Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27

panied by his mother, who will
make a visit with him. They ex-
pect to spend a day at Granite
City, where a daughter of Henry
Amelung will be married Wednes-
day.
DIED-At his home in Flatwoods,
Iron county. Mo-, on Monday,
June "a, 1907, at 5 o'clock P. NJ,
Cadmus G. Lashley. aged 81 years.
He had long suffered from the in
irmities of age, and death was a
happy release from them. So is
broken another connecting link
between the rapidly receding past
and the elusive present. 1 knew
Mr.. Lashley many years, and es-
teemed him as an estimable citi-
zen. | have not the data now to
give fitting tribute to his memory,
but shall do so hereafter. He was
a landmark in the history of the
county.
My neighbor has the God-given
right to prohibit himself from do
ing anything he thinks he ought
not to do; but l object to his ex-
tending that jurisdiction over me
in matters pertaining to myself
alone. l claim to be as capable to
act for myself as he is for himself.
Maybe the judgment hat calls
upon me to deny myself certain
things, would, if L attempted to
exercise it against him, arouse in
dignant protest. He would resent
my interference with him as I do
his with me. If I drink a glass of
beer OF indulge in a mint julep l
trespass upon none of his rights,
and | need not his guardianship
either by implication or statute.
But Lord, Lord! how self-satisfy-
ing it is to our natures to
0'ergloss the sins we are inclined to
By damning those we have no mind to!
| cannot recall the exact phrasing
Bobbie Burns used in these lines,
but their meaning is correctly
given.
1t will probably be an item of
news to most of our readers that
our postmaster is not compelled to
make change for you when you
make purchases at Uncle Sans
Office. This is a queer rule that
not one in a thousand persons
know Buyers of stamps or any
purchase at a post Office must fur
nish their own change, i. e., the
postmaster could insist on the
buyer furnishing his own change
if he sees fit to do it; but usually
the postmaster is glad enough to
get rid of his "chicken feed" and
he is always ready and willing to
accommodate the public by maxi
ing all the change it asks for. If
a man wishes to buy fifty cents
worth of stamps and has but a
silver dollar, he would be COM
PEELED to buy a dollars worth of
stamps or go and get his silver
dollar changed or do without his
stampsif the postmaster was stub
born and refused to make change
for him. This is the law, and a
queer one, according to u way
of thinking. And postmasters are
not compelled to take moro than
twenty-five pennies at one time,
if they do not want them.
The new game law, passed by
the late Legislature is now in
effect. The open season for game
birds is as follows: Wild turkey,
ak of December and January;
quail, all of November and De-
cember; prairie chicken cannot be
killed until 1910, and the open sea-
son then will be from November
Is to December 15;- ducks and
geese, from September Is to April
80; snipe, same IS ducks and
geese; plover, woodcock, doves,
August 1 to December 81. Penalty
for killing game birds out of sea-
son, S25 to $50 for each offense and
S. for each bird. RULED grouse,
Monaghan, Chinese and English
pheasants and all other imported
game birds protected until De-
cember 1, 1910; open season after
that date is November 15 to De-
cember Is. The use of boats,
swivel or pump guns in hunting
birds on water and the use of
blinds in hunting on ice is pro-
hibited. The use of pitfalls, nets,
traps and drugs in hunting is pro-
hibited. The open season for deer
is November and December. The
use of artificial light in killing
deer is prohibited. Penalty S25 to
$500.
One evening last week | counted
fifteen COWS seeking scanty sub
sistence along the street whereon
| reside. Nine of tine fifteen wore
bells, and their discordant cling
clang was enough to awaken the
dead. The sidewalks and street
were left in fine condition for the
exercise of in-and-out lodging
necessary to the avoidance Of the
reminders the ~quadrupeds left be-
hind them. AS | saw and heard,
| thought how flexible to the will
is the requirement Of the average
idea of individual right! If | go
into my neighbours chicken-coop
and steal his chickens or take from
his house any article that may be
of value or use to me, l I'm dis
honest and amenable to the pains
and penalties of the statutes, and
am liable to arrest and punish
,oapt T Iict,1rh hic noooa in onry