The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-08

INSTRUMENTATION, or some other HvInOus
Oneuse-
Chief Clerk william S. Rossfter, OF
the Bureau Of the Census. who has
Just returned from a vacation spent
at Greens boro, Vt. is telling a story
that has done much to impair his hith-
ertO good standing among the employees
OF the bureau for truth and veracity.
1t is this way" he said. in response
TO a request 10 hear the story. The
clerks have been complaining OF the
. heat and anticipating what q great time
they Will have when they get 20 the
sgashOTe- I told them that the best
place 10 90 70 get cool was not the
seashore, but to the cool retreats Of
1 Vermont IN support OF this argument
! told them, which is the truth, that
on July u / scraped the frost of the
seat OF boat IN which / was TO go
fishing"
1t is this frost business that the clerks
balk at. Mr.. Rossiter has said that he
could produce affidavits. but they have
told him il would be a waste OF time,
as they would not believe the story.
AS a companion story Mr. ROssiter
tells Of q fisherman who was fishing
with four flies and caught a One-pOund
/ fish on each fly at one cast. Those who
were inclined 10 believe the frost story
stopped trying when they heard this one.
Leroy Paddock, who resigned his po-
sitiou in the division Of printing OF the
/ Department Of Commerce and Labor
| this week to practice law in one OF the
| Western States, was presented with
1 handsome silver-mounted fountain pen
| by his associates in the division Dr..
/ George c. HavenneT. chief OF the divi-
sion, presented the pen with a short
/ speech, closing with the suggestion that
/ as a lawyers chief stock in trade is
/ his tongue am nerve, that he, Paddock,
/ was expected TO reply with ten-minute
/ speech Of acceptance.
In accepting the pen. according to
/ those present. Mr.. Paddock said; well,
! eTrrrrr!!tt Oh. my, this is beautiful!!!!
| 1 am afraid this Is all ] can say"
] When Charlie Graf saw the pen he
wanted TO know what the boys would
I give him If he resigned The suggestion
/ was so favorablv received that one Of
I feTed to pay his railroad fare out OF
/ town, another TO furnish him smoking
! tobacco for a year. and another capital
| enough 10 develop his mica mine. An
other member of the division was so
/ elated at the suggestion that he said
/ he would take the entire personnel Of
/ the office to dinner when Graf resigned.
/ Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
/ DeGraw has located what he believes
/ to be the "hOodoo" rural delivery route.
/ It is known as Route No. s" and en-
/ anates from a large rural delivery dis
I tributing pOstoffice in Kansas. This
/ route has always been considered the
/ hardest one to serve from that par
/ ticular office. but managed TO maintain
| an otherwise good reputation until an
-unlucl6y Friday a short time ago. when
/ the regular carrier spratned his leg
/ and went out OF business.
! AS there was no regular substitute
| carrier for Route No. s, one OF the reg
| ular carriers on another route at the
/ same Office undertook the job. He was
unfamiliar with the route. however, and
! on the first day lost his way and re-
/ turned home late at night with most OF
/ his mail matter undelivered.
! The second day he succeeded IN get
! ting over but part OF the route. and
/ then gave It up as a bad job. Another
] enterprising young man was round a
few days later and he started out
! early with his mail wagon loaded with
{ mail. He had proceeded but a short
, distance when his horses took fright
| and ran away. breaking through
( neighDorhOOd garden and wTecking the
I wagon.
I 1t required the efforts OF six men TO
capture the horses and take them home.
/ The young man declined to make an
/ other trial, deciding that he had had
enough
The last episode seemed to take the
/ nerve out of all the available rural
material in the neighborhOod, and Mr.
! leGraW expects the delivery OF mail on
| this route to be of a doubtful quantity
until the return Of the regular carrier