Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-13

the tenants cottage. l believe
there are eleven buildings, all told,
on the premises. The dimensions
of the residence are 50x50 feet,
with a porch 12 feet wide and 140
feet long, running along the south
ern, western and eastern sides.
The house is two stories high, not
including the basement beneath
wherein are located the laundry,
gas machine, wine-bin, etc., or
the "ball-room" under the observ-
atory, which overlooks the land at
height of over fifty feet. The
first story contains the living room,
music room, dining room, spac-
ious hall, servants room and
servants bathroom, and kitchen.
upstairs are five bedrooms and
two bath rooms. The house is
furnished with hot and cold water
throughout and each room con-
tains an open fireplace. shall
not attempt a description OF the
decorations and punishment OF
the various apartments. They are
all that good taste and the ability
to procure can furnish. Over all,
and | like it best, is the air OF
home-no display Of lavish ex-
penditure to dazzle the eye and
amaze the understanding.
The tenants cottage is two
story, 30x3O, containing six rooms
in addition to cellar and bath
rooms, and is furnished with gas
and hot and cold water. The cell
lar is of concrete. The building
is neat in finish, and in itself is al
comfortable and commodious 6
: house as one could desire.
| A stone water tower about so fee
high, with engine and pump, fur
nishes the premises with th'
necessary element from tho depths
of an artesian we'll, while near thu
cottage is another we'll of pur,
water, which, by reason of its ute
: freedom from all unhealthful prop
: critics, my friend Kretschma
claims is equal to the famou
Mountain Valley article. He ha
. indefatigably and persistent.
| tested both.
In the orchard are growing AM
: bearing about four hundred frui
trees, of which 225 are apples, 7
peaches, and the remainder pears
ounces, cherries, plums, etc
Strawberries in their season ar
! plentifully grown. The garden
} supply vegetables of all sorts, from
t the plebian onion to the aristo
cratic eggplant, and when yo
take dinner at "The Naples" yo'
f. may rest assured that the menu
almost exclusively of home fur
5 nishing. If you do not ratiocinat
/, sufficiently to develop this fact t
. your consciousness, your host vii
1 assure you that such is the case
: for he is Justly proud of it.
When Mr.. Jones, after havinI
l acquired a competence, "and the,
r some," concluded to retire from
!; business, and take it easy, as la
r borious and successful business lif
. of many years entitled him to dc
8 his family physician told him h
4 would die inside of three years
s Reminded of his prediction Will
: on a visit here a few days ago, an
a bantered upon it, the doctor re
! sponded: II was right; if yo
+ had quit work the daises would b
a growing over you to-day; but d.
Q it, Jones, you are doing more har
: work now than you did before yo
8 came down to this beautiful Val
J. ley! The physician is right. Th
d proprietor of "The Naples" is i
= it up to his eyes every hour he ca
s steal from his city business-h
9 cannotabsolutely disentangle hin
Q self from that - cutting lawn
9 trimming shrubbery, pruning tree
Q and busy with the thousand othe
: things willing hand always find
d to do. My hearty wish is that hi
Q life may be extended to the ez
d tremest limit and that each sue
d ceeding year will find him not onl
: ready but able to prosecute HI
congenial labors. Blest with a