Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-19

CiiCOT anu ROOu- Will L make &IaU6-
full acknowledgment and take not
a little pride in their commenda-
tons. Mistakes l make, and some
times may wrong some one, but
never Intentionally, and when that
occurs a willing amende is given
without question. He is either a
fool or q scoundrel, or both, who
seeks to bolster up one wrong with
another.
A moral pickup: Aduck which
had laid several dozen eggs dur
ing the season complained that
while her working record was
better than the the hens, the lat
has books and poems written in
her honor, while no one has a
word of praise for the duck. A
wise old rooster nearby said
"You lay an egg and wabble off
without saying a word while that
sister of mine never lays one with
out letting everyone in the neigh
hood know it. If you want to cut
any ice around here you must adj
vertise."
Do capitalists, with money to be
used, go about showing profitable
investments to other people? Not
on your life! Your promoter is in
it for what there is in it for him.
It's always your money he wants
to use in a ''good thing" These
CALCULATIONS l commend to the
careful consideration of all, es-
pecially those who still retain
some faint recollection of the no.
torious wooden mill and a certain
other promoter--Lyansteel some-
times called = who went about
dealing out "good things to his
fellow-men.
The new Resinol art calendar for
1905 is one of the most beautiful
calendars ever issued. Six sheets
Of heavy enameled paper contain
on one side six beautiful color de-
signs of babies and children, while
on the evers sides are drawings
depicting child life, with spaces
for the notation of baby's 'say-
ings and doings." 1t is a work OF
art that will delight a mothers
heart. Sent postpaid by the
Resinol Chemical Co., Of Balti-
more, Nd, for two wrappers from
Resinal soap, or one wrapper and
Is cents; or for 40 cents a calen-
dar and a cake of Resinol soap will
be sent.
We are informed that j. w. Kells,
for so many years an engineer on
one of the pushers, but who was
relieved from duty over two years
ago, for some infraction of the
company's rules, has at last been
! reinstated and can have his old job
back again if he wants it. This is
indeed gratifying news to Mr..
Kell's many friends in the Valley,
and it occurs to us that it is an act
of justice long, long deferred.
Mr.. X. is at present employed on
the Illinois Southern and is living
at Sparta, Ills. We are not ad-
vised as to whether he will return
to Arcadia and take his old po-
sition again.
The Big Muddy Coal & Iron Com
pany last week sold 10000 acres OF
land to a syndicate, reserving all
the mineral rights. The sale in
cludes the cultivated fields, most
OF the town of Pilot Knob, s'white
row" Except the Craine house,,
and "brown row." OF the prop
erty conveyed about FIVE hundred
acres are cleared and under cult
walton; the remaining $500 acres
are wild lands, lying east and
south of the Valley. Pilot Knob
and Shepherd mountains are re-
tanned by the company. The
price paid is said to be So per acre.
The difference between 10000 and
$4,000 is 10000 mere bagatelle
perhaps not worth noticing.
We are all "middle- of-the-road-
ers" these days of ice-humped
sidewalks. We shuttle along in
fear and trembling; our downsit-
tings and ~uprisings are sudden and
frequent, for neither the saint MOI
the sinner in safety stands upon
the slippery places. The knowing
guy who putteth on his rubbers
boasteth not as he who taketh
them off, for he knoweth the perils
that compass him round about.
The urchin coasteth adown the
mountain side into the valley be-
meath and the "best girl" skateth
upon the ice. But the wise elder
stayeth by the warm Preside, TAX
eth his jorum of lemon and nut.
meg, and discourseth Of winters
long gone by.
One of the best sermons I have
heard for some time was thai
preached by Rev. Stowell at st
Paul's church last Sunday. He il
a pleasing speaker, voice and
manner fitting we'll chosen words
of the purest Anglo Saxon. I dc
not say this perfunctorily or witt
the mere desire to please, but be.
cause in my poor opinion it is de-
served. His logic Is good, and his
tropes and figures appeal to the
best part of the understanding
He is not redundant of these, but
uses them judiciously in the
simplest manner. A young mai
now, I believe the coming year:
will develop him into a teacher 0:
unusual power and influence.
trust his labors here may be at.
tended with success, and that he