The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-10-20

continued on my journey to Nevada
and entered the Vernon county poor
house and remained there until my
foot healed. While in Nevada l met
q young lady with whom I immediate
" proceeded to fall deeply in love.
She told me she would marry me at
my pleasure. but as my finances were
at 3 low ebb I had to postpone
tie ceremony for an indefinite period.
I obtained q position with Mr..
Jones, remained with him one month.
took my earnings and got married,
but not without some trouble. As
soon as Mr.. Jones settled with me l
went TO the F ,or house to see my pro-
spective father-in.law and informed
him I was going to marry his daugh-
ter.
went to Nevada, secured q Ii
cense, secured the services Of a
preacher and was married. We then
went out to
SEE MY FATHER-M LAW.
He was not at home. We went into
the house and had a talk with that
much abused individual. my mother
in-law. She was very much enraged
when we told her that We were mar
ried. She said We we're not married
according to law and that she would
not recognize any such performance
and drove me out of the house. l
took up my position by the gate AMI
PATIENTLY awaited the coming of my
father-in. Law 60 he could explain mat
tiers. held my position all night.
but like "the letter that never cams,
no father-in law put in au appearance.
The next morning I started out
out to look him up and found him at
Nevada. Informed him of the state
of affairs. He told me to return and
he would be out shortly. He arrived
at home shortly after l did and told
me to stay all night there and the next
morning he would move US oyer to
Mr.. Graves farm where We were to
reside. He moved US over bag and
baggage and we lived like two young
doves. We remained at Mr.. Graves
farm until fall when l went to Clinton
and obtained work with Mr.. Davis
cutting corn. After we had finished
CUTTING HIS CORN
be told me he thought there wa
considerable cosl land in the tract and
made me an offer to prospect for same
on shares. In two weeks 1 struck q
vein of coal three inches thick.
Immediately went to Nevada and
moved Mira. Williamson to Clinton.
l also took German into partnership
with me and began to think fortune
had at last cast her smiles upon me,
and it would be but q short time until
would be worth millions But ny
fondest hopes were soon shattered tt
the four winds and We could not find
a paying vein. then moved anG
obtained work in Q coal bank at 81 &
day. 1t was about three miles from
where l lived. / had been there about
ten days when it took fire. The ownel
offered us fifty cents per day T.
extinguish the fire. but we could MOI
zee it in that light. So I obtained
work in another bank where WORKED
three weeks then made another move
this time to Mr. Ranueys' place, neal
Calhoun, and spent the following
| winter
! CUTTING CORD WOOD FOR BIN.
He finally cheated me out of my
entire work and I moved TO- Calhoun
occupying a house owned by Mr.
Campbell. Ibagan to saw wood TO
a living until I could find permanen
i work which / did in the course of
few weeks with q widowed lady livinI
several miles from Calhoun.
remained there until she and my wifi
had a dispute. I then moved t
Sedalia and rented q house Of Mr.
Burton, tried to obtain position a
city waterworks but was unsuccessful
, and had to sell some of our furnitur
to pay rent. 1 finally obtained
, contract to excavate q cellar an
during the fall had all the work
could do. I was called home one da
and informed that my wife had ha
, an alteration with Mr.. Burton an
, that she came out victorious. G
course this necessitated our movin
again, this time into what might b
termed q shell of q house. We onl
remained a short time. az had met
, mai by the name of Groves who liv'
four and one half miles from the city
> He moved me out to his place whel
. l remained two weeks, my wife havin
> trouble with Mrs. Cloves, l bega
! to think that my wife either had
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