Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-08

OF the calendar.
s. F. Field OF Alexandria has a copy
of the Columbia MVyar and Alexan!
dria Gazette which contains - &C
count OF that first celebration in the
Virginia city which lies only a few
miles from Mount Vernon. The edi.
tor of the paper say in introduction:
1T was the intention Of the editor
to have published the Mirror on Mon
day morning, in order to gain time to
evince his attachment and respect to
General Washington. In this. how
ever. he was disappointed by an acct
dent which happened to his press,
and which could not speedily be ad-
justed. He trusts that his patrons win
accept OF this apology for its conse-
quent delay. They must be assured OF
its truth when they observe that the
first pages has Mondays date at its
head"
After saying that Aurora rose with
more than common %splendor, as II
wishing to assist In the tribute OF re-
spect paid to our hoary chief" the
editor says he regrets that he does
not possess talents to describe the
proceedings in the manner which they
deserve. The public will. however,
pass by any defects in style and DO
him the Justice to believe that did he
possess the chaste language OF Ad-
| Olson. combined with the creative
Imagination of a Shakespeare, he
would feel himself honored and happy
in using them on this occasion"
= Wotherspoon Tells Good Story.
Brig. Gen. w. w. Wotherspoon, who
for a long time was president OF the
war college, and who has just been
ordered to the department of the Gulf,
likes a good story. Just before leaV-
ing Washington he was talking to
Vice-President Sherman, whose home
is in Utica, N. Y. General Wother-
SPOONS wife came from Utica. and he
told the vice-president Of his first visit
to that central New York city.
1T was a great many years ago"
said the general, "wnen / first visited
Utica. l didn't know the place, and
thought | would take a ride on q
street car. I found that there were
three lines of cars in the city, all
starting from a common point.
looked at the sign on the car OF one
line. It read, TO the Lunatic Asy
lum.'
81 looked at the sign of the car or
the second line. 1t read, To the Mo
hawk Street Jail
Il looked at the a on the thirt
line. 1t read: To the cemetery
II took a walk elsewhere"
Finest Soldiers in World.
At Fort Myer, just across the Poto
mac from Georgetown, a troop o
cavalry and a battery of field ar
tillery of the regular army Civ
an exhibition drill in the ridint
hall every Friday afternoon. The de
, mand for tickets each week Is thric'
greater than the halls seating ca
pacity. Senators, representatives
non-oficials and their wives, mothers
cousins, daughters and sweetheart
attend to witness a performance
;, given without money and withou
!, price, that Is better than any play.
The officers at Fort Myer had tn
thought originally that the drill woul
:. get the civilian and the soldier int
closer touch, and that by shown
what the enlisted men OF the arm
!. are trained to do, and can do, the Q
: fcials among the spectators might
!, induced to see that justice Is dor
: the service in the halls of congress
= Senators and representatives, an
y the others as well, cheer the drillin
. and go away saying Wonderful" an
. ready to admit to anyone who ask
that the men are a fine lot and tht
= the country ought to be proud
them. However, when it comes to
question of voting an increase of pa
for the fine lott in order that 1t ms
;, be kept in the service of the countr
+. the senators and Representative
y shake their heads and go IN the e
tremely doubtful list.
= At this Fort Myer drill a troop
cavalry does everything that 1t
y possible for cavalry to do, and the BIZ
= terry OF field artillery follows su
: Fine men and fine soldiers, straig
soldierly drilling, with fanciful m
neuvers that no one would belle
= possible of accomplishment, a
- thrown in for good measure.
The men who ride the horses a.
bring in the fieldpieces lin batter
ne and to faction rear" and "acti
4, = 'front.' are not picked e The CO
Z airy troop and the batteries alt,
=. nate at the work week in and we
!. out. and never a man but can ri
standing on his head (this LITERAL
and never a man but can pick up
.. handkerchief from the ground wi
his hand, with his horse going
NJ charge speed.
- The whole thing is a seemingly !
~ possible thing, but yet possible
-, these young fellows who are bel
~ paid something less than 80 cents
day by the order Of the congress
the United States.
tie 1t has been discovered that Da
ex- Crockett, when he was a member
ill congress, wrote a book making all
civ charges against Andrew Jackson Il
tis since have been made against oil
presidents, which goes to show Il
there is nothing new under the S
Mt Davy charged Andrew with seeking
,ad pe~rpetuate his W influence in
he administration through a man favor
"a for the succession"
wn The coon-skin-capped TENNESSEE
nly was known in his day as someth
lev Of a humorist when he talked,