The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-08


necessity of an extra session OF the
legislature, for the purp sc OF redis-
the state, | haze not investl-
gated The subject thoroughly but L
don't think i, is well 10 rik anything
on losing any part Of the electoral
vote of the state. | am inclined to
favor the extra session. am very
sprry," adced Nr. Ielman, ''iha' |
C ,nnot b. pres~nt at the State Horti-
cultural SDciery in your city, as l had
fully intended. 1t represents a very
important class If our citizens and l
hope the m, eli' will be both enjoy
able ami ben, fetal.
Mayor En-. Stevens arrived home
on the morning train from San An
ton,o Texas, VIII re lie has been en-
engaged in some private business
transactions for n month past. The
mayor is locking as vel AMI hearty
as in the days of yore. Speaking TO
the Gossiper, he said: Although
my visit to Texas has been pleasant
and re .sonab'y profitable. | am very
glad to be at home again. After all
there is no place like Sedsiia, and |
have noticed that in the manner of i'm,
prove menrs snd general appearance
of prosperity, there are but few cite.
in the west that will compare with it.
San Antonio. too is a Dice city, with
generous, whole-souled population,
aud there, and IN the immediate
neighborhcod, are many objects OF
historical interest"
The announcement that Col. Darwin
w. Marmaduke may en'er the race
FIR governor recalls how prominently
the Marmaduke family has figured in
the history OF Missouri. Colonel
Darwin is a brother of the late John
). Marmaduke and son of n. NJ.
MarmaGuke, who was elected lieuten
ant governor in 1910 and later by the
suicide of Governor Thomas Reynold;
succeeded to the guberpatori4l chair
When Marmaduke, ST.. was elected
lieutenant governor in 1910 the voting
population Of Missouri was a fraction
over 81 900. In 1884 when the bFi.
liant John S. male the race he re-
ceived a total IF 2l9, 900 votes out o
about 1876, 600 cast. During bis adj
miuistra,ion Colonel Darwin w
MarmaduSe was warden Of the NJ $
souri, peni,entisry and it was undel
his management that that immens,
state institution was first placed upon
!; self sustaining basis. At the clos,
ofhis term as w.rden ne returned t.
his old home at Sweet Springs. where
he has since remained looking after
his large property Interests Colone
Marmaduke is popular man, but il
is not believed by his friends that b,
is seeking the gubernatOrial chair. Il
he so announc, S, however, he VIII b,
iavorite in the race.
To-day is the first day of Decem
ber," said a merchant. to whose loI
falls The work of collecting The bill
due the firm in which he is interested
to the Gossiper. You have no idea
bow much l dislike to start out on 1
collecting tour. If people would pay
up promptly it would be very pleas
ant, hut few Of them do that. You
would he surprised at the perfectly
good" people who persist in standing
off a collector from time TO time, wheI
il is just as convenient for them t.
pay one day as another. There are ;
great many Gus toners who invariably
get two and three months time or
goods, when our rule is thirty days
and they knew it. The way they
do it is this: A gen
tleman's wife comes into the
store and buys a bill of goods. Sh,
ins ruc's us To charge them to he'
husband and send the bill to him.
The collector calls upon the husband
on the first of the following month
and presents the bill. The husband
Looks it over carefully and says: Just
leave this bill wi h me. | will nave
nv wife look it over and will call a,
the store and settle As a usual
thing be forgets TO come around t.
the store, and il the collector should
call TO see him again before The first
of the next month he won d be NOR
tai V offended. No matter how cheap
goods are sold, nor how little profit
we make on them, when the collector
goes after the pay for them he has to
be careful not to give ohense."
DR.. Jno. NJ. Allen of Liberty, Mo-,
was in the city last night, stopping at
the Kaiser. He read an able paper
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