The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-28


have a series of summer operas Sc
dalia has the talent, and it was clearly
demonstrated the other night, at the
entertainment given by the Lyle
sisters.
Hon. C. H. j. Taylor, who has
been spending . few days in this city,
is one Of the most finished and class
ical conversationalists in the United
States. He reminds one very much
of Col. Robert G. IngersolI. Never
at aloss upon any subject. Always
using the best words in the English
vocabulary, and so witty and magnetic
that he not only instructs but amuses
his hearers every time he speaks.
Said a travelling man at sicber's
last night. 1 have just returned
from Kansas. l have been there sew.
eral times and every blamed time 1
60 am sure to see something strange.
At this juucture some one yelled
'grssshoppers.' ono" says he, "of
course they have about seven hun
dred and fifty billion of those agrea-
bic insects, but that wasn't the latest
l have a friend living on a ranch out
there. He wanted 10 move Is miles
out on the prairie to his other ranch.
l stopped with him the other night.
We discussed the most feasible way,
10 move. My friend, of course caIcu-
lated to build house and out build
ings after be had moved, there being
nothing on the next ranch but an
Indian camp. Well, my heads q
crab apple ii a cyclone didn't come
along that night, picked up the house
and carried US all to the very spot
where my friend wanted his house.
Not only that but all the hog pens,
the barn and everything were in their
proper places aud not an alfred thing
injured, these Kansas cyclones are not
so bad after ALL" The coterie Of lis
teuers all suddenly drew themselves
away and the drummer relighted his
cigar.
IL tell you," said the Hon. Henry
Newman to a reporter Of the BAzoo
yesterday, II have been thinking
about the labor troubles in Tennessee
between the miners and the authori.
ties in regard to convict labor. / was
born in Tennessee, I know what the
situation is among those sky.piercing.
rock-ribbed old mountains, every
man is reared q free man and the
peer of his fellows. Those verdant
valleys and sunny slopes, those spark
ling. babbling brooks and ten thou
sand crystal Tills that flow down from
the ivy green bills all inspire the in
dependent spirit Of the historic Sport
ans at Thermopylae. The Tennessee
mountsineers are descendants Of old
John Sewer, the warrior and states.
man. 1t was he that turned The tide
of war at Kings mountsin and made
possible American independence.
The miners now working in Tenne-
see are not the paupers Of Europe,
but descendants Of a noble brave free
dom-loving ancestry. That's why
they put the three hundred convicits
and militia on the train and shipped
'em back to Knoxville &C. o. D."
Those East Tennessee Mountaineers
are a peculiar people. In 81 they
raised sixteen regiments of Union SOL
diers and sixteen regiments Of Con-
federate soldiers and there were six
teen thousand of 'em in ALL"
Newspaper men, as q rule, gener-
ally, when they do make mistakes.
make the most ridiculous ones this
side of the moon. The BAzoo repor
ter was once on the staff of the Men,
phis, Tennessee, Commercial. It was
in the fail Of 1890, and genial
Frank w. Gregory was man
aging editor. The writer of this
was detailed by the city editor to
write up the Injecting of the State
Democratic Executive Committee of
Tennessee" The reporter of the Com.
mercial met the reporter of the Ava
lanche and of course the reporter of the
Avalanche thought the reporter of
the Commercial was dry. All
reporters get dry some
time, you know. The reporter Of the
Avalanche insisted that the reporter Of
the Commercial Join him in taking
in the town." The latter refused on
Tho n.-o,,,l that ha was IN an aasinn.