The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-19
LANGUID.
A Esw Very Malignant Cases OF
that Cootagious 0alsdy
Still Reported.

Still Reported.
"Jim" said . travelling msn TO another
knight Of the grip sack, o. they sat smok-
ing cigars in front Of the Garrison House
last Saturday evening. what il the mort
Isnguid thing you ever saw ?"
"Well," replied Jim. 81 think one oil
these toney young men. whose entire for
tune 10 on their back in the shape oil
clothing, or ON their tapering 6ogers in the
way Of rings, or on their manly corrected
bo~oms in the way of - cent store diamond
studs, when talking 70 . young lsdy who
is mAtrimonIa ally inclined and vho has q
wealthy father. IL about the wOrst case oi
lsnguid this, il hss ever been my misfor-
tune To witness any poor fellow suffer the
sgonies Of.
"Ehst's your opinion, Tom," continued
the quesiioner. addressing \ runner for q
Wholesale iron house.
well" responded the iron vender, you
take . young lady who has been learned
10 dance and piano il and knows all the
fir ations, but nothing Of work, marry her,
let . financial panic bankrupt her husband
then while the hard working fellow is try.
ing to make few nickles honestly 70 that
he can keep his wife up in style. let him
ssk her to sew busted button % his pants.
l think sir, she would be sttscked by the
most malignant csee OF lsnguid known to
the profeasioD."
''Col, what's your opinion" inquired the
questioner Of thirty -6ve-yeaI-old veteran
runner, whose clo~e observation and cri,i-
ca! knowledge Of human nature drew him
from his h,.u-e nest little fortune A. his
annual salary.
Nov pard." replied be, 81 will give
you the ingredients aud directions for mix
ing that will make you the hosS lansuid
toddy. You get . married woman, aged
between 10 ard Is years. not one Who car
ries high degree Of intelligence, such are
liable not TO mix we'll, but just n woman
Who never would he mistaken for the
mother Of talented children, . sort Of q
runt mentally. Mix her up with con-
ditions 10 life which will enable her 10
live ~ithout manual labor ~ she doe-
without mental exertlon. Let her hande
ne "A barren Of the callouses of labor n her
train is Of the footprints Of culture. Put
her on dress parade in the presence Of
other ladies, some of whom mingle poverty
aud intelligence i'm their makeup. Be-
Jewel and be silk her with the sdornments
of cash, and let the subject Of
he "our servsnts, our colored
carriage driver. chambermaids, kitchen
girls. and other servants.r 10 the presence
Of such mixture OF "lsneuid" a. you will
have when her tongue goes of on that sub-
jeci, your softly raised mountaineering
young lady spoken Of BY Tom would turn
pale around the g,Ils and f.int, and Jiu,'s
hard up but high toned young man playing
tor father'e fortune would crawl Cd in the
dog kennel and hate and kick himself.
We. guees they would, they oil chimed
in chorus. and Tom ssid veil - the guber-
Material functionary Of North Carolina
very truly remarked 70 the gentlemen die.
the duties of the same Office for
the Commonwealth Of South Csrolins.
"It's long time between drinks" And
al the listeners to ihore names of in
gradients and directions for mixing tina.
b',ss longuid ioddy bowed their head, in
acquiescence and formed in Iine Of battle
in front Of, and with their stomach. rub
bling again the saloon bar, and one Of them,
but il Was not the Colonel, cried out 70
the bartender. "H.rrv ten whi-kies" and
Henniken r piled '''ris VEIL" and amid
the cIinkine Of glasses the further thoughts
Of this languid theme was hushed.