The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27

Il used To teach ghost class in sun
day school" pursued the reckless reporter.
''Iou talk like do when lie said the
ghost.
Excuse him, ghost" said III" Snowman;
me don't know what he SAYS. He y
newspaper reporter.
why didn't YOU say So before sand
the ghost, advancing and extending TO-
ward, the reporter what looked like q
roll OF white mesquite bar, hat which was
the ghosts hand. The reporter clutched At
IL. but hls fingers closed on nothing.
Everything l. clear, said Care and
Sorrow. Il used to be newspaper re-
porter myself. WAS considered 4 consist
ent liar when ] wa~ in the flesh; but you
do pretty we'll yourself. | am glad 10
make Your acquaintance.
That bcins the case, ghost, III like to
interview Won relative 20 your experience
ior the past few months.
All right lets lind 4 seat
The only seat To- Ia found was upon the
Mother Earth. \ cOntented old COW vas
taking comfortable nap against the hay
stack She was made To- get up AMI the
ghost, The Snowman and the reporter ~at
down upon the warm spot. The ghost sat
III the middle and when the Snowman
ami the reporter looked al each other they
raw one another through the ghosts head.
Where nave ynu been the past two or
three month";" said the reporter, address
ing the ghost, and looking through hi~
head nj the Snowman pulling 1T the bottle
oi confined spirits on the other SHE.
I've been around "a good deal, said
th" shu-t, since | escaped from old Cot
ta9c-wa- a-thatched-onc here
Have you been east or west ~ inquired
thu reporter.
East. mostly" said the ghost. I've
been down AT Washington, among other
places. Jo see Brother Guiteau AMI the rest
ii ,he craukN. met Milo Blair. and Par
kcr amt Ritter, and the rest oi the boys
down there
What did the three lat named gentle
meu seem to b. doing
Red hot after The SedaIia po,toifce.
every one oi them
Did Won observe their Inducements ~
Il should say did" said the ghost
Following them around was the most fun
had while | was in Washington. | would
20 around with Blair one dav. Parker the
next day. then Ritter They all told their
friends that they had a sure thing On the
office, AMI ii wa, hard ~ tell Who was the
>urc,t
How did James seem To TEL about il -
James didn't -eem 10 bother him
~eli much. lie asked some OF EN-
where Se.Ialia waS, and they told him
il wa I'm the metropolis OF central Mis-
souri, ami one Oi the greatest cities IN the
west He got hold al the list OF pOototiice,
II. 4 l., L.
tIp ami down the six Thousand dollar office
column. the first class offices. ami couldn't
find >edalia Tie called his force around
him and wanted 10 know how 1t was that
the great metropolis of central Missouri
Wis ieit ont oi the list. The first assist
ant pO>tma>tcT-seneral called hi> clerks
around him AMI put the same question.
The clerk, blamed il ON the chief of the
census bureau. The chief of The census
bureaus blamed II OH his clerks and his
clerks blamed il Oh the census takers ami
the e, n>u> taker, blamed it on the printers
James went IT, see Arthur about il
But ynu know Arthur has postponed
the appointment until after the holidays
"Oi course. and that's lUst it. said the
ghost Il only lett Washington last
night. James took the po,totlicc list To
Arthur James saws. Here,
CLct. 0ns ri the greatest elite, vi the west
io,> not appear ON this list nj all Ar
thur saws. 'Iiow'S that, Tom? thought all
the p,s~tOfiiCe> were on that list. Well,
saws James. You inst run vour finger
down this six thousand dollar column and
80. II Won can find Sedalia, Missouri Ar
thur went 70 work ami ran hi, ,tumpy
tight from the top "a the bottom. but could
not IND It, Who's responsible for this.
SAYS Arthur. Then james and the whole
gang sang out in chorus, The printer ,
And that settled it. Arthur said, i
cant make anv appointment for this po>toi-
fee until >edIlia j. put ON the six thousand
dollar list Therefore We will Just put
thi, matter over until after the holidays.
In the meantime, let that printer h.
caught and punished. II 1t costs the gov
ernmrnt "A hundred Thousand dollars
And that, the way the thing happen, to
he postponed
You don't mean 10 >ay that Sedalia
wasn't ou the list at all, d" YOU - inquired
the reporter.
Certainly il was on the list OF offices OF
IT. class. hut the boys had blowed 80 much
about Sedalia to James and Arthur that
they never dreamed but what il was IN the
same class with ~. Louis, Chicago, New
York. Philadelphia and the rest ot the his
towns
The reporter had reached through Mr..
Care and Sorrow Tor the bottle
oi imprisoned spirits ON several occasion,
hv thi- time, AMI iclt pretty bold himself.
&c You don't mean To- tell nc that ~cda-
liza isn't thu finest town ~
shes the b,-t in the land OF her size,
sand the ghost. alphabetically.
Where was FilIcy all thi- time ~ said
ne reporter returning To the subject ot the
po~t"Ii,r.
Fili,v hat hi> own little matters To
l..ph litter tn Washington. and vas. looking
after I'm and iou't v"u forget IL
'' Ii don't seem 0" have i"Er him much
sr"t. >aIi tn, reporter.
We'll. uo, much. ~aii the ghost FIN
n p,v,. i owned him T. vuu want 10 Know