Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-30
MISSOURI POINTS.

land he used was contained in two town
lots.
MISSOURI POINTS.
Somebody of an inquisitive turn of mind
wants Il where-is-he-at tracer sent out af-
ter Anti-Railway Filtration Hood, the Bar
ry county statesman.
A one-legged Springfield man has invent
ed a pneumatic foot which promises so well
that he expects to be able to throw away
his crutch and win wealth in a walkover.
President Mckinley made no mistake in
the selection of Alden Lyle, of the Free
fress. as postmaster at Golden City. So
capable an editor is certain to prove a sat-
iSfactory official.
Properly enough. under the circumstan-
ces, the sum contributed for charity at the
union services in Joplin on Thanksgiving
day was more than three times as great as
last years collection.
ss
Missourfs faithful. but overworked, chief
executive was so busy in looking after an
accumulation Of matters of minor i'm
portance Saturday that he was able to
snatch only time enough for the pardon of
two convicts during the entire day.
The Times. at Warsaw. is booming that
town as a health resort on the strength of
the fact that a tombstone dealer there
found business in his line so poor that he
had to skip by the light of the moon re-
Gently in order to escape his creditors.
Charley Green. of the Brookfeld Argus.
goes on record with the proposition that IL
Representative Burroughs, of Howell coun-
ty, could have seen the football game in
Kansas City Thanksgiving day, he would
have thought his anti-football statesman
ship had been all in vain.
An ingenious and enterprising joplin ius-
tice of the peace who finds the tying of
matrimonial knots one of his most profit
able sources of revenue has recently dis
tanced all his rivals II. the race for that
kind Of business through having artistical.y
decorated his office with boughs of mistle-
toe.
Carthage schools are OF such known ex-
cellence that they attract pupils from va
riouS other localities. Students were en-
rolled there last week, representing three
different towns in Illinois and the princi-
pal city in Oklahoma, and in each case the
parents had decided upon Carthage as n
location. because of the high reputation of
its schools.
The Missouri man who happens to be
possessed of a walnut grove need give him
self no concern about Klondike, especially
II he has established communication with
Colonel Elliott, the "saw-log king of Gen.
trail Missouri. The latter paid a Boonville
resident $50 for three trees last week, and
the lumber from them will form n part of
one of Colonel Elliott's frequent shipments
across the Atlantic to foreign dealers with
whom he has hjIilt IN a yar1- aytapriro
| trade.
Bishop Talbot. the talented Missourian,
who is soon to leave his Wyoming diocese
for that of PENNSYLVANIA. is known. it is
said. among his fellow clergymen and close
friends. as the prince of beggars." Dur
ing the period of his labors in the far West
he never returned from an Eastern trip
without at least several thousand dollars
for church work. And yet he doesn't real
ly beg it, said his brother. recently. 1T
| just pours in in bank notes and checks
after he has preached a sermon about the
work he is doing. Why. the last time he
visited the East he returned with nearly
Sit, 900 for his work.
The annual oratorical contest of the Mis-
souri, colleges will be held in Sedalia Friday
night, and the seven institutions partici-
pating will be represented as follows: Mis-
| souri, state university. j. o. Harris. "Pater-
nalism. Its Cause and Cure: Missouri VAL
ley college, G. H.. Mack. international Ar
bitration": Tarkio college. h. NJ. Kelsey.
"Richelieu VS.. Gretius-Two Ideals; Park
college, John O'Malley. Scotch-Irish Amer
icanism'': William Jewell, J. r. Mathews.
'The Supremacy of Natural Law: Central
college, c. 3. Duncan, The Modern Hero;
| Westminster college. NJ. n. Ferguson.
1.-The Statecraft of Monroe" The speakers
will appear OF the platform in the order
named.
DIR. ]. c. Given. pastor of the Methodist
| Episcopal church of Jefferson City. has had
his faith shaken in colored human nature.
the Tribune says. If he ever gets hold of
| another 'possum he will build u brick wall
around it while it is being cooked. DR..
Given came in possession a few days ago
of a fine specimen of this delicious game.
and having prepared proper accessories of
sweet potatoes. he sent out invitations to
| his friends to come to the feast. The pos
| sum was then given to a colored man. John
! Moore, who was to prepare II for the table.
| Moore took the 'possum to Jack Weaver.
colored, and family to have it killed and
| dressed, but intended to cook 1t himself.
In a short time Moore went to Viewers
| to get the anticipated feast. To his sur
! prise he found the 'possum was being cook
tu. IuoOIe II W ~ SoohA
and get the dinner when it was done. When
Moore returned the 'possum was gone
sweet potatoes. gravy and all. The family
| had devoured it. DR.. Given, with as good
| grace as possible, Toasted his guests on
roasted turkey.
Joseph FISHERMAN. of ST. Joe. knows a
| good riding horse when he sees one. And
when he sees one. he buys the animal for
n reasonable price. and sells 1t for all 1t is
| worth. He has a knack of finding men who
want to buy good riding horses. There is
said to have been one occasion when he
| couldn't find the man who wanted to buy
| a good riding horse. This is the story as
| the News tells it about that one occasion:
| Some time ago Esterman was the owner of
a fine riding horse. which he sold to a st.
Joseph man for a fair price. He had pre-
viously sold a horse to a Chicago man and
the Chicago man had seen the animal he
still had in his possession at that time.