The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-06-20
The Act of Two Men Nearly
Forty Years Ago in Pet
It's County.
Whiskey and Tempers Brings a
Disagreement-the "code"
Resorted To.

: tnTlVlDI Nllldgts Ill Seutidi .uISsouIi.
Jno. w. Houx was one of its in
habitants.
Judge Jno. F. Philips, OF Kansas
City, another.
Senator George G. Vest Spoke his
! piece" before the juries then.
John Montgomery, Jr., was bare
footed boy to throw stones at the cats
and fly kites.
Josh Jones drove the cows to pas
ture and herded the town geese. He
is now wholesale halter in st. Louis.
jesse Heard did the livery bust
ness Of the town.
Elias Bixby and 10 Robinson were
there.
The town contained as jolly a set of
souls as ever lived-ready for any
thing, be it fight, fun, foot race or
scrapping over jack pot.
Taxes were about One-fifth of one
per cent and Missouri or Kentucky
courage could be bought for twenty
five cents per gallon.
All the hard work was performed
by the niggers, while the white trash"
killed time playing cards, horse
racing, swapping lies about politics,
perpetrating practical jokes and drink.
ing previously mentioned cheap ''red
ruin"
1t was no disgrace at that time and
in that place to 90 on weeks spree,
as some of the hest INDUCED in it.
Col. Samuel a. Lowe, now of st.
Louis, was the county, circuit clerk
and err o6ieio county recorder, anu :hen
he had plenty OF time to spare to in
nocent amusements and to worship at
.ni s.Irine0I i.Racchus.
And he was no hl,s@t scholar.
Sam WAS young then.
When sam was indulging in>a the
liquor sold he was insulting. ~
1t was the only time he would fight e
when he had drank literally of Ken
lucky courage.
On one of these occasions he gross K
" insulted citizen of the town-a Il
high-strung Virginian. E
Sometimes it don't take but very e
little to insult a Virginia gentle +
man.
1t didn't that time.
The f. F. V. pocketed the insult 9
for the time being, but it soon came ?
his turn to get on load of that same =
Kind of courage. o
II -. 20 e
The valiant colonel wanted to apollo n
rize and wipe out the insult.
The Virginian would accept of no. T
apology.
He wanted blood.
He wanted the co5sf of honor re-
sorted to by geptlsefnen.
This gayeGa show for fun and the
friaaitis of Lowe took him aside and
told him that it would never do to
have challenge to mortal combat
thrown at him unless he accepted. If
he did not accept he would have TO
leave Georgetown forever.
Sam was not blood thirsty then and
he did not get that way until a few
drinks were thrown into him by his
friends to get him in fighting trim.
Before he took enough drinks to ac-
complish the ends of the funmakers,
he revolted in strong language against
taking the life of fellow being, but
he was more greatly moved at the
idea of being a cold stiff himself.
Much persuasion was used and en-
enlargement given and finally Sam
yielded and accepted the challenge.
DIR. 10. Fox, a young doctor of the
place who now resides at Portland,
Oregon. was chosen his second.
"Old Virginia" with nerve equal to
a train robber, chose Bacon Mont
gomery, then young editor of the
town paper and the first one published
in Pettis county, to be his second.
The two seconds arranged the de-
tains. The parties were to fight with
Old-fashioned horse pistols loaded with
ball and the point of meeting was to
be on the banks of Muddy creek, to
be selected by the seconds.
The two men were to stand back
to back and at a given signal were to
march eight PAGES front, wheel and
fire.
Six o'clock in the morning follow
ing the acceptance, was to be the meet
ing.
The news was soon heralded over
the town of the coming duel. All
kinds Of speculations were made as to
the result. This kind Of sport was
something new and pleasant, and the
saloons did an extra amount of bust
ness the night previous, and many beds
were untouched by persons who were
afraid they would oyersleen Them