The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-16
ON The SLABS.
The Gentle IN IN from Saline Has an
Adventure.


The Joplin N.rs l. re-l~nSib'e for the
fellow s:
Cnmne.cial Travellers rs 4 general thing
know mnrc about the current events al tie
dsv than any other class "f Is-"l.l., .-Is'-
ci,llv those events ihickiy clustered with
Iuiicrous trimmings. Dnrin. a cs.nv.rsa-
ton with one oi IA. IA The other day Mars
reporter learned! the particulars III M inci-
i.-ni which .~curi-,. ia ~. Louis The other
J,v. In whici, a m.rr,l,.r %! i,,- last dis--.nri
Legislature figured "n. of ihr heroes.
| The n,eini,-r fruia Saline" is 4 da>hiag
vonny fellow. az, Il twenty eight. and during
thu last session madea It putaiion for ability
and ,l.amen.e rarely attained hv y"".g
mel, "f his aye. lie j. j"ly. iui! al tan,
aud a Ir,,.alsr comp ,ni"n wherever t' r".S.
aud h.. has warm ir,-nd- all over the STATE
S..m. J,vs ago IL. went down Ia ~ i.'ui,
lar the double puri."-.' al attending Q" >''ihr
legal business aud having ''g"d time
with the hovs" Alter transscting his
cuisines. anl while >iroliins ii,r",yi, ''r
civ in the eveni, he met Mark Belt. "'.-
tori..us c!,arac:er--a pr"ies, i"nai j''s.r. ar'i
a..., III. man of sample trunks VIA. i"l.i ~
the story III their adventure. They were
all ,i.r-e old .sguainia"ces. fund "' gazing
: ON the bright side If In" Hnd n once
. resolved 10 "turn l,nse and h,v- a
god time" They visited the "I'rTa. ihr
wine cellar q 4 other places "i public r'--
= s.rt, and wer. happy In each "'i~r :
company that nhosIt I O'Clock they we're
| discovered in = ~is;e %. ui;sr unconscious
, ness bv = policeman, who happened =" "a
i, we'll acquainted with all "i them. Tie
. p.licemwn saw here chance Tor the Fer
o. traIiun upon his friends "i sahS':,
Joke. AMI calling cab he had the I'''i,
r. c,uyev-d 10 the MoryHe. Arriving ii.' n
J. he stripped them naked "a the Fi""ee
A. s.,;,.r. in the Garden of E.:-n and ;si'
them ont on the cold marble sia''s. whe'
> unknown dead bodies are laid to aw.,
Fl Identification. and turu-d on The col! wai.
fru,n little pipes ;hs! were susps n'ie.! a''"v
=, e.ch of the slabs They remaine.! in 'h.
e. sloo,ay place fast asleep until m"r'.in.
AZ When they awoSe and discovered the >,;ns
,;nn-weli, their feelings can IT, hr'
ter imagined than described. "'h- ga
ne ,lemau from Saline Demands! "a cal; {
nix the iIou-e,' but no Ser,eant az Arm
." bairg present he moved ''th- previ"'l
rs question" hut the motion re-eci"e,i ir"i
the gloomy walls s-onnd him unaccon
r- panied by a second. Mrrk Belt observe
:" tbs, he Guessed resurrection day had army.
I'M ai,d their turn had mol come !" !" ~"
r,oted be:"rr lire Golden Throne. Ih'
We're no, lett long in t'.is i,redicanent, hot
ny ever, for soon policeman appeared and
was at once recognized and accused ri beiI
&" party to the suit.
The drummer didn't tell il exactly Oh
n. wsv, but the cloud Of horror that appear
on his features while relating the incide
rather indicated that his statement 10 {
-, etf,ct that he was 1.-The only sober man
=, The par,y." and that he had not been plac
on marble slab were visionary ieatu
added to the real facts for special purpo
notwith landing the fact that commerce
travellers have the reputation Of is-ing &
in To alers and wholly unacqmAinsed with =
p Of manner Of misrepresentation.
No. Our Jolly young statesman returned
his home, where the people, highly plea
with the good work he had done for th
in the las, Legislature, we're clam"ring
him to allow his name 10 b. used fur
how position again, but il is not likely he .
lore many Of hrs admir,ns constituents the st
let Of night in the Morgue.