TIME FOR A CHANGE.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3100, 19 September 1899, Page 6

TIME FOR A CHANGE.

A &ott«r BmA Not Arrived, and Portal Roform Was Needed. "Hi there!" called a somewhat exoited Fourth avenue woman to the postman who was passing on his morning round. "Where's that letter I sent three weeks ago to my sister in Buffalo? She never got it and has written to know whether I'm mad at her or some of ug are sick." "I know nothing about it, madam." "Of oourse you don't. I suppose the postmaster general would say the Bams thing. My own private opiuion is that this government is running at mighty loose ends. I put a stamp on that lettes to pay for having it sent. It was direoted as plain as print. It is lost or stolen, and my own Bister is blaming me for neglecting her. It's all politics, that's what it is, putting in a lot of raw bands every four years, and I don't propose to stand it. I'm going to find out whether you mail men can defraud your customers and make family trouble just because you don't know enough to look after your business." "But I never saw yonr letter, mj good woman." "I don't care anything abont that. Neither did my sister ever Bee it. I'll not sleep till I write the president and give him a piece of my mind. The idea of paying an army of men to lose letters! It's ridiouloua. It won't be long btsfore some of you are looking for other jobs, or I miss my guess. " During this conversation the woman's husband dove frantically into his pockets, ran hafcleas through the back gate, put that letter into a mail box and made a fine show of temper while helping his wife abuse the government — Detroit Free Press.