The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-01-31


LILLE burg known az Usage City, situated
on the river by that name, and being a
station on the Missouri Pacific, made
their entry in Jefferson City. They were
not dressed i'm the height 81 fashion. nor
did their persons bear the traces of culture
end refinement. They were not aesthetics.
bu, simply country pumpkins. Bat there
vas something in the eyes Of the man
which
TOLD OF 4 FIRM RESOLVE
and the eyes of the woman, Also, indicated
IT, a, something Was 10 be don" that day
which she had not been in the habit az
doing every day Upon their arrival in
the dreary city on the hills they looked
around for Il place where they could take
q Temporary shelter from the blasts oi
verv vigorous Manitoba wave, and A. HE
male companion Of TIE woman wa> much
In want oil cleaning up IN The face. The
couple stepped into a barber shop. the reG
anu blue i.oic III front "i which they had
for some minutes admired. The man TOOK
SEAT Ia the BARRIERS char, AMI that
cleaner and beau:iirr of the human lac"
divine procrcd with ali the artistic re
sources pusSs sS,d by hun
TAKE OFF THEsTU8BlES, .
and warts and pimples ol hi, patient
client and making The taco, THAI had Tong
horne the traces of dust aud rInrr deposits
of wind and weather, Il Temporary thing ol
i0y and beauty. The ton~"rlai artist. 1T II
we'll known, i ex-oiiicioa y hrie committee
of investigation, a cross examining a,ior-
uev, q local motive power Tor the TRANSMITS
sion oi news, and acting IN that capacity
during ihe progress of his professional
labors, he proceeded 10 extract from the
man whose nose he held ia chancery, the
business which called HIM To the citv, the
place of his birth. and such further inior-
s,ation a. MAS necessary la enable The
barber 10 fully undt rstand the case on
hand. il
LEAKED OUT IN DIFFERENTIATION
Of his client that he, who gave the aristo-
cratic name of Sanford l;iedsoe. had come To
theciiy for tie purpose of taking unto him,
for better or TOR VERSE, the woman who
accompanied him. AZ his true and lawful
companion in lies battles The barber,
when through with the ciraning, eponging,
toweling and powdering operations per
formed upon his client. received the ten
cents usually charged for such work with
out any grumbling on the part OF Sanford
Eledsoe, Tor
HE HAD DONE HIM GOOD JOB.
and the bridegroom WAS delighted. The
woman, whose name was given To the p"-
lite and inquisiliye tons0rial examiner a.
Melissa Hodges rose Ia accompany her
husband-elect in search of some gentleman
who could legally perform the act Of iy-
ing them together with the silken cords of
s1atrimony, but SANFORD Bedsoe stood bs
the stove and wouldn't bulge San
ford was silent and absorbed. and il was
evident that be was engaged liz that Sc
rious exercise of his mental faculties
known As thought and contemplation. He
not only thought OF
THE JOYFUL FUTURE BEFORE HIN,
of the blessings of welded life, of the
willing and loving female mate he had
found, and who Was To be his own, but he
also thought OF the cold wind outdoors, OF
the slender purse he carried In the pockets
of his overalls. and OF the ex pense he would
needs have to incur if he would take room
at hotel or boarding house to have the
long longed for ceremony performed. Al
last
HIS THOUGHTS ASSUMED SHAPE |
and he addressed his friend, the barber !
Would he allow them Ia stay IN his tom |
serial parlor, and would he send cheap |
boy to fetch a squire, or parsun, or some |
one else who could do the right thing for |
them Ii he would, he'd stand the treat /,
all around There were some more per |
sons in the repair shop for human heads, |
and they demanded 10 man that per |
mission should be granted. The boy was /
sent, justice OF the peace arrived, and |
the ceremony was performed Sanford |
Bledsoe took in his arms Melissa, AMI i'm /
printed upon her mouth. and left and !,
right check, and behind her ears, and on |
her forehead and chin,
sMAcKs OF DIFFERENT SIZES
and degrees of solidity. There was no one |
else i'm the room who insisted upon the old |
time prerogative of witnesses tos such cere- !
mony land no one else kissed the bride, for her {
lips were not OF a rosy hue, nor was there 1
anv other spot upon her beaming counte-
nance which invited osculatory exercises |
on the part of non-interested parties. but, /
reluctant, IA they We're to kiss the bride, |
the invitation 10 adj ourn to An adjoining |
saloon.
AND KISS THE BOTTLE, /
vas accepted 10 a man. The couple then |
disappeared from the scene. as they had |
come, silently and without Ostentation.
Reports which have reached us fail la
state whether their return back 10 their
home In Usage City was accomplished by /
taking a passenger train, whether they /
beat their way down i'm a box car, or
whether the journey was performed on
foot Rrt that Is 81 minor m after and the
chronicler has nothing TO do with it. 1t
IL certain that their return to Usage City
vas accomplished. for from that city
THE TWAIN ARRivED-AGAIN
Ia Jefferson City two or three days ago.
This time they had with them compan-
ion. Sanford Bledsoe wore wrislets of steel
held together by q small chain, Melissa
"A zdaIatcd tho Ia of iasUGlrs: IkSs