The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-19
A Little Vague.
Laramie IVY. IT, Boomerang.

restless eyes and the air oil man VINO nad
been in q newspaper Office before, dropped
into the Boomerang science department yes
terday and asked the pale sch0lary blossom
who sat writing an epic on the alarming
prevalence of pip and its future - ma
tional evil, If he could be permitted to read
the Desert News.
The scientist said Certainly and after
q long. weary tussle, got the Mormon
plaque oat Of the ruins.
Il used TO he foreman of the Desert
News" said the gentleman with The pene-
trating eyes II worked ON the News two
years, and had . case on the Tribune. I've
been foreman of thirty seven papers during
my life, but my most unfortunate exper-
fence was on the Desert News. wanted
the paper Just now to see if they were run
ming an I'd that lad some trouble with
when was there.
1T was contract We had with DR. Bal.
shazzer to advertise his Blue Eyed Forget
Me. Not perfume, DR.. Balshazzer's Red Tar
Worm Ruster, and DR.. Balshszzer's Baled
Brain Food and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
eroil. The Blue Eyed Forget Men per-
tune was to 30 solid in long primer, follow
ing pure reading matter, cod in daily and
eowtf in weekly. The Red Tar Worm Rus
ter was to 70 in nonpareil loaded 102l Tth
Fth98weowmo, snd repeat, and the Bzled
Brain Food and neutrality-suspicious.
was Q six inch electrOtype to 60 in on third
page following pure. original humorous
matter, with six full headlines d&weOd
oct9th, set in reading type similar TO copy,
these TO be inserted between pure religious
news, with no advertising within four
miles of the electro or the reading notices.
At the same time We were running old
Monkey wrenche's Kidney Scraper on the
same kind Of q contract. The business
manager did not remember this vhs n We
took the contract, SO that as soon as We be-
gan to run the Two there was collision be-
tween the Tulurockandryesnd
and the Kidney Scrape right of. | spoke
to the business manager about il, and he
was puzzled. He didn't exactly know
what was best 10 do under the circum-
stances; still he hated to lose old Bslshaz
zeris whole trade, for he wouldn't run any
of his ads unless We would take them all
according TO his contract.
I'VE tried to get him to let us run the
Blue Eyed FOrget-Me-Not Pcrfumery
1apr9d&wiy deod&wly 10 81 eowtf; the Red
Tar Worm Busterdo l6-4t-da22tf aprl5-ly
do l3tf, snd The Brain Food and Tulurock-
andryecodliveroil MISUNDERSTANDING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. but he
wouldn't do it.
Il displayed his ad. top of column ad-
Joining humorous column with three line
leaders and as.Onishers without advertising
marks or signs according to copy. and in
structiOns TO foreman. all omissions or
wrong insertions to be charged TO the paper
at double rates. readers to be scattered
through telegraph and editorial. the daily
and weekly papers to be sent to advertising
agents and proprietors Of remedies ano
their relatives, the paper agreeing to take
no other advertisements from anybody else,
and tried the best / knew how 10 satisfy
him, but ii was no 20. He stuck for his
contract.
"Mos, every day he would write to the
publishers that his ad. was not in position,
and that the paper was running up an
awful bill for forfeiture and failure 10 CON-
ply with terms Of agreement.
"The business man would come in to
the composing room and give me thunder
about ii, and would try to explain to him
ill my brain ached. Finally DIR. Balshaz-
Ter brought suit against the paper for
s., 900 damages and 5000 for forfeiture On
the scale of double value OF gross contract
price, with other little etce:eras
L was discharged, but retained
under bond as witness on the trial.
couldn't give bond, so went to Jail pend
ing the trial. The case was continued till
the next year, and then | went up to tes-
tify.
81 said ON oath that as near as | can re
member the electros were to &c 4eoddlytiSi
ndsicodfrsc. &wklyJ an3osfd&J. C. MI. and
that the leaders were TO be scattered
through our story o. i'm among the sermons
Of John Taylor and that We were to mark
them docobstlS50, tfrsvp&ss, and that they
were to be double loaded and headed with
italic caps Still said il had been some
time since / seen the contract, and / had
been suffering with brain fever six months
i'm Jail. and possibly my memory might be
defective would 20 over il again and
see if l was right.
1.-THE electrophones we're to be blown in
The bottle, and the readers were to be set
lower case slugs, with guarantee of good
faith and Rough on Rats would not die
i'm the house. Use Pinkham's
Sozodont for itching, freckles, ounions
and Group. 1t saved my life. My
good woman why are bilious with EN-
quads in solid minion. Ureka, Jumbo
Baking Powder will not crack or fade in
any climate sent on three months trial In
loaded BREWER quoins and all wool column
rules warranted to cure rheumatism and
army worms or money refunded. :To be
adjoining miscellany or fancy brass clashes
marked eodsyld&ws!s?"-
A. this moment a dark-browed man
came i'm and told US that the young man
was his charge and on his way to the
Mount Pleasant Asylum for the insane,
and that We should have to excuse the
intrusion. After subscribing for the paper
and asking us IL we had heard from Ohio
he went away.
The scientist said afterward that he
found it difficult to follow the young man
in some of his statements, and that he was
;,,st syo;uu I'm aek him In On over that