Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-06
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Feb. 25th 1873.


Feb. 25th 1873.
Dear Republican:
This city is just now at its utmost
tension of excitement. The ap-
preaching inaugural with its attend
ant gayities on a mast magnificent
scale, the lively finale of the G. nj.
VS. NJ. c., (Credit Mobilier, Mem
bers Congress) which comes off to-
day, the Pomeroy investigation now
at its hight. all conspire to move
the masses. The vote to be taken
to-day on the expulsion Of Ames
and Brooks is all the talk, and early
this morning the Capitol was crowd
ed with curious spectators anxious
to be early enough to get seats. One
week will wind it all up, and we will
see city drop suddenly from "Gay
TO grave, from lively to severe" or
rather TO dull routine of clerks and
desk work.
There are about 10 900 clerks here
keeping Uncle Sans accounts, and
when Congress leaves. and the hang
ers-on leave with them, the rush of
iaquirers that food the offices to
look after matters for themselves
and others will cease and the clerks
drop into the dull routine of desk
work.
Speaking of clerks, you will per-
haps think it somewhat strange when
/ tell you that there are many clerks
here now over Is years old, and a
number over so years old, and gen
orally these have been here since
they passed their teens" Some
clerks live below their means and get
comfortably off, others live snug up
and would go beyond if they could
keep on borrowing. A $1,000
clerk is quite as likely to lay up a
little every month as $4,000 clerk.
Occasionally clerk will buy place
and pay monthly about twice what
the place would rent for and soon
own the little place where he can die
without the order from landlord to
"get up and git" till that little job is
done. Others are singularly i'm
provident, renting a SNOWY house
that eats up every cent and leaves
the clerk to he buried by charity.
One clerk here, told me he had paid
$4,000 rent since he came here and
had not yet bought. Of course the
uncertainty of retaining office deters
the timid from trying to buy, and
| time slips rapidly along.
Then the Undertakers charge SO
high that few can afford TO die, and
some that do die deny it. Why
know lots Of old mummy-lookine
clerks who have been dead these ter
years, that are just walking round te
save funeral expenses.
The learned professions are fully
represented here. Lawyers anc
Doctors of slim practiye flock here
and GO into harness for life as clerk:
The clergy is fully represented here
| too in the Departments. driven from
the pulpit by Bronchitis or'fat pocket
books" One Pastor here told m,
he had in his church nine clergymer
WHO were settled here as clerks. An
other church reports eleven ex-pas-
tors in its communion. Right here
by way of parenthesis, I beg leave
to tell an annecdote ola very worthy
able and dignified pastor, who foun,
eleven ex-pastors in his church, al
experienced pastors and each per.
fectly understanding pastors duty
and though no two thought alike
each was willing to generously in
form the pastor just what his du
ty was as pastor, having been pas
tors themselves. The thing becam
little irksome to the pastor and ht
resigned. asking Gods blessing O.
the church, but dryly remarking in
soto voice, Il think the Shepar
who next takes charge of this fol'
will be little disappointed when h
finds his flock composed of all oil
rams"
! You see, sir, that human nature
pretty much the same everywhere
Washington has every variety @
character, sentiment, society an
forms of life All the world is her
by representative, and great man
personally. n. A.
l.