The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-10

persons may be one Of prosperity and con.
tinual rounds of pleasure.
THE Usage HILLS.
WARsAw. Mo-. Dec. 1873.
Editor Of tie Basoo:
Knowing that the people in our larger
towns have little knowledge Of many &c.
tions within fifty miles of them, think
that some account Of the pecullarities and
whimsicsiitiee of the inhabitants of the
Usage Hills may be interesting to your
readers. Much of this country il tributary
to Sedalia, and the roads running south
from your town are crowded with wagons
bringing in the produce of these Hills. Yet
many people in Sedalis do not realise the
fact that the din Of machinery and hum Of
traffic in their midst il echoed thirty miles
away BY the snort of frightened deer and
dismal howl Of the coyote.
What are known a. the Ossge counties
are composed partly Of prairie Of . poor
quality, but mostly Of steep 6int rock hills
covered With oak and cedar timber. There
is As much difference between the inhsbi-
tants ofthe prairie and the inhabitants of the
hills n there is between the inhsbitants of
the New Jerusalem and the inhabitants Of
the Modoc Reservation. In the Hills the
only farming land Is the creek bottoms.
These are very warm but very fertile, and
in favorable seasons will produce large
crops with light labor, and slight attention
e all they get, for the farmers usually
spend two-thirds Of their time in hunting
or in town. 1t fact, the way these rich
bottoms are cultured would warrant nature
in bringing tuit againt the farmers for
bresch of trust. The houses are built on
the sides of the hills among the stonea, 40
that they will not take up any tillable land
and may be further from the malaria OF the
creeks. These houses are invariably built
of logs, the ends projecting at the corners
and forming excellent substitutes for clothes
lines-there is ample room on them for all
the clothes of the inmates. They are rooted
with shingles split from oak blocks, and
these are held IN place BY poles laid length
wise on each tier. The spaces between the
logs are chinked with chips. stones and
pud, and the bon ton Of the population also
mix some straw with their mud. There Is
but one room, two doon and no window in
the house. One side Of the room IL taken
up By the ERE pfsce and cupboard, another
BY two beds, each having baaemeut in the
shape Of . trundle bed attachment, and the
other two sides are spoiled BY the doors.
Here the occupants cook, eat and eleep and
have their being. They never knock the
varnish of the piano or swear when their
heads come in contact with the chandelier.
Their gas bills are light. Over each door is
= enn rack-the gun is generally gone
when the man is-and into the middle of
The room is crowded the table, chains and
Every house has the last
named piece Of furniture, and il l. kept in
motion. The culinary department
ia another interesting feature in the domes-
tic life of these people. Their edibIes con-
sist Of bacon" islands Of fat in oceans Of |
grease "-corn-bread. either dodger or hoe |
cake; and. in lien of corn.bread, . little |
black biscuit, which would do much better |
'ersice as grape-shot than - an appeaser Of
hunger and the whole il washed down by |
,offee, innocent Of sugar or cream, which il
ike the Missouri river, according to Renton
Ia little too thick to swim 10 and not
quite thick enough to walk on" The only
vegetable which ever appears i raw on
on-strong enough to do . two weeks
'ashing and wiring By hand. Any attempt
i desert - invariably 10 the direction Of q
'ie and il colossally successful - failure.
Here there 10 . desrth of school-houses.
hurches. graveysrds and intelligence. The
ondition of the people 10 . convincing
roof Of the absurdity If foreign missions.
go indispensable companions Of traveller
trough this country are loaded pistol
nd . 6ne-toothed comb. The only redeem
ng features are-6rst, the water which IL
be purest, clesrest, sparklinsest on earth.
he streams are ill pebble bosiomed, and
hen the rising SON shines sthvart upon . ,
DOL of this water the pebbles seem to roll
, graceful waves, while the surface % con. Z
ersed into myraid of rainbows, which ,
base each other from shore TO shore. The ,
her redee@ing feature i. the scenery. II a
he Usage could exchange places With the .
hudson IL would be no lss adoired. But
nee this cannot b and these vilIsrnous .
ilh do exist, and since the devil be- been q
Iodered homeless By modern theologians, d
think It would be sdvissble for the Z. s. /"
osesnosnt 70 cede them to his cloven- a
'oted majesty and allow him 70 resume .
nsinea. He can Incorporate Tie present .
,cumbents % charter memben aud il would
.em % much more home-like for the com. 5
} officials.
-Eadossed By Tie people - safe, ~ 2
able. harmless and cheap reoedy. Dr.. :
ulls Cough Syrup. IL