The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1885-02-06

Ihe Genefh passenger Agent Ot
prominent road leading ont OF
Chicago toward the South tells me
that he is getting a good many let
ters lately asking for passes, and
he complains bitterly over the awk.
ward aud unsatisfactory style OF
the correspondence. Acting on
tins sn question, and though am lit
tie late in the day, perhaps, | have
erected the fo!lowing as a kind of
guide to those who contemplate
writing under similar circumstan-
ces:
OFFrK on THE EVENING sQrKAI,
January IA, issa
General Passenger Agent,
Great North American Gitthere r. r.
Chicago. Ill
DEAR SIR desire to Know by
return mail whether or no you
would he pleased to swap transpor.
tation for kind words. | am the
editor of The Sqaeal, published at
this place. IL IL Il paper, pure IN
tone, world wide in its scope aud
irresistible in the broad sweep Of
it's mighty arm.
| desire TO visit the great Eposi-
tion vt New Orleans this winter,
aud would be willing to yield you
a few words cf editorial opinion set
in long primer type next TO pure
reading matter, and without All
vertlSng marks.
Ny object IN thus addressing you
is two. fold. | have always wanted
to do your road Il kind act that
would put it OH Its feet, but ! have
never before had the opportunity.
This winter / feel just like it, aud
am not willing, but anxious. An.
other object, though trivial, per
haps, TO You, is vital to me. IL
do not get the pass, | am afraid
shall not reach there till the Expo.
sition is over. You can see for
yourself how important it is that
should have transportation. Day
after the President = i'll cone on 70
the grounds and ask il 4 am there
Some official will salute him and
answer sadly: "No, your highness,
he has not yet arrived, but we looL
for him soon. He is said to b,
stuck in u u,ud hole somewhere II
Egypt Then the Exposition vii
drag on again.
| You may make the pass read
"Fur self, Chicago and ST. Loui'
land return and | will write th,
editorial, or yon may make it read
.Self and wife, and | will let YOU
write il for yourself. Nothing |,
too good for my friends. When
man does me kind act or shows
signs ot affection, | just allow him
to walk all over me aud make him
self perfectly free with the policy
Ss my paper.
| The EreaiRg Sqaeai has been
heard everywhere. We send it 10
the four winds of heaven, and its
influence is felt wherever the Eug.
lish language is respected. And
yet il you want to belong to my
coterie of friends you can make
Yourself just as Tree with its ditto.
rial columns as you would II you
owned it.
Aud yet The Squedl is u bad one
to stir up. shHdder to think
what the result would be II yon
should incur the hatred Of The
Sgueal. Let's avoid such q subject
or the possibility Of such calam.
it's.
The Squedl once opposed the can
didacy of a certain man for the
Cflice of School District CLERK, and
in less than tour yesrs he was a
corpse! Struck down in all his
wanton pride By one of the popular
diseases of the day.
My paper at one time became
the foe of a certain road which tap
ped the great cranberry vineyards
of Northern Minnesota, and that
very fall the crsnberries soured on
the vines!
might go on for pages to show
how the pathway of the Squecl has
been strewn with the ruin of rail.
roads, all prosperous aud happy
till they antagonized us and sought
to ipjure us.
| believe that the great journals
aud trunk lines OF the land should
stand in with one another. Ii you
have the support and moral en-.
couragement OF the press you will
feel perfectly free to run over any
one who gets on your track. Be.
sides, il | held pass over your
road 1 should feel very much re.
served about printing the details
of any accident, delay or washont
along your line. / aim to mould
public opinion, but a man can sub.
sidize and corrupt me If he goes at
it right. / write this to kind oI
give you o pointer as to how you
can 60 to work 10 do SO If you see
ft,
Should you wish to pervert my
high moral notions, in relation to
railways, please make 1t good for
thirty days, as it may take me q
week or so to mortgage my proper
ty aud get ready to 60 in good
style. | will let you know on what
day will be in New Orleans, so
that YOU can come and see mo ut
that time. Should you have diff
Guilty in obtaining au audience with
me, owing to the throngo ofcrowned
heads, just show this autograph