The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-16

A Michigan Tale Of Woe, by a Letter
Carrier.

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Verify cay unto you life Ia ehrrier'sl
is OF many days and full Of troubles
he goeth forth in the morning singing
joyful lay and he meeteth a patron
who is sore and he kieketh, yea, be
kicketh hard, for he hath not yet re.
ceived the package from the mail order
house which he sent a money order to
yesterday. He sayeth things very I'M
complimentary Of the carrier, and accus-
eth him Of losing, purloining, or INSIDE
livering it; when, verify, the mail order
house has not yet received his order,
This the carrier tryeth 10 explain, but
TO no avail, and there ariseth within him
multitude OF angry words in place Of
the joyous song and he loolSeth the pa
tron in the eye and sayeth nothing, for
he Temembereth that In the good book
written by our boss In Washington, IL
sayethi Thou shalt not. Therefore he
hiteth the horse and kicketh the dash.
board and waxeth hot and that which he
cannot avoid he sayeth 10 the scenery.
The weather waxetb cold and the car.
rier like unto the weather waxeth he
cold and wist not what be shall do about
1t.
At the next box he isheth fourteen
pennies from within and dropeth four OIL
them In the snow and he iindeth them
not after much hunting and paving in
the snow he beatheth his hands about
TO make life return unto them and the
patron cometh out and asketh, did you
lose something's Verify | say unto
you the carrier openeth his mouth and
sayeth nothing, for again he remember
eth thou shalt not, but he thinketh, yea,
he thinketh nightly.
Again he goeth on his way and behold
at the next box there is a great drift
Of snow and the signal is up, but be is
mighty Of heart and wadeth through
and iindeth nothing in the box, verify,
say unto you he is sorely tried and
looketh about to see who may hear him
and seeing no one, that which he sayeth
relieyeth him much.
Then peradyenture he fndeth things
at few boxes as they should be and
his spirit riseth and again he singeth,
for he desireth to he merry and forget
that he hath troubles.
He openeth box and fndeth a dozen
postal cards OF the picture variety, and
on each where the likeness OF the father
Of this country should be securely fas-
tened, there is a penny but he knoweth
IL not, for each hath been piled upon
each with much care and exactness, a
penny and a card, a penny and a card.
and he in his mind thinketh they are
all stamped, save only the top one, so
he scoopeth them up and behold the
pennies where are they! Verify, l say
unto you, they are sown broadcast and
he knoweth not whether they are gone,
and that which he sayeth removeth the
golden crown far from him.
Then behold at the next box a maiden |
Of much beauty awaiteth him and he
would desire much to hold converse with |
her, but he remembercth that it is writ.
ten in the book of the law; Thou shalt |
not loiter or josh thy patrons, and he
goeth on; but he looketh back, yea
be looketh back considerably, and while |
be looketh his wheel dropeth into a hole |
IN the road and his wagon top cometh /
over and hitteth him on the head and be.
iold he seeth many stars and wonderful |
what became of the money which should |
nave been expended upon the road, but
was not.
AS he pToceedeth he findcth the high.
way is blocked with snow and he cannot /
each patron who liveth on a side /
Dad, so he putteth the paper in the sack
ind goeth on. But behold when he com
tn again into the post office he findeth
hat this patron hath driven team four
niles around to get out, and that he
lath kicked about the service to the
postmaster Yea, he hath kicked right
oyally He hath told Of all the things
hat the carrier hath done in his lifetime
nd Of all the things that he hath heard
hat he had DONE and hath threatened
o write to his congressman, who 10 in
Washington, about the matter.
This congressman, when he did move
bout among us before eIectionl did say
INTO the carrier: Behold, it Is known
INTO me that the carrier is worthy OF
is hire and that his expenses are great
nd his salary small, therefore, tif
m returned to Washington shall exert
az mighty influence with the powers
hat be, 10 the end that thou mayest
ave that which thou hast earned" Yet
Fhen he is returned straightway he
orgetteth all about it and putteth forth :
II his might and exerteth his great !
hind to the utmost that he may prevent i
imself from remembering these things
hat he hath promised and yet draw his
ay therefor, and, verify, he succeedeth
The carrier watcheth, and waiteth, and
opeth, and prayeth. and sayeth unto
imself, tomorrow, and when tomorrow
ometh he heareth nothing. But hope \
strong within him and he waiteth and :
ongress doth adjourn and behold that j
hich he geteth ne may put in his eye {
nd know it not, neither will ii cucumber
i'm or weight heavily upon him Yet !,
E may not remind that congressman i
his promise which he hath made for {
the law it is written, thou shalt !
Dt. n
Verify, say unto you the path of ,
le carrier is like unto path Of roses, i
II though he smelleth the perfume of
le flowers, he graspeth the thorns and Il
he have not the grit to grasp them 9
Chilly of surety they will sting him. p
H. G. knight, St. Joseph, Mich, in Y
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