Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-08-22
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-ru1hi- and -sIEelS-- but The Dsl hare
ID tss prosecuted fer ths ssks Of policy,
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discipline would be- Il al end To-Se
claims are prosecuted with tie u-Dos.
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6sqs-tma1t Of justice : sent 10 the s,sns
G. sctiea- e-uei with zuth9-iry TO lsTy
On syeryrltl= IN sight TIE 6sps-1usos
c-E look upon these trips Is soft
snaps and the fellows WHO stand IN
well with rhs- suI.--i0-s can have zs
many 2s thar wish The S9fT-0.p part
consists in travelling all ove- the co1r-
TT with a-sE-ci8Ss accommodations a-
The eIpea>e Of The -5Tsrumea- You
caa wO-k free pass - scalp ticket
and put tfe rsas< IN your pocket Il Is
3 psc5- trEp that won't net you 800. eI-
elusive Of your regular salary. Th=ss
ps-QuisiteS are usually sgenl in plsyi1.
the races and having good time gen.
s-aIIy. and DO much toward making Of
hcial life in Washington - ds1no-aiiz-
ing 10 young m4l
The postmaster in a small town Is
generally the owner Of store While
3 big man politically. he g usually
might! small one financially. His bonds
nen are often just as irresponsible IL
Is l00ksd upon as mere matter Of form
10 20 upon a EsOS-n4srsrs bond and
many lE1ltE Wnel they nave no p-6p-
e-ty- When the bonds prove worthless
nothing- of c0Ilrs-s- can be done al the
time In such 4 case we transfer ite
judgments and trust TO luck that the
bOndsrnen viii some day strike il rich
and have something to levy on The
postmaster gets behind in his accounts
There was probably No fraud intended.
but the man had supreme Ignorance
Of bookkeeping and got all mixed up
He was under $1,000 bond. the funny
thing being that ten men had qualified
in 800 each for him When l went To
levy on the judgments found that not
one of the men was worth over SIS in
tangible property All the postmaster
himself really owned was a pair of
mules When these were put up at auc-
ton by the sheriff. no one in the place
would bid on them and the postmaster
laughed at me as he himself bough.
them in for a rrifia