The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
SEDALIA.
"ThO Absent, Still to Memory
Dear" Letter From A. j.
Van Wagner.
CHURCH STUDY, PEORIA, ILL.,, !
DECEMBER 14TH, 1856. (

LStH Du~cOs
Absence does not lessen our interest
in Sedalia. nor our affection for her
people. Outside of the fact that 81
many of our kindred live there. we
are greatly attached To the place and
The people, and We should be Wewere
most generously and nobly treated by
our church and the city. We have
none but pleasant memories. The
people gave us a large and sympa-
Ihe,ic hearing and in many ways
assured us that our work wss appre,
ciated. We can never forget
the inspiring audiences on Sunday
nights, nor the rovaI manner in which
We were treated by
THE PRESS OF THE CITY.
The reception we received on every
hand during our visit last summer
was deeply CRAFTY ing. In our fare
well sermon We besought the people to
remember us and W. found our
request was generously fulfilled A
more cordial, kindly, warm hearted
people do no live than are TO be
ound in Sedalia. 1t is All eXhilera-
ton to meet them. All a man has to
do in Sedalia is to behave himself.
and be friendly. and ne will find
trends, and be cheered by pleasant
greetings. 1t isa pleasant place 20 live,
and We find people everywhere who
would like to return. There Is not
the GOODNESS, stiffness and formality
which are characteristic Of many
places. Even minister Is Tot Obllg-
ed 10 wear a silk hat, carry cane.
bow like a Chesterfield and never
crack a smile. If lie is Onl y genuine,
the more free and affable he is the bet
tern the pulpit and out of it. just
criticisms may perhaps be passed on
The press of Sedalia, but it deserves
prai-inS also. 1t is never dull, never
behind the times and knows all that Is
going on and even anticipates good
deal that may transpire. Its columns
are crisp, bright, aggressive. Wherever
we are people like 10 get held of a
Seaalia paper. 1t wakes them
up. Men have to walk Straight
or they go into the papers. and so
G-reral Montgomery has gone.
WE ALL LIKED BAKE"
and he was a "hustler" for news. He
Was all eyes and ears when engaged
on a paper, Poor fellow. he toni u
pnce of his hopes and Ilans, but all l.
over now. His good right han
forgets It's cunning now. With all
his faults h. was a brave man and
had some noble qualities. We hope
his family will be kindly and sympa
thetically remembered.
suppose We should scarcely know
the newspaper men of Sedalla now.
Some of the old veterans stand at
their posts. but most of these we knew
are elsewhere, or in some other calling.
We remember them all very pleas
aatly. How often, in imagination,
we go up and down the business
stree of Sedalia and call upon our
Did frienns and acquaintance. 1t is
a delightful tpar even III thought.
We were glad to see the improve
ments last summer the new llgen-
fitZ block, the new court house, the
new stores and churches, and now /
believe there is a new depot. Sedalia
suffered terribly from the strike, but
she is rallying and is bound to be the
LEADING CITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI,
and no strikes will occur there again
during this generation, they Will
perish before they are fairly born
With our parents, beloved and honor
ed; and our brothers and sisters
living in Sedalia, with our old par
ishoners, and many intimate friend
residing there, what wonder is it
that no place is so dear to us, so much
like home, as Sedalia? While now
living in large fine city
and serving temporarily large
splendid church, and receiving kind
ness kindness and appreciation on
every hand, no place seems to us
quite like the Queen City" of the
pr,iries. People of Sedalia-of all the
churches and outside the churches
our interest in you has not lessened,
and we hope our labors amo g you
are not forgotten. We tried to do
you good. We tried to help and save
the young. We tried to
COMFORT AND CHEER THE SICK,
the unfortunate, and the bereaved,
and hope our efforts have not been in
vain. We feel for those to whom
trouble has lately come; for the edi-
tor of this paper in the loss of his no
BILE wife; for Mrs JayDes and family
in the loss of husband and IA