The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-12-20

was not sapposed ID know the exact name,
style and Title Of @Sir Humphrey DWy" r1x,
nan who wrote dandy" for Du,isiee aEmbyo''
6r Edinburgh, "nudsrlin" for Duhkrmiihe,
was probably not exceedingly we'll versed in
Scottish geography. II was supposed 10 be q
fresh student of phonetics TINT addressed alet-
i, tsr 10 "jeusasst ae Wcasal pie Tin,H instead
lqf John Smith. NewcAstle-apea- Tyne. The
letter that WAS addressed, "Cally Pborni To
'gow the Niggcrauger Ronght." was probably
fpenno6 BY sonse one who had brother in she
pises. AL these the Blind Man deciphers,
Or nearly ~ N them. for sone directiops are
stone blind and defy the powers Of our .l, hero
iSenctisass tAe &c blind man" 10 seen eyeing
lsttar intsaAly. end humning an air whea, ssd.
dssly, MI by ipspirstios, down comes his
pen, and the full Inscription Is at once made
fplain. When"b blind letters are addressed 10
clergyman, at their "viearagcs, ~ " parson-
ages, W. ", doctors ut their couatry scots Or
town-houses, without any name OF post town
\ on the letters reference Is made 70 d list Of
the clergy, Or to medical list Lvclums that
IL '.bIiud mani. slwsys kos{s by him--sud
the correct locality 10 very rpsaily asoertained,
Letters addrcsscd to "Mr. Smith, London,"
are sometimes Ji!leul ID deliver 10 the right
party" but, il taken a. goodmturcdiy ~
iSsne the nstakes. of oae Jsmes 6mith. there
will. DO very little suger At 4 lctter being Open
cd and read by the wrong person. James Smith.
Ne Of the !" Rejected Addrsses," was lodging
10 house in London, when another James
Smith came and toQk rooms ia the game bouse
Some ludlcrous mistakes were made in tho
wrong delisefy ofnotcs and letters, tie wtoug
james Settin9 diana tcyes IN ptpuS.d f,r tho 9th.
Or, until cur James rcmonsi rAtnd., Hu said 10
the other, :. You must leave, and | ean prove
you must prove il by historical precedent" /"
" How :" said the other. why, I've been,
hsse longost kcame here 6nt you are James
H., apd you 'ye got 70 abdicatc." ANN, d.
From oDe set of subsorters the letters arr
Carried 20 ahothet; the' frat putting them in
certain great general divisions the Dest ovid
ing down 10. smaller districts ca the aelse ma,
Fer instance, Le letters ior the Grat Western
railway ary given 10 y SET OF sorters who pat
together all The kttcrs that 90 on The Didcot
and Oxford Branch, md the Bath and Rsi~tol
letters separately from thor ior Hxetr, Ply.
mouth and Cromwell. Finally the sorting gris
down TO the towns, and Tor each large place
like birmingham. Liverpool, Bath, Ireds, Lii-
cestcr md Norwich 'tlct' h distinct bag. liy
hSsing the few unpaid. letters separated from
the paid, md the large and ogicia letters taken
away from thoAe 81 ordinary sizn, they are NIL
handled with great celebrity. though eventually
thosa directed 70 thu same place all go tnerthsr.
AZ the hour Of eight approaches. them is III,
creased activity, for At that hour the vans
must start Cor tbc railway stations One Of The
last progresses o0n~sis in tying up the letters IN
packages of convenient no,nbsr togrther, With
-l,tlia or IN IpnrLaUfH n
made up in london for thc small sib-oflics,
they being all sent to the chief post town, and
thcrc sorted Tor the small nfighboring osiicrse--
The old way-biil, with three or Tour columns Of
figures, Is now dls'ised, when there are letters
that are not prepaid, the amount of postage 70
! put upon piece Of paper, accompanying the
package, ana That u the sum WIN wh,h the
ms ,ss' ,o' ~ - m .,'' ao."n',..n;.. , ,.s
rea;strv h;II and tL;s il ON The same nsc n
80. y;,h ,,,c ,,nonn, of the no.,avr ~ nn,aid
kttrz. Thebags arr anh,liy mafc of sheep
skin, sott and pliallc, and not of very largo sim
They are sealed up with ssaling,was. on the
| twinc that IL tied round the top the wax bear
ing the official sal of The postofice, This is
Thought Ia he ruorc secure than lock Bags
that are 20 20 a very long and rough way ike
tho,e that 10 TO Shetland through Scotland
! then by steamer. are grnernIIy locked Porters
arr constantly carrying the bags % tho vans
When the clock stke~ eight, The president. ham.
mrcoups down. and the Inst haas must he r~dy
10 eo out, for the time. is up. Sppr,imes as
many as .even,eyn vans are 6Iled with the ha-
ters and papers going by the evening mail
1be-c vans are Technically caIIs4I %AccrIrra-
tors" Tbey are large omnibus,s, ard in the
A. =. x,x, ,La ,u.tls O.. ,l. raj.
WAYS, arI tie lcttercarricrs from the post of5ce
10 The commencement u their walk The MIN.
her of Ietters -erN oir by the cyeoipg mail. The
nigh, ve witnessed the operation. was stats.
by ,be ,nrsrin,ending president, as 2l5457.---
The average weight oi the evening mail, from,
London. 4 now about fourteen tons. made up Of
these proportiorts:-J
, ., 20 -, com, al ,h. x,.s.
i-i,.n, - 70
soof.
Ar' - 20 -
30 that the letters o'ly '"rm "">euth I" thc
weight u the entire mail ; r"sI~Isr- eiYlh-
tenths books one hnbfh and The NAL nag.
almost oD~ienth' The book Iarri' ~n, ,mo
the lonhon dthoe m y'sf are ss',nss'ea a.
29s, ,t3s, stsd iot tle Kingdom, J.' @'aes t'a'
nnmlsr. 3y2SI2, NJ gfo- lStags - eSir