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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21

GOOD FELLOWS.

Referring to an episode which recently
happened in this city gentleman who
knows the heroes Of 1t, said, "well
perhaps--was wrong but he's
an awful good fellow" This is prob
ably true but has any Of the BAzoo's
readers ever stopped to think what a
good fellow means.
A good fellow is young man,
generally. who never fails to treat
when he is tout with the bows" and
he is ont with them very often, he
knows good brand of wine he is
fond of rich suppers and rocky
amusements and doubtful women
ard he calls his father
''the old man. and his
mother is looked upon Is sort OF u
housekeeper for the family. he never
thinks it worth while to be polite to
his sisters and he cultivates a taste for
art. BY filling his pockets with cigar
cite pictures and he instantly defends
woman whose character is "of
when his friends remind him that he
If going the pace that kills.
He has always a weak and SEN
sual mouth and blotches adOrn his
neck in a manner that high collars
and red neckties wont cover.
We all have seen this kind OF a
good fellow" and his good fellowship
consists in this. He wouldn't kick q
dog, but he would sneer at the Y. M.
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There does not seem to be the least
excuse for such a mistake as thi:
THE statute poses Of Mrs. -
which appeared in a BNzoo contem.
porary, but it may be safely said that
nine out of ten compositors make no
difference between statute" and
statue" and they never will. That
there is some difference Webster tells
us and if that were not enough Black
stone is an authority which cannot be
disputed. The people who are send
ing out petition to have the statues
at the Worlds fair draped, also be-
lieve there is q difference, but it is
quite possible that it would be more
appropriate to drape the statute
concerning the closing Of the Worlds
fair on Sunday than it would he to
drape the statues.
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charged against Chicago. The best
reply is that greed will be powerles
for harm in viw Of the abundance Of
accommodations.
6iRO'S-EVE VIEW.

