The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-08
Death at Ninety Years of Miss
Jane Howard--A Re-
markable Character.
Boyles Still Alive-Week of
Prayer Watch Presenta-
tion-"The Big Four"
List of Boonviile Youths Who
"Swore Of Bad Habits
Abandoned.
Special Correspondence Of the BAzoo.

MANY TtSpcCtS N'OSt I6lBdIkdUlc WOndH.
She was born in Powhsttsn county, Vir-
giuia, on the 18th of November, 1893, and
had passed her ninetieth birthday at the
time of her death. She was related To many
Of the most prominent families of the old
Dominion, and In youth WAS acquainted
with many distinguished people OF that
old state. She was first cousin of the
wife of Thomas Jefferson and met him
rften At Laurel Hill, or the James river,
f, " here he aud his family visited the grand
mother while he was president. She used
To tell how she had the honor of drinking
tea made by pr, sident.
Miss Howard, in early womanhOOd, was
eng. ged To a physicisn of Virginia Of noble
! iamjiv ard admirable character. As hv
was an in6Ciel she refused to marry him,
and moth of them lived unmarried, he hav-
| ing did long since. A constant reader AID
! gifted with q wonderful memory, she could
repeat whole pages wi the classics, and from
Milton, Scott, Homer, Virgil and Ossian
could recite page after page that she had
not read for fifIy wears. In 1911 she was
visiting friends in Richmond, and had been
| ut the theater every night until the one
/ when the thester was burned and so many
lives lost That evening she became inter
a
20. For nearly eighty years she was a
member of the Methodist church, and has
now entered into rest.
THE big f."
| The music BY the quartette, l.. Wall,
W. Edgar, G.. Gross aud j Wall, at the
Kraentzchen last Monday was really excel
| lent and fully deserved the commend alton
ii received on al hands. These young men
are splendid musicians and get to the front
in good shape on any occasion of the kind.
COLD WEATHER.
This is the coolest day we have had in
| Boonvil!e for many years. All o'clock
the mercUrs marked 81 degrees at the river
and % TO so degrees In other parts of town.
| But few pedestrians can be seen on the
streets and business is much imeded by
intense cold.
| NOT DEAD.
We learn from Mr.. John F. Owens, Of
Saline township, that John NJ. BoYles,
who was burned so badly some time ago,
aud whose death was reported and publish
ed, is still alive and that the chances are
favorable for his recovery.
SCRAPS.
John VOOLFOLK has been visiting his
mother In Boonville.
Mrs. Lillian Mschett visited Lexilg-
ton during the holidays.
Prof III. T. Morton visited his
brother in Kansas, recently.
Sheriff Rogers will commence the sale
of COINS bankrupt stock of clothing on
Monday next.
John Thompson is advertised to ap-
pear at the Thespian Hall ON the 10Th, and
He woods on the 10th.
Miss Nellie Holman spent the holi-
days at home with her parents. She has
been attending school at Columbus.
Warren Orr passed through orr town
this week on his way TO Pilot Grove. He
hiss bcen to see his girl at Prairie Home.
There will be union services next
week-the week OF I-ayer-a'ternately be-
tween the various Protestant evangelical
churches of BoOnville.
Rev. Fathed Hoffman was presented
with fine gold watch and chain, recently,
by the members of the Boonville branch of
the Catholic Knights of America. George
Weare made the presentation speech, and
Father Hoffman responded in IN approDri-
ate and feeling manner 1t was sp'e ,did
gift worihily bestowed.
THEY swoRE OFF.
The BAzOo's BooDville correspondent,
sparipg neither labor nor expense, has sue
ceeded in collecting this account of what
the Boonville boys "swore Off on New
Years:
Gus Ssuter swore off greasing his
shoes.
Charlie Swap did not swear off-'twas
no use
Willis Morris swore off-swore awfully
in fact
-Aleck Stephens swore of buying any
more chickens.
-Bouse OBryan swore of sleigh riding,
in cold weather.
Price Boone has swore off whistling.
Up. S-This is a joke
Emmett Chambers swore off ever de-
batting lynch law questions.
Jack Weaver swore Of giving tatfy
and will talk sound sense.
Gross & Ravenel swore off bringing
Article AZ" to town again.
Sam McIlhany has quit lying, drink
ing and chewing tobacco.
John DUR and Fred Dauwalter have
sworn off telling the truth.
Bert Plant has stopped treating tramp
printers and has gone to work.
DR. Hurt swore off old bachelor life
and will endeavor to reform.
Will Bell swore off drinking beer and
will spend his time reading Homer.
Dave Spahr has sworn of walking to
parties, or going on the train either.
Will Forsythe will try general civil
service reform, but will break down in the
first act.
Louis Levens will stop flirting ard set
tie down to hard work to corral a help
meet.