The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-10
WHIPPING CHILDREN.
Twenty Year old Rod Marks Pam.
~ Diecernible on the Backs Of
Sedslia Business Men

L.si l-"rd's das a B.z'o rpnr,ss, with i
parry 81 bnsine-s ard professional men al
Ssdali.. wenI down io Flat Creek 90 roll
their Trainer IN the diluted dust which
d ats .:nug w.;h.n II channels A. water
TIE reporter -; on \ taIEI--- log. pulling
away At = cLesp cigar. striking at and
ni--I.g n.n-Yuii".r. AL xs;.k:ng tie
crowd 81 nuGe baIi'er- splash about ia the
water; and !- noticed weits across the back
OF all 81 them.
: Ohe gentleman bcIe s,r HI. hack
weii- Shish i.si .yit., b,;y b.en m-de by
-rrsr- Sirh ~hi,h L. had t-sn ~Lirr.d IA
chiidhUsj. Tie marks G.f,..d >. "a 20
Indicate that she -iTuke- lad t--n q, ,d-
10y dih.isn, au.ii,:.s al leather. Seine II
them had evidently h,.n msde by No.
oak tanned leather, snck - "a. TANNED ~.
foTe the var; others - u m.ae 10y the poor
I ~ tanned leather tI;Led ga. during the
war, aEi which l. .,l..ri ''l-'k.' Tie
wei,s h.,i all h. en inside hy either hem oes,
.ak ar i.ponica tanned feather, and ny the
d,mne-- Il the mark, tie date oi ih.ir b. =
ing placed there sou.d he told Iii- back
~ NJ = regular hide and leaiI.r market n.
sort. c, v.rIny 4 Isri1d .; a.. I.-r ts.niv
yesis.
1h- BAzoO G,sn asked me ;;-n:!vm al
acruss wi,u~e back thc~e strap marks were
Visible IL his father ws- net = harness
maker The question VIZ snswer.d in The
affirmative. IL was evident the Oil mar
had used STRAPS a. ''Persuasers in -,iurai-
ing his chi!,ireB, henre the complete iealh-
.r report slo,s the back of his son's
frame
Another gentleman ~ho l. engaged IN
the dry yos-ds Uii-iIs-@s ~ his city wore .
ns.k badly marked "a il nv r.!I. 4 close
inspection -howsd thai they had been
asie 10y di6-ienI kinds cf rods and al dif-
ierrn; dates.
The reporter n-s.i h.m II hi. father h.d
no, .ssn farmer sni resided at diysI,
times ia Different paris al the country. lie /.
rspliesi an the affirmative TIE old nan .
had evidently whipped his children with .
whatever kind vi I"i- ar .siIclies grew ia I
the country where be lived. sTi IL wAs
possible 10 Tell 10y i.,.kipg a. the iitine--
ar iisiinciness ii the wsit- what tate lhr
man h... lived ir. ny knowing Ihr kind .:
rode me had u-.a un int IN. 4. judged
by iiiosc wells ht had be-n h1ri, H. Perm
.ylyania shout fo:iv v.srr ag". ~ ai'es,ed
by the siiinre-s ii the wells m .de by Penn
'vlvasis h.xei witches H. i!.en moved
Ia Ohio when about seven Yeas old. a. the
sells made by caio birch s~i,e!i-- apIs.ar
10 have been made about that dus. H.
IA ,v-t Tier xith his parents Ia Fiorids,
~t..n a.ou; iSelvey years 81 age. ii :he EloEi-
Ia cyprus ~i:ch Wells at r,.-- his back ar-
,ood -.ider-e Riding in florida bat y
hort ;.in. T.. Ie.Ii Iy-d la ILLINOIS,. ., L.
'howa by the O-ase hedge mark OIL hi-
,sck Wiru i cen seir- pii be moved
j" N-trssks. whore ihere wss Considerable
,r,ir:e ard .;;,Ie timber. a. i',e s,,n'- hack
hossd rhat the doiins father had Uses.
.lspcoar.i- on him.
There wee siso rome club m,rks made
~ hi. hacl, in l>6I by Indi.ps 'imber
iou.e scars on his head IL flicied nv Mil
rauke. brick along in 1858, which ser.
he iate-, marks indicating hI- childish
due .ii.n. His back and head ws.e eom-
,ie,e Chronological historic # his life.
Their. were also scIie ball, and knit.
n rTs- on hi r.rspn. which indicated tina,
ne had bren la Texas a couple al a.ek-
10 Iut eigheep yesr- ago. On the back Of
very gentleman OF tina; cr"xd the mrrk-
made by rod. hoar'is, sir-ps, wagon neck
'ok--. hcrsewhip-, g,sPip.s, etc indicated
ne dates st which they we're inflicted,
he business IL which their fathers we're
ns.g.d, the state in which the child had
ived in short. the backs Of thee gentle
men carried, written in wells, = complete
.miiy history