Clinton is going to have a bust
ness college and soon her streets will
contain young men and women who
will look like colts just out Of the
brush.
Howard county papers are agitat-
ing the local option question. The
movement is now in force in Howard,
but the papers think when the oppor-
tunity is offered it will be voted out
of sight.
Last Wednesday night thieves en-
tered the dry goods store
OF c. c. Carter. at Excelsior
Springs, and stole iewelry to
the amount Of $40. The entrance
was made at a back window where
the thieves left a portion of q set of
burglar tools. The marshal is shadow
ing couple Of suspicious looking
characters.
Phil Corners, q news agent OF the
Rock Island Railroad, was arrested at
Gallatin. Friday, on charge of selling
obscene literature. He entered q
plea of gnilty and was finedsl0O, and
was committed to Jail for nonpayment
Post Office Inspector, McAfee Of st.
Louis instigated the prosecution. The
Rock Island assisted the Inspector
in detecting the fellow.
DIR. J. B. Dodson, for many years
q leading citizen Of Nevada, committed
suicide at his home, 10 miles north Of
that place yesterday morning by shoot
ing himself through the head. He
was in his eightieth year and Was one
Of Vernon's wealthiest citizens. He
was twice a member of the state
legislature, but was more widely
known as the president of the defunct
Laclede and Fort Scott Railroad.
Captain F. j. Tagard. president,
and J. c. Clark, cashier of the Bates
County National bank. and w. E.
Walton, president. and J. X. Jenkins
cashier of the Missouri National bank,
at Butler, telegraphed to Senators
Vest and Cockrell that they would 60
on General 10 Shelby's bond for any
amount for United States marshal and
that they would guarantee strict at
tention to and faithful performance
Of the duties Of the Office. Many
other kilograms were sent by others
who are Jealous in his behalf.
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Post Office Inspector Mr.. McAfee,
of St. Louis, is after the obscene
literature seller. and it is to be hoped
that he will be encouraged by all
good people. 1t is probable that we
would have a comparatively decent
set of boys and men were it not for
obscene literature. 1t may be set
down for q fact that the boy whose
pockets are filled with this kind of
poison, grows into a tough man.
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Every writer in the land has taken
"a whack at the hoopskirt and the men
writers have all ended by saying that
our women are too sensible to wear
EN-" This is a neat little stroke of
fattery, but the women are too sensi-
bic to swallow it and they will wear
the hoOpskirt Just the same.
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strike a woman, but he would
take advantage Of her trusting
innocence he wouldn't rob . bank
but he would borrow money from some
other 'good fellow" and never pay it
back; he wouldn't pass the negro who
cleaned his coat without speaking to
him, but he would look the other way
when he met some poor old friend Of
his father; he wouldn't "use profanity
in the presence Of ladies, for the
world" but be would swear at his
laundress for asking him to pay her q
just debt; he wouldn't sponge" his
drinks of a friend, but he has been
known to leave behind him an unpaid
board bill. He is a pleasant and
genial and hale fellow we'll met"
with all whom he may desire to please.
but he would not sacrifice his comfort
or his pleasure for even his own
mother.
Yes, We all know the good fellow, !"
but the young men who are called
to fill important trusts are not
"good fellows" nor do they as
sociate with good fellows; they
spend their days in careful and CON-
scientious work and their evenings in
either profitable company-often the
company Of good books-or in whole
some rest. Their recreations do not
leave them hsggard. worn. braced up
with liquor in the morning and wholly
untitled for responsible work; their
duties are not burthen to them be.
cause they have brought on i'll health
by dissipation, but on the contrary,
they are awake, alert, active, full Of
and pure blood and they get
to the front and someday they lead
the van. There really is nothing in
having the name OF "a good fellow"
it is never written ON a mans tomb
stone, for such a man is neither missed
nor mOurned.
Young men should avoid being called
good fellows" and they should have
a care what habits they form, because
after all no man of bad habits can
make success of his life and it is
not so much a question of morality
as it is of good sense. Good sense and
immortality, however, do not travel to-
gether and good fellows" generally
possess very little ofeither GOOD fel-
lows" grow into haggard, blear eyed
old men that even a dog will desert,
when they do not fiji an early grave,
and il is doubtful whether tear is
dropped to their memory when at
last they go where they are Judged
not as good tellows,tbut good..men.
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POLLY'S REVEILLE.
Calling Coffee Cocoa Became
SuisaOce.


Some years ago when stationed on
the coast Of West Africa. i bought q
gray parrot. which in appearance
greatly surpassed the general run Of
these birds both in size and beauty Of
plumage. and which, though ! paid
little or no attention to his education,
turned out to be a remarkably apt
scholar.
The first Indication of his powers
was q perfectly successful attempt to
whistle the reveille. which. of course,
he had heard on the bugles every
morning since his introduction to the
barracks, and before long he had
mastered pretty nearly every
bugle call known in the
British army. One morning !
was awakened by his calling in 3
loud tone. and in an exact imitation
OF my own voice: Coffee. Coffee. you
imp of darkness. where are you? Hur-
~ up and bring my cocoa" Coffee
being q little native. as black as your
boot. whom employed to work for
me. This incident naturally tickled
my risibilities. and I laughed i'm
moderately. the bird joining in the
cacchination. and again initiating my
tones exactly.
From that time on he was liable to
pick up anything heard and repeat
it at inOpportune moments. which
was all very well in its way. but was
apt to grow monotOnous. Regularly
at 5 a. m. he would start q mono
logue. interspersed with bugle calls
and diabolicsl peals of laughter.
which awoks me. / never am very
amiable under circumstances Of that
kind. and would heave my shoes or
the first missile that came handy at
him. II happened to 60 anywhere
near the mark he would ejaculste:
poor Polly. Poor. poor Polly" in
such dOleful accents that my wrath
was invariably converted into laugh
ter. in which the bird Joined with
great gustO. Sometimes ] would yell
to the boy and say: Coffee. take
this Internal bird away and all
down the corridor, like the very echo
Of my voice. would come: Take
this Internal Bird away, bird away"
Polly" after awhile became quite
Q characte.. and Was offered c0nsid-
cradle sums for him, but decided to
take him home and make him . pres
ent to the governor" Of course on
shipbOard he was among the sailors.
and equally. Of course. he learned
quite q number Of commands incident
al to their calling. together with q
less desirable accompaniment of bad
language. When got him home the
way he would yell At an imaginary
crew to square away the main
BRACE" ami various other nautical
feats was . caution TO snakes. accom-
panying his commands with . string
Of profanity that would make the
Toughest old salt hide his head with
shame or envy. and invariably In
dulEed in these tricks when We had
lady callers.
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pite of her beans and "cult" and the
boy OF seventeen, who started the re.
cent fires there" just to see the en-.
gines run and the firemen hustle,
ought not to be punished too severely.
Even older people enjoy seeing the
'engines run"
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The Clinton Democrat says there
was hung jury" in the case Of Black
vs.. Black for wife abandonment. The
jury that would not have husband,
who would abandon his family,
whipped at the tail OF cart. ought to
be hung.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21

