_Resolved_, That, on this happy occasion, we forgive the
Government for what we did, and cherish nary resentment agin
anybody.
The resolutions wuz adopted, and the meetin adjourned with three cheers
for Johnson and his policy.
Then came a scene. Every last one uv em hed come there with a note made
out for the amount I owed him at three months. Kindness of heart is a
weakness of mine, and I signed em all, feelin that ef the mere fact of
writin my name wood do em any good, it wood be crooel in me to object to
the little laber required. Bless their innocent soles! they went away
happy.
The next mornin I took possesshun uv the offis.
[Illustration: NASBY'S DREAM OF PERFECT BLISS.]
"Am I awake, or am I dreamin?" thought I. No, no! it is no dream. Here
is the stamps, here is the blanks, and here is the commisshun! It is
troo! it is troo!
I heerd a child, across the way, singin,--
"I'd like to be a angel,
And with the angels stand."
I woodn't, thought I. I woodn't trade places with an angel, even up. A
Offis with but little to do, with four grocerys within a stone's throw,
is ez much happiness ez my bilers will stand without bustin. A angel
4sooth!
PETROLEUM V. NASBY, P.M.
(wich is Postmaster.
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