Show dally of IX WHAT A locq TAIL CAYS GOT when he order was made by government ut february to sell the astronomical observatory which stood on the hill of this city a department part ment agent made application to TUB for advertising rates he wanted to give the public a vast deal 0 information concerning said sale but he wanted to be very economical in his expenditure the tiny space aoker for was accepted at an agreed cost of 2 80 and the matter was inserted as per contract forewarned ia a measure 0 menta circuitous method of procedure OUT buhi aeBi manager lost no time in opening up negotiations for the collection of the bill besides it was a great thing for THE STANDARD to be in correspondence with the renowned treasury department Depart mint and our man of figures was naturally eager for the flattering ordeal to begin it began with surprising quickness and had been going on ever since at the same monotonous rate with no apparent variation in the final prospect until last evening a ray of dazzling sunlight flashed over the range in the form of the following announce aa section i act june it ampro printing act TREASURY department THIRD washington D C nov to THE CO ofden utah SIR in the claim of the abare company the mccond comptroller hai d the turn otano allow fance will b included in the next report to he secretary of that lie may fernly it to con ress rayment cannot lio made appropriation by act of in referring to the claim state its number ko 1086 OT your V it auditor ed 70 7 o 89 we have before this indulged in much aalf over the immortal dickens burning entire on the circumlocution office of alie island government wo did not know then what a long tail our cats got but withal our dear america has improved on the general plan somewhat or else the quality of persistent effort is more pronounced in us than in our englich cousins for as testified by the foregoing instrument to that seemingly inexhaustible and incomprehensible maze of claim agents door keepers ushers pages sub clerks higher clerks committees memorandums reference more committees mit tees more memorandums more references then more clerks more pages then auditors sub secretaries secretaries and heaven knows what next till you come to congress there is finally an end to american circumlocution and along with the shining government dollars fresh from the mint of the greatest nation on earth there is the vain glorious satisfaction of knowing that one has unraveled the most inextricable diaze of official red tape ever been in real life As set forth in the accompanying document attested by lie bona fide autograph of the governments man we are going to get our two dollars aad eighty centa eure by special act of congress when this appropriation no is gorog to be made we cant say but having thus publicly forewarned our creditors they will doubtless watch the congressional proceedings with great interest and be on liand at the proper moment to present their claims all praise be to the invention of the treasury department how much batter alexander biam iton than be knew I 1 |