The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-15
A HUG 1873 NILES LONG.
The Experience Of Q Newly Mar
ried Couple Who Visited
Ssdslia Yesterday.


Jus, b~~n made one by CuPids coupling
Ceremony came tn this city FROM st. Louis,
ON the Pacific road. She was q classic.
faced, a,n"rou- looking being, and he vas
evidently a newspaper mai, as he was
wearing the weather proof, elect:otyI<sl
face of a veteran III the craft, and his en-.
tire baggage consisted of three ssichels
filed with newspsp~s, varying from the
antiquarian prc-Adsmic magazine down
tn tine historical weekly aud the Prospectus
like, newsy readable daily, together with a
few dark, bilious looking bananas and
some Oranges, that had bumped against
the summ. = season too -,.on for their own
good. The bananas and oranges formed
the hill ri iaIe Tor their physical b~ings
the new-papers faltcned their mental De.
partu,en,s, while the blessed presence ol
.sci, other filed up the balance III the
schin. v"i'i- 81 their systems. Well d.
you Know that man slyly lid hr- arms
around the blu-hing bride while the train
sa- sii!l the corporate limits of 81. Louis
She lesn-,i over and looked irustingly into
those journsii-iie optics. Tho-e eyes oil
the newspaper man which had never h ca
before rested by looking at anything softer
than newspaper paragraph, ~ers held ID
long. lingering. lansuishing look ~ thcss
feminine Opiics, from 81. Louis To Ibis city
aud that husging, il wss simply prodi.
gious. IL hogan in ST. Louis, ended II Sc
dslis and was broken At but one poin
durir < the trip. which vas at Franklin
where the 81. Lnui. Il San Francisco cros-
--s the Pacific railway; then, the cars
jol,ing over the crossing, partially shooI
ioose the hugs-r fr.'m the hngs-r. Blu
the hug aud lock were di>~nxsg~,
ior bat an instant. You r~membe
hos warm snd familiar the wesihe
wss y--,-r lay. Then imagine that hus
and look from ~. Louis to S-,ialis-lSS
miles long -doub,Ies- the iouz--i hug OF
record. The stopping 81 the train Al Seds
liza did not shake them apart. The Con.
dacior yelled 'Sesixiis" NJ item; the,
needed him not. A brakeman put hi
head between them and screamed ''Seda
lis" several bootblscks ran into the ca
and praciics,i yelling at them. all to no ef
iecl. They we're finally carried bodily on
of the car, -pan Of mules hitched To escl
one Of the happy eouple-,he hug bein,
>,ill in pIogress-And driven in different
directions, all to no effect. The mule,
pulled vigorously, but the counter pulling
pre,iominais,i. The harness broke, and ,h'
exhausted mules sat down in weed patel
and piteously asked to be allowed to rest
Two locomotives were finally hitched Il
the couple. turned in opposite directions
ihroitles thrown open and steam turned on
After several Car links we're broken. an.
the locomotives had tugsed bravely nj tn
happy couple for twenty minut,.. an,
the firemen and engineers in despair he.
given up the lsst resort. VIZ: "cussing," tn
hugsrr casually Withdrew one arm froo
around the lsdyh waist To mop on til
sweat from his brow, also to open . put
up" Telegram to him to the effect that II,
printing Of the delinquent tax list Of hi
county had been awarded TO bis paper
when, advantage being taken in that lull il
LostiIitlel, the locomotives in last despe
rate pull succeeded in tearing the haPp!
couple apart. Their sudden disengsse
ment from each other caused q loud report
which Was mistaken by ci,iz .ns OF Mob-rl,
and California for cannonsiins by green
hackers in that section, njpicing over th'
nomination Of Weaver tor president at lh,
Chicago convention. The sflec,ionsi,
couple took the NJ. X. Il T. train to Texas
and when last seen we're showing unmis
taxable symptoms Of reembracing.
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