Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-10

OIeFen5On, Cnae. hueSell ana I'D.
Caldwell. There are but nine
enumerators to be appointed for
the county so some one will have
to be disappointed. 1t is thought
that the appointees will be made
public by March list. The work
of taking the census begins April
10Th and is to be completed in
thirty days. The pay of the
enumerator is So a day.
Chas. Walker, a mule buyer
from Illinois, was in Bismarck one
day this week, and while in town
called at this Office to advertise
for some money he claims to have
lost, or rather threw away Mon
day. He had been out on Cedar
Creek to buy some mules, and for
that purpose took with him, 500
o%ne-dollar bills, sewed into the
band of the trousers he was wear
ing. He did not buy the mules so
returned to this place afoot. When
he arrived here the trousers were
very muddy and as they were
pretty badly worn he decided to
discard them for a new pair. He
threw the old ones away back of
the coal bin near The Illinois
Southern depot, never thinking
of the money until after supper
that evening, and when he went to
look for them they had disap-
peared. Some one evidently
picked them up and to-day may
have $500 under his belt that he
does not know anything about.
He is offering a very liberal re-
ward for the return of the trousers
and the money to this office.-Bis-
m1rcE Gazette.
Mrs. Loretta Nations, wife of
William Nations, a fireman on one
of the pushers at Arcadia, died
quite suddenly at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. S. A. Bradley, in
Arcadia last Wednesday after
noon. Mrs. Nations seemed to be
in her usual health that day and
in the afternoon went to the home
of her daughter for a few hours
stay. She was seated in a chair
when it was suddenly noticed that
she seemed to be in pain; her face
became livid, there we're a few
gasps and in two minutes death
came. The physicians diagnosed
the disease as heart trouble. The
deceased came to the valley with
her family from Madison county
twenty-five years or more ago,
and resided in Arcadia continual
ly thereafter. A husband, two
sons, Harry and Ruby. Nations,
and two daughters, Mrs. Sam
Bradley and Mrs. Anton INNER,
of Arcadia, deplore her demise and
revere her memory. The funeral
was held from the Bradley home
Friday morning and the remains
taken to the Christian Cemetery,
Fredericktown. May she rest in
peace. To the bereaved we ex-
tend u sympathy.
Man comes into this world with
out his consent and leaves it
against his will. During his stay
on earth his time is spent in one
continuous round of contraries
and misunderstanding by the
balance of our species. In his
infancy he is an angel; in his
boyhood he is a devil; in his man
hood he is everything from a lizard
up; in his duties he is an utter fool;
if he raises a family he is a chump;
if he raises a small check he is a
thief, and then the law raises the
devil with him; if he is a poor
man heis a poor manager and has
no sense; if he is rich he is dis
honest, but considered smart; if
he is in politics he is a CRATER and
a crook; if he is out Of politics
you can't place him, as he is an
undesirable citizen; if he goes to
church he is a hypocrite; if he
stays away from church he is a
sinner and damned; if he donates
to foreign missions he does it for
show; if he doesn't he is stingy
and a tight wad. When he first
comes into the world everybody
wants to kiss him-before he goes
out they all want to kick him. If
he dies young there was a great
future before him; if he lives to a
ripe old age he is simply in the
way and living to save funeral ex-
penses. Life is a funny road, but
we all like to travel it just the
same.-Stolen.
Mrs. John H. Curra1, president
OF the Women's Missouri Develop
ment Association, left last night
for Arcadia, Mo-, where she will
confer with Miss Anna Reagan,
vice president, and make prelimi-
nary preparations for the spring
meeting of the association, to be
held May %, 20, 80 and 81 at Ar
Tents are to be pitched
for the accommodation of the Wis.,
itors who attend the meeting. The
Missouri Board of immigration
will cooperate to make the meet
ing a success. Situated in the
heart of the Ozark country, Ar
cadia is surrounded with historic
spots and picturesque scenery.
Here U. S. Grant received his first
commission as general in the
Union Army, during the civil war,
near the scene Of the battle of
Pilot Knob. Iron Mountain, where
the first iron was found in Mis-
souri,, is easily visible from the
village. The first lead mines in
the state, which were discovered
~, ~ -an;ard o hafnra tho r ~.