Word: clerk
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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PROFESSOR CHILD is giving a course of readings from Chaucer. He began last Tuesday evening with the " Clerk's Tale." Mr. Hale will read Catullus early in March, on Wednesday evenings. Mr. Dyer will read the Ajax of Sophocles after the April recess...
...WORD to those who have been assessed, and wish to vote at the coming election: if any one has been refused registration by the city clerk, he may bring his case before the Board of Aldermen, who have the final decision in the matter, on Saturday, Monday, or Tuesday evenings next. The registration list will close at ten o'clock Tuesday evening, the 29th, and it is of course understood that no one can vote unless his name is on the list. The matter is worth some trouble, and we hope that none will fail to present themselves before...
...other day, was informed that soap was not transmissible by mail. He consulted the United States Postage Laws, and discovered that "chemicals, hard, and non-explosive," are included in mail matter, so he marked his package, "sodic sterate, hard, non-explosive," and presented it to the post-office clerk. It is unnecessary to add that no questions were asked, and that the package reached its destination...
...FRESHMAN recently gave his address to the money-order clerk, and pompously asked how much it would cost to have his mail delivered...
...have since had reason to suppose that I only saw the gentleman's clerk, but the advice is good enough to follow. But, O Lord, I hope the Advocate is not mistaken...