Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-29
ALL ABOUT PosTMAsTERs AND
.i''a.alMA MAIL CONTRACTORS.


NALL VVNIhAVlV1C.
.9 { charlottesville CHIT.
Mr.. ED1roR-What do you think
4 postmastels, agents and mail con-
lido not AK You this with
he expectation thaty you win answer
he question, because discreet editors
viii not always venture an expression
# opinion. But suppose q man lives
,nly ten, twenty or even thirty miles
rom whore HE papers are published
and there is q daily or tri-weekly mail
line in operation, and l,ispepers, pub
lished every Saturday, are three
weeks reaching him and many times
do not reach him at all, what then {
know a certain young journalist who
seems to think that all postmasters
and mail contractors will 90 to hi,
Drought to 60 there, because people
fail to receive their mail
matter in due time, and have been |
hating between two opinions a. to
whether / would agree with him. It
must be admitted that the community
generally do not have the proper con-
sideration for postal officials. Why,sir,
they hold high and responsible posi-
tions-governlnent Offices --are requir-
ed and expected to he at the post Of
duty to wait on their mail customers
and Of course they all do it-who
said they didn't And if q man fails
to get paper or letter that he hap
pens to expect and in fact ought to
receive at a certain time, he blames
the postmaster for it and gives ex-.
preston to highly complimentary re-
marks that postmasters are not par
tial to. Suppose, for instance, that
the Chief, published to-day, should
reach it's point Of destination Monday
and then next Saturday two or three
more Of previous dates should come
trotting along hunting up the man
who has been in search Of them for a
fortnight, what declaration would be
expected from the subscriber, espe-
ciMy when he sends to the office
three or four times week and fails
to get his paperi Arc you going to
blame the postmasters or route agents
or mail contractors for til OF course
not-who said you wouldi Chick Of
the Woods" however, has come t.
the conclusion that he has had enough
Of that sort Of business and don't in
tend that the public shall continue Il
pile imprecations on the heads o
these offensive officials any longer
Postmasters and their colleagues mus
not be abused so much any more, O
old ''Nick" will put his little dog OF
track and trail up and 'cross" the of
Tending parties.
"Nick" only gets his paper semi
} occasionally-in other words, no,
!, and then-s0metimes fresh from tn
t printing Office and sometimes thre
or four weeks old, but always fres
: from the postoffice, and consequent
, he don't complain, because what the
5 contain is always new to time. Th
! public must be more charitable to til
1 officials who handle the mails, for ho'
l can we expect to keep up a well o.
q gained society without that I 1ndee
8 they should receive extra considers
}, ton from those who are disposed
u be charitable, to overbalance the III
: charitable proclivities Of others.
> "Nick" just drops you these fe
little hints in order to let the worl
understand that he stands up as Il
"fghting rooster" for postmaster
y route agents and mail contractors.
makes no difference what they do
. let them 50 fishing, snipe-hun
'e ing or boat riding as much as tn
u want to, and let the postof1ices 60
Is the devil, and mail lines too, and
t. people do not get their papers al
IL letters as they have a right to expe
s, them, what business have they
is grumblef Amt it a free countr.
I'd Is it any of your affair if bloated mi
ly contractors choose to transport t
4 mails on old scows with rotten boile
Of instead of procuring steamboats, til
a won't have to, be laid up every t,
le weeks for repairsi Do you expt
W postmasters and mail agents to be fl
OF ever shut up in their little prisons fl
is warding and receiving mail matt
h and never be allowed to go snipi
I'd for a few days' What odds does
OF make to them if the Chief, Capitol
or Picayune bobble around for thu
or four weeks after issue, hunt
u their respective readersf And if a
~ body has any complaint to NAL
IL Just refer them to
nu Nick OF THE WOODs
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