The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-08-05

~. ,, individual who rushes into the ofieo
after the mail is closed, and ready TO send TO the de
No., ho ~. = bunch of letters, and wants them of
IN tbat mali hut has first to bay his stamps, put
them an the letters and has 10 write few addresses
and seal his letters perhaps he also has one letter to
REGISTER ar buys money-orer to send by that mail.
.ro,h.r fsIlox always brings his letters in after
the mail has gone to the depot, and then either car
rios them IN the train himself after the ear
r;er. and makes him do It, thus making away with
,L. commission the postmaster would have had from
cance,ipg the stamps
Ne,roes and other iliterate folks bother the post
master nv having him read and decipher out the let
tiers that they receive. There is pleasure in doing
this because the letters generally unnterestng
10 the reader Along with these folks, the ones
who ask the write letters for them on
Iy few lines and who offer any remuneration.
had the exquisite pleasure, once, while Pestelerk,l
of writing love letter for negro, to his girl As
spread myself for all worth, guess, by this
time the fellow is happily married to the girl he
passionately loved by proxy.
The following is q sample Of conversation which
occurs about twenty-five times a day in the office:
Customer-.'I want some stamps"
Postmaster-"What kindT
C.-.Some ones and some thrres, and some cards
p. MEOW many Of eaehr
CT guess I want about twenty-eents WORTH
p. M.-"Yes, but what kind and how many TO You
wantr
C.-lThinking awhile, and keeping the official
waiting mpatientlyi-''well III take tsomc more
thinkingI-"I guess I'll take i've three cent stamps
and-a card and four ones
Why didn't he just plank down his twenty cents,
and say. please give me five threes, four ones and
a card, and not have so mneh ado ahont 1t, wasting
the time and patience of the mnil-mani
n !. ~ he
peeialIy when school is in session. Every scholar
makes it point of duty to call at the post-otie",
after school hours; although he has other business
to attend to. he must stand behind the delivery WIN
dow, to attend to each child that comes along
Sometimes there arc six school children in one fami
ly, of whom every blessed one VIII call Tor the fam
lys mail, at least once, II not twice day u cant
say that man of large family Is liked by the post
master-fd lie, II did, And even the parents try
TO call in once day. Al they possibly can IL Is ais"
a matter of fact that the parents OF those children
who call oftenest for the mail hardly ever get any,
and it may be doulfcdif they can read
There src the people who have subscribed for a
cheap monthly. They have never had such pcri-
odica in the house BEFORE and somehow they have
an idea that the thing comes about three times
month. They get one number to-day, and then be-
fore two weeks are over they VIII swear because t'
postmaster is keeping the next number from them,
ond openly hint that he Onsht 10 DC houheel'
And If mans papers really happen l" ne tardy
in coming nj their accustomed days the cciai Is TO
blame AT least he Is always bianed' ana may Keep
himself ready for fuss, should bic CAcf, or other
paper, not come on time For some uneNpihirate
reason, the postmaster is Interested, financially or
otherwise in having the periodicals. delayed. he
eause of this, he is q villain.
will go light on the man who gets a large amount
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