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


Laramie (wy. TT Boomerang.
A tall, pleasant looking gentleman, With
restless eyes and the air Of = man who had
been in a newspaper office before, dropped
into the Boomerang science department yes
terday and asked the pale scholarly blossom
Who sat writing an epic on the alarming
prevalence Of pip and its future as ana
tional evil, il he could be permitted to read
the Desert News.
The scientist said Certainly and after
. long. weary tussle, got the Mormon
plaque olt Of the ruins. ...s..
Il used TO be 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 nov to see if they were run
ming an al that had some trouble with
when was there. .......
1t Was contract We had with DIR Bal
shaZzer to advertise his Blue Eyed Forget.
Me. Not perfume, DR.. Bslshazzer's Red Tar
Worm Ruster, and DR.. Balshazzer's Baled
Brain Food and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
erOil The Blue Eyed Forget Me-Not per-
hume was 10 60 solid In long primer follow
ing pure reading matter, cod in daily and
eowtf in weekly. The Red Tar Worm Rus
ter Was to 60 in nonpareiI loaded 1921 Tih
Fth9Sxeowmo and repeat, and the Baled
Brain Food and Tulurocksndryecodiveroii
was six inch tiectrotype TO go in on thru
page following pure. original humorous
mailer, with six full headlines d&weod
ocl9th, set in reading type similar To copy,
these 10 be inserted between pure religioas
news, with no advertising within four
miles OF the electro or the reading notices.
Al the same time We were running OLD
Monkey wrcnche's Kidney Scraper ON tn.
same Kind oil contract. The business
manager did not remember this when VI
took the Contract, So that as soon as NC be-
gan 10 run the two there was collision be-
tween TIE ,Talurock andryeanicodliyrroii
and tie hidney Scrape right of. / spoke
IL the business manager abt N ii, and he
was puzzled. He didn't exactly know
what was bes. to do under the c:rcuul-
stances; still he hated to lose old Balshaz
GERS whole trade, for be wouldn't run any
Vi his ads unless We would take them all
according to his contract.
VIC pNu " Sct Jill tO Ict US run tuc
Blue Eyed Forgrt-aIe-N Not Pcrfunery
laPr9I&wly deod&wly 10 81 eowtf; the Red
Tar Worm Busterdo 10 4,-da22lf aprl5-ly
do 1871, aud The Brain Food and Tulurock-
andryecodliveroil mchlsslyiun4dti6siaug
is(qg& &Sy lds3Otf&rsypeOdS, but he
wouldn do il.
Il displayed his ad. top of column ad-
joining humorous column with three line
readers ana astonishers 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 10 be scattered
through telegraph and editorial, the daily
and weekly papers TO be sent to advertising
agents and proprietors of remedies ana
their relatives, the paper agreeing to take
no other advertisements from nybody else,
and tried the best knew. how 10 satisfy
him, but it was no 60. He stuck for his
contract. s. '~~
Most every day he would write to the
publishers that his ad. was not In position.
and that the paper was running ny 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 j md l would tiy 10 ex .,la t. him
ill my Grain ached. Finally DR.. BsIshsz-
Ter brought suit against the paper for
5000 damages and 5000 for forfeiture ON
the scale OF double value of gross contract
price, with other little etceteras
l was discharged, but retained
under bond as a 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 ties
tify. :.
Il said on oath that as near as I can re
member the eleciros were to &c 4eoddlv tiSi.
ndsicodfrscl DIV klyJ an3Osfd&J. C. MI, and
that the leaders were to be scattered
through our story or in among the sermons
OF John Taylor. and that we were to mark
them docobstlS50, tfrsvp&ss, and that they
we're to be dOuble-leaded and headed with
italic caps. Still ] said it had been some
time since seen the contract, and l had
been suffering with brain fever six u onths
in Jail. and possibly my memory might be
detective would 60 over il again and
see ii | was right. ~ -.r .us1ht-,,r hl ..5;
The electrophones were 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
in the house. Use Pinkha ANS
for itching, freckles, ounious
and Iscroup. 1t saved my life. Nv
good woman why sre 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 quoiss and all wool column
rules warranted TO cure rheumatism and
army worms or money refunded. To be
adjoining miscellany or fancy brass dashes
marked eodsyld&wss?"-~
A: this moment a, dark browed man
anne in and told as that the young man
vas bis; charge and. ON his way TO the
Mount Pleasant Asylum for the insane,
md that, We should have to excuse the
utrasion, After Subscribing for the paper
md asking US L We had heard from Ohio,
,e went away.