The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-22

Decreed from His eternity.
THE PosToFFIcE OF .DoVEcoT
SQUARE,
BY RHoDA EMORY.
The young folks Of Dovecot Square
wanted po>t.office, and one pleasant
afternoon they all gathered on Alice
Brown = steps t. talk the matter over.
lack Brown elected himself chairman
of the meeting by taking possession of a
red chair on the veranda and calling out
"Order - in a very loud tone. The rest
of the children were seated OIL the steps,
except Johnny Snsw, who mounted onto
one Of the fiat gate-posts.
''Order - cried the chairman, again;
and all were quiet.
"AS many as want a post'othce, he
continued, "hola up their right hands.
And hands, right and left, went up with
will.
"It's a vote,'' said Jack. 'Now, where
shall it be, is the next question:
''Undcr our steps,, said one.
''On the lam} post, "@said another.
''Ladies and gentlemen, all listen to
Morris,' interrupted Chairman lack.
And Morris Clark, the largest boy, went
on to tell mis- plan.
LET US have box fastened just inside
lack Browns gate. A wooden box will
be the best, and it must have a hole ir
the top for the letters to go in"
"May ! speak :" said Edith Snow.
miss Snow has the foor," says the
chairman.
II can get box just right for that.
1t has sliding cover and one Of the boys
can cut hole in the top"
My new knife is as sharp as razor
answered Charley Green, and l will do
it,"
"All right Green replied lack. 7
eve must have postmaster cried
Johnny, from his high seat.
And postmistress,' whispered Ellen
Smith.
''And post Mistress" repeated Nor
ris Clark, in loud tone.
81 think Dick Draper wonld be a good
one,' said Edith.
''Dick Draper is named for postmis.
tress-no, MASTER said chairman lack.
"W no shall be mistress q
''Hattie Hail. shouted Charley Green.
Cali who want Dick and Hattie raise
their right hands!' cried the boy in the
red char.
Up they went again, left and right.
1--WE shall need postage. stamps said
Alice.
''l'll print 'em,' screamed Johnny,
from the gate post, ''with my press
"Johnny Snow has the contract for
stamps" remarked speaker lack, in a
digniiied manner; 'pay twenty-five
In at hn
post-otf1ce at the usual rates. he con-
tinued - ''on. pin, two pins, and three
pins
Here the meeting became noisy.
''Ordcr!' cried the chairman. ''Or.
der! ORDER! ORDER!''
But it was too late. Order was gone
and the meeting broke up in confusion.
But the post Office was a success.
Edith wen. home for the box, and Char
ley Whitfield a long. narrow Eole in the
cover, with his sharp knife. lack found
skate-Strap and fastened the box firmly
to the post Of the gate. The poStmi>.
trcSs's ofiice-hours were from three to
four, ana the postmaster S from four to
five in the afternoon. Letters could be
dro:ped in at any time, but could only
be taken out when the keeper was there.
1t was busy week in Dovecot Square
while the post-office fever lasted, and
many letters we're sent and received.
The third day, when the excitement
was at IFS hight, Edith Snow had ten let
tiers. 10 one of them there was no real
name signed, and SO it will be copied
here.
1t was written on the leaf ola note
book and had three-pi stamp on the
outside. The direction was:
'Mis. Snow''
The inside read as follows:
"MiS Snow, like
my new school
very we'll inever - y : I
had snch
nice time =
hop. to hear 49,
from You
sun. itsquiz
my riteing, wa, in Il hurrey
youreS treWley enunlmvo."
Il FUNNY WAY TO CAPTURE WOOD
CHUCkS.
A farmer, in the New York Epemi7ag
Post. p, cscnts a plan for DISCRIMINATING
woodchucks, which appears to be with
out f;.'lacy and which would affrd in.
d,f finite amusement for the hoyS. lie
says: ''Frst, procure good dog; sec.