Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-24

receive one who did not believe IN his
heart that there was a foul conspiracy
on the part of the official to do him out
OF his mail.
a Customer.
sation: "Got anything for me to-
day ?" asks an individual totally I'M
known to the clerk. Whats the
name ?'' JONES'" "Your first name?"
Why, Bill, of course." An examina-
ton fails TO find anything for this par
ticular member OF the Jones family.
and he is so informed. swell, /
ought to had M to-day. Sure there
amt any ?" He is assured of the fact.
A bright idea strikes him and he in
quires Tor everybody who resides in
his particular neighborhood, and it
sometimes happens that there Is n
for soine person IA of tie dozen men.
toned, and it is duly handed over.
He moves toward the door, scrutiniz
ing the postinark, and the clerk
brea.hes easier; but a new idea strikes
the man, and he comes back and
hands the letter to the patient clerk,
with the remark: ~ say, mister,
il'hN III Olttl III ob ~
himself, SO ] guess | better leave it,
That certainly ends the matter, one
would think; but he reckons without
his host, for after a lapse OF five min
utes, during which the bore &C upies
hiinseli WITH spelling out the adver.
tisements on the wall, he saunters up
TO the window with the inquiry: Did
you look tor any papers for me :? /
ought to have one from I~njianny."
The clerk looks yer the papers n
finds none-s fact he very CURLY i'm
parts to the applicant, and il rewa rded
for his pa fence by the hibernate on,
gratuitously bestowed on him, that he
needn't put on any style about It, as
Uncle Sam pays him for his trouble"
The next buStles in full of
Indignation and wants to know who the
devil takes his letters out of the Office.
The clerk politely informs him that
no incident of the kind has TRANSFERRED
that he is aware OF. "Well, | ought to
have had a letter from the Bay to-day,
and | would like to know who has got
it," OF course the clerk is unable to
explain the whereabouts of the mis-
sive, and our worthy citizen departs,
swearing that there has got to be a
change in the Office or he will know
the reason why the institution amt
run in better shape.
The Daily Crowd.
And so they come during postotfice
hours. The young lady who plead
ingly begs for a letter from the absent
" him." the wife, whose husband
promised to write from the first sta
lion; the husband who knows that
Sarah never would neglect her absent
dear; the foreigner. with the unpro.
nounceable name that has tn be spelled
out; the man who neve received q
letter in his life, but considers il a duty
of every citizen to call for oce; and
they worry that clerk until he dis
pairingly balances the question in his
mind whether it would be better to
commit suicide or suffer the pains
and penalties that the law metes out
for murder. They all retire from the
business after a short experience OF
die young. We did know II who
became so hardened that he went to
the Legislature, but hat was an eX'
treme case.
The Eureka P~OstOflice.
Our Postoffice is what is termed in
official parlsnce a third-class office,
with a salary OF $4,000 a year. Con
gr~essional reform reduced the salary
$500 at the last session, an action un
warranted, when one takes into con
! sideration the amount of business
transacted and its importance as a dis
tributing center. The mails to anc
from Hamilton, Phoebe, Belmont
Ward City, Typo, Austin, Hot Creek
Ruby Hill and Pinto all center at thu
Eureka Office, and are daily handles
by the clerks. A portion of the mai
matter is in through sacks, and only
remains in charge of the Postmaste
until the departure of the trains ant
stages, but the mails from Hot Creek
. Typo, Pinto, Ward City and Ruby
Hill have to be assorted, made up int
packages, and duly placed in tn
eastern, western or way-mail bags
The matter received by the morning
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