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Show Had Its Other Advantages. The rolatlvo from the East, who had come to visit his cousin, tho postmaster post-master at Boom City, was surprised at tho smallness of the place. "I expected to seo a larger town than this," he said. "Surely thero can't bo much salary attached to a job llko yours." "Why, as to that," said the postmaster, postmas-ter, "tho salary is but $12 a year, but it is paid with tho utmost promptness and with my llfo and fire Insurance agency, law business, carpenter shop, agricultural implement business, drug store, and cigar shop I manage to get along. In addition to that the posl-tion posl-tion gives ono a sort of or standing in tho community." |