Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-02-08
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We presume that few Of our sub
scribers who have the charge OF, or
are employed in. post Offices OF tue
smaller towns and villages, nave es'
capped the petty annoyance caused oy
th.. tattle Of those Individuals SAM
ME of whom can be found in nearly or
oni,e every commanity-who beguile
their frequent leisure hours, and graf.
ify their taste for scandal. by peddling
oat, to all Who will hear them, ground.
less complaints Of "inciviliiy at the
postoffice,r silly opinions Of misman.
agemcnt at the post Office or even
dark hints Of . mysterious some
thing wrong 1T the postofhcc." The
gossips Of this class are not generally
If the female sex; it is not in the CIR
Gle of ancient damsels seated round
the festive tea-boa-d. that this partic-
vlar form of scandal 10 apt to be the
theme of converse; but around the bar.
room stove, amid the fumes OF evil
smelling pipes and worse cigars. on
the glib-tongued breakers Of the ninth
comnandment, bearing false witness
against their neighbor. the pcstnastsr.
M. Sasnter Tardy, who wss never
known to be in time for anything bot
. Mrse race or an invitation to quenci
his thirst, thinks that it's time our
poaiofice was overhanled,' Tor the
reason that the postmaster declined 10
accommodate himit,y delaying The de-
parture of the mail for half an hour, TO
to enable Mr.. T. to write and post q let
ter which ought to have been written
Q month before. Mr.. Solomon Seedy,
who has expended 20 much OF his
talents for business in endeavoring to
manage the affairs of his acquaintan.
ces, that he has neglected his own TO
such IN extent NJ to render II probable
that the sberiG will take charge Of
them for him next week-sympathizes
cordially with Nj. Tsrdy, and 10 deci.
dedly of opinion that the postmaster
"don't know no more about runnin' .
p0stoffice than . COW does about .
msskct," and that some "reaI smart
man ought to succeed to the position
~ soon % possibie-perhsps might be
willing to serve his fellow citizens %
postmaster himself, but modestly Ab-
sssins from saying 90. Mr.. Jerry
Sneak, about whose dexterity in the
athletic sport called jumping
the bounty" certain curious tales were
a64,st after, his. return from . visit to
the city year or 90 ago-and Who
certainly once showed visible perturba
ton at casual allusion Ia bis hearing,
to . provost marshal-thiuks II kind
~ curious that not long after Josh
GreeDing sent . letter with ten doh
lars in il, the postmaster bosght :
new hst--aOd Josh has merer heard Of
has ten doizays-but il mag he all right
at the post o6ice--wouldn't like to say
notbin' to injure no mans character"
Aud so the dreary. senseless babble
coca on, TO be repeated. perhaps, next
day, to other senseless babblers, M.
til the whole village huns with idle
and groupdless rnmors Of rudeness.
incompetency. or something worse, on
the part Of the postmaster or his
clerks. go
Nov, we would by no means deny the
right Of every member Of the commu
nifty to hold and express his opinion 81
to postoRce meters. and to criticiss
aud complain Of the conduct Of post
0lice officials when such criticism
and complaint IL deserved. The post
ollce. 10 established for the convenience
ssd bsnetit Of the people. aad ever,
one OF the people hes greater or les
interest ID its honest and faithful man
agemsnt. No postmaster, therefore
has right to complain Of any amour
q wstchfulness which any person ma.
choose to exercise over his conduct q
. public olScer. nor Of just and iDtelli
gent criticisms in regard TO it. Hi
aim shOuld be, by careful attention I,
his duty and Impartial courtesy to oil
10 svoid giving real occasion foe com
plsiDt. :.
II be does this. the tongues Of evil
speakers can do him no serious injury
however much they may irritate AND
annoy him IL be 10 ct al thin-skinnet
and over;sensitve.-U. S. Mail.
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