Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-01-16
Suggestions Concerning Let
terS.


Tie following hints, originally publish
ei ia llolbrook's United States Mail, viii
save post Office clerks and the public 4
deal Of trouble, if improved BY letter
writer Mr.. Iolbrok, who speaks with
authority, It will be remembered, says:
| VISA 10 make few suggestions con-
eeFuIn. letters, and mail matters generally
E5r til public benefit They are espee-
jaiiy de> snel for lcttey-writers in aad te
places of such size, that everybody doe,
net klow everybody else and his business
And first word.
CONCERNING WRITING LETTERS.
Be- careful to date your letter with
town AMI State, and to sign your full
n4me, 50 tha, the letter may be returned
to You If it fail to reach its destination
| haven5w betote me letter addressed
10 Dear Jalia, and signed by Fanny.
1t is returned to the Office Of Mailing
from the Dead Letter Office, and contains
= gold chain to be delivered to " Fanny.
Perhaps shall find " Fanny and return
her the CHAIN perhaps not; but where
her full name signed | should not put a
"perhaps to the suggestion. Write your
name plainly. The post-otfice rating
stamp will supply deficit in the date,
CONCERNING ADVERTISING LETTERS.
\ safe rule in addressing letters is this
Do not presume that the post-ot;ice clerk
know as much about your correspondents
as you Do. If you are addressing bus
iue man or firm Of long standing, it
will be safer to presume him we'll known !;
otherwise, it is safer to presume HIM un-
known, ana to address him with all reas.
enable pariicularity. Write the town
State distinctly. Do not address New
Haven. CT, when you mean New Haven.
Vt, nor New Haven, \. y, when you
mean New Haven, Ky. Do not add the
county unless there are two towns OF the
same name in different counties of the
same State. The post-ofiicers in the
county towns of the same name with the
countY, are weekly receiving letters mis-
sent to them, simply because the county
name is the most prominent feature OF
the address.
Ii vou are writing to a member OF
John G.. Williams family do not address
Mrs. Mary 5. Williams, or Miss Fanny
Williams unless you also add "care OF
John :. Williams" +" or else add the street
and number at which you expect the
carrier to deliver the letter. 1t is a sor-
ry complaint to man to presume that
his wife aud children are so notorious
that letters will reach them without spec
ial address.
Correspondents sometimes endorse
General Delirery" or :" To 6e kept tdI
called for" upon the face of a letter ad-
dressed to a stranger in town. This is a
good idea, especially when the person adj
pressed is traveller or other transient
person, and often ensures the seasonao!e
receipt of the letter.
CONCERNING MAILING LETTERS.
The other preliminaries being properly
attended to, look your letters over care
fully before mailing them, examining the
address of each, and noticing whether or
no they are properly prepaid by stamp
Every eonsiderate officer in the country
is almost daily holding for postage bus
mess letters and receiving letters mis-
directed to it. A very excellent rem
edy for the annoyance resulting from the
miscarriage of letters is found in the US.
age of many banks and business men, OF
printing, or otherwise endorsing upon the
envelope the request that the enclosed
letter Shall be returned to their address,
if not called for within specified time.
CONCERNING RECEIVING LETTERS.
The best way of receiving mail matter
is at the Box delivery. Next to this is
by carrier, Last and most insecure OF all
is the General Delivery. | say most
insecure" because that in nine out OF
every ten offices in the country, letter
will be delivered to any honest seeming