The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-09-30
SCENE AT A BEAMAN PICNIC.

feet OF string. he extracted nickel
and placed in Charles palm, and NUT
tered, "ougbter go for nothing
"Where are you from ?" | said in
my blanGest tone.
From old Pike"
"Just got tn town, presume 2"
"This mornin'.
"What business you i'm"
: "Farmer, Politician and deacon,
and have bin candidate for the leg
,lstur'--but nothin' in it.
| shook him by the hand, for | do
love deacons. He was bald-headed,
and know that the apex of his bead
had STONE in the front row at the fe
mae MINISTRIES more than once.
! 1t is bcthersome thing to have
children. When they are little they
have to be watched and if they are
boys, when they are large a paddock
must be put on their mouths to keep
Them from drinking beer and drug
store forty-rod whisky. If they are
girls their mouths must also be locked
to keep them from catching cold in
the back of their head and from talk
ing about their neighbors, just like
their mothers do. | like children.
When my daughter Sophia was small
before she became back number,
and John little boy before he COM
menced going to elections. carrying the
candidate through the medium OF the
omnipresent gin-miil, was happy.
Children are pleasure when small
end sometimes a comfort when Older.
The other pight two children-two
little girls belonging to different fami.
lies at Mexico, Mo-, strayed of and
The fire bel! of the city was sounde1
to alarm the people, AID the word
, went from mouth to ear al over the
, city children lost" De'cons Bob
; Whi:e and Sam Cook counted their
, kids ct once and found none missing
! and encountered no difficulty in
separa ing them from their nelgnbCrs'
children owing to the size Of their feet
and mouths. The children were
found toward morning in neighbor's
trundle bed sleeping sTeetly. 1t is
barely possible that later on in life
= that those two mothers would have
been happier if the two little girls had
been lost beyond recovery, for if they
should grow to womanhood and marry
| politician, a street car driver, or the
: fellow who sells hot tamales or wants
, God out of the constitution this week,
{ then she would not be happy.
met Deacon Harry Lusk, editor
) of the Sun and postmaster at Parsons,
, Kan, the other day. Strange as it
: may appear be was riding in a Pull
man car and taking three meals dar.
! Harry has many good qualities. His
bid qualities as follows: He is
not Methodist and his politics are
, just too horrid to talk about. He is a
, prohibition ist, and looks On red Ticker
only on Christmas, Fourth of July
and election DAYS. That
would not hurt his standing as dea-
con and it makes him a little more
solid as a Kansas radical. Harry's
head is conspicuous for the absence of
hair, and it is only question of time
when it will be as smooth as stall
fed pumpkin.
Henry Pollard kept a boarding
!, house in Sedslia twenty FIVE years ago
III a building that stood on the ground.
now occupied by the Citizens National
bank. Henry fed his boarders al %
per week, and found place for them
to sleep near the eaters in the Old
rookery. Between eating and sleep
ins times Henry and his boarders
organized a club, and they played
draw poker. Mr.. Pollard always held
the ledge" and took in all The jack
pots for which he had great banker
ing. Henry is now rs years old. |
met him the other day at Joplin,
Missouri. He is over six feet high
and stands as erect as Shang hal
rooster in spring shower. He is now
devoting his time to race horses, hav-
ing lost his eyesight to such an extent
that "four flush" is liable to get
him into trouble. Henry kept a
tavern at Osceola before the war, and
he has been catering to the public for
fifty years. He is kind hearted and
never turned a hungry human b ing
away from his hostelery, whether
he had money or not. The great
beyond should be good to Henry, for
he never oppressed the poor or took
advantage Of weak. He is poor
man, due in great measure to his
great charity when Id days ofaffluence.