The Van Buren press., 1867-11-22
VAN BURHN. ARKANSAS,
November 18th, 1851.
lB. ". Ia RUr HARRISON,

NONclhft lstIl, 1904.
Cor. ". LARUE HARRISON,
4. s Nail agent for Irkaasrs--
SIR: take my pen in hand to let yon Know
that these few lines are printed; thus ! hope
yoliwlll see and read thcm-l won't trust the
mail. Is the letter might not reach YOU.
wish in this open handed" manner to let
you know also that the letters and papers
which are sent to me, or are by me sent TO
other. through the Post Office, ate extremely
crratic Ia their trahsits to and from. There is
something rotten In Denmark, mark you. In
what particular den or dens lie this corrup-
tion and negligence, l do not know. That's
your province to dlscover-nct mine.
have growled li,,lc about this ycXatl0n
in the public Journals, and have fumed some
what privately; so far in vain. now appeal
to YOU publicly as the constituted custodian
of the Mails in this State. | am not solitary
in this. Scores upon scores would sign this
letter with me upon like cause. Tread ofmail
failures, in some way or other, in almost every
journal Of the country, and grmblngs there
upon can testify are just.
| will specify some of my own personal
grievances in this regard. warning you that
thousands ofotherS may tell you that they too
have come 10 the same grief. | want you to
grieye also at mail irregularty.
Some time back wrote, from Norristown,
Pope county, letter to friend of mine in
Fort Smith. He received the letter there eight
months after the mailing. Another friend
wrote me letter from this place, addressed
to Norristown which, had it reached me in
twice the time it ought to have done, would
have been very great value to me. 1t was
only tireaty-hree days trayersing the distance
of eighty miles. | have repeatedly written
letters, of some moment to me, from Norris
town to Little Rock, which have not vet
reached their destination. | have written let
ters to other points in this State which were
weeks in gaining the offices to which they
were addressed, or got into the parties hands
to whom they belonged. And two days age
received letter written from Norristown
to me here by Mrs. w. which was mailed on
the 18th of October, just serenteen days trans
port over the great distance of eighty miles
Three papers are sent me from Little Rock
weekly. Sometimes they come in a lump
sometimes they come scattering, sometime.
they come not at all. The same rs to paper.
from Van Buren, and Memphis. Yet there ar,
only two post offices between Little Rock anG
Norri'town, only two between Van Buren an(
Norristowr- -lussellville being its Office.
| This has become so annoying and frcqucn
that entreat you to get OH your horse, coach
or stage and travel awhile over the State ant
look into the thing. You will, perhaps fnC
| plenty of Augean work to do; you will find j
requisite to dose out, now and then, lttl
admonition to the officers and Others In tn
Nail service. You will get greater nam
than you have ifyou succeed in Strengthening
matters. You will also find Arkansas beau
tifnl country to travel over with the most de
lightfill roads. You will find great man
Solomons among the postmasters and leu
your eye teeth rs to the prospects Of til
Radicals in Arkansas. Should you ever in
cline hereafter to run for governor, or som
other State office, such journey will give yo
great advantagcs-you will know somethin
of the country. Thus you can "kill two bird
birds with one stone"-purify thcMail systef
and become acquainted with the people AM
wat we is.' s........ l.,. ..
Now,my dear Sir, pray help us all in thi
mail matter See that we all get our letter
and papers in due time, and wen sound you
praises all over the State. But if you don
like the trouble of doing this for us, for tn
sake of good mails, please resign youroflice il
! favor Of some one who will.
.. Yours with respect,
gf r""i.- j. w. .WASIIBOURNE.