Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-15
THE NEW POSTAL CLERK.
HOW HE GETS RATIFIED" AS HIS
AWKWARpNess GROWS UPON HIM.

AWNWSN0SNS0S 9n0SvS w Wv 1890
Les Of Time and vexations Innumer-
abIe-Marvcious Proficiency Of the Old
Clerk and Nervousness OF the New
Other Peoples Mistakes
The awkwardness Of the new clerk grows
upon him; it is cloudy, and the steam from
the engine shuts out much Of the little light
that can find a way in through the dirty
windows Nine out every ten papers he
picks up come from the newspaper Office,
where, for their own interest, one would
suppose they would put on legible and secure
addresses in order to insure prompt and safe
delivery: but no-a little yellow slip about
an inch long and one-eighth or one-quarter
wide, on which is name, lostot'ice, county
and state, is only half pasted on tbs news
paper as a wrapper By lampiight IT Is
hardly distinguished from the reading mat
ter on the paper. He strains his eye and
searches for the address, loses time, and
perhaps can't get thrOus h the forty or fifty
sacks of papers before he gets TO the first
station and some mail is carried by; some
one does not get his regular paper. It l.
delayed a day: he cusses a. the mail man,
when really it is the fault Of the publisher.
Perhaps the paste was not any to- adhesive,
and the little yellow address isas come OIL
and been lost Here is bother, here Is loss
OF time, here are papers returned 10 the
chief clerk at the main Office, and thence
returned 10 the publishers, to he relabeiei
and a new trial gwen. The subs RIDER
swears at the poor mail faciiiiies; the pup
Usher at the postal CLERK, and whose fauit
Is It'll
-,
WHEN THE CLERK GETS -RArriED
The new clerk Is hothered; no Is grttias
srattled; he can't ma the boxes or sacAs'
he asks the Old cisrx t'ie same question
twenty times over a ne picks up piece aiS1r
piece OF mail; ne sees the oid clerk 'nro"
letters or papers by the thousand ana al
most discouraged, wonders II be can ever
attain such marvellous pro'ci-ncy anu Ia
pidity.
The whistle blows; the speed OF the tram
is siackening; he tries to get the sack oil pa
per out OF the rack, but runs one oil the
hooks in his hand; II is too fun, 1t won
come out; he lifts and tugs; at last Us zone;
be tries to pail the mail out OF the large
box: his arm isn't long enough ms grasts
the hoe and raises it ont, no Stops 70 pisk
up nilii pouch, but the br,iNes cause s''a-
den JERK 10 inc Tram ana ne i thfo"h
agains; the rack, ana severe pf4.ss alNl-.5
him to IL rior" careful hereafter ne T's' -
get the 'e5ieis out Oh Iae iiS'oh Ioe
ana u" thei'l up' they sap oHt % hs
hand lie con hardiy ue klo-
where Is ~ hilie 10 e'i' 'ie s.r'hSi - sH
the p u l.. tAe IRON ~ y rs mp i'ets'
ana Inc slap Con 80 g'ot' NJ siAiS ahe
lock iutS :" tie coos "a Z 'ne =" n ."
TRANSFER nish s'o'i' Q aus ne con sh'"N
II OF, on SUIT res Li'si4nI' iofDi' .i'ii
ing so "niie the tram - ~ ibo-ioh LOT ma
oass Ia =. 'ai'sh uiil'ef zoe oAi' N,a -.
cut to pie(eS or persons nave b'en hhsi On
the platform
he gTasis ibe lsa'her p'uch anu hh"s NJ
finger nsls hardiy strong enough 70 cop"
with the -Iit hidei haii eoAsh ie'te.S arc
named him y IS hianf aiilsfsnt P'' sons
he ciosss ths door as tns car s getting very
co.d an. lie VINO Il Sio"'hs al. siiS al
AROUND me com, Dut soii'e oas Is n'''ii.rs
ing o. the DOR an. shouting. VINO has 81
ter ana i too STUPID 10 -'s me noe "a -
door MADE paris e5 .1F ne aeo'n 10 ~
oil tardy onc'; tiini1 sif' S'ana' nhsN Mne
Iett'r; Mite 10Y ias Oh" o"ii'rS1 .
biacA' toe uH'eEhg agent naius sS"i vi
postal cards and the hot-i keeper Las
couple whica NJ Won drop IN ti.s sI.iese
otfcs Just to spite the ne" incnm1n. .
The clerk h-sDsiis 10 iS's'iiiafx thess iS''~n
WORK WHICH enzst !" nave ot'a eoA' NJ
the Office; unioess t9e pouen-ps'nap' tne
key stieHs IN tss iocH' OF 'os 'oex Hon
0iSh- OF bne sSaP Sa~He i' s''7
every moment Is precious be dumps ou' 'as
nal, cuts the ssIihg on tne pa-Asss ana
commences 70 dls,rib'its' osi every osne'
letter Is bottom SIDE up OF sarned arocnn' rs
zoe county postmaster can uAu s'"~ VI
taSe the tsoubi-, as Is MS dais' 70 s'raiss
mem
Here are letters ior an over sno "ofa
Suick as haSa ne throws one in'o US
CaHsoA DoAr o,o is' eisn, uo1,i 10 o..,
one for .iiia.i o'lice Sust i~-sa ne 20.
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