Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-19
NUMBER AZ.
MAILING A WILDCAT.
saaio-a u. NJ Letter.

fGaato-a tS. NJ Lsttsrl
The postmaster here died sboi, .
year ago. and considsrable trouble has
been experienced Ia fadiag = new one
Who woald be satisfactory and comPs-
tent. For long time there Was no sp.
pointment. the diminause weekly mail
peins opened on arrival by the first man
who happened to gs, Il. A, lsngth the
people concluded 70 p.,i,ioa fof the ap-
poin,msnt Of Sim Daft. Who keeps . "a.
lon here. IL ~. q J.sk'oa Demo.
era,. and his standing Ia the community
va, good. The oaly other men Ia tosn
Who had the f.eili,is. fcr kseping the Of
fc. were another saloon keeper named
Pnn and q grocer. WHO also ksp, liquor.
named Bsebs. A, the reqae', Coz Daft :
app1ia,ment ~. almo,t un,ainoi, u
vas supposed thu, he would gs, the place
but after while Beebs vas appointed.
80 the special ag-n, At Santa Re esPlaia.
el. because Daft ksp, a ..Icon. ,nd Il
". against the policy of the sdmials-
,ra,ioa to spp,iai .,looi k-sPsr.. Ths,
made everybody mad B'sbs h'i never
been popular. ~.s unable TO read Or write.
and vas. moreover. very stupid f-llos.
no, more than half. ~i,i.d. az some Peo-
pie said
To g-i even the ei,ir,a, h'Ii mss,.
ins .ai pa, up /. jo, which ~.' 'om'
tins 10 coming 70 q head B'sbs. IN
the mean,ime. had received his eomni,'
.ioa ani ~. doing hi, best With the
mails. Oae day l.., week oil Hefr'ek
Pncs. ~ho used % live "a rsnae,sss
dove up ia froa, Of B 'ebe'. place. h'ea-
-d hi. h,,.s. ADD yaak-d yoaas -ili.
cat on, Of the ~Asoa The b'.i ~"
risky .ai ugly. ba, sP1,rea'ly no. d'a.
seroi.. On ths collar 90, card bear.
ins the address;
To the President Of the ualt~i States
from the grateful ciuE az NJ 6aa'owa'
81
A natural curiosity. D'mbcratlc from
tlp - tip fcs.i hin sni Treat him gently.
IL IL a,si - latarJ.
Pallins the bs.., into the po,,oth;e.
old m.n Pnce asked ~h., the postage
"a hin would be. B'ebs dldn't know
tie h.i never handed any wildcat. be.
fore. Well. Pnee had. H nd m,Iled
one To Mr. Arthur. and before hi' day
the boy. had .,a, . tear TO Gsneral
Gnnt Hs w.a,sd TO knos ~ha, the
TAI would BE-. B'ebs opensI book and
pretended to rs.d. Thsn be looked a.
the wille.i and next AZ Pnee. Al
length he s,ammerei ol, something %
the Ell C, ,h., II ~oili probably be about
ten stamp, Price bought the stamps.
suck them on the cat. collar. and tara
"a him over to the postmaster. With al
iaianeii,n 10 be eaisfal Of him. That
aft-rnooa when the mail Garner came
along be refused TO tsks the anlmsl
B,ebe .~orc ,h., be should. bec,a'e th-
postage hsi been pail. The driver said
he woald lick B.ebs hr.,. whereapoa the
poam ester. Who "a. man Of high ten.
pei. struck the driver IN the face. A
fsh, en.aed. aud while !, was Ia prog
.e.. the wildcat got m Il and rsn into
the grocery. ~hsr. he cfa~led under a
counter. When B.ebe snd the mail car.
ner h.d settled their differences. the for
msr ven, after the cat, bat vas soon
~.rn-d by th- animals den,aao' TIA,
intimacy With him WAS no, safe. By
,hl. time the tosn wn oa the outside
~aiehiny the faa
The driver and Il 'ebs tried various sS.
perimsau ia the hope Of getting the
beast oa,, bat without success. until a.
lsns,h they hi, apoa . plan Of pi,,ins
big leather mail bag near him With a
piece Of meat Ia u. the idsa being that
be you'd dash into the bag for the mea,
and they eoald then elo,s IL quickly sni
thu. have him securely doa- up for his
long journey. rne plan worked to per-
fseiloa. aad fs- minutes later the
ero~d ia fron, bad the pleasure OF SEEING
the driver aad Bseoe emerge. csryins
the b.s eoat.iaI,s Ia, conpin'n's OF
the citizens Of Gln,o~n. To simplify
matters B-ebe had attached to the bas
card on which ". written;
Wild cstt inciis.
pOasI psie.
When the bag had been deposited in
,h. ~.,aa and IN. driver had whipped
up hi. horses and vanished, the citizens
called on B.ebe and congratulated bin
on hi, success. 10 hi, ns~ place. Then
all h,nds ven, away aud awaited further
developments.
These came to-day -hen q special
asea, arrived. depo,ed Bsebs. and con-
missioned Duff as postmaster tie said
/, vas . choice OF evils, but tha, In a
,o~n like thi, /, WAS necessary TO have
q man who knew the difference between
foarth.ela. matter and live stock. When
the Wild cat In the bag reached San
u Fe nobody would touch the beast,
aud q, length, oa the advice OF citizens,
the mail carrier threw the whole OUTFIT
into q ei.,srn. from whi:a the bag and
the dsfanc, Wild ca, we're h'hed the ns1,
morning. Duff /, nov doing the honor'
here for the Uaited States government,
aud ever ybody is happy except Beeee.
RESOLUTIONS.