New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10
He aot The Pass.

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Knee called on the superintendent Of a
railroad.
Il have come, y said he, ito ask a fa-
yor Of you. I have done considerable
travelling over your road have al
ways paid my fare, and now want you
to give me pass
'.You say you have done consider
able traveling3''
Eyes, sir
'sAnd have always paid your farep"
81 have.
SHY dear sir, said the superintend-
ent, we cannot give you pass
..Why?"
Because you are too valuable to lose.
You are the only man along our line
who hasn't pass, and upon you we
mainly depend for our revenue. II you
were never to ride, | might give you a
pass, but as it is must refuse YOU
The editor, after a moments refiec-
ton, replied:
.'To tell yon the truth, / have never
been over your road but once. When |
spoke was thinking of another road. !"
'.Did you pay your fare3'
'sSince have come to think about it,
[ don't think / did. =
ssWell, now, you can't expect us to
give you pass when you have never
done anything for US. g
,.All right, sir, keep your pass, but if
the next issue of the Cypress Knee don't
warm you up, T. be willing to go with
out eating for a week.
"What's your circulation9'
Fifteen hundred. y
Il mean your sworn circulation.
s.Well, about thousand. I send at
least one copy to every postoffice in the
State"
..Got good local circulation, too?"
"Splendid. .
''Will you swear that you send one to
each postofice in the State9n
Yes
The superintendent, after turning to
a postal guide said:
There are 1924 postotfces in the
State, and as you only have circula-
ton Of 1000, you certainly haven't above
a halt copy for your town.
"That's all right, partner. Going to
give me that pass9'
'.Not immediately
"Then I'll warm you up
William called the superintend-
ent,' go down and send an officer up
here. want to have this man arrested
for perjury
''Giye me pass down home and I'll
call it square.
'.William-'
"All right, We'll let drop. I was in
town and thought I'd come around and
see you. The people down my way say
that you are the best superintendent the
road ever had, and wanted to see you.
The road is in better condition now than
it ever was before, and the other day
when there was some talk Of your re-
moval, the people along the line
"Sit down. said the superintendent.
i "People along the line,' continued
the editor, seating himself, 'said there
could be no truth in the rumor. They
held meeting in our town and got up
a petition asking the owners of the road
to-
you seem to be warm,'' said the
William, hand the
gentleman fam
asking the owners of the road to re-
tain you, }" continued the editor, as he
accepted the fan. ..They also drew up
a memorial which they requested me to
publish. It was unfortunately crowded
out of my last issue. knew it was not
OF much Importance to you, as you are
III demand and can, of course, secure
another position at much better sala-
ry. Well, must be going, as L We got
considerable knocking round to do
Let me see,' said the railroad man,
''What is your name?''
Andrew j. Beckleton. =
Thanks. Wait a moment, Mr.. Beck
Teton. Ialways like to meet q man who
can understand a joke. Mr.. Beckle.
ton added the superintendent, as he
began to write on card, .'some men
haven't sense enough to take Joke. /
have read your paper. Had one here
this morning looking around) .'but
my wife sent for it. Great favorite with
her. Here's an annual Mr.. Beckleton.
Oh, no, you needn't thank me, for 1 as
sure you that you are perfectly vel
come to it.
Eugene Wilson didn' buy his nomi-
nation were the words of transpa-