, 1882-06-17
4 Pass.

The philantrophic editor Of the Boom
era"s, Bill Nye, is now preparing letter
writer which he evidently means shall be
Of practical benefit to his journalistic
brethren. He says: Our iirst letter vii,
be the form that should be used in ad-
dressing soulless corporaticn relative TO
pass.
OFFICE OF FRKEDNINs BucLE HoRS.
WAHoo, Neb., Feb. %, 1882 The Hon.
j. Q. A. Gall. general passenger and tick
ct agent, j. l, NJ. c. r. o. ". RR.,
Chicago, ILL.,; / have addressed you at
this moment ior the purpose of ascertain
ing your mental CONVICTIONS relative TO
an annual pass over your voluptuous line.
1t will occur to You instantly that, with
the enormous power in my hands, some
thing should be done 10 mnzzle and subsl-
dize me. The Bugie Horn stands upoa the
pinnacle of pure and untarnished inde-
pendence. Her clarion notes are ever
heard above tie DIN of war in favor of
the poor, the down trodden and oppress-
ed. Still it is in my sole duty to foster
and encourage few poor and deserving
monopolies. have already taken your
road, and so to speak, placed it upon its
feet. Time and again have closed nv
eyes to unpleasant facts relative to your
line, because did not wish IL crush a
yonng and growing industry Last fall
you had washout down in Jimtewn,
which was criminally inexcusable in its
character, but passed silently over the
occurrence in order that You might re-
deem yourself. One of your conductors,
an Overgrown, bald headed pelican from
Laramie, man Of no literary abiilty, |
and who could not write a poem TO save |
his measly polluted soul from perdition,
once started the train out at Wahoo when |
| was within one-quarter of mile of tn.
depot, and left INC gazing thoughtfully |
down ihe track with I5O- pound hand |
trunk to carry back home with me- All
other time, when my pass and pocket had
expired about the same moment, and | |
undertook TO trave! on my yolup:uous |
shape. 3 red-headed. conductor, whose |
soul has never walked upon the suniit !
hills of potent genius, canght me by the |
bosom of my pants and forcihly elected |
me from the train while it WAS in motion,
and with such visor and enthusiasm that |
rolled down an embankment one hun
dred feet with friyhtful rapidity and loss
Of ife A large bottle Of tansey and |
sweet t-spirit hear prayer, which | had |
concealed about my person To keep off |
malaria and rattl.snakes, was frightfnlly |
crushed and segregated Besides all this
my feelings we're hurt and outraged, and
so WIS the portico Of ms pantaloons-
hushed these matters np. | kept them
out of the papers So far as possible in or
der that yonr soulless corporation might
have new lease of life. now ask you
whether in view Of this you will or viii |
not stand In the paih~ay If Your COM
N'E=n ---. ..-sasa ma n |
pass and call down upon YOURSELF the ava
lsnche of my burning wrath, OF will you
grant me an annual, and op'-n up srici an
area of prosperity for the j. |. NJ. {. K |
o. W. railroad as 4 never h.. fore knew
Do YOU want the aid and enc"urag: ment !
of the Buqle Honn and success, or do yon
want its opposition and a pauP-rs grave
beneath the blue eyed Johnny i.mp-ups |
in the valley! Shou!d yon ine'"s- the |
pass would be very grateful to You for |
any little suggestions during the year as
to what my fearless and OutspoEen opIn- |
ion should be relative to your company. !
Hoping to hear from you favorably IN The |
contiguous ultimately, | beg leave TO |
wish you a very pleasant bon rieont.
Very sincerely yours.
EPHRAM BATES,