The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-01-07
OH, GOLLYl
Can Al These Stories b True ?
How the Parson Took His Last
Ride to Church.

WhOop-eel
Come n and shet Do dot
Gold! We should remsrk, eaid.
Yesterday mourning. - that practical
druggist and analytical chemiss vss sush-
ing mp the strres j" Puru's Of doctor Tor
. severe c'ae 81 e2sissss,sgisss be met the
docior coming doom street. They srssped
each other sar~Iy By the hsn.i, and
quickrr'n you could Say scat! they verr
,,Usen together snd made Sismess twin
The Doctor pulled and Morrow pulled. out
IL .ss M go-'h 1t warm clap Of friendship
had eunee.i.d into icy bond. Of asiiy until
death or hot water did part.
The Docior vas on hi. say to - lady
patient shO required his in.sani services.
BIB had I~is his drug siore open and several
s~re taking advantage Of II.
i 'ook . gallon vi hot wsier and all the
kin a their hsnds To separate them, and
10th registered vov Ia heaven end psid
the !res to l,I,Ie Sammy Ri,ehey, the brsn
"ev Recorder. that they never would shake
again. unless il Vas viz old man Ayus.
Bu, ,hs mos, f'igh,ful example Of cold
sesiher remains yet To be told.
And vs are left 10 tell u.
A gosd old pious minister. Who has
served ,h- Lord on half pay End vhst he
could pick up Tor IS yesn. came inio tow
the other day in his sleish. lie drove ~
tn . good brothers, house. and hitcLed biz
team.
Il was awful Geld.
C.G. Tsvlor hung his Thermometer out
and in half an hour il got down on it,
hands and knees and crawied down into
the cellar. 1t got 30 Low.
Well, the good people inside made ths
old Psrson stay. becauss he and New Year
come only Ice . year.
While he was inside . lot Of vicket
young men came along and $50 the Par
son's sleigh. and the head devil SAID unis
the rest. I'VE will have some fun"
Which motion carried the house BY ,
un0ni olOtls vote.
They sli piled into that sleigh sud avs!
they went, not - aodly mrn. hut the!
drove like the devil, OF hi. broiher-in-iav
Jehn, con Of N;mshi.
They ssopped at various saloons nnii
they go, their tanks f'lI, and then turne'
their pious .s,eeds toward the country 4
see place called the farm" Here tiei
load and sins we're increased BY an addition
lof several females. The shouts and Gus
words. and song., Mortified the l'araon'
h ,rses. Who never heard such things befors
until they came from b~hind- in III
sleigh. They aei With all their might. bu
the villain and ,he sleigh still pursued.
sas 40 cold that all the had words tbs
came from that uneodly crew frnse soli
and dropped in chunks Of ice - they cam
from the wicked cnes'lips, until the boitos
Of the sleigh vas full Of slang and frcse
| profanity.
Af,es they had their ride the bad youn
men iook the Parsons team and sleigh BAG
to where iLey had found il.
. And the good asn was none the wise
when be came out and dr"ve home.
Tie next Sunday il Vas bright. VAR
and sunny. The good Parscn got into tn
sleigh .iih his family and visitors to 6
to church.
There ~ his p,oua vife.
There wss Deacon Jones end his piou
.ife.
Then there Vas Aunt Sarah, . very piou
old maid.
Then there ~ere the Pason's tvo bloom
ing pious young daughters.
Then there we're the Parsons three soa'
~ho-.ell. they y TN, 20 r,ous.
The day vaa warm and the son gre'
hotter a. they proceed.d ON their journey
Pretty com the r.. Zen Gus and oths
cords in the bosiun, Of the sleigh that hs
been LETT began To feel tie Elects Of sains
; an: other heat.
In little while. - the grave party Vel
moving slowly along. oIe Of them air sord
melted and busted:
"D-n my American heart"
The party in the slsish Jumped & q
high. The hor'es sprsns into The air q
The veil remembered voice, the vome
uere horror s,ruek. and the Psrsoo locke
repsovinslv ., the deacon, and the deseo
Iooked reprosehfnIly At the parsoa.
The boys siRgled.
The old msid lurr ed blue.
'Br",her!" said the deseon sorrovfully.
'fsro,her - said the Passon .sesnly.
just then another Of them air words boz
ted:
"D-n this old Puritannieal psala