The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-09-04

The bottle OF The period was a very
thick. very heavy, very clumsy. very
dark green and almost black ''j unk
bol'le." That. too, has gone out oi
existence with the old soldier of the
revolutionary war and warming pans,
The common lantern IF the time Wa:
of Tin, pierced With Ilanv holes some.
what after the fashion Of the nutmeg.
crater. through which the light from
candle cad glimmered ami was often
blown out by a strong blast.
OUT WEST.
i man returned from Illinois, then
one vast prairie, was deemed an adven.
turer aud explorer.
One VINO had seen London and Paris
was a man of note i'm the community.
On the schoolhoy's map o: tina,
period the Indian Territory" covered
a great area, occupied by prosperous
states. California was known only In
connection with hides and tallow.
West of the r ckv mountains, all save
a small area of Oregon was wild.
vague and misty. AID consequently
mysterious and fascinating.
Ferry-boaIs propelled by horse DOW
er crossed the East river and the
weary animals. labrring on their tread
mills, poked their heads after a dis.
consola and forlorn fashion out of
the paddle-house windows.
Dne-horse Cabs were abundant in
New York.
Straw brooms were made rourd and
fiat. he round brcom for floor
sweeping is obsolete. The country
wife's favorite buster fur cupbOards
and corners difficult of access was the
wing Of wild goose.
Wooden clocks We're universal.
Brass clocks were considered as some
thing extra, and sun-dials were occa-
sionally seen.
Old people called auctions vendues
Childen were whipped on their birth
days-acustom of unexplained origin.
A woman or girl under The pressure
of familiar rebuke was often called a
good-fpr-nothing trollope. This was
due to Mrs. Trollope's book criticisinr
so severely and Justly the raw Ameri-
can manners and customs IF that time
Our fathers swallowed criticism with
II very wry face, especially when its
origin was English.
TOBACCO ANp SPIRITS.
All men is these DAYS caswed fi''e-
Gu: tobacco The spittoon was found
even in the family new Cigaretss
were unknnwn. Tn richer and older
families PIT boards in the dis-
we'll stocked with liquors
The parson. making parochial call,
was still open Ia a cheering glass of
spirits. A big jug Of New England
rum always accompanied ''house-
raising" The whole village would
turn out TO help. .Raa-nosed dNaconS
were not uncommon. Prosperous me-
chants some mes wa'ked unsteaiiiy
home about ) or s o'clocI, in the ever
ing. SUCH caii and It's infere.ea
was not then laid up against man a.
now
Spitz dogs, English pugs and Skye
terriers We're unknown; 50 was lager
beer
A divorced woman was a social
pariah and a curiosity.
Horticulture was confined to pinks. |
-oses. sweet William. marigolds. sum
lowers lilac and holIyhock.
Imprinted houses were plentiful:
otherwise the color WAS a glsriog
White. "plcked out" with green blinds |
Shades of color in house painting had
l"t appeared.
The pump was Of wood. long-hand-
ed, hr-spouted. wheezy and often out
f order.
The more pretentious architecture
f the time ran largely to Grecian pill
AIRS and porticoes of wood.
Methodist churches were not topped
With steeples. but terminated bluntlv
n big box Of a berry Inside they
rere quite devoid Of ornament.
Other than the Episcopal places of
were termed meeting
ouses."
THE THEATERa
At the theater the entertainment
with a farce. was some
ines sandwiched with pas seul nv
anseuse, and did not terminate he
IRE midnight In those DAYS there
'ere "pits, and both pit and gallery