Litchfield enquirer., 1873-10-30
A. RENAMED, M. P. WM. McARTHUR, M. P. s. MORLEY, M. P. ID. ". MATHRsoS.

NAsris LAxP POsr AT MoRR1sTowS, N L.-When showing his visitors about this beautiful city among the mountains, take them Co the house of Mir. Thomas Mast. which is situated on one of the fin est avenues in the city, and points his tale with the history of the now famous l&mp-poxt which stands near the house. For the culinary looking lamp-post has a history, and an amusing one at that. When Mr, Mast one day was having his house and fences painted, he gave orders to also renOvate the lamp-post by paint iax it the same color as his house. But the city authorities had first to be applied ta fur permission, and so the petition of Mr Thomas Mast tO the honorable Mayor 2nd Common Council of MorriStown, for permission tO paint a certain lamp-post, was daly presented, and after brief con- SsdeKAtsOa the prayer of the petitioner vzs granted,
 Bat local reporter, gaunt and hungry for good item, seized upon that petition and commented thereupOn. Why, said ke. shoald Mast be allowed to paint his tzEap-poSt to suit himself, when Jones, the h2RaseF. w2s fined for turning one into haEheEfs pole, and also Block the natter, fsr placing a sun-sh9de, in the form of q Saze umbrella. over the post in front of Ass stones What will Mast do with his tzEp post. nov that he has got it? Per eAanre he may turn 1t into a caricature of 0reeAex, of Tweed or Hall He may
 2&ke the headlight into the likeness of the face of Mr. Greeley, the cross-bar into hls extended arms, and the post into his body and iegS Then will the Liberal kspzhglca1s gather in strength Gt was "a the early part of the late campaign) and bear the image off to their club roo@s as trophy; or the democrats, first 4Exxzng sf the scene, will break down or ae<<ray the whole concern. Thus, in esEAer csse. w1n the city of Morristown hgs@ her S20 lamp post-a loss which her axAemm3kea ccGers can i'll afford.
 Ek wzs a harmless little paragraph eas@eA whsa 6rxk written and none laugh ea more ksmr4lly than did Mr. Mast. who kma painted his lamp post a neat drab coaac Bzk the paragraph was copied ca EEsy hy o<her papers. and a word; was left a@k kErs and added there till loi that ssper- cAM@ce~ w@s tzRned into positive, and wAea if Fenched the West and South it sezks3 tAz4 Mr. Mast lad done all those tAz2gs wAscA the local reporter only sug- gges&aa ke EaSgkt do. And then from the eS&4&AA SAswSnw k0w vexv wicked it was of Mir. SAz4 b ~ A@pOOn Mr. Greeley in this zzzM@e1s and by one paper the Liberals were cg@gExKllnted for their promptness I dex@g up and removing the lamp PszaS and by another to the democrats Uxz axAEaed the credit for at once de- sszvwlmg the unhOly thing. The poor ely af M0RKS<&ewn was also abused for P<Emi1kzng ME. Mast tO make caricatures sa @z5axSsy Of the lamp posts of that eIeEs 6U1 the ahs9rllty reached its climax wAEn. sn@e usO1ths after the first squib wzz written. tt reached 8 city very far West. and paper there EOCndly lectured ME Nz<G Eur c9FScztaring Mir. Greeley in thak shocking WAY when that gentleman wzz dea1 Sach Is the history of Nass's MsrrSztS<a lamp post, which yet stands a mzzzm@zk of the wonderful chameleon powers of the aoating newspaper para ErzPA-N F. Erx- P0sE.