Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-02-14
A Row About u Postage
Stamp.

TIRE following incident which French
exchange brings US as having taken place
in Paris is so good, and contains such 81
capital moral 1fsEthe edifoatiou Of peO-
pie prone to 'tind fault with the Postmas-
ters, that We translate it with pleasure:
The widow'RichSrd is an old lady ad-
dicted ito making "bulls,' aud is Of Q
piece with the. good woman who poured
out the coffee to FEAST upon the grounds.
1t was a blander something Of this chars
actefshe has just committed, for which
she has come to answer at the police Of
fee. stafA 81 a l'ss ,ba'4 r,
This cause of the hubbub,had Occurred
in one Of the city post offices Of Paris.
where the clerk. whose duty it was to
attend to prepaid LETTERS was suddenly
aceosted BY a woman who rushed in in
lgreat trepidatlon, This woman was the
widow Richard.
Sir she exclaimed, in a voice trem-
bling with anger, show does il happen, |
should like to know, that when one las
prepaid the poshge on aletter the per.
son to whom it is sent is made to pay for
1t again 2"
'HOw it happens, madam IL cried the
clerk; "why it don't happen at all.''
Swell, ! say II does happen, and what's
npre, tlat ithapPsued to- day there I
4 tell you again that it is impos-
sible thatit should beso.'' e 3 VI
"But ltisa psrson Of my acquaintance
to whom wrote yesterday, and whose
letter ! prepaid, whosays she had to pay
for ittoO. She was furious about it, and
1 don't wonder she was for wrote to
her coRcerning my own affairs, aud she
had to pay the postage. It's downright
robbery, say!".
And thereupon the uesdow, kicked up
such Q rumpus that il was found to be-
necessary to cali in policeman and take
her before magistrate. Instead Of pac. /.
flying MADAM Richard, this proceeding
nearly threw her into the last degree Of
evaporation. Although the offser re-.
quested her ia assume proper line oil
conduct, the widow Persisted ia her ft-
~, ane stamped and screamed most up.
rOariously.
"To be told, foo, that | don't know
what !, have dane withit!'' she cried.
Done with WhAt2 r. inquired tho. tnHgg. |
istrate. IN srs s[,d .r,3,.T
'The receipt" answered ths widow Il
the receipt which proves that prepaid
he letter. :" So saying, she funbled in !
~ her pockets, INV. ,; |
HThere, she exclaimed suddenly
I've got It'll Here itislp ,5srt6
And she exhibited triumphantly to the
nagistrate--Bhat can you imagine it
vas a postage stamp 7 The poor LADY,,
lad taken itas q receipt for tha noney
he had paid TO the clerk, and had treas
red i: sacredly instead Of pastiDg it up-
a the letter a
I, aisS btuuseE wns duly expfafned to Z
er amid the laughter of tha saa0otators-t u
be promptly acknowledged her fault, .
nd regrettiug sho had given way to herl
niger, begged ths Court to deal lenisntly /,
nth ker. She pleaded herigc orince as
be cause Of the storming and abuse ofll
1hich she stoodzconvicted. Ii
The Court took the culprit's general 7,
ood Conduct into consideration, as we'll /,
. her contritiop, and feed her l6 francs
My.
Tt1owever ridiculous this peace Of
french Partingtonism may seem to the
eader, he Oan rest assured that scarcely I,
week passes at any P. o. in this coun.
ry without some absurdity like it occur-J I
ing, for whioh the poor P. NJ. is rouudJy1i
'erated, without enjoying the satisfaction !
f seeing fine blunderers punished for
heir perverseness. Comic Monthly.