Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

q rs1stara-s.a-rsr as wei as l ever did me
stolen glance a. postal-card addressed 10
some c-e else Still SEEDS thrill the ezsare
length OF uy spine, and 10 be able 20 r2aEs
change with cne hand. jerk a cancellinS
stamp with the other. and 81 the same uzne
converse with : glorious beng through the
window while drawing 3 salary, l regard As
a pinnacle Of success Up which any Afaeri-
can boy NAV not De ashamed 10 persplre- 1
can easily recall the time when Horace
Greeley and the postmasters who ca1v2ssed
for his paper had practically fenced n the
United States. and At that tice would 10
more have dared ofend the postmaster than
than would now go Up 70 Colonel Insersou
and arouse his jealousy by critlc-sIns his
works while heartily pra1sIng the works OF
Gcd
The New York post-ofsce is q large. dig
nifed building, situated right where the
roads FORK, beng the place where you turn
OF 20 the right from the main travelled read
IN order 10 get 10 the bridge IL Is used
partly for post-ofsce and partly for court
house, so that one end OF the building prac-
ticslly pays the expenses OF the other end
s self-supporting post-of'ce and courthouse
here. where competition IS hot and rents
high, would naturally show that times are
good and money plenty.
/ stood near the malI-bcx az the bottom OF
the chute in the Standard Oh building the
other day, ard though I remained there
only ten or fifteen minutes counted forty
nine letters as they were laid. one BIZ enc.
hot from the cackIng type-writers above,
and all no doubt reeking with the bloody
and startling statement, coming Ike a peel
of thunder fren an unpeeled sky: Dear
Slr-Your esteemed favor Of tie tn inst
tor ult or prox) Is before me. IN reply
would say etc. There's just about as
much use in this opening as there would be
in stating that = We take our pen il hand, y
or in opening prayer by reading the min
utes of the previous meeting
hate 20 speak Of the appointments made
from tine 70 uiI1e in the New York post
office. fer know that I shah arouse some
hostility. as I intend 70 talk plainly From
what can learn they are not Conducive 70
the best interests Of the community, This
is 4 pretty severe thing 70 say, but il IS
tine that the people and the President and
the PostIraster-C;eneral knew about IL
Harsh critics VIII claim that / sag this be-
cause 1 want the pcst-ofico here myself,
but such is not the case. l have been sur
feited with Official position The sigat Of
public once. regarded as public tr1st,
makes ne Ill. | wouldn't be shut UP IN
tina. hot Old New York post-Ofice from half
past seven o'clock IN the morning til ten
O clock at night as Postmaster Pearson IS,
when | can frolic around over the green
sward all day with Red Shirt and Poor Dog
and Rocky Bear aud Stonebrutse and Brain
flag. and ali those other foreign tragedIans,
even at high salary.
So aru not speaking from selfish motives
when | say that the appointments referred
TO are not what we Taxpayers Of New York
could wish. / can imagine the lOok Of pain
and deep anguish which VIII pass ever the
Presidents chubby face this morning as he
asks his wife TO please pass the uolasses
and at the same time runs his eye thought
fully down this column To sec Il | an stsl
friendly
L know that it will cause pain in bosoms
that have been heretofore painless But
what am I here fore II I close ny eyes TO
these things people VIII stop the paper aad
say: Away with such an ArcGtmedian
lever as that ~ They VII then say: ''Tush y
and 90 away.
The New York post-ofice IS directly con-
nected with the Lead Letter OEice al Wash
fngton. and those who have never CORE
sponded with that prosperous morgue Ezve
missed good deal
Last winter I was asked b. an artist Of this
place 10 give him some excerpts frou news
papers bearing upon ny past, as he deaired
% furnish portrait and biography Of ny
self to syndicate OF newspapers, each q
which had assured him that II was almost
impossible 20 RESTRAIN the eager and pant
ing public aud that while be was preparing
this matter they would have 70 Just simply
beat back their ravenoGs and iEPatien.
readers with elpbs-
As soo1 as had found out what an tx
cerUt was, got some togstber and put them
in sealed envelope, taxing care not % seal
the en velope Until after had inserted the
excerpts ard intending 70 give this 70 the
artist. On the outside bad written siru ply
s.Trasch. Artist" 50 tsat / wouldn't get u
mixed I'D WITH other letters. thereby seek
ing TO pay fer coal or gas 5y means Of er-
cerpts, and TINS causing ul-feeiiBg On the
part Of trades@ea whom I do uos wish 20
antsg0nlZe.
Putting this with ether letters n ny
POCKET. mailed tbs whole thllg Il bright