National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-09
A GEORGIA GIRL
TAKING A oREENHoRN AROUND.
A Trip Through the Posi-Ofice and Patent.Ofiee
Bulldnss-In the Dead-Letter Room-The
Star ROutes-In the Interior Depart
ment-Commissioner Marble.

name thus called beside me: "Hello Miss NJ.
haven't seen you before in 1--WE years" Turning,
saw my old friend Gustavus Grecnhorn' esq,
from Southwest Georgia. He looked less spruce"
than when saw him so long ago, and his air was
ies sd assresslye' ,,, a..,,. aha,
, uus,avus' Is youf s" H.. i, why wna
swore this was no place for true southerner."
"well, you see Miss, tsnpora putdnt,v Fl nos IN
m,s mudmar'
once never to speak Latin to me any more. Tell
me Sny s gd ar, on S'snsSo win M.. yor 600
r,O h,.,o du ao a,a sO,,, WI" Ia ' ,vos,OS Sev
andthe bio guns. and to vii somctblna 10 do that
viii helm me along. viz nm ofilce. I'm come for a
PLACE. a ~, ,.,o,
ba,r ~, 'e' '''eio "'' '"' WY wv" "''" ""''"i
You SGp mean Bon Hill md Toe Brown. yonderY
ISey Ss IA dS ANY good anybody I'm going TO
sc" Wy o,u coio Es, ,o,..s,
You You mean Colonel @. Of course 80 a. ri,
BOYS. and Ami one of ,SsmY don't care II he Il
a Republican, he's q born gentleman. I never
e no a. So To- 20 BACK %e on az % now W. But As 70
Ben Hlil, he's got too much venom. and Joe
norSn wsng ~ rno o ~ hn,,.r ,bsr law
Latin u''' " ~"0"' =" "' 's'''' '"'" -"
=, Well tha. = good n9ws 70 your friends what
40 You ,n,nk OF sn,s now M,.. vor
t,nw ne lme,,r,,s ca,,,t hon:n9 m cost IA 6oo
think this ere big Capitol must have cost more'n
'' II should aay SO; but it would take three or
hn, 1s o SOM so sghs AID h e w' se suT ,har
places w HSH aTe anu guns III some 0'n''
miss NJ. now will xouq You al,yays WINS n
good GAL ever since Iknowed you; and you look
a ea p ~ S eyen :ooona os,.. r.,
and love are are old es,confedSrate rubbish Ten
mem n, behind me IN GeorgiS, ,o .
But fellow can't bring all the good away with
property. and iii tell you ali about it,
street; iets change cars S and d. 70 70 he Postoce
Department."
"what two marble buildings are these? You
soc I've inst come 10 town and don't know every
thing"
. This one Is the Post ONCE Department"
w91 r as s az out Of ss ss
at him Y'
"Why, that's Postmaster General Thomas L.
He's got names enough FIR ono little fellow
and they seem 10 have run him wild By the way
Gle has n GOOD deol an beu mind moor man
He has lust iost his First Assistant postmaster.
IWhen did he die. Miss MI
/" Obi no qua he Is nerfeotly aliyo and clad IN
net ont of Il: and besides Mr. lanes has asotber
Won know ~ ~
'"rhars n nitv lbs the only vaconcv I've bearp
tell OF in this town. an III hey to look further on"
rha Eirpt Acct MT 10 nj
like YOU though. or he never would have been
here" -
!" Who is he an how did he cit imp
viii greatly astnn,sh vnf, fn laa ,n TIM bc ot
in without trying worth a cent?
"is that nv best plan ~
PERKINS, SO but Won see we are now I'm the
Dead Letter Gffice'" ~" ''e "'"ie nv" III '"'
aso YV Who's that fellow tbarqn WHY he looks
like the keeper Of Andersonyille prIson "0 iO0A'
master. General '"0 '"'' 1'9''''""' '''''
Who's that tat man n, tho cbo,r9n
:" Mr Tbnmnsor "" sinarIn,endnpt NJ ps,,,vov
Mail Service. He appoints ali The route. AGENTS
and mail cie,, on thn trains " 'no u'easoii's
anu nir,, ON yne 'yns ooso not,r ont =,
his pocket card and penchJ; iii take that name.
as sW VIZ P"''r' Al see MN soon
"He appoints nearly all Democrats in that bust.
ness ana ss guess tbt f aSe nm soon ~
glasses Teis Franh Hotton The nav first VA" hsi
sistant Postmaster. General ,,se Mr. Tvncr ~.
sisned-jnst sworn in.S WV -'' ''"''' ~
tv wor,b nanp N.Y. Is,n oW Eou sntu J usn, hpw aaht
Tor vn,, eeh'f Hso' teh me- now ala egetn.
cahinot fo o,o Wen, you must KNOW shat four
the once bs's in 1enerai e;araeId nol,NsI h ~,
tint he should have Il. But an embroSIio af tern
ga ~ ~ ,Io w. VA rivsiuv ~ viz
ConklInp and plat ON Tho otber sde NJ FranH
Haton, regardless Of hts own Interests, and purely
Ne ayn sossto, m namoa af ~. a. ~ nu
N",y he. in without tfyineS o''"s'ei '''ii'ia''
NV ,y ng ~ "is "a M, W ing, ,,,, 81. a., an,
MIC nay bc",s sIi nm hin, pIppo
o az y ~ rTr tne pl9Ge ana I'm tarnation gad
wy NM ~ ihnts su.iwartisni amt ltF
ought ~ bs sstsasd bn, think James
the star routes
ess Tnry Sar ronts a, he PAID to one Ct
mo, it'wss only $4,000. Poor man, his head is