The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-01-30
EMPLOYED sY uNoLE sAM.
Over 100000 Pcrspns occupied in the GOV
Crnment seryich.


which the new congress will have laid
before it has just been completed IT.
Is full list of the names of all persons
employed in the government service.
And how many would one suppose
there are of them? More than 100, coo.
The growth of the armyof government
employees is something marvellous. A
decade ago the announcement was made
that the number of government EN-.
ployes was over 100 900. That was
thought to be something tremendous,
and SO IL was, But the growth of the
governments business, the growth of
the country, the extension of the postal
system, the general increase of busi-
ness along with the increase of popula-
ton, compelled the increase of the gov
ernment's forces to carry on its busi-
ness Whether the administration be
democratic or republican, the increase
| goes on just the same 1t seem like
large number, 100000 but when one
| stops to think that there are over
| 60, 900 post offices alone, and that every
one of these has at least one, and, in
some cases, hundreds of employees, one
begins to wonder that the total is not
| greater Indeed. it is probable that the
number given above, 15O OOO is CON
| sderably below the actual total
The individual who draws the largest
salary in this big list is of course, the
! president-S50, 600 year, Sl35 day, or
something over s. an hour, sleeping or
waking. The next highest salary paid
is to the foreign ministers. some of
/ Ns,l,n - Al.
| people who get fees as well as salaries,
in the consular services are supposed to
make more than the salary paid to the
ministers. From these munificent sal
aries which the more highly favored of
| the people get the figures dwindle rap
| idly until they get down to the fourth
class postmastcrs, who are paid in pro-
! portion to the business done at their
offices, some of them getting the aston
ishing compensation of 81. so a year.
The study of this big list of names
! gives some curious and interesting facts
Among the number are 1000 people of
the name of Smith, and some 400 of
them by the name of John Smith
There are over LOO Browns 1000
Johnsons, and 900 Joneses. There are
hundreds of them who spell their names
with but three letters each, among the
short names being such as Box, Boo.
Dew, DoX, Gee dip, and hundreds of
others that might be mentioned Some
of the names that go to the other ex-
treme as to length are the following:
Nylander, Bussenshut, Calvacoresses,
| Postlethwaite, Waffenschmidt, Won
bruddenbrock, Matagonslly, Stoutcn-
borough, Schenckenberger Scharring-
| hausen, Petegomenne, kochersperger
! Brannersrenther, and Dzierzanowalli
They must be quite an affectionate lot,
| these government employees, for among
the names are two IIuggs, one Hugger.
one Huggins, and twenty-five or thirty
| Loves.
The various nationalitieS appear to
be pretty well represented by names as
well as by individuals, for there are
! fifteen people who bear the name of
English, seventy-tive with the name
| French, six of the name Irish, three
/ German and one America. Uncle
Sans large family evidently has it's
/ proper proportion of people able to
/ make their way through this world
by whatever way seems most conven-
lent, for two of them sail under the
cognomen Gail, while three of them
carry the equally suggestive name of
Cheek. They are u patriotic lot, evi.
IDENTIFY, for there are one Red, half a
dozen Blnes, and Whites by the hun.
dreds
There are several Flags, and materi.
al for more, as shown by the fact that
there are two Calicoes and one Silk. If
Uncle Sam wants to get into the free
lunch business he will have no difficulty
/ in finding material to set his table
There are six Rusks, one Bread, fifty
Fishes, ten Custards, eleven Coffees,
two Teas, three Buffers one Milk, two
Sourwincs, one Sourbeer two Apples
and one A. Sass which presumably
stands for "apple-sass" There are
some names that would seem to be
rather burden to carry through life
For instance there are three by the
name of Coward, one Lie, one Awll-
ward, one DGmschroedcr one Col
dammer and one Damall. The months
of the year are pretty well represented
-one January, one February, one Au-
gust, and half dozen with the name
of March, and Mays in still greater
number Scriptural names are numer-
Gus. Adam and Adams can be counted
by the hundred, and to go with them
all there is about one Eve, there are
forty Gains, thirteen Ables, one Job.
seven Abrahams, four Isaacs three
Jacobs, two Matthews, four Marks, one
Luke, twelve Johns, and twenty-five
Pauls.
With the curious facility which nature
seems to have for evening things up and
applying remedy wherever there is a
disease, the list contains one Doctor tC
two Axes and twelve Pains. The de.
scendants of the families of the various
presidents seem to be pretty well rep
resented, There are forty-siX Washing
tons, of which five are George Washing.
ton, 800 Adamscs, sixteen Jetfersons,
32G Jacksons twenty Monroes, ten
Madisons, 200 Harrisons, ten Van
Burens, fifty Tylers twelve Folks, sew
entyfve Pierces, thirty Buchanans,
fourteen Lincolns, 1000 Johnsons 100
Grants, twenty Hayeses, six GarGclds,
twenty Arthurs and twenty ClevelandS.
The great people of the monarchical
governments seem to be represented, as
there are forty Kings three Queens, six
Cars, two Marquises, and Princes,
Lords, Earls and Dukes in great num-
bers- There is enough in the clothing
line to fit out the most fastidious; Eight
Coats, two Shirts, pair of Shoes, two
Stockings, two Socks, and one Boot
The Fish family is well represented,
with thirty-eight Fishes fifteen Pixies,
seven Salmon, two Shad, six Trout,
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