The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-11-21

amusement and asked him for money
and quarter was dropped into hi.
palm as he made a low bow.
As the boat touched the New Yorl
shore they both were soon lost in the
crowd.
The kodak to go to the club to ex
hihit his catch.
The rag picker to his den to show
his pick.
Burlington. Iowa, was visited few
days ago BY the deacon.
1t is a gOodly town of %, 900 souls,
according to the census fiend of 1890.
1t comes under the prohibition law Of
that state. but forty saloons run wide
open and we deacons and democrats
have red noses and bad breaths.
Burlington is noted for two things:
The place where Bob" Burdette
and Frank Hattou made their first
bow to the public.
And the place where the G. B. 4
q. railway stores its coal and houses
its president. The former is a great
railway system, and the latter great
big level-headed gentleman who is a
business man of great acumen from
start to finish.
Deacon George A. Duncan is one
of the citizens Of the town.
He's whole village by himself.
Deacon Duncan is i'm the following
business:
Mayor of the city.
Keeps the best hotel.
Runs saloon.
President of the electric street raj
road.
Owner OF the daily .journal--a COOL
paper
And passes the platter each sun
day in the Methodist church.
He'll do and rank well with the
other deacons who chase up and down
the world to make mankind better
and happier.
| arrived in Burlington early in the
and rs | wandered away
from the depot l was welcomed to the
town and to his tavern by Deacon
Duncan.
After visit to the commissary with
the deacon, / was ushered into the
dining room and smoking breakfast
was toted out of sight by your deacon.
Deacon Duncan is a democrat Of
the old school and is committee of
one to pilot every stranger.
He is valuable citizen to both
church and state.
Deacon Tom Stivers, who formerly
was newspaper man at Atchison,
Kansas, publishes the Gazette here,
daily and weekly.
1t is a democratic paper and sup
porter of Cleveland and Boies, but he
is not a candidate for the postoffice.
A saloon was being sold out at
auction the day l was there and
Deacon Stivers was bidding on some
old champagne bottle corks for
Frank Leake, who formerly pub
lished a paper at Ell Dorado Springs,
Mo-, is the manager of Deacon Dun
cans Journal and is making it n good
newspaper.
A few weeks ago l was in Catskill
This was when Rip Van
Wrinkle was said to have flourished
for time, then took a nap for twenty
years. While looking around for
some evidence of Rips long sleep and
wondering if the porter blacked his
boots while he was in that state, l ran
upon Fleischmann. the compressed
millionaire Of New York, who has
proven the efficacy of his yeast,
risen above the average human and
made enough money to have a lovely
summer house in that locality.
The Catskills are close to the clouds
in fact / have seen them commune
and come out together in a summer
day. The scenery in the Catskills is
enchanting and the atmosphere de-
lighttul. Plenty of ozone there. and
! swelled my windmill with it.
On beautiful mountain side, sur
rounded by every luxury that money
and culture can bring, is Fleisch-
mann's summer home. The noun
tains have beautiful macadamized
roads, aiording pleasant drives. The
Fleischmann's have large family and
a great number of vehicles from the
four-in-hand tallv-ho to a dog cart.
the latter being utilized BY the chill