The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-09
Conntry Correspondence.
OSBORNE, GREENE COUNTY, OHIo,l
Nav 9Th. 1897.

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EDS. EXPIRE The Journal, Of your city,
had a pretty full report Of the installation
ceremonies of Rev. Mr.. Pollock As pastol
of the Presbyterian Church In this town
The report IL very well-for the attend
ancc on the occasion was very respectable
aud the ceremonies very imposing. There
| would have been nothing exceptionable IN
ton the contrary It would have been
most commendable ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
but for a sneaking political slur (seeming-
ly characteristic of the journals reporters,
aimed at one Of our citizens, and she a ZOO
man Said he:
I'D. NJ. Martin Notary was formerly
Postmaster, but BIO and Andy had a little
controversy, and Andy told him to stand
aside, to make room for a lady who had
been cooped up in the Confederacy for three
or four years, and got out Just la time Il
step into Martins shoes"
This lady, to whom this peculiar allusion
is made, is Miss Elizabeth Baggott, who
now presides, most efficiently and popular
ly, In our Postofice. She is a cultivated
lady, who, several years since. was advised
by her Observation-Disclosures in your
city-to seek a Southern climate for her
health. She had relatives In Alabama and
louisiana, as well as closer ones here in our
midst. She went South, and to make her
self useful, engaged in teaching schools.
The war broke out and Miss Baggott soon
found herself cut of from the freedom OF
peaceful travel and, per force, was kept
there till the return Of peace. So much for
being 'cOoped up" &C"
Now, while Il matter of this character may
be regarded, outside of this community as
oflittle Importance, here it possesses some
interest. And / will tell you why. When
the late incumbent-from whom. no doubt,
the Journals reporter got his posting
maliciously stigmatizes his lady successor
as a "she Rebel" and that on the public
streets, that, of itself, among gentlemen,
would ~presuppose the propriety of the
change that was made. But facts, In a
business line-dgres, in an official line, are
more suggestive of the propriety of such n
change. .-
The change In the office was procured
simply oil the just plea that its business
was badly neglected. Complaints, in this
line, were numerous and extended over
many months. The political status of Mr..
Martin, the now defunct, wa not involved
for, at least to all the Democrats, he at
fected to be an ardent candy johnson
man." The change was prayed for. purely
to have the people better served; and how
much better they have been served, is
demonstrated by the exhibit of the business
of the Office for a short period, before and
since his removal.
The revenues of the office, over and above
the compensation of the Postmaster, were,
for the first quarter, ending April !, 1866,
$S3 80; second quarter, $50 4S; third quar-
ter, $62 as 4th quarter, $1243. CF- 7icelve
doiidrs and Jorty-three centsi This, no
doubt, some unsophisticated people may
regard rs exhibiting what is often termed
the ''sliding scale !" 50 it is, and a steep
one. But more Miss Baggott wa inau-
gurated on the 18th of March last. From
that till the LIST April, ultimo, eighteen
days, the revenues were $40 80; while
from the lst January to March Is, seventy
one days, under Brother Martins loyal
manipulations, the revenues were but
sl5 90. These figures of themselves are
well calculated to show that Brother Mar
tin was not m~artyrized too soon; in fact,
they are suggestive that the people of this
town and vicinity, in moving for his being
guillotined, had they have been properly
a ftapfiNva fn fbafr nx,,, i,ta.n,t, .,,,11 H..
had the head of the late lamented " in the
official basket a good while ago.
. CHRoNICLER.