The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-09

broke out into pea!s Of laugh;er-and
all the days since be has been trying
to make the words "fishiog" and
"proh,birion" fit into a rhythmical
measure.
The hat plays an important part in
demonstrative courtesy. 1t is not
every man, however, who can W.
cover his "caput" eracefuily; yet the
art is worth acquiring. Tor the hat So
lutte when elegantly performed, always
makes a favorable Impression on soci-
ETY., and especially on the ladies.
Hands and fortunes have been won,
ere new, by hat-in-hand po!iteness.
Some gentlemen imagine that merely
touching the brims of their "chapeau'
is sufficient expression of their re-
spect for the ruling Sex. They are
mistaken. The ladies are very exact
ing on this point. The hat must he
lifted fairly from the head to satisfy
them, and a slight flourish Of the
same, accompanied by an obeisant
movement # the head and spinal
column, renders the act, in their
opinion, doubly charming.
1t il probable that there are thods,
ands of young men in this country
who would give 800 apiece to be
able to uphat killingly. E aborate
attempts at this exploit are made
every afternoon in the fashionable
thorouehfares, but it must be con-
fessed thst mist Of them are failures.
Our exquisites overdo the thing.
There is golden mean in the man.
agement Of the hat, which they un-
fortunately miss their ambition over
leaps itself.
In all the range of the fruit
orchards. is there any fruit more beau
tiful than the cherry? The tree is
dream OF loveliness, from the time it
is clothed in the wealth of snowy
blossoms in April until it CLEANS
with crimson fruit in July.-NO fruit
tree blossom Is more usei by Japan.
csc in decorations, it rivals the almond
flower and the chrysanthemum The
cherry leaf is also made use of exten.
sively in various ways in japanese
design, twin leaves, overlapping at
the edges, are curved into graceful
little dishes to hold small dishes for
the table; and there are various other
ways in which the leaves, as well as
the blossoms and fruit of the tree
serve as ornamental design, Who
that has lived in the country does
not remember the time when the de-
lightful announcement was made that
"the cherries are ripe?" The fruit is
always associated with the song of
birds, and all the fragrance and
beauty of early summer. The robins
are in a tumult Of deligh at this time.
They often build their nests in cherry
trees and are the first to discover
when the fruit is ripe. How different
the fruit seems when it is retsiled in
the dusty markets or when displayed
in uninviting piles on the street ven-
ders' s-alls! 1t loses bait it beauty.
No fruit has more poetic associations
or is more surrounded by classic
legend than this.
Many years ago, when Judge Milo
Blair. now of Sedalia, was running
the Boonville Eagle, a red-hot repub.
lican paper, he received q letter from
a man named McCarty, who resided
in Boise City, Idaho, enclosing 81 and
directing him to send the Eagle to his
address for one year, provided it was
not q radical sheet" In the event
that the Eagle was of this stripe, be
rather roughly directed that Judge
Blair should take the 81 and have
either a democratic or Independent,
paper, published in Boonville, sent tc
him.
The wag fish Eagle editor, who
always had a keen sense Of the hui
morous, and was hard to head Of
when it came to perpetrating q prac-
teal joke, felt sOmewha. offended a,
the arrogance Of his Idaho correspond
emit, so he determined to teach hin
la lesson in manners and get even witt