The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-27

The Manner in Which q Pair Of
Purchasers Were
Sold.

Strange things sometimes happen. This
IL known TO be fact.
Sometimes when . man thinks he has .
thing he b .snt got il. This is also known
to be = fact.
But to the tale. Yesterday afternoon .
gentleman from Ouervi!ie, Cooper county,
c.me TO the city to array hin self in Sunday
attire. lie vent 10 L ,my's clothing bouse
on Main street and proceeded 10 array him-
self. In fact he bought brand new hsr-
ne--, donned it, had HE old clothes artisli-
cAliy wrapped up and departed. Then he
went to Lampton's shoe store on Ohio street
and bought himself new pair Of 'skAie-."
Again his rejected apparel Vas wrapped
up aud he walked away complete As to the
outward man. but this time he left both
pack nge- At Lsmr,ons.
During this lime there was another man
pu.suing the road to renovation. his
Was Mr.. A. b. Cation, . gentleman living
about six miles north of the city. lie
started in at q differen, point but he came
under the wire At the same point. Mr..
CAton's FIRST purchase Was It the Golden
E gle clothing house. Here be bought q
suit Of clothes and had them wrapped up
Then be went to Lampton'-. bought q pair
Of shoes, had them parceled, and left both
! pack ages there ito be called for"
The twin packages containing new and
old -uit of clothes and new and old pal,
Of shoes lay on the counter mixed together
ike The prizes Of q lottery drawing. await
ing the lncky holder Of ticket. But The
gentleman from O;terviile got in his worn
first. He appeared upon the scene some
thing like half On hour before Mr.. Gator
aud wAs given two packages. The funn,
part OF il Was that be ut first had the RICH
ones, and was called back and given ih,
wrong ones. Then he vent home. Nov
Mr. Cation shows up. The two remaining
prizes we're awarded him, but for som,
rea-on he made an investigation and die
covered that instead of . new suit O
clothes and a factory pair Of shoes, he wa
the possessor Of some garments which wer
fashionable At . period when the war hs,
not been thought Of, and pair of shoe
which looked as If they had counted al
the ties from Sedslia to the coast. VIVA
the outcome of the matter will he il i
hard to tell The man from Otte.vilie
unknown, but il il believed that when "a
learns Of the error he will rectify it. n
doubt he will be ~ much surprised ~ an
one when he opens the packages. and vii
conclude that Sedalia mercha ants have
very clever way of doing business, an
that he will in the iutsre do his trsdln
nowhere else.
But this isn't all. A few days az
Clergyman from the east, . high tone
brosdclo,h sort of party was this, 20 hi
way to take charge of . spiritual flock 9
Atoks. I. T., stopped in Sedalia on hi
westward way and had IN elegant smi
made up BY Lamy. Subsequently job
Sneed, son of . wealthy farmer IN tn
county, came to Lsmys. purch .sed . net
salt. took it away and left HE old ons
When the chap that is soon to run III
Atoka eospel mill called for his pulp
harness. he was BY mistake given the "a
cieni garments left BY Mr.. Sneed. He ha
them nov. If the inward christian grsc
which he has cultivated does not sustain
him in THE hour of trial, the A,oka peoPl
are likely TO be shocked ~ilh . siar,lin
exhibition Of what q clergyman can copjur
UP in the way Of explosives when be hunt
around for vigorous Z preston.