St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-12-20
PARISH. La. DECEMBER 20, 1884.
AN INQUISlTIvE POSTMASTER.
A Reporters Adventure in an Illinois
Postohice-IIis Experience Spring
Poet Bouncer Comes in Good Play.

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A Reporters Adventure in an Illinois
| Postofiice-IIis Experience Spring
| Poet Bouncer Comes in Good Play.
A reporter was in very small town
in Illinois one day this week. Wewere
expecting check from the editor, and
consequently our footsteps were directed
towards the postoflice. Arriving at the
office. which is in little one-story
frame building, we inquired. is there
any mail for meP' forgetting to give
our name. The postmaster eyed us for
a second, then turned and glanced over
a big package of letters; he found none,
| and then scrutiniZed another bundle
Again failing 10 find the expected letter,
he turned towards the reporter and sur
veved him from head to foot
..Say, what's yer name?' he then in
quired.
We told him and again he turned and
carefully inspected the very saple letters
that he had only moment before ex-
amned. Then he turned and queried:
"Where's the letter to come from2"
evansville, we answered.
Soho, so! Guess I'll find it. then"
The same performance was again in
dulged in, but without effect. He laZily
laid the letters aside and asked us if we
were any relation to the so and SOS,
that used TO live in Rattan County,
Kansas. We answered him in the neg
ative.
Visiting here, s'pose?'
'.Yes; is there any mail for me?'
''What did yer say Yer name WASP
We told him again, and he remarked
that if the letter was there it came in
on the morning train.
20, yes. that's so. I'll look over this
bundle and he extracted another from
a pigeon hole. EvanSville-EvanSville
lets see, that village is in Ohio, amt
it?"
mo. sir It's in Indiana"
Small place, 1 guess, near Ft.
Wayne?'
mo, sir Southern part
"Near Posey County? How's politics
theree'
Hang politics! Is there letter for
me?',
20, letter? I'll see." and he finished
rummaging over the package, and
found one that he eyed for half a min
ute nearly. just then voice in the
rear of the office yelled:
Chicken fight. Bet a dollar on
Jones' cock!''
With the letter in hand the postmas-
ter made his exit through the back
door. We. sat down and waited ten
and Eve liz s 1o go round fns :
back way and cali the government
official.
Want to see me?n he innocently in
quircd, coming to the window.
For heavens sake, man, are YOU
crazy? | have been here an hour.
Want mail2 What's yer name?"
Come outside. You DANCED stinker,
and I'll show YOU
20, you re the fellow that was stand
ing here awhile ago.
Are you going to give me my maila'
'.Here is a letter"
But before he gave it TO us 2 vorng
lady came in and the postmaster turned
his attention to her. They chatted
away for five or ten minutes. but our
patience was gone.
..Wiil YOU excuse me. mann? This in
fcrnal gaioot has been two hours hand
ing me that letter that he is holding in
his handr'
Letter? o. YES! Here it is"
We graspcd it eagerly and-heavens,
it was for Smith.
..Sav. this letter isn't for me-"
The girl Uttered.
'.Isn't YOUR name Smith,
This was too much. We remembered |
the many days we had acted rs spring |
poet bouncer at the drgHs Office and |
jumped over the partition. The maiden |
fled. and then the matinee-for gentle |
men only-commenced. First one of |
that old partv's heels would knock over |
swung around again another would |
knock over lot of Congressional re-
ports that he was saving To sell for old |
paper. and about four hundred packages
of garden seeds sent by Congressman
Snags TO his constituents in that county. |
Then his right arm would hit his date |
stamp and knock it so that it would |
strike his mucilage bottle and carom
onto the ink bottle and break both.
Then another arm would 90 through
the air ard knock off a lot of circulars |
from the Henry College Lottery, and
finally with wild yell we picked him
up and fired him through back
window, right through big poster of
the Snags County District Fair that was
acting in the place of glass.
As we got on the train the next morn
inc at st. Louis. we heard the newshoyys
yelling: ..All about the bloody affair at
Eight masked robbers at
tack the postmaster, who shoots two
and drives the others of. Object sup
posed TO be robbery"
We only smiled. We could afford to
smile: we had succeeded in borrowing
fifty cents of a friend in st. Louis to buy
dinner with, and our pass was safe in
our pocket.-Ersnsriite 1fgus.
"A scientific man writing from Flor
ida, speaks of the great advantages
houses have there. as well as in South
Alabama, in being built upon pillars
and having no cellars The cellar at
is a prolific source of disease,
and increases seventy-tive per cent. the
risk from malaria. With the houses
upon pillars there is always free circula-
ton of air beneath.