The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-03-28

Storker! Any thing Tor Biiger NO,
3l9, No. LIS Any thing for Shellgrave?
Any thing for Pickletop!
Aud SO it went, every mouth belchins
forth number or name. | showed out
the letters indiscriminately and impartial
ly without regard to age, sex, nationality
color, or previous condition.
Everybody got letters, but, not one in
fifty got their own.
''Here, Sam" says one, ''is letter for
you in my box"
"Yes, and here is one for you in mine p
whats this doing in my box p says
another.
"Ah, yes, excuse me-a slight mistake;
belongs to Mr.. Bangs"
Bangs, did you say just asked, and
you said there was nothing for Bangs"
With my pencil marked on it the
number of box from which [ had taken
it, and handed it out, remarking, in a
tone of injured innocence, that it was a
mistake Of the sender, and not of mine.
"What is that nasty Polly Ives's letter
doin'in my box % screamed rural swain
ess on the right of attacking column.
"Mistook your name" Madame thought
it was politeness.
But the greatest pest of all was the
school children. As soon as school was
over, there was one wild race for the post
Office. They began to inquire as soon as
they came within shouting distance. They
would inquire FOR themselves, and then
for everybody that lived within FIVE miles
of them.
any thing for any of the Murphys ?"
yells little freckle faced, yellow topped
potato mound, with nationality SO strongly
developed that you could smell is
Anything for Jane Murphy?" No.
Anything for Ann Murphy?' No.
Anything for Tom Murphy 2"
No, nor for Pat Murphy, nor Dennis
Murphy, nor Pete Murphy, nor for any
Murphy-dead, living, unborn, native or
foreign born, uaturalized or otherwise,
male or female. Why created He them !?
The Murphy family disposed of, the
Fitz Geralds, aud Fitz Patrick, and Fitz
Moonys were thrown at me until caught
them myself. ] had Fa= chronic, and |
could tell every day when they were
coming" on.
Children came to the Office to inquire
for letters, so young that they hadn't
strength to carry home the weekly Tri6
June. and who didn't know the difference
between letter and door plate
Not weekly, nor semi weekly, nor daily
out hourIy,-but as often as they could
hink Of it.
have often seen them hang around
he outside, waiting for their hour to come
Ind inquire for letters
Great strapping girls came every day
Tor weeks and months, who had the mea
'les oftener than they had letter, but
hey might have come to see the deputy,
= Shich was better than the measles, if not
quite so good as receiving letter.
One man came every day for three
weeks, and made terrible runpus every
ime he came about the carelessness and |
neficiency of the mail service. At last
lis important letter arrived, aud it proved
o be a patent.medicine almanac Of last
ear, but he had got fifteen or twenty dol
ars' worth of labor and information out
f me for nothing, and he was accordingly
atisfed.
| like an inquiring mind. 1t shows re
earch and progress.
is spirit of reaching out for some
ing by which to draw itself higher and
gets hold of soft thing when it grabs
deputy post masters.
He gets more civil answers out of him
u one minute than he can blast out of all
he railway conductors in Christeu dom
nd he gets it for nothing, which is wrong.
If the goVernmeut would charge far.
hing for every NO that is given in
nswer to the inquiry, 'Is there anything
o the Office for me ?" it would paw off tn |
Iational debt in six weeks and, another
,reat advantage it would be, their deputies
would not be required to NO so much, |
which would give people of ordinary
minds aud women chance to display
themselves.
A New Way to Cook Neat.