Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-22
Bin Yves Resignation.

Fill Yves Ec>iSHatiuL.
 The following is the only exact copy of Bill Yves official letter il which he resigned the post0ilce at L-rau, City, W. T.:
 POsroFFICE DIvcS, LARAMIE CuY, W.T.
 October l. lSoj To the President ot the United States
 SIR:-I beg leave at thls time Co off, cially tender my eslErarlor as py,.-
 muster at thIs place. and ID due form Go dehver the great seal and the key Co rbs front door of the office. The safe con. oipatlou Is Set ol the numbers a}. t5 and g9, though ] d. not r-ueuhe-a, this moment which comes Gr-., OF how many times you rev0lgs yEe knob. .- which direction you should turu at first in order to make 2, operate. There k some mining stock lI my r-.- vate drawer in the safe, which Z have not vet removed. This stock you may have if you desire i-. It is luxury. | but you may have #. ! have leclI-i .t keep D horse instead ot the mining stock The horse may not us s1 pretty, but it will cost less Go keep L.u. You wli ind the postal c.ris ,E.. have not been used under the al-.r.Jgi ng table, and the cGl. down u t.. ..- ] lar. IT the stove draws too hand c... the damper in the pipe, and shuJ tl. l general delivery window. Looking over my stormy and eye-t..i administrator 1- postmaster here, igI abundant cause for thankssIyus 4t tha time 1 entered upon tle durgs O, my office the department Was not yet oI l a paying basis. J. Was not even s-.i- sustaining. Since that time, with ile active cooperation Of the Chief EZeJl- tive and the heads oi the department, ] have been able Go make our pusta. -ys- tenn payIng one, and on top of that am now able Go reduce tL9 rarIH uu lv- erage-siZed letters from three cents t1 two. 1 might add that this I- rather t9o too, but ] will not say any thing t1at might seem uudiEnitied III au official resignation winch Is Co become a matter of history.
 Through all the vicIssitudes 0t teu- pestuOus term of office 1 have safely passed. l am able Co turn over the office to-day in a highly improved condition. and to present a purified and renovated institution to my successor. Acting under the advice Of Gen. Hat ton year ago, l removed the feather bed with which my predeces-Ur, Deacon HayfOrd, had bOlstered up his admins tratlOn by stutling the window, and sub ssituted glass. Finding nothing m tge book of instructions to postmastgrs which made the feather bed @ part of my official duties, | filed 1t away m au obscure place and burned it m etigy, also, in the gloaming. This act mad dened my predecessor to such @ degree hot lranH a D. date for justice of the peace on the party was able, however, with what lii 1t secured from the Republicans, to blow the old man under to @ greut de- gree.
 It was not long after ] bad taken my official oath before an era of unexampled prosperity opened for the American peo- pie. The price of beef rose Co @ rc- markable altitude, and other vegetables commanded a good figure and a ready market. We then began Go make active preparations for the introduction of the strawberry, roan twO-cent stamps, and the black-and-tan postal note. One rr- form has crowded upon the heels of Gu- other, until to-day the country is upon the foam crested wave of 8 permlueu. prosperity.
 Mir. President, ] cannot close this letter without thanking yourself and the heads of departments at Washington for your active, cheery and prompt co-ap- eration m these matters. You can GH is you see tt, of course. ahcut 1lcorrr-.t- lng thls idea into your IlauEsEiyIE proclamation, but res. assured it wag.I not be llLtlmeu or lnOpportUue. it .~ not alone a credit Go myself. lt reflects credit upon the GdmluIs-ra-iou alec.
 l need not say that ' herewith trans mt my resignation with great se-rs. and genuine regret. We have toil.l ,u together month after month asking for no reward except the iuulte c0Eseiau-- ness of rec'itude and the salary as fixed by law. Now We are Go separate. Here the roads seems to fork, as lt were, arI you and ] and the Cabinet must leave each other at this point.
 You VIII find the key under tha door mat, and you had better turn the eat oH- at night when you close the office. !. she does not go readily yuu can make I- clearer to her uIui by throwing ;le cancelIng stamp at her.
 1T Deacon Hayiord does mot pay Ga hia oON-sent, you might ls sell put LI- mall 1u the general delivery, and when Bob Head gets drunk and insists on !. letter from one Of his wives every clay n the week, you can salute hIm through the box delivery with an old Queen Anne tomahawk which you will find near the Etruscan water pail This will not ia any manner surprise either oi these parties.
 Tears are Unayailmc. l once more become Q private citizen, clothed ouiv with the right to read such postal cards as may be addressed to me personally, and to curse the ineiHciency of tho PostoHice Department [ may be ia error as Co the attributes Of an Amerl- can citizen, but l believe the above Co oe the most prominent. ] believe tLe voting class to be divided into r9o par hes, VIZ: those who are 10 the postal service and those who are mad because they cannot receive a registered letter every fifteen minutes of each day, i-- ,luding Sunday.
 MT President, as an official of this government, ] now retire. My term 0f )tice would not expire until ls-6. ] must therefore beg pardon for my sc- 'entr1city m reslgning. IL will be best, perhaps, tO keep the notwithstanding lews from tha ears of European powers lntil the dangers of a financial panic Ire fully pas-. Then hUsl it broadcast with a sickaning thud
 Very respectfully yours,
 BILL NTF.