The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-15
SENATORIAL nIoGRAPmIEs.
R. W. p. MUSE

Roeek whAngdoodle Peelgsriick Muse s the youngest
Of nine ehdrrn whose father. A. Muse for many years
edited the anecdots column Of religions paper in Zanes
viiir Obio From the earliest years Of his life he delight
ed IN wander along the hanks Of the beautiful river
his home in pursuit Of the bright sverside the plump
chub and the sluggish jack ugly Of him the peet
wrvte-
wild rsved a fshrr.boy
With hook asd line to slins EN-,
where the bright waters now,
OF the blue Nuskingum"
The family celebrated their rich musical voices
and the roes of the children foating out on the
breezes when engaged in their morning evening deyo
tions the neiEhbors would pause To listen to the nine
Mns-s. or the tuneful nine- they were sometimes
called
The EIther was man Of great wit and ready rcpartee
One znecdote will have relate. He was "a severe
oppopent Of all games of chance In Of time I,
came to that he purchased property that had bren
used for nine pin alley with the intention of remodel
ling IL into dwelling Some twitted him with going
into the nine pin business And Why not r he inquired
II have just nine children and afford to let
each one have pin Of their own"
But families will grow up. and become separated The
daughters married of early there plenty Of young
eager To court the Muses. AMI the buys began tn lok
out for themselves The subject Of this sketch had OBJ
servrd In bis fishing experience that the haas ate the
mihnows He considered that there human bass and
human minncws. and why might not he be tb)zxs He
discovered that the politicians the bass and
the people the minnows; and he de'erminea =" make
politics his study.
Mr. Muse has also devoted much attention to literature,
and Is the author "f number OF e poo"s 'hose
most familiar to the public nay mention Beautiful
Snow" "R-ek Ne Sleep -B-tsey and are Out.
odd Grimes Is Dead" and Nary had a Little Lamb"
His right To the authorship of soese has never eeen as
Pute nut There have been attempts 10 rod MIN oi 'ne
credit of others of his productions.
Ill I.l.-
Ihe INST once heid sy MT A"se' was 'u"se Oh Election
In MS haVe l"snsnip ID oho. "nch once ne n'ea WIN
graz err'' !" nmsen' anu pr0n' =" '"e P"ohe' here
"here ne carmen h'S u'e "' 'use' ny niS nr"nes ana
"hJ"gment ne once see"red .ne e'eeu"h o' hepooii
can memoer q" congress Id hs D'S'c" on Close 'o.e'
IL was 'ne nrs' eifeush a'er 'e is VI .e "a" "s te
pe"Frap'e Lfg'Sn""'e' Known % 'e 'N'''e a'''nA
'Ie law NJ S~' A' '"e pms anu
"d prmocra, came up 10 Vo's ne "o"'a uee,,e 70 W
case oi nS'oe a"hhA're "i arAs an" ~o"a r1ee' 'ne
'"'e' inr h'"'e"ei'' ""' '"s "'i'~eh ."o
az 'a' "'ee''o"' ""' n .'e ou
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'ha' paSsen laws i'efie"s A"s ,ne'i ue"eS' r''"'A'
an" "s'rh."'"Ay J''i'e'' VIC heP"on '
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i""n' % re'aii"e I" '' 'a"s,' atm Nv, Aa5 . PA!
rn upon hl'h or WRONG ""e nm my hau nn'' man
who was constantly Paying prac'cai Jokes o' r"ush
character upon young Huse' AT ls' 'he ooy sA" an Up
p'rt"hi'S I" I"s nun o''A' anu u. e'"o'"'.u '' i
was a hhr spring a' 'he i"' vi mn Sho' is'e rum
ihe no"Se' " "eh '"e "'ieu n". "'"' " 'H 'Ps m
drink he was III 'he h' VI pacing n' q"a "' '"'A'oo
upon large stump oeS'se '"' pam ao'"' u ""s uo""
Inc 10Y one ''s came Ar"s' anu ~" 'e fuo shs 'ne'e
plan oi revenge AZ once nASne" INV" ms i''"" "o'
net nest was III tue ana ''e h',ne'' were
hying around IN every llrrcuoh lie MANAGED !" ea'eh
one ana eareIu''y eneasS IN 'e gun" nae 'he appe III
jumping ne mn IN t'e "uShes h"ru os' % "a'ch TIE
result lie near" Io"'St"ir coming up ,hr pain an" per-
cerrd tha was MS sr"ioi'hrr an" I'd MS horr"r IN
srau oI passing tn ue eid Sehuehhn sathreu up the
qid anu put In MS month before his grandson could