The sun., 1883-12-16
MR.. NYES RESIGNATION
An Oneinl document that Does Credit TO
Willlam's BrnIn.

From the Chicago Ti,nts
:. The following is the only exact copy OF Bill
Nye's official letter in which. ho resigned tho
Post Ofllce at Laramie City. W. T.:
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To the rr,,i AHNiE ~ mE fiff tit " MMG; IS o'' l. i''''
SIR: beg leave mt this tme 70 oiIlc't:iN ter-
del, my RESIGNATION as Westminster ut III, raro,
and in due form to deliver the l:icut s.nai and
the key to tho front doorot the otllce. ~. safe
combination is srt on the nGU berg 80 &c. and
80 though do not rcucm'c: ut his moment
which comes first, Or low, amy ,t'nes YOU re,
turn II at first in order to max. 1t operate.
drpna There is f9ms N mnins I sloTk in my rriSate
moved. This stock You may have. II You desiro
It. IT ts luxury, but YOU may have it. l have
decided TO to keep u horse instead OF this mining
will cost less To keep him.
bs Y1n uss N S mS4 4e tie as qas Mat bs hGyo aSS nS
the coal down in the cellar II the stove draws
TOO hard, close the damrgr in the pipe and shut
tho general delivery window.
Looking oyermy stormy and eventful admin.
stra,ion Ns Postmaster here, ind abundant
upon tho duties 9 Of my my Office W tho ,S department. urnef
WIS not yet on paying basis. 1t was not even
sustaining Since that time With the A.:
heads Of tho department have been able to
make , e, our ~, nostal systcm having one, and on
on average -siHed letters from cents to 2.
might Inii 'dd that this i rather too too. but l
come matter Of history.
| term of Office have safely passed l am able
| to turn over the Office to-day in n highly i'm,
proved condition. and to present purified and
renovated institution to my successor.
year as1, rsinoysd the i,satl,erbGd with which
%|nd | snbsiI.a,ea $Iass. FIn%ns ao,hins Il 'Es
made the feather bed part Of my ofoai f
duties, filed i away in an obscure place and
burned ac it IN slsy also in the loaminE This
| Eree that he then and there became Il .Li-
date for Justice of the Peace on the Derio, rattle
cans. % plough tho old man under to great
| degree.
| T was not long after had taken my official
oath before an era Of uneNnmple!i prosperity
Ise rose to al rclaHrkabe altitude. an ana Other t o
| Vegetables c9mmandcd n good figure and II
| ready market; We then began 20 make active
preparations for the Introduction OF the straw
| berry roam 2-cent stamps, and the black and
| tan postal note. one reform was crowded upon
the heels 81 another until the country is to-day
urcn thn i"ain-crested wave OF permanent
! = rospnritr.
| Mr. President. cannot close this letter with
! mcnts at Washington for your active. CHEEKY
| and prompt cooperation in these matters. You
| rating this idea into your 'Fhanksgiving proca-
nation. but rest assured it would not be i'll
| tratlon also.
! ] need not say that | herewith transmit my
| resignation with sorrow and genuine regret.
| We have toiled on together month after month,
| seriousness of recttude and the salary as fixed
| by law. Now we are to separate. Here the roads
| seem to fork a. it were, and you and and the
| Cabinet must leave each her at this pOlnt
lon will find the key undor the door mat and
! you had better turn out the cat at niiht whan
| you close the office. If she does not 10 readily,
| you can make it clearer to her mind by throw
| ing the cancrlling stamp at her.
| If Deacon flayford does not ray up his box
| eral delivery. and when Bob Head gets drunk
| and insists on n letter from one OF his wives
| every Iav in the week. YOU can salute him
| through the box delivery with an old Queen
| Anne tomahawk which you will find near tho
| Etruscan water pail. This will not in any
| manner surprise either Of these parties.
Tears are unavaiinI-. once more become n
| road such postal cards may be addressed to
| me personally and to curse the ineffciency OF
the Post Office Department. / may be in error
| rs to the attributes OF an American citizen. but
I believe tho above to be the most prominent
| believe the voting class TO be divided into two
| parties. viz those who arc in the postal service
and those WHO are mad because they cannot
utss Of each day. including Sunday,
| Mr.. President. rs an official OF this Govern.
ment now retire. Ny term Of office would
| not expire until 1886. I must therefore beg
| pardon for my cccentricity in resigning. II viii
| be best. perhaps. to keep tho henrt-brcakine
ncws from the ears of European powers until the
dangers Of a financial panic are fully past
| Then hurl 1t broadcast with II sickcnini thud
Very respectfully yours BILL NYE.