The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-27
NO IDEAOF THE VALUE
OF Money-Some of the Uses
the indian, the Child Of
Uncle Sam Puts
1t To.


"a. Jefferson City, after an extended
trip through Texas, and in conversa-
ton with a represenIativeOfthe BAzoo.
in order to show what vague idea an
Indian ,sas for the value of money re-
lated two curious and amusing incl
dents. He happened to be at the
reservation when they received their
money from the government, and
while the majority OF those receiving
it Immediately proceed to get ''billn
drunk, few would go from store To
store in family groups, and As Il rule
would purchase the most eaudy and
flaming articles that were ex-
posed for sale, regardless
Of their usefulness or want ri beauty.
One old brave entered q iewelry store
and rerceiving a large clock whic;,
had ii >onorous ring, and who~e click
was much louder than any OF the
Others, he pointed TO it. and ;,-l;ed the
merchant, "How muchee." The
clock was cheap affair, bui the mer-
chant seemed to know his customer,
and he promptly answered, seven
dollars" The money was paid over
at once by his squaw, and taking Il"
clock lovingly in her arms, - re-
paired with her brave to I, 'uip'
where the rest of the family fuat-
ted themselves. Y en- Il ui ''if
around in circle, the Il ;. :, .. ,e'
with the clock in their r. me!
turned it to the right a:;,L i"'
left, and seemed filed VI
at every part of its make vi ne
clock was an alarm clock, and the
merchant wound up the alarm to
strike in half hour. He had tired i'll
the best manner he was possibly able,
to inform the Indian the purpose OF
the alarm. SO when the tribe had be-
come satisfied with the outer view Oi
the clock the big brave stepped to the
center and opened the clock door, 81
all could see the pendulum swing, and
also the bell with the hour hammer insi
the alarm hammer struck. He KEPT
up constant Indian chatter is though
engaged in explaining tn" workings
OF the CLOCK, and in sonic iii;;nncr di,-
arranged Tie alarm 80 thai ii went oil.
That Indian jumped at least
six feet IN the air, and uttered a wal
whoOp that would have chilled a
tenderfootls blood, while the whole
family scattered in mad haste, a.
though bomb had burst in their
midst.
After they perceived that no one
was injured. and that the clock con-
tinued to beat away innocently with
modest sort of a textbook, they again
approached it cautiously, and in Ii
short time, were again sitting about
it, laughing and chatting, evidently
chatting each other for being afraid Of
such Il harmless looking thing.
You have all heard .a., pecuiiai.
''whir" some hour clocks make JUS
before they strike the hour? Well,
when that clock started in
with Il whir-r-r-r. Just be-
fore striking len. YOU should
have seen those Indians skip This
time their actions piai"''- ;1.liraIed
that the machine would :. Belle ben"i.
But when they heard the STEADY stroke
Of ten peal forth, they became rea>-
sured, and approached the clock again.
which was peacefully working away
at its tick-tock, tick-tock
Then the demolition hogan. They
were evidently determined Ia learn
where all that noise came from in such
a comparatively small body. 80 the
old buck removed the disc from the
end of the pendulum, and when ih..;
weight was removed. the relieved
pendulum started AWAY beating back
and forth at terrible rate. which a-
most caused another Spampede. The
disc was replaced and the old clock
started ahead again with liz regular +
tick-tock. tick-tock
Becoming wcaried with this. tley
took the hands OF, and then the dial, To
see the wheels 60 round. But Il,
they could no. discover the source of
that alarm, they continued to pull ii .
apart. until the late new clock was a
total wreck. Then putting all the
parts back again into the box of the
clock, they trailed into the jewellers
in single file, with the big chief in the
lead, who held the mangled clock
tightly in his arms, and who said to
the dealer Me no find bur-r-r-r,
bang-bang!"
The dealer tried his best TO explain
that they had ruined the clock, hut it
was impossible, and not being able To
comprehend what it all ment, the big
:hief took up his burden again, and
It the word of command, they all
rallied out to the curb and squatted
as before. The clock WAS