Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-10

AN OVATION.
 agricultural editor and smugglod into the sheet without our knowledge. We have been neither drunk nur crazy. We have simply stopped over for a few days The ebullitiOn has passed, and We arc again the cool, calm crittcr of other days and can look at things as they are Monday morn ing we assumed our duties as postmastCr While we have pulled every possible wiro and played every card in the pack for ycars to bring this thing about, we mad given mp ail hope when tho appointment cama. Some of our follow townsmun see in 1t a recognition of our urliuouS lubors on be half of the Democratic party. Wo don't. We arc not in the arduouS business for any particular party. We believe tho office came to us because our persistent efforts to secure it made tho postmaster general so tired that Inc wanted Il rest. We havo sov- cral times stated our hrliuf that nothing is too good for an editor, and that an cdi- tor who won't seek tn gath several pOit- ical plums under lis wings is no 2,;d, Wo have COl!artd three and arc camping on tho trail of four or five more.
 On taking poss,ssiun of the p0stuilCc wo were rendered an ovation expressive of tho enthusiasm and Asuud will of our fellow townsm3n, and in brief speech we outlined the policy We shall pursue. About 900 shots wero fired during the ovation, and WIG arc sorry to l"hIn that Colonel White was wounded in tho foot, and that Major Whvolock received d | ul- let ia tLu right shoulder Neither this nor any other political appointment ur election will intcricrr with the interests of TilE KICKER and it's thousands of readers. Our great family weekly will como first in everything and demand our best efforts. We have lHcn repeatedly tul,l that I.n great editor in New York, Boston. I'hila dCipltia or thicn4u can hv iuturvu tu ;ic Crpt a InliliCal u:'ir,'. but that fact has net been allowed tu Iull'!rr:rH u> in any Lr- grt'U. w. du tli'--, ( !, r,iItly cut this way. Tn" NriXuIA ,,.Iirr who lets any thing but a rnttIr >Ilnt,'' ar Il Cruriprd g,t past him withuuG at lyl GrLisrIi,.: for it would lnS, his stlndlug in the r,lununity and go hrukr within six mnmthr
 We shall put in force nuinIrr of rr forms as s'un as W" got settled down tn business The lobby uf the pu~t"llir,, has for years been a loaling place for luU men and boys. The crowd will hv thrown into tho street nrrk and heels and the floor cleaned for the first tim" in thrco years. We expect tu lose at least 3o subscribers by this movement and will probably be shot | at five ur six times, but it will bo carried | through tu tho end It has been tho daily practice of :in ar n callers at tho general | delivery window tu tirv q couple of shots | through the wind"w before calling out their names We shall take decided steps | tO abolish the custom. :~n far aS wr can learn. it i- mt IrImitt rI in any uf tli" | great eastern cIjia S, and Ar c!n >,r no | special rrnSrn Mh, ,t ~h''uli h,' continued here. We therefore give n"ti",' that after | next Saturday evening the crittrr who | bangs away thTuu"h the general delivery, nu matter if ho only bang, at n mailbag, will moot with an adventure to aston ish him. II fact, wo have secured go | years leaSr of the sand lot in rear of the poStOffiCc and shall establish postmastCr's : | graveyard thereon. It will Dc the first and only one in tho United states, if not in tho world, and if properly encouraged by the postmaster general well mako it a daisy of a place, especially if the coming summer happens to bo a good ono for | grass.
 l For the past two years thcre has been no l regularity about the arrival of mails That | from Pine Hill, due hero by stage at I | o'clock D. m., could always be counted on | as at least an hour late. Tho stage driver | is All escaped artist and poet from the | east, and as ho drives along ho either | sketches or turns tu rhyme. Somo day | next week We shall mount our mulu and l rido out to meet the stage, and if it's ho- | hind time we'll wake things up and mako | the driver think he's struck an entirely new country. The same policy will hc pursued toward several other lines which | have been q, Iivcrin4 tho mailbagS at their | own CunN"nicncr On the l.onu Jark | ruuto tho driver snmCtinrs brings the | mailhhgS and sometimes fnr-rt> them, and | whenever the p;ISeUngVrS complain ut over | CrOwtiing he dumps the newspaper mail | into the road to mako moro room.
 | licrctUfur" tn" puetmaStrr'S room has been used as a sort uf headquarters by n certain gang. It has been combination of poker parlor. smoking room, saloon and United States. When there was a | scarcity of chairs, the postmaster Ohliging | ly luggcd in malbags as substitutes. It will cause many hearts to ache, but we shall institute reform in this matter.
 There isn't the slightest doubt that old Jim Ilcwson, Major Ropes, Judge Cold tree and several others will pull their guns when ordered to vacate, and that the door leading from tho corridor will be shot full of holes as soon as the key iS turned on the public, but us a loyal and devoted official of the government we must take Sono risks.
 The critter who has just vacated felt it his duty to lick on the stamps whenever requested. There will bc no licking in our administration-nOt by us. The re- cent incumbent paid box rent for about 30 individuals rather than offend them by asking for it. When box rent is due, We shall hang out a sign. and the box owner who doesn't como Luwn will find himself
 boxleSs There will bc more or less shoot ing over it. of course but we shall Carry our point and gradually build up post masters graveyard of which our successor will be proud and enthusiastic.
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