The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-17
THE PROOF

THE PROOF
or the Pudding 10 In the 1stins
oft.
80 Take . Slice Of This With the
Sauce.
Mine freni..
Tie ssddest days and ~ have come again
We were here last year, and you know
how il vas then; and u you look around
you, you can ne how il IL nov. Our in.
dustriea ere paraiyzed. and the Psv paw
crop n . failure. A rich old paw nov .,
away up. and their daughter are Close
iev IN market; round lots Of fair 70 mid.
ding opea about $50 p. N, aud close At
100. The old man turns down the gas NJ
3, locks the front door at $50. and uniiss
the bulldog At s:45. Smith rings the he'll
n 3. and the police beat taps all night.
II IL sad. These are sad days.
But every cloud has silver lining. and
our old trade dollar Of IL: grains Of joy il,
il there are sad days Tor us. you bet your
life they are whole almanac Of sorrow for
the mosquito! Two weeks ago the Their
mometer Vas kicking all the shingles or the
roof tn get on top Of the lightning rod.
When night and moequitos hoverrd over the
earth, then came wherping AMI Whaling.
gk-nashing Of teeth. For the buss Of the
disbolical blood sucker Vas hesri in the
land. and prayers, slsrs and cumes re-
sounded in every house. One Of the most
touching episodes Of the season il the sepa.
ration of . man end his wife after living
happily together for IS years. Mo-quitnr
did il.
IL WA about-lemme see-yca, il vas
about half past II At night. The good old
couple we're wrapped in slumber and white
bed spread. through tie bottom Of = hich the
old mans toes protruded like the root. Of .
cottonwood tree from . river bank. A big
mosquito sat on the foot board lM,kinx At
that big toe and marked il for his osn. liz
walked over on tip-ioe and lie ON il ~ softly
~ . pound weight in . tub Of hot butter.
Then thst 6endish insect stuck IT, his bill
and began 70 pump With both hands.
The old man swokc.
He saw what Was up.
Slowly he drew MP his leg. the big ,os and
the mosquito. Then he doubled up his
right Get. drew back, let drive with all hrs
might. and--took the .ged partner at his
jnys square in the stomach, Sl,. swoke
~ith one w,ld shrek and sprang from her
couch. overt"rni"x the stand upon which
The lamp vas burning. yelling, "Mnssier,
Thieves. Rape. Police"
The mo~quito bar aud the lsd cIothe-.
we're IN 6re. and the old man w.s tangled
up in the latter. With one desperate ~ii,rt
he burs: his bund~ and ru he'd into the hall
with the rear Of his only garment im blzze.
A. he ran into thu ha he met sl,e servant
Eisl. Who tainted dead away. Over her pros.
lraie form he bounded into the bsrk yard,
wiih the intention III jumping into the cis-
lerr but the faithful watch dog va. at his
post. and mi-,nking Ii. master for Glazing
dog star, he took a big rnouthful out of the
calf Of his leg. The old man rnared and
Dst OF at breskneck speed around the yard,
followed By the dog. Other dtgs cravlea
n"der the back gate and joined in the pur-
'uit. and the unfortunate fugitive, after
making sixteen rounds and falling over tie
ssh barrel % time.. took refuge IN = hen
house, when the afirigh,ed geese kept peck.
ing at his bare legs with their spoon bills.
md fourteen dogs sat down patiently out
tide the door waiting for him tn come out.
In the meantime friendly ne ghbors had
brown all his furniture ou. inio the sireet,
md an enthusiastic fireman ,uistakimx his
sife's red flannel night-csp fur . blaze,
Knocked her dowa and ieIuxed her with
'tream Of water.
We aaw her petition for divorce IN thirty
,sEes al foolscaP.
The old msn il out in San Juan making
IN application for = postn.a.ier.h,p.
And that cursed skeeler tried to get free
'as for Memphis "a = hospital nurs~ rs
oon - the cold sn.p came.
Yes. this il hard world, sirsn niger.
The Mulberry Mo"i'or has poet, or poet
-. and they are good thing to have
imes better than the measles, and not half
o spotted. The BAzoo ha. some, and aooe
4 them are righ, Handsome, ton Well, thi.
'oet Of the Mober!y .Noa,soIs says:
Two cats with Que mous.,
Two wives in one house.
Can never agree.
Two lads far one less,
Two roads lhruugh pass
All! deary me.
Two doss To one bone,
sCSvG 8ubbs
For surely Won zee
That tvo OF n kind
May have the same mind,
And saiIl disAgrre.
Two birds and one worm.
See The whole trio squirn,
4 picture vi Life!
Two bees in flower,
Too rights IN doxer,
Hssgh ho! Ill il slriie.
To which ve rush right Oh I'd the post.
lice PEN and ink stsndl which are iree) aod
ply in the following words and figures,
,-wit:
And vet there are timer,
In al lands aud clime.,
When to- are enough
A sish or sofi word.
IL hushed by third
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