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

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base charge those who kn w him
beet would not believe q word OF
Such a report. The spirit Of the
clclk was broken; ho could not
live under such Charge, though
it had 40 foundation. lie resign
cd iis rosi,ion and enlisted IN tho
army. . ,....... .....
"A mothers heart wac broken |.
Time rolled on slowly and weai.
iy.
Tho postmaster ALWAYS looked
anyiously in opening tho Eas orn
mail to see il there were any dead
letters. What VAS his joy ia iiul.
ing in one morpips's mail Il large
Official document from the Dead
Letter Oaico, addressed 70 him
Quicker than eau be said he saw
the foul fictitious stain Vanish from
the cseutchcon Of his much injured
clerk. He opens the package, and
to his delight, he auJs in it the
lost letter. lie is overcome, tears
freely rel down his checks, aud he
hurrils to the widows humo to
bear tidings moro Joyful than ever
before ,ell upon htr 4 lighted ear
The report spreads rapidly, and q
thousand hearts are made glad
though many have cause to repent
for the injury they did to the clerk
viii ihe clerk ever rejoice With bis
friends upon larth Upon the
evening OF that ltapiy day which
was the causc of 80 much Nappi.
ness to that lonely mother, came
the news that hci son had fell upcn
tho bloody field OF stone hiyer.--
.she was resigned to her fate. She
felt proud thai her sop died in u
good cause but her greatest COM
Tor. arose from tho thought that
her sons reputation remained IN.
taruishod. The boy, unfortunate,
ly, did not live long enough to 10.
turn to hold up his hoad amongst
his friends, though OF course he
knew that ho was innocent OF the
chargcs mado Wy his enemios. Tho
whole difficulty eprang from cal e.
lessrcas and want Of due regard in
.annnkin,, nf nthors
Tho writer OF the lettor intended
to direct his letter 10 some town IN
llliuois, but being accustomed to
write Ohio upon tho most otlcttcrs,
he did DO on this, aud thSn ruined
q young man by charging him with
dishonesty. Such lnstducos are
not rare, but do not always turn
out so melancholy. Frequently the
pos office clerk, though woaried
with his excessive .labors, cannot
sleep from some base insinuatiuu,
though general, it may DO thrown
out by some careless, iuconsiderate
person. Now aud then the clerk
comes in contact with those who
knows how to treat perFon, and
his elit is made glad.
Tho clerk mast b5 a paragon of
goodness ii he in turn does not be.
como rude. lie meets with so
much that would make even a
saint of goo ! humor a rude. md
yitual. Hundreds Of children in
going to school and frori school,
must run past the post Office to ask
for letters. This they do day after
day, and probably get scarcely =
letter during tho year. An GXciia-
bio individual sees u letter in his
hox, takes a jump towards the box
and begina humping upon it as il
lc was going 70 tear down the
Another gentleman
whistles althesclorkas ifho were
calling . eos; another yells cut in
trumpet tones to jump around and
wait on him, and still another one
stands to grumbie about the non
reception of his dcrunct PUmpitn-
torn Herald, This ana oitep
much moro takes place at the same
'1i ..'H.'
Such is the life of a post ofllcc
clerk, and how miserable it would
be if nothing pleasant were inter
spcrsed with 30 much that, is d,sa-
aaeeable. But he has .hlsplcasprcs,
There is always somgtaiug asreea
bic in seeing the numerous persons
that call at i post Office, III every
expression there is something bpau-
tinl and something 20 be learned. .
The post office clerk las cmplo ma
teriai 20 study the connections be.
tween the inner aud the outer man;
the relation between the 'eXprcss
sions Of the soul ana actions Of It's
possessor. -..fr ao
Judging by our experience in the
business, we would say that the
post office clerk lIas an important
bat thankless and unappreciated
situation. A fuw years of such
service merit promotion, and II
postmasters commission should re-
ward the post oM3o clerk for his
labors, .., s1
TmaEE thousand one hundred and
eighty one persons losttlIeir liyef'
nine hundred and thirty.iiye Others
suffered bodily injuries by acei-