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

lating medium in Pennsylvania.
Silver dollars cut into quarters and
halves and used As currency were long
known in Richmond. Virginia. as
"sharp-shins.
In I79! ietter-carriers were EN-
ployed in the few large cities and
they were paid two cents for every
letter delivered.
The number of postotices in this
country In 1876 was twentv-eigbi: in
1890 there were seventy-five; and in
1875 four hundred and iifty-three.
To the end of his lite Andrew
jackson believed he was born in
South Carolina. but his biographers
have decided that he was a native of
North Carolina.
There were seven Years OF petition
iny. four acts ui' session by Virginia.
and nine conventions before Ken
lucky WIS separated from Virginia
and admitted into the Union in June,
1892.
The celebrated Tennessee patriot
and soldier. John Sewer. who was ut
one time declared an outlaw and be-
rett of the benefit of the Act of Par
don and Oblivion. was afterward par
doned and elected To congress from
Tennessee.
The iir>, abolition movement look
place III the sun tavern at Philadel-
phia when score of gentlemen framed
a constitution and organized body
which they named The Society for
the Relief of Free Negroes unhw-
fully held in Bondage.
The first Sunday school outside Of
New England, OF which we have any
knowledge. WAS that kept by the Penn
sylvania Dunker>. 1t began in l74O
/ and ended in l111. when the baitl, OF
Brandywine turned the >chool-hoI>e
into hospital for wounded troops
| In 1892 Virginia had 10 congn>,-
men: Massachusetts, II; Pennsylva-
MIA IL: New York 10: North Caro-
lima IL; Maryland s; Connecticut 4;
South Carolina 6: New Jersey };
New Hampshire /; Vermont, Georgia,
Kentucky and Rhode Island > apiece:
, Delaware /.
Travellers through Virginia, in co-
lonial and po>t-revolutionary times had
To pay cXiortionate rates at inns and
taverns. Breakfast cost six ,billing,;
dinner cost Il dollar. \ nights l"l.-
ing was half IL much: but II clean
sheets were demanded, the price was
six pence more.
In Virginia, in 1880. vendue was
unknown. When Il collection Of
household furniture wa> to he sold,
the whole village assembled, gun in
hand. \ mark was set up, the dis
tance measured, Il table or chair made
the prize, and, when all who wished
il had paid down few pence, the
shootin" began The hest marksman
won the prize.
In 1892 the postage on Il letter WAS
six cents tor any distance not greater
than thirty miles: then it stood al -
cents tol 40 miles Beyond that -
cents VA. exacted. \ single letter
meant one written "n single sheet
of paper. however small or large
Two sheets made double letter. and
three sheets a triple letter.
Much rude sport was INDUCED in
by South Carolinians in 1890. In
alterations and fighting, among the
roughcr classes, the prelimInaries
were coolly arranged and it was de-
cided by each combatant whether il
would be fair 10 bite off an ear. to
gouge nm eve or otherwise MAIN his
opponent. Gouging was always per
Missile, and every bully grew long
thumb-nail or tinger-nail especially for
that purpose. /
On ore OCCASION when Washington
was being roundly abused by a small
minority opposition, he declared that
he had never repented but once hay
Ing slipped the opportunity of resign
ing the presidency, and that was
every moment. He declared that be
would rather be in his grave than in
his present situation and that he
would rather be on his farm than en-
peror Of the world, and yet he was
charged with wanting to be king.
In 1889 and 1892, every man was
tor Washington for president. but in
1896 times had radically changed,
and for the first time the presidency