Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-06

ever, come near slipping from under him. IN con.
sequence " o failure on his part to file his oficia
bond with the department at Washington, and
also of considerable dissatisfaction with the man
agcmont Of the office, which has not ceased to cx
it, But The bond has been filed. and matters az,
pnnhtly fixed mp though possibly with the nm
Outstanding that resignation is to be considered
in order after the storm has little more fuly
subsidized
Aud this leads me to slcak Of the new Boston
Po-toilicc' into which .ho governmental commod-
tiles pertaining thereto were moved about the
commencement Of the present year
1t Is located loo thc csitr part Of the city, onl,
one or two blocks from the Old South church,
which has been used for postofiice since the
great fire of November. 1872 until The new one
WAS ready for occupancy Tho land Wherein it Is
built Is somewhat expensive. being worth accord
ing to the c.tiuatc of an old real estate dealer,
whose Office is in the immediate ncighborhood,
about forty dollars per square foot or about 81 ,
1O,0DO per acre $40 to economist room, rs is the
custom here they have run il up pretty well into
tho aif and only spread il over little less than
three quarters ui au acre Of ground though the
government owns about half of u large vacant lot
nest the building aud the officials here are in
hnpcs tn get an extension" of the building by
and hy, when tncle sam gets q little flush again.
so as mot to De so pnched for room as they are at
present But even now it is quite respectable IL
size, being two hundred fifty feet long and one
hundred and twenty-five feet wide, extending
from MILK street on the south 10 Water street on
the north. aud from nevon.hire street on the west
to the vacant lot above mentioned on tie east. in
which direction it is proposed to extend Il
Whenever an appropriation Of n million or two can
Doe secured for that purpose
The cost Of the hand and buidlng as it is now,
has been something over three millions of dollars.
aud the proposed extension will probably require
an outlay of one OF two millions more. As 1t Is.
however if wc reckon seven per cent interest on
the investment, it will make rental which the
people have to pay in the way of taxes, in one
form or another otabout 500 la day
The building is of granite the huge blocks cut
and carved, not only to tit the positions for which
they were intended. lint in an manner of ianias
iIc shapes. Ia give To the pile beauty aud gran
dcur which should be- cqualled only by it, massive
ness, both motc suggestive of heavy taxes and ex-
tm,ayut tendencies than Of economical admins
tmton or cheap postage The inside arrange
mcnts are as elaborate as the outside. and Judge
quite con, cnicut an but the money order office.
which is down in the basement, aud accessible
only by long, crooked route, which is pointed
ont hy numerous guidc-hnaids on the way Be
sides the post Office Che building contains the oi-
fees Of the Internal Revenue Department. United
States Subucasuy, etc, all Of which have prneely
accommodations and carry on the peoples bust
ness In piinccy fashion.
So does Uncle sam scatter his cureuc, with a
generous Laud; but when he come. to hi. gram
mar lesson he don't pan out quite so wen. as
will be seen o., the following specimen from the
notices painted on the various windows Of this
high-piiccd post office wheroat the public is thus
Informed that IL may transact It's business with
the different departments connected Herewith !
tanscribc this one rarIoNp Htoiufim. - tiuicfu-
mbm Aud in reference to the punctuation espc-
cially, IS where The laugh comes in
Etolsrgu. An
Ntit Nutr Lrirus
frf-.
iisu CtNts To ASH PAM ur rur
UNurD STATES.
CESAR BnlrAiN.
CFmAsr.
fNE CrNrs 10 Rnirsn Province.
N>p po,uNoS or C,S,p,
This is rather better than the sign ON the west
cu beer saloon which read. Lager beer two
glass Tor five cont but Il man who has allowed
such notice TO remain upon the window Of q
three million post office, in the cultured city Of
Boston, fo'tevem months ought to be willing to
he pushed ont, to make room for one who knows
better
The nomination OF Alexander II Rice, Tor Gov
ernor at the Republican convention seems to give
pretty good satisfaction except to the labor re-
formers and the radical prohbtionists The lat
ter are especially indignant at having been 80
thrown overheard at Worcester. threat
cning Ia bolt, and some Of them to vote for Gas
ton, TO teach the Republican party that it may moi
50 disregard their wishes with impunitv But
suspect that they were thrown ont more ~ an Gle.
mcnt Of wcakncss-thc wise ones foresceing. or
thinking they ioreraW more danger OF defeat in
the nomination of a candidate supposed To be
friendly to prohibition, than in tire arrangement
ot few of the more radical temperance men
And / am uot sure bat they reasoned correctly
(ou know how it used to be in Montpclier-that
ut the September election the Republicans used u
carry the town 10y ab ut two 10 one, but when
March meeting came, aud parties were divided
paItly-and sometimes mainly, ON thctemperance
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