Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21

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a crop on the trees, while many
orchards are almost destitute of
fruit. "This dropping" says DR..
Written, ''has been caused by a
kind of fungus growth not I'M
common, but usually doing little
harm. This year, however, the
wet weather has augmented its
growth and this has done the dam
age. Under any but extreme con-
ditions, such as prevailed the last
few months, the Bordeaux mix
ture, composed of copper-sulphate
and lime in water, will check the
fungus and prevent injury to the
crop, but this year where orchards
have been sprayed, succeeding
rains have washed off the mixture,
and the work has been lost. If
the weather continues wet, the
apple crop will continue to drop in
spite of all that can be done, and
there will be but little of it left by
picking time. Should the rains
cease, the apples now on the trees
ought to develop exceptionally
well, as the soil is in good con-
dition for their growth. One thing
is certain, no matter what con-
ditions prevail for the rest of the
season, Missouri apples will be
scarce upon the market next
winter"
Last Friday evening it was my
pleasure to attend the Silver We'd
ding celebration of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Trauernicht, of Middlebrook,
Mo. With me went from Ironton
Messrs. Aug. Rieke and Walter
H.. Fisher. When we arrived on
the scene we found about thirty
other guests, all happy under the
m~inistrations of the host and host
ess. MI. I. is always a royal
entertainer, and on that evening
he excelled himself, while his bet
ter-half in her sphere made us all
to feel at home. At six o'clock an
elegant dinner was served, and if
any guest failed to renderit justice
the fact escaped my observation.
The table upheld, beside the meats
and their accessories, fruits from
near and far, nor were the juices
of the sun-kissed grape lacking.
After dinner, and after the after
dinner cigar had resolved itself
into ash and smoke, amid the
deeper voiced converse of the lords
commingled with the sweeter tones
of Eye ladyes fayre," the musicians
were called upon for their eve
ning's tribute, A large tarpaulin
had been spread upon the we'll
kept lawn, ready for the dancers
use. The "Budweisers" struck
up a two-step and the rhythmic
strains were marked with twinkling
feet merrily answering. And SO,
in various ways, the evening
passed until ten o'clock, when the
guests were again called ito re-
freshments. After that, Miss Lena
Boss, of Colorado City, Colo, by
unanimous solicitation, gave ex-
preston to the feelings which ami
mated the assemblage. I have
rarely heard an address SO we'll
chosen or clothed in such elegant
language. Her friends may well
be proud of her intellect and at
tainments. Shortly succeeding,
came the time of parting, and,
with a thousand expressions of
goodwill and esteem for the two
in whose honor they had come
together, the guests left for their
various homes. | have known
Mr.. It. since he was a barefoot boy,
and knew his father and mother
the latter still survives - and
worthier people never existed any,
where under the sun. But even he
is honored in the good wife who
has shared with him the joys of
life and borne with him its bur-
dens. May they live to celebrate
their Golden Wedding, and may l
be present!
Friend Daugherty, now at home,
New Haven, Mo-, writes me a let
ter-not for publication, but which
I take the liberty of publishing,
nevertheless, because it is we'll
written and interesting: 81 arriv-
rived at home on Saturday at 1 A..
NJ. | received the REGISTER this
morning and have just finished
my meat and bread and potatoes
and coffee. | am now smoking a
corn cob pipe-one of Franklin
county's own. Of course it is
complemented with the famous
granger twist. Much that |, fud
here is familiar, but there have
been many and radical changes.
The erstwhile exalted are groveling
in the dust while the lowly are fill
ing the high places. Time and
change have surely gone hand-in-
hand. Out at my old home the
old log house has become only a
memory and in it's place is a splen-
did structure of brick, built on the
plan Of a modern architect. | have
visited the spot. You know the
rest. Crops here are in a deplor-
able condition. To know the
meaning Of that statement you
must know that this people are en-
tirely dependent upon the agricul-
turist-entirely. Still, the weather
for the last two days seems to be
settled and the smile of hope is
again growing on the faces Of the
people. This is, | think the best
place in the world to learn the val
ue Of the producer. Uncle Eli, l
was in that convention. / saw the
idol Of the great west go down to
defeat with a smile on his face. /
saw him shake his lion name at the
man from Wolfert's Roost and de-
family tell him what he dare not do.