The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-02

Sedalis should not have a boquet Q
y two on the dining-table every day
, A little decoration Of this kind add
beauty and pleasure to the PLANES
board, particularly if the table clo.l
be tidy"
: FLOWERS are lavishly used by tn
J. rich on their tables, but the peores
8 household in the land may in a reas
J enable and happy measure enjoy tn,
: same blessing"
. There wss a happy meeting tbi
{ morning between Lawyer T.. J.
. Smith, commander OF General George
r. Smith Post, q. A. r, and A. j.
Gillespie, of Atlantic, lows.
Both these gentlemen served in the
First Iowa cavalry regiment during
the late war. In May, 1864, they be.
came separated at Little Rock, Ar
kansas, and had not seen esch other
since. Mr.. Gillespie, who is a travel
ing salesman, happened to be in Sc
dalis on business and looked up bis
old comrade.
"In the years 1S6l'S2,' said Mr..
Gillespie to the Gossiper, my regi-
ment was encamped between SedaIia
and Georgetown and We used to have
some decidedly interesting campaign.
ing after QuaotreIfs men and other
guerrillaa.
Messrs. Smith ard Gillespie found
great pleasure in talking over their
experiences on the march and around
the campfire.
Hon. Ben. F. Clayton, the secre-
tary of the National Farmers congress
which is to meet in Sedalia this fall,
is essentially q self-made man and one
of ~onderful executive ability, which
is evi 'enced by his being retained in
that Office for several years.
Mr.. Clayton was born in 1919 near
Carlisle, KY, and is therefore ~
years Of age. He hegsn work on the
farm early in life at $40 per month.
In a few years he removed from there
to Decatur county Indiana and was
elected to the office of county com.
missioner, he being the youngest man
at that time who ever held that Office. |
He removed TO Iowa in 1873 and
purchased what is known as Sunny
side Farm" near Macedonia. H.
served three terms in the Iowa legis
lature and declined q reelection. At
the last session he served he was
made speaker pro tenn. For the last
six years he has been secretsry Of
ieHoS urged by the republicans OF
Iowa to become their candidate for
Governor and has consented to make
the race. He is exceedingly popular
with the former class and hi chances
of securing the nomination and cleo
ton are considered very good.
NJ. Fine Fsrr, Of Kansas City, |
Claims to he tie first man who advo-
Gated the capital removal from Jeffer-
son City tc Sedalia. He was talking
about the matter yesterday afternoon
to several friends and this was his
version Of The affair:
81 was publishing a paper at War.
rensburg and was of course a great
Vest man. There were several can
didates in the field for the Legislature
but / could not get single one Of
them TO commit himself on the ques-
ton Of senator. / determined to
make the race myself and made it
with the understanding if nominated
and elected / would work for Vest.
Well, l received the nomination with.
out any trouble whatever, as Vest
was very popular in my county.
While at the legislature l was struck
with the miserable old structures
there and in conversation one day
with H. Martin Williams, the irrepres-
sible, askel him why it would not
be a good plan to remove the capital
instead Of spending any more money
on the old buildings that were there.
He said the idea was good one and
asked me where 1 should move it. /
had net thought of a location but Sc.
dalia popped into my mind at once
aud l at once named this place. He
said that was just the proper thing
and asked me why l did not introduce
= bill. l went to my seat and as /
was not interested in any Legislation
but the election Of Vest and had &C
that, studied the matter
over and concluded to speak to
Pemberton the representative from
this country. He did not seem to
think much of the matter at the time
and l had to stir him up two or three
times. He finally said that the matter
Was fixed by the constitution and that