The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-15

finally elect to try his chances within
the region served from their Office and
II he should perchance call upon any
one Of them, they give him such aid
of counsel n advice as might be
helpful to him. Though no postmaster
to Whon we wrote was under the
slightest obligation to give any heed
to the request preferred, 1t Is worthy
OF note and deserving Of commenda-
ton that every one Of them did n
swer,-and that, too, very promptly
and very fully.
A couple of weeks passed and, in the
meantime, the boy, headed for North
Dakota, was taken sick at Watertown.
S. D., and returned to Minneapolis to
harvest a hospital experience. Then
came a letter from the postmaster at
Fargo, N. D., the substance of which,
was about this: I've kept your letter
upon my desk, thinking that your boy
might arrive at any time and that r
might be able to give him assistance.
He has not come and, on chance that
you, too, may be worrying a bit with
out knowledge of his whereabouts. I
write to make inquiries and to ask if
there be chance for me to serve you
further in this or any other matter"
Knowing from our own limited ex-
p~er1ence that a capable postmaster in
city of Fargo's size must be a very
busy man, one upon whom official du7
ties are constantly pressing for atten-
ton, it was but natural that we said:
Here's a man with a big heart, a man
who, like Abou Ben Adhem, loves his
fellowmen." And we at once wrote
sion Of appreciation and thankfulness
the least we could do under. the cir
cumstanceS.
This brought from Mr.. Postmaster
another letter in which he enclosed the
selection in verse which is printed
above. Much that was contained in
said letter was too personal to be re-
produced here; but the essence Of it
was that he ''got the most of his salts
faction in living through his being able
to do occasional little things that
would gladden. some one else and that
he believed 'twould be a better world
IL everybody would pause occasionally
in the chase for mere dollars and do a
bit Of humanitarian work. Since the
letter further disclosed that this Far
go postmaster had been q near friend
to Edgar Wilson (Bill) Nye, it left us
chance to feel that he possibly gave
us, because Of the name, q bit more
of consideration than he would have
given another under similar circum-
stances. But the chance for SO feeling
is a chance we did nor grasp. In our
minus y ne WHO SupSIVlSeS the pos
tai service of Fargo stands pictured a
most kindly gentleman; one who is
quite probably without any amassed
wealth of money, but one who's pos
sessed of a wealth of warm friend
ships accumulated through the kindly
deeds which he has sown along the
way wherein he has walked, through
the good cheer which he doubtless has
scattered beside his pathway, through
the helpful acts he has performed as he
has passed along. If he likes his roses
while he still ~lives-and who is there
who does Motive herewith give him
a bunch from our g~arden.-roses Of es-
teenl. Of appreciation and OF kindly
good wishes. May the day OF your
passing, Mr.. III. C. Plumley, be still
afar off and may the intervening years
he filled for you with great gobs OF the
Joy which must come to him who