The Board of Stewards of the first
NJ. E. church, St Louis, are out in a
card denying that the young people of
that church are in the habit of dane
ing to the music of the organ in the
church parlors. There is not much
difference between dancing in the par
lors and running an ice cream stand,
Bob Layford says, and if the young
people can get enough dance music
out of the organ to make 'em want to
dance, they should not be ashamed of
it. Organ music generally suggests
cemeteries and other cheerful thoughts,
especially when it is accompanied by
a choir with a tenor who "flats.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21

Rev. De Witt Talmage is deliver
ing his lecture The bright side Of
things" again. tits altogether proba-
bile that he says nothing about the big
debt which the building of his New
York tabernacle has placed upon an
unwilling feople.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21

There is high jinks among the G
A. R. in Illinois. 1t Is claimed that
the home in Chicago provided for the
veterans during the Worlds Fair, by
the Veterans Protective Association,
is connected with an immoral resort
and the ones who have exposed the
scheme advice the "vets" to steer clear
of the home. 1t is highly possible
that many of the "old soldiers" will
take the advice. but it is also safe to
bet that a good many will want 10 in
vestigate the ''holne" for themselves.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21

The sale at auction Of another negro
vagrant will take place next Tuesday,
in Mexico, Mo. While vagrancv is
inexcusahle in either whites or blacks.
vet there is relic of slavery DAYS in
the auction business which is not in
accordance with MsssOuris progress.
The best plan TO get work out of peo-
pie who won't work of their own will
is for every town to provide work
house and make them work. By the
selling process some out Of town man
gets the service, which every town
needs on the streets. or elsewhere.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21

Ex-President Harrison is calmly
hunting for ducks out on the Illinois
river. Mr.. Cleveland is being feroci-
ously hunted BY office seekers In
Washington. Still both men seem to
be happy.-.Nen York advertiser.
Yes, but how is it with the office
seekers and the ducks.
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The oldest man in Missouri is
again dead. He was colored man
and unused" Washington. He dies
at regular intervals and is hard to keep
dead.
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Better go to church to-day,
Better kneel right down and pray.
Ten to one you need it bad.
Even il its not the lad"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-03-21

Cholera may not reach us after all.
Europe has begun to turn on the
hose.
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"You ars awfully slow, said Phil
sdelphis father to his lazy son. .
young man Of 30 or more. Why
don't you do something? At your ago
Alexander the Great had conquered
the world"
Possibly" wss the languid reply;
'.but. father, you forget that Alexan-
der was not born and reared in Phila-
de)phia.n
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That Glorious Climate.

