Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-13
THE ASPIRATIONS off, M H.
He Talks About office, Philosophers
On the Outcome and Winds up with
Poetry

Dear "Joe Argus" Ever since
reading your editorial on the office
seeking the man, | have lain as still
as skipper in spoilt ham, and if |
the Goldsboro post office has seeked |
me it has done so in such slip shod
way that I have not found it out; at
any rate l am still paying postage,
while John R., like Mordecai of old,
still sits at the collection of "Box
Rents"
This is not as it should bs, and
when l left the opera house at 4
o'clock on the morning of 9th Nov
ember '92, hoarse with following,
aud dry for the lack of bser, l ex-
pected that before nut grass begun
its spring blossoming 1 would
be permanent fixture in the post
office, and that John R. would be
pulling bell cord over a hay burner.
l always was dubious about wait
ing to be seeked, I'd rather assist in
the seeking, and I am afraid all the
aspirants did not read your editorial;
but for your advice | would have
made things hum for that position.
l would have climbed a big hill
(HilD overlooking the quiet holmes
(Holmes) below and in my right IS
a freeman (Freeman) would have
told Mr.. Cleveland that | wanted
the place; that | had been
an original Cleveland man ever
since the 9th of November last,
when it was found he had swept the
country from Maine to California,
including the first ward-and if he
had hesitated, l would have told
him further, that unless that posts
ton was forthcoming, there would
be trouble in the first ward in '96,
and that David Hill would not be
the cause of 1t. If l miss getting
this place it is going to be disap-
pointment to me, for unless / can
get that, l have got to go to work,
and if the huckleberry and salad
Icrop fails, it means hard work. I
shall have to plant more collards:
greens will be an item with white
meat at twelve cents pound: greens
will have to be an important factor
in the make up of the ballast in the
stomach cargo at my house this
: summer.
But l am hoping for good gar
den crop, the weather looks propiti
GUS and, after hard winter, spring
with all its beauty aud loveliness
and lazy feeling is beginning to COM
mence operations and | feel encour-
aged. Spring chickens are coming on
and will soon be ripe. [ am giving
some attention to raising chickens of
late, 1 thought l was doing all the
work myself, but found out few
days ago that there was a negro helps
ing me, [ was raising small ones, the
negro was raising grown ones.
Spring time is surely coming
And it won't l,e very long
Till you hear the croaking bull-frog,
And the mocking birds sweet song,
The bees will soon be swarming,
And the martins on the fly,
And returning fishermen meet you
With their everlasting lie.
Spring time is fast approaching,
And pretty soon you'll see
The house-hy on his summer tour,
Likewise the skipping flea.
| The sun will soon shine warmer,
The trees will be in bud,
And you'll want your morning bitters
To renovate your blood.
Welcome, welcome, springtime,
The best of all the year;
l can then drink Coca Cola,
And, temporarily, drop beer:
But all the seasons suit me.
I've no cause to fret or pout,
For Cleyelands hustling lively
In turning the rascals out
3 j. NJ II.