Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-01

than deserving, and I wish for them,
as well as all the world, a happy and
prosperous New Yearl
A hearing in the case of c. H. Case
bolt, Complainant, against The Sligo
Furnace Co., The Sligo & Eastern
Railroad Co., was had at Sligo, Mo-,
ION December 18th, and was attended
by many people from this and adj
joining COMMITTEES. The object of the
hearing was to have the railroads of
the Sligo Furnace Co., declared com
mon carriers from Sligo to Doyle, in
Iron County, a distance of about thir-
ty miles. Many witnesses we're ex-
amined showing that the extension of
this road from billiard to Doyle, as a
common carrier would accommodate
between four and five thousand
people. The case was heard before
Commissioner VIM. F. Werner, of St.
Louis. Watts, Gentry & Lee of st.
Louis, A. H. Harrison of Steelville,
and Edgar & Edgar of Ironton, attor-
neys, represented the defendant. The
complainant was represented by s. q.
Nipper of Potosi and @. P. Damron,
of Ironton. The indications are that
the relief asked for by the com
plsinant, will be granted.-Potosi In
dependent.
I went to The city last Wednesday
it being in Holiday time, you know
and for three whole days and nights
this town ran along withoutits wonted
philosopher, friend and guide" and
seems to have done fairly we'll, all
things considered. Happily for us
who awaited its coming, the 2:O7 train
mo. 22) did not smash the bulletin
boards announcement, and at 1880
we were steaming along beyond the
limits of the Valley. At Bismarck
after a halt of about twenty minutes,
a Belmont Branch train came and a
goodly portion of its human freight
transferred itself to our caravan
After that, the halts, though dis
tressingly frequent, were not of great
length. AS / did not meet ar acquaint
ance, either in chair car, smoker OF
sleeper, time hung heavily, and SO
drew a breath of grateful relief wher
we yer finally engulphed in thu
bowels Of the Terminal at $3.50.
By this time the grosser part of my
being was asserting its claim tt
recognition. In response to my cal
over the phone, one of the freund
schaft-a resident of the city-cam'
to me and piloted mi to his restaur
ant. Sleep is said to be ''tire'
natures. sweet %restorer," and l admi
it; but there are others. A drop 0
something to clear the cinders from
your throat, a hot oyster stew-witl
real oysters in it-a moderate "toppini
off," and a cup Of the steaminI
beverage Postum cannot crowd out o
place, though it boast an hundred
"reasons"-these are by no mean
slouches in the art of "restoring,
and in their combination n find
peace, content, comfort, and courag
to face almost any i'll or sling of out
rageous fortune, Why, restored b.
t that satisfying repast, wouldn't hav
given a nickel to call a king 0
} emperor cousin.
After draining the final drop fror
, the cup-it wasn'ta demi-tasse, whic
I consider a fraud that ought to b
8 prohibited by law trust my w. I
: T. U. friends may not omit it fror
their list of reforms-we boarded
street car and HE'D us to the parents
mansion, whittier the grandchildre
and their mamma had preceded m
!, some three days. 1t is about a forty
, five minutes ride from the Uuio
Station to 2133 Adelaide avenue, an
. | was hungry for my cigar before tn
way was accomplished. But tobacc
in all it's forms is taboo On the Unite
n Railways. The smoke and scent
the finest Havana is offensive to tn
, aesthetic sight and delicate nostri
n of the travelling public which endure
, with commendable complacency othe
q sights and smells which SAVIOR neithe
of the gales Of Arabia nor the beaut
4 full wales over which they sweep.
remember one hot, sultry day
August, down in Arkansas, on
branch road, where the train leadin
to the Wynne junction was made u
of a half dozen freight cars and
combination white and colored coacf
. that is to say, it was partitioned int
: two compartments, the forward en-
being Caucasian and the res
J African. Asst happened, / was tt
! only occupant of the white end, viii
the other compartment was we
filled with the perspiring imam ar
= brother.m The door between Il
:" compartments was wide open, ar
the cigar | was smoking was, fl
obvious reasons, peculiarly gratef
y to me. Presently l heard a feminir
:, voice plaintively call out, "Portal
,portahl | wish you would please clio
= de doah. Dat seegah smoke is vel
y d~istressin' to mel" The door VIZ
. closed to our mutual relief, I trut
Perhaps | ought to have apologize
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