The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-29

OF tine Corlnthlan duplex that SUI
mounts the oblique portcullis on th
of side. The reader will see at one
the location of the bolt. The light
ming struck the flagstaff, ran dow
the leg ola man who was repsirin
the electric light, took chew of hi
tobacco, turned his boot wrong sid
out and induced him to change hi
sock. toyed with a chillblain, wrench
ed out a soft corn and roguishly pu
it in his ear, then ran down the cleo
trio light wire, part of it filling al
engagement in the Coliseum and the
balance following the wire to the de
pot, where it made double-pointed
tooth-picks of a pole fifty feet high.
All this was done very briefly. Those
who have seen lightning toy with cot.
tonwood trees, know that this fluid
makes speciality of it at once and
in brief manner. The lightning in
this case broke the glass in the sky
light and deposited the brok-
en- fragments on half-dozen
parquette chair that were empty be-
cause the spectators who owned them
couldn't get but So apiece, and were
waiting for a man to mortgage his
residence and sell team. He couldn't
make the transfer in Time for the
matinee, so the seats were vacant
when the lightning struck The
immed 'a'e and previous fluid then shot
athwart the auditorium in the direc-
ton of the platform, where it nearly
to death large chorus of
of children. Women tainted, ticket
spectators fell 50 on desirable seats,
and strong men coughed up a Glove.
The scene beggard description. I
intended to have said that before, but
forgot it. Theodore Thomas drew in
a full breath, and Christine Nilsson
drew her salary. Two thousand
strong men thought of their wasted
lives, and two thousand women felt
for their back hair to see if it was still
there. / say, therefore, without
successful contradiction. that the
scene beggard description. Chest
nuts
In the evening several people sang
'The Creation Nilsson was Gabriel.
Gab,i. | had beautiful voice cut low
n the neck. and sings like a joyous
Dobolink In the dew-saturated mead.
How's that? Nilsson is proud and
naughty in her demeanor, and / had |
| good notion to send a note up to |
Ter stating that she needn't feel so
ofty, and if she could sit up in the
,eanut gallery where l was and look
t herself with her dress kind of
awed off at the top. she would not be
o vain. She wore diamond neck
ace and silk skirt. The skirt was cut
'rincesse, [ think, to harmonic with
er salary. As an old neighbor of
nine said when he painted the top
oard Of his fence green, he wanted it
to kind of corroborate with his
linds." He's the same man who
Tent to Washington about the time
f the Guiteau trial and said he was
resent at the "post mortise" exam
nation. But the funniest thing of all,
e said, was to see DIR. Mary Walker
ding one of these PHILOSOPHERS"
round on the streets.
But am wandering. We were
Deaking of the festival. Theodore
'homas is certainly great leader.
What pity he is out of politics. He
ounded the air all up fine there
thursday. / think he had % small
re fiddles, 10 medium size, and 5 of
nose big, fat ones that a baldheaded
ian generally annoys. Then there
ere lot of wind instrumnts, drums,
cetera. There were 900 perform
IS on the stage, counting the chorus,
IT. 4 800 people in the house and g.
10 5ut. ide yelling at the ticket Office
also al the top of their voices-and
wearing because they couldn't mortg-
re their immortal souls and hear
llss0n coin silver notes. 1T was
ightful. The building settled
velve inches in those two hours !.
i'd a halt, the c'ectric lights went {
1t nine times for refreshments, and
the whole the entertainment was a
and success. The first time the
hits adjourned an usher came in on !;
e stage through a side entrance !
it'll a kerosene lamp. guess he
ould have stood there and held it
r Nilsson to sing by if $500 people
ldn't with one voice laughed him ,
1t into the starless night. You
light as well have tried to light
,nighted Africa with white bean.
shall never forget how proud and y
'uyant he looked as he sailed in with
at kerosene lamp with a soiled
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