Nevada national., 1859-10-29

City, and from thence, IL containing anything
valuable, to the persons who wrote them.
God bliss Ye for that sir. but Nicha
lives in Chicgg,"
told bim<Noud not dispute that, hut
Boston and Chicago were two distinct cities
and the letter was addressed to both. and
that Boston being the first named. It had
been retained there, and his friend had not
received IT,
"Surc sId thought Boston was in Chica-
20! that's what ye call daid letther. is it.
Faith and | thought Il was Bridget and hot
the le,ther, was daid.r
THE BITTER BIT.
A lady OF very genteel and respectable a. .
pearance called one day on prominent New
England postmaster, with letter in her
hand, which she insisted bad been broken
open and re- sealed. She banded the letter
to the postmaster. who examined it. and ap-
pearances certainly seemed to Justify her as
sertion. She further declared that she we'll
knew which clerk in the Office had broken il
open. and that be had previously served sew
eral OF her letters in the same way. Upon
hearing this. the postmaster requested her
TO walk inside the office, and point out the
person whom she suspected
Such an unusual phenomenon as the ap-
pearsnce Of a lady inside the office, produced
decided sensation among the clerks there
{ II Ea 4 lois
ed in intensity when the Postmaster inform
ed them that the lady was there for the pur
pose Of identifying the person who had been
guilty OF breaking open her letters.
This announcement at once excited the
!veiest feelings Of curiosity and solictude
in the mind of almost every one present, and
each one, conscious Of innocence, INDUCED
in conjectures as to who that somebody else
might be, whom the accusing angel ~ was
to fix upon as the culprit.
All their conjectures fell wide af the mark
After looking about for q moment, the lady
pointed to the last man whom any one in
the Office would have suspected of such an
ofIence-one Of the oldest and most reliable
of their number.
THAT is the person" said she. indicating
him by slight nod OF the head ''and il be
persists in making free with my letters,
will certainly have him arrested. Why my
letters should always be selected for thi,
purpose. canno, imagine; but If any NOR,
of them are touched, he will wish he had le
them alone
This direct charge. and these these threats
produced a greater commotion among BIZ
fellow clerks than in the mind OF the gentle
man accused. Waiting for moment afte
she had spoken, he broke the brea thless 81
lence that followed her words. by saying
calmly, Mrs. -, l believe."
THAT is my name. sir"
Have you concluded your remarks, mad
am
IL have. sir, for the present."
"Then, madam, will take the liberty tC
inform you that your husband is the person
on whom yon ought to expend your indgna
ton. He has at different times taken seve
raj OF your letters from the office, opened
and read them and after re-sealing, return
ed them TO the letter-box. having made GER.
tain discoveries in those letters to which be
forced me to listen. as furnishing sufficient
ground for bis course and justifying former
suspicious He earnestly requested me
never to disclose who had opened the letter
and should have continued to observe Sc
crecy, had not your accusation forced me to
this disclosure in selfdefence. II you wish
to have my statement corroborated, | think
| can produce a reliable witness"
The lady did not reply to this proposition
hut made precipitate retreat, leaving the
clerk master of the field. and was never
afterwards seen at that post Office.
The following anecdote are illustrative Of
the amusing incidents which occasionally
come under the eyes of post-offlce clerks.
TO NY GRANDMOTHER.
A little bright-eyed, flaxen-hared boy
vas one day observed to enter the vesti-
bule Of the post Office at Washington, with
letter in his hand, and to wait very modestly
for the departure of the crowd collected about
the delivery window. As soon as the place
was cleared, be approached the letter-box
and carefully deposited his epistle therein,
lingering near, as ifto watch over the safety
of the precious document. His motions at
tracted the attention of the clerk stationed
at the window, whose curiosity induced him
to examine the superscrlption Of the letter
just deposited by the little fellow. The ad
dress on the letter was simply, - To my dear
Grandmother, Louisiana" doubtless some
good old lady, whose memory, in the mind
of he- innocent grandchild, was redolent of
cake and candy, and all the various good
les" which grandmothers are generally so
ready to,supply to say nothing of the various
well meant Offices Of kindness to which Their
sometimes blind affections prompts them.