The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18
WENT WITHOUT WHISKY.
Two Popular Officials 60 Fishing
Without Taking q Supply of
ssSnake Bite Preventative"

without Taking q Supply OF
"Snake Bite Preventative"
An Almost Unparalleled Instance
I'm the Annals Of the Nine
teenth Century.
Constable Mont Carnes and Dep.
uty Constable III. G. Finch went fish.
ing yesterday afternoon, just before
the rain commenced. They went in
a buggy, to which was attached fine
blooded horse which the constable
recently purchased. Just before start
ing on their expedition the two con-
servators of the peace drove up in
front of the constable's Office with q
great flourish, and announced to some
of their friends standing on the side
walk that they would be able to sup
ply any reasonable request that they
might make for fresh fish, as they
never went fishing at any time they
could remember without being emf
nently successful. The crowd ex-
pressed hope that they would meet
with something more than the tradi-
ditional fisherman's luck, "but," re-
marked one of the number, "where
are your supplies
SuppliesT queried both of the gen.
tlemen in the same breath, "oh, We
have each got a hook and line, land
here" said the constable, diving into
his vest pocket, sis a package of
worms for bait"
That's all righ'," said an incredu.
lous looking gentleman, "but where's
your liquid supplies?"
The countenances of the brace of
officials assumed an innocent, inquir-
ing and somewhat indignant express
sion, and Deputy Finch, finally catch
ing on, said, "oh. we don't need any;
the foaming waters of Flat creek is
good enough beverage for u.s."
"That's too thin" irreverently re-
marked Judge Halstead, "if there
amt red liquor in that buggy there
will be before it gets out of town"
but the genial cons.abulary paid little
heed to the jeers of the vulgar crowd,
and Selling the reins drove off in the
direction of Flat creek.
Three or four hours later, when the
murky clouds had gathered and the
rain began to fall in copious quanti-
ties, an excited looking resident of
East Sedalia called on Justice Hal
stead and eagerly inquired what was
the matter with Mont Carnes and
Henry Finch.
The judge turned pale and seizing
both hands of his questioner, gasped,
"Are they drowned?"
Drowned, no, what in thunder is
the matter with you? How in the
name of sense would they get drowned?
| saw them out in East Sedalia and
what i thought strange was that they
were going to all of the grocery stores
in that locality trying to buy fish"
"Well. that do settle it" remarked
the portly member of the ci Y judi
ciary, and leaving his caller to wonder
if all of the Sedalia officials
had gone crazy, he went at far more
than usual rapid rate of speed down
stairs into the store of Johnston broth
ers to relate his discovery.
An hour later the two belated fish
ermen put in an appearance, each
bearing string of rather diminutive
looking cat fish
"You bet We got 'em," exclaimed
the jolly constable.
SCOT what ?" asked the hard heart
ed judge, "the Jim jams? No won
der when you went fishing without
any snake bite preventative, but /
know where you got that string of
fish, and all would like to know now
is, now much they cost YOU"
The crowd jeered, the stranger
from East Sedalia had got in his work
successfully and the offer of the pair
of fishermen to 60 up stairs and make
affidavit to their statement that they
had caught the fish below
the Flat creek dam, would |
not convince the crowd. One
capped the climax by closely scruti
nizing the string and volunteering the
information that the fish had been
dead at least a week.
Completely Disguised Mont and
Henry went up stairs and poured into
The pathizing ears of Joe Peltier,
who CHANGED to drop in, the story of
their experience with balky horse.
When they started home the horse at
first refused to move at all, but final
ly started off at break neck rate of
speed, leaving Deputy Finch, who
had been twisting the animals tail,
standing in blank amazement on the