The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-11-20
THE RAMBLER.
Souibs from a BaZoo Reporters
Note Book, JOtted Gown at
Odd Times and Places.

The latest craze among the ultra-fash-
ionable circle is a pronouncing one. The
aim is to give foreign and strained en-
phasis on the wrong syllable. In some
cases il may sound smoother TO the ear Of
some than if the proper emphasis were
given, but it is either not given in the au
thorities, or else is given the second place.
To illustrate: The word tour, meaning a
Journey, pronounced as though ii were
spelled toor, is distorted into tower. Sc
vastople, pronounced Se-vas-to-pool, is
made Se-yas- tope-el, by this circle; lastly
the word either In all the dictionaries the
preference is given to ether. Analogy IA
vors this latter, and only recent English
importation, or rather an aping after En-
plish customs, has twisted it into ither.
These are few of the many words thst are
confusion.
The union meetings which have been
in progress during the past week at the
Congregational church have been working
their own good. The number OF converts
has as yet been small, but the number who
have expressed desire to be saved is
large, and the interest is increasing at each
additional meeting. All the churches
have had additions, but the South Metho-
/, dist has been more successful in this regard
than the others. At the beginning OF the
week, when the cold snap came, the general
inclination for the first few days was to re-
main at home, but now the church is we'll
filled. Beginning with to-day the exer-
cises will be held at the First Presbyterian
church. Rev. Beattie will conduct the
Sunday service. There has been some lit
tie talk about changil Ing the hour OF meet.
ing, SO rs 10 better accommodate the bust
ness men, from an afternoon to a mo ming
meeting, so that the business portion OF
Sedalia can stop in on their way down
town.
! There was mention made last week of a
! hole at the corner of Third and Usage that
needed the attention of the street commits
sioner, but there is q far worse place than
this at the corner of East Third and Laf-
ayettee, that will take couple OF wagon
loads of stone to fill up. Yesterday after.
noon farmer in trying to evade the street
cars drove into it with a load OF wood, and
had to unload his wagon before he got out
although he hitched two teams to ii.
So
} A novel method of arranging canned
goods may be seen in a number of stores
1t consists in forming cone from the hool
to the ceiling, the top can being small
enough to just fit between the top OF thu
cone and the ceiling. They are built pref
~ substantially, so that it will take a mod
erately hard push to upset them.
#~%
The decision of the supreme court OF th'
United States on the unconstitutiOnality o
the civil rights bill has been agItsting th'
colored element all over the country, ant
at last the agitation has reached Sedalia
The general tone of all these meetings ha
been to condemn the decision in variOu
terms. In some places they have gone 81
far as to rise in arms, but in all these in
stances the demonstration has been by tn
lower order of the colored men. Wher
the educated portion of the race has bee'
the controlling power, the meetings hav
taken action in the form Of resolutions
!, condemning in wild and strong terms tn
supreme court. To n.ouow at Mercantile
. Hall, in St. Louisr<ke colored people hol'
q conyentio6 to discuss their wrongs, q
which delegates from the various parts o
the country will be present.