| Show lice lice nice lice nice mice fee fee tee LONG RECORD postmaster length continuous service united states wan wan wait wan wait wast elijah ELIJAH ELIJAH WATSON rushville buchanan Hu county mo once health watson 1853 under president franklin pierce rushville town grown watson took office paid reason why uncle left halt halt half halt half hair century peaceful watson town SL SL st joseph fifteen miles north post bat bat bag atchison Atch five miles west rushville tart tart start steamboat headquarters missouri bade fair become important town during boom known name columbus columbus mighty town however kansas slavery pro slavery fight control columbus became effete eastern town kansas river transportation minor matte river itself rushville quarters mile seven brick once chief pride railroad station mile uncle contract office station back again kept bib office box eight feet square end general store behind few pigeon room watson stand chair need during business sat universal watson jacksonian Jacks democrat vote cleveland way lincoln sec sec see bryan big eighty third birthday ha 1845 1845 1945 colony bound platte purchase bought claim near rushville shown post exhibit office fair postmaster married sixty wife lull effort get pension |
