The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-02-10
AT REST.
Funeral Obsequies Of the Dead
Editor, Poet and Printer.
A Most Excellent Discourse BY the
Rev. Mr.. Van Wagner.
The Friends and Associates Of
Poor Mug" pay General Trib-
ute to His Memory.

ute 10 HIS memory.
This morning brief notice in cur morn
ing contemporary brought sadness 10 many
hesris-M Was the death OF "Nug." Pc0r
Mug" he deserves mere than curt para
grsph, merel, mentioning his taking ID,
hut owinR 60 the late hour @! his demise,
- Q. m, no time ~as allowed for cur CO.
temporary 10 say more 10 day. Tomorrow
il will do him and his memory justice
WILLIAM II. NCGYokD
was q native Of ST. Louis-bcrn there in
1887. la zbonr 1854 he entered = printing
Office as m apprentice Z, under the iu,orsh;p Of
-. -. X ,n,sey. one Of the oldest and mott
skilliui crsff-maH 10 that great city. who
stiii survives, although qaiie aged aud in
irm.
Abou, 1851, Mug" started West and
stopped at Lesvenworth, Kansas, short
time, working at his trade-a ecmposiior.
Later M the y~sr ne drove al OK iesm t.
Denver. Cclorsdo-hauIing freight
From this time the writer KNOW very
little Of his career .nii. sitter the wsr, m.
you'd the fact that ne served .hor, time
as soldier in the Federal army, in s MI.
souri, regiment.
HIS CAREER IN KANSAS.
In 1866 he ~a- comPO.iior nj Fort
Scott, Kansas. Afterwards, in company
with ether, ne started paper at Topeka,
which did not live long. Then
he started papers At Fort Scott,
PleAsanton and ia scne lev town In
the great Arkansas Valley. the nsme of
which cannot nos be recalled.
IN sEDAILA.
II was in July or Angus, ls.2, the sub
jet Of this notice walked into the BAxco
ufice, one sul,ry day, ami scco-ied the
writer:
stranger, can you give printer days
work TO ss-'-s him in keeping body and
sonl together p
"Mue" vac put TO work - . e"mpoAitcr.
Ia short time be vas duly installed - .
reporter, and subsequently, an editorial
writer, which position he filled With little
interruption until August 1873. when
he went TO Deniron. TeIa-, ~ editor OF the
Heruid Of that place. He did not remain
there long, but returned to Sedsi,a. Since
his return he hxs been employed On the
Democrat in the varied positions Of cowpos-
itor, reporter and editorial writer.
HIS LAST SICKNESS.
About two weeks ago he fell down, sirik.
ing his head on . st0ne or some hard sub
stance. Az he recovered from that accident.
erysip-iss eei in, which bs6ed the skill Of
the ply sicians and ihwated the Effect Of
medicine his demiee this morning.
'NUG."
At the time Of his 6rsi introduction into
the BAzOO Gfhce, was in the possession Of Ill
the faculties OF mind ems! body. and none
vas ever more indu.iri"u- or skilliul At the
ease Than he. Active, quick At perception,
sOcixble and Intelligent, he wss 4 great
fsvoriie among the craft. He W. proud.
He de.pi-ed mean act shove ell things.
and never vas Intentionally guilty Of one.
Mug" possessed large heart. and vss al
ways resdy to divide With his needy breih-
rem Of the craft. Many have applied to
him for food, shelter and rsiment-none
were turned away without being supplied
far beyond his neans % 10 do.
We rem. inter early in the winter OF 1874,
seeing him give his only winter cost to .
poor fellow Who had nothing 10 protect
him from the wintry blsets bat . thio linen
dusier.
take IT," said "Mne," "and all that ]
will charge you for il will be the promise
that yon will some day, ~hen YOU can.
give u coat 10 come poor fellow who may
need one Is you do now" And be vent TO
work 10 pro, ure the means TO pnrchsse An
oihsI coat ir himself. That ONE incident
warmed our heart toward Mug" and We
hsve never forgotten the man or the oct.
To illustrate. to . certsin extent, the
character and the Literary ability OF the
deceased. We reproduce some Of his poeticsl
illusions written for this paper. The 6r-t
below vas written in April, 1876. just sfser
pro,r acted dissipation. The weather in
March had been very mild-eo much 20
that buds had started, and in aome IN
stances leaves had put forth. Alter this, .
;; cold snsp crme with snow and sleet, fress-
ing to . Grip all vegetation which had
started. The poetry alluded to 10 - fol-
Iowa:
HIDDEN BLESSINGS.