The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-10

CLINTON, June g.

CLINTON. June y.
There will be grand celebration Of
the Fourth at every cross road and shad,
grove in the country.
-Our farmers are now busy harvesiin,
their wheat, which gives every indicatior
Of large yield 70 the acre.
The second storm Tuesday blew over q
stable for Mr.. Geo. Melton. Although the
stable Was full 81 horses at the time. not one
Of them received m injury.
Mrs. James Patrick, Of this CITY, has
some bar soap on hand that she made forty
odd years ago. Some people msy think
that this is "bar" lie.
The Baptist church will soon he pa.
pered and otherwise reftted and repaired.
After the repairs will have been completed
the services Of a pastor will h. procured.
The way they take up collection in
Appleton City Tor the church, is TO get two
big dogs 10 fighting aud then ''pounce"
down in the crowd and pass the hat around
Esquire Fyke, an old and estimable
citizen. and judge Of the police conrt, while
gathering cherries the other day, got a
severe fall by the ladder breaking. His
injuries, though painful, are moi serious.
-Some Of our railroad delegates re-
turned from St Louis yesterday. They are
very enthusiastic over the new roads pros
pect, and say it will undoubtedly be built,
and before long at that. HOopla!
Sister Sankey will confer favor on
the public by letting il know whether or
notshe is raising up little devil in the per-
son OF her wootsy tootsy. Ifthat is her in
tention she had better not hold-0n 10 her
extra ordinars) and un -Sankey -tary Enter
prise.
Mr.. +. s. Vance, Esd, Of La Due, was
n town the other day. Ed. says every
thing is getting along swimming!y at La
due. We are inclined 10 think his inter
ests here are getting along ditto. At least
that's what We thought when We saw him
trying 10 hide that bo4uet
-Murphyis temperance movement hasn't
begun to sgitate our people vet. Evil
dently they feel like Burns did when he
wrote the following lines:
"Fill the bumper fair;
Every drop We sprinkle
Ger the brow Of Care,
Smoothing away a wrinkle"
The editor Of our Dsmocraf got 'huffy"
at the editor Of the Dale county .ddrooate
for saving that six women engaged in free
fight, not long ago, in this CITY. Come,
now, We gentle local and brush the cobwebs
away from your memory and nee il you
can't recollect the case Of Mrs. Mary &.
Gatewocd against Mrs. Sarah Ann Garri-
son, tried before Justice Robin .on, some
weeks ago, a report 81 which Was Published
in the DtmacTut.
john X. Walker. the deinenied Tele-
graphic Psychologist lecturer, ~ndeavOred
to "say his little piece" at Roberts Hall
Thursday night. The crowd, however, WAS
so noisy and bois,erous that the Professor
took to his heels and did not stop running
until he got safely housed at the Allen.
Next morning he went down town and
went to IN attorneys office Ia instigate suit
against the city for twenty thousand dol
Lam. This scared the boys mp, and after
some parleying with the Professor, they
agreed TO settle for the rent Of the hall and
call it square. The proposition was ac-
.eptei aud again the boys arr happy. The
Professor will leave on his starring tour he
fore long.
A negro working at Blatt's levery sta
BILE undertook to ride an unbroken horse
the other day on our streets. The horse
didn't fancy the idea at all, and at once he
gan to "lay the worm," as the Texans saw.
The negro, however, kept his seat until the
horse in a fit Of desperation, layed down
ard began to roll, then the negro rolled off
in hurry, but As soon "a the horse at
tempted TO rise the negro would light into
the saddle a. qnick as fash. This was re-
peated three times, the horse each time
finding himself worsted. Dsspairing OF
heating the negro at this game, the horse
threw himself back and fell squarely ON
the intrepid negro hurting him badly, but
not dangerously. THIS ended the contest and
the horse was led away victor. The owner
would like to hire tina; horse 10 some in
surance agent or lightning rod man.