Eastern Man-ls that climate OF
yours all that il is claimed to be?
California Man-Healthiest climate
i'm the world.
well. I've heard Of . good many
people who went there and came back
worse than before"
The climate is all right. but You
see. as quick Is their health returns
they get interested in the land boom
and buy"
Yes"
"Well. after that they worry them-
selves sick, trying to sell it.
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\ Washington woman went into
her husbands store and smashed
everything in sight Friday, because
she was jealous. There may he worse
things TO reason with than Jealous
woman, but it might be as we'll to
state that the man who fools with a
woman of this description takes his life
in his hands.
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Henry T. Burckhartt, who recently
purchased the Windsor Rerie,r is
making a thoroughly bright and read
able paper Of the Rer;e~. He ought
to do two things. however, to he sue
cessful. he ought to get married and
he ought to drop one of the final letters
from his name.
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Young Higgins was heard to remark
the other day that he feared that his
janitOr was not pleasantly impressed
with the lmpressional school o. rep
resented by the works in his studio.
ut happened this way" explained
young Higgins. Patrick had looked
at my paintings with ominous solem-
nifty. When | displayed the portrait
Of myself the blow fell, said:
The paint on this 10 badly cracked,
which spOils the likeness
He answered promptly, Not at all.
sorr"
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Boston is a slow going old burg des-
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In order 70 b hsaltAy this is necs<ary
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Mary Ann Johnson's Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT The Honora-
DISTRICT OF CHlTTESDES, I bic tho Pro-
bate Court for the District of ChittCnden.
To the heirs and all persons interested in
the estate of Mary Ann Johnson, late of Essex
in said district, deceased. GREET NC.
Whereas, application has been made to this
Court in writing, by tho Executor of the es-
state of said deceased praying for license and
authority TO sell the whole of the real and
personal estate OF sad deceased for
tho payment Of debts and charges Of ad-
ministration, setting forth thereu the amount
of debts due from SAID deceased, the charges
of Administered on, the amount of personal es-
tate and the situation Of the real estate.
And bringing into court tho consent and an
probation in writing OF all the heirs to said
estate residing in this State, and setting forth
the situation OF the real estate.
Whereupon, the said Court appointed and
assigned the cath day of March 1898, at the
Probate Court rooms. in said distric,, to hear
and decide upon said application and petition.
and ordered public notice thereof to be given
to all persons interested therein, by publishing
said order together with the timo and place
of hearing, three weeks successfully in the
Burlington Free Press, n newspaper which
circuates in the neighborhoud of those per-
sons interested III said estate, all which
publications shall be previous to the day as
signed for hearing.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear
before sal Court, at the time and place as-
signed, then and there in said Court, TO make
your objection to the granting OF such license,
il YOU see cause.
Given under my hand at the Probate Court
rooms, this 9TH day Of March. 1888.
JENNIE STACY. Register.
az wat
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Julia McNa rs Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT-The Hon. Probate
Court for the District OF Chittendeu;
To all persons Interested In the estate of
Julia Mc\all, OF Colchester, in said dis
trlct. bBEETING.
Whereas, application in writing hath been
made to this Court by the guardian of said
ward tor license to sell the whole of the real
estate of said ward. setting forth therein that
said ward owns IA certain lot OF lana of > acres
more or less situated at Colchester Centre in
ColChest / in said district with dwellinl.
house the eon and that it would b. conduc We
to the interest of his ward to sell and convert
the same into money for the purpose Of putting,
the proceeds thereof at interest.
And lhcrcupon, thcsald Court appointed and
assigned the -Itu day OF March. a. d., 1898. at
the Probate Court OOms in said district to hear
and decide upon said application; ana ordered
that public notice thereof be given to all per-
sons Interested therein, by publishing this or
der three weeks successfully in The Bur
lingtOn Free Press, a newspaper which circu-
lates in the neghborhood of those persons in
tcrcsted therein, all Of which publications
shall be previous 10 the time appointed fol
hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, at the time and place afor-
said, then and there to object to the granting
