The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-11

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From Gar. rlp, As.....
A s6rious Il 144o take -. but ~
! it has nown t6be to6tahlo. Thia
wess at> ~ els With ne whee
took it up. while now
There, I won't boast, oaly az that
| l am thankful for it Poverty boosl
in at the door. and love dies out d
the wisdov. - yoar poor people will
be always miserable. while according
tony exps1is0cs, your poor man 4
often more ishtheartsd thaa ths MAJ
viii thousas1s.
I ~ ct ny wits' ed for ssostainl
to do, aud 1T nibblisg ny nails on
day and grumblipg horribly.
"Don't 60 on like that. Ton.
says ny wife; "th,ng might b
worse"
"Hov? / aid.
"Wby, - might have Luke II
home. and be i doing veil.
Lake. our boy. you know, and VI
had got him into . merehants ol6os.
where be seemed likely to stay : bat !
80 IN . crushing 6t thss. and there
Vas q clickssy click noise going On ID
the next room that 6dgetsd ~
terribly.
''Thi6Rs can't b vosss," I hid
angrily /; and I vas going to prove
myself in the wrong By making ~
wife cry, when there wa . knock q
the door. =
Gone in" I hid, and . fellow.
ledger put in his bead.
"Ars you good at work. Mr..
Smith !? be said,
"What work. I aid. Fireworks
l-easworks!"
mo, 20; I nsan works Of thing,
o. goss with wheels and springs."
"MiddIing," I said. for I was fond
of pulling clocks to pieces. and trying
70 invent s-f .
81 wish you'd come and look at Thu
sewing machine of mine, for ! can't
get it to Co."
Sewing machines were newish in
those days. and / got up to have .
look At it, and after about IN hours
6ddlipg about, I began 70 - . BIZ
the reason wby-tbe purpose. yoa
know, of Ill the screws and cssnks
and wheels I found out, too, Why
our neighbors wife-who was .
dress maker. and had just started
one-could NOT ges it to 60: and BE-
fore night, BY thinking. and putting
thisand that together, had CT hes
in the way Of working It pretty
steadily, though with ny clamsy
6pgersI couldn't have done it myself.
Ihad ny BIT Of dioeer asd To
with these people. and they forced
halt q crown upon No - well, and /
went back feeling like . new mao.
% refreshing had been that bit Of
work. .
"Thers," aid ny viss. II told you
something would come
"Wsll, % you did," aid I. "but
the something 10 rather small"
Bet the very next days " were
living in the midst Of psople who vere
fest taking to sewing-mschioes-if.ihe
folks from the next house didat want
me to look at theirs And then the
nevs spreading, - news vill spread,
that their wss somebudy Who could
oobble and tinker machinery, without
putting people 70 The sxpsnss that
makers would. iftbs job ddn't cone
in 20 fast, % that I was Obliged = ct
Giles and drills and . viss-FegulAr 0se
of took BY degrees; and ct last -
busy - . bee froa morning until
night, whistling over ny work, -
happy - king.
OF course, every now and then I
got . breakags. bat IeouA gsnsrally
get over that By baying . new vhsel
Or spindle. o. what not. Next ~ got
to supplying shuttle. and needles, and
machine cotton. Soon after I bought
Q machine Of Q man Who was tired Of
It Next week I sold It ct . good
profit; bought another. and smother,
asd sold them; then got to taking
them and moeey IN sEehangs for ssw
ones; and oas way o. Tho other
became . regular big dealer, - you
see.
Hsndreds Why, new. sspood-
hand. and With those being rspairsd
upstain BY tho men. I've GOT ct least
three-hundfed % tbe pee9isss, while
if anybody had told mo 6lhseo ysan
ago that l should b doing TIN /
should have laughed 1t him.
That pretty girl showing and ex-
plaini ne Tie nschine 20 q customerl
That's Roth. that e. No, not ny
daugbser-yst, bat SO 500 will b.
Poor girl. Ialvays think Of hsr and
Of brssd thrown upon Tie waters 1t
the same time.
Curious idea, that, you viii say,
but III tell you why. sa
In our trade 70 have Orange pso-
pie 70 deal with. Most Of en- arsI
poor, and can't bay . oschiee right
o6. but are ready aud will to pay sol
msch q week. That suits them, and |
it suits me. If they'll only keep tbsI
payments up to shs end.
You won't believe ~. perhaps. but
some of them don't 10 that Soue oil
them leave their lodgings. and nsvsr
zee then again: and The noet csrious
part y that The eewiag maehine dinP- |
pears with them, and / never 80 that
again. Many . one, too. that has
disappeared like that. / dose asain-I
perhaps have It brought here b. come
one to b rspairedR sxchanCsa fos .
bigger one or foe one By . diGsreat
maker. foe If you look round here.
you'll aee rva on. al kin6s-nav and