Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-22

WIEN SAM BARD heard that the Postotice
Derart,nept no longer required his services,
Sam was persuaded that there was mistake.
Some one had bluudercd He felt that he was
about to be consigned to that noble army of
martyrs who poiut the postal hugcr at an ludl-
yidual named Jewell and cxclaim, Thou art
the mau' The student Of Eoglish poetry will
rccoect that Gray had our Samuel IN his
mind 5 eye when he penncd that thrilling ode
on she stoppaee OF the Welsh minstrel > pipes
by Ed. lst. knowing all this, the Georgia
Ed. and T. NJ. presented himself before the
President
Loose his beard and hoary hair,
Streanl'd like y meteor TO the troubled air,
And Immediately addressed the head Of The
Family III these words:
Ruin cizcd the ruthless king
ConIuol Ii on thy banners wait;
Tho fann'd by conq!esl's crimson wing,
They mock the ulr with Idle state
"Sammy,' said the President. you re
drunk I've been there myself and know all
about H. What do you waut?'
Want, want said the Bard Of Atauta,
''Man wants but little here below nor wants
that little long; you can't Stay IN beyond this
term aud | think ought to stay with you
Jewell, whose heart is as hard as Connecticut
nutmeg crater, has turned me out of Office.
Samuel, my boy" said the President,
you 90 TO your hotel and put your feet IN
warm water and wrap wet towel around
your head, take a dose of valeriauate OF
ammonia, say your prayers and go to bed
that's the sort of man au and II thluk over
this matter" And Sam said, Bless you aud
your wife, your interesting children, your mau
servants and maid servants, your OK, Gen. Bab-
cock aud the stranger without your gates who
cant get in 'h"w,0mcver' much he may want
to- Wash. CdpitM
OFFICE Major Ifotchkiss, of Staunton, Is
reported to have made a capital speech not
long since. He said to his people III Virginia ::
III YOU would all take the same interest IN
developing tho resources Of your country that
you take 10 hunting public offices tor yourselves
or friends, you would soon nave one OF the nrst
and best States in The Union" What splen-
did speech his was ; aud so true. Offices ?
Your true Eirginlan, was he ever known to re-
fuse an office Ii the President were to send
a special messenger to any map in the State,
and say he had just appointed him to au office
with salary OF SO, 900, and he hoped he
would not distress him by declining 1t, how
macy of us would refuse And yet it would
be poor thing. With all its temptations aud
the certainty we could only keep 1t for few
years. it would be very poor thing. Bu' not
only the 900 offices are desired. Why. if
earnestly entreated to accept $1,000 office,
could we fud it 10 our hearts to decline Aud
here is this great State of ours great 10 near
ly everything that makes State--ln climate
and all uatura resources, in meu and women,
in education aud refinement, 10 morals and re-
gon we are letting this great State suffer
from debt suffer because its mines are not
worked, because its fields are not titled, because
its hills are not covered with millions of sheep
and oxen Still there is Improvement When
we think Of all this State has passed through
its recuperative energies are wonderful. But
let no Que rest satisfied Let US decline being
made constables or custom house officers let
us 10 our work and develop our resources, fear
ing God and hating evil Southern Church,
man.
"CuARGE lT. "A simple little sentence is
this, to be sure, and yet 1t may be considered
Que Of the most iusdious enemies with which
people have to deal. 1t is very pleasant to
have all the little commodities offered for sale
IN the market, aud it is hard to deny one $ self
of the same when they Can be obtained by say
Ing charge il" But this habit OF getting ar
tIclcs, however sma the charge may be, with
low state most of the time.
Il have no money to-day, but should like
the article very much.
Never mind, says the geutieuanly clerk,
''you are good Tor it.
''Wcil, will take it, and you may charge
it,"
And so it is that little accounts are opened
at one place and another uutl the young man
Is surprised at his liabilities
In many cases, if the cash were required,
the purchase would not be made, even had the
person the money by him, but to some, getting
an article charged docs not seem like parting
with gu suulvacnt
Still, when payday comes, as always it does,
this delu>ion vanishes, and feeling is expert
enced OF parting with money and receiving
nothing in return.
One of Wbittier's most charming poems,
School Days. is devoted to showing the re-
erct of a brown-eyed New England girl at hav-
ing spelled down
-:-the little boy
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