of such license il you see cause.
Given under my hand. Mt the Probate Court
Rooms. this 9th day OF March, 1895,
80 W,iw JENNIE STACY, Register
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STATE OF VERMONT, Tho Honorable the
DISTRICT OF CHITrENnEN. Probate Court, for
the District of Chittendcn.
To the heirs and all persons Interested in tho
estate of joel Harris late of Colchester
in said district, deceased
GREETING:
Whereas, application hath been made to
this Court in writing by the administra-
tor of SAID estate praying for license ana author
ity to sell the whole of real estate of said de-
ceased representing to said court that it
would be beneficial to the heirs and all per-
sons interested in the estate OF said deceased,
to sell tine whole Of the real estate of said de-
ceased. and convert the same into money.
And bringing into Court he consent and ap-
probation in writing of all the heirs to said
estate residing in this state and citing forth
the situation of the real estate
Whereupon. the said Court appointed and
assigned the Eth day Of March, 1893, at the
Probate Court rooms in said district, to hear
ard decide upon said application and petition,
and ordered pubic notice thereof to be given
to all persons Interested therein, by publishing
said order, together with the time and place Of
hearing, three weeks succc~slVe.y N the Bur
lingtOn Free Press, newspaper which circu-
lates in the ueighborhoOd OF those persons in
terested in said estate. all which publications
shall be previous TO the day assigned for hear
ing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court, Mt the time and y ace as
signed, then and there IN said court to make
your objections to the granting of such license
II you see cause.
Given under my hand. Mt the Probate Court
JENNIE STACY, Register.
M
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is a native OF New
England, born at Au-
gusta, Me, Feb. II,
1888. AT the age of
20 he graduated from
Bowdoin college; he
after ward studied la w
and was admitted to
practice In 1853. The
following year he re-
moved to Chicago,
where for 80 years he
was one of the city's
most successful law
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Midway, Madi so
county, Jan. IS, 1S47,
the son of a Aletho-
dist minister. He at
tended com m on
schools at Iowa, where
his parents removed
when no was nine
years of age. At 10
he enlisted in Co. q,
3D. Iowa, and served
three years. He then
returned to his home
in Iowa and entered
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the Upper Iowa university at Fayette
where he graduated lie chose tho protes-
sion Of law, in which he has been very sue
cessful, and located at Madison, Neb, his
present home, in 1884. Previous to 1890
he was a republican in politics, but in the
campaign Of that year he was won over to
the peoples party in which he has been very
nctive since. He was elected supreme judge
Of his district in 1891.
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born in Hawaii. He
has long been con-
nected with the gov
ern ment of tine islands,
and was premier Of
the first revolutionary
cabinet In Hawaii in
1883. He resides at
Honolulu, and is the
leading lawyer of that
city. He, with the
other four members
Of the commission, left
Hawaii on board Tho
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bis work as a surveyor in the employ OF the
Northern Pacific. Little was heard OF him
until he became general manager OF the
Elmira, Cortland and Northern, an obscure
and unimportant line, but in the manage
ment Of which he gained a vast amount of
valuabe experience. In 1886 he succeeded
Austin Corbln as manager of the Reading,
then almost bankrupt but which In the few
years ho has controlled it, has become the
rival Of such roads as the Pennsylvania.
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DISCUSSED CHEAPER INSURANCE.
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Nen
Talk About Decreased Lo.se. by Fire


Talk About Dscreased Losses by Fire
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, March S.-A
largely attended meeting OF representative
insurance men connected with the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance company, which
company carries one quarter of all the in
surance in this State, and property owners
of Windsor aud Orange countess met here
at the junction House to-day to discuss
msthods necessary 10 decrease fire losses
throughout the State III the interest of in.
sured and insurers.
II. n. Taplin OF Montpelier, president,
aud l. c. Hayes of Bellows Falls, special
agent of the Vermont Mutual. explained
clearly the present policy Of the company.
The question of methods of selecting risks
and Offering insurance was discussed from
the broad standpoint of the necessities of
the State for adequate and satisfactory fire
protection, the results of which must be u
decrease in losses and consequently in the
cost Of insurance.