Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-30

autOcrat. IL Is true we may be under the |
government of large corporations, but
this does not extend to individuals, and /
whatever may be the weaknesses of
those enormous bodies without souls, |
they do not at least Sass back" Among |
the autocrats in this village may, tiSto |
all, be counted the ticket agent. lu |
appearance he is combination of a
monkey and bear, without the clever |
look of one or the genial inclination CT
the other His forehead is like the mon
keys, his bearded face gives one the i'm
preston of the bear, while his little eyes
suggest the ferret. At this small sta
ton, which is scarcely recognized on
the big railroad maps, he is king. He
snubs women and children, refuses to
be ordinarily civil, and declines to sell
tickets if he has to put himself to the
trouble of getting any change; alto
gether he is calculated to cause muir
derers to grow like weeds, and il would
never surprise me to hear that some
body had attached the telegraph wire 10
his heels and made him hasten for once
in his life toward death by electroCu-
ton.
VERY GENIAL YOUNG MAN.
Next to him in the government Of
humanity comes the postmaster. lie is
genial young man given to eating
peppermint candy. There may be peo-
pie who like the smell of peppermint |
am told that there are. 1t is said that it
is healthy, but so is witch hazel. And
yet one would scarcely like to use that
as a personal perfume. Going to the
postoffiCe is conducted little after this
fashion: After you enteryou poke your
head through little hole and inquire il
there are any letters. Between bites uf
his candy and extreme efforts on his
part to give You whitfs OF it, he draws
out: "Well-no there amt no letters
for you-you had three this morning,
but you might rs well take the papers
home with you now, for they have been
piling up for week, and they're get
ting in the way" You gaze at him
with horror and ask him how he dared
to keep the papers all that time, and he
calmly answers: "Well, every time you
come in here you said letters, and never
mentioned papers, and thought I'd
like to look at the New York ones"
us THIS YERE FOR You?"
You linger and wish for messenger
boy, to whom you would pay double
rates if he would swear Systematically
for an hour. Then you start to 90
home. Before you are out of the door,
the postmaster calls you back and asks (:
sis this we're for you?" You look at it
with horror; it is letter you have been
expecting for week. You ask why it
wasn't sent up, and his excuse is that
there was extra postage on it, and he
was waiting until he saw You about the
two cents. That is the sort of post
master civil service and local option has
produced.
Then comes the druggist. The one
thing to be said in his favor is that he
is young, and has just opened the shop
One side is given over to soda water; |
have never seen anybody drink it, and |
feel sure that its effects are dire and
deadly. The other side is occupied BY
fly paper, and this is so thickly settled
that one wonders where all the flies
came from that went down the sopranos
throat last Sunday when she sang thu
solo. Then there are some patent medi
cines, some tooth brushes, aud few
jars of mysterious powders, that MAY
have some use in the drug stores, bu
which only frighten one 10 look upDr
them. The only time have found tie
shop open was when / went to Blu,
some lavender water, which he didn'
have (meaning the druggist. Since then
when the toothaChe or earaGAe RACED
and medicine was sought, there hay
been faint little.
SIGNS PASTED on THE DOOR
announcing that the druggist had gon
to supper, gone to sec tie basc.bal
game, or else, without giving any OK
cuse, simply letting us know that Il
wouldn't be back Tor two hours. rw
nights ago quite large notice decorate
the door. The Gaby had "A boil on il
forehead, and we had gone 10 get som
salve for it; but we knew that there wa
no chance for this when We read til
notice. 1t was to this effect "llaY
gone to get married; wont be back unit
tomorrow morning"
Then there is the old lady who keuI
the thread and needlG shop and sells
few speclllcd- candies, as well
few medicines made OF herbs. IL
perfectly convinced that ii | went
there ut $ o'clock in the morning Il
could tell me what had had fer IN
breakfast. She says she thinks il
sociablc to know about people, beelU
it gives you something to talk ab1u
And this Is the way she talks: Coo
morning, Miss Mary, now am ID
bill older woman than you are, and Ii
was IN your place | wouldn't be out
buggy until nearly II o'clock with
young man, ii don't look we'll Many
girl can trace all the trouble Of her Ii
from such carryiAgs on. They tell /
they are going to nave d fair TINS
what | rot to saw nDOut IL Nhr Tbi-r