“It might be a new Bible, for it is paper and weighs heavy,” ejaculated another, but all were disappointed.
When the package was opened a lot of old papers tumbled out, in a more or less state of dissolution, some whole and some quite dilapidated.
Everybody laughed, but seemed to regard the joke as a little untimely.
“Hold on here, my friends,” cried Winters, “this is no joke. I say this is not a joke. Why, my friends, these here papers are Oregonians, and I have not seen a copy of the Oregonian for nigh onto 15 years. Yes, my friends, I appreciate all your presents, but these Oregonians are more precious than anything else.”
It therefore was apparent that Jim Winters showed where his heart was, for “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
[Inadequate Cuspidors.]
The Chicago office of the Western Union Telegraph Company (in 1877) had been noted for the manliness of its employes, who realized that they were men and women, and for this reason entitled to the consideration of the local as well as the general officials.
It became necessary, sometimes, to have this fact impressed on the minds of those immediately in charge, who relegated to themselves authority not vested in them.