Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-25

to Des Arc. About 200 Democrats
and quite a sprinkle Of Republic
cans were out to hear them. l
never saw the Democrats so much
enthused as they are now. They
have seen the effects of staying at
home during election day. It is
just as much a mans duty to go
to the polls and say who shall
make their laws as it is to buy
meat and bread for his family.
A man calling himself a State
lecturer for the cause of Prohibi-
ton, preached or lectured here last
week. When he talked at the
Piedmont Baptist church he had
nothing to say about santification,
but when he arrived in Des Arc he
found it was a sanctifed town and
he just spread himself; he was
holy, sanctifed and living above
sin, and he run down every preach
er in this county, especially our
Methodist preacher, Rev. Boehm,
who breaches here. AS to anec-
dotes he could beat any one l ever
heard, but l think it is out of place
in a preacher. | will repeat one
or two. He said he stayed all
night with a family that had sew
eral children, and when a preacher
is around they all try to behave
nice; SO he had family prayers,
and in kneeling down they made
so much noise that all the cats
jumped out of the windows, scared
to death, not being used to such
an occurrence. Another one was
about two frogs; he wanted to
show that women are more ener-
getic than men. He said two frogs
started up a spring branch. The
female frog was named Mary and
the male frog was named John.
Mary went up the branch into the
spring house and got up on a two
gallon cream jar half full and she
fell in. John came along and said,
s'Mary, you will never get out, so
you had just as well prepare to
die" She said she would never
give up; so she kept kicking and
kicking until the cream turned to
butter and rose to the top of the
jar and she walked out. He closed
by making a political speech. He
abused both parties and asked
whoever would vote the Prohibi-
ton ticket to rise and hold up their
right hand, and seven Democrats
got up and promised to vote that
ticket; SO the Democrats have lost
seven votes in Des Arc through
this man. A temperance lecture,
if properly delivered, is a sad
scene. While at Pennington once
I heard a temperance lecture where
a magic lantern was used and pre-
sented one of the dives in St.
Louis. 1t was very sad to see it
crowded with young men and girls.
1t closed with a picture of a young
man lying in the gutter drunk, and
the choir sang "Where is My
Wandering Boy Tonight" Nearly
everybody shed tears.
Business here last week was
good.
Stevenson & Fitz took in S1S70.S5
and sent it to the Exchange Bank
at Piedmont.
There r several new buildings
talked of at this place.
Bud. Stevenson, one of our best
mill men, was here Sunday from
Williamsville. Sutton & Steven
son were also here from Sinking
Creek.
Two ladies from st. Louis we're
here looking after some land out
near Brunot. One of them is a
teacher in the st. Louis public
schools. Their name is Ikeburn.
Miss Eta Keathley is home from
her school in Madison county.
Bud. Midkiff sold two pair of
mules to Junge Swink of Farm
ington; price $3.50 for the four.
They were fine mules.
o. G. Morris visited his daugh-
ter, Annie Miller, at the Cape last
week.
Rev. Alcorn filed the Baptist
pulpit here last Sunday. He will
preach here regularly every third
Sunday.
DR.. Myers, of Coldwater, was
here last Saturday.
Jude Dugdale, the planer boss,
has moved his family to Des Arc
from Piedmont.
Henry Tucker has moved his
family from his farm to town.
E. w. Graves has put in a spoke
machine.
l learn that the Williamsville
hub factory is getting some awful
rough timber, and a very small lot
of it only s inches at top end.
On last Tuesday night, when the
Democratic speaking was going on
here, a lot of country people had
their horses tied to the fence.
Three of our bad young men stole
some of them and rode them until
three o'clock the next morning.
They were caught and tried and
sent to Jail for twelve months with
a $50 fine for each man. This will