Show A bostal incident A young oung man from the rural districts went vent to the postoffice post office the other day with a hink bank h ink note for a dollars worth w orth of stamps st imps lie he was told that paper money was not lot received ile he thin then went for spanish quarter quarters we vie dont receive receive them now said the attendant it for more than twenty cents a piece the rhe courtr ci tryman man uncle sam barn mighty particular so 10 he went and obtained a dollars worth woith of coppers now ow sail he on returning to the office and a nd laying down his pile in it the window of delivery del nery I 1 guess I 1 lean can suit ye the rhe man indiee anaice looked at the di display play of coppers and coolly re replied plied we never uke tike more three cents in copper at any one time it is is not a legal tender above that sum the countryman country man looked at the composed official for the space of a minute minute without stirring g an and d then belched on out look here you 3 ou aint abat you 5 ou il mighty kind of particular for fellows fellos backed up in in such a jail as this ere erea you dont don I 1 take only three c cents ants in in copper at a time hey hea well then spose pose you give me three cents worth anyhow acho anho rhe official aery politely cut him off a ingle stamp and passed parsed bitout it out for which the countryman laid down don n three cents cens he was about to pass away awa when the latter cried out look here you that eres one time now spose you give me three cents worth more on em cm uncle sams clerk was not slow in in discovering he had baug caught lit a tartar ile he turned back to the window and asked how many coppers have you oua well only about ninety binet seven of em I 1 had A hundred of em when N hen I 1 began pass them in in was the the gruff reply pass out your stamps fuse fust and then I 1 will but I 1 reckon you dont ketch me again the stamps were w ere passed out and the coppers handed over when the countryman went off saying sa ing I 1 spose pose because a fellow holds office under uncle bvm he thinks he is amir tern all creation but I 1 guess they larnt soma som thing him that time a i very ery good joke to read an and d laugh over m in the newspaper but uncle sam is is after all about as cute a yankee as mos most of his nephews the fact is is copper 1 is not t a legal tender in in any sum gold and s sih ih er cr are only leg legal al tender and the latter only to the amount of 1 thirty dollars THE following amusing incident took place peace last week upon one of the ohio river nv er steamboats and was w as related to us by an eye witness while the boat was 15 ing at cincinnati just ready to start for louisville louis ille a y young oung man came on board leadir a blushing damsel by the hand and approaching the polite clerk in in a suppressed voice oice 1 I say he exclaimed me and m my wife have jut just got married and nd im looking for accommodations looking for a berth hastily inquired the clerk clerc passing tickets out to another er passenger A birthl thunder and lightning no gasped the astonished roan man we ue faint burjust but just sot izol married we want a place pace to stay ta all night you ou know and and a bed |