The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-01-22
That Good Man and Brother
Visits the UngOdly City
of Joplin.
He Relates His Experience i'm
A Joplin Tavern. and
Attends Divine WOr-
ship.

OOpliu, NlUs 0duudIy II. -Su laSl
Thursday bought new forty cent
umbrella and walked down t. the
corner grocery with il over my head.
Ifoual Brother Jones tussling with a
brother who had back -slidden. He
had not only scratched the democrat
ic ticket but he had Quit warming q
bench in the amen corner at the
church, which is very nearly rs bad
as being a mugwump. He told some
naked truths to the brother who is
we'll loaded with bank stock pounds
of flesh and has keen appetite for
IL per cent straight and commission
just to pay expenses.
Friday, Jan. 1.-THE rain contin-
ues to fall, looked up the Bible his
tory of the food to see if it were pos
sible for John, Sophia and myself to
get an ark. | sent word to Speed
Stephens of what was in the wind.
Speed returned information that he
had white-washed one of the sandbars
in front of Boonviile and it was now
for rent on reasonable terms. [ sent
word to Jones and he is getting some
rations ready.
P. S.-Jones and | held a mass
religious meeting to-day. We fired
Hickey, who was formerly the sexton,
out of the church. He had been do
ing bad. Yes, awfully bad. His pew
is for rent cheap, to one Who will i'm
prove its characterize a like stand
ing with mine and Brother John b.
Rickman's.
Saturday, Jan. 12.-It continues
to rain, and l went to joplin, Mo-, to
grasp some ! gospel, l arrived
at Joplin late at night and stopped at
Brother McCarty's tavern. A young
man wearing glasses. who looks like
new Sunday school teacher, met me
at the door, carrying a candle in one
hand and diagram and chart of the
house in the other. He asked me in
a biblical sort of way:
verify, dost thou need rest, my
wayfaring friend -
l asked Bill Watson to hold my
overcoat (swing clear until | demon
strated what [ wanted. Bill re-
fused. Bill is friend to that young
man,
/ told him | wanted a bed and
plenty of lodging.
The boy in glasses, in voice that
sounded like his appetite had been
misled, said:
"Come unto me and / will show
you where rest awaiteth the wayfaring
man."
The elevator had stopped running,
for it was then the Sabbath day. /
followed that boy. He led me to a
room next to the roof. / retired.
Sunday, Jan. 13.--I was stirring
early. Met Brother Pat Murphy.
Pat said he was going to church. |
stopped at the hotel and watched the
festive drummer ell day. He wss
numerous around the alley and in the
back door, where the city ordinances
are imperative and the police are as
blind as they are in Sedalia. At night
/ attended John Wesley Johnson's
tabernacle. There were thirteen
there, including the dog that followed
the sexton, who thought he was 8
bone, awaiting Identification. 1t was
a terrible stormy night. He preached
about a cloud that had q silver
lining, so far away as not to be visible.
The storm waged the worst when he
passed the contribution box. The
result of the collection amounted
to eighteen cents and a figured but
ton. John Wesley johnson was for.
merly one OF us Methodists and he
has many ways with him yet that re.
mind me of that good old soul, and
our patron sailt, John Wesley. The
cloud he talked about having silver
lining was 30 miles from Joplin to-
night. | am of the opinion that the
silver lining went into very thin air
on the head waters of Shoal creek.
The sexton, who is nc fool, asked
me, while it rained in torrents outside
and John Wesley johnson was in the
silver cloud hunting business inside |
CATER Noah and his family entered
the ark, why were the rest of the
people of the world destroyed ?"
1 gave it up, but told the sexton
that Sophia was good at answering
conundrums, but if he would tell me
1 would not tell anybody.
Sexton-'Cause they didn't knew