The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-10-09

- WO0O881U4 HAT.
The Vanity Of Womsn y Prodi.
gious, and Past Finding Out
II il doubtful il better place can b
found to study human nature than at Q
railroad depot. Il n there congregased in
all its endless variety. The poor and the
rich mingle in inextr,cable coafusioa. The
young and the old, the fashioasble and the
poorly clad, come together, and fret Ioe .
little brief interval, their Impotence and
discontent. Notwithstanding our depot u
a modest sort Of place, yet il j. the recepta-
Gle Of some strange varieties Of life. This
TACT was particularly noticeable yesterday
evening. but the most stirling feature Of
the motley gathering vas
WOMAN WITH A HAT.
This, in itself. in not remarkable, eestainly;
but there was something about that Won
derful female habiliment thss could have
been little less than divine. The like Of il
was never seen before under iAe heavens, or
in the esr,h beneath them. u seemed 70
have been arranged With an eye to he
miraculous. The woman Who wore it ~
clad in . coane calico gown, which ~
veaied hard nssse in travelling. Arossd
her shoulder vas thrown . blseh ossino
shawl, and On her ieet we're heavy sAoss.
There vaa no atsemps NJ 6nery anywhere,
except in the hat. bat that compensated
for all other de6cienciea. The texture vas
Of straw. bleached to . snowy vA,tsass.
while over and around il chung - artificial
wreath Of
TISSUE PAPER EI0WRHA
They had borrowed, IN their eo3oriaG; al
the tints Of the rainbow. They had ssee
sought to rob nature Of it, sndls0 vasSsty
Of shape OF design. Oak leaves assalea
at the side Of violets; . cluster a sfspD
was shadowed BY the red, vivid earsasieo
OF the trumpet-ereeper; Tie Srses 81 the
ivy vas conirssted with the pals, dslies>s
beauty Of the lily. Wound asosad IL
crown. this wonderful wreath depsaded in
a graceful fold down the Diddls a hsr
hack. A brood Of dirty faced ehildsss
clamored around, each ambitious Of stsss-
ton. But her hat
| AssORnkD ALL AKR NINE
She removed il . half dosea timaa, and
looked at il with the brooding Tenderness .
mother is supposed to have for hes fsss
born. Replacing il, she would Contemplate
her features in the depot mirror With
delighted admiration, which Won sympathy
even frons her more fashioaably asaissd
sisters, who watched her manouvres With
smiles Of ill-coucealed anuseasat. At
last gentleman remarked 70 her:
MADAM, you have beautiful hat"
"Well, il ought to Be III" shs replied.
With frankness. ut cnss two dollass. and
I've worn it al the way from Spsiag6ssd.
Elinoy, and the trouble I've had 10 kssP
them children oh'n that hat i snouGh 70
kill saint"
1t was evident the lady made 10 psseea-
sions to being . saint however sear shs
might be 10 an angel.
at - certainly . very beautiful Aas.
Those Aovep are simply gosgeoaa"
do You think 70? Well, nov, ! rashaf
think you are right I'm goin' up II Kan
sas to meet my husband. Hes bsss ont
there since Last spring, and I want 70 look
Just a we'll - I can. u eoaEss. Il Ill d
pends on the way . lady drsDea"
II was plain to ne that her vsaity ~
pleased at this evidence Of appsseiasiea.
and she snatched up little eAsbby-fscsd
mite Of humanity, I'D knssd ie sspausoss.
y. 1t ~ the oaly way - bod q giving
vent to the inexpre.ibls pleasure ~ weE1s
had given her. But alasl even il our 10
ments Of greatest blis,
A BLI0af 0v1N PALS.
The baby threw up il had, ID asns b.
lcsme entangled in that vosdEoss vssash-
there vas . squall. . scream, . esy al
seouy-and With shudder Of disnay, ~
poor woman saw her ckesiAsd has roll
upon the floor, stripped Of al ID sssssoas
plumage, . poor, naked-looking thiag 81
pleated straw. For . single Deosat a
inexpreasible hosror, shs eoaeeopoaAsd ~
wreck, and then with adextzoas twill a
her arms. that youssaaes
sPANNID aRA KNHa
!. Then the misery ross and fell IL - svee
sits down aGsin, there = no vsrsus n pstn.
With every blow . blistsr might Aavs
rieen on hin center oi gravity. h 6eka
pealed out on the suppsssed still.sssf ~
room like the popping a . Vega vAiR.
while his yslls Of pain vsss - baln - ~
sroaping soul oi ii nolA9. TAis desAI
the hat Wa picked up iron ~ 1sss. Viii
such . look Of honor ard disoay - q
nigel might have WON il bsAs,dig ~
fading beauties Of Eves lot pasaaisa
An hour later Tie tsaia vhiE3s1 avay
. from the depot carrying IL vsoso-~hl
> much -belaborsd issans-asA IL -, q
4 .reacheroualy robbed Of ID splsadssA svsy
. with il.
; oIVRN's ELECTION.
The Seventh judicial DiseRi9e Or
risd for the Indopen0euS 0o1da'