The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-14

Has an Immaginary Attack of
the Fashionable Disease and
doctors" Himself.

TIE Prowler, along with the rest of
the world, was seized few days ago
with what might be termed the grippe
at least a heavy cold secured a
"grip" on him which threatened 70
place him hors de combat in short
order and with heroic courage he r. :
solved to edo" the critter.
He went home. He put on coal
when he got there; he called for hot
water-very hot wet wafer; he said
"oring me some mustard and some
pepper tea and some quinine and some
whisky straight and some fanDel and
some salt and bIanke: and some a.
cohol and pair of slippers aud foot
bath and a rocking chair and then
clear the room"
The Providers orders we're obeyed
end from the center clear round
to the Dashboard and the "dido"
and the pillow shams, ETC., he
felt himself 10 he master of the situ-
alton. He was not naughty, or stuck
up over it, however, he was seized
with chill just at that m oment which
sent his pride clear tbrough his Soc
end made him wish he ba gone to be
an angel when he used a nursing
bottle. Then he made furious al
tempt to right himself with his verte-
brae and he caught up the kettle Of
hot water and poured the foo;-bath
b slf full, then he disr bed until
nothing but pair of bright coral
colored garments trimmed with two
long steamers of tap. elve'oped his
neither limbs, then he put some pep
per, some mustard, some quiniue and
some salt in the water in the footbath,
then some alcohol in a saucer under
the rocking chair, then he VIZ" ped
the blanket about him toga : ;on
then he put OF bis slipper q keep
the hot water in the foOt-5ath from
burning ais feet wlon N metseC
therein, and then took them off again
for fear they would get wet, then he
swallowed the whisky-straight,
stuck a match to the alcohol beneath
the rocking chair, sit down in the
chair and gently dipped one toot
in the foot bath and finding
it very hot, drew il out and blew Oh
the foot to coolit. By this time the
alcohol was burning with clear blue
fame and making the chair wherein
the Prowler's lovely form reposed
pretty hot, but in the excitement Of
cooling his foot, he did not notice it,
and presently there was strong smell
nf bun mug wvuI "ht~t La. ill.,
to he his "toga" and which he had
wrapped SO closely about him, that II
Huck closer than a brother, and took
both hands to remove. While doing
this. the Prowler forgot the water and
buried both feel in it and-the reader
will kindly excuse an old anu bullying
nsir of boots which ihe Prowler nov
wears, BE- ,daged hand, a PAIR o.
trowsers with mother Hubbard back
a subdued and peniteut look which
comes from the Consciousness OF oil
for a new carpet which lies closel..
AGAINST his heart, and a genera
bjeached out and humble air. III
feet ia the ProwIer didn't have TN
grippe at all, but he has a pair G
feet which are the color of pale pin
I,ver and round brown edged opeI
ING in his best psir of coral colore
undergarments which will not 500
let him forget that he II ed to have
and also tried to get rid OF it.
The Prowler was much pleased
the idea of having new pavemen
along Ohio street, but when the ne
movements promised, take the form
the brick excresence which is tour
on the Congregational church bio
and also leaves a mud walk for wee
in front of the church itself, t
Providers pleasure does not msterialI
to any great extent and ne does Z
believe that bis readers are pleas
either.
A large white owl ornaments
window of a certain green groce
store in this city, and crowds are
he seen around it at almost any TIN
Now there Is no reason why a VIII
owl should l.. a rara avis, SIS it we
since my bright lady friend tells
that the girls all have beautiful OF
made of nice white tissue paper
their parlors and have them nan
after certain gentlemen. Amc
them is one called "Tom," which
longs to one of the girls, and VIII
she thinks of sending to young n
ried lady to keep her company wi
her husband is away from home.
Tho Prowler ia inclined to flesh