Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-10-23
E POSTMASTER.
How Petroleum v. Nasty Was Made
Very Happy.

rt Z Roads, witch is in the state W Ken
tucks. reached ne, and the good ole Cor
ners is saved the disgrace Nv reseeyin its
male at the hands Nv an disgustin
Niger.
Their never WIZ a more excitiner time
my comnlishn cot out in the Corners. The
people poured out en- masses and Insisted
that | shood enter to Whnst upon my
dooties. | remarkt to'em that my bond
he'd Wit to be made out afore | Good take
posseshn, but they wouldn't heer to il.
They organized into a proceshn in front
Nv the Bascom's, and under the eggscite-
ment Nv the occashun, he Civ 'em all cred
it 10 a stiff drilg. The perceshn Wuz u
bootiful site. 1t Waz headid by Deekin
grogram, who impoverished a banner, onto
which WIZ written: MAY the Internal
Revenoo folIer the Post Offs in short
metreI''
"Now," said wun Nv the moist noisy
cheererf, NOV that 700 hev got yoor
place, for which we hev waited 50 long, U
course 700 will immejitly pay me $40 yoo
borrered w me 20 long and dreary yeers
ago. am not going 70 play any shyioek
onto yoco-I am going to be liberal. shell
throw OFF the interest aud take the or
iginal $40"
Genius stood me il good stead Just at
this c~ritihle pint, = happy thought struck
me. | riz and waved my hand over the
eggscited muititood, and they sank back
Tito silence.
"Gentlemen,' sed /, II recognize your
rite to be paid, and you shell be
paid"
"Ror..' shreekt every wan Nv EN-.
"Silver and gold hey | nun, but SIGH ez
| hey | Civ unto thee. I shell pay YOU
never feer. | perpose to execoot my notes
to each Nv you, for the amount [ owe,
prinsip1e and interest. Now these notes
are never to be paid in the world.
swat good will they do US, then?S the
infants in finance demanded.
swat good? It will be yoor fault ef 700
don't make en- jist as good ez anybody's
money. Eff you will agree among yoor-
selves to recognize EN- ez cash, to take EN-
in exchange for the produN Nv the earth.
jist the same ev 700 do any other paper
money. All 700 hev to do, to make a per
feck currency Nv EN-, is to continyoo to
take en-.
The skeem struck en- favorably, and
they made up q puss to buy a book Nv
blank notes. and I filed EN- on and settled
with Ill but one, which fingered after the
rest had departed satisfied. lie wuz d
very large aud ugly customer from over
On secesAn CTick, which he'd killed sever
Al men with whom lie had differed on
t~Iitiin matters. He waited till the rest he'd
departed, when he remarked to ne, spar
son, onct, when | WIS very. drunk, 20
years ago, I lent 700 SO. | WIS iist
drunk eauff to lend it."
why, Q why" | moaned, "wtzn't VOC
drunk enuf to forgit it e. welI::'
y want. hey supported 700 for al
sorts Nv places that | mite git back that
$40. | want it now and | may e well say
to yoo that if | don't cit it within ) minits
700 and | viii differ in opinion ez to
whether yoor jaw shood be broke Of
not
His keen, glitrin eye wuz unto me, and
-r,+ -rr,1 -. II TIA - 41A -
heer9 a letter drop into the box from the
outside.
Saved !! Saved
It waz addrest to the Loozeaaes Lottery
Co, Moo orleens.
WIZ agoin to permit any Of my con
stitooents TO send money to that concern?
Not any. With nervous fingers / tore It
open. Ha'leioogy: It contained jist SO.
Hastily putin the letter il my pocket, |
handed F;lkins the s1O note. 4 allnz ia
tended t. pay VOC. FiIkins,' J remarked
heerlessiT, eaa2 | an glad you reminded
me " the little o1ligashen. Let's 60 and
take snthin. / think now / hey credit At
Bascon's."
Thfz vas py first ofisll set e rostrnas-
ter under the civil servis roofs u Eis egg
stencil, President Cleveland.
Idoa't Know vat will be the upshot "
the zeeI II the populis il piteiin' LIB
beck cut 50 summary, but don't think
the administrator will object to any lit
lie thing like that. Anyhow ! shell go on
and % the dooties nv the offs.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey.
Glow Rely Posmaster.1