The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-12
NEVER SAWANiRROR.
Wild Conduc: Of an Age1 Couple
on Their F,rst Sight Of .
Looking Glass.

Yesterday afternoon . couple at pre-
sdsmic sts,riginaI- from the hack woods
being husband sad hrs wifs, Who hs.
chi-elei ON each Of their faces the marks o
about ~ wears soj ,urn in this world Of si'
and safe Of democracy, went into Muses. 4
Van Wagner. boot and shoe store.
Mr.. Lon v IN W .gner. from whom tn,
BAzoo Iesrned these facts, says that tn,
man has bee" in the store ut intervals o
TOUR months each for the Pss, t~o y~Ars
purchasing goods, still Mr.. Nsn Wsgnei
does Rot know where ne lives or wnst hi,
n .me -. Both the man AMI the woman wers
dressed in the don',-care-s sus, style
Sh. wore = sun bonnet, q CALICO dress made
IN the m,-, ancient s,:le, AMI q curious
pryiUs look spre.d over her face. He sas
dressed a. ii in bur.es4ue OF Uncle Sam
the "iypical yankee. When they came
into the store the N IN went with Mr.. Van
Wagner to the back end of the room To iook
at some shoes. Mr. Van Wagner with hi.
u-usl courtesv asked the SON N To at
down on the sofa. She dad ~. II happen.
Ell tn. the sofa vas just opposite . large
mirror which IL sc, n-stly in the vail along
the -uu,h eide OF the store The cid lady
at . a,pmen, in from, Of the mirror then
took I'd her -un b,nne,. ~ she did 40, sl.nc-
ing around, -he stW another woman d. the
-sme. She ssid "Hos do you d. ?" ".
r--p,n-e. 81 = nice afternoon" che cun-
tinu.d. NJ reply. She beg4" getting
restless. .ro-- and walked hack to the
north side ii the ROOM, the o,her w,msn
sppe red To rise at I'll. same time and walk
away di-g,I-,~si.
She j-rkrd on her spn-bonnet and
marched boldly up TOW srd the mirror - IL
Intending tn go right through II. The
other ~om,n dill the same thing. When
shout three feet from the glass she stop
ped, turned aside and mn-t in,en.e look
of disgust aud mys,i6cs,ion crs~ led out on
her lace, che yelled, "rhomss, Thouss,
ecme here" Her husband hoped to her
-,d- with an slacrity which evidenced that
-he wore the family pants.
She began ge-,iculA,ing wildly and said,
"Thoms-, there j. a woman, through that
window in the next store who has been in
-uilin' me, an l'n soin' IN TO ace her."
the excited Thomas inquired, "Whai
did she say to you"
The dirty hLzzy did not say anything"
continued the female abort :ines, shut che
has been making motions At me. Oh, /
won't stand it," and she unlimbered her
arms, tongue and limbs simultaneously,
and started out Of the door, closely fol.
loved by he nov infuriste,i hush and, With
ti,is, ire in his eye and doubtless
jn-t the ,mall-st mi Of fear inside his
shirt lea, the other woman VA bigger and
a stronger woman than his site.
Following them came Lon VanW sgner,
Babe MILL, grinnins; Hugh
Brent, from whose fs~e bIossOmmed 6ne
S-~pstuseEt W suixkVt~s nuu seSSIot O'ueI
business men, Who had been attracted
thi,her by the loud words If the argry
couple.
They rushed into Currsn & Fry's DRY
goods store, being the FIRST door south Of the
boo, and shoe store, the women dashed in
looked under the counter and behind boxes
and said, "She has gooe."
Mr.. Wallace, one of the clerks, said,
l. Madame. il there snything can do for
your
81 don't want sny thing, sir" che snap
ped out, aud both rushed out on the street
again, looked into eli the adj lining stores
and up and down the street in vain. They
.iled to find the obnoxious female, when
they returned to the slore and completed
their purchase.
Neither Of that couple hsd ever seen .
looking glass. Who would have believed
'h,l ". had personi6ed ignorance in o.
big hunk- and a. aged ~ that j. in the
state Of Missouri?