: s'Wwat, lost
with this? Ask men Judge Tracy
declared the prisoner discharged and
reprlmanded the officer for the arrest
Geo. r. Gay and Barney W. Frauen-
thai are on the November term of the
petit jury.
One young lady of the Valley was
greatly disappointed in not receiving
Ia red fox collarette for Christmas.
Recipe. First catch your fox, etc.
A society belle of St. Joe has an in
come of several thousand dollars a
year made with her pen. Believe we
will go into the pork business.
The two minister's daughters had a
scrap at the ''Imp-Peril" a week ago.
Result: One daughter still in town.
One of the |. G. G. correspondents
recently received $40 for an eight line
poem to an eastern magazine. And
then you wonder why the editor of
this paper takes wood On subscription.
j. B. Rutherford, general agent of
the Missouri State Life Insurance
Company, accompanied by two mem
bers of this Club, who are policy
holders, attended the banquet given
by the above company at the Planters
Hotel last Tuesday night. 1t is the
only old line company incorporated
under the laws of this State. The con-
tracts are all registered and bear the
official seal of the State-making them
good as government bonds. Every
Missourian should bear this in mind
when buying life insurance. Addresses
we're delivered by Hon. Judge Shepard
Barclay, ex-Chief Justice Supreme
Court of Missouri, Rev. Williamson,
pastor Of Grand Ave. Baptist Church
of this city, and L. H. Parker. Presi,
dent Parker Shoe Co. of Jefferson City
The banquet was a complete success
in every respect.