Year: 1865




seem wanting in every goods..quality which
goes to make up the lady or gentleman.
One says he knows there must be letter
lying around some place in the Office for
him; another says, ''you must have given
my letters to somebody else. know you
have" One grumbler insinuatos that the
clerk did not send his letter off. else he
knows hc would have an answer by this
time. He throws out insnuations against
the honesty of the clerk. Aremarkable in
stance Of this kind strikes us now. In this
case q most deserving young man was ru-
'ned. We would give with pleasure, the
name OF the young man, and the place OF
the incident but both have escaped our
memory. 1t happened in this wise The
clerk was charged with purloining a letter
put into his office. i The writer of the letter
reported far and near that -- abstract
ed letter which he dropped into the Office,
and which contained large amount Of
money. The clerks friends repelled the
base charge; those who knew him best
would not believe word of such q report.
The spirit of the clerk was broken: he
could not live under such a ch.lrge, though
it had no foundation. He resigned his DO
s'tlon and enlisted in the army.


A mothers heart was broken! Time
rolled on slowly snd YEARLY.


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The postmaster always looked anxiously
in opening the Eastern mail to see if there
were any dead letters. What was his ioy
in finding in one mornings mail large of.
tci<l document from the Dead letter Office,
addressed to him. Quicker than can be
said he saw the foul, fictitious stain vanish
from the escutcheon Of his mnch injured
clerk. He opens the package, and to hit
delight he finds in it the lost letter. He j.
overcome, tears freely roll down his cheek:
and he hurries to the widows home ts bea,
tidings more joyful than ever before fel
upon her delighted ears. The report
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made glad, tn ,ugh many have had cause te
'v' TIC INJURY they did to the cle1k
Will the clerk ever rejoice with his friends
upon earth? Upon the evening of tha,
happy day which was the cause of so much
happiness to that lonely mother, came the
news that her Son fell u, ,,on the bloody
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heid OF stone River. She was resigned to
her fate. She fel, proud that her son died
IN good causc ; but her greatest comfort
arose from the thought that her SON 8 rep
utation ren,sined untarnished. The bow.
did not live long enough to
hold up his head amongst his friends
though Of course he knew that he was in
nocent of the charges made by his enemies.
The whole difficulty sprang from careless
ness and want Of due regard in speaking
of others ..


The writer Of the letter intended to d.
rect his letter to some town in Illinois, but
being accustomed TO write Ohio upon the
most Of his letters, he did 50 on this. and
then ruined a young man by charging him
with dishonesty. Such instances arc not
rare, but do not always turn ont so melan-
choly. Frequently the post Office clerk,
though wearicd with his excessive labors.
cannot sleep from some base insinuation.
though general, it may be thrown out by
some careless or inconsiderate person. Now
and then the clerk comes in contact with
those who know how to treat a person, and
his heart is made glad.


The clerk must be paragon of goodness
If he in turn does not become rude, He
meets with so much that would make even
a saint of good humor q rude individual.
Hundreds Of children in going to and from
school must run to the post office to ask for
letters. This they do day after day, and
probably get scarcely letter during the
year. An excitable individual sees letter
in his box, takes jump towards his box,
and begins humping upon it as if he were
going to tear down the building. Another
gentleman whistles at the clerk as if he
were calling a dog; another yells out in
trampet tones to jump around and wait on
him, and still another stands to grumble
about tho non-reception of his defunct
Pumpkintown Herald. This and often
much more takes place at the same mo-
ment. -. -. .+@. go


Such is the life Of post Office clerk, and
how miserable it would be ifnothinp pleas
ant were interspersed wi h SO much that is
disagreeable. But he has his pleasures.
There is always something agreeable in see-
ing the numerous persons that call at post
office. In every expression there is some
thing beautiful and something to be learn
ed. The post office clerk has ample mate.
rial to study the connection between the
inn inner and the outer man; the relation be-
tween the expressions Of the soul and the
actions Of its possessor. .13


Judging by our experience in the busi-
ness, we would say that the post office clerk
has an important but thankless and unap-
preclated sltuation. A few years Of such
service merit promotion. and a postmas-
ter's commission should reward the post
Office clerk for his labors.


The emigration from Norway to this
country is becoming so great as to cause
considerable alarm in that country The.
average yearly emigration since 1857 has
been about 5000 !; this year, it will reach
from $4,000 to Il, 900. An effort has been
made BY the Government to crush this tide
Of emigration, but, IL does not appear 70
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