The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-03
peculiarittee or Men.

It IL q well-kb0Wn TACT that me
have pecularities Just the same as We
men. Some are not identified 50 strOn,
however, with the strawberry trade
mark, but they all have their hObbie
or popular craze. which polite peopl
denominate Its a way he has.
The lawyer rs for instance, can be re
coguized among thousands with q few
EXCEPTIONS. He has slow aud stead,
action Generality Affable, but reser
we'd ON such Information as wOuit
naturally interest a listener. He is {
trife pompous, sings independence in
his manners, eeems to imagine his su
periority, enjoys joke On others, emu
Iates the law and himself particular
larry, decries outraged justice by broth
er practitioners. sweIls with indig
nation at the slightest touch of doub,
as to his veracity, and manages fee
sable client in a way that as.onishe-
the client.
The doctor. is a representative man,
does little harm. and sometimes good.
H.. is not 50 cOnceited rs the legal limb.
bur Is very prompt t. attend Fourth OF
July gatherings, and all other picnics
where accidents and sudden illness are
liable TO make him a fee. This is only
business enterprise. however, and not a
peculiarity.
The journalist is inquisitive, prying
and often impairment toa degree shock
ing TO drummer" Of commercial
wares.
Railroad brakemen are known by the
walk and the familiarity with which the
will lean On your shoulder at the slight
est opportunity.
The minister carries a suspicious look
ing umbrella, straddles his nose with
specks, looks child like aud bland. hand
locked as if afraid they would fy away.
or perhaps its walking attitude Of
suppIication. He eyes sharply spring
chickens and stray sisters whom he
wishes to draw into his fold
The barber watches your face to see if
any one has rasped you since his last OPP
Grafton. He invariably gives himself
away by his everlasting flow of CONVEX
satiOn.
The tailor notices the horrid fit his
competitor made of YOUR non-suited suit
and gets so he gees half over on the
strength thereof.
The average postmaster anticipates
your desires. aud tells yon there isn't
Id thing there. to which you uncon-
sciously reply. as that 50, There ought
10 be- Look again, wont you.'
The swell leers and sneers, but always
steers clear of any device that turns an
honest penny.
There is no: mechanic. an artisan
or professional man who does not
possess some characteristic by which to
spot him down. You may have no.
ticed this yourself.
The Story OF Four Law Students
Ia the law Office of John ;. ~pencer
at Canandalgua, n. T., in 1862 |
were four young law students. to for
tune and fame unknown. Under the |
careful guidance of Mr. Spencer they |
were duly admitted to the bar In 1884 |
aud one of them struck out for the
west locating ut Cleveland. Here
he stuck fast and while waiting the
expiration of six months prescribed by !
the Ohio laws before citizen Of an
other state could he admitted 10 prac-
fice in her courts. he was surprised nv |
by call from his three fellow-students.
They Were looking for place to hang
out their shingles. "Well. one Of you
can stay here with me another of
you can 20 further to this little French |
village they call Detroit. and the |
other can push on to new place on
the site Of old fort Dearborn After q
little consultation this plan WIS agreed
On. The one who went on 10 the
little French village" was George G.
Bates; he who went further on WAS
Douglas. who went to Spring
teld instead of Chicago. making a mis-
lake, while he who remained in Clev-
and was Henry B. PAYNE. This was
70 1894 the young man who planned
out the career of his three friends was
f.. Ii Thompson. now in this state. /
who told us the circumstances.