The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-10
SNOW, SINFUL SNOW.
he Again Comes TO the Front
as q Local Itemizer,
But Does HE Work so Well He
Waits Not for Thanks.

| Spring is near and crow is gone, not only
the bright, beautiful crystalline snow Of
which the cranky meets sing. but The bad
b'astly, burdensome. sinful Snow, who
haunis the vision aud the path Of the weary
worn focslizsr by day and By night, in
sunshine and storm, summer aud winter.
In other words, Snow,
JOHN SNOW
! is gone, vamosed, lit out, skedsdled, and
the places which knew him and monrned
kno " him no mGre and rejoice. Some
". eks sgo this libel upon manhood and
sa,ire upon the emblem of purity, whose
name he bears as if by way Of irony, W IS
written up In these columns Tor ste Ling a
gold ring from boy tramp, who was seek
| ing his way back, as a returning prOdi.al,
t. his fathers house Next day il showed
In the BAzoo Office, he degenerate name
sake of ST. John came down and d-manded
a retr ctioD, denying he had ever taken
the ring. But when brought face to face
with the police, he said, he asked the boy
10 let him see the ring, took 1T, looked al
il, gave il TO Fox, and somehow next day
Fox had it." Fox traded il of, and Fox
aud a companion few days later
SKIPPED THE TOWN
leaving sundry creditors without so much
as kind farewell. Since then Snow has
haunted the looms d gged the reporters,
thre- tened the Police and the newspapers,
and declared he could get nothing to do
because OF the bad name the papers had
given him Wednesday night Snow storm
ed the saloons and drifted, drunk, to the
depot where he iounged around pleading
to BAzoo mao his troubles.
81 want to ask favor OF you, will you
grant il ?" said Snow.
IL will II eau conscienliously," replied
the scribe, "that man does not live whom
| would not favor If / could withou, harm
to him or others. What is it you want ?"
IF / will strsighten up and do right will
You say good word for me :"
"Yes, = thous and, il they are needed but
1t me first b, gin with good word 10 you
Help yourself and DO not forget that God
Himself csnnot help those who do not help
TN, m,elvIs."
"All right, I'll do it," said Snow and the
scribe left him. How well
HE KEPT HIS WORD
was not learned until this morning when
one of Sedalia's gallant boys in blue said
10 the scrite, do you want an item"
Dos hog want a wsllow? Well, there
il Is, said The officer, drawing forth a
greasy, dirtv, crumpled sheet of note paper,
read that. The reporter took the paper
SD deciphered some very bad penclling,
as follows:
deer SISTER this leaves me well at
pr.ssant and hopes 10 find you enjoying
the same blessings at pressant -"
Not much of an item there, is .here?
queried the officer.
Not to the naked eye visible. at least,
Was the reply. Well, I'll tell you; John
5 ow wrote that and / want to find John
Snow and lock him up long enough to
finish it.
Well, that ought not to be hard to do.
lie was drunk enough last night 10 be
sound asleep somewhere Eers to-day.
My be, but l guess it's long way from
Sedalia.
HISS he skipped
Y-s; and ali on account OF that piece of
paper. Last night he sold il 10 an old
German for s., telling him il was pass to
81. Louis. and then he held up another
greenhorn AID stole his ticket and skipped
the town.
Knowing that Snow had been at the
depot at 1 o'clock yesterday morning the
reporter undertook TO trace him and soon
leirped that Snow bad boarded the east
bound train and had doubtless gone to ST.
Louis, where some of bis family now reside.
He is good radiance, and while it is to be
regretted that he was permitted TO fleece
Others and then escape, their less will prove
Sedalia's gain.