The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-09-07

How Nick Gentry's Hired Man
Caused a Large Amount
of Trouble,
And Inclined Q Mail Agent 10 tho
Belief that He Wac Beng
Robbed.

Belief tina, He Was Beng
Robbed.
Nick G,niry, the welI-known farmer ami
stock rsi--r, had little experience a cou.
ole Of dsys ago ilsi il worthy Of pnblica-
lion, and is, nj the same time, pretty rich
j,ke. AZ the BAzoo's readers are aware. he
ships to all parts Of the country large
number Of thoroughbred swine. Last FRI
day he had c"upl- that were TO be sent by
express TO party in Kansas CITY. They
were placed in boxes aud loaded in wagon,
and the hired man w.s notified that he
would have 10 bring them 10 the express
Office Before leaving the farm Mr.. IL.
placed in the keeping Of the emPloys two
tags containing tie address of the party to
whom the hogs we're consigned in Kaness
CITY, with instructions 10 tack them ON the
boxes when he reached the express Office.
Had he stopped at this, Ill would have
been we'll. But he didn't. lie slso gave
him two postal cardr. one TO party nj
Waveriy, Mo-, snd the other 10 Burlington.
Mo, and requested him TO mail them in
the po-tt flee.
The hogs were delivered Mt the express
Office, and the euPloye, who must have
been a gray Of the FIRST water, procured
come iscks and attached the postal cards To
The boxes, keeping the isg. in his pocket
Then, after seeing the hogs weighed and
cares, f"r, lac returned home, carrying. with
hiu, the tsg- hearing the d,Ieeiioh-.
The next lIornIng, while going through
hi- cs,si pocket, she r.g- were di-covrred
and h- took them 10 MIX and inquired al
him n To- what he wished sio.se with them.
IL n ,shesi through Nurk'- brain in mn in-
stsnt that the fellow had ,iuE- tie op,~,-
site al ~h.t i.- -i,puid have done, AMI
little questioning provs.! Il ronriu-ivs:y, ans!
satisfied him that trip IL S.islia snd
little iel-grai.hiny ia explanation would
H.. 10 order.
lie came a. town and the fra man h-
met waa Agent Eanih Sh.r, yi,o presented
nim with a i-.-gram wanting io know ::
'Wh-re la IA. ATE ih's- hogs G-niry ship
,.-i ,ne y-~i-rdIy aii-rn.,n?
OF coarse Mr. Fsuihsi-r knew nothing
oi the error that had been made, and he
had forwarded the I.orters la the places 'ii-
recte,i "n the postal cards.
MIX studied the msiter over aud the
longer be thought about il the ankrier he
became, until lac wss ~ bloo.i heat. lie
expresred himself in language that Ma
mos. easily colnprehended, and the BAzoO
inclines TO the belief that he would have
used profane language had there not been
. minister Of the Gospel in close prox-
unity.
He then explained the blunder that had
been made, and Wa advised by Mr.. Faui-
haber to telegraph to the points TO where
the hogs had been shipped and have them
returned 10 Sedalis. He spent a large
portion of Saturday afternoon in this man
ner, and when the wesiern-bouId mail
tram arrived. he happened 20 think that he
had not written to the X ansas City man.
explaining why the hogs had not been
shipped.
lie rushed frsniicslly into the express
office, and grabbing up pm and paper, has
lilly wrote few lines and had Just com
ple,ed the tack when the bell rang for the
train to pull out. He s<ix.d an envelope
and ,hrusting the letter inside, sealed and
stamped IL and rushed ont on the platform
AMI handed il To n. route agent.
He thought his work was done and he
breathed easier. The train commenced
moving out slowly, when, 10 the horrible
discovery " a. m sde that the letter had not
been addressed. Nick's hair stood on end.
He rushed after the IN all car, snd with .
hound jumped on the inside and inst unity
commenced funbling with the letters On
the table, locking in vain for q particular
one, while the agent had his b.ck turned
and was unconscious of visitor. At l.st
the missive was ACQUIRED and most hastily
vas il directed. AMI Nick Was jist in the
act ri siighting from the car when he Was
discovered by the agent, Who grabbed hi.
revolver and rushed for the door, thinking,
no doubt, that robbers had gone through
the mail. Nick needed not, however, bul
gave spring To the ground. Instead oil
striking the earth With his feet, and max.
ing a success Of il, ne went rolling into the
mud, while crowd Of spectators .tood il
the vicinity and had their own fun. Tn,
agent, in the meantime, had msde the dis
covery that he rad not been robbed, bu
ne, too, stood in the car door ~ the tran
sped on aud h.d plenty Of sport over Nick
misfortune.
The experience Wa snysh;sg hut . plea.
ant one, tui ~ Mr.. Gentry got his hog
to retire from business, although he wil
attend to the shipping part himself in fu
ture.
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