The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-05-25


ment of the local Iunattc asylum, and
every day In front of the delivery WIN
dow was q long line Of Northern men
swearing deeply 10 uuieon. Now and
then man who had stood IN the broil-
ing sun for two hours with negro in
front of him and another behind him
would break away from the line, 60
aud get club, ana interview the post
master. He~msght be great lover of
the negro 10 the North, but down here
1t was different. Here Is what would
4appen Nhen, a negro came 10 the de-
IIGIvatYswiudou: sss-4-s5@ : "a, -
ssAnyfing fur Mistah Smith to-day ?''
The clerk would look through all the
letters labeled 49, a'
"What Smith ~ .-.-. - 81.
ssMistah Jonas Smith .,st+-%.A&
ssNothiDg."
sAnyfpe far .Alsstat, Jones"
"Wflat Jones ?'
sfMr. Jacob J0nes.H-
AN 4ths J,st -WouIdlsbe gone through
aud the clerk would shake his head.
800 IsA,yf f.;,s j., iaf Misses N'ng-M'sS
The clerk would run down the King
:&i3Gs0W and sihake his head. 80
When the negro had asked for every
man, woman aud child he knew, none
OF whom had received a letter for the
last ten years, he would retire, conscious
OF hsvlns done his duty.
It is the chivalrous rule at ST. Au-
& h ,guetina that when a lady comes 10 the
Window she takes precedence OF the
forty men standing 10 line. The negro
women were Sevena worse than their
coIored brethren in asking for "the
letter thalneyer came" It was very
provoking when person slowly work.
ed his way right up to the window to
have to watt another half hour because
lot OF negresses walked up TO the
window aud inquired for everybody
they ever heard of.
noticed that some of the visitors
&1sWhO were up to the snuff gave colored
girl dime and his card, whereupon
she walked up to the window aud got
his lettera while all Of us waited in a
row. One man who stood in front OF
me last winter said impatienlIy:
"There ought to be a separate VIM
dow for the negroes"
care you a Republican or a Dsmo-
Graf UP North % l asked.
-1S "Rspublican."
"Thep just think what a howl your
folks would raise if such a thing were
DONE"
Well, as 1 wns going to say, l am
down here out OF tho season, " hen
everybody else has gone, md l did
hope I could get my letters without
coming to swords' points with the post-
master.
The mails from the north come la at
$50 p. m. Last Saturday evening
went down to the palatsal old ware
house that they cali the postofice and
waited for the delivery window to
open. At o'clock it was not yet
opcn and began to get alarmed. l
asked some one about II, and he said
the window would not be open again
that night.
tried to break Il open, but II was
accustomed to such. attacks. Il went
round to the registry window and
Fl pounded, on that. Finally an official
opened tt.
.sLook here,". said, 81 want to get
my mall
Es7 Then como Tomorrow" sst
"But I'm going away Tonight"
- baNoi mail Is delivered tonight un-
less you, have box"
- aWhat in thunder do I want Of
box when I'm only here for few
q taays?" >
"rm sure don't know"
"And can't i get my letters?"
uYes-lo.morrow.n
"What do you mean by shutting
a. your Office just when the most im-
portant mail of the day comes in?
What are you here fo," To obslruct
business and aggravate the public?
will sec about this thing and ~
"See all you like, but let me close
the window"
eHs shut down the window aud
paced up and down the corridor, hest
Eating whether 1t would be demoiish
the old barn or break In and slaughter
the officials. n u = ,TTE E&1--T
just then had an example of how
10 do the thing in another way. a
man softly raped at the registry
window, and when at last II was
inheYed an inch ne said. in a very