Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-28
ARE YOU AN APPLICANT?
# So, Dream at Least Once Before
You Send in Your Petition.
How Wculdbe Postmaster Drove Him.
self ont Of the Noun.

I dreamed q dream and thought |
wss serving the public as postmaster
at good, lively business point. was
very anxious to have the postmaster
holding the Office previous to my an.
poinment removed. thinking that as
Grover Cleveland was president, to
the victors belonged the spoils
| thought We first came together in
a body and cast our votes to zee who
was the strongest applicant IN the
field, there being l72 applicants. The
first counting Of the votes gave each
applicant vote. Now whether each
voted for himself will remain ques.
tiun, but according to the secretary the
vote stood each man q ballot
AT last | WAS selected TO be the party,
received the appointment. had tile
iron-clad oath administered and COM
menced my official DUTIES, still under
instructions of cur former postmaster.
He told me | must be very eau ious Il
| wished to maintain the good will OF
the public. | must wait on the people
with all patience, be able TO tell lust
when the mail train would arrive, and
20 answer any question in the postal
law that an inqulring public might
want TO know. As an introduction
TO the business, / was first placed
at the general delivery Window.
Along came a fellow never.had seen
before aud asked. us there any m Ill
for m' 90
"Wh At Is your nameSn l asked.
"Why do you want to know that2p
was the reply
Why said /, "you don't expect
me To get your mali when / don't
know who you aTeln
"Pshaw you don't know rs much
as that thar other Teller He never
| did ask me my name but once, and
tAis is the third time have told you.
| think you are green, myself"
told him that | was stranger and
IL was impossible for me tolearn all the
names so soon. He walked away, say
ing through his clinched teeth that
WAS a nateral-oorn darn fool any way,
that was ali that was the matter.
was busy NJ my work when again
: heard, us there any mail for us?'
"Who are you2"
"Henry Black, aud give me Martins
mail, too?n
looked through the mail and re.
DAANA NHAb AbNA1 hnn AiRAhAhA Nv
"Blackn but that probably there was
some for Mr.. Martin
, II never called for Martin; WANTED
: Martin Attends mail and III have IL,
: too. Hurry around la there or j will
: give you what you need, anyway
, Then j was mad, That kind OF
) talk did not suit me-
3 | had Just gone 10 make summary
+ OF the weeks business in the money
{. order department, when at the window
: again came the same old call, ia there
: anything for meG
z was very angry and yelled out Ike
4 midnight cat, "Who the devil arr
1 your are you ashamed to call YOU
4 name ?p
, Then our old postmaster came in
o and recognizing the voice, said: -
i will look for you. q od-morntng
II Niles Mary, how is your little brotfe
h to-day2
Q The doctor thinks he is better to
4 day, sir. Thank yOu for that letter
d mamma thought she was due letter
Ii aud this is the one,
d then felt very badly and said {
myselt: This is what heiLg postma'
ter brings any one TO. Already every
! body Is complaining, aud TO pleas
theI. have TO deliver on Sunday an
that IL against the law. A great man
T. want me to deliver mail At uight 9
any other time they see proper TO ash
81 no matter il know they have no maj
III wish I were loose from this avn
80 business and in my misery Of min
x / yelled out, woke myself, and WAS s
e. glad to find IL was only dream, att
in an. Il. a.