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

! bou % nsil their pspss, IN stand baak, and
1 throv them at the omen uinslows Past.r Gs.
| ter, and faster they come-t Iaoks onlv \ MN.
ute and a half1the crushing, furious crowd
men women and bUvs many Nt,hiiu, tfr,t sy,,s
sloN, With letter an penny tightly erre,j, AN
trying to get to the place Of delivery. !. 49,.
A spectator would naturally sunpo.e thew
wefe 0ch sffkfSf 20 ohsfrucfi Sne Another y
usuch a. pcssiblesS N lAsks hut thirty ,srcu,l,.
and still the crssa oollsas. d, A ssr,ly .lopkiur
man. looking at the clock, very Deliberately tia,
| his two letters and newspapers together with a
piece uf twihc and throws tbsm Tircctlv NJ t,,,
clerk in ths undow, Amidkt the r,uk n ~,
crowd. comes q faint scream from some moor
I. satsezedr mortsl Who can't aet her letier In
aud now the hanncr ooms,, down. ops. two
thFur MI he cIrks a tbe wiU.hw rst rssdy-.
four, five, Six. Jssr no the windov. down Win
one simultaneous slide. Several Ietters nnd one
paper are caught in il but they, like those out.
side, cannot so by this mail Ssta.~ thryt,e Too
iass, There II sery good. regulation, .whisA
enables the tsrly paklic Ia mt thr letters off |:
but ,hey baye 10 pay ine (or their tariiness,
Que Gttcr-bbx Is IN open, labelled late let.
teY-box. "s~ AifhtterS thai m dreppNi' IN fhis
,box, heiurc half ,mst SIR with tls hostage nail
iu full in. .staup. and having one Additional
stamp, will be sent By the mail now being made
p." Then fherc are other boxes left ope1. IA.
belIci '"fur lctters not intended to rotv fhis
usiln.s D-..... -i....a ......, a-. az -. =
Now, let M nrcrut ,our psss AZ the hack door.
and soe What is going on below. Al a hiph
desk overlooking The SCENE sta thc SuDerinfen
ding Presidtnr ~Fhr k,v,,f ldnr ortKe iuh,ri
deps,tmeut n ooupisl by thu sor,frs and STAN.
pcrs Of l.ttcrs 4. nearIy hOil in numLer Ac,oss
fbe broad Iaii ulere IT, nnhIr bsSe h.en r..
tiino All crow5;ng u o., fLeir Estcrs h,aileS
Il az. yn,,i,a,, ,;s,ss, Sce,. .ra, xs.,, M, -
co.a...ninss:,., h,..ssa sLis css,. "a ihs ~ IA
End deusrtmsut thero i passare brosatb the
aoor 4 so,t ~ .andesar%nS ra;Irosd" ~bsre
hastss ~ i.,ts,s : A. s,.nt hact and t,r,h i,
ssca,n svybi,c f,;;s ra;;y.ar - srom,,antlr, :,
verL. the ,.,.,e s,,g;,a - o,.r:,s. a ,,i,.w that
end. Mi the .cvrnsner. lrom n. lower floor In
M. seconJ s,ory nr H. ;nlsnd dansr,,non, ,,he,c
they are sor,sJ and ha,gJ senaratsiy srnm the
iestarsa fp,s or,he snssstea,es.ting nros;detts
deputed 10 the once cr showing ns Ill the husi.
n...s Tho, WA oo;na on asLad ma to stc, viii,
him on to tbe s s,Iraw AMI nm we wen, 10 the
nrutsna,.r rr..m Hsrn p,nnv b,,n,,,,,, hrsh.
al. al ,,s,... -, ,.,, ',.-i,, ,s;swinsh,. i,
nrmbsrs NV ..vsr.I .co,e II sc,,ers A vre.t
many hr.sf on"o OVER Jsv AMI THAR srsn,
ners come "A mi M arc seycra,s rIe,Ls vbo
are sngag,5 n t,y,y, ,hc,n al 4 oood iii
',;c,s III ~ n,a,s,S,h. !. ~" w.,.;,s s No. ss.
milo iors nsr,.r, anJ i, hory;6,xl am tse arrival
Of The mail when she pulls of the wcll,known
wrappr and finds BcII's liz, in IonJon.'
vim an thc " ft,hfs IN cunc . tbc hast se,to Of
T.sn Gnr;uv ana Ron l,snnt .r.l ,he ,,oi.~. ON
. the turf" and how much Lady Jane was
beaten by iyinp ChjLiers." The fast" man
AZ gfwbion looks far Lis Berl's LIFE. and finds
h has very mysteriollsIy changed iti,o Church
and Stats Gsnti9'~ An old torn pe,s Rev.
nold,s Mwsuuper. ani good churchman vts
a final raseaIIy Ds,mtch. 3
Buti NJ rs descend the way VIC came up. 10
Il 'ine through tbt london pCst oIyicc. as tbc let.
ters ami n.rsrs do by steaur Az the back
doar ,iffIr aft,y an several small rcd carts
arc d,;ven ~, IL men In r,d coats. and these
arc e,npfied Of ikous.Dds OF letters and napers.
from tl'e various receiving houses. Each letter
GOES tbrouel, from tcn To fourteen proc,ssis, and
The Uonder K how 400 men can take 2O6yOOO
letter. anil !" n,t them through The various
nof;on. w;tb AZ I;,iIe co,6,.;on and Ew mis-.
,aIos Ern,n L.sLa,s tbav ore 6rs, emnl;sJ on
. r.sv ,.,'a, ..tis anJ h.rs ,bs.v are ,orrcd til
.he tstIe & Ssvor.i Gxt fhick Nth leticrs The
ie,,ers M sre on !. Scsi onc wav and with The
sune,scr;ni;%. r;ybt s;dc nm, Largo letter.,
.nJ fbosc t6at are unnaid. .ars thrown asste into
a basIet "a he ,re.seJ e,arately, A. last AZ
thcv are 6cel they are put into long grooves,
s;,,;,ar IN nr;n,cr'. !. yalIey. ami men are
cnns,a,,Iv carrr;ny tbc.e on 10 the stampcrs.
The is,tc,s arc ne,t .,amsJ h.astou;shitw
with what rau,iity an expericscoJ stampcr will
nass The letters un.lcr bis stamp. The active
f.sn,nar. ~ Iii s,amn seyen or eight Thousand IN
an hrnr Thev uas l;gbt wos,en s,awps, a.
,hcr S,,;vne ,Ls hand Ia and carry ink better
than mctI stamps A good wooden -tamp v u
,aLs nj sno.cs Ir,n fbe black hall. Al one i'm.
nrcss;on 10 s,amp leoibly Ten letters. Each
s,amner counts bis ,etiers and a, every hun.irc
Le s,r;tss h;s .,amn ON a sbect of paper before
III, The cusITnp ON which ,lr Stamping Is
do.,a,. con~;sts oi several thickncs of woolen
c,o,h cnvo,;n, the c,,,irr surface. ~ the table
Ihs .,..n wS;eh g;ves the month. day ~ the
mo,,h spI wear Z nnt ON ,be back ~ the lst.
tsr ITere is ai.o q private mark. composei
Of letters. or letters and fglrtS that Is ai'erel
every aav and this stamp is registered in
hocf ana Le,S so that f1f vnrs 'tlsrc are no
,wo a.ys tha, s,trrs nailri at the London ot.
sce hc, ~ sa.,r stamp Thi. il Of great nth
NV N Jc,~+;ng a,trumts nj fraud. AZ Il is i'm
nw5s.;b,r NJ s,r nns rerson cut of the Ton.ion post
of,n,. 1, know The exact stamp of the ictters