The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-02-09
BAZOO GOSSIP.

the piSt tNu Wteas las iooiCu inc
W ,ather prophets pretty badly. In
stead of cold waves ami SHOWS and
billiards, We have had warm weather
AMI sunshine, AMI plenty Of it, too.
This scheme of predicting the climatic
changes for week or ten days ahead
is all bosh. 1t can not b. done.
3 There is some fiue sarcasm in the
ojuiry of a Chinaman in s.. Louis
who. seeing the street cars OF that
town pasted al: over, inside and out,
with advertisements, inquiries il the
street car Company charg.s anvthiog
for the fares of the people who jump
on the cars to ride a greater or less
distance in order to enable them to
read the advertisements.
81 saw something Yesterday" said
a policeman to the Gcssipcr, "tnat
broke me all up. | was st ,nding near
the corner of Second and Main when
l noticed a pleasant fac d, neatly
dressed and intelligent appearing
<oma an approach. saw that -he wIs
a stranger and evidently did n t b.
long to the tough class. just as she
got near me she give her jaws atgi-t,
leaned forward and then depo,i'ed a
big chew of tobacco upon tn Sidewalk,
then gave her mouth rub with her
hand just like man. ! have heard
of, but never seen the like before"
A prominent business man of the
city yesterday said to the Gossiper ::
81 understand there will b. a meeting
tomorrow night, at the council
chamber to take me action in refer
enee to the remov, Il of the state uni
-Aersity. In reference to that bust
ness l will tell you something. / was
in Co umbia the other day, and those
fellows are most awfully scared up,
and they are afraid that either Clinton
or Sedalia will, in the end, secure the
loo alton, and Of course the indica ions
favor Sc lalia. At any rate there is DO
harm in trying to secure it. and there
should BE- big a;tenl lance Monday
night.
cit was certaiuly either a Gema-
gogue or a crank" aid a eent'en an
to the G ,ssiper, "who has just intro
dnced b Ii in the New York legis-
la ure making each Saturday holi.
q ~ from May 1, to November 1.
Some more courageous bidder should
c ,me along aud offer a bill making
Friday a holiday. Then some other
aiventurer might Begin at the o'her
end of the week aud try to have Mon
day ma lie holiday. Finally, it is
expected that employees are to he idle
and draw pay for all these hOlideys,
and are manufacturers to pay weeks
wages AMI get but two or three days
work dones Or is the employe to
lose his pay and the manufacturer to
lose nothing but the idleness and rust
of his machinery for all this holiday
timer
A gentleman residing on west
Seventh street purchased chicken at
= grocery last night.
, "Whea are you going to eat that
chicken?' queried the grocerYman,
Tomorrow for dinner" replied
the man.
"Much trouble to keep fire in yonr
kitchen all night"
"Not much, 1 guess he replied,
with surprised look.
"Nell, you had better put that
rooster on t, parboil at oace, that is,
If YOU do not want a late dinner, for
he was Just learning to crow when the
court house was moved from George
town to Sedalia," and then he whistlet
a familiar air IS he weighed cut q
dose of Goldfish for Siringtown Gus
toner.
[ "An amusing incident, illustrative
of the you hfuI side Of human nature
occurred in an Ohio street drug store
Yesterday" said friend to the Cos
siper. "The birthday anniversary o.
a certain estimable lydy residing or
Broadway was to occur the following
day. He little son appeared at tn,
drug store and stated that be wished
to make his mother a present. HI
first asked for corn plaster, saying
he only wanted one, a. his mother hat
but ole corn. He then ordered ,
Scent bar of soap. The druggis
laughed audibly as ne put up tn.
order, and nearly broke down will
laughter when the little fellow
changed the soap for some of thai
) candy pointing to jar of licoric'
drops on the counter. 1t leaked on
that the youngster was aware that hi
mother did not like licorice drops, ant
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