The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-04-18
SEDALIA SIGHTS.
What the Nevada Democrat Man
Noticed While in the
Queen City.

&C. CLum) Wood, the sprightly young
writer on the Nevada Democrat, visited
Sedalia recently, and this is what he saws
Of the trip in the columns of hts paper:
The distance from here To- the Queen
City of Sedalia makes i nice little ride,
and Wednesday morning was an excellent
time to take the trip. The writer is con-
WINGED that it was beautiful morning, for
lady who got on the train at Clinton
positively asserted at least twenty times
that it was "such delightful weather. As
she looked like truthful christian lady,
the conclusion was forced on the rest Of
the passengers that everything was per-
fectly lovely, the usual coal smoke and
dust and a crying baby to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Arriving at the CARR
son house depot and looking out for some
familiar object, the astOnished gaze of the
country scribe fell upon gorgeous metro
pOlitan sight that bewildered while it
charmed. 1t was the full lenghth, round
lined portrait of Miss Lulu MOrtim"re,
who is to appear with the Rentz entertain
ment billed for that city Monday night
next. A combination of SO much woman
and SO little costume actually brought
water to the eyes of the aged passengers,
who put on his specs and looked long and
lovingly on the gorgeous Autograph. The
show will have rOusiDg house and no
doubt it.
The first old friend met was Gen. Bacon
Montgomery, one OF the best news gatherers
in the state, genial and pleasant rs of yore
In answer to the usual query in such cases,
he asserted that Sedalia was blooming"
and, indeed, this fact was evident without
further testimony than the city itself with
its rush of life and ring OF industry. Sc
dalia is certainly a wonderfully live place,
the center of a vast business and sleepless
enterprise. If it don't become the capital OF
the state in due time. it will not be because
it is not the right place for it.
A brief visit to the Sedalia Democrat, at
the new office on Usage street, furnished
pleasing evidences of the continued pros
thoroughly identified with the life and
growth of Sedalia. John ID. Russell, the
able business manager, was found little
with his force of cOmpOsitOrs, but found
time for a chat in his old-time friendly
way.
\ small group of citizens was noticed
on Ohio street, surrounding an old bench
legged cannon. Inquiry developed the
fact that this was the republican cam
paign gun and that they were going to
have it to disturb its rusty intestines in
ratification OF the republican city ticket
just nominated j. A. Fisher was super
intending the lubricating and wiping
process.
The Office of the ''paper for the people
now on earth" was lively as usual, and the
voice of the press was heard in the al.
joining room. Goodwin is doing a vast
10, of printing, and turning out some OF
the finest specimens of job work and hind
ing in the state. j. West, the indefatig-
able worker, and his pleasant and able as
sociate, Ed BurrOwes, were found very
busy in editorial and reportorial labOrs
on the evening BAZOO, and had little time
to swap yarns.
With brief calls on other friends anG
general look through the city, the time
passed quite pleasantly, and the visiting
scribe repaired to the depot, when train
hour approached, we'll satisfied with the
days observations The usual number of
wealthy young gentlemen of elegant leisure
assembled in and around the Garrison
house and had their sharp-toed shoes
blacked in the presence of the admiring
thrOng, and the regular wave of African
idleness swept up and down the platform.
In the waiting room several tired wayfarers
were RECALLED by a long, red-headed man
who took occasion to remove a number ten
boot to doctor his tOe-Or toes. He evidently
had been proud in his younger days and
and had worn tight boots. His little toe
iii any member of such large thing as
the gentleman uncovered could properly
be called litlle) was wedged in under its
two immediate neighbOrs which
reared mp beneath their diadems of
cOrns, and showed shape much like
the handle of horse pistol. He uncOrk-
ed a bottle that smelt half way between
hartshorn and hide store, and proceeded
to grease the ailing members, remarking
that he made his own medicine, for he
used good deal of it and found it cheaper
than the expensive patent oils" He
creased his toes for some time, and then
held them in the sunshine to "bathe in"
He did not disclose the name of his medi-
cine. but there were circumstances calcu-
lated to raise the suspicion that it was
composed, in part, of DIR. Kings axle
grease The doctor was absent in Column
bia, else the case of probable infringement
would have been reported to him.
At 4:4O Conductor Nantz said all aboard,
and the iron horse bowed his
neck, gave his tale an aerial suspen-
sion position and started south. The
Journey was enlived for some distance by
an old gentleman who had been to Ken
lucky to attend q family reunion and
memorial on the anniversary OF a battle
with the Indians in pioneer days. His
remarks brought out the fact that his
grandfather was terror in his day. and
that he eft and fell fighting the lnjuns
hundred years ago." At this the pas
sengers ali sighed, and the train boy
brought around some little things that
looked like yellow marbles, but which he
facetiously called oranges. The joke
totally eclipsed the old mans "Injun" ro-
mances, and his heroic ancestor faded from
the minds of the passengers as the sun
sank out of sight, and the porter lighted