Show TOTED THINKING Reminders ot or the boom days B In the central contral west we are brought brough to the at attention attention att nUon t eC of e the tho public every over once one In a when SOme same county to le sued seed ed en account o 0 of beads boada lowed during this Ut period ot et excitement nt Macon c n county Missouri Is 1 betas being suet lor bonds bond towed uM forty tu years age lor or 01 the benefit of et a railroad that never materialised The bonds fell into tRo tk th tho hands han of oC innocent purchasers p reh H just Jost justas as they always do wh when n a lightning rod peddler p or some BOrRe other oUter rascally I agent skins an Ung farmer fanner There seem oem to be way any help haip for Cr the taxpayers of or Macon county Some Bome years year age ago the people of oC SC St county In III the same state att r to pry pap a judgment against asat It of a like nature Lash year a Judge woe WM elect elected elected ed cod to serve no his lite term In Jan Jail that at be being It being ing the tha penalty Imposed for tor contempt o 0 court in refusing to sign n X r the payment of er the holders of ot the Uto b bt By keeping as aa honored in jail M no a tL sort ot et r vicarious vlacious atonement St Clair county escaped Its Ha for ter a number of ot years year In Inthe Inthe the end It Jt s and aDd earn came through with the cash Th Thor There to Is one OM case QUe on en record where who the th Innocent purchaser got loft as tooled called to Ie mind by b the Kansas Ka City Star A little nUle town la IR Kansas at te to e lie rise rIM too t rapidly la lit the tho theis is rId and ami eo so loaded leaded with debt that Its Ita wings wo t work werle The held hold a ranee and alts a that ahat titer liter was not act enough taxable fit tp bIe property pre oven wn to pay the Ute In m het InThe mfr fr t e rt The town had hod HeM boon incorporated J and anil an Rae wa subject to tot Milt lL These TIt Kan Kas Kana Kass a s fellows f found foaM a way out of Ut their di They Th moved IR aU all UIo tiro MM onto an adjoining quarter MOtIon r land and act Nit SoU the Uto innocent par parr ae rr r holding the and Ute the u sack MOle Perhaps P riIa it honest honeM but bet 1 it that In the tho early days the ICan Kan l an anna na ms triumphed 1 i over ver whet whoa r med ined m MIte ke Men Madan county Missouri hew how r I v r willing cannot beat the UM same game |