The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-05
rosr OFFICE CLERK.


lposipg, to ourselves, to say a few
wurds lor an humble but important
Imlividual, found in every village
,and city in our country. That in.
ldividpdl Ia tic poet office Clerk
No one is more intimately con
Injected with the ailairs of the pub.
liic. Tho preacher aud priest are
acquainted with the standing Of
their parishioncrs tho doctor with
Imaiy secrets Of his patients the
LAWYER with the business and legal
/ difficulties Of his cliouts, but tue
Epost office clerk is acquainted with
levery one in the community, with
tlivir business, trade, and their in
trigues, -f n F...
In former years we spent some
Itimo in tho post office department,
land know practically the every day
1lnbors, trials and amenities OF the
post ofiicG clerk. To mary, the
1cahing Of n post Office clerk scems
nm easy one, Il pleasant occupation
/ ilnthis, such pcrsons nre woMIly
lmistaben. v Q still rcmemb.r our
/. .fgstday's oX loriepce ia tlie bust
lnvas, and only necessity prevented
lit iiom being the lust. Legs as
.Istih rs wooden tnes, we were In
pain from head to foot, too tired t.
iuadress befororetiring, more dead
THAN alive. .rft .#H mn
! The post Office clerk must DO at
his work long before the mechanic,
Iaud does not end bis labor til the
ROBUST farmer has taken a sweet 70
llTyshing sleep. When tic Clerks
Iwork is dono his feet are weary |;
This path is Il checkercd ono. Uou
slider for moment how labyrinth
inc ure tho 1iootsteps oil Il clerk in
our post Office, Two steps to the
north, one TO the south back TO the
stsrting point, now to tho east, now
to tho west, nowat right angle, now
an acute, his leet describe. lloal.
so moves upon the line OF beauty.
lie describes circle, Rspiral curve
and IN eclipse, and in Tact moves
upon every known line, His line
Ioi motion iur one day wonld make
III years hard study for tho mathe.
Imaticiung Every muscle il brought
into exrrcisc.-hands aud feet arc
IN constant motion Nor arc his
suuses lett uncultiYated bis sigh,
must be good hearing perfect. lie
Imust know who is il that coines
Iveiled Ike Il prophecies, must read
addresses that should BIZ inugniiied
ten times to be legible. lie must
incline his car to hear the golden
but 10 whisperings Of the bHshful
youDg lady who tremblcs as she
gives her name. His memory must
be eXcelleut--a thousand things
arc, told him in the course Of the
day, all OF which he is expected to
Iremeruber. If nc fail to remember
any one OF these particulars he viii
Ebe punished most eXcrutiatingly, !,
it may be, bJ some young lady
who, does not want her pa 70 know
! that she corresponds with some
young rake = she wants to get her
lown letters. In every town there
are half a doz, II John Smiths
when u letter arrives for John
Smith, this clerk must know rior
which one it is,-he must know, III
possible, from what place each of
the John Smiths gets his letters. -.
| The clerks will be most fortunate
III lie remembers all the orders dc
lhScred TO him, and If he docs not,
no will be most unfortunate, Tor he
will be severely tongue-lashod and.
Iinsultcd. No one that we know
Of mtst have IA much patience as
the post Office clerk. II he has not
patience lie viii have u most mis-
Ierablo life. Ii he has not a good
deal Of Job in him, we cannot see
how he caiIiget along without a
| halt dozen iightsadaily. lie must
have either patience or cowardice,
else hq must fight hi9 way The
elerk seeing SO much Tudeucss nee
essarily loves gentility, and nc one
better than he knows how to ap.
prociate kindness. What little
kindness he'meets with is as an
oasis OF pleasure in II desert Of
pain. s..n
When the most of persons go to a
post office they throw of their
masks they are not then what they
have simulated. They are queru
llous, crowd others aside, and seem
wanting in every good quality,
which goes to make up either the
lady or gentleman. One says he
knows there must be a letter lying
around somerplace in the Office for
him; another says, "you must
have given my letters TO some one
else. ! ,ka0a0a you haye,p One
lgrnmhler insinpates that the clerk
did not send his letter off else he
kaoloS he would have had All am
swer by this fine. lie throws out
tiBsinuations against the honesty OF
the clerk. A remarkable instance
lol this kind strikes us now, In
this case d most deserving young
i!nan was ruined. We would give,
with o pleasure, the name OF the
young mau,Piand the place bof the,
incident, hut both. have escaped
our memory 1t Ithappened in this
wise; ,,fe.tf r,oy ,la.a, 10,
The clerk was charged with pur,,