The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-09-25
SHERWOOD sPEDDEN.


! Few 81 tie old citizen. Of this county Lut
rrmer,bs Sherwood S,s.isi~n. \ quarter
Of 4 century ago he was conspicuous Tea
tnre al the old r,s;.s>. Tall and stately as
n v",,ng oak. robust anal hsrly ~ pine,
lac seemed the incarnation at life and
! strength lie WIS n typ PECULIAR n"i" him.
.~lf \ man Possessed 81 inorlin,ie r~jn-
.iis~. hs ws- warm in L,s friendships. i'u,
singular in his ideas e re Prir,v. lie Was
nj times :,-nial aud s.ciai, hat there waS al
ways al'"u, him an intangible and insl-6na-
ble >o'ncihin. which left him distinct and
pant ir.,,,s Li. ra,s. lie saw mn good in his
enemies-uo evil IN his friends. A social
gossip, iher- ~-s = nipPins bitterness in his
..serh whih Gu, like sword and
PiEia.Ep LIKE : DAGGEK-
The weird Rad gone wrug with Sherwood
frum the beginning. Il h.d pi-rcsd him in
many 4 tender part, and like a human ls'r-
cupina. his srmor of jagged -i~ar was
always bsisilins ior attack. Some ssid that
in carry life he had lsen disappointed in
love: hat il,i. story may have :ro~" ont al
thu habit al putting woman at the i'ott"m
ri all the crosses al existence. But there -
no DENYING lila, his deposition was -,.nred
aud tina, more al the vinegar than the sugar
If life had passed into his -oul. lie delight
al in -sy,ng punecn, aud raspins things of
tho~e whom he dislikei, and thee provoked
sentiments that werr not favorable Ia his
popularity. But he VAS incapable ri little
meannes>e- lie MAS M open ke-
No sHxET ENEMY.
Whatever he ihough, he said, anal ~ay
down in !, IS cr,,Siy and obdurate heart were
little veil springs Ct kindness, which only
n.esl~si nurture to eu>h free wi,h the waters
of bcnevolence. lie had many practical !
views oi life. but no culture. Orphaned III
m,o,l,rris love In his -aIly ioyl,.ssi, l.s,ke.l
upon by relatives and friends rs ssrt Of
Sesial parial,. hi< ainiy nature hardened To
in~en-ihiliiy, anil he treated with Ss"rn the
compassion which, his Loneliness excited.
He WA vain ii his wii ~ni pr,Sliga: Il his /
satire. lie would much rather say a cut I
ting than do gos-! deed; hut then nobolyy !
ever ask u him la .io s.Sud, while tie idle !
laugh WIS always ready 70, his wi,icl.m.
So Sherwood and the old town in which he !
lived grew old together. Its silent streets !
a woke In his heart the idle mcn,"ris< III his !
acsolaic y"',,h ani
lGNELY NSHn,U;'.
With ag-, came di-ca-c, aud the strung !
frame which MAS always ready 10 elel the i
assaults oi his lind, shrunk aud wiihered
under the hand III Providence. lie iecan.c /
I burden io himself aud torture Z" hi.
friends. D-c,cpit with age, tortured by an i'.-
curable mSlady he driited nut OF life with |
protest to nature for the wreck IL b 81 u, ul.
Di his marh.ssi, anil \ sori al .ir-p,iriHg .
defiance Tor the few aud solitary pleasures
It had given To his keeping lie died y-s-
ler.lay in i:eursr,own, where he had grown
from Youth to sge, and where each sil~n,
and ds~ola,e psemenio Gi his life, La.: for
him kindred sympathy in its desolation.
While the relics of the past are around his !
grave, his memory will live in the hearts !
nj th,sse With whom he grew old. anil Who
will miss him ior ccmpany's sake. Peace
10 his ashes.