The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-09-21
GREAT Is HIS GALL
The Strictly Temperate Nan
Who Applied to Harry
Weber for q sit"
The Noted Dead Beat aud Q For
mer Inmate Of the Sedslia
ColaboO0e.

A certain amount Of gall, better know
- cheek, IL said u be necessary for man q
pUsh through the world, il he desire
10 make for himself . name or . fortu0s
While ihis may be true, there is such ,
thing ~ overriding the matter, ~ the BAZo
n prepared To show BY the case in hand.
A couple of years ego . man named
NJ. lexington vas engaged in the min,nl
of coal near fayetteville, in this county
end his business Brought him to Se,ixlis ire
q uently. On such 0ccA-iOns he vou..
indulge in the flowing bowl until be- bscam
inebriais,i, and would then returff To hi
home. Once. however, he failed To max,
connection, and wxs locked up in Oh,
cool~r and next day wss fined in tho p,l,c,
court. OF course his name appeared i,
the columns of the BAZoO among the res
of the police court hummer. This Va
more than his wounded honor could stand
aud he dropped into the BAZDo counting
rOOm to have . talk with the managel
sbont allowing his name to appear IN print
Not getting the satisfaction he expected
he hew all to pitcrs and stopped hrs sub
scriptioU, ssying he did not want the ID
paper any longer. His request wss CON-
piled with and for sOine weeks Essingtou
vas not heard FROM. The next known oil
lhis strictly temperate 90 hummer vac on
the occasion Of his taking passage On Con.
ductor M~rriield's train from ihi. city to
HaghssviiIe. He was again drunk, and ia
| alighsing from the train iell and in some
manner hurt his arm This event was slso
duly chronicled in the Columns Of the
BAzOO. snd lexington sWose vengeance
nothing but blood would satisfy him. A.
he never called for an explanation, il il
presuoed he changed his mind and came
10 the conclusion to let yell enough alone.
In March, Of this year, lexington again
put in an appearance, end this time as the
mansgeF Of . theatrical combination,
known n the Novelty Company" tbs,
vas To make for sll connected therewith o
fortune in . brief period. E.-inston 90
the manager. and had engaged Mile D,v-
export, Of Chicago, A. the star. He repre-
,~ntei tn her that he Was backed bv W0r-
Thy citisens Of SedsIis. smOng them being
. prominent banker. all OF whom would
advance him any amount Of money, o.
they vere DESTROYS to haye il szid that Sc
dalia had sent out on the road one Of the
finest theatrical companies in the land
He represented 10 her that the money due
her n her salary would be paid promptly,
whether tbey hsd paying houses or not
With this understanding, she lett Chicsgo
an.l Joined lexington and his company st
Rno.lhouse, iii from whence they came
direct tn Sedalia and stopped At the Gar
rison house.
The sosn had been extensively billed for
a L.
18th and 10th, and lexington Wa in high
xIee. He sported . plug hat and cane,
wore good clothes, drank the best OF
liquors. smoked fifteen cent cigsrs. and
piled on the sgosy in every conceiy able
msnner. Mondsy night, the 18th ins. ,'hey
showed at Smiths hall, bat the vast su-
dience ,hst they hsd expected failed to pu,
/. an appearance and they played to an
array Of empty benches.
Although somewhat disconnected. E..
sington put on bold front and assured the
company that the next night they would
b. all righ:, - the hall Ma bound to be
crosded. But he lied, for the audience. IL
possible, was simmer than m the previous
night. Che company sent through With
the play. hove yer. hat after the perform
ance VA over lexington informed them
that the troupe Won.d have t. disbsnd, ~
he could not furnish the means for going
further.
The lsdiesand gentlemen whom the dead
beat oansger had employed had their bag
gage At the Garrison house, with . bill Of
SIS hanging over il, and they were surely
perplexed. After not little skirm,shing
. gentleman of this city, to whom Essing
I'd Al Nkx> n
offered to put up" the necessary amour,
to pay the fare 81 the company to War
rensburg. where they we're to play, and the
money there made was to apply to the pay
ment Of indebtedness, including the CARR
soo house bill Of SIS.
They visited the Quarry City, hut cruel
fate vas against III. u, and they failed To
pay expenses. lexington left the company
there to shift for themselves, and for the
time being nothing VISA heard Of him. A
little later he came TO Sedalia with com
pany known n Webb's MINISTRIES.
The Big Fifteen" but q! course it could
not amount to anything with such = man.
sger, and they "went broke" and vere
compelled To get out Of the CITY n heat
they could. E~ing;on disappeared, and
il vas supposed he had left this section Of
the country, where he IL known only as
wosthless, dissolute hummer.
This seems to have been . mistake, how.
ever; for when the Nip and Tuck combine
ton arrived in Sedslia, Thursday morning,
they found . letter addressed to the man
ager, Of which the following In . verbatim
copy:
WISp~"s- No., Sept. II, 1850.
Manager Nip AMI Turk Company:
SIR IL You are I'm want OF a no ] advance agt
Ann no~ out 81 Business and have had large Ex-
perience would refer won TO Robt Mcvasie, A C.
Nichols, Billy Mavtin T. e. Cambridge tot Chit
.sgol and Others for whom have been on the
Rcad-can play Comedy Parts-or hsav,es-and
never Fat Idle bread when the Roai-w ould
like to Engage with YOU and ! ieel confident ! car
give Satisfaction u q" not please You will ask
n,nesi after two weeks trial an early reply ~ \
Yours Respectfully,
NJ. E--I>sro>
Windsor
Henry 90
please answerb by
Telegraph and
will GENE on the first Tram
JM.E.
There va sl>O enclosed couple Of busi. |
ZEN cards, o. foliovs
y. ~ ES>lNoIONs
ST. JOSEPH, No. |
susiness Manager Nsw Tim t;srien Thes,re.
I'M. ESSING ron,
Br~iSHss AsE>r
wet.b's New Orleans Min>treIs.
THE BIZ. FIFTEEN"
The letter was pernsed BY Mr.. Weber.
y whom il vas received, and be immedi-
lely called on the BAzO0 for information
E~ingson, when the above faets
Iese related tn him. IFS needless to say
hat h. did not telegraph. but expressed
he utmost disguss for the man, rem .Pking
hat il vss Just s0ch dead beats ~ E~ing
On sho ver~ injurinR the business Of
Dxiti0ale companies, and the sooner they
'ers discounsensnced By respectable or
asissiions, the better il would Be for the
sofea'ion and the play going people genes.
llv.
OF the venture Of Essinston - "Business
lsnaeer Of the Nes Ulm Garden The.
Ire" st 81. Joseph, the BAzoo knows moth
q hot il 10 sale to cay thst